Nebraska vs Baylor 2009

On Halloween James and I made the quick trip up to Waco for the Nebraska vs Baylor game. It was absolutely picture perfect weather. The kind of weather you hope for when going to a football game and rarely ever happens around Austin. James was super excited because the 2nd string quarterback Cody Green started and he hasn't been a huge fan of the other quarterback Zack Lee.

The team warming up.
The Nebraska fans are definitely a dedicated fan base. We got to the game about an hour early and here is what the Nebraska side looked like.


Here is what the Baylor side looked like until about 10 minutes before the game.

We had a good time and Nebraska won which made it even better. Larry the Cable Guy was at the game too so I got a quick pic of him which wasn't terribly great.

More updates to follow.....

Good Guys and Just catching up

As most of you know the Fleischman family really love old cars. And a lot of the family trips revolve around car shows, car tours, car parts et cetera. So this weekend was Good Guys. It is a huge car show held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. So James and I decided since it was only a 3 hour drive we would make the trek up there and hang out with Ralph and Marlene (mother in law and father in law) and Pat and Krista (James brother and sister in law). Both of them had driven their cars from Lubbock. I forgot my camera and therefore have very few pics. So Pat and Krista drove her red '69 Mach 1 Mustang and Ralph and Marlene drove the '58 retractable (it has a hard top that retracts into the trunk like a convertible). We had a really good time, although I was not thinking about how much walking would be involved and how incredibly worn out I would be. I'll be catching up from that all week!

Here are a couple of cool pics that I did remember to take at the car show.

This is my dream car below although I want mine blue with white stripes. It will be James' next project car when we have money again!

This is another one of James' fave cars. His list is oh so short. (sense the sarcasm?)


We stayed until about 2:30 when it started raining and chased all of the old car drivers away from the show. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon with his parents and Great Aunt and Uncle watching football. It was a buy week for Nebraska so unfortunately not a terribly exciting weekend but we did catch up on all the rest of the games.
Otherwise I am moving along quickly with the baby. This is week 26 and it seems to be flying by for me. I don't feel like I have anything ready at all. James has started paiting the nursery and just has a bit left before I can come in and do my bit. Hopefully it will all work out as I have planned. I don't have any new pics but will try to get some up shortly.
Nothing else exciting to report but I found this cute pic of my 2 current "fur children" and thought it was super cute so I'm posting that too. Hopefully they enjoy all of their attention while it lasts. :-)

Wicked

Wicked came to town this month and I have never seen it, and didn't know anything about it but I have heard a ton about it. So I kept driving past the sign downtown and called James last month and told him that he was going. :-) Friday night we went to see it with a couple of our friends. Ken and Keri had a bit better seats than us and sat down on the lower level than us, but Kristen had seats next to ours. She and Del were going to come but she had bought an extra ticket thinking her mom would be here and rather than take only one of the girls Del "sacrificed" and just had both of the girls come. Sydnee and Rylee had a great time.

Rylee even had exciting news. She has a lose tooth and came over in the middle of the play just to show James. She cuddled with him through most of the show except when she was sitting on Kristin's lap to see all of the action.

James and I never get pictures of us anywhere so here is one of us at the show. We had a really good time and enjoyed the show a lot. I recommend that you all go see it.

And Baby Fleischman is a.....

A little boy in case you can't see where the tech wrote it. The Lund family will finally have the first boy that didn't have to marry in. James was totally shocked. He was all ready to paint the nursery pink, and he was very glad he hadn't done that yet as he would have a lot of repainting to do. We are really excited for a little boy.
I finally was able to go and by my first outfits for a little boy. I have had such a hard time waiting to be able to buy stuff for the little one. I have contented myself to buy wipes and baby wash and all the stuff that is not gender specific and used constantly.


So the sisters have been hassling me for more pictures of myself. I'm not loving them but here they are anyways.
16 Weeks Picture

20 Weeks Picture

I'm just feeling enormous still but fine other than that. Sleeping is apparently an optional thing so I am getting very tired but I figure that is preparation for when he is actually here. I'll post a few of the other pictures later on but I just can't access them from this computer. Hopefully this will satisfy the sisters for a bit. :-)

12 Weeks and then some

So last week was my 12 week visit to the doc. Did a sonogram and everything looks good. This kid is a mover. All you saw were arms and legs flailing everywhere. It was hard to get a good picture for measurements. But comforting to know there actually is something in there. I keep calling it my little tape worm because I'm always hungry. And my little tape worm loves cheetos. I keep trying to substitute carrot sticks but we have a smart one too who knows carrot sticks suck! I put on 8 pounds last month. YIKES!!!!! I feel like a big, huge, cow and know it will only get worse.
I did get some really good pics of the little one so here they all are. Oh and they tested for downs syndrome and some other birth defect I can't remember and told me the chances are not very likely that my little one has that. Good news.



I also decided that my hair was kind of boring last week so I added a little bit to jazz it up. Kind of fun and funky. My girlfriend who does my hair also added a bit to her daughters hair so church on Sunday was kind of funny with everyone checking out our hair. But I like it. At least for a while.
I'm making this face at James because he is making fun of me for trying to be too hip. He is just old and jealous and can't admit it. :-)
Work this past week was not so much fun. Our suppliers are deciding to change everything up on us and it is going to make my job a whole lot harder and possibly cause me to lose accounts. Not my favorite part of the week. Hopefully we can get it all squared away this week and things will be ok.
4th of July was spent at home this year. And it was nice to just have a weekend with nothing to do. We enjoyed both being off Friday. James in his way - the garage and sweating his butt off, but his car is getting closer to done. Me in my way - air conditioning and doing as little to make the 108 degree weather any worse. Mostly we just caught up on all the things not done during the week. And on Saturday we had a bbq with the Claridge family and the Hubers. Del braved the heat on the patio by the grill to make burgers and hot dogs for the rest of us - we were really grateful for that. And then I made homemade ice cream which is always a hit. I think it is the only reason the Claridge family invites me anymore. The kids request it everytime I walk in the door. And we watched fireworks in the miserable 95 degree heat and humidity. Happy Birthday America!!!
On a more serious note - we are very grateful that we have the wonderful country that we are able to live in and worship how we please, work where we please, have the rights that we have, have safety and security much more than other countries. We are so blessed and we take it for granted. We need to remember the reason that we have all of the freedoms and blessings that we do is because people were willing to sacrifice everything that they had to ensure those liberties. And as soon as we forget that, they will be taken away. I still get a tear in my eye every time I hear the Star Spangled Banner played because it represents everything that this great country is about. I am so grateful to the men and women in uniform who fight to keep our country free, and are willing to be away from their families and friends to ensure I'm able to speak as I wish. God Bless America!!
My girls at church are getting ready for camp this week and it just brings back the memories of when I used to go to camp. Now I try and avoid anything more remote and desolate than a Budget Inn. Not sure exactly when I decided that roughing it really wasn't for me so much but I also look at the camp these girls go to now and think they have no idea. When I first went to camp, we had an outhouse, outdoor showers (Which were really cold by the way in the middle of the New Mexico mountains), cooking over dutch ovens and camp fires - and the cooking was done by the girls, and we all slept in tents.
These girls get cabins, electricity, camp cooks, swimming pools - granted it isn't as cold here as it was in New Mexico but still....things sure have changed with camp since I was there. Oh and their hikes don't get them lost in the mountains with Bob Carr and Terry Glover. And rainstorms. Memories....little more bittersweet than sweet it appears. :-)
I'm off to clean the house. It looks like a tornado has come through here and is in need of some serious work. One of these days I'm going to take those Young Women up on their offer to clean my house!

6 Years and Counting

Today is Flag Day and our 6 year anniversary. I can't believe it is already 6 years. It has flown by and doesn't seem like I'm old enough to be having my 6th anniversary but here we are. A couple of pics from the wedding too.

James and I in the greeting line.

Me and the cutest little flower girl - my cousin Janie's daughter Alexandra. This kid loved the camera. She kept turning and posing anytime her name would get called.


And what kind of post would it be without a car? So here we are leaving in the '57 Ford Retractable Skyliner.

So in honor of that I have a top ten list of why I love my husband. And these aren't in order like David Letterman but they are just listed. :-)

10. He will try to fix anything. My car, his car, the house. Usually his car and then the house of course.
9. He always tells me I'm pretty. Even when I feel like a big cow like right now.
8. He takes great care of me and I know he'll be a great dad too.
7. He keeps things in order because I'm not always so organized.
6. He is always goofing off and makes me laugh. Most of the time. :-)
5. He is always willing to help someone else. (Mostly with car related problems.)
4. He loves his family and is a great son, brother, etc. He even remembers to call his grandparents on their birthdays.
3. He puts up with me and all of my craziness and loves me in spite of it.
2. He is always trying to be a better person. And helps keep me doing the same.
1. He is great with my family too. He has been the teasing older brother to all my sisters. Well, at least the first now that we have 2 others.

I'm really lucky I found him. And I'm really grateful that we have grown individually and together over the last 6 years and that we have many more to go. I love you tons honey!!

And then the other quick update. 10 weeks now. So the baby is now the size of a prune. Moving through the fruit section here. And here is the pic of my tummy and how I'm getting too fat for all my clothes. :-( Not looking prego but looking like I downed a dozen donuts.
Still no sickness - I do have to eat pretty much constantly or I get really killer headaches and nausea. But not the all day kind of thing.
Can't sleep through the night without waking up at least once and usually twice. And then I can't sleep past about 6:45 or 7 because my tummy will be so hungry it wakes me up. And boy if I don't get something in it right away, I really regret it. :-)
Ok well that is my quick update. We go in next Thursday the 25th for our 12 week appt. and the downs syndrome test. We have opted to not do the amnio since it is so much more invasive and will just have them measure and then if we get a really high likelihood we'll consider the amnio. Think that is it.
Here is the pic.

The Moment You've All Been Waiting for....

So for those of you that don't know.....James and I are expecting a baby. Yikes!! I'm still getting used to the idea and trying not to spaz out a bit. Working up towards the excited and will eventually get there. So my sisters are of course all over me to keep this updated since they can't be here to go through all the fun?? I'm not so sure that is the term I want to use for this but work with me here.

We went in on Thursday and I was 7 weeks and 5 days so I am due January 9th they are telling me. Here is a pic of Baby Fleischman...the book says it is the size of a blueberry during week 7.


We are anxiously (and not so patiently) awaiting the 20 week mark when they'll tell us what we are having. James is convinced that due to my family's lack of testosterone that it will be a girl. I'm not so sure. In one book it said if I am eating all the time statistically it is a boy. I am eating so much it is ridiculous. No real morning sickness yet....only nausea if I don't eat, and so far no strange cravings. Not exactly sure when all that starts since I'm kind of new at this. So I'm doing lots of snacking and hoping I don't end this thing 80 pounds heavier than when I started.

So I haven't posted much lately but we did go to AZ to see my family and have a Lund reunion before Kalli and Steve moved off to the middle of nowhere.....Boston. We had a great time and got to spend time with Dad who was recovering from surgery. Not so fun for him. Good food, good fun and really warm Phoenix weather. Here is our pic from Mother's Day with all the girls dressed up.
And a pic of the Galapagos turtle we saw at the Phoenix zoo. Not a bad zoo if it isn't hotter than heck out there.

Meanwhile all of James' family got together to celebrate Mother's Day and my mother in law Marlene's 60th birthday. We were sad to miss out on that but they all had a lot of fun at the canyon. Happy Birthay Marlene!

And my nephew Branson also turned 9. I can't believe it has gone by that quickly. When James and I started dating he wasn't even a year old yet. Time sure flies and he isn't even my kid!!! Sorry Susan it must be that much quicker for you.

Then last weekend James and I spent Memorial Day in Lubbock. I saw the in laws, went to the lake, saw my best friend Ash who I don't get to see nearly enough and got to see my cousin Tirey who I haven't seen in a really long time. It was a really nice weekend. Here are a couple of fun pics from the bbq at the lake with Grandpa and Macy dancing and Dan and Macy dancing - I borrowed these from you Susan so they might look a bit familiar. :-)



And James was able to get his car mostly finished but that is a whole different story. I'll be glad to see it done. Here are a few pics of the progress so far.


So that is it for the Fleischman home right now. I'll be posting some periodic updates for the sisters so if they bore you I'll try to give you advance notice and you can skip over that post. :-)