Gobble, Gobble!

What a wonderful Thanksgiving week we've had. We have so much to be thankful for! I had a blast celebrating Turkey Day with my family at the Gibbins' lake house in Livingston. I got to meet my cousin, Ty, (due 3 weeks before me!) and spend time with all of my family members on my mom's side! (We missed my Uncle Josh and Aunt Jen though - they were in Missouri for Thanksgiving!)

I am especially thankful that my Dad is a "handy man"! Dad worked hard putting my crib and dresser together, and they both look awesome! I am currently about 13.5 inches from head to toe and weight about 1.5 lbs! I am growing like a champ - and so is Mom! :)

0-24 weeks in a nut shell....

To catch you up to date I'll skip the nitty gritty of the daily details of my growing and developing. Although Mom would say she deserves an entire book after surviving the first 20 weeks - hopefully a few sentences will do... Let's just say she put the SICK in "morning sickness"!!! Poor Mom had a really rough run from week 6 - until week 20 (although she still has her "moments"). In fact, I've heard through the grapevine that for every week she was sick, I am grounded for that long when I join the family! Now, how is that fair lady!! :) I'm sure my "cuteness" will make her forget all about those "green days"! Mom and Dad are very thankful to have gotten wonderful reports from the doctor each visit. Mom and I are both growing at a healthy pace! Our 17 week visit was an extra special one. That's when the doctor revealed that I was a BOY!! I think the entire hospital could hear mom scream and cry with excitement...and I'm pretty sure I even saw Dad leak a tear or two :) They decided LUKE McCAIN was a fitting name for me, and put the "official stamp" on it following encouragement from family members who "needed" to know the name so they could get busy monogramming! (thanks Aunt Ann and Aunt Jen!)

Now that Mom has "perked" up, she has been busy, busy preparing for my arrival. She had my nursery painted today and has finally made a decision on my bedding (She'll post pictures soon!) Dad likes to point out that she's "nesting", but I think Mom feels like she has to make up for "lost time" spent sick on the couch during her first trimester and half of second! Once I reached 18 weeks, I was able to start hearing Mom and Dad's voices... they talk to me all the time and I love it! Dad makes playlists for me to listen to...the music makes me dance, dance, dance in Mom's belly!

Surprise! I'm on my way...

Now that I gave you the quick and dirty version of my family (which I should apologize for not introducing my four legged older brother, Pete)! Let's get to the reason this blog was created.... ME!!! Mom, being the planner that she is, always daydreamed of the creative ways she would share the news with Dad, family, and friends - but excitement got the best of her and that's not exactly how things went down! Mom immediately called Dad to come home from work the minute she took her first pregnancy test! After showing Dad the positive preggo test... what did the two decide to do?? Buy more tests! After successfully completing another 8 positive pregnancy tests... reality had set in! They were going to be parents!!! Mom was able to get into the doctor two days later, who confirmed the great news! (He also informed her that ONE positive test is all she needed!ha!)Mom awoke the next morning to find Dad wide awake on the couch, who admitted to "not sleeping a wink" and already worrying about being a Dad and the financial responsibility of raising a child, not to mention sending them to college. Do they not realize I'm going to be a genius!;)

How The Sykes came to be....

I should first begin by saying, if you know anything about my mom, you would know that she doesn't "do technology"; so, she is really stepping outside of the box with this "blogging thing" and asked that you bear with her! :)

Mom and Dad met their freshman year of college at Texas Tech University, but didn't officially start dating until their senior year. After 2 1/2 years of dating they tied the knot on June 16, 2007. Dad had already taken a job with El Paso in Houston, so that is how the two love birds settled in the Bayou City. They bought their first home in May 2008 and have loved making their house a home. Mom was pretty much ready for me to join the family not long after they married, but with Dad's recommendation... they decided to enjoy being married for a "couple" of years. Ironically, they celebrated their 2nd anniversary in June, and as you can see, my plane is scheduled to land exactly 9 months later! I've provided you with a few pics of the two.