Merry Christmas!

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. It is amazing to look back at how God has blessed our lives over the past year. He is so amazing! I hope that everyone has the time to sit back and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas over the next few days. It has been a realization for me being pregnant during this sacred time what Mary went through and the sacrifices that were made for us all.
We will be spending Christmas Eve over at Sybil's House and Christmas Morning at my parents. God has blessed us with having our families so close by. Everyone traveling-please be careful!!
I will stop taking the medicine to prevent contractions tonight---so we will see what happens! Who knows, we might have a New Years Baby! God Bless you all! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Thank you for your Prayers!

John and I would like to take the time to thank everyone for their prayers over the past week. I have stopped contracting with the medicine Nifedipine and seem to be holding on with very little dilation. I am out of work and catching up on some R&R. Sprout is doing well. We will stop the medicine on Christmas day, so we will see what happens! We wish everyone a blessed Christmas!

An Update...

We are asking for everyone's prayers. Thursday night I woke up very uncomfortable. We went to the doctor that morning and I was having very regular contractions every 2-3 minutes. I was sent home on strict bedrest and on medicine in hope of stopping the contractions.The medicine has helped but has by no means stopped the contractions. We will go back to the Doctor on Monday AM. We are a little over 34 weeks pregnant. They feel that baby Sprout would be fine, but we would really prefer to get to 35 weeks (next Thursday)! Who knew that Sprout would be making an appearance as a Christmas Blessing??? We will keep you updated...but please keep us in your prayers.

Our New Little Blessing

It has taken us a while to get these uploaded but here are our first glimpse of our new little Angel!

Shower at Connie's House

Sunday November 23 my wonderful Cousins Connie, Monica, Diane and Aunt Lois gave us a beautiful shower! It was a lovely afternoon. I had lots of help from 2 little angels. Cousin Madelyn Lois and my niece Ashley.

Maggiano Dinner

The girls from Anesthesia School gave my friend Shona and I a shower at Maggiano's. It was great! John enjoyed the food....alot!!!

Side Shot!

I have not been the best with the pictures.. Sorry guys this is me and Baby Sprout at 30 weeks. We are growing!!

Our First Shower

Our First Shower was at the Home of Sharon and William Johnson. It was wonderful! Sharon and Heather did such a nice job. Here is little Leah. She loved that high chair that Sharon and Heather worked so hard on making for us!

Our cat Dimples was diagnosed with Diabetes this week. We are trying her on new food and praying that we do not have to start insulin shots! We should know in about 2 weeks. Last weekend we assembled the crib and rocker. Our dear friend, Amanda is going to start painting a mural in 2 weeks! We are so excited as she is very talented!! I will post pictures to let everyone see the progress! Have a wonderful weekend!

Alan and Ashley

We had a great day at the Zoo with our Niece and Nephew. They are growing up so quickly! What great kids!!

John's New Hobby

John has a new past time....

Crazy boys!!!!

Our Summer Vacation

Our Summer vacation was wonderful! We took a great cruise to Bermuda. It is Beautiful there!

Matt and Melissa's Wedding

We are having a BABY!!!

Our pictures are getting a little out of order... but we will get better at this. This is a picture from the night we told my Mom and Dad they were going to be grandparents. Check out Dad's shirt!!It was a birthday gift!!! We are driving our families crazy by not finding out if Sprout is a Boy or Girl. John and I have always said that we would not find out and wait for a surprise. We had our ultrasound last week and everything looks great!

John at Work

Not many people get to see John at work. I thought this was a cool picture to show what his job is often like.

For those that have not had the pleasure of meeting our first Baby. This is Dimples. The jury is still out on how her reaction will be once Sprout arrives. She enjoys being an only child!

Starting a Blog

Hello to all! John and I decided that we wanted to have a way to share our lives with all of our loved ones. This is such an exciting time in our lives. January 22 we will be welcoming a new blessing into our lives. AKA... Sprout. Through this blog we hope to keep everyone updated on what is going on.