Face of an Angel

Isn't she beautiful? I absolutely love this picture. It is kinda funny too because it looks like her foot is up by her face and she is in some kind of contorted position but really those are socks on her hands to keep her from scratching up her beautiful little face. You can almost see those adorable dimples!! :) I can't wait until December when I can see this little miracle for myself!! :)

How Our Family Has Changed....

Here is a compilation of pictures of our family through the years. The most recent addition being Miss Taylor Morgan Hart. Am I a proud auntie or what? :) So much fun....So much fun lies ahead too...Loving the memories....

My Niece is HERE!!!

Isn't she BEAUTIFUL?? From this angle she looks like Julie did as a baby. I can't wait to meet her!!

Taylor Morgan Hart was born today at 12:04 pm weighing in at 7 lbs 2 oz and is 19.5 inches long. She has dark hair and dimples. Mommy and baby are doing fine. Poor Julie is in a lot of pain and is sleeping now. I wish I was there. Sigh...

Real life gets in the way sometimes...

No baby yet. We drove home yesterday. Very sad (wish I could have stayed). Very tired (we got home after 1am). Glad tomorrow is Friday. Hopefully we will have a happy, healthy mommy and baby soon.

Baby Watch Continues...

No baby yet....sigh....I'm glad we came but I'm hoping that she delivers before we have to go home on Wednesday. Very sad I will be if I have to go home before she delivers. Sigh....

Life's Ebbs and Flows

Yesterday we just had some sad news. One of my cousins and his wife were planning to adopt a 6 month old little boy from Vietnam. They found out yesterday that he passed away. They were so eagerly anticipating his arrival and are just completely devestated. Please keep them in your prayers. They were in the final stages of waiting for him to be ready to come live with them so they basically already considered him their son and are grieving as such. I pray that they feel the Lord's arms wrapped around them during this trying time....

On a happier note..Julie has another dr appt tomorrow... We are planning to head to Pcola on Saturday if all goes according to planned. Life is funny - it's full of hills and valleys and the birth of a new baby is just a reminder that there is always hope.

diaper cakes and web cam baby showers

So...unfortnately, my mom, aunt, and I will not be able to go to Florida for my sister's baby shower tomorrow....but thanks to the wonders of technology we will be there by webcam. It's not ideal, but it's the next best thing. That way we can still share in it with her. I made her a diaper cake and sent that down there. Not the one above. Maybe I should have used diapers that were a little bigger - those newborn diapers are tiny tiny!! Little bitty baby butts!! I can't wait to go down there in a few weeks to meet my niece and see my sister as a new mommy!! It's the year of change...:)

For Sale....Seriously? Seriously.

This weekend we are going to finish up my house so hopefully it will be ready to get listed next week!!! Yay!!! :) I'm so ready to get this process underway! Just a few things left to pack up - empty out the food in the kitchen and start sprucing the place up a bit. Hopefully touch up paint will suffice rather than having to paint all again.

Where do I move from here? An apt in John's complex! October is just around the corner too...Thus will end my ties with the lease company. If I end my agreement with ADT then too - then all business expenses should be wrapped up and it will finally go away. Talk about one big mountain overcome...then I can chip away at some other goals and maybe in the next year or two we can purchase a new home. October will be a big month!! Also my baby niece will be born!! I can't wait!! I've already planned a long weekend to drive to Pensacola to see! :)

Among all this craziness - I have wedding plans to make:

Cake, Limo, Invitations, Making Programs yadda yadda yadda.....I've kind of lost the wedding momentum...Come back, come back!!

Stressed out bride

Stressed out!! I need an outlet for this stress. It keeps coming and it keeps escalating. Bills!! Plans!! Packing/selling my condo!! Wedding!! Besides the bills - it's good things - I'm excited to move on to the next phase of my life...but all the details of all of it together....AGH! My goal is to have my house sold by Labor Day. That's 2 months. I sure hope it sells quicker than that - I guess only time will tell. If you are reading this - say a prayer for me please.

On top of everything else - John tore his hamstring on Monday playing softball. So he is hurting, and is upset because certain people in his world were born without an ounce of sympathy and with their heads permanently up their.... Ugh...Anyway - Our honeymoon can't come soon enough!! I need the time off just to chill. Even though we have a few days off next month...those will be pretty hectic. I want to be on a beach or in a snowy cabin somewhere doing nothing but celebrating our marriage and letting the stress of the last few years melt away.

I hate that it is so stressful too because this is one of the best times of our lives that we are supposed to be enjoying the journey...and we are - but the stress is just overwhelming sometimes.

On a happy note - Rocky and Keli were supposed to deliver Landon tonight...I'm waiting to see if that happened...Amidst all the chaos comes a little innocent baby.... We got to see and hold Mark and Amy's 2 week old Sasha the other day....and John got to hold his cousin's baby Avery (18 months)....Babies find joy in the simplest of things... They show life full of promise and inspire us to keep trying...