Nineteen Weeks!!! 

We are right at 19 weeks today! We had a office visit today with my doctor, the "real" sonogram with her was scheduled today. We told her that we already cheated and had a couple of sonograms, but I wouldn't tell her what the other one said...I wanted her eyes to see the baby fresh with out any ideas. First and most important, the baby looks very healthy and active...right on schedule and cute as can be! Her verdict on the sex.....she agreed- GIRL! I am still  having a hard time believing it. I am not sure what it will take to really buy it-I guess I will need to see the real deal. :) 

She was very busy today-we saw her dancing around and opening her mouth and chewing on her tiny little hands. It is still so amazing to us to actually see our baby-it feels like we are watching a movie about someone else! I am starting to feel her move around more and more everyday. I am so anxious for Garrett and Randy to get to feel it too- the doctor said that it might be another month before they can feel it really well. I am doing great too-other than the usual "side effects" of growing a person. I actually lost a little weight this time (I am fine with that) but she is a little tiny bit concerned, so some blood work was done today. I am happy to report that I have only gained 8 pounds-I am sure that my next visit I will double that, but for now I will brag. :)

Randy's parents are here tonight-just passing through, but we took advantage of the opportunity to get a picture of all of us at the same time! The bottom picture is one of "both bellies" - hee hee! I think he is giving me a run for my money!

Keep checking in! Hopefully we will have some more pictures of our tiny girl next week!

My dear friend Linsey had her 31st Birthday last week. We went and ate dinner to celebrate. We have been friends for 20 years-yes TWENTY!!! She is about to pop with her second baby-little Beckham- any day now. This is the only picture that we have of us pregnant at the same time-I wish that you could really see both our bellies. It is a really neat thing that we have gotten to share so much together and now, we get to share this! Really special :) Anyway, just wanted to tell her Happy Birthday and many happy wishes to her for the next year!!! 

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

We went to Possum Kingdom Lake for the fourth of July. Garrett is spending the week with his dad, so it was just us- we are missing him really bad, it wasn't the same without him. :( We made the best of the day, relaxing, eating, Randy did some cliff jumping, and fishing- quite hilarious. I hope that next year we have pictures of our whole family-both kiddos (can't wait for that) and our cute dog. Hope your day was great and you feel as blessed as we do to live in the United States of America!

Showing off our daughter!

Ok, so here are the pictures from the last two sonograms. You have to squint your eyes to really see, but we think that she is awfully cute.

I wish that you could all see the video and hear the girl explain what everything is. It is amazing how much you can see- her stomach, liver, diaphram, the chambers of her heart, the different parts of her brain, and the way the blood flows through her tiny little body! We watched her open and close her mouth, stick her tounge out (at Daddy I am sure:) playing with the umbilical cord...all kinds of neat stuff! We are soooo thrilled that we are getting to see her as much as we are-not everyone gets the opportunity-and we are taking advantage of it!

We are scheduled to go see her again next week, so hopefully we will have some more to share!

GIRL!!!!

At least that's what she tells us!

 Randy has a friend that does sonograms

 and she is letting us come in about once a week

 for a peek at the tiny little thing.

After two visits and a total of about an hour and a half,

she is 99% positive that it is a Girl.

She assured us that it was safe to tell our family and friends

and that she would bet her paycheck. 

AND, she says that she has never been wrong!

So, there ya go!

We are thrilled and scared to death! 

We are great at nieces but not sure what to do with a DAUGHTER!!!!

I don't know that I will believe it until I actually see her.

(I am still saving all the receipts...just in case)

Randy is already preparing his plan 

for the poor little boys that want to date her, 

and giving me a list that she is and is not

 allowed to do and wear.

Garrett is excited too! 

He has been at both sonograms and got to see her.

We have about 3 names that we really like-

but I am letting Randy make the final decision

 (because I love all of them and can't choose).

So hopefully we will have a name for the tiny girl very soon!

We can't wait to share some of the pictures from the sonogram-

look for those in the next day or so.

Please keep praying for our family as we prepare for her arrival. 

We still claim

"He who began a good work in me, 

will be faithful to complete it!"

Phillipians 1:6

Let the bow making begin!!!!!

14 weeks & 4 days!!!

We are well on our way to a healthy baby! I am getting bigger by the day. We haven't been in a very good habit of taking pictures of my "progression"

I just asked Randy tonight to help me to PLEASE help me remember to take more-it's not a huge joy to take a picture in all of my glory-but, I know that we 

will want to see them later. So, the sacrifices of a

mommy....

The baby is about the size of an avacado and weighs about 6 ounces. I am finally, in the past couple of weeks, feeling better. I still don't sleep great, but 

I am sure that is God's way of preparing me for late nights with the tiny one. :) We had a doctors visit this last Wednesday (Garrett got to go with us). She 

said all looked great! The heart rate was at 156. I have only gained 10 pounds, I say "only" because I fully expected Dr. Wood to tell me that I had gained 25 

so far. After all that I was eating (which was alot-it shocked Randy) a total of 10 all together was not bad at all. Next time might be a different story. They

 asked if I was feeling the baby move yet, but I can't just yet. I so wish that I could. We did get to hear the heart beat- so strong! It

was so awesome to see the look on Randy and Garrett's face when they first heard that sound- the smiles on both of their faces was priceless! The next time

we go, July 9th at 9:15, we get to find out what kind of baby this is. So exciting! We have a good idea of what it is, but we will wait to see if we are right! 

Keep checking in and praying for us and our family!

Happy Fathers Day!!!!

We had a pretty low key fathers day this year. Randy worked on a side job most of the day, slaving away in the million degree heat (what a great way to celebrate-yick) I was planning this BIG HUGE meal for Randy-but because he is the greatest guy EVER, on his way home for working, he offered to take us out for dinner so that I didn't have to cook!!! (which was fabulous, cause I felt pretty crummy-but didn't want to tell him) So, after we both took a little nap, we went to Risky's for a little BBQ and then he even treated Garrett and I to Marble Slab ice cream (which he can't even eat)! See what I mean by greatest guy ever?!

I am so blessed to see Randy with Garrett. He never tries to be his "dad" but works really hard to be a good father figure. They disagree - ALOT- but I think that is normal with all 12 year old boys, but at the end of the day, they really enjoy each other and are both learning so much about each other. I also can't wait to  see him with this new baby. He is already so excited... boy or girl, he will be a great Daddy. 

Happy Fathers Day Randy! Thanks for making our home happy, safe, & secure! We love you so much!!!!

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO!!!

I am watching our friends girls a little this summer. They are so precious and I love them to pieces!!! The little one, Kaylyn, was taking a nap on the couch- sound asleep. The next thing I know, my Zoey is snuggled up as close as she can get and off to sleepy land she went too. I have a feeling that this is a sight that I may get to  see with our baby. I LOVE  this!!! Ooooohhh, I can't wait!

One Whole Year!!!!

So, as usual...I am running behind on Blogging. But, here we go anyways....

On June 2nd Randy and I celebrated our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!! Randy's favorite thing to say is, "It feels just like 5 minutes.....underwater" (ha ha ha! I have a feeling that I will hear this EVERY year. He thinks his jokes are SO funny.) Randy planned a very sweet treat for me (which is very unlike him:) We went to dinner at Uncle Julio's, my favorite, where I ate like a lunatic. Then we spent the night at the Gaylord- where we spent our wedding night. So sweet! We had a great time. 

This has been a really great first year of marriage. They say the first year is the hardest, but it wasn't so bad and if this is the hardest...then we are set for a fabulous marriage!! We have learned so much about each other and about Chandler too. We may bicker here and there, but above all, we laugh alot, we love each other so much and we are so looking forward to year two! Lot's of changes this year, we most certainly have an adventure ahead of us as a family! 

Everytime we are at the Gaylord, I take our picture in these chairs. They are soooo great! They are brown and turquoise tooled leather and some day I want them in our house, but until then, a picture will do. :)

Me in the gift shop...aren't those glasses great? Randy refused to wear them, even after me sticking my lip out. Party pooper!

After all that eating at Uncle Julio's, by 11:00 I was STARVED again. We ordered me a club sandwich (that was enormous!) and I ate every bite! Randy couldn't believe it. This baby make me super hungry in the evening!

We made it!!!!!

Today, Garrett finally finished the 6th grade! This seemed like the longest year to us. We are so happy to be done and movin' on up to the 7th (yes, that's right seventh-wow that seems big) grade! As usual, I did my best to annoy him by taking so quick pics today. Randy took him this morning, and I picked him up- he was thrilled to see me taking his picture at school-from the car!  hee hee hee! :) Then it was off to meet Amber, Mikayleigh , and Kaylyn for a little lunch at his new favorite, Panda Express.

We are so proud of you Garrett! Now, let's get the summer started!!! Yippee!!!!