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!

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!!