Welcome Pierce!

We would like to annouce the newest member of our family - Joseph "Pierce" - Pierce decided to come on his own despite the well organized induction date I had planned for him this Wednesday. Monday night Brian and I had a last minute dinner night out planned. Conviently seconds after the babysitter arrived at 6:45 my water broke -needless to say we ended up going to the hospital instead of dinner! After a few hours at 4cm they started pitocin to speed the process - in less than 2 hours I dilated from 4 to 8cm and at 1:16 am Pierce was born at 7Lb 15oz, and 21 inches. We are so grateful for a healthy delivery and a healthy son. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers! More pictures to come

Awaiting our little one

I am on countdown. I went to the doctor today and am at 3 cm, and we have an induction scheduled for next Wednesday if little man does not decide to come sooner. Either way we are excited and ready to meet him! Here is a picture of me actually from today at 39 weeks and pictures of the nursery

Afternoon at the Farm

We had a great afternoon and evening with several of my good friends from high school last night. My good friend Rachel's dad lives on the most beautiful farm and they so graciously opened it to all of us -kids including to run, play and enjoy the beautiful night. Alyce was in town from Atlanta with her new precious baby girl Hayden -have you ever seen so much hair!!! The rest of the kids had a great time feeding and catching fish, picking blueberries, and just running themselves tired. I had such a great time catching up with dear friends I do not get to see enough and enjoy a delcious pot luck dinner. On another note - my pregancy is moving along - with a little more than 2 weeks to go, I have a tentative induction scheduled August 26th - we will keep you posted!

Big Boy Room

As promised here are a few pictures of Connor's New big boy room. The only left to complete is the 3 frames above the bed which I have ordered some of his 18 month photos for. The bed does have a trundle that is where Connor sleeps - not yet in the Big bed! I also included a picture I took of Connor on the porch the other day - this is classic Connor - thumb in the mouth and puppy love on the head -always! too funny! Have a great week everyone!

Play Group

We hosted our play group this morning and had a super fun day playing in the yard with the hose and sprinkler - The Mowery boys were the only ones who could make it this morning -but the 4 boys definately had fun - I had to share a few pics, I also have to brag on my Big Boy! We are on night 2 of our Big boy room and bed and he is doing great 2 nights of 8pm to 8 am without a problem ...I know i am jinxing myself here but i am so proud of him! Since we are weeks away from #2 we needed a new monitor and decided to upgrade to the video monitor for our adventerous toddler. For those of you who do not have video monitors they are so cool - we can scan the whole room from our remote to see what he is up to, mostly it is comical to watch him make his nightly rounds to talk to his animals to himself before crawling back into bed! I will post pictures of his new room ASAP. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Father's Day

Sorry a little Late - but nonetheless we wanted to honor Brian for being such a great dad. I could not do this without him, his constant encouragement, his ways of making light of every situation, the way he makes Connor and I laugh out loud, the way he walks in the door and immediately helps with anything we are doing and of course his unconditional love - and trust me with my current pregnancy hormones it is unconditional love! Thank you Brian for being such a great dad -we had fun celebrating -I have including a few pictures celebrating with both of the grandfathers

Family Trip

Brian, Connor and I just got back form our first "family" trip with just the three of us - since it is soon to be four we thought we should take advantage of some one on one time with Connor. We spent the week at Sandestin resort and had the best time. The weather could not have been better, we stayed steps from the beach where we spent our mornings-Connor is fearless -seriously fearless, he jumps into the pool without blinking, darts into the waves and comes up laughing. I am not sure what to think of this, for now I just pray for energy to keep up! The afternoons were quietly enjoyed on the porch overlooking the shore as Connor napped -Brian and I both finished at least one book a piece. The evenings were full of several fun nights in Baytowne Wharf where Connor played on the awesome playground, had his first ice cream cone and watched movies on the lawn, and danced the night away to the live music -too funny. A few ventures to some of our favorite restuarants in Seaside and lazy nights of cooking in and night walks on the beach. It was a great week with precious time laughing with Connor, a week to enjoy each other and truly relax.