Officially NESTING!

So i think i am officially "nesting." This mama is counting down her weeks till baby arrives and has a long list of things I want to do before he/she comes!! AND, if he/she is early at all, it's Christmas! So, we were wanting to make a quick trip to Dallas to see friends, which we did last week - very fun! I was very OCD and for no reason (this wasn't on my list!) cleaned out my makeup drawer and the fridge in one day...they were both spotless and it made me feel so good = NESTING!!! We are prepping the nursery and did some major work in the garage and pulled out baby storage containers with baby clothes and toys...ahhh! got me so excited! We've cleaned the infant car seat and high chair (thanks mom!) and have done a load of newborn onesies, blankets etc...AND, we've gotten our house ready for Christmas! I know I know, many of you are most likely rolling your eyes, but honestly, it's been so fun! We love Christmas and can enjoy it longer. :) Whether it's practical or not, it's made me feel better to have things sorta ready....just in case. :) we still have lots to do, but it will get done. :) And who am i kidding? this baby is not coming early! Just like Jackson, it'll prolly be cookin' right up until my due date after New Year's. Of course!!! :)

Here is Jackson before school one day, couldn't help it, thought he looked like such a big brother!

He found the infant tub and likes it as a recliner in front of the television. :)

As we were going through our christmas decor, he got comfy under the christmas tree skirt. hee hee...
And here he is one morning he got up too early, and Josh and I were sitting around, drinking coffee wakind up, and reading and journaling...so he had to get out his Bible too...here he is deep in thought. Maybe praying too huh?? who knows! :)

Overall, we're getting super excited for Baby Crosby's upcoming arrival! And getting many things crossed off our LONG list. :)
The Crosby's come in for thankgiving next week. Cannot believe Thanksgiving is already here - ahhh! More soon...

Better late than never...Lauren's wedding!

My sweet cousin got married October 17th, in Lexington, KY...I am embarrassed that this post is so late, because this weekend was so amazing and special for our entire family! I have just been collecting SO MANY pics, so i've had to pick and choose which ones i want to post. :)

My cousin Lauren is like another sister to me & Kari, and another daughter to my mom & dad, so this truly was a big, fun affair, as our extended family truly knows how to throw a party!

Here is mom, Kari and I at Lauren's bridal luncheon...disclosure: Kari hates her hair in this pic, i must share that bc i know she'll be mad at me for posting it, ha ha. :) And yes, it wasn't incredibly desirable to be 7 months pregnant for these wedding festivities, but what can ya do?

Here are the cousins: Jordan, Kari, Lauren (the bride) and me. I have only like 5 first cousins, vs. Josh's 100 first cousins...for REAL! so, we grew up being together for all holidays etc...so we're pretty tight bc we're all we had!

My Jackson had a vital role as the ring bearer for the wedding, so he was present for all the events. Here we are heading to the rehearsal dinner...how BIG does my baby look? And I feel so biased, but my boys are just too good looking. :)

Another fun bonus of the weekend was the time my sister Kari and I had together...we were both bridesmaids and realized we had never really been in a wedding before, since mine anyway. we were BAD, ha ha, and had all kinds of fun being slightly outsiders, not knowing everyone else, since the other bridesmaids were Lauren's HS and college friends. Lots of inside jokes, and just plain ole fun together! We even held hands! (HA! Sorry Kari, had to throw that in. Love when you enjoy that champagne!)
Here Kari and I are about to load the double decker bus taking us to the church....i swear, that bus smelled of gasoline so bad and we were going like 15 mph and couldn't stop laughing the entire way to the church...we were SO grateful to get there and get OUT! ha ha...

Here is my dapper lil guy coming down the aisle with his new buddy Landon...he did SO good, i was so proud. Landon was quite a live wire and didn't listen very well, so he made my Jackson look like an ANGEL!!! And thankfully, mom, dad & Josh made it to the church in time after losing jackson's tux pants...ahhh, that's a story for another time. But it all worked out, that's all that matters. :)

Kari and her handsome beau, Mike - how cute are they?? they are so happy and giddy together, we had so much fun getting to know him better! He was brave to meet all the extended fam.

Lauren and Joseph leaving the church...we love you Joseph, welcome to the fam!

After Jackson took a quick siesta in the car on the way to the reception, he was all smiles with Mike, whom he LOVES!

Beautiful cousins...
He shortly got very bored and so what else did we do? Hand over the iphone...which he spent much of the reception playing on.



We FINALLY got him on the dance floor!
Jack with Dad and Mike..oh yeah, Jackson was gradually shedding his tux in pieces - classic!
ok...this pic reflects how mama has had it! thankfully the reception was at the hotel we were staying at!! We just went upstairs a little earlier than others. this mama was ready to get outta my snug dress too!

Overall it was a beautiful, joyous time with family.
Lauren's story is so neat, and is a true testimony to God being such a part of bringing two people together. God was glorified and wonderful memories were made. What else can you ask for?!?!

Until next time,

Sally

Trick or Treat!!

Halloween is just so fun!!!

We had a great week filled with fun school parties, carving pumpkins, trick or treating, and our church's annual Halloween alternative party, Harvest Hoedown!

I think these pics are self explanatory!!!

Here we are before our MDO-school party - how big does he look?? AHHH!

Here is a comparison to just 3 short years ago when we took Jackson to the pumkin patch when he was 10 months old...gah, i stumbled upon these pics and got sappy!!

He was Winnie the Pooh that first Halloween, hee hee.

Ok, now that i have collected myself from the nostalgic flashback of my baby and big he's getting, back to the present!
Here we are carving pumpkins with Daddy....The final products...Josh literally carved out Jackson's actual drawing on one of them...hence the HUMONGOUS uneven eyes...hee hee. :)

Here we are all dressed up as a football player to go trick or treating with some friends as Reggie Bush, from the New Orleans Saints...and yes, that is a baseball helmet, not a football helmet i've been informed. Who knew?? They all look the same to me, but i got grief for that all evening long! :)

After stopping by Grammy & Dubs' house for a quick trick or treat there, we headed off to trick or treat with some church friends, and Jackson was such a tootie and we were never able to get a group shot of ALL the kids together, but here are Kendra and I, both about 30 weeks pregnant, and due a week apart. Gotta love the prego-ness pics!

After we quickly we hit up some houses around their neighborhood, we headed off to church for their annual Harvest Hoedown, and Jackson had a BALL, and was all over the place, and had changed football jersies...he is now Robert Griffin, thanks Kimbo for letting us borrow that. :) He was tickled!

And then here we are with our 2 favorite babysitters: Katy & Hannah. They were in our Nashville youth group and are now at Baylor - we LOVE these girls, they are so precious to us and to Jackson too....love this pic of them!

Whew...what a BUSY & FUN weekend we had!
And ahh, I cannot believe it's November...time to kick it into gear and prep for this upcoming babe! About 9 weeks to go....ahhh. :)

More soon...Sally

I'm Fabulous???

I've been tagged! I am not super sure what it means, but thanks Katy girl!! :)

Here are the rules: share five things you're obsessed with and then pass the award on to the five most fabulous blogs you know. So...here goes. :)


1. I too, along with many people in this world, am obessed with my iphone. :) I seriously did NOT want one, nor feel like i needed a fancy phone, since i was perfectly content with my dinky lil flip phone. But, since Josh assured me there was this "great deal" when he got his ($100 of a 2nd or something like that, i can't even remember!) i got one too and haven't put it down ever since!! He loves to remind me about how i kept saying, no no, i don't need or want one!
My mom even laughs saying Josh, my dad, and I are always checking our phones, playing with them, looking at them...whatever! And I must say, it has come quite in handy for cranky or impatient moments with Jackson too. He loves playing the games i have on there, and Josh even has some flashcard type game on his, and i must admit - you can get some pretty neat educational apps!! All in all - love my iphone!!!

2. I am obessed with getting a deal. I love finding expenses finds at greatly reduced prices. Whether it be Ebay, Marshall's, TJMaxx, Wal-Mart or Family Dollar!!! In addition, i have signed up to all kinds of restaurants and stores online just to get some "good deal" coupons throughout the year. Since i just recently had my bday, i got special bday emails from many of these places!!! In the last 2 weeks i have gotten: a free medium drink at sonic, a free ice cream at Cold Stone (yeah baby - perfect for this prego!), a free dessert at On the Border, and a free meal at Souper Salad. Sadly, i wasn't able to use some of them bc they were some of my favorite Nashville places, but oh well.
i know, i am a dork, but i am a SUCKER for these kind of deals and will go out of my way to use them. Just like their marketing folks want me to!


3. I am obsessed with my agenda/planner. Next to my phone, i pretty much have it with me and have it open off and on all day. I literally write down some of the most menial "tasks" to do for that day, and MUST cross them off my list before i lay down to go to bed that day. If I am headed to bed, and check and see that something hasn't been crossed off, i will most like try and take care of it before calling it a day JUST SO i can cross it off my list. Anal...OCD...call it what you want, but it's annoying. :)

4. My 1st morning coffee: obsessed! Get outta my way until i've had my morning cup...i am not fully awake, functioning or friendly until i've consumed my perfectly blended coffee with my perfect dose of creamer and 1 spenda. The timer is set the night before to avoid such a tragedy of not having it piping hot as I roll outta bed in the morning. The saddest thing about being so sicky at the beginning of this pregnancy was that i didn't even feel like coffee in the morning. The smell, the taste - ugh, make me sick and thus, i was dragging all day due to my lack of caffeine. Thankfully that went away when i started feeling like my old self. :)
Even if it's not first thing in the morning, there is nothing better than a good ole cup of joe from Common Grounds (another slight obession!) or Starbucks.

5. This was hard to pick one more...so i'll quickly choose: Turbo Kickboxing!! Although to look at my fluffy pregnant self now, you'd never know, but this workout puts the F-U-N back in exercise for me! I can't wait to get back into it after baby and get this bootie back in shape!
* Here are a few more minor things that i am obessed with, but just didn't have room in only picking five things: School of Rock, The Office, American Idol, hanging out and getting deep with my bestest gals, seeing youth get fired up for Christ, a delish dessert, a yummy glass of wine, and last but not least....my sweetheart son - Jackson!

Thank you Katy for thinking my blog is fabulous! I think yours is as well!!
I also think these five blogs are fabulous and am tagging them to do the same:

1. Melissa
2. Rachel
3. Rebekah
4. Nicki
5. Kimberly
and ahhh, it was so hard choosing JUST five fab blogs, so here is one more:
6. Holly

BU Homecoming 2009!

It was so fun to be living back in Waco for this fun weekend with family and friends!

The weekend started with a visit to daddy's fraternity alumni float - which was a big deal for these good ole boys back in college. KOT always spent hours on their float, most likely to win the coveted Judge's Award, or 1st Place bragging rights. This year's theme was Jungle Book.

Some of our good buddies were there too and we got this fun pic of past and maybe future KOTs! :)

(Thanks for taking this pic Nicki!)

The weather was seriously PICTURE PERFECT this year and we ventured out early Saturday for the parade and Jackson had a blast collecting his breakfast: CANDY!! ha ha!

Uncle Ben's car was also featured in the parade! We were impressed that he got up at the buttcrack and actually put on a dress shirt to drive this featured Outstanding Young Alumni - go Big B!!! it was neat seeing sweet Lady or Joy (or whatever their names are!) just a-walkin down the street! Only at Baylor!!

Sweet mom and pops. Mom - sad yo' eyes are closed!!
After the sad football game (oh well!!! next year is our year right??!!?) we headed to the Horner's annual HC party...a fun tradition where they host a great lil Baylor reunion at their house for people to drop in and say HI...they are always so generous and sweet to open their home with yummy food and this year: Dr. Pepper floats! The kids loved them! Thank you, as always Horner's! We had so much fun! Here is Jackson, Creighton and Tristan enjoying their snackies...

(Thanks Kimberly for capturing these great shots!)

The kids chasing and tackling Brent - ha! he was a great sport!
Then Sunday, some Nashville friends were in town for HC visiting their Baylor freshman, it was great seeing them at church and grabbing lunch afterwards. We love and miss you all!

All in all, it was such a fun filled weekend with beautiful weather!!!

Oh, and quick pregnancy update: I thankfully passed my second round of testing for gestational diabetes! woo hoo! Bring on the Halloween candy!!! :) I am 30 weeks this week - AHHH! 10 more weeks to go - that is crazyness!!

More soon!!

Sally

Thirty one isn't as fun :)

hee hee...although i had a GREAT birthday, 31 just isn't as exciting as turning 30. Is this what it feels like to get OLD?? :)

My bday started with fun dinner with some good girlfriends...thank you all for coming!! And hee hee, next time we go to Cricket's we won't be asking for the same waiter we had...let's just say he was awfully strange, slow and clueless...wasn't he ladies?? hee hee...we still had a ball tho, thanks to you all for helping me ring in my 31st year!

We also celebrated with my sweet family and my mom made her famous homemade cake...that tastes waaaay better than it looks - and not that it looks bad!! :) It is such a gift to live in the same city as my family and get to be together for these kinds of fun celebrations!! Here Jackson is helping me...don't think i'll be blowing candles out by myself for a long time since he loves to assist with that task. :)

Enjoying our last few months before our family of 3 grows...

Thanks to everyone who helped make my day so special! I felt so blessed!

(Robert Griffin III was even there at the restaurant to help celebrate...thanks RG3!! Of course, Jackson had to get his pic taken with Robert!)
Amoungst many fun bday "happies," I am diggin the new Michael Buble CD from Josh, and the "rub back" from Jackson.

I just love birthdays!!! Here's to another year - cheers!

October is flying by already!

So i haven't been super good at updates lately. I can't believe it's mid October already!
Here are some fun happenings with us lately:

Last week, i headed out to a lil girls dinner with some of my besties here in Waco for a long awaited time to just catch up - we haven't been able to find a time to get together in so long. Well, they totally surprised me and celebrated my bday a lil early!! We went to George's and ahhh, love that place. Per my sister's strong suggestion, I had some fried pickles there for the first time and OMG - they are amazing! You were so right Kari!

My bday isn't till next week, and ahhh, it's the big 3-1. yikes...i actually feel older this year. I don't know why, but i do. Maybe it's carrying around the bowling ball in my belly right now.Thanks Genny, Mel and Kristi - you totally got me and that cake with all the reece's cups was perrrrrfect for me. :) my fave!! Sorry we all didn't get a pic together...i didn't have my camera and all I had was my phone, so the quality wasn't too great.

Also Josh's parents were in town this past weekend. Nina and Papa are official owners of Papaw's old farm land in the good ole country of texas. :) someday, down the road, they hope to live there and have all kinds of fun farm animals etc...until then, the grandkids just hafta wait.

While Nina and Papa were here, Jackson was showing off his puzzle skills....

One of the many games we played, due to the rainy weather, is what Jackson calls "Banopoly." For some reason, the Crosby men can play this game for hours and actually enjoy it...i don't fully get it. Here are Josh, Jackson and Papa at the beginning of the game....Jackson has now become slightly obessessed with $100 bills...don't know if that is really ok. :)Here they are...hours later!! notice all the hotels/houses. they are crazy. Jackson had to turn in and go to bed of course.Another one of Jackson's new favorite past times is pushing around the double stroller that we got a little early bc it was on sale for such a great price!! It has a sit and stand option for Jackson since he's obviously not so small anymore. I cannot wait to use it! Jackson likes to put his stuffed animals (in the bottom basket) and push them around the house.

Quick pregnancy update: had my 28 week checkup a few days ago, (ahh, i am 7 months!) and thankfully all looks good!!! Except the fact that i FAILED the first gestational diabetes test!! grrr, so bitter that i have to go back and do the stupid 3 hour long bloodwork at the lab. please save any good mags you have so I have sometime to look at while i am freakin there ALL MORNING soon. gah. I failed the first one with Jackson too, and then passed the 2nd long one...but at the time i worked at Providence and the lab was done the hall and all i had to do was just run down to the lab once an hour every 3 hours...sooo much more convenient. :)

And the babe must be growing strong bc i gained 6 pounds in 4 weeks too... :) I am blaming all that weight on the babe, not all the fun Halloween candy in the house.. hee hee.

We are off to my sweet cousin's wedding tomorrow - should be a great family weekend and reunion!! Pics to come soon of my lil ring bearer...and maybe one of this prego stuffed into her lovely black bridesmaid dress. ahhh...hoping it still zips. :)