Easton's Dedication and Mother's Day

Easton was dedicated on Mother's Day Sunday! It was also children's service so it was so cute watching the older kids be involved during the service!  Addy attended the children's message and LOVED it!!

We both were exhausted after a cookout at James parents but snapped a quick picture to remember our last Mother's Day just the two of us :)  Can't believe how swollen I already am and I'm only 28 weeks and it's not summer weather yet....I'm in BIG trouble!!!

27 weeks

Thursday I woke up thinking I hadn't remembered feeling Bryson before I went to bed Wednesday night (which is unusually as normally before bed he is kicking and punching like crazy).  I decided I wasn't going to worry but to just grab a coke on my way to work and see if that gets him moving!  As the morning went on I didn't notice any kicks so I called my OB's nurse to ask her about some lab work I had done and while on the phone I mentioned how I hadn't noticed/or remembered Bryson kick so she had me come in for a quick ultrasound.  I really wasn't worried because I'm so active at the preschool I probably just didn't notice any kids and or I was thinking he was just sleeping pretty good!  

As soon as the ultrasound tech put the wand on my belly he immediately kicked the snot out of me so I knew all was good (little stinker)!!  The tech said he was a very stubborn baby because he still wasn't cooperating by allowing her to see the things they needed to see from my 20 week u/s and said that when I came back on the following Friday for my 28 week appointment it could be tons of fun!  We both agreed that hopefully the sugar test would get him moving the right way so she could see all the things they  needed to see (lip, nose, heart and spine)!  She said the ultrasound estimated him to be around 2.8lbs!  After my ultrasound I saw one of the nurse practitioners so she could go over the ultrasound and to make sure I didn't have any questions or concerns.

Bryson's furniture/bedding

Bryson's room is in a very slow progress but it's starting to come together (well we at least have the furniture and bedding)!

ignore the fabric at the bottom...trying to decide on what color "bedskirt"

BIG thanks to Smokey for driving down to Martinsville to pick up the furniture and Randy for helping James move the furniture into Bryson's room and Lindsay for helping me figure out where it needs to go and putting all the knobs on :)

Allison's senior prom

Saturday May 4 was Allison's senior prom! This year she went with her new boyfriend James (yes another James...talk about confusion) and a group of her friends!

Build a Bear with Aubrey

For Aubrey's 4th Birthday Lindsay wanted to take the girls to Build a Bear so the girls could make bears for their baby brothers.  We ended up rescheduling it because Aubrey was a having a tough time with her allergies and we didn't want to risk it with Addy especially since it was April and that's the dreaded month!  We took the girls on Friday April 26 and they had so fun! Aubrey picked a bunny for Cael and Addy chose a puppy

before they were stuffed 

giving "Breaker" a bath 

Addy's turn to stuff Bryson's puppy 

Aubrey helped give "Duke" a bath 

I LOVE how they are looking at each other in this picture.  They are the sweetest friends and the closest two girls could be without being sisters! 

Addy was very insisted on the puppy AND naming him Duke (Daddy was very proud of the name)

24 weeks

On April 18 I had my 24 week appointment and everything went great!  This was my first appointment without an ultrasound so it was definitely nice having a "normal" appointment but I also missed seeing my little guy!  If you remember I was having ultrasounds at every appointment to watch the hematoma!  It was nice to see Dr. Curtis again as I didn't get to see her for my 20th appointment due to a reschedule and she was just as happy to see us!  I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful doctor who genuinely cares for me and my familyl!  She is such a  blessing in our lives and I definitely think of her more then just my doctor!  Bryson's heartbeat was perfect and we went over a few things, talked about my next appointment which would be at 28 weeks and how I would be getting the follow up ultrasound (since Bryson didn't cooperate at 20 weeks) to get all the images they needed and I would be doing the 1 hour glucose sugar test.  I go back on May 17 and then after that it's time for twice a month appointments...wow!!

Bryson's nursery is slowly coming along!  The walls are painted (except for trim work) and he has new closest doors (the ones originally in there were glass sliding doors which I hated)!!  The furniture has been ordered and should be here in the next 2 weeks AND his bedding is here!!  I was originally going to do aqua, grey and white with chevron bedding but after we ordered it (along with the Pottery Barn sports bedding) James was sold on the sports so his nursery is sports.  James has already spent a fortune on things for his room!!  He is so excited about his little boy!

cousin love

Now that I'm off restrictions from the hematoma I had at 9 weeks I was able to start watching Easton again on Wednesdays!  We love that little stinker so much and Addy loves being able to spend time with him!!

kisses for Addy :) 

Uncle James showing Easton how to really eat mashed potatoes at Great Grandma's house! 

to say he loved it was a total under statement!!!