Summer 2012

Warning!!! Picture overload (and not in order)! Who wouldn't want to take a billion pictures of this little cutie?

     
                                         First Twins Game...not bad seats either:)

                                          Cousins

                                                  Stretching for his first 5K

                                                          First Mother's Day:)

 Signing the papers to sell our house

                                          Cousin Love

                                          First Parade

Easter 2012

Q Man's first Easter

                                          Not too happy...he didn't get the candy he wanted:)

             

                                           Cousins

                                         Quinn with cousin Kate

Newborn Pictures

When Quinn was 6 days old we had my sister's good friend, Christy Bode http://christybode.com/ take pictures. He was a trooper and I love the photos. 

There's really nothing more peaceful than a sleeping baby.

                                          Mr. Mustache

                                          Posing with Daddy's baby shoes

                                           Love

                                          Hat made by Grandma Lucy

                                         My Boy :)

Quinn Lee Lowry

My due date was set for March 2, 2012. At around 34 weeks, Dr. Taylor told me I was still on track for delivering him/her in early March, but when he/she comes it would be really fast.  Little did I know it would be almost a month early and REALLY fast!  

It was February 7th and I was ready to tackle another day with my fourth graders. The day flew by, by the end of the day I started to get flu like symptoms. I got sick in the parking lot leaving school and was thankful no one was around to see it happen. I was actually on my way to see Dr. Taylor for my 36 week appointment so I wasn't too concerned. Dr. Taylor said everything looked great and he/she was really low, but right on track to be delivered in a couple weeks.

For the next 5 hours I was hugging the toilet. I remember Chris calling Dr. Taylor and asking him if we should be concerned. Dr. Taylor said it was flu season and there was nothing to worry about. So we went about our night, I laid on the couch while Chris and our good friend Steph (who was living with us every Tuesday night) ate dinner and watched T.V. They kept asking me what I thought of the show. I was like, really? I don't care, I'm dying here. Little did we know Baby Lowry had different plans for us that night.

We were heading off to bed when my stomach started to hurt a little. I was a hot mess and also thought my water had possibly broke, but couldn't be too sure because I had been sick all day. I told Chris I was going to bed because I knew it would make me feel better. He took one look at me and said, "grab your bags, we're going to the hospital". I thought what a waste of time and money. I was fine and needed my sleep for work tomorrow. Well...Chris won and we were on our way to hospital.

They wheeled me to the birthing floor when we arrived at the hospital. At this point I'm still complaining about the time we were wasting there when I could be asleep at home. Chris still wanted to have things checked out. It was 11:00 pm. We sat in a room for the next 30 minutes. No nurses, No doctors. All of a sudden I started to get very painful cramps. Chris yelled out into the hallway "I think we're having a baby in here if anyone cares"?   In rushed our doctor and he said it was go time. The head was right there. This was the first time it hit me, I was going to have the baby tonight. Not on March 2nd, not next week, right now.  10 minutes later our beautiful baby boy was here.                              


Quinn Lee Lowry
 Tuesday, February 7, 2012
 11:40 pm 
 6 lbs 12 oz  20 inches long
 Perfect!

                                                  Proud Mommy and Daddy

                                                                   My boys

I'm Back!

I think saying I'm a bad blogger would be an understatement. I haven't blogged in two years. Yikes! Well...that's about to change.

Where do I start? So many wonderful things/events have happened to Chris and I over the past couple years. I'll start with the most important event of our lives. The birth of our son.

I found out I was pregnant in July 2011. I was home alone when I discovered we were going to have a baby. After a few minutes of complete shock, I headed off to the store to make a poster board for Chris (of course I made a poster board, I'm a teacher). I also bought two baby outfits to hang from the poster. One said ' I love daddy' and the other was a Minnesota Twins shirt. When Chris walked in the door I was standing there with the poster that read 'You're going to be a daddy'. He was so excited! 

Next, came the challenging part, keeping it a secret for 10 weeks or so. This was not going to be an easy task. I talk to my mom every morning and I had just accepted a teaching position in Mankato. But none of that mattered because I was going to be a MOMMY!:)

                                                     Baby Lowry

16 weeks

                                                                    20 Weeks

                                                         
                                                                           25 Weeks

                       

                                                    30 Weeks (Must remember to not wear stripes when pregnant)

                                                                        32 Weeks

34 Weeks  

                                                                     34 Weeks

                                                My sister and mom at one of my baby showers

                                                             I have the best friends, ever!

                                                       Being spoiled at another baby shower

Lions and Tigers and...BABIES Oh My!

2011 is definitely the year for babies. I know of seven women who have given birth (or will) within the month of March (must have had something in the water last June), two in April, One in May, One in June, One in July, and two in September. Sheesh! Congratulations to all the mommies and daddies!

Some of the babies born this month were...

Boys:
Grayson
Severyn
Oliver
Miles (my new nephew) :)

Girls:
Arija

My co-worker Kristi is due this week. I'm guessing I'll be adding another name to the boy list.

Of those born this month, I'm proud to introduce to you my new nephew Miles Jay Nessler.

Congratulations Jay, Angie, and Kate!



Miles Jay Nessler
March 22, 2011 at 1:54 p.m.
7 pounds 14 ounces
21 inches

Face Lift

Before


During



After


As most of you know, our house was built in the 1930's. It has a cool archway going from the dining room to the living room and we just love all the character our house has. The only problem is we had to redo every room in our house (tear down wall paper, paint, rip up carpet, etc. ). Well... we've been working on our house for the past 2 1/2 years and had made all the improvements we wanted to make to the house except for the kitchen counters, backsplash, and sink. We had already replaced the carpet (yes, carpet in the kitchen), painted the cupboards, new appliances, and painted the walls). So a couple weekends ago my dad, his wife Anita, and Chris and I took on the project. The project took us from 8:00 am on Saturday until 5:00 pm on Sunday. Chris and I love the results and are fortunate enough to have wonderful family who love to help us with our house. (I'll post more before and after pictures of our house later) :)