Here we are 2011!!!

Well it is just crazy to me how long it’s been since I’ve posted. It’s like the whole second back half of 2010 just flew by. We started out the summer finding out some very exciting and important news…..we were pregnant. I thought this was going to be a super easy pregnancy like Dalton’s was however I was majorly wrong. I have been so sick this pregnancy and we have had more scares than I ever thought possible. Right on top of us finding out the good news Chantz’s police academy started. He was elected Class Leader and had a ton of studying ahead of him. My company that I was working for finally was divested and I got promoted to the VP’s secretary for Superior Energy Services when it was all said and done. Day one of the merger happening was also my first day of fall semester PLUS I was still in the first trimester which was the worst sickness wise. Through September and into the beginning of October our lives mainly revolved around school, pregnancy, working and spending time as a family any chance we got. Unfortunately we had some early scares in the pregnancy which ended with us having to give Aggie to a new family. Even though this saddened me greatly, it was necessary and it ended with him being in a better home anyways. With us he had to stay in his crate most of the day while we were all at work and babysitting and our yard is really not big enough for him to run around completely so he really wasn’t getting to “live” that great of a lifestyle. The family that we gave him to has two little boys 10 and 12 who run with him constantly on their acre property home and the Dad gets to stay home with him during the days while the mom is at work and the kids are at school so he really doesn’t ever have to go in a crate. I thought Dalton was going to be really upset and he does still to this day ask where he is but we told him that Aggie went to live with his mommy like he lives with his mommy and Dalton was ok with that. There are times where I want to cry I miss him so much but we had to do what was best for our family and new baby. October 13th we went for the 20 week ultrasound (we as in me, Dalton and my nana because Chantz had to be at the academy) and we had a gender reveal party with all of our friends and family afterwards. I told the ultrasound tech that we didn’t want to know what the gender was but instead to color either pink or blue in a card that I had bought and that night when everyone got there we would open the card and Dalton would reveal which color was used. We did this so that Chantz and I got to find out together at the same time along with all of our friends and family and it was a lot of fun so I’m glad we made that choice. When Dalton opened the card I asked him what color was in there and he said white (the color of the actual inside of the card) and I got impatient and crazy and looked and screamed out it’s a girl!!! We were all so excited beyond words. So October 13th was the day that our second baby became Keylee Marie Humphreys to us. Shortly after this was Halloween which was a lot of fun this year because Dalton was actually old enough to pick out his costume that he wanted to wear. Luckily my best friend moved home in August so she was able to be with us for everything this year including the picking out of the costume which is a story in itself. Brittany, I and Dalton went to all the Halloween stores to try to find something for Dalton to be and everything that we picked out he wanted nothing to do with. Finally we went to party city and we picked out three costumes to try on. One was really cute a little skeleton creature and that’s the one I really wanted him to be. The other two Dalton picked and they were the DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba and a football player. Well he thought he wanted to be the DJ Lance until I put on the football costume….once he was in it he screamed bloody murder when we took it off of him. He wanted to wear it right then in there and not take it off but I needed to pay for it so Brittany had the honor of holding the screaming child who sounded like we were just abusing him in there. On Halloween itself we went to the Houston Zoo for the “boo zoo” with Gigi. It was a lot of fun but it was super packed and extremely hot. Dalton had a good time though playing in the water gym and at the petting zoo. He liked looking at the “Jafar” snake since he was so into Aladdin at this time. He also like looking at the little Abus and the tigers like Jasmin’s. He made Gigi a little pumpkin and got to do some trick or treating while there too. We ran into our friends the Trevinos while there which was neat getting to see them dressed up in their cute little costumes. After we left the zoo we came home to the house where Brittany Scott and Cali came trick or treating with us along with Nana Papa and Hunter. Cali, Dalton and Hunter were all football players and all looked adorable together. Dalton got a ton of candy and had a great time running let me repeat running not walking to the houses. The month of November we were busy again with school getting ready for the semester to end and also with Thanksgiving holidays. Chantz passed his TClose exam on the first try awesome job babe  right before Thanksgiving so we were extremely thankful for that. This year was a little hard it was the first year I was away from my mom for Thanksgiving since I’ve been born. We went to San Antonio to visit with my Dad’s family and spend the holidays with them. We ended up having a great time and it was awesome to get to see everyone. We didn’t know at the time but this would be my grandmothers last holiday so I am extremely glad that we didn’t miss it. Dalton gets so spoiled every time we’re around family it’s just crazy. I don’t know how Aunt Martha and Valerie didn’t just fall over dead with how much they ran and played with him. Right after Thanksgiving was Chantz’s Police Academy Graduation!!! This was really a special night because I was able to pin his badge on and he had a full speech he had to give at the graduation plus he was the one who ended up handing out all of the awards. Just seeing him up there on stage with all of those honors made me so proud and I just wanted to stand up and say yes that is my husband we are so proud of him. He truly did everything he could and gave more than 100% between taking care of my needs with the pregnancy and Dalton and school and trying to balance everything out and here he did it!!! That weekend after his graduation I had a surprise dinner for him at one of his favorite places to eat and with the help of his best friend we were able to shock him with everyone being there. Even friends of his that were in the army with him and he hasn’t seen since February were able to come out and support him which was awesome. He was super surprised and said that was one of the best things anyone has ever done for him Another fun memory of December 2010 was Santa’s Wonderland. We got to attend this event this year up in college station with Uncle Randy Aunt Stephanie and the kiddos which was a BLAST. The kids had such a great time and Stephanie and I loved shopping for little girl stuff for Kyelar and Keylee. We went on a personal horse drawn carriage ride through the lights which were amazing and the kids got to ride the ponies and go into the petting zoo. We didn’t end up leaving there until close to midnight and would you believe all four kids were still running wild as we were trying to get them to load up in the vehicles. That next day however we were hit with some shocking and sad news…my grandma connie had passed away while in surgery that Saturday. I was overwhelmed with emotions both good and bad and so our holidays did not start off looking too great that week. That Thursday before Christmas eve though, we got the best Christmas gift we could’ve gotten. We went to the doctor for another ultrasound because the doctor was concerned that Keylee was not growing properly and we found out that not only is she on track but she is a little AHEAD!!!! She was so cute on the screen trying to grab her little foot and making cute little faces at the screen. Dalton loves loves loves to see his baby sister on the screen. As soon as I tell him we’re going to see her he starts jumping up and down. With that good news, it really did kick of the Christmas spirit just in time for Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve we all went to church and then got SOAKED going to the car which Dalton just thought was hilarious and from there we went to my aunt’s house for the family Christmas. We did a secret santa this year which was really fun and we had a great time with this. Of course Dalton and my younger cousin Hunter were excluded so everyone bought them gifts and Dalton was once again completely spoiled. About half way through Chantz had to leave to go to work which was hard because I haven’t been away from him on Christmas since we’ve been together. Luckily Dalton went home with me and fell asleep in the car and what do you know it when we woke up in the morning Daddy was home and Santa had came to visit. He had eaten all the cookies Dalton and I made for him and drank the milk and he left Dalton a bunch of cool things including his very favorite a buzz lightyear convertible. We got to open presents with Daddy and then Chantz went to bed and Dalton and I played with his toys. Later that day my mom brought some lasagna over, so Chantz got to eat a good meal before he had to once again go back to work. Even though it was hard with Chantz having to work both Christmas even and Christmas day it was nice to just spend the day the three of us instead of running around like our heads were chopped off visiting everybody. We actually got to enjoy Christmas and lay down together by the fire and watch Christmas movies and play with Dalton with his new toys and actually spend some quality time together the three of us. That next weekend brings us to New Years which Chantz also had to work so Dalton and I went to stay at nana and papas house since the fireworks are so bad on our street and they are outlawed in their neighborhood. We had a lot of fun watching the ball go down in New York and Dalton loved it this year because he loves the pop artist Kesha and she performed live at celebration so he was dancing and singing to all of her songs. Since New years Day we’ve been doing just great, getting ready for the babyshower this coming Sunday and trying to get started with keylee’s nursery. I hope we get everything done that we need to before the end of January since she is supposed to be here in February but we will see how that goes….. and hopefully 2011 I will be able to keep up with the posting and not fall months and months behind:):):)