Babymoon

This past weekend Todd and I went on our Babymoon to Charleston, SC! We had a great time! For those of you that are confused about a babymoon, it's a trip you take before the baby gets here so you can relax with the hubby! We did the usual leaving at 4:30am and arrived in Charleston Friday morning to wonderful weather! We spent the afternoon lounging by the pool and later that night went to dinner at a restaurant in the resort. Saturday morning we woke up to wonderful weather again! Had an awesome couples massage, lounged by the pool and then headed to downtown Charleston to visit the market and eat dinner. Sunday turned out to be a rainy cloudy day so we ended up sleeping in and enjoying a lazy day. Later that night we headed back to downtown Charleston for a wonderful dinner at High Cotton. I highly recommend this restaurant! The food was delicious!! Monday morning we woke up and made the trip back to Chattanooga! Below are some pictures from our trip. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!!

Downtown Charleston

Our Hotel- Boardwalk Inn (Wild Dunes Resort)

View from our room.

Me & Baby Caroline (25 weeks)

23 Week Check-Up

We just got back from our 23 week check-up and everything still looks great!! This time my parents came with us so they could see lil Caroline on the ultrasound. She is getting so much bigger!! Today we could see her eyes & mouth open and close. The dr. mentioned that is another sign it's a girl when they keep opening their mouth. Ha! Caroline is about 1 1/2lbs right now. It seems like she is growing everyday because my belly gets bigger each day! I can also feel her kicks a lot more now. Sometimes you can even see my stomach move around when she kicks! It's so amazing!! Only 17 more weeks to go and she'll be here!! Below is the picture from our appointment this morning. Hope everyone has a great week!!

23 weeks

Girls Beach Weekend 2009

This past weekend we had a Girls Beach Weekend in Rosemary Beach, FL. Carol lives down there, so we all went down and stayed with her. The weather was awesome!! Turned out that 3 of us were pregnant, so it was fun to share preggo stories and talk about babies. We ate at some wonderful restaurants. One in particular was the Bud & Alley's Pizza Bar which was awesome!! If you are in the Seaside area you should definitely try it out!! The weekend was perfect and I'm already looking forward to Girls Beach Weekend 2010!! Below are some pics from our weekend!

Me & Carol

Me & Baby Caroline

Me, Carol, Kate, Carrie and Amy

Kate, Carol and Carrie

Amy, Me and Carol

The girls at Bud & Alley's

Trip to Scottsdale, AZ

Last week we traveled to Scottsdale, AZ for a convention. It is beautiful out there!! We spent our week going to meetings, playing golf, relaxing by the pool and getting a wonderful mom-to-be massage!! The last day we were there the temperature reached 102!! It was hot but not nearly as bad since they don't have any humidity there. The driver told us it is 115 during the summer. Too hot for me!! Below are some pictures from our trip. Hope everyone is having a great week and enjoying this wonderful weather!!

Russell's 2nd Birthday!

Yesterday was Russell's birthday, so last night we celebrated with birthday cake! Thanks to Bone Appetite making the cake it was a success. As you can see below the boys loved it!

It's still a girl!!

We had our 19 week appointment yesterday and everything looks great!! Todd had been thinking the past couple weeks that when the dr. did the ultrasound he was going to realize it's actually a boy, but no such luck. We have pictures clearly showing the girl parts this time. Todd's parents went to the appointment with us, so it was exciting for them to get to see the ultrasound too! It's so neat to see her moving around on the screen. Below are some of the ultrasound pictures. The dr. said she is 12 ounces and everything looks perfect! Right now I can feel her a lil bit if I'm sitting still. It's kind of like popcorn popping in your stomach. In a few more weeks the dr. said I should start to feel the actual kicks. I can't wait!! After the confirmation that we are still having a girl I ordered everything for the nursery and Todd picked up the crib and changing table. It will be another 6-8 weeks before the rest of the furniture and bedding comes in. It's so exciting getting Caroline's room ready!!

19 weeks

Todd putting together Caroline's crib!

All put together!

Easter Weekend 2009

We had a wonderful and eventful Easter weekend. We started it off by celebrating Tosha & Misty's birthdays at Los Margaritas Friday night.

Saturday morning after I got back from spin class Todd surprised me with my Easter basket, so I ended up going ahead and giving him and the boys their baskets. We are going to have to get better about waiting until the actual day next year for Caroline. We had this problem at Christmas time too. We opened our stockings and presents on Christmas Eve!!

We recently became members of the Chattanooga Golf & Country Club, so Saturday we spent the afternoon playing some golf! I thought it was suppose to be a warm sunny day, but it turned out to be cloudy and windy. Oh well! We still had a great time!

Easter morning we went to church at Hixson United Methodist and then lunch at the country club with my parents.

Sunday afternoon we headed over to Dunlap to celebrate Easter with Todd's family. The family had gotten together at Ma Dean & Pa Dean's house. It was so good to see everyone!