94 days to go!

It's been a fun weekend!!! I'm with Mom and Dad at Joe and Belinda's house in Indiana visiting little Wyatt for the first time... I'm even more in love with him in person!!! He is just absolutely precious. Such a sweet little guy. We've been pretty low key, but having lots of fun! It's a beautiful day outside today! Mid 60's and sunny, so Wyatt got to go for his first walk outside... He slept through it, but enjoyed it just the same. :)

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I think "Lucy" loves her cousin Wyatt already! I was holding him last night and she started kicking him! It didn't phase him in the slightest...he slept through it all. But I think he's taken with already as well. :) I do hope they are great friends through the years...

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I forgot to take a 26 week picture, so this is my shot from today... 26 weeks 4 days. My Mom said she thinks I grew overnight. :)

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That's it for now... Time to play a little before Wyatt heads to bed. The weekend is going by way too quickly!

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More soon... love, jen

more pictures of Wyatt...

okay...i might be a little biased, but i think i have the cutest little nephew in the world! here are a few more pictures to enjoy...

25 weeks...

Here I am...25 weeks and counting... In just 5 days, we'll be under 100 days on the countdown! I can't wait!!! I'm getting so anxious to hold this little girl in my arms! :)

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I had a Bible Study over at the Chi Omega sorority house tonight and little "Lucy" has become quite the conversation piece! She's not even born yet and the girls are already offering to babysit, feeling my belly and hoping to get to feel her kick!

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I think we've got quite the acrobat on our hands. She actually woke me up this morning with her gymnastics, kicking me right in the ribs! It has really become my favorite time of day...going to bed at night feeling her wriggle around and waking up to her in the morning.

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Life doesn't seem to be slowing down any, so at this rate, we'll blink and it will be July 8th! Still lots to do... I attempted to start cleaning out her room at the end of last week, but still have a bit of work to do on it! We're hoping to paint in a couple of weekends and then put her crib together. OH! And we decided on the froggie bedding and I love it! I was a little sad to not have the pink at first, but the froggies have really grown on me. I'll send a picture when we get the room closer to ready. :)

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Thanks for checking in...

Exciting Happenings!

Wow! What an exciting week this last week has been! We just got home last night from our Spring Break trip with 11 of our students. We travelled to Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky...over 2000 road miles together and what a BLAST! It really was the trip of a lifetime in a lot of ways. We got to stay with Joel's parents in Kentucky for the last couple of days of our adventure. They were great to host all of the students in their home. And it was the first time they got to see me "showing"! So fun... They call little "Lucy" the "princess"... until we reveal her real name when she's born. The students have started to call her Baby Lucy, so it might be hard to switch in July. :) Maybe Lucy will always be her nickname.

While we were there, we got to see our friends Tim and Michelle who are due with a baby boy just 2 weeks after us. They are naming him Griff, so Griff and Lucy got to hang out! Michelle and I got our picture taken, so here I am at 24 weeks and her at 22 weeks.

The other exciting news of our week is that "Lucy" has a new cousin!!! Wyatt Joseph McCulley was born on Friday, March 14th at 8:08am and weighed in at 8 lbs. 5 oz. He is just adorable and I can't wait to meet him and hold him in a couple short weeks! In my opinion, he looks exactly like Joe! I am in love with him already!!! Here are a couple of pics of the new little man.

As you can see, everyone is pretty proud of this new little guy! I think my parents are on Cloud 9 to have their first little grandbaby!!! What a FUN new season of life! I can't wait for our little ones to be great friends and grow up together...

So as you can see, it's been a wonderful week! So much to be thankful for... God is so good.

23 weeks...

Another week down... The days are flying by... I can tell that baby is getting stronger and bigger. When she kicks now, I can usually feel her in two or three places! So, I think she must kick and punch at the same time. :) According to the websites, the bones inside her ears are hardened now, so she can hear outside noises and our voices now. Last night, Joel and I were sitting in a class we're taking and the speaker was telling a story where about 3 times, he got really loud. Each time he'd change to his loud voice, I would feel her jump! I think it startled her! She definitely always brings a huge smile to my face... I am trying really hard to journal all of these experiences because I know otherwise I will forget...

Life is still very busy on campus right now, but I'm sure hoping things will slow down a little by the end of the month so I can focus some more on getting ready for Baby! April is going to be an important month to get her room ready because we leave in early May and will be gone for that whole month...getting home a little less than 4 weeks before she is due! So, we have some work to do before we leave! I've picked out the crib and the bedding (thanks for your votes!)...just need to get them all ordered...

Loving this journey,

jen

Do you have a vote?

Here are the two different options we have narrowed it down to for our little princess... We each like a different one better. :) But, honestly, I like them both... But we thought we'd take votes to see what you thought! Feel free to submit your vote either here or you can e-mail me. :)

22 down...18 to go!

Growing, growing, growing!!! Both ME and the baby! According to the websites, our little chica is approx. 1lb by the end of this week. Wow!

Still having so much fun... Just yesterday I was sitting and having my quiet time and I felt her kicking away... I looked at my belly and could actually see it JUMP. Such a fun and strange experience, all at the same time. :) She's definitely getting stronger and I'm feeling her more each day...