I've been slacking...........

So I've heard through the grapevine that I've been slacking on my blog posts......so here you go Benny......this is for you!

It feels like its been a whirlwind of a week since we found out we're having a precious baby boy! Between all the shopping (yes, there has been alot), work, traveling to Little Rock, day dreaming about Drew, and keeping up with stuff around the house.......there hasn't been much time for anything else! I'm actually glad that Benny said something to Sam because it actually made me get on here and post! Sorry to call you out Benny - you know I love you!

Drew is becoming an active little baby. I've finally began to feel all his kicks and punches! My mom seems to think he's practicing his soccer kick! It is such an amazing feeling....I wish I could feel him kick all day.....and I can't wait for Sam to be able to feel his little kicks on the outside of my belly! I'm sure that will be soon enough. Can't believe I'm already 22 weeks today. Time is flying much faster than I anticipated and will continue to with all we have going on and coming up! I've posted a pic of my belly at 20-weeks above. I can't hide it anymore!

Sam has been super busy w/ school this semester. All of his classes are engineering related (except for his Death & Dying elective class) so it has been and will continue to be a tough semester for him. The exciting news is that after this semester he only has 37 hours left! Yay!!!!

Like I said, I've been doing quite a bit of shopping for Drew! My mom helped a great deal too! She's had alot of practice spoiling Hayden and she's off to a pretty good start with Drew (see the picture of clothes above - that's the damage me and mom did!)! Shopping for a boy is much more fun than I ever imagined it could be!

Our crib and changing table are set up in the nursery now (we're only waiting on the 5-drawer dresser)! I've ordered the bedding, curtains, etc. and they should be finished soon! I'm so excited to get everything set up in the nursery for baby Drew's arrival! It is going to be SO cute! There is a pic above of the crib!

Guess that's it for now - I'm off to an all weekend scrapbooking retreat near Mtn. Home this weekend. I'm really looking forward to finishing our 2007 family scrapbook!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Samantha!!!!!

This past weekend I went to Little Rock for Samantha's bachelorette party. Even though going out isn't that fun being pregnant (okay...i won't lie...its not fun at all), I had a great time catching up with Samantha and being a part of her celebration. I really miss that girl!!!! I also got to catch up with some old friends from BKD! And.....we went to eat at my FAVORITE spot in Little Rock - Juanita's......I had been craving their tamales!!!!!

Bennett's 5th Birthday!!

Well, I guess late is better than never! I've been meaning to post a couple of pictures from Bennett's basketball birthday party for at least the past 2 weeks, but with all our baby excitement time sure has gotten away from me! Here are a few pics. It was so fun watching the kiddies play basketball and watching Bennett open his presents with all the other kids swarming around with excitement. Too funny!

It's a....................................

BOY!!!!!! It still feels surreal, but we couldn't be more excited!!! His name will be Andrew Wayne and we will call him Drew.

Our 20-week appt/ultrasound was Friday. Both of our parents (moms and dads) were able to come up for the ultrasound. Thank goodness! I was stressing over the weather and that they weren't going to make it!

The ultrasound was such an incredible experience! It was so neat to see this little human being in my belly! He was so cute - he was moving his mouth like crazy, rubbing his eyes with his hand like he was tired, and was kicking and punching EVERYWHERE. He is an active little baby! I'm already feeling him moving quite a bit. Seems like when he's awake he's constantly moving and kicking!!! I could have stared at the ultrasound screen all day!

Here are some stats from our appointment:

• Drew weighed 12 ounces and was 7 inches long.
• His hearbeat was 153 beats per minute.
• I am 1 week further along than they thought (yeah!!!) so I am now 20 weeks and 5 days.
• Everything looked healthy - he's growing just like he's supposed to!

Immediately after our appointment, mom and I hit the stores for some shopping! I was a little overwhelmed at first - had no idea what to buy first - but it didn't take long for me to get in the groove! Little Drew made away with all kinds of stuff!

On Saturday, we took my parents to The Baby's Room to show them the furniture that we ordered.....and we found out that 2 pieces were already in and ready to be picked up! That was so exciting! Dad and Sam picked up the crib and changing table and brought them home! Now we're just waiting on the tall 5-drawer dresser. Sam put together the crib last night and it looks beautiful in the baby's room!

I've almost picked out the fabrics for the bedding and hope that I can order it this week. I'm getting so excited to get everything ready in the nursery. I think I'll beat my goal of May to finish the nursery!!!!!

I'll post some pictures later!!!!! My belly is growing larger by the day! I love it!

20-week ultrasound video!!!!

Check out our 20-week ultrasound of little Drew! He is already so cute!

16-week check up!!!

This morning I FINALLY got to go in for my 16-wk appointment. I've never been so excited to go see a doctor! :)

The highpoints of the appointment included:

-Heartbeat - 145 beats per minute - the dr. had a really easy time finding the heartbeat, but a hard time counting the beats per minute because the baby was being really active moving and kicking - you could hear the kicks and movement; it was SUPER neat

-Feb. 22 - We go back for my 20-wk ultrasound to find out whether we're having a boy or girl! We can hardly wait to go back and find out. Both of our parents are coming up for the ultrasound (and then a little shopping afterwards), which I'm excited about. I can't wait to finally buy something! I'm CONVINCED we're having a little Drew. I guess we'll know for sure in LESS THAN 3 WEEKS.

Here's a pic from this morning before my appt. I feel like I've gained 10 pounds in the past month, but somehow I managed to lose 1 pound this month. Don't understand....I've been eating like crazy since I can finally hold food down again and it tastes good!!!!

Super Bowl Party

Lyndsy and Cory hosted a Super Bowl party last night. I honestly didn't even watch 2 minutes of the first half! All the boys were huddled in the living room watching the game, while the girls were visiting and eating (yummy pedifores). Sam and I left at halftime and came home so we could get everything ready for Monday. I actually did watch the last 10 minutes of the game and we were excited that the Giants pulled off the upset. There are some pics from last night below.

My dr. appt (16-wk) was cancelled on Thursday due to the dusting of snow that NWA got! Uggghhh I was so frustrated! They rescheduled me for this morning (Monday), so hopefully I will have something exciting to post this evening!

Can't sleep again....been up since 3:30 this morning...its going to be a LONG Monday! Hope everyone has a great week!

Me & Sam

Myra & Barry

Sarah, Lyndsy & Anna

Yummy Pedifores!

Anna & Nick

Me & Jill

Cory & Evie

Me & Rickey

Sarah & Jeremy

Jill & Chris

Katie & Chris