The Wait is OVER...

IT'S A GIRL!

After much anticipation the wait is finally over, Baby Reese is a GIRL. We were both relieved to find that she is perfectly fine and all is well. We are all so excited to finally know and be able to really prepare for her arrival. Emily and my Mom were tickled PINK. We had our boy name picked out and now we are in search of the perfect girl name for our little princess. Ideas are welcome. I will post some scrambled letters as soon as the three of us come to an agreement.

I only gained 2lbs. this visit for a total of 11 lbs. so far. I hope I can keep this up, but food tastes 1,000 times better these days than ever before. We have made some changes to the nursery...

Let me know what you think. Please keep us in your prayers and continue to pray for SAFE, PAIN FREE DELIVERY.

Only FOUR more days and we will find out of Baby Reese is a BOY or GIRL! We have a few names in the running, of course we need to check with Emily and see what she thinks before a decision is made. We have each placed one dollar on the fridge as a bet to whether Baby Reese will be a BOY or GIRL. I bet on a BOY and Brian and Emily have bet on a GIRL. Emily wants a sister but Brian and I are hoping for a BOY. As long as we get a healthy baby that is by far the most important thing to all of us, but it has been fun. Emily first wanted a brother and now a sister. Either way I know she will be a wonderful big sister because she is already an amazing little girl. We are very blessed.

I hope that you all can make it to the cookout Saturday night, Emily will be announcing to everyone what we are expecting. She seems very excited. Brian, Emily, and my Mom will be joining me for the ultrasound on Thursday and I am so excited that we will all be there to share this together. I only wish that Jill and Lindy could join us as well, but they are very strict on the number of people in the ultrasound room. I tried to see if they would let me alternate them, but they said NO. Please, Please, Please keep in mind that Emily is looking forward to announcing this at the cookout so if you are one of the few who will find out prior to Saturday, please keep it quiet so that she can let everyone else know. We do not plan to tell many people because we want to let her do it, but we also know that we will be far to excited to keep it totally to ourselves.

Please keep us in your prayers and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday. Let me know if you will be able to make it. Love you all.

BIG Weekend!

We had a BIG weekend this past weekend. Friday night Helen brought Emily to me at work and there the fun began. We rocked it out in my office for the last few minutes I was here. For those of you who don't know Rockin' It Out is when we turn the music up really loud and rock out. We usually do this in the car with all the windows down to the Beach Boys -Surfin' USA or Kokomo-. Emily loves it. She always wants to Rock Out!

We were headed home when we received a call from Robyn who needed someone to watch Anna Claire for a few hours while they visited her Grandmother. Of course Emily and I were up for the task and we excepted. We hurried to Wal-Mart to get a few things and called Robyn to bring her on over. Just FYI... Emily is going to be a GREAT, WONDERFUL, AWESOME BIG SISTER! She was so attentive to Anna Claire. She read her a story, talked to her, and Anna Claire was even holding her hand and would not let go. It was so cute. Here is a picture of the two of them watching TV. Anna Claire was a great little tryer outer for Baby Reese's stuff. She stayed in the bouncy chair most of the time and even ended up in the crib before the night was over. Brian was so sweet just watching her and talking to her. I already knew he was a GREAT father, and now there will be another LUCKY child to call him Daddy.














After a busy night of babysitting we decided to keep the weekend going with a visit from Brenna's daughter Anna. We headed over to the 'Boro to pick her up and go to the pool. We spent to day at the pool then headed to the movie to watch the Ratatouille. Where Emily was just too cute in an outfit Tara bought her a while back that she can finally fit in to.
We spend the day Sunday Celebrating Micky's Birthday and had a blast. The girls swam for a bit with Ms. Molly. We met Bo's new girlfriend and she was very nice. Then we all laughed so hard while everyone but me rolled down the hill in the wagon. It was the BEST entertainment I have seen in years. Only a few more days and we will post some scrambled letters on the site so you can try to figure out Baby Reese's name. Love You All. Please keep us all in you prayers. My parents and Chance will be leaving July 19th for the Ukraine and I would appreciate all your prayers for a safe trip to and from for them all.

Birthday Boy!

For those of you who did not know, today is Brian's birthday! And you will never believe who flew in to wish him a Happy Birthday...



Oh yes - SUPERMAN!

As most of you know Brian likes Superman A LOT, and I encourage every bit of it. I have Superman clothes as well as Emily. We think it is so funny. He is my Superman! He is wonderful and I am so lucky to have him in my life. This is what he came home to last night because I will not be home tonight until late and we always do something for one another on our birthday's, so I set this up as he came in the back door last night. It was GREAT! So if you have the time please wish him a Happy Birthday, he deserves it.

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

My new flag

We have been very busy lately. We have finished the nursery and Emily's room. We are so ready for July 12th. Not only will we be going to see the new Harry Potter movie that night, but we will find out if Baby Reese is a boy or girl. Emily will be announcing the Baby's gender on July 14th at our cookout. We are so excited. She cannot wait to tell everyone. Here are a few pictures of the rooms and my new flag. Please keep us in your prayers.

The Nursery

Emily's Room

Baby Reese

Well Baby Reese and I are fine. I only gained 1 lb. and Baby Reese has a strong heartbeat. One more month and we find out if we are having a Baby Boy or Baby Girl. Please keep us in your prayers.

Love Ya!

14 weeks here we come!

Baby Reese is 14 weeks old! Only a few more weeks to go and we will know if Baby Reese will be a BOY or GIRL. I cannot wait. I have never been so excited, nervous, scared, and overjoyed in my entire life. Pregnancy is by far filled with the most unexplainable emotions. We are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful friends and family members. We have not yet settled on any names, but we have a few in mind and I'll never tell, especially to Jennifer Pasalakis. She will have to wait to see the birth certificate! HAHAHA!! Remember little Taneil!! :)

Clam Down Jennifer, just Clam Down!

We go June 14th for our next checkup and then July 12th is the BIG day. Stay tuned!

Ms. Emily Reese has now decided that she wants a sister instead of a brother, but will be happy with either one. She is in Maine on her summer vacation with the chatterbugs Grandma and Aunt Jackie. She claims that all they do is talk, talk, talk. I tried to tell her that is because they don't see each other a lot. We went fishing a few weeks ago and after returning empty handed we decided to release the crickets into the back yard. They were so happy they kept chirpping, Emily named them Grandma and Aunt Jackie because she said that was who they reminded her of. She is hillarious! I know she will have a GREAT time, but we sure miss her.