Belly Post - 17 weeks

I took this picture today because I really like this dress and I wanted to be wearing it in this weeks picture. I know it's a day early but I don't think I'll grow much over night. Haha!

Yesterday, I went to my 16 week check-up. It went really well. Brantley's heart rate is now 150bpm and Dr. S said that was very good. Yay! We made the appointment to have our sonogram done on September 15th. I really wish it was sooner but I guess 3 more weeks won't kill me. Haha! So Brantley and I are doing great! Chase is doing well also. He's still very happy with his Jeep and he's also very anxious about our next appointment.
I'm looking into finding a way to have a sonogram done sooner but that hasn't panned out just yet. We'll see!!

I hope every one is having a Wonderful Wednesday!!

Can We Ride It Again...Please!!

Saturday afternoon I got to spend some time with my friend, Ashley, and her daughter, Kearstyn. We went to the mall to do a little shopping. The first thing Kearstyn (Kiki) wanted to do was ride the carousel. We told her we had to eat lunch first and then we would ride. She wasn't too happy about that part but she ate and then we rode. It was so much fun!
I took this great picture of Ash and Kiki right before the ride started and I love the way it turned out.
Of course, Kiki wanted to ride again but it was time for a little shopping. We walked around for a while and I found a few things but Ashley, unfortunately did not. The whole time we were shopping Kiki kept asking to ride the carousel again. So before we left we rode it again.
This little 3-year-old got a kick out of it.
So much fun!!!

I'm glad I got to spend the afternoon with these girls. I love them both very much!!!

Happy 7 Month Anniversary!

Yesterday was a pretty great Friday! School went really well and that's always a WONDERFUL thing!
When I got home from school/work, Chase was there cutting the grass. When he was finished he came inside with me and we started playing with Marley. We bought her a green ball 2 or 3 days ago and she has been totally scared of it until this afternoon. I'm not sure what I did differently today but all of a sudden she grabbed it and ran away with it. She has now been playing with it non-stop. She's so funny and I love her!

I tried to upload a video I took of her playing with it but the video doesn't show up. Is there a trick to uploading videos?
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Last night, Chase and I decided to celebrate our 7 month wedding anniversary by going to dinner and shopping a little bit. We had dinner at P.F. Changs at the Summit. We ate YUMMY Chicken Lettuce wraps and shared Mongolian Beef. It was so great! There were some little girls having and birthday party there and they all got special Chop-Sticks that were easier to use. The manager saw me watching them and then brought me some. It was pretty funny and they really are easier to use. Oh and I almost forgot... we also had dessert. Strawberry Cheesecake and a Great Wall of Chocolate tiny (shot glass) desserts. They were DELICIOUS!!
(We didn't take a picture at the restaurant but we did take one when we got back home.)

After dinner I talked Chase into going over to Vera Bradley and "looking" around. Ha! Of course, when we got in the store I fell in love with the diaper bag in Blue Rhapsody. Guess what Chase LET ME BUY IT!!!! Yay!! I'm SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

How cute is this? It has lots of pockets and came with a matching changing pad. I'm thinking I might get it monogrammed eventually with Brantley's name on it. Or maybe not, I haven't decided yet.
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Once we had spent money on me and Brantley, we decided to go to Best Buy and look at new TV's. Our current TV is dying. Sad! The pixels in the screen are going out, so there are hundreds of white dots all over the screen. Chase has been doing research for weeks so we knew what we were looking for when we got in there. Thankfully they had the one we picked in stock. Yay!
We packed it up in the Xterra and headed to the house.
Here is a picture of Chase getting it set up.

The flash reflected off the screen and makes it look a little musty/gray but it's really clear in person.

Taking pictures of a TV is really impossible when you don't have the right camera or settings. Oh well, you get it. This TV is really nice and we love the screen quality.

SO... We ate dinner, bought a super cute diaper bag and a new cool TV. What an anniversary celebration! haha! We enjoyed ourselves. We were together and that's all that mattered.

We're still VERY much in love!!!!

Belly Post - 16 weeks

Yesterday I, or rather Brantley, turned 16 weeks.
During this past week, my belly has really started to POP out. I've had multiple people notice that I'm pregnant just by looking at my belly and that hadn't happened before this week. I'm real excited to be showing more.
I also think I've felt some movements this week but I only feel them once a day or so... so it's hard to tell if that's what it really is or not.

I go to the doctor on Tuesday for my next check up. So please pray with us that everything is still going well. We're also going to be planning our Sonogram to find out the sex of the baby. I hope we can schedule the appointment as soon as possible. I can't wait to find out!!!!!

Keep growing little Brantley!

Chase's New Jeep

On Tuesday, Chase got this new Jeep. He is really HAPPY with it and that makes me HAPPY! We know it's not very practical for having a baby but we'll be driving my Xterra pretty much all the time so it shouldn't matter.

Once Brantley gets old enough we'll start taking he/she for bumpy rides in Daddy's Jeep.

I really like it but I'll like it more once I'm not pregnant anymore.
Happy Riding, Chase!

Alabama Adventure

Sunday, I went to Alabama Adventure with some of my family. My cousin, Andrea, and her two boys were down for a visit so we all decided to have a little fun Sunday afternoon. It turned out to be SO much fun!

Here are a few pictures of my adorable little cousins playing in the Kiddie area.

Elijah
Judah
Judah, again...

Abby

Me and Abby

Will

Elijah

Sadly, I didn't take a picture of the youngest cousin, Molly Lane. I'll have to make sure and do that next time I see them. They are all so cute and I love them all! Chase and I can't wait to add our little addition to this collection of cuties!

ChuckECheese and 15 week Belly post

Last night, Chase and I went to ChuckECheese for our friend Brittany's 24th Birthday party. It was so much fun even if we were WAY older than the youngsters that were running around. We got to have cake, take a group picture and play lots and lots of games. Chase and I wracked up 558 tickets total. It was pretty awesome!! We ended up giving all the tickets to Paul (Brittany's husband) so that he could get her a really cool prize at the end of the night.


Here are a few of the pictures that I took last night. It was great to see everyone that was there.

Oh, and can you see that 15 week belly poking out there? It's growing!!






















Above is Lauren and I to the left and the birthday girl and I to the right.

Jami, Brittany and Me

Paul put all 24 candles on her cake. It was pretty funny! That was one big wish she got to make!!!

Chase played almost every game in there. A few of them were giving way more tickets than they should have been and that's how we wracked up on so many tickets.

It was a lot of fun! Happy Birthday Brittany!! I hope you had as much fun as we did. Thanks for inviting us!!