It's a Girl!!!

We have a baby girl on the way and she was not shy in showing us her gender. She was shy in showing us her face so we have a lot of profile shots. Olivia was thrilled with the news, Maxwell...not so much. I think he was just upset that his prediction was wrong, I'm sure he'll grow to love her :) I'm posting some 4D video and pictures. Of course it's still early so she has no fat on her and looks a little......scrawny. We think she's precious! I can't wait to go back in a couple of months to see her when she's a little chubbier! You can click on a picture to make it larger.

Giving the placenta a little kiss




Profile shot of her sucking her thumb.


This is her drama queen shot, her left hand over her face and her right hand in the air over her head.

"Love Them Like Jesus"

I've added a couple of new songs to my playlist (at the bottom of the page). Well the first song is not really new, just new to my blog. The song is "Love Them Like Jesus" by Casting Crowns. I love this song because it reminds us that while there's no easy answers to why things like divorce and the loss of a baby occurs, we can help by bearing each other's burden with love. It's easier not to say anything when someone is struggling with a hardship simply because you may not know the words to say to take someone's pain away. But only God and His GRACE can take the pain away. The important thing is to be there for the person facing the struggle, be there daily and surround them with LOVE.

Another song I wanted to add was "Altar and the Door" (not available yet to put on my playlist, but here's a link to it; give it a second to load and then press play button): http://www.4shared.com/file/36505565/fb4d40cf/The_Altar_And_The_Door.html?dirPwdVerified=41f39bfc.

This is a new song off of Casting Crown's newest CD of the same name. It's not always easy once you leave through the church doors to stay on the right path as a Christian; what is black and white in church can become gray in the real world as we struggle with our daily lives. We sang this song at church Sunday and let me tell you, this is a WONDERFUL worship song. We have a young teen at church that sounds so similar to Megan Garrett (female lead in this song), she's great. If there's one thing our church can do, it's worship through music, which is such a big part of my worship time.

Snow one day, swimming the next!

Olivia was invited to a swim party (which took place last Sunday, the day after our snowfall) and had a wonderful time. I thought it was a wonderful idea to have a swim party in the middle of winter, how fun to get to swim during January! This is a picture of Olivia and a couple of her friends.

Snow Day in Georgia!

We were so excited to see snow falling Saturday afternoon, the kids were in and out of the house playing and having so much fun and enjoying a LOT of hot chocolate. All four of us had a snowball fight and I can't remember when I laughed so hard (even when Hudson got me in the back and the snow slid down my back into my pants.....COLD!). Hudson and the kids took no mercy on the pregnant mommy. It's still quite chilly here and some snow still remains in the yard.

"Hmmm, who should I throw this snowball at?"

One of the snowmen

Two of Our Blessings

13 weeks

Baby looked great and was fairly active during the ultrasound. Olivia and Maxwell enjoyed seeing the baby squirm around and kick.

Merry Christmas