Meeting Ashley Grace Shohen!

I just wanted to say Congratulations to our good friends Matt and Lisa on the birth of their daughter. We were able to go spend several days with them and were able to meet her. It definitely brought back memories from when Lily was born. It is so easy to forget just how small they are! She was adorable. We are so happy for the new family!

26 weeks!

Well I have made it to 26 weeks! I'll be starting my 3rd trimester in about a week. I had a Dr.'s appt this morning and all went good. My blood pressure was good at 110/62. Emma's heart rate was 145 and I measured at 25cm which is right on. The nurse said they like for you to be within 2cm of your week. I also got a fun surprise. I was able to have an ultrasound. When I had my ultrasound at 18 weeks the technician was not able to get a good profile, but she told me when I come back sometime just to ask and see if she was there and if she didn't have anyone she would sneak me in. So, I asked the nurse and she said that ultrasound technician was not there but that she would take me in for an ultrasound. We got some cute pics of Emma. It was exciting for me b/c I never got to see Lily on ultrasound at this age, so it was alot of fun. Emma was awake and sucking on her hand and arm. I was able to see her little tongue. It was just great! She also did another gender shot and she is definitely still a girl! :-)

My next appt is January 20 and I will be taking the glucose test.

Below are some shots from my 26 week photoshoot...

New Year's Eve 2010!

Our friends were having a New Year's Eve party. At around 8:30 the kids all got into to bed to watch a movie. It was cute.

Get together in Waycross

The Monday after Christmas we went back to Waycross to get together w/ some very special friends of ours. Ken hosted our get together at his house and we had a great time catching up with everyone! I wish we did it more often! Here are some pics from our evening.....

Christmas 2010

We had a fun Christmas. Lily woke up about 8:15 that morning. We got her up and told her it was Christmas morning. She was so exited when she came downstairs. She opened up her first present and wanted to just stop there and play with it. We convinced her to open a few more, but then she told us she didn't want to open up any more presents she just wanted to play with the ones she had already opened. So, it took her pretty much all day to get around to opening all her presents. :-) We were hosting Christmas brunch, so all of the grandparents arrived around 10:30. We had so much yummy food. Below are a few pics:

Lily and I on Christmas Eve

Sea World December 2010

It has been a very busy few weeks with so many things going on. I'm hoping to get things updated now before I get too far behind. We took our last trip to Sea World for the year on December 17, 2010. We always have so much fun when we go. It is such a highlight for Lily. There is barely a day that passes that she doesn't mention going to Sea World and seeing Elmo, Abby, and Zoe and of course the Dolphin show. We had so much fun that day. Here are a few pics....



Her excitement as the Dolphin show was beginning!

So many fun memories that day!
Unfortunately the very next night Jim was mugged by 2 guys w/ guns in our driveway. It was such a horrible and frightening experience. Thankfully Jim came out of it physically alright except for where one of the guys hit him in the face w/ the gun. His eye and around it was very bloody and nasty looking for a couple of weeks, but seems to be healing nicely now. We are just so thankful that God was watching over us and protecting us and that the picture above wasn't our last family picture.

Fun With My Sweeties!

Lily and Santa

Today we took Lily to see Santa. She was so excited this morning when we told her where we were going. She couldn't wait to sit in his lap and talk to him. She told him how old she was and then talked about all the decorations she saw around her. After they took pictures she led Santa around by the hand and looked at all the decorations. She had a fun morning!

22 Weeks Maternity Photos

Here are my 22 week pictures. You will notice in some of my shots where you can see my right hand, that it looks a little strange and for those of you that do not know already that is because I got a pretty nasty 2nd degree burn on it about 3 1/2 weeks ago. It looks alot better than it did a few weeks ago, but still isn't pretty to look at. Doctor said that it will most likely leave a scar and I believe it.

22 weeks!

Today I am 22 weeks and I had my Dr.'s appt this morning and everything is looking good with baby. Her heartrate was a strong 156. My blood pressure was 110/60. My weight well let's not talk about that. With Lily my goal was to gain between 25 and 30 lbs and I gained 26lbs. My goal is the same this time, but well I'm not sure if I will make it or not. Of course they reassured me that around week 20 - 22 the baby is in a big growth spurt so it is completely normal to gain more weight during this time, and of course I went through it during the holidays. But I tried to do good and to keep up w/ my exercising. They said it would even out in the upcoming weeks. We will see. My next appt is on January 6th. We took my 22 week pictures last night, but we haven't had a chance to upload them yet. As soon as I get a chance I will post them.

On another fun note Jim was able to feel Emma kick for the first time yesterday!!!! She is definitely getting bigger and stronger!