Belly Pics--6 months

It's been a while since I've posted some pictures of my growing baby belly so here we are. She's growing like a little weed in there & getting more active everyday! I've been very blessed to have such a wonderful, healthy, easy pregnancy so far and pray that it continues that way. We still haven't come up with a name yet and it looks like she'll probably be named in the hospital at the rate we're going! Feel free to give any suggestions that you wish...we need all the ideas we can get! I can't remember the last time we actually sat through the movie credits but it sure is a good way to get a few ideas for names! We've started to work on the nursery....I ordered some bedding from Pottery Barn Kids and it's too cute. Now we just have to decide what color to paint her room and to pick out some furniture! Fun times!

We leave on Thursday to go to Valdosta for a long weekend! It should be fun because Ashley's coming with us too so that will mean all of us kids will be at home at the same time which hardly ever happens! We'll get to spend some quality family time with everyone....mom, dad, Ashley, Aaron and his fiance, Gena! Hope you all have a blessed week and a safe 4th of July!

24 Week Doctor Appointment

Hey folks (this is Ryan)
We had another doctor's appointment on Thursday and everything went great, a little chaotic at the Dr.'s office due to unavailable staff and women having babies (who would have thought) but all reports were good. Our little girl is growing she weighed 1 pound 10 ounces, compared to 15 ounces 4 weeks ago. I put together a little video and you can judge for yourself, but we are afraid that she looks like me. We are hoping there is still time that she can out grow it (ha ha). I realize that it might be hard to tell what you are looking at on some of the video but we decided to post it anyway. Be looking for her mouth to open and close on the left side of the screen. Hope you enjoy, we know the grandparents will.

Beach Pictures

Dinner at Captain Anderson's

Me and Mom

Me, Melissa and our baby girls

Me, Augusta, Granny, Kayden and Melissa

Catching up....

Hello blogger friends! No we haven't dropped off the face of the earth....we've just been really busy lately and I haven't made time to post. So here is my attempt to catch you up on all the very exciting things that have been going on.

The first week of June we had our gospel meeting at church which was very uplifting. The preacher from where we attended in Athens, TN was actually the guest speaker for the week so we enjoyed catching up with him and his family. He is a wonderful speaker and did a fabulous job! At the church where we attend that have potlucks every night of the gospel meeting so we had potluck meals Sunday thru Thursday which were wonderful but talk about putting on the pounds!! I haven't really gained a lot of weight so far during my pregnancy until then and with a week of vacation at the beach it should be interesting what the scale reads on Thursday when I have my next dr.'s appointment!

Last Saturday I drove to Valdosta to for our girls beach trip. It was absolutely wonderful! I can't remember the last time I laid around, got to read, and did nothing but just relax! It was so nice being able to spend some quality girl time with all the gals in the family especially since I live so far away it's something that I definitely miss! I'm looking forward to next year when we'll have 2 little addtitions to our girls beach trip....baby Brecken and baby Blount! (Yeah, it's probably going to be October before she has a name at the rate we're going...maybe even November!)

Speaking of Brecken....please continue to pray that God will heal Brecken's kidneys and to give Melissa and John the peace that only He can give them.

Tomorrow night we have our VBS kickoff at church. Somehow I got volunteered to be in charge of crafts this year....I know some of you are already laughing because if you know me very well you know I am not a crafty person at all so this should be an interesting week. Our theme is Moses: God's Deliverer and Ryan has been chosen to be Moses in the puppet show. He does such a great job with the puppets and the kids love him!

I guess that's all for now. I'll post some pictures tomorrow of our beach trip and I'll try not to let a month go by before posting again....actually it I'll let you all know how our appointment goes on Thursday and update with some new ultrasound pictures!

Hope you all have a great week!

Is Baby Blount a boy or girl???

Watch the video first!!!

My amazing husband put this neat video together for our little baby girl. I think she already has him wrapped around her finger...what do you think? We had a great doctor's visit yesterday. Everything looks perfect and right on track. We absolutely loved seeing her on the screen and watch her move all around. They did say my amniotic fluid was in the normal range, but high, so they want to do another ultrasound next month when we go back, just to check, which is fine with me!!! We can't wait to see her again.

3 Years!

Three years ago today I suckered the most wonderful man into marrying me and becoming my husband. I can definitely say it's been the best 3 years of my life and I'm so blessed to have found a love that I know most people never get to experience! God has been so good to us and I can't wait to see what He has planned for us over the next 60 years as we grow old together!

These are the flowers Ryan sent to me at work today! So sweet...

He also took me out to dinner to Benne's Steakhouse and Piano bar (a place we've been wanting to go for a while.) It was super nice & we had a wonderful dinner. The steak was so huge that I couldn't even eat half of it! I just happened to have my camera so I had to take a picture of it.

Thank you Ryan for a wonderful 3rd anniversary!

You're the BEST and I love you with all of my heart!

One Week to Go!

Next Friday is the big day when we find out if baby Blount is a boy or girl! We are very anxiously awaiting...I probably won't be able to sleep at all on Thursday night! A lot of people have asked what I think the baby is and honestly I have no clue, no intuition at all but I did want to see what you guys think or hope it might be. I don't know if these facts will help you at all but maybe they will. 1) I feel like I eat all the stinkin' time but haven't really had any cravings to speak of. 2) Baby's heartbeat is usually in the 150's but this past week it's been in the 140's so for those of you who say you can tell by the heartbeat then let me know what you think! 3)Baby is definitely a mover!! It's one thing to feel that baby moving inside me but last night Ryan and I got to see the baby moving! It was so neat! We were sitting on the couch after supper and I could feel it moving so I told Ryan where the baby was so he could feel it too and as I was lifting up my shirt a little so he could feel it, we saw baby move across my belly! We both looked at each other like, "Did you see that!" And then we just sat there laughing in awe. I know, I know we're nerds but we are just so fascinated with our little miracle! Thank you God for blessing our lives so richly!

Let us know what you think.....

Hope you all have a safe, wonderful Memorial Day weekend!