1st Haircut

Gabby had her first haircut on Memorial Day. We had to grab her quick before she got soaked playing in the water. It seems like we cut a lot off, but at least it's even now and hopefully it'll grow fast! I'll have to get a good picture of it when it's fixed one day soon!

He's here!

Jonathan Carter
May 8, 2008
10:40 a.m.
8 lbs 8 oz 22 inches

11 days old

New

The one word title stands for a lot. We started the actual building of our house about a month ago. Yesterday they started framing, and they have gone so fast! I'm amazed.

Also, baby Carter should be joining our family on Thursday! On Saturday night/Sunday morning we went to the hospital at 3 am because I was having lots of contractions. They had me hooked up to the monitors for about 7 hours! The contractions slowed down so they sent me home. Dr. is going to induce Thursday. I can't believe we'll be a family of 4 in less than 48 hours! Excitement, nervousness...it's all starting to set in now!

So...new baby, new house...

Here is Gabby and me (and Carter!) earlier today checking out the work they've done at our future home!

Getting Ready

Gabby wanted to get in the crib while I had Chad taking a few pictures last night. I don't have many pictures of my growing belly this pregnancy. This is probably one of the last pregnant photos this time around! (A girl can hope can't she?)

Babies

I took these photos about a week and a half ago so I could post some recent photos of Gabby and just have some everyday shots of her playing. I meant to post these that the same day. Although it's not quite same day, here is Gabby playing with her baby dolls a few days ago.



I just hope she's this sweet to baby Carter when he makes his arrival. Which, by the way, could be anytime now! Due date is officially 3 weeks away...and counting!

A little late...

Gabby woke up in the middle of Saturday night with a high fever and vomiting. By Sunday morning we had decided to take her to the doctor, but being Easter the pediatrician's office was closed. We ended up at the ER just to make sure everything was okay. They looked in her ears, checked her throat, did a flu swab, a strep throat swab AND a chest X-Ray. Everything came back clear, so they deemed it something "viral." Anyway, we didn't make it to church or to do an egg hunt. She's much better now, and didn't have a fever at all today! (Yea!) Here's a card I made with some pictures I took earlier in the month in her Easter dress. Sorry it's late, but our Easter was busy taking care of a sick toddler!

Cooperation

That's rare for a 2 year old...well, at times anyway. It seems Gabby always chooses to be uncooperative when I get the camera out. Last weekend I attempted to do Easter photos. (I'll share some of those later in the week) While I had everything set up I decided to do some "official" 2 year photos. These were done after the Easter photos, but I definitely got more cooperation for these! Of course, at this point I had Dora to show Gabby how to sit, and then she helped me make Gabby smile. So...here's my cooperative 2 year old (and Dora)!