Mother's day gift

This is the prettiest thing I own I think! My mom gave my this silver engraved baby cup as a Soon-to-be Mother's day present. Taylor's initials are on the front. I think it is so beautiful and i just stare at it. Its the first thing I've gotten with her name on it- it seems more real to me when I look at it! Thanks mom!

This is an idea of what Taylor's crib bedding will look like. My dear friend ,Callie, suggested I look at polkatotdesigns.com for fabric and ideas. I was ruined forever after I browsed that website. It was super cute! Who knew someone could almost have a mental breakdown over fabric choices? And after many days of obessing and driving everyone crazy talking about "minky dots" and "snuggle stripe pink" we finally decided on this design. I am so excited about it. And here's a bonus- Callie's grandmother has kindly agreed to make the bedding ensemble for me! Taylor Grace's initials will be monogrammed in the middle like in the picture above! I'm so thankful to have creative friends with talented family members! And friends who can sit on the phone and talk for an hour about patterns and fabric. Now- thats a good friend!

24 weeks!

We are closing in on our 24th week this week! I can't believe how fast this is flying by! Today I had my last official day at school and all my kids graduated from Pre-kindergarten. It was a bittersweet moment- more sweet than bitter of course. Today was my last day as a teacher ...for a while anyway. The Lord is so good with His timing of everything! I've been blessed with energy and good health so far so it was not hard to work while pregnant. And I'll have the summer to get ready for Taylor's arrival. I'm so thankful I was able to be with my sweet kids for the rest of this semester and then start the fall with my new baby.

My workout days are coming to an end!

Its hard to do squats with a bump in the way! So I decided those days are coming to an end. Plus, you get very strange reactions from people when you are lifting weights when you are pregnant- go figure? I knew it wouldnt last long. So, the dogs and I have been taking it easy these days especially since its been getting hotter. I am loving the pool though!

Our Sweet Taylor!

I thought I'd post an ultrasound pic of Taylor in case anyone is interested. Its just her profile, but still kinda cool. She's been doing well- kicking quite a bit these days. Mark hasnt been able to feel her yet but I'm thinking it wont be long as active as she is! Maybe she'll be athletic like her daddy!

Taylor Grace Ellis

We've decided!
And the secret is out!
Our baby girl will be Taylor Grace Ellis!
We are at the beginning of week 23 already and doing well! Now we're on to picking fabrics and bedding. I cant believe how fast this has flown by so far. I'm sure it will be one hot summer but I'm thankful to God that it has been very easy and comfortable thus far! We're hoping to have a smooth ride till the end! Yesterday I had a craving for cupcakes and so I made 44 of them! I forgot that one box makes like 22 cupcakes and since I was excited when I was as the grocery store I bought two. So thats been my weakness for the past few days. I've been so good up until now and I think the cupcakes just might do me in. I'm eating a banana as I'm typing trying to make up for it! Anyway thats the update! We are so excited to meet our little girl!

We're having a baby sister!!!!

Yeah- you'll never see this again. You cannot imagine how hard it was to get them both to cooperate for this one. I think Raleigh and Tahoe must know we are preparing for something big they were both EAGER to "help" when we put the crib together. They are such great helpers

Wow...is all I have to say

Its hard to believe we're already at 21 weeks!!! We found out this week we're having a baby girl!!! We are so excited! We're still narrowing down our list of names but we're making lots of good progress. One of us is really good at keeping our names a secret and the other....lets just say its not one of my gifts...! I'm just too excited!