Happy Thanksgiving

As I reflect over this last year, I realize that I have so much to thank God for, He has provided me with a wonderful husband who loves me more than anything, a healthy baby growing inside me, and friends and family that are always there for me no matter what. I know that sometimes during the holidays we get so busy that we forget that Jesus really is the reason for the season, but I pray that as we finish out this year we will remember to thank him for all he has done for us and will continue to do for us in the future.

This Thanksgiving was very nice and relaxing. John and I both got to take a few days off from work and just hang out. This year we spent Thanksgiving at my mom and dad's house. It was My mom and dad, my two brothers, my grandparents, my aunt, and John's mom and brother. His dad had to work and we were bummed he couldn't make it. My wonderful husband did all of the cooking and it was delecious. Of course I ate way to much HAHA. I don't usually go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but my mom and I decided we would give it a shot and we got our Christmas shopping started. Saturday John and I spent the day hanging out and just enjoying eachother and Sunday we were able to go to the Jaguar game. We had lots of fun and really

enjoyed our time off. Here is a few pics of us on Thanksgiving day!!

John and I

Me and my Nana

Me and my momma

Me and my daddy

Papa taking a snooze after all that turkey

Kaylee Elizabeth Kirkland

Kaylee Elizabeth is what we will be naming our baby girl. Many of you have asked so I thought I would share. We have had her name picked out from the time we found out I was pregnant but couldn't decide on a boys name, thats another reason I was sure it would be a boy. haha. We are having a great time buying things for her and decorating her room. I am feeling wonderful and really couldn't ask for more :)

Christmas Lights

Okay, I know your supposed to wait until Thanksgiving but we already have our Christmas lights up and they are beautiful. My mom has wanted to put lights up since they have lived here and dad always said we will next year HAHA. Now that John and I are living here we decided we would just take matters into our own hands and get the lights up a little early. We had such a great time decorating the house, and we are very impressed with how it turned out. I can't wait until others start putting up their lights so we can go around and check out everyones houses. This is definentally my favorite time of year.

John hard at work!














Me acting like I am helping..HAHA

It's a.........

girl!!!!! Thanks for everyones prayers and sorry it took so long to post, but we found out on Friday that we are having a baby girl. We are very excited and have already started buying pink. John was suprised because there are no girls in his family so he thought this one would be a boy too. HAHA!! Now that I know she is a girl I feel like I can actually start planning things. I have posted one of the sonogram picures below. It didn't turn out great, but maybe you can get an idea!!

Fingers Crossed for Tomorrow!!

We are having another sonogram tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. Please pray that the baby cooperates for this one because I might go crazy if I don't find out. John said if we don't find out tomorrow we should just wait until the baby is born. I said ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! lol. I am so ready to buy something that is not green or yellow!! Keep your fingers crossed. I'll update tomorrow!!

Disappointed!!

So...all we found out at our sonogram last night was that we have a very stubborn baby. LOL. It wouldn't show us what it was so we have to wait until the 16th to find out. I was disappointed because I was really looking forward to knowing, But at least we only have to wait 10 more days. I am trying to put one of my sonogram pictures up but am having no luck so far. If I figure it out I will post it later.

Today is the day...

...we find out if we will be having a boy or girl. We are so excited. Originally we were scheduled fo find out on November 20th, I was determined to find out before Thanksgiving and scheduled it for then. About a two weeks later the Dr's office called and asked if we could move it up to November 16th, even though that was only 4 days sooner, I was thrilled. Then, to top that off, Beth Miller from our church (who is a nurse) asked if I wanted to be a model for students to practice giving sonograms on and that I could find out what the baby is. Of course I said YES YES YES!!! So we are going tonight at 6:45. Now we just have to hope that the baby cooperates. LOL. I will be sure to update tonight or tomorrow and post sonogram pictures. I know I haven't been too good about putting pictures up, but my digital camera isn't working, so as soon as I get it fixed I will update everyone with some pictures.

Update

Okay, I had my doctors appointment yesterday, everything went well. I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time which was pretty amazing, it was short and sweet because the baby wouldn't be still. LOL. I felt it move for the first time on Tuesday and have only felt it once more since then. It felt like a little butterfly. Our next appointment is November 20th and we will get to find out what we are having. This is going to be the longest six weeks EVER. I am just dying to know. haha. So anyways, this is our last week at our apartment. We are moving on Saturday. Most of the small stuff is already moved and now we just have to get the furniture. I didn't realize that we had so much stuff until we had to fit it all in one room, But we are very grateful that my mom and dad are letting us stay there and we will cram everything in if we have to :) I am going to try to put some pictures up as soon as we get settled in, so keep checking back.

Second Trimester!!!

Okay, so I have made it to my second trimester. Time is flying by. This baby will be here before we know it. I have been very blessed so far with this pregnancy. I have barely been sick and haven't really had many of those first trimester symptoms. The only thing was that I was EXTREMELY tired. Everyone says the second trimester is the best because you get your energy back, start feelilng the baby move and get to find out the sex of the baby...we can't wait!! I have my next doctors appointment next week, so I will let everyone know how it goes. We have one more week to get moved out of our apartment and John is pretty much having to do everything since I can't really lift heavy things. Please pray for us that everything goes smoothly.

1st Doctors Appointment

So...I had my first doctors appointment on September 13th, well actually it was my second appointment, but my first appointment all they did was ask me some medical questions. So anyways, we got to have our first ultrasound and we were able to see our little peanut. I was so nervous that they were going to tell me it was twins, but thankfully she said that she saw just ONE little heart beating away! We were thrilled. We could see the legs moving around, and the heart beating, it was so cute. It was to early to actually hear the heart beat, but we will get to at my next appointment in October. We are hoping the we will get to find out the sex of the baby in November. I am almost 99% sure that it is a boy...but I guess we will have to wait and see. Neither of us care either way, as long as it is healthy. I just can't wait to know for sure so we can start buying cute little baby clothes!!!

Update

Hey everyone, I am going to try to use this website to keep friends and family updated on things that are going on in our lives. We'll see how good I am at keeping it updated. As most of you know, we got married in April and found out in August that we are expecting our first baby due April 18th. We were a little suprised, but are very excited and can't wait to meet our little bundle of joy. We have decided to move in with my mom and dad so we can save money and get a house when the baby is born. Please pray for us as we start this new chapter in our lives and begin our little family.