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!

Three of a Kind

And no I'm not referring to the Morrow's...because in less than 8 weeks there will be four! Ava had her Spring Musical "Three of a Kind" last night at school. There were three of just about everything...3 Little Pigs, 3 Musketeers, 3 Blind Mice, 3 Baby Dolls and more! Ava was appropriately a Baby Doll and she was very excited to wear a pretty dress. She did a great job...except for wiping the pink cheek make-up all over her face during the program! Here are a few pictures from the night.

Ava & Miss Heather adding a little pink to her cheeks.

Three Baby Dolls


A few pictures with her fan club

Quick Update

I had a quick second, so I thought I would give a quick little update. We saw Dr. Fisch & Dr. Korotkin on Monday and had two great visits! First good news, is I passed my glucose screening test with flying colors, so there is no need to take the 4hr tolerance test! Yeah...one more hurdle down! We go back to Dr. Fisch on March 30th and will set a date for the c-section...can't believe that we are already to that point.

We had another wonderful visit with Dr. Korotkin. He was very pleased with everything and surprisingly did a 3D ultrasound of Bennett...without us even asking him. We didn't have one with Ava, so this was an extra special treat. It was amazing to see how he took a side profile view and turned it to get a image of his sweet face.

Dr. K asked Ava is she could see Bennett's face...she say oh yes...he looks like a frog! Oh well, in a 3 year old's mind he probably does, but we think he's super cute and so far he looks like his big sister. His nose and mouth are a little smashed as he was smack up against the placenta.

Technically on Monday, we were 28 weeks 2 days but were measuring 29 weeks 1day. He weighed in at a hefty 2 pounds 15 ounces, gaining over 1lb 3oz in just 4 weeks. Another great appointment and once again so much to be thankful for!

Okay, so here I am and my ever growing belly! You can tell that on this day he was curled in a ball and low...oh and of course it feels just as comfortable as it looks!
And I couldn't leave one out of my sweet Ava...poor thing is suffering from some major allergies!

Happy Anniversary!
Today, Nick and I have been married for 5 years! As with everything else in life it has flown by in the blink of an eye! It seems only yesterday that we were at Chops Lobster Bar celebrating our first Anniversary and we were pregnant with Ava...now this time around we have another miracle on the way with Bennett.
I know there is no one else I'd rather share this roller coaster journey called life with. While there are moments we would both like to rap our hands around the other person's neck...the majority of the time we are the perfect balance for each other. When one of us is "crazy" the other person is perfectly sane.

While life continues to present us with tremendous joys and ever present challenges, it all seems better just knowing that we have each other by our side. I know I look forward to many many more years to come, and I thank God everyday from the bottom of my heart for sending this loving, funny, and generous man my way!

I pulled out the video I posted last year, and updated it a little bit...so I'm sure many of you will get the same laugh as we did when looking back to 2000 when we first started dating. It's funny to see once Ava arrived how all the pictures seem to include the three of us...we wouldn't have it any other way!

The girls getting ready

"The Boys"
Where would we be without our family!
Here's to many more!!

Update...25 weeks!

Well only around 15 weeks to go, and we know it will be here before we know it. Monday, we went to the Perinatologist Dr. Korotkin for a ultrasound/scan. This time they did their normal measurements, but also check the placenta for good function and the cord/placenta for blood clots. Everything looks great and it seems Bennett is growing in leaps and bounds! He is measuring in at 1 pound 12 ounces and looks wonderful!

He put on quite the show and yawned and even stuck out his tongue. I guess that's one plus with being considered "high risk"...you get to see little things that the "average" pregnancy doesn't get to. Ava was able to watch on the TV and thought it was pretty neat!

On March 2nd, I have the glucose screening test so please say a few extra prayers that I will not have gestational diabetes. The Doctors feel that it was the prednisone that triggered the diabetes with Ava, so hopefully since I don't have to be on it this go around everything will come back fine and I won't have to take the 3 hour glucose tolerance test.

Here's another profile pic...it seems we keep getting the same one every time but we are thankful that we do get a few extra pictures of our little guy!

This one might seem a little odd...but it is a image from the front of his face...you can tell he is smiling. Don't worry his nose is normal...he moved just as the image was captured.
Oh...and as requested another one of me and my ever GROWING belly!

Again thanks for your continued prayers, and we are hard at work on the nursery so we'll post pictures soon!

Happy "Heart" Day!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines Day, spent with all of your favorite people! The past few weeks have been full of Valentine's Day fun, so I thought I would post a few pictures of our little love bug...she's been quite busy!

Ava and I recently made heart cookies together. She had so much fun rolling out the dough, using her heart cookie cutter, making pink frosting and adding pink & red sprinkles. Needless to say...we were all different versions of pink by the time this fun day was over!

Ava was so excited to pack up valentine goody bags for her classmates at school. She carefully picked out a different pencil, eraser, stickers and other goodies for each child...I know she can't help it...she's just like her mama!

Friday, they had a sweet hearts dance at school. They exchanged valentines, had pink & red treats and danced their hearts out! It was so cute and she had tons of fun!

It's A...............

Well considering we've known for over a month now we thought it was time to share what our new little miracle will be Girl or Boy???

So for those of you that have guessed correctly...

IT'S A BOY!!!

We are very excited and blessed that God has chosen a little boy to complete our family in June. Ava could have sworn to you that it was a girl and was none to thrilled for about a week that she would have a baby brother, but after a little time for it to sink in, many questions, and a little coaxing she is thrilled that she will have someone to take care of and play with...even if it is a boy!

Now she talks to him every morning and tells him goodnight. She can't wait for "summer" to get here and has been Daddy's special helper around the house. Hopefully the excitement will continue... This morning she told me "Let me tell you a secret about what I'm going to do when he gets here"..."I'm going to teach him how to walk, talk, read, sit on the potty, and teach him not to jump on the couch." Hopefully she won't be too disappointed to learn that he won't be doing many of those things for quite a while.

We are very excited and have already begun to think blue instead of pink!

On the 14th we will be 20 weeks and went on the 5th for our anatomy check and ultrasound with Dr. Korotkin. He was very pleased with our little wiggle worm and everything looked great! We are measuring right on track, maybe a little ahead and go back and see him in 6 weeks.

Here is a picture from Monday's visit...another profile pic. The little guy is measuring in at 9 ounces.

Somehow over the past 3 1/2 years we managed to keep it a secret and save the name we had picked out in case Ava was a boy. We literally had this name picked out when I was only 8 weeks pregnant with Ava and thought of it while on our annual ski trip to Utah. So for those of you wondering what his name will be...we plan on naming him...

Bennett Parker Morrow

and we plan on calling him Bennett.

Besides the normal "growing pains" I'm feeling great! Here is another growing belly pic for those of you we haven't seen in a while. Please continue to pray that my Lupus will stay in control and our little boy continues to grow and thrive!

We're so excited to share this next step with you and promise to post more pics soon!

Love you all!

Jennifer, Nick, Ava and baby Bennett