Sunday, August 23, 2009

My Little Helpers

Chase and Addie are so excited for the arrival of their new little sister. Yesterday our family went to Babies -R-Us to find a car seat and stroller. We left the boxes in the garage knowing we had a couple of weeks still to assemble everything. But Addie and Chase just couldn't wait. They carried the boxes inside and began putting them together as soon as we got home from church today.



"Ta-Da"


My Baby Shower







Would you believe that this was my first baby shower? I felt a little spoiled having a shower for my 5th child but I'm grateful for such wonderful friends who attended. We're off to a good start for starting all over:) Thank you everyone!!




The Baby Room is ready!!

I know you can't see much with the sun glaring, but you can get an idea of how the room is set up.

The baby's room has taken over my office. This is the couch that was in my office and is now staying in the baby's room. I had to cover a couple of the pillows, they used to be burnt orange and gold.


This is the quilt, bumper pad, and pillows that I made. I sewed everything together, then sent it to my mom to have quilted. They turned out great.









Sunday, August 9, 2009

Happy Birthday Chase!

Wow... 7 years old! The hardest thing about being pregnant is knowing that this cute little boy will no longer be my baby. Chase keeps reminding me, "I am not a baby anymore." But I still take every opportunity to hold him. I held him during church today, but he mentioned that the baby takes up a lot of his space.

We took Chase shopping for his birthday yesterday and the only thing he really wanted was to go to Build a Bear. Here he is with his new dog Fluffy. Oh, we even pulled his tooth today.


Girl's Camp

Ashley with her friends, enjoying some free time at camp.

Yes, I went to camp as well. Almost 8 months pregnant!! I was one of the photographers. Most people said I was crazy for this, but it kept me busy and got me one week closer to my delivery date. I have to say that I enjoyed camping more that I thought I would.


This was our team of photographers.



I was on my feet most of the day, sitting was uncomfortable. By day 3 my ankles and feet began to swell. The days were extremely hot and our tents were too hot to rest in. By orders of our camp nurse, I needed to put my feet up and rest. Still hot.... but the coolest spot we could find.






"Baby Belly"















I promised a few people some "baby belly" pictures. The one on the left is at 30 weeks and the one on the right is at 34 weeks!!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Basking in the Sun

No, this is not a dead rat! This is Tica, our dog, and she loves the sun. She'll sit by our back door as long as she possibly can to enjoy the sun that comes through the window.