Wood Family Fun

Marshmallow Faye Wood

2011-09-16T09:07:00.000-07:00

So, Alivia is big into telling us our full names. I ask her what mommy's full name is and she says, "Lindsay Faye Wood." I ask her what her full name is and she says, "Alivia Faye Wood." I then ask her what daddy's full name is and she says, "Marshmallow Faye Wood!" Well, his middle name is Marshall and so she calls him Marshmallow and apparently since Alivia and I share the same middle name she thinks everyone's middle name is Faye. Ha ha!

Yes Ma'am!

2011-09-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

Alivia has been saying the funniest things lately. I need to put them somewhere so I never forget them...

Today was the first day of MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) and I had to be there at 8:30 this morning. I was running around and Alivia was finishing up breakfast when I said, "Alivia! Hurry up, we need to go pretty soon!" Alivia replied to me in a soft voice, stern eyes and a finger pointed in my direction, "That's not your job to tell me that. You say, yes ma'am." With wide eyes I looked at Aaron to see if he heard the same thing and sure enough he did! It was so hard not to just burst out laughing at that point! She hears this from me because usually she is telling Atley no during the day and I have to remind her that it is not her job to tell her that and that it is mommy's job and then I tell her to tell me Yes Ma'am. I guess she pays attention, huh?

He's Here, He's Here!!

2011-03-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, March 10th my nephew Mack Jordan Hickel was born! He weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2" inches long. That is exactly what I weighed when I was born which is so cool we share that! Mommy and baby are doing good and I know my brother is on cloud nine! He has sent me numerous pictures on my phone and I am so thankful because I cannot be there and I want to see everything! I cannot tell you how excited I am that he has finally arrived and I want to kiss on his sweet little cheeks so badly! I am planning on taking the girls with me to Kansas the first week of April to go meet this little cutie and I am counting down the days. I am a bit nervous traveling 10 hours with both girls by myself but I think I can do it! I think the biggest challenge will be that I will have to stop and nurse every 3-4 hours and also stop even more frequent for Alivia to go potty. I love that my daughter is potty trained but why does it have to be such a pain when we take trips!? I guess I shouldn't complain though because last week I was so thankful that she was potty trained. That is because last week she had the flu and it was coming out on both ends...not so fun! I was so thankful when she would say, "Mommy I have to poopy," because I saw what came out and I would not want to change that in a diaper!
I have no idea how I got from my nephew being born to Alivia's poop but oh well! I guess that is what being a mom is like...highs and lows all the time. I do know that one thing is for sure, I have more and more highs everyday with my family.

Twins???

2011-03-08T19:50:00.000-08:00

Alivia Faye - 1 Month

Atley Mae - 1 Month

They look so much alike it is scary!

Date Night

2011-02-27T18:46:00.000-08:00

My husband is the most amazing husband in the world! Wanna know why? Well, it all started this past week where every day he would give me a hint at a "surprise" that would take place. On Thursday I received a phone call from our hairdresser and the message said that I will be receiving a cut and wax on Friday. Normally, I would think "Oh great, he thinks I look like crap!" but most of these days with two kids I know I do so I took no offense! ha ha! Thursday night when Aaron got home from work he brought me into our bedroom and gave me a letter he had typed. The beginning of it was about how much he loved me and how he wanted to something special for me since I am stuck at home all the time. Below that was a hour by hour itinerary for all day Friday. Things such as "pump at this time to make a bottle for Atley," "get dressed at this hour, " and "get the kid's clothes together" were all one there. This man is a very detailed man! It also indicated what type of attire I should wear for the evening. Of course right after I read this I immediately said I have no idea what I am going to wear! He then told me to close my eyes and proceeded to place in front of me a new dress, new top and new jeans that he had went and bought me and thought I would like to decide to wear! HOW AMAZING IS THIS MAN?!?
We dropped the kiddos off with a wonderful family from our church and then we headed downtown and he took me to Duck City Restaurant. It was amazing! We had so much fun talking and being giddy! After dinner we went to the Adler Theater where the Broadway Show "All Shook Up" was playing! Now I know that he did that for me because I know he would never want to do something like that but he knows I love doing things like that! It was so much fun!! We didn't do the most amazing things in the world but just knowing all the details that went into the night and every little thing he did (yes, buying me clothes sealed the deal!) just amazed me and definitely made me cry! I am so blessed to have this man in my life! He knows me so well and knows just what I need at just the right time! Love him!

Holy, Holy

2010-12-05T21:06:00.000-08:00

My daughter LOVES this song and will run around the house singing it at the top of her lungs! Here is the words if you can't recognize what she is saying...

Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Highest Praises, Honor and Glory
Be Unto Your Name

We are the broken, you are the healer
Jesus redeemer, Mighty to save
You are the love song, we'll sing forever
Bowing before you, blessing your name

(Sigh!) I just love her!

It's Potty Time!

2010-12-05T19:35:00.000-08:00

I have never wrote anything about Alivia's potty training yet but I am one proud momma! Alivia has been in big girl panties for the past few months and is doing quite well! We still put a pull up on her during naps and for nights but she really is staying dry during the nap. When we brought Atley home from the hospital Alivia regressed a little bit and we knew that could happen. The past couple of days she is back on track and doing great! The funny thing she is doing now when she poops is that she says, "Shhh, Listen!" because she wants to hear it go into the toliet! She also pushes herself up off the toliet to watch it come out. This little girl is too funny!

Introducing Atley Mae Wood!

2010-12-05T19:27:00.000-08:00

Little Miss Atley Mae Wood was born at 4:38 p.m. on Monday, November 22nd and she is 2 weeks old already! I truly cannot believe how fast time flies! She was 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 1/2" long.
The story of her birth started on Sunday morning at 6:45 a.m. I woke up to a few trickles of water and I literally thought I had peed in my pants. I was embarassed but I didn't know how it could happen. At 8:30 a.m. the same thing happened so I knew I couldn't have just peed again. I began to think that it could be my water breaking however, I quickly doubted myself because I thought it would be a continues trickle or a sudden gush. I didn't want to go into the hospital and for them to tell me, "Honey, you just urinated on yourself!" I am sure every woman fears that. Aaron wanted me to call the doctor but I assured him that if it happened again I would call. We went on to church and had our whole day hanging out and nothing happened. Later on that night we came home from the Thanksgiving Praise Service at our church and I had a few more "trickles." I called the doctor and he suggested that I come in to the hospital and they could test it to see if it was truly amniotic fluid or not. At 2:00 a.m. we arrived at Genesis and from that point of our arrival my contractions started about 2-3 minutes apart. They tested the fluid and sure enough, it was my water. They quickly admitted me into the hospital and I was pretty comfortable but I was only dilated to 1 1/2 cm at that point. My contractions slowly started to spread to 4-6 minutes apart so they decided to start me on potossin. Um...I didn't like that very much. I wanted to say no thanks but I had a feeling that they would do it anyways! Finally, they checked me and I was at 4 cm and I said, "I would like an epideral...like right now." They called the doctor and he arrived about an hour later so I was at a 5 or 6 and my contractions were coming now every minute. It was so hard to sit still while he did my epideral because I had about 10 contractions! Not fun! Finally at 3:30 the doctor checked me because I said that I started to feel pressure a little bit. I was at an 8 and she was still at a -1 station. I thought for sure that I would have to push for a while because with Alivia I was a lot lower and I only had to push 3 times. They assured me that after your first child your baby doesn't drop until delivery. They said that I would not have to push that much at all. Well, they were right! An hour later the nurse came into the room and my mom, mother-in-law, Aaron and I were just hanging out and talking and she asked if she could check me. I said sure and then before I know it she was pushing the emergency button saying, "Help, Help now!" and talking in codes! I did not know what was going on but she looked at me and said, "The baby's head is out!" Aaron and I thought immediately that she was crowning and that it was just time to push, but no...Atley was litterally laying in-between my legs out all the way to her shoulder! She just had me push to get the other shoulder out!! So, the nurse literally delivered Atley and the doctor came flying in with about 5 other people at that point!! I was in shock! I am still in shock to think that happened to me! You know those stupid shows, "I didn't know I was Pregnant" well, they are going to have another show called "I didn't know I delievered" and that will be even more idiotic and that is me! Seriously!
Atley was admitted into the NICU the next morning because of the fact that my water had been broke more than 18 hours and the risk for infection for the baby increases and also for the fact that because she delivered so quickly she swallowed a lot of amniotic fluid and never got the chance to release it. I was crying so much when they told me that they were going to watch her, run some tests, give her an I.V. and hook her up to monitors. It was hard to see your newborn go through that. We are so blessed that she is completely healthy and all her tests came back good! We brought her home on Thanksgiving morning and we were truly thankful to God that he protected her!

33 1/2 Weeks!

2010-10-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

So I thought I would share how my pregnancy is going so far with my baby girl. I am 33 1/2 weeks and due Thanksgiving Day although I am convinced I will not make it that long. Lately I have had a TON of pressure and cramping in the stomach and I pray that I can last a few more weeks for the little one to mature. I will go in to the doctor in 2 weeks and then after that every week till she is here.

I am getting very excited to see what this little girl looks like! Will she look like Alivia or will she look totally different? For some reason Aaron and I think she will be bigger and longer than Alivia was when she was born. I hope not too much bigger!

Also, my brother and sister-in-law are expecting a boy in March and I am super pumped about that! I cannot wait to add more babies to my side of the family because it makes it that much more fun for when the holidays roll around. Next Christmas should be a blast with 3 grandkids! Also, I am glad they are having a boy because deep down I really wanted a boy this pregnancy at first and now I am glad they are able to have one so we can balance out the family a bit!

I never really shared that with a ton of people, but I have to admit I was a little sad when the ultrasound technician said it was a girl. I was absolutely sure that it was a boy and I was so prepared for her to tell us this, but when she said, "It's a Girl!" I don't think I said anything for a whole minute. I needed to take it all in and, I'll admit, shed a couple of tears. After the appointment I started thinking of all the wonderful things another girl will bring to our family. I cannot tell you how excited I am that it is a girl again! I have gotten past my disappointment and realized how blessed we are that we can bring another child into this world. I really hate that I even felt that way in the first place, but here I am being honest to the world! God obviously knows what he is doing and for that I am so thankful that he is in control and not me. My selfish ambitions would only ruin things and I am glad that there is a "Master Planner."

She's All Talk!

2010-09-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

Since these past few weeks Alivia has been saying & doing new things daily and I wanted to record it somehow so that I will always remembered these special moments. I caught her the other day counting as she put her ring stacks back on the base. Well, counting as in, "Two, Seben, Eight, Nine Ten! Yea!!!!" I don't care that she left out 6 numbers...I am a pretty proud momma! You will see a few other adorable things that she has picked up on. Even right before we shot the video I was telling Aaron how I LOVE fall and I put my hand on my chest (am I dramatic?? um, yes!) and then I see Alivia say the same thing to him and do it too! So funny! We recently had a garage sale and when I brought Alivia outside, she ran over to my box full of stuffed animals and said, "Oh, there it is! There it is!" Aaron said, "You've never seen those before in your life!" She carried them around all afternoon because she acted like they were her long lost friends she had just found again!
Sorry for the shrill voice in the video. I'm sure you will think, "but that is how she always sounds!" Therefore, I should apologize for my voice altogether! It is not a pretty thing when you listen to yourself!

Fall

2010-09-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

I love fall weather and fortunately, today was a perfect fall weather day! I am so excited for this fall...mums, pumpkins, my birthday, the new baby coming, apple pie/crisp, etc. I was having such a bad day today and once I went outside it immediately put me in a better mood. I had to run to Walmart for a couple of things and on my way I heard the song by Trace Adkins, "You're Gonna Miss This." I absolutely love that song and on top of that, I realized that life is too short to be upset about certain things or down in the dumps because things are not going my way. I really hope I can learn to keep that perspective when days are not going good or I feel like the world is crashing down on me. I just want to enjoy every minute with my family and not think that I can do things some other time, but I want to live in the moment and enjoy life while I can.

Swimming

2010-08-31T20:23:00.001-07:00

Alivia LOVES water too! We put a cheap blow-up pool on our deck for the summer and now she can go play in it whenever she wants. It is nice and convenient and mom can even lay in it with her.

"Yum! This chlorine tastes good!"

Dress Up!

2010-08-31T20:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, so first off I realize that I haven't blogged in a while, but I am hoping that is about to change.

Secondly, my daughter LOVES to play dress-up. I mean, really??? Does a 1 year old know how to have such an imagination as this??? Yes, she most certainly does!

She will then run to the full length mirror and go, "Oh Boy!" and look herself over. It is precious! I just love being the mom to this little girl!

Love you!

2010-02-26T18:49:00.000-08:00

Alivia is doing some the sweetest things right now that I have to share...

Yesterday during dinner, Aaron and I said, "Love you!" and Alivia kissed her hand and tried blowing us kisses!
Lately when we put her on the changing table she will grab a kleenex and sniff it like she is trying to blow her nose and then she throws it down.
Today when I got out of the shower I put on lotion and Alivia came walking over to me and bent down, put her hands on her knees and sniffed my lotion! It was soooo cute!

These precious things make me so proud to be a mom!

I was bawling like a baby tonight watching 16 and Pregnant. There was this couple on there that decided to give their little girl up for adoption and went through a Christian adoption agency. I cried watching their struggles with giving the child up and watching the adoptive parents guard their hearts until the deal was done. What an amazing experience and I was so amazed how mature this young couple was even against their own families wishes of giving the child up! I just can't imagine going through that. This couple gave their little girl a life they couldn't have given her themselves. How amazing. I am so thankful for my life and my little girl and the fact that I never had to go through anything like that. I am thankful for not having to make that kind of a choice. Thank you God for the life that you have given me and for blessing me with a baby girl who I can take care of.

"Pants on the Ground, Pants on the Ground Lookin' like a fool with your Pants on the Ground"

2010-01-25T11:56:00.001-08:00

I decided to put an outfit on Alivia that my mom had bought her for her birthday. It is a 12 month outfit and since she is 12 months I thought it would fit her perfectly. Well, they don't. Needless to say the American Idol song hit fits this description perfectly. Alivia was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse "lookin' like a fool with her Pants on the Ground."

Birthday's

2010-01-23T22:17:00.000-08:00

Alivia has changed so much over this past year...it is so hard to believe! It seems like our family has changed so much! Aaron turned the big 3-0 in December so that was something big! :) He doesn't like me talking about it much so I like to mention it every once in a while and act like it is a big deal to give him a hard time! Ha! I guess I better go easy on him since I will be turning 30 in a couple of years and I will probably take it just as hard as he has.

We celebrated Alivia's birthday the weekend of the 16th and had our family come from Kansas and Missouri. It was a house-full but I absolutely loved the chaos! We had 10 people plus Alivia staying with us all weekend and I wouldn't have had it any other way! We had friends and family for the birthday party and then we dedicated her at church the next day. I didn't think I would get all emotional about that but I was wrong. I shed a few tears knowing that our baby girl is being prayed for and looked over by our church, family and friends. That is such a blessing to know!

Here are a few photos from her festivities:

Happy 1st Birthday Alivia Faye!!

2010-01-23T21:37:00.000-08:00

Our little girl turned one on January 19th. Here is how much she has changed over this past year...

I'm one day old!

I'm one month old!

I'm two months old!

I'm three months old!

I'm four months old!

I'm five months old!

I'm six months old!

I'm seven months old!

I'm eight months old!

I'm nine months old!

I'm ten months old!

I'm eleven months old!

I'm one year old! I'm such a big girl now!

Shhhishkabob, Shhhawshank Redemption, Chhhicago!

2009-06-08T19:03:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist putting that title on this blog post...it is from the movie Ace Venture: When Nature Calls. No, I didn't just put that on there for no reason at all...Aaron and I just celebrated our 5 Year Wedding Anniversary on the 29th of May and we went to Chicago to celebrate! We took Alivia along with us and we had such an amazing time together! We arrived at the Inter Continential Hotel on Michigan Ave late Friday night. Saturday we walked everywhere and went shopping for a ring for me. That was Aaron's present for me and so he let me go in and out of shops and pick one out that best suited me! Well, it of course had to be in a certain price range, I couldn't get too carried away! Ha! For lunch on Saturday we saw a place on The Food Network channel's episode of Diner's, Drive-Inn's and Dives. The place is called Hackney's and it has really good burgers, fries and onion rings. It was really good! That night we went to Cheese Cake Factory and then of course hit up Ghiradelli's and Hershey's. On Sunday we walked and shopped some more and then ate at PF Chang's. It is completely sad when we schedule our trip there around where we are going to eat! We had an amazing time together as a family in Chicago. It is crazy we have been married 5 Years already and have a little one.

Alivia continues to change daily and grow up! She is very active and rolling over and over everytime we put her down. We love her deep laughs. Mommy sings silly songs to her daily. She likes to sit up like a big girl in her Bumbo. I keep thinking that it won't be long before she is scooting and crawling all over the place. She likes to tuck her legs under her butt and try and scoot. At night it is adorable to watch her because she likes to do this and stick her butt up in the air. So adorable!

Nana and Papa are going to be visiting us for Father's Day weekend. I know they are super excited to see Alivia because it has been a while! They didn't want to wait this long to see her so they will definitely be spending lots of time kissing and loving on her!

"Roll Over, Roll Over send Alivia right over!"

2009-05-18T20:25:00.000-07:00

Ok, so clearly this is not correct, but if you hang out with my husband long enough you too will learn to switch words to nursery rhymes! Another favorite of his is "I love you, you love me, were a happy family, with a knick-knack patty wack give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home!" Well, that is not the highlight of what is going on in the Wood household, but it sure keeps us entertained!

Alivia will be turning 4 months old tomorrow! I cannot believe how fast she is growing up! She has now learned to roll over and is doing this quite frequently now. The only thing that frightens me now is the fact that she still likes to be swaddled and I don't want her to roll over on her belly at night swaddled. I am only swaddling her from her waist down now so that she can use her arms to push off if needed, but I still worry! She is also talking and giggling like crazy! I absolutely love it! She is such a good baby and we are so blessed. I am enjoying the fact that she is sleeping 11 to 12 hours at night now and I am hoping that mom can do the same shortly! :) By that I mean I still go and check on her to see if she has rolled over on her face. :) I need to completely give my worries to God because he is in control of everything. I have to keep telling myself that.

There are so many exciting things going on right now in this stage. I am so thankful that I am able to stay at home with her and catch these wonderful moments. We are staying busy being at home. We usually have something to go do everyday. Dad is now playing softball so we enjoy going and watching him play from time to time. My mom is coming to visit us this Memorial Day weekend and we are so excited to have her! Alivia doesn't get to see her grandparents very often but when she does she gets lots of lovin from them all!

I will do a better job of keeping everyone informed of her and our family. I am sorry I haven't been on in so long!

6 Weeks Old

2009-03-08T15:44:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that our little girl is 6 weeks old already! Man...the time has gone so fast! We are enjoying this stage of smiles and cooing. It is amazing how much they seem to grow up so quickly right before our eyes and yet we have no idea how that has happened!

daddy's little girl!

Alivia LOVES her changing table! She will begin crying and as soon as we put her on that table she starts smiling and laughing! Part of this is because she absolutely HATES wet diapers. The minute that she wets herself she starts to cry and she wants to be changed. We are hoping that because of this she will be easy to potty train...I hope that is not wishful thinking! We like to sing songs, talk about the Sesame Street characters on her diaper and speak in high pitched voices (ok...only mommy does that!) to get her laughing on the changing table.

Every Wednesday mommy and Alivia go to the mall and meet up with a few other new mom's to walk...ok, sometimes we just go to Starbuck's and we don't walk. She has met a couple of new friends...Ethan Billman and Cole Lovelady. When we come home and I tell daddy that Alivia went walking with her new boyfriends, daddy quickly corrects mommy that Alivia will not have a boyfriend until she is 30!

We suddenly find ourselves as parents questioning everything that we do with her and wondering if we are going to ruin her life...Should we let her cry, or should we run to her side when we hear those sweet little cries? Will she become too spoiled if we do or will she resent us for not running to her rescue? This worrying, I'm afraid, will only get worse as she gets older. Every book that we seem to read only seems to cloud our view of what to do. Sometimes I would like to throw them all out the window and just do what I think is best. As they say, mom's know best, yet I always seem to second guess myself. How funny, when I look back that I thought my parents had all the right answers in life and yet now that I am a parent myself I find that they really didn't...they just went with their gut instinct. Our children will ask me for advice one day and they will think the same thing and they will have no idea that I am contemplating myself of what is right and wrong. One thing is for sure...no one has done this perfect and no one ever will. We will inevitably make some wrong decisions, but we pray that we make more right.

Photos of our little girl

2009-02-02T17:57:00.001-08:00

My first outing to my doctor's appointment

I am perfectly content in my daddy's arms

This is a cruel world...I want to be warm again!

She's Finally Here!!!

2009-02-02T15:35:00.000-08:00

I started to have contractions on Sunday, January 18th...Alivia's due date. It was 6:00 p.m. and I started having back contractions about every 5-6 minutes apart. Aaron went on to Youth group at the church and called me every 30 minutes to check on me. I assured him that this could go on for hours and that I would be fine. Finally at 9:00 p.m. I took a long hot shower in hopes that it would tell me if I was having true labor or not. In my mind I knew it was, but in the back of my head I thought, "what if this is all fake and I go to the hospital and they laugh me all the way home?" Well, I got out of the shower and soon learned that this was not fake, my contractions were now stronger and 3-4 minutes apart. Since it was back labor, I had Aaron pushing on my lower back with each contraction and it was black and blue by the time this all ended! Boy was he the best labor coach in the world! I am so blessed to have this man in my life!

Aaron finally convinced me at 1:00 a.m. to call the doctor and see if I should go in. Dr. Martin told me to get my bags and go to the hospital. I finished up some last minute things and we headed to the hospital.

We arrived there at 1:45 a.m. and before they could admit me in the hopsital, they had to check to see how far I was dilated and then if I didn't progress after 2 hours then they would send me home. That night they had 5 girls arrive before me and they had sent them all home and I was now the 6th girl. I was not about to let them send me home! At 4:00 a.m. they checked me once more and sure enough I had dilated to a 3 at this point. They went ahead and admitted me then. I knew at that point I wanted drugs. I thought I would see how far I would get before I asked for some, but who was I kidding? I knew that there was a thing called an epidural and I wanted to be on that bandwaggon now!

Once I was admitted they tried to put an IV in me so that they could give me an epidural later on. They had some complications and it took 6 tries and 2 nurses to finally get one in. Boy was I relieved! The King of the hospital (a.k.a. The Anesthesiologist) finally arrived at 9:45 a.m. and gave me the relief that I was looking for! They checked me right after that and I had dilated to a 5 so they went ahead and broke my water and gave me potossin. After 2 hours they checked me again and I dilated to a 10! We all couldn't believe it! The next shocker was that she was so low that I could start pushing even if I didn't have the pressure to push. After 3 contractions and 10 minutes later, our little angel arrived at 2:10 p.m. It was a moment filled with awe and amazement of how you can fill with so much love for someone that you just met and for Aaron, it was love at first sight. He now knew what love I had for her in my body.

That night about 9:30 p.m. I started to hemorrhage. This was by far the scariest thing that I had to go through in my entire life! I literally didn't know if I was going to die or not. I felt completely helpless, as did Aaron, and without getting answers from the nurses right away, I screamed and bawled the entire time they kneaded on my stomach. They put me on 2 bags of potossin and needless to say, my night of recovery was not fun at all. Praise God that I started to get better the next morning. Thankfully I didn't need blood, but my blood pressure did sky-rocket and they had to watch me all throughout the day and night.

Now we are home and we are truly blessed with this miracle that God has given to us. I can't believe that he actually loves us more than we love our own children! How is that possible?!? It is and for that I am learning how amazing all of this is!

Could it be???

2009-02-02T15:20:00.001-08:00

The day that I found out I was pregnant was on Mother's Day in 2008. What a memorable day that was! I knew that something was different and that I could possibly be pregnant, but my husband, being the "budget friendly" guy that he is didn't want me to take yet "another pregnancy test" because A. he didn't want me to be disappointed and B. he didn't want me to waste money by peeing on a stick that cost $10. So, I went in the bathroom anyways and took the test and shut the door quickly so he wouldn't see! Ha!

I went back in after about 3 minutes and sure enough...it was positive! After Aaron was quick to read the instructions to see if I had done this right (I'm not sure how many ways you can screw this up...) we went to bed that night and talked about the "what if's" that lie ahead. The next morning we took another test to make sure the first one was correct. :)

I made my first appointment at the doctor's office and when we left there, Aaron asked me when we would get the test results back. I asked him what results he was talking about and he replied, "You know, to see if we are pregnant or not." I love this man! I quickly realized through this whole process that this pregnancy is not real for them until she comes out and they can physically see them for themselves.

I had a really wonderful pregnancy. I was sick for the first 4 1/2 months, but then I really did love every minute of it. I was very uncomfortable at the end, but what pregnant woman isn't?

Hello World!

2009-02-02T15:15:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! We have officially decided to enter the "blogging" world so that we can keep in touch with all our friends and family now that we have a little one. Aaron and I have been blessed with a little girl named Alivia Faye that entered this world on Monday, January 19th at 2:10 p.m. It is amazing how much your love grows for someone that you hardly know! Hopefully we will keep everyone up to date on our journey of parenthood and all the ups and downs in between!