My Belly Bump :)

I haven't posted any belly bump photos lately so here's 4. :)

18 wks 2 dys


20 wks 5 dys


21 wks 3 dys

22 wks 2 dys


I am carrying her very high! I can feel it. My clothes fit so differently this time too. Hard to believe I am already 23 weeks today! :) She's become very active especially at night around 9-10 p.m. I hope she doesn't keep up that activity when she's born. All of the kids have felt her kicks now. :)

Emma loves to talk to Abbie in my belly and sing to her too. :) Dakota is a little more timid but he still enjoys feeling her kicks. Wyatt likes to kiss my belly. They all like to know how big she is each week. I love sharing this pregnancy with my children.

One last new symptom... heartburn! I've had it with all my babies and she is no different. The only difference in this pregnancy is the nausea that I'm still having in the 2nd trimester. Zofran works wonders for the yucky feeling though. I'm very thankful for the medicine. :)

Mismatch Day at School :)

Dakota has a mismatch day at school this week. The students could play $.25 to come to school in mismatch clothing (a fundraiser). We got our best outfit together for him. He also wore 2 different sneakers. He originally wanted to wear a sneaker and a snow boot but I told him that would be a bit hard to walk and play in all day. He had fun! I loved mismatch or clash day when I was in school. :) I would always go all out too. :)

Her name will be....

ABBIE GRACE. :)







We FINALLY decided on her name a few weeks ago (right before my 21 week ultrasound) but I haven't taken the time to post the beautiful name on here yet until tonight. I personally looked through hundreds and hundreds of names plus MANY websites with lists of names. David and I continued to narrow down our list and narrow down the list until we both decided we loved Abbie. :) I originally wanted to do an Irish name because of David's heritage but the names I liked were all a bit to different so we stuck with a more traditional name.

Abbie will have a second middle name that will be a family name but we are still deciding on that name. All of our children have family middle names... Dakota Kent (David's middle name), Emma Julieann (my name and my great-grandmother), Wyatt George (my beloved grandpa) David (David's, his dad's, and his grandpas).




Her first full name we'll be deciding at birth. We aren't going with Abigail. We each have a favorite so once we see her beautiful face I think we'll just know or if it's like with Wyatt's birth than David will know right away and it will take me oh 24 hours or so to decide. ;) The name I like is not a typical name used for Abbie but I like that about the name.

We are spelling the name with the "ie" to be like my name with the "ie." I've always liked Abbie but once we changed the spelling of it I liked it even more. I LOVE the name Grace and would have gladly used that for her first name but it wasn't David's favorite so to the middle it went. :) I've noticed that Grace seems to be a favorite among celebrities too but we didn't choose it for that reason. Grace has a special place in my heart and a great personal meaning for me. I'm so happy that I can give my little girl this beautiful middle name. :)



Her 21 weeks ultrasound went great and she was very active just kicking and moving all over the place. She is healthy and growing right on track. We really enjoyed her ultrasound and we could see her moving her arms and she even sucked her thumb. I can't wait to meet you Abbie Grace! :) I love you so much my sweet baby girl! :)

IT'S A....

GIRL!!!!!

Here's her cute little face! :)


I'm so very excited to announce that God has blessed our family with expecting another girl! :) I am over the moon with excitement and joy because I REALLY wanted another girl!! :) Everyday when I would pray it would go something like this... "Dear God, please change David's heart to want another child and please let it be a girl!" :) God is so faithful! :)



David and I along with our children and his parents went for a 3D/4D ultrasound. I've always wanted to have one and David agreed as an early birthday present! I loved sharing the experience with my children and my in-laws. It can be hard to find special moments since this is baby #4 but this was one of them. I loved finding out the gender with my kids and family by my side. :) We even got her little heart beat recorded and placed in an adorable pink bunny. :)

I love how her leg is stretched out in this picture. :)


So excited for our new baby girl!! :)


No more pictures mommy!! She's already a little camera shy and covering her face with her hands. :)


Now to just decide on a name... we have a few we kinda like but none that we LOVE yet. We still have plenty of time for a name. We may just have to wait like we did with Wyatt and go into the delivery with a few names. Once we see her beautiful face I think we will just know... well David will but I'll need a little more time. :)

David was so kind and wonderful after the ultrasound and he let me know go on a little mini shopping spree at Carter's (I was so surprised he let me get EVERYTHING I picked out). :) (I was thrilled when I got 50% off of there already low clearance prices. I love a good bargain.) Emma and I had so much fun picking out all sorts of cute outfits for the baby. We even found Emma and the new baby matching dresses. Emma is very excited to dress just like here little sister and to share her collection of hair bows too. :) When I first walked in the store I just had a HUGE smile on my face the whole time. I couldn't believe I was shopping on the girl's side of the store... the big side!! :) I loved every moment of it! :) The boys didn't quite have so much fun but Dakota did pick out 3 pairs of shoes for his little sister. I love that her shoe collection is already getting started and that big brother Dakota started it for her! :)

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY DAKOTA! :)

Happy 7th birthday to my silly boy Dakota! :)
I took the above photo at about 8:28 this morning. He was born at 8:22 a.m. He wanted to make a silly face. He is one silly boy. Lately he acts so goofy and silly especially at bedtime.

Dakota's birthday breakfast was sausage, homemade biscuits and homemade sausage gravy that I put together to make him a sausage gravy biscuit and scrambled eggs. Yummy! :) He loves biscuits and gravy! :)


Dakota loves being around our horses. This is Mary our newest horse. She is pregnant and due in July 2011. Dakota has already told us many times that next year for Christmas he wants horse stuff (a saddle especially or a horse cart). Mary is already broke to ride and drive a cart. She is 6 years old. Dakota enjoyed walking her around today. He is the one that posed for the picture (I didn't even have to tell him to... he know I love when he takes a cute photo). :)

Happy 7th birthday to my silly boy Dakota! :)

I can hardly believe my oldest son is already 7! He is such a fun, loving, silly, outdoorsy, great student, creative, comedian, thoughtful, great hunter, great at archery, cutie pie, great baseball player, and a wonderful son and brother! :) He's been very excited about his 7th birthday. We are going to PF Changs for his birthday dinner. He LOVES the lettuce wraps and he is very excited about the Calamari too (his other fav). His cake is going to be a giant chocolate chip cookie that I am going to decorate like a baseball. He loves all things baseball and has quite a baseball card collection now.

I love you Dakota! I thank God for giving me a sweet son like you!! :) Happy birthday sweetie! :)

Baby kicks :)

I have begun feeling baby kicks! I'm so excited to be at this stage in the pregnancy. :) The first little movements I felt were on Sunday, Dec. 26 in the evening. I was 14 wks. 3 days. I wasn't 100% sure if those little flutters were the baby but I continued to feel the same movements over the last 2 days. I had more little kicks just this morning. What a great feeling! :) Now I can't wait for the kids and David to be able to feel the baby but that will still be weeks away.

14 weeks on Christmas Eve :)

Santa visit 2010

We got together for our annual Santa visit and gift exchange at David's cousin's house. This party is always a lot of fun and especially special because Santa makes a special stop by the house. We never do the mall Santa photos because of this special visit. This year Wyatt wasn't into having his picture with Santa which is why he is crying in the family photo. There is also not a picture of him alone or with his brother and sister plus Santa. He wasn't feeling that well and still had a bit of a cough. I did get a few smiles from him later on after we opened gifts. Emma and Dakota were delighted to see Santa and his elf. Elfie even played a fun song on the harmonica that Dakota got from Santa. :)


I loved Emma's Christmas dress this year and she did too. She loved twirling around in her gorgeous dress. :) The dress also came with a matching one for her doll. :)