Kara Grace

Yesterday at 11:49am, baby Kara Grace made her debut into this world at 6 lbs. 9 oz., 20 inches long and healthy as a horse! Scored a 10 on her APGAR which the doc says she NEVER gives anyone. She's breastfeeding beautifully which is a relief.

First major booboo

Blake fell off the bottom step on his babysitter's porch last week and literally caught himself with his nose! Poor thing. Luckily it is healing very quickly. He keeps looking in the mirror, pointing to his nose and saying, "boo boo"

Cousins, Trains, and Halloween, Oh My!

Blake had a wonderful time playing with his cousins at Mimi's. A very nice family gave us a train table with LOTS of trains. Blake is so excited and all he seems to talk about is trains lately. Halloween was a smash! Couldn't get him to wear his lion's mane. He kept spitting because the fur would get in his mouth but he though trick-or-treating was great!

Time is flying!

This is my belly at 28 weeks exactly! Getting big!

This is the PG version of my belly. Looks bigger in a dress than it really is!

Blake loves his pudding! Can you tell?

This looks bad....the shirt says "Captain Stinky" and he's drinking water out of a Hooters shotglass. He takes after his dad!

Kevin's college buddies bought Blake this monkey. He loves reading to him, loving on him and taking him for rides on his fire truck!

Here I am one day shy of my 29th week of pregnancy! I can't believe my little girl will likely be here in about 9 weeks! I can't wait to see her sweet face and to watch her grow. Blake has brought us so much joy and amazement and I know baby girl will only add to that dynamic. Great news: Blake is now sleeping in a big boy twin bed so baby girl will have the crib all to herself when she arrives. Looking forward to December and staying busy in the meantime.

IT'S A GIRL!

Finally my mother-in-law will have a little girl to spoil and dress up! We found out July 30th that we are, indeed, having a little girl. I am quite frankly, scared to death. I am not quite sure how to raise a girl and I know from watching myself grow up that it's a CHALLENGE! I guess mom gets her wish that I will be getting "payback." More than anything I hope she is healthy and that she doesn't inherit any of my female health issues. :( I'd hate to pass those along to my child. Now we are in the process of argueing about what to name her and I really can't get settled on any one name anyway. Looks like we may be taking a list to the hospital and waiting until we meet her to give her a title. :)

Summer '09

This summer has been packed full of fun! We've been to Nags Head, Virginia Beach, Beaufort to visit Aunt Lindsey, and enjoy playing at Memaw and Papaw's often. Here are some updated pics of Blake.

SURPRISE!

You know God never ceases to amaze me in his plans for my life. First, he blessed me with an amazing husband (well, most of the time :) ) Then he blessed us with our beautiful baby boy Blake who is 16 months old already and amazes me daily. Now, low and behold, he has chosen to bless us with another child! We just found out last week that I am pregnant! It's truly a miracle as I haven't had but one menstrual period since October. I actually visited the fertility doctor in April to discuss doing the injections again this summer and even though the pregnancy test that day was negative, I was pregnant (just too early). When I continued to feel like crud all the time, I took another test last week and was SHOCKED! We are so excited! Had our first ultrasound on Monday to determine how far along I am---7 1/2 weeks already! The due date is December 24! So close to Blake's December 26 birthday! We're hoping he or she will be a little early like Blake so we can avoid Christmas this time but we will take the blessing when God delivers! We appreciate everyone's prayers!