Chance's 1st Birthday!

Over the weekend we celebrated Chance's 1st birthday!  I can't believe that kid is already a year old...unbelievable!  He was absolutely adorable all day long, sporting his bare chest with his red and white polka-dotted tie and teal shorts.

Chelsea did a PHENOMENAL job planning the "Red Wagon" themed birthday party.  She's really starting to get the hang of this creativity thing! :)  Since they take Chance all over Kate Street in his precious Radio Flyer red wagon, it only made sense to make that the theme of his first birthday!

A little advertising session here:  Need a cake?? Mimi's Confections is the real deal!  Jamesa Jones is absolutely incredible.  Not only are the cakes freaking adorable, but they taste AH-mazing as well!

Lulu and Poppa hooked Chance (and his buddy Grey!) up with a sweet sandbox/water box that the boys just loved!

Ryan and Wendy gave him a new Radio Flyer to stroll around on!

Chance loved all of his gifts, but his attention span didn't last long with the plethora of toys Chelsea kept opening up!  

He did, however, find time to enjoy his new big-wheeled ride once Uncle Ryan finished putting it together (with a little help from Chance's friend, Gage and Aunt Kim)!

 That face!!!

Jamesa made Chance his own little birthday cake, which we were all waiting in extreme anticipation for him to smash his face into, but... I guess the little guy isn't quite the chocoholic his mom and Aunt Jen are.  That being said, he seemed to enjoy handful after handful of sugar!

 And apparently Chance's mama was enjoying the sugar as well...

 Beautiful family photo!

It was a perfect day.  Without realizing it, Chelsea planned the party on Mother's Day, but what better way to celebrate all of the moms in our lives than to celebrate baby Chance with his own mom, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers!?  Thanking God every day for all of our blessings!

Here are just a few more pics from the party!

Chance and his beautiful mama

 Chance's friend Gage saying "Cheese!"

 Poppa, Paw Paw and Uncle Matt

 Chance's daddy, Grandma, Grandpa and Poppa

Maw Maw feeding the birthday boy some hot dog bun with Mom and Aunt Erin!

Chance and his Aunt Christy :)

 Maw Maw, Aunt Wendy, Mom, birthday boy, Aunt Jen (and cousin Tater making her look like she has a massive fat roll - LOL), Lulu and Mimi! What a ladies' man!

 Doesn't get much more precious than this...

 and this!

 Hey Maw Maw, share that bun with me!

 Chance and his later-in-life girlfriend Jensen!  I mean, look at her staring and smiling at him already! :)

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate my precious nephew.  Chelsea and Michael are so blessed and that baby boy is so very loved!

The Infamous "Bump" Progression

Well, I guess the time has come to show the progression of "bump pics" that I've taken.  Although there was nothing showing as early as 7 weeks, I wanted to document where I started and where I'll end up! Also, for those people who continue to say I'm not "showing," I think this pic progression will prove you quite wrong!

Also, after going to the doc today and seeing the number on the devil scale, I'm definitely "showing..." even if the majority of him is showing in my freaking thighs.

7 weeks pregnant (and looking so good, I know)

9 weeks pregnant (SERIOUSLY. take off the damn glasses and put on some makeup for goodness sakes!)

11 weeks pregnant (thank you.)

13 weeks pregnant (lol, and we're back.)

14 weeks pregnant

16 weeks pregnant

I was 18 weeks pregnant at our gender reveal, but never actually took a bump pic with the board!  Oops.

Introducing Mr. Tate Callen Cobb!

This says 20 weeks...but technically I had made the board, forgot to take a pic with it, and ended up taking this picture at 21 weeks 1 day.  Again, oops.  Hopefully I remember to feed my child better than I remember to document timelines...And yeah...about that orange shirt. That won't be happening anymore from here on out.  Took me like 30 minutes to get it off last time.

As of today I am 22 weeks 4 days, but Miles is out of town, so the latest bump pic/chalkboard will have to wait!

We decided on the name Tate Callen Cobb for our little angel.  Well actually, Hambone made the decision for us.  Yes, we're that couple, and here is proof.

 Miles's cousin and best friend passed away 3 years ago, and we have said since then that when we had a son, his middle name would honor him.  His name was Cody Allen, and Allen happens to be a family name down the Cobb lineage (including Miles's middle name).  Thus, we came up with the middle name "Callen" in honor of Cody and as a representation of the Allen name.  

I've already started calling him my Tater, Tater Tot, Tater Bug...and the like.  Miles is over my nicknames, and the other day said "you know his name is TATE, right? I don't want him coming out and being called Tater the rest of his life!"  Hey, it's cute for a baby.  Although I've said if he's that pudgy kid in middle school being called "Tater" he's going to hate our guts...

I'll continue to update this blog with my bump progress as it continues! I swear I'm growing by the minute at this point, so lots of pics to come in the near future!

26 weeks

29 weeks

 32 weeks

 35 1/2 weeks

36 1/2 weeks

Baby Cobb Gender Reveal!

I cannot believe the day finally came.  It still hasn't totally set in, although my emotional breakdown definitely already happened.  Saw that coming for about 3 days now...

Anyway.  Our families are amazing.  We sent invitations to our reveal to Miles's parents, his Nana and Joel, his sister and his brother and sister-in-law, to my parents, my Mimi and Big Daddy, Maw Maw and Paw Paw, brother and sister-in-law, and my sister and brother-in-law.  Every single person showed up on a Sunday, and not one of them lives in Fort Worth.  We had cousins and aunts and uncles and best friends on FaceTime to enjoy the moment with us as well.  It was perfect.  A long awaited moment, the first of many, just PERFECT.

The chocolate chocolate chip cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes helped make today even greater.  Freaking DELICIOUS.

Chelsea and Wendy - you two are amazing.  Thank you Joy for the peek-a-boo bear!  And thank you Courtney Goswick for monogramming the precious onesie!

Highlighting our shoe theme.  Nice Pinteresting Wendy!  So cute.

This neutral guy didn't care...boy or girl...just get him a cousin! And maybe a chunk of hair while we're at it.

FAMILY.IS.EVERYTHING.

Of course amidst all the chaos I failed to get pictures of Byron, Katy and Ty.  I'll blame them because they were late. :) I love my Cobb family!

HE or SHE?  What will Baby Cobb be???

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IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!

We have always discussed wanting a boy, and look at how God continues to show His love to us.  We sat on our couch after everyone left today and rehashed how grateful we are and how blessed we are and how life is just everything we hoped it would be.  Throughout our struggles we remained steadfast in our faith that God would provide for us in His own time.  And just look at what He is doing for us!  Today was, without a doubt, one of the best days of my life.  We were surrounded by our closest of kin and our house was filled with an undeniable love.

We are forever indebted to all of the people who have prayed for this child.  Thank you all so much.  You helped make today possible, and you helped make today perfect!  I can hardly contain my excitement right now.  In fact, why am I still blogging???  Goodbye blog...HELLOOOOOO PINTEREST!

Next step - NURSERY!

I tried to download the video of the reveal, but haven't been able to make it work yet!  I'll keep trying!