A shower for Bennett

On Saturday, Nick's Aunt Libby and his sister Katie hosted a family brunch for Bennett and I in Roswell. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Bennett received some great things, and we greatly appreciate Katie and Libby for gathering everyone together for a special day.

Ava was bouncing off the walls with excitement and picked out her party dress & accessories days before. She even picked out a gift for him at Strasburg last week (a stuffed baby duck, a blue giraffe and 2 pairs of socks). She even wrapped it herself and made her own card. She of course loved helping me open up all the gifts too!

Ava even received a few presents herself.

It was a great day and we are so thankful to everyone who spent their Saturday morning celebrating with us!

Another baby Bennett update!

Well we have a date...we've actually had one for over 3 weeks, but things have been quite busy here and I forgot to post. We will have a schedule c-section on Thursday, May 28th and 7:30am at Piedmont Hospital! We are very excited and counting down the days!

We saw Dr. Korotkin on April 6th and Bennett was weighing in already at 4lbs 5oz. We had another 2 week appointment with Dr. K today and he weighed in at 5lbs 8oz. He is considered on the high end of the "normal" size range. Dr. K was very happy with his growth. We do have a few new ultrasound pictures, but they are kind of hard to tell what you are looking at...it's getting quite cramped in there!

By the looks of me, you can tell that he is growing with leaps and bounds! Here is a 34 week pic...don't laugh!

We are almost done with his nursery. We got his new bedding last week (after I had a pregnant moment and decided I didn't like his original bedding) and we are having fun putting everything together.

Ava is doing wonderful and is very anxious for "summer" to be here for that is when her new brother will arrive. She is having so much fun helping me get everything organized in his room and loves to look at his teeny tiny newborn diapers.

Next week we will start with our weekly appointments and will have NST tests done twice a week. One with Dr. Fisch my obgyn and the other with Dr. Korotkin. Thanks for your continued prayers and we'll keep you updated hopefully with new stats and pics.

Hoppy Easter!

After an amazing Easter service at Buckhead church; Nick, Ava and I headed to Snellville for family time with the Morrows. We had a great lunch and Granny had an extra special Easter egg hunt for Ava.

A few family pictures.

The Easter Bunny was running late Sunday morning. When we got home the door bell rang and Ava found another Easter basket stuffed with goodies...too bad that Maddie barked at that poor bunny and scared him off!

We had a wonderful Easter and despite all the eggs, candy and goodies it was wonderful taking time out to celebrate and teach Ava about the real meaning of Easter. Christ is Risen!!

Early Easter Fun!

The week before Easter Ava had spring break, so we headed up to Mimi and Papa's house for some fun Easter activities. Ava enjoyed getting a little extra attention before Bennett's arrival and Mommy had a good time relaxing and helping Mimi get ready for our May Dizzy Dragonfly shows.

Spring and Easter wouldn't be the same if we didn't have our traditional "photo shoot" at Gigi and G-Paw's house. We once again took some cute pictures of Ava in their beautiful yard, and once that was finished we had an extra special Easter egg hunt for one and only Ava...hum next year will be interesting as she has never had to share her prize eggs with anyone!

After a great dinner at Gigi's we head back to dye eggs. Ava was really into it this year and had to make an egg for everyone and every pet.

The next morning Ava and Mimi made pound cake cupcakes with coconut frosting and jelly beans...they were delicious!

We had a great time and look forward to another photo shoot next year with not just one little angel...but two!