Baby on the Way

Check out this wonderfully made video from our photographer Angela Smith of our maternity photos. She did an amazing job! Check out her blog at http://photographyavs.blogspot.com/

Baby on the Way

4 weeks and counting!

Well we are down to the final countdown and I am soo excited! I think we all are - except Jackson because he really doesn't know what's about to happen. I can tell he knows something because he wants to cuddle more with Carl than me because of my big belly! The nursery is almost all done thanks to my wonderful husband who painted it! Let me tell you, painting is not easy and I didn't even have to do it! But it looks really pretty. We are waiting for a few more accents for the room and then it'll be all ready.
On Saturday, Jan 29th we had maternity photos taken. They turned out beautifully thanks to our photographer Angela Smith of AV Smith Photography! http://www.avsmithphotography.com/
 Here are a few sneak peaks.

Updates

Ok so over a month has passed again since I last wrote. We had a wonderful December and Christmas season! I can't believe it's come and gone. We spent Dec 22-27 in Pittsburgh visiting both of our families and it was such a nice time. We got to see some family that was in from out of town and we really enjoyed it. Jackson wasn't really interested in opening gifts this year. He pretty much slept thru opening at both parents houses. However he did enjoy grabbing ornaments off the tree and sitting on the tree whenever he could. After the first of the year we had a leadership conference in Lancaster PA for our business and Jackson stayed with Aunt Christy and Uncle Daniel. They really enjoyed having him and Christy even sent me a text the day after we left saying that she missed Jackson. He is a sweetie that's for sure! Then after that Carl had a business trip to South Korea from Jan 14-22. While he was gone I took Jackson up to Pittsburgh to stay at my parent's house. It was so nice to be there with help from family and helped keep my mind off the fact that I really missed my husband. It's amazing how much you can depend on a person and not even realize it til they are gone. I do really appreciate him. He was supposed to arrive on Saturday 1/22 at 9pm and his flight was delayed getting him home at 1:45am the next day! Needless to stay I couldn't stay awake for him but did hear him come in and we talked for a little while before I (Carl laid awake) fell asleep. I'm really glad to have him back. Oh during that time when I came back to Virginia, my Mom came with me so I wouldn't have to drive by myself. It was so great to have her because Jackson wasn't very happy and I ended up moving to the back seat to sit with him for the duration of the trip. Mom is staying until 1/24 when she will attend the March for Life in Washington, DC and ride the bus home with her church. It all worked out perfectly! 


So now I am 34 weeks pregnant and really wanting to have our baby girl! My sister Julie had her baby, Emily Rose while I was home in Pittsburgh on 1/15. She was the cutest lil peanut at 5lbs 10oz! I could have held her for hours! My c-section is scheduled for February 25th at 11:30am, so the end is in sight! I will be having maternity photos take this coming Saturday on 1/29. Check back next week for sneak peeks! 

Wow it's been awhile!

So it's been almost 2 months since my last post! Time sure does fly! Everything is going great with us. Jackson is developing quite the personality. He's so much fun. He loves to hold his mama's hair and put it in his nuk when he's sleepy and LOVES to wait for Daddy at the stairs when he comes home from work. He gets so excited and his hands started waving in the air! We've enjoyed being decorated for Christmas for a few weeks now and Jackson has cleared the bottom 1/3 of the ornaments so the tree is bare down there. We've caught him climbing on a present to reach ornaments higher up on the tree. He's a smartie!

BabyGirl is doing good too. She's an active baby and gives her mama lower back pains :/ But everything is progressing right on schedule and she will be delivered via csection at 39 weeks. Today we actually bought her crib so that was exciting. We still don't know how we will decorate the room because her nursery will double as the guest room. Pictures to come probably after Christmas. Here are a few pictures from recent times!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!

We had our 20 week ultrasound on October 18th at 8:00am and found out we are having a GIRL! We couldn't be more excited and blessed! I have already started shopping for her wardrobe! It's hard not to when everything  is so little and cute! Here are a few ultrasound pictures.

Happy 1st birthday Jackson!

Jackson has turned one! Looking back on the year, we have no regrets! We got to do some many awesome things with Jackson and watching him learn and experience new things each day has been such a joy to Carl and I! Here is a video of photos that I took each week that he turned another week older.

Jackson's VA birthday party

On Oct 2nd we celebrated Jackson's birthday here in Virginia with his closest friends. We had about 9 little ones running around all within about 2-3 months of eachother. It was quite exciting! Jackson was the only one who couldn't walk! Here are a few pictures!