The Sweetest Sound

Okay, so I will admit that today I have been quite obsessed with hearing a certain sound. A sound that I cannot believe I am hearing because it is so precious. Yes it's our baby's heart beat! A couple of weeks ago at work we grabbed the dopplar and Jessica P. and Andrea and I went into an empty patient room and proceeded to find my baby's heartbeat. What a wonderful work day that was! Then Andrea brought me hers to use at home so Willis can also share in the joy. Well today I have heard it better and louder than ever before and I can't stop listening to it! Tuesday marked the 9 week mark and I can't beleive this miracle inside of me! We are so thankful for God's blessing in our lives and are so excited about what's to come. :-)

This has been a great week. Not much morning sickness. I have been trying to eat more smaller meals throughout the day and I've been eating bread at night with my prenatal vitamin so that seems to help. We also have more great news. Our best friends Ashley and TJ just found out that they are pregnant as well! We are so excited that we all get to go through this journey together. Of course Ashley and I can't wait to go shopping together and have play dates with the baby's once they are here. So much to be thankful for!

Just to put things in perspective this is about the size of Baby Whitley...

I am trying to figure out how to record the heartbeat so I can post that...stay tuned!!

Baby Belly

My friend Kelly from work gave me some great preggo advice. She told me to take time each week to journal how I felt that way in a few years I can look back on it and remember. So I of course went to the bookstore and found the cutest journal called "the Belly Book." There is a spot for each week to take a belly picture and to write something. Some weeks even have questions to get you started writing. There are spots for ultrasound pics and shower pics too. I just love it. So glad I took her advise.

Well yesterday Willis started to take our weekly picture but notice something in the left hand corner.... Yep that's Miss Abby wanting us to remember her too. Keep in mind Abby loves...I mean LOVES to have her picture taken. She did not want to be left out. Don't worry Abby we won't forget you when the baby gets here :-)

Gamecock Football

Yep that's Miss Abbs giving me her best game day face. The Whitley girls are excited to watch some Gamecocks play!

Glad football season is here. That means cool weather and cookouts!

Willis turns 27

Yesterday was Willis's 27th Birthday. And how did we celebrate........why with our first trip to the OB!

Since it was our first time, we met with the prenatal nurse and received plenty of reading material and some goodies. They drew some lab work and got all of my health history which I'm happy to say isn't much. Then we found out that we are 6 weeks and now 2 days pregnant. Baby Whitley is about the size of a Lima Bean :-) and our due date is April 28, 2010!!! Willis said that it was the greatest Birthday present to learn what should be our baby's birthday! We go back on October 6th for our first visit with the MD at which time we should get our first ultrasound. I will definately keep you posted!!

After all the baby fun we ended the evening with a lovely dinner at the Rive Rat. Happy Birthday Babe!

Making way for Baby...Part 1

Willis and I have talked for a while about the list of things we would do around the house before having a baby. Well now that we know we are expecting this is the perfect time to get that list accomplished. Project #1 that HAD to happen was a new bed. Sure I loved my Bombay four post mahogany bed. But the darn thing sat up so high I had a hard enough time getting into without being preggo. So that had to happen quick. The same week we found out that we are pregnant we bought a new king size mattress and box spring set. I had in mind that I wanted to redecorate the entire bedroom, without spending a ton of money. So I looked for some inspiration and seeing that both mine and Willis's favorite color right now seems to be green we went with that. Below is my inspiration room. I wanted black, white and green with very simple clean lines and this was perfect.

I wanted to re purpose as many pieces as possible for this project. So we took our old nightstands that were mahogany with antique hardware (hardware was already removed for the picture)...
Some spray paint and new hardware and we had totally new tables! I love how it turned out. For less that $20 we have new tables instead of spending hundreds on new ones. I love re-purposing!!!
Thankfully my mother came up for the day to help me with the major project...the headboard and bed skirt. We had went to a fabric store the week before and found this perfect green shade that matched my favorite green jacket (my color inspiration). We started by cutting the fabric...

Then ironing the fabric... Then mom got to sewing the bed skirt...The final touches were to re purpose my old lamps.

All it took was a little spray paint and some simple new white shades and we had the perfect pieces for the new room. All of our hard work paid off. Here is the almost finished product. All I need now is a black throw to lay across the bottom of the bed.

It's a...

...blue line

That's right. Willis and I are having a baby!!! We are going to our first prenatal visit on Wednesday and are so excited :-) I'll keep you posted

Abby turns 2!

My little puppy is not a puppy any more. That's right Miss Abby is now 2. She started the day with a gift from her grandparents (my mom and dad) and right away she new it was for her. She loves her new gamecock jersey that she'll get to wear for gamedays. Later on Willis and I surprised her with a few new toys. One was a blue stuffed puppy dog that she loves. Here is a picture of her that night all tuckered out sleeping on her new toy. Too precious...