The Countdown Begins!

So apparently my body is not quite cut out to birth a baby so I am having a C-Section on Monday, October 12th. We are so very excited and can't wait to meet our precious baby. Keep us in your prayers as I try and survive my last week of pregnancy, for a smooth delivery and especially for a healthy baby.

It's a....BOY!!!!

We are so excited to know that our little bundle of joy growing inside of me is a BOY! I had a hunch from the start and several dreams about it being a boy so I guess a mother's instincts are right. Here is my favorite picture from the ultrasound.

A New Home and A Baby Bump

Things are a changing....we recently moved into a house and absolutely love it!!!! We were blessed to be able to rent from some of our friends for about a year and a half until they move back. It is a 3-bedroom and 2-bath and it is just perfect for Ryan and I and the baby on the way! And right after we found out about the house we found out that we were expecting. God is so good and has definitely blessed us beyond measure....even more than we deserve.

Here is a picture of Ryan and I (and my belly) in front of the house on Easter and the other one is of Ryan, Sadie and I and my parents, sister & her husband and my niece Audrey.

A Hospital Stay and Fun Pictues with Daddy














Audrey was hospitalized with a high fever for several days and I think Jared and Jill were going a bit crazy from lack of sleep and had to do whatever they could do to get through it. She was pumped with fluids and monitored and sent home after a few days. Her fever is gone and she gained a good bit of weight from the fluids, so all in all, even though it was traumatic for her and her Mommy, it was good for her to put on some weight.

Here are some pictures of Audrey and her Daddy being silly in the hospital.

New Audrey Pics

I thought these pictures were too funny. Looks like Audrey is snapping in these last two pictues or she's ready to "cut a rug". She is just too cute.

Audrey Claire Becker

Here are a few pictures of my niece Audrey Claire Becker, born on Friday, November 7th. She is such a blessing from the Lord and we are so very thankful she is finally here.

Mississippi Friends & the New Orleans Zoo

Recently we had some dear Mississippi friendsn (Jon and Kristen) come down to South Louisiana to visit us for the weekend. Kristen was my first friend and roommate when I moved out of my comfort zone of Pascagoula and moved to Jackson. She has been a big part of my life and has been there through good times and bad and I'm so thankful for her friendship.

Anyway, since we now live in South Louisiana we decided we wanted to go to New Orleans on Saturday and do something fun. Well what better way to spend a hot August day than to go to the New Orleans Zoo. Yes, we went to the zoo and actually had more fun than we thought we would have.

I love animals but didn't think that going to the zoo as an adult (and without having kids) was actually going to be very much fun. We saw elephants, alligators, white tigers, monkeys of all kind and I even went inside of the reptile hut....only because it was air conditioned and I made Ryan promise to hold my hand the entire time and he was NOT allowed (nor was anyone else with us) to scare me.

After our zoo trip we took our friends to our favorite snowball stand in town and enjoyed the rest of the night. Kristen and Jon also got to hear Ryan preach on Sunday morning.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the zoo.