Update on Hunter's Room

Last week we received Hunter's new furniture!!! This is what his room looked like on Saturday morning.

Jeff and I assembled the furniture and got it set up in his room! Ok...so Jeff did most of the work and I just helped a little bit! Here's what it looks like so far.

Here's the pile of things that still need to find a home in Hunter's room.Here's Piper laying down in Hunter's room. She's going to be such a great "big sister"!

Hunter's Room

We have been asked to put up pictures of Hunter's bedding and furniture for his room. I had planned on posting as we were working on his room, but this is a good idea so here is a picture of the bedding!

I can't get the pictures to save correctly of the furniture, so here is a link to the website. Just imagine it with his bedding and not the girl bedding that's in the picture!

Furniture

Hope you enjoy checking it out. I'll be sure to post pictures of his actual room as we get it ready as well.

Also, I'm working on getting our printer/scanner to work correctly with our new computer so as soon as I get it working I'll put new sonogram pictures up and a picture of my growing belly!

Introducing...

So Jeff and I had our 20 week appointment last Tuesday and everything was great!! We had another amazing experience seeing our little one! Everything was measuring normal and developing right on track! We praise the Lord for continuing to grow our sweet baby! Look at what a cute profile!

We weren't expecting to have any 3-D images of our baby, but look at what an amazing picture we got!! Isn't that the most precious little face you've ever seen? Ok...so MAYBE I'm a little bias! :) I'm sure by now you're wondering if we found out if our little one is a boy or a girl...well...keep reading!

We were watching the screen and seeing our baby's brain, heart, arms, legs, etc...when all of a sudden the sonographer said, "It's a boy!!" We were so excited and caught off guard a little bit! We weren't expecting to hear it right then...we were just so glad everything looked good!


Now I'm sure you're wondering what his name is going to be. For those of you who don't know yet, our little boy's name is

Hunter Luke Jackson!

It's so fun to be able to pray for Hunter by name and talk to him knowing who he is! We continue to thank the Lord for a healthy pregnancy and baby so far and pray for the remainder to be the same!

He Knows My Name

On the way to church on Sunday, Jeff and I were talking about names for Baby J and how excited were are to find out on Tuesday if we are having a boy or girl! Well, at the end of the service we sang a song during the invitation for people to respond to the Gospel with a line that says...He knows my name...It's a very good song, but I hadn't thought about this related to Baby J! The Lord already knows Baby J's name!!! Even though Jeff and I do not, Jesus does...and has since before time began! Jesus was thinking about Baby J when He died on the cross...He died to save Baby J!!! I was so overwhelmed with this thought and how AWESOME my Lord really is!!! The infinitely God of the universe loves and cares for Baby J more than I can fathom or even begin to understand!!! What an amazing God we serve!!!

The Latest on Baby J

I went for a check up on Friday and everything was great! Hearing the heartbeat has to be the most amazing sound in the world!!! We are going on June 2nd to find out if we are having a boy or a girl! We can't wait to find out what we're having...although Jeff is completely convinced that Baby J is a boy! Guess we'll find out soon enough!!! Unfortunately we don't have any new pictures this time.

I'm also starting to show a bit and beginning to wear some maternity clothes. We'll try to get a picture soon of the baby belly! :)

Celebrating Bryce and Laney's 1st Birthday

Even though the babies' real birthday is February 21st, we had our celebration on Sunday. Laney was cleared to be around other kids so their cousins Cade and Jace were able to come to the party! It was so fun with all four kids there!

Here's Laney looking at her new book. This is just what I like to see...being a teacher and all!

Bryce looking at his new book too! Both of them loved their books from their mom and dad!

Getting ready to have their cakes! How cute do they look in their hats! Surprisingly they kept them on long enough for all of us to get pictures!!!
So...they both were very curious about the cakes at first...however, neither one was thrilled with the feeling of the icing on their hands! Laney just looked at us like "Please get this off of me!" and Bryce (as you can see here) was trying to wipe it off his hands on the tray!
Maybe next year they will get to the yummy cake part and enjoy it a little bit more! We got them all cleaned up and they head to bed for a nap! When I talked to Rita later she said they woke up and were happy as can be! It was such a blessing to get to celebrate such a wonderful day with our family! Bryce and Laney truly are little miracles!

My 27th Birthday

We went to Mom and Paul's for my birthday. I tried out some maternity clothes since I'm starting to show some. Here's Jeff and me!!

Me with the babies!!
Bryce and Laney with Rita and me playing with the table Jeff and I got them for Christmas! They both love plaing with it!

Laney started pusing herself some on their little car toy and Bryce had pulled himself up on the table! He was quite proud of himself!!
It was a great day!

Mom's Birthday

We got to have Mom's birthday get together at our house because Laney was cleared to be out! Here's Mom, Rita, me with Bryce and Laney!!!

Just Mom and me with the babies!Laney's sweet smile!
Bryce looking mischievous!!!

Bryce started pulling up this weekend as well! How fun is that!!!

Babysitting the Babies!

A little while ago I had the priviledge to babysit the two sweetest babies...Bryce and Laney! We were playing on the floor for a while and had fun singing songs! What happy babies!! Love Laney's smile...always brightens the room!!!

Bryce only thought he was getting away until Laney grabbed on! He didn't get far! Getting ready to have some food! They take turns very well already! :)

Catching up a bit!

If there is anyone that checks our blog on a regular basis, you know that it's been a while since we've posted anything. However, there have been many changes since our last post. Let's start with Valentine's Day.

We decided not to do much for Valentine's Day this year. We went to eat at Olive Garden the night before and Jeff had his first track meet on Valentine's Day. While Jeff was gone, I decided to make him something instead of buying it. When Jeff got home he had brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers! Of course there were Stargazer lilies...my favorite!!! Here's a picture of the flowers and my gift!

Take a closer look at the frame!

Yep...that's right...we're having a baby!!!!

We made an appointment with the doctor to confirm and the results came back VERY pregnant! We were thrilled! The embarrassing thing for me about this visit was when they drew the blood I passed out in the chair while trying to make the next appointment. I really scared Jeff because my eyes were open and I was white as a sheet! They told him I was ok when the color started coming back in my cheeks! He told me I could never do that again! :) I had memorized 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind" to say to myself while they were drawing the blood. After passing out, I decided I should say it out loud next time!

On March 5, we went for our first sonogram at about 7 weeks! It was amazing to see the little heart beating already. What a little miracle God had started to knit together already!!! Here's what Baby J looked like then.

They said everything looked great for 7 weeks! As we were getting ready to leave, the doctor checked with the nurse and I had to have more blood drawn this time! Yikes! However, this time they had me lay down and I said 2 Timothy1:7 out loud. I didn't pass out!!! Praise God for the little things! Jeff was very glad that I did so well and said he was proud of me!!!

Today, April 10, Good Friday, we had our 12 week appointment. They did another sonogram and a quick blood draw. I don't want to be too proud, but I didn't pass out again. Having Jeff there, laying down and saying my scripture out loud really is the trick! Here is what Baby J looks like today! It's amazing to see how much has changed in 5 short weeks!

We are so looking forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for us! Please join us in praying for Baby J along the way! We are confident in the Lord that He will continue to grow and develop this sweet baby until our due date...October 21! And yes...that is the middle of Football season! I keep reminding myself of Isaiah 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts."

"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward." Psalm 127:3

New Additions to the House!

This is our new kitchen table! We've been using Jeff's table from college since we got married and we were very excited to find this table and chairs on sale! So exciting! Piper was sad when she figured out she couldn't see the food on the table anymore! Poor puppy! :)

These are crosses that I've collected. Jeff has given me two of them. I finally was brave enough to put holes in the wall of our house. These were the first 6 holes. We really like the way it turned out! The shelves still need filling, but one step at a time!

The crosses close up!

Christmas 2008

Jeff and I went to Christmas Eve service at our church and met some of our sweet friends to worship together. Here is our picture from before the service!

On Christmas day we went to my sister and brother-in-law's house to celebrate with my side of the family. We loved getting to see them! It had been a while because I had been sick and we couldn't go over to see all of them with Laney going through Chemo right now. It was one of the best Christmases yet! Here's Rita and me with Bryce and Laney! Gotta LOVE Laney's sweet smile!!!

Here is Rita, Kevin, Laney and Bryce with Jeff and me. Look at Bryce's smile in this one! So funny!

This is Jeff and me with the babies!!! I love their pj's with matching hats!!! We were surprised when Santa showed up at their house! This was the perfect picture of Santa with his little elves! Some of us thought that Santa looked a bit like Grandpa Paul!!
Here we are opening presents! This is what Jeff and I got for the babies. Aren't their little Christmas outfits so cute. I love Laney's red bow and Bryce's red socks! So festive!!!This is a picture that Rita and Kevin got on the camera. I just loved it and wanted to share. Laney is the sweetest little girl ever!!!

Bryce and Laney

Here is my newest picture of sweet Laney Bug on the way to my cousin's baby shower! Isn't she such a cute girl!!!

Here's Mr. Bryceon the way to the shower! He's such a sweet boy!
They are both getting SO big!!! I just don't get to see them nearly as much as I'd like to. I can't get enough of them!!!

Scaredy Cat

So I've been looking for over a year for pillows to go on the love seat in the front living room and I finally found then at target today. I put them out while Piper and her friend Dixie were outside so they had no idea they were there. This is what I saw when they wandered in there and found them! Such scaredy cats!

Finally...close enough to sniff!