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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sister Time


Last weekend I went to Austin with my sister to visit both my mom and our younger sister.  It was a great trip!  We did the typical....vegging, eating, and shopping.  My mom always wants to make sure we are fed well, and BOY OH BOY was I fed well! 

Then, both my sister, Rebecca, and I drove from Austin back to The Woodlands.  Rebecca spent a week with me visiting friends and family.  She wanted to make this trip before the baby is due.  I haven't seen my sister since her baby shower almost 2 months ago, so it was an incredible sight to see her ever growing belly, and!.....on top of that....She looks GREAT!  So beautiful!  It's crazy to me to think that she will be due in ONE MONTH!!!  Braxton was bee bopping all around inside my sister's tummy.  I loved feeling him kick and move in her belly.  It was such a wonderful, beautiful, and magical feeling.  It was a magical thing to know that what I was feeling was my little nephew in there.  Here's a few pictures of my mom and littlest sister feeling on Rebecca's baby belly:

Our mom feeling Braxton move.


And there's Rylee feeling Braxton move!  She's so excited to be an Aunt!

My sister just left back for Austin, and as we were hugging and saying goodbye, I started to cry like a baby and then placed my hands on her belly.  This will be the last time I will see her belly in person.  Well....sort of.  Actually, the next time I see her is when she's ready to deliver.  I plan on driving up to Dallas for the birth to be there for my sister.

I don't know what it is, but it just broke my heart to see her go.  I miss my sister, and I already love Braxton so very much.  It was hard to see her and her "Braxton belly" get in the car and drive away.  As I was tearing up Rebecca said, "Awww...don't cry."  As she said that, I laughed and replied with, "Gosh!  If I'm already bawling my eyes out right now then get ready because I'm going to be a hot mess the minute Braxton is born.  Tyson kind of chuckled himself while he watched me cry.  When we both got in the house and shut the door behind us as Rebecca drove off, I began to cry even harder.  Tyson just held and hugged me as I buried my face in him, and all I could think of was, "Get it together Reannin!  You will see them soon!"

So, I can't wait.  Only one more month.  I hope one day, Rebecca, Shane, and Braxton move back down here.  I miss my sister, and it rips my heart to pieces to know that we live so many miles from each other that I can't see her on an almost every day basis.  Plus, she's about to have my little nephew, and I want to hold him and kiss his sweet cheeks every chance I get.

In other news, I go back to work tomorrow and then the students come back next week.  I'm ready for my 3rd year of teaching!  There are so many new things happening and things changing with the Texas State Assessment that I can't wait to see how everything unfolds.  I'm hoping Tyson and I will be able to see each other enough with both of our schedules.  Tyson's schedule will be crazy busy with work, school, and K9 training.  Watching him do all of that this summer was exhausting for me.  He's a tough guy, and I love him oh so very much because he's hard working, goal driven, and ambitious.  I couldn't have asked for more.

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