Carly had her first photo shoot!

My awesome friend Claire (Claire Hill Photography) was nice enough to take some awesome photos of my baby girl. She is such a doll. Check out these photos.

Carly made her grand entrance a little early!!!

Seems like just yesterday I had scheduled to get a prenatal massage and a haircut. Both on the same day.

May 21st, 2009.

6:30 am - Wake up and take Taylor to school.

8:00 am - Prenatal massage.

11:15 am - Posted on Facebook that I would be scheduled to be induced within two weeks.

11:30 am - Went to get my haircut.

12:15 am - Water broke leaving the haircut place.

1:15 pm - Arrived at the hospital thanks to my good friend Laura.

1:45 pm - Checked into my room and in labor. 2 cm.

5:15 pm - 4 cm and loving the epidural.

6:15 pm - Epidural wore off and got some more serious meds. Numb all over... shakes... nausea..

8:15 pm - 5 cm and feeling really drugged up and can't lift my leg worth anything.

8:30 pm - Taking bets if Carly will be born before midnight so it will be on her NaNa and PawPaw's anniversary.

9:00 pm - 9 cm and almost time to push.

9:40 pm - Nurse wants to do a few trial pushes to see how it goes. After three pushes with contractions she says to not push any more becuase her head was right there. They called the doctor and we waited. There were two other ladies who would be delivering before me.

10:03 pm - Dr. Lee arrived.

10:08 pm - Carly was born after two pushes. This was way to easy. LOL! She was 7 lbs and 19 1/2".

Carly ended up having to stay a third night in the hospital due to jaundice. The hospital staff was nice enough to let me have a courtesy room for free for Saturday evening. We made it home by lunchtime Sunday May 24th.

Taylor with her big sister!

Me and my baby girl!!!

A very proud big sister!!!!

34 Weeks and counting

Well it seems that time is just flying by. I was 34 weeks yesterday!!! I have been trying my best to get things done around the house to welcome baby Carly home, but I tend to just be lazy most days. Today is one of them. All I have done is clip some coupons...make a grocery list... take a nice long bath...and play on the Wii. That is it! I wish I had the energy to do something around the house but it seems I have reached the point where I start to retain water and swell like a balloon in my hands and feet by doing the smallest tasks. This morning the clipping coupons made my hands swell. How is that? Well all in all... things are going well. Baby Carly should weigh about 5 lbs now and should be around 19" long. This just means we are running out of room. My next appointment is on Wednesday. I should start going weekly soon. I will try my best to keep you up to date.

Getting ready for baby Carly...

Well... I have been working HARD getting this house ready for Carly to arrive. Her room is starting to come together. We have the crib up and a temporary mattress in there till we get ours. Her room has by far been the easiest as we didn't change much of anything but buy some bedding to match the room as it was already painted. Taylor's room is so close to being done. I painted an old armoire black this week and put some fabric on the doors. We made a headboard for her bed and made risers to lift the bed up for storage underneath. It seems all I have left to do is the finishing touches with pictures on the walls, etc... And... our room has had a whole new makeover. We sold our bedroom furniture and bought some new along with a king size bed. PRAISE JESUS!!!! Just had it delivered last night and I already love it! We will be ready before we know it!!!

Taylor is 7!!!!

Is it possible that Taylor is 7 now???? My baby is not a baby any more. When will I realize this? Maybe never. She will ALWAYS be my baby and I hope that she will always cuddle with me! For her birthday this year I did NOT make her cake. This is a first. I also did nothing to get ready for a party. We went to the Incredible Pizza Company on her birthday and we ended up spending a good 5 hours there. PHEW! I was worn out after that one! I was just getting over having the flu and I was having sever back pains this day, but I made it through it and we had a blast. Here are some highlights.

We are having a girl!!!

On Tuesday January 20th we went to see the doctor for our 20 week ultrasound and within seconds he said... "It's a girl!" We were very fortunate to have both my mom and Nick's mom there with us and Taylor too. Taylor was so excited. The look on her face was priceless. She thinks they will get to dress alike now. Hmm.... we will see about that. We are very excited though and have already started the process of moving Taylor into her big girl room. The baby will be in Taylor's old room that is very princess like. Now Taylor's room will be purple, hot pink and zebra print. We still have some work to do by painting some furniture... hanging things on the walls... and wait for the rest of the bedding to come in. She does love her new room though... here are a few pics of the room in progress.

Taylor's Christmas Dance

Taylor's dance studio puts on a small performance for parents during the holidays. This was a very special treat to be able to see Taylor perform some dances she has learn the first half of the year. She looks so grown up!

Christmas 2008

Well... it seems I am a little behind updating my blog so I thought I would spend just a few moments posting some pictures of Christmas 2008. All I can say is that it flew by. We went to Mississippi to visit Nick's side of the family on the 20th of December. We then came back just in time for Christmas at our house and then we left again on the 26th to spend the weekend with my side of the family.

In love

Well... I am in love! We went to my Dr. yesterday for another check up and we were able to see a picture of our little baby on ultrasound again. We saw a perfect little one with fingers and toes and eyes... So precious. We are still in awe of the miracle God has given us. After so long of thinking this just won't happen we finally let go of that burden and let God take control and look what he does. He creates something so amazing that words cannot even describe the feeling we get when we see this miracle growing. He is an amazing and faithful God who always provides. Thank you Jesus for protecting this little baby and letting him grow big and strong!

My life has changed...

Well... as of last Wednesday my life took a dramatic change. I along with 40 other people at my company were laid off. For now I think this will be a good change for me. I will finally have a chance to clean out my house that seems to get worse every day. I will also be able to get more rest which I definitely need while pregnant. AND... most important I will have more time to spend with my family. It seems my daughter is growing up too fast, so my time with her is the most precious. I want as much of it as I can get. Starting December 1st she will be a car rider home from school. This is all new to me after she has been at a day care facility of some sort for the past 6 1/2 years. What did I get myself into. Oh wait... this wasn't my decision... but we will make the BEST of it. Then of course we will start planning for the arrival of our new little one sometime in June. This is all very exciting. We just need to pray that God can lead us financially to make this adjustment work. I have complete faith and trust in Him that He knows what he is doing.

Dewberry Farms

I volunteered to go on the field trip with Taylor's class to Dewberry Farms yesterday. Wow what fun, but man... I was exhausted when it was over. All I could think about was a nap. However, by the time I got home I had less than 2 hours to pick up the house to go get Taylor for dance and be home for our church group to come over. I managed to grap a 20 minute nap, which I even had a dream. Woke up just in time for the alarm to go off and thought to myself I can manage to squeeze in another 17 minutes. Dozed off again and had another dream. I must have been tired! I took some pics at the field trip yesterday. Look at how much fun! I even bought an 18 lb pumpkin which we will carve tonight. I can hardly wait. It will be so much fun!

We have a heartbeat!!!!

We went to see my Dr. yesterday for my first official appointment. Peaches did the ultrasound and found the baby and the heartbeat with no problem. There is was beating at 115 beats per minute. What an amazing thing to see. After all we have been through it was a huge relief to see that our baby is nice and cozy and here to stay. God is so good and faithful!!!! Here is his first photo.