Shelby's First 4th of July

Shelby got to celebrate her first 4th of July with a bang! Of course she was well dressed for the occasion, even though her Nana says she looks like a suicide bomber in the picture with the fireworks around her. We had Nana, Papa, Uncle Bryan, and Aunt Paola over for brisket and fireworks. We had a lot of fun shooting them off in front of the house. Nothing even phased Shelby except for the big string of Black Cats her daddy set off twice. I hope she doesn't get to be adventurous with fireworks as her Daddy and Uncle Bryan are. We hope you enjoyed the 4th as much as we did!

Daddy's Best B-day Gift Ever!

If you have not already heard, we were blessed by the arrival of our gorgeous daughter, Shelby Reese, on June 26th at 5:50 a.m. She weighed 8 1/2 pounds and was 20.5 inches long.

The morning of the 25th, Chad's birthday, I felt as though my water had begun to leak. After calling the doctor around noon, she told me to go to the hospital to get checked out. At 3:30 I was told that I was not leaking fluid and we were sent home. We then went to meet our families at Outback Steakhouse to celebrate Chad's birthday. As soon as we told them how many people were in our party I felt a sudden gush!!! I did not know if I had wet my pants or what had happened, so I ran off to the bathroom. I then went and got Chad who had just ordered drinks and drug him outside to the car to ask him what he thought. He then ran and got his mother who said she thought it had to be my water. When we got to the hospital the same woman who had previously told me my water had not broken earlier in the day, confirmed it definately had broken that evening. I was admitted to the hospital around 6:30 in the evening. After being given pitocin around 8:00 I labored through the contractions until I was FINALLY given an epidural around 1:00 AM. I quickly fell asleep and slept till 4 AM. When I woke up I was 9 cm dialated and about ready to push. At 5:50 AM our little girl came into this world, five hours and fifty minutes shy of having her daddy's birthday. She was gorgeous and had a full head of beautiful thick, dark and wavy hair. It is at least an inch long in some places, but great for bows.

We are all doing great. She is a wonderful and perfect child, so far, we could not have asked for anything more.

Shelby's Pad

My mom has been locked in Shelby's room since we found out about the dialation situation. She has made some good progress, but we are still not done. We still have a tree or two to add as well as lots of dragonflies, butterflies, and flowers to girl it up. Enjoy!

When do you think???

I went to the doctor on Monday, the 11th, and much to our surprise I am already dialated 2 centimeters and 60% effaced. Shelby is still very high though, but the Dr. said it could be anytime even though I am only at 36 weeks. Our families have started placing bets on weight, height, and what day, so if you care to join in with a guess, just email it to Chad or myself. We will keep you updated and will have ultrasound photos next week for you.

There he goes again!

Chad competed in another triathalon this past weekend in Sugarland. He was 15th out of the 55 in his age group, not too shabby! He did awesome no matter what he says. I am waiting to get pics from his brother because I video taped instead of snapping pics. I will post them when I get them as well as post his final standing, but Good Job Chad!!!

Run Chad Run!!!

Or should I say, swim, bike, & run Chad! Chad competed in his very first triathalon this weekend and did awesome! He had to first swim 500 meters in Lake Woodlands, then bike 15 miles around town, and finally run 3.2 miles around Market Street in The Woodlands. He did it all in 1 hour and 24 minutes! Chad came in 18th out of 35 in his age group, and 189 out of 640 finishers. I am so proud and extremly impressed. Of course you know the McDaniel curse, when you really need the camera, the battery is dead, so I was not able to take any pictures. They did have a professional taking pictures of everyone so I am hoping they will post those soon and Chad will be in some of those. Check back soon to see. Maybe when he does the next one on June 10th, in Sugarland, my battery will be charged.

Mr. & Mrs. Purvis

We enjoyed watching our friends, Jenny and Derek, get married this past saturday. Chad and I were both in the wedding and are so excited for them.

Shelby's Jungle

Our little girl will be here in 11 short weeks, and her Nana had been working hard on painting her room. We have a lot still to do, but things are starting to take shape. Some animals are only drawn on the wall, but others have been painted in and a lot of greenery and other things will be added.

It's getting to be a jungle

Our daughter, Shelby Reese, will be here before we know it so we finally got started on her room. YEAH!!! Her Nana came up over spring break and started painting her jungle themed room. Her Mimi came up and took us furniture shopping where she bought her new crib and hutch. Shelby's daddy even added a touch by buying her a huge stuffed tiger that looks awesome in her room. I cannot wait till it is all done, it is going to look amazing.

Poor Zowie!

Poor Zowie she had a rough spring break. We had her spayed as well as a hernia removed over the past week. She has about a 6 inch incision on her belly that has been stapled shut. She had a few pain issues so we had to have her put on more meds. We were at the vet everday during the week except for Sunday. The poor thing has to wear a satellite dish looking thing on her head to keep her from messing with her bo-bo, at least she gets good reception. :) The bad thing is tha when we are gone we have to keep her locked up in the bathroom so she will not jump. We had a bright idea to use cardboard to block her from tearing up the door and you can see what she did to it.

It's a....

GIRL!!!! We are completly ecstatic. I could not believe it. I swore up and down it was a boy, but Chad was right. On February 5th we found out we are going to have a little lady join our family. Our families are so excited, especially the grandmothers, who cannot stop hitting up Kohls. Everything is going great and growing great, we just can't wait to meet her.

Derek and Jenny's Shower

We recently attended a shower for our good friends Derek and Jenny. Check out the pics of one of the games they played it was too funny. Chad and I will both be in their wedding in April and wish them all the luck.

Christmas 2006

Sorry it has been so log since I updated our blog. Things have been busy with the unfortunate start of the dreaded tax season. We did have a wonderful chirstmas though. Chad and I had 7or 8 different christmas'. Let me see if I can remeber them all. I think the first one wason christmas eve with Grandma on Chad's side. It was nice to see them all again. That evening we had a wonderful christmas with Mike and Deloris as well as Josh, Angie, Ansley and Callie. It was great for us to be able to meet Callie and spend time with all the Gormans and play with our nieces. The next morning, on Christmas day, we started off by having christmas with my parents. It was just the four of us but it was nice and calm. After that off we went to Nanny's house and spending time with her as well as Chad's cousin Lindsey and Aunt Marcia. When the fun was over there we went over to Mickey and Carol's house where we got to spend time with Grandad, Sandy, Katie, Chris, Debbie, Ron, Mickey, Carol, Anna, Kirk, and my parents. It was a lot of fun we got to open presents, eat, play cards, and Kirk's new Nintendo Wii. Even my dad and Grandad got in on the fun with the Wii. Later in the evening Chad and I had our chrismas together where I got a new ipod radio for my kitchen and Chad told me I was going to get new coffee tables. That takes care of Christmas Eve and day, but what is christmas without dragging it out a few more days. On the 26th we headed over to Retti's to have christmas with her and J.D. It was a lot of fun. After that Chad and I headed home and my mom headed up to the white city of Lubbockto help Kelli, Trey and Drew move back to College Station. After mom and Kelli got to College Station, they drove over they next day with Trey and Drew to have Christmas at our house. Dad met us here and we had a nice luch at Chuy's and then a christmas of Drew opening gift after gift. Can you believe a 2 year old can get sick of opening gifts? After it was all said and done it was fun and cazy like every holiday.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Gorman family. These are pictures of the Christmas lights on our new home and Tobie and Zowie posing for their Christmas picture!

Babies first picture

Here is the first picture of our baby. It is the blob to the left. I know it is just too beautiful for words. This picture was taken when I was 8 weeks and 1 day along. My official due date is 7/7/07. Enjoy!

Surprise Kim's Pregnant!!!

As you can tell to was a surprise to all, even Chad! I am pregnant. We knew for a week before we told our parents and we even saw my parents. We went to a restaurant in Deer Park together, which was my mom's idea, where we broke the good news. I wish we had more pics of it, but Chad got it on video of our mothers jumping up and down in circles screaming in the middle of the restaurant. Thank goodness we were the only ones in the back so we were not embarrassed too badly. :) The really funny thing is that when I said I was pregnant Mike and my dad did not even hear me because they were watching a football game on the TV. After the reactions of our mothers and tears starting to fall they figured it out. I don't think I have ever surprised anyone that much in my life.