South Carolina

We are back from our vacation to SC and we had so much fun. IT was so great to spend time with family and relax on the beach. Stephen and I spend two days in Myrtle Beach by ourselves. Myrtle Beach is where we met and we have so many great memories there. We ate at all our favorite restaurants and had our late night walk on the beach, we even visited our college to see what had changed.

After two days in Myrtle we drove to Charleston to see my brother, sister in law and nephew Charlie. We spent one night at there house before my entire family flew in the next day. Once everyone was there we checked into our beautiful rental house. It was so nice and very close to the beach. We spent our days at the beach and our evening eating at fabulous restaurants and enjoying quality time with each other. We also had an exciting morning on Sunday when My brother, Travis, proposed to his girlfriend. Travis and Natalie have been together for 6 years and we have all been waiting for their engagement. Stephen and I had a rough flight home with weather and such but made it safely and it is now back to reality.

Thanks Mom and Dad for a great trip!

Here are a few pics of the trip.


Jason, Jenny and Charlie


Stphen and I before Dinner on Sunday


Elizabeth enjoying a boat ride


The Beautiful Sunset


Stephen and I our last night

Quick Update

It seems like it is something new everyday with this pregnancy. The last few days I have been really tired and had a very hard time sleeping. I hope that I do not have difficulty sleeping the rest of the pregnancy but as for the last few days a couple hours seems to be all I can get. The other thing that has changed is my ribs are very sore. I can not lay on my sides or take deep breaths because of it and I am hoping it will soon go away. It is amazing to me that I still have three months left, it seems like Landon is out of room and I know he still has so much to grow.

On a good note, our chair came in and is now in Landon's room. That means I can go in there and just sit and relax and enjoy the room. Stephen and I went to the zoo yesterday and we had a good time. It was fun to go just the two of us, and to know that for years to come when we go to the zoo it will be to take our children but yesterday was just for us. Man the zoo is tiring, we walked so much and by the end of the day I was exhausted, but glad we went.

I am at work today and for the next two days...I am exhausted just thinking about the next three days, but so excited that on Thursday we will be in South Carolina and on the beach...YAY!

We are going to SC for 6 days to spend some time in Myrtle Beach and to see my brother, sister-in-law and nephew. We are so excited to just relax and take a break from our busy lives. Well that is all I have to update, hope everyone is well!

Busy Weedend!

Well We had a good weekend. Saturday we had an 8 hour birth class. Although we both learned a lot and left the class excited I have to admit I left pretty scared of the whole birthing process. It was good to get all the information we needed but it also made the reality set in.

Then today we went to Babies R Us and registered for all the things we will need. It was fun to look at everything, but oh my is it overwhelming. There is so much stuff, and tell me is it necessary that you have a formula mixer...can you not just shake a bottle these days? Anyway, we registered for lots of good stuff and it was so exciting to pick it all out.

Last but not least, I dont know if you noticed the change of title on the blog but we have decided on a name for our little man. We are anxious to meet Landon Reed in October. Hope all is well with everyone and again thanks for reading.

Room with Curtains

Scroll down and I added a few more pictures of the room to the last post. Hope you like them.

Our Nursery

So I have been promising for a long time that I would post pictures of the nursery and the day has finally come. Stephen has been working so hard to get it done and I am so proud of his hard work and how it turned out. We are not completely finished, we still need to get some pictures for the walls and such. We are also still waiting for our chair to come in, but so far it is looking good. I cant wait to see it with pictures on the walls and all the final touches. We could not of had such a beautiful nursery without the help of our parents. My parents bought all our furniture for the room and Stephens paretns bought all the bedding, the growth chart and the laundry hamper. It all looks so great put together and now we just need a healthy baby to use it.

Anyway here is the nursery from Start to Now!


We started with a very PINK room


Then Stephen marked where the wood was going to be


Then he cut out all the trim


and painted the white


and the brown


And finally we have an almost complete baby room




With a very cute crib




This is the super cute growth chart Stephens parents got us



Here is the room with the curtains haning

Happy 4th of July!

Well Stephen and I spent the weekend at the lake again with some of our very best friends. Although the weather was not the best on Saturday we still had a great time on the boat. Then on Sunday we went to Silver Dollar City. This was Stephen's first time at SDC and he had a great time. I obviously could not ride any of the rides but still had a great time. The weather was perfect and we love spending time with our friends. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

Stephen and I on my parents deck


Andrea, Michael, Mackenzie and I with our silly hats on and SDC





I hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!

Time for a Belly Update

Well I promised several weeks ago that I would post a new belly picture. So here it is. I am now almost 24 weeks and my belly is definitely growing by the day. Tucker and Tanner do not seem to be too interested in my belly but I did think the picture of them was too cute to not share.

I am going ahead and posting the old ones too for comparison. It is amazing how much things have grown and changed.

On another note Stephen has been working very hard on the baby room and it is looking amazing. I can not wait until it is finished and I can share the pictures with you. Our bedding came in over the weekend and we LOVE it. It is so cute and exactly what I wanted, I cant wait now to get it all washed and on the crib soon. More to come!


9 weeks


15 weeks



24 weeks




Tucker and Tanner kissing my belly

THE LAKE!

Well we are home from a great weekend at the lake with all our friends. We went down on Thursday night and we spent all day on the boat Friday and Saturday. It was so much fun...hot, but fun. Rich and Moni came in town from California and it was so great to get to see them. We spent the evenings at the house aroud the fire pit singing songs and eating smores. Then on Sunday we went shopping before eating at Lamberts on our way home.

Stephen and I are so blessed to have such a great group of friends and we love our annual lake trip when we can just relax and enjoy the company. Here are a few pictures of our fun in the sun!


Becky playing with Mackenzie


Dad taking a nap on the boat


Just getting a little Sun


Scuba Steve and Scuba Mike


Rich catching some zzzz's, (it is amazing how tired a day in the sun will make you)



Rich and Moni

Furniture and Baby Kicks

We had another productive day. Stephen and I went to pick up our furniture at USA Baby and we also picked out and ordered a glider/recliner for the nursery. Stephen thinks it the best thing in the world and that he can sleep in the nursery. So I guess that means he is offering to get up in the middle of the night with the baby...we will see when the time comes. Anyway we brought all of our furniture home and for now it is in boxes but as soon as the room is painted we will start putting it all together. I cant wait to see it all in the room. My parents bought all our furniture for his room and we are so fortunate. Thanks Mom and Dad for the beautiful furniture!

Stephen finished all the wainscoting so now it is on to caulking and painting and maybe by the beginning of July we will have it painted. Stephens parents purchased all of our bedding and other things for our nursery for us and we ordered them on Saturday. I am so excited to see the bedding in person instead of just online.

We have been so fortunate and lucky that our parents are so generous and want to help is so much. We hope they all know how much we love and appreciate it.

So maybe by next week I will have the bedding and be able to get it all washed up and ready to go on the crib when it gets put together. Our goal is to have the nursery set up by the end of July so Aug and Sept we wont have to worry about it and we can focus on our showers and everything else we need to do to get ready. When you work where I work I think you find that you should always be prepared early because you never know what will happen.

Also on Monday night Stephen was able to feel the baby move for the first time and that was the greatest feeling. I have been trying for several weeks to get him to feel it but he can never feel anything. So Monday I said "put your hand here and just relax" and then all the sudden he went "wow was that it, oh my gosh I can definitely feel that, he kicked hard" It was so cool to share that with him.

I am so thankful for everything I have been blessed with and we will continue to thank God everyday for all that we have.

Well we are off to the lake this weekend with our friends and we are both very excited. I will post all about it when we get back.

Iliana

Well I do not talk about work much but I had a very big week. I have been taking care of a little girl named Iliana since December. She is now almost 7 months old and finally got to go home this week. When you take care of someone for three days a week every week for that many months you get so attached. I am so happy she is now at home with her family where she belongs but I will sure miss her smile at work everyday.

When days like this come around it reminds me of how much I love my job and know I am doing the right thing.

With Ilians parents permission I would like to share some pictures of her with. She is such an amazing little girl and her smile can light up any room.