Spring is almost here!

Along with hearing our little Sprout’s heartbeat AGAIN today and knowing that the heartbeat was loud and strong and we are all doing well, another exciting thing happened today. Three of our tulips bloomed!!! I think my thumb may be turning a little greener. Spring is definitely around the corner, three days away to be exact. All of our plants and my belly are showing signs of new growth.

Girl Time

Ashley and Amalie came up to visit before Adaline arrives! 

Stephen found a new head scratcher.

Eatting breakfast as IHOP with Granny and Granddad.

This is Amalie's funny face, haha... she is so precious!

An Absent Mind in a Great Smelling Head

Earlier this morning I noticed that I could smell my hair. Not really my hair but my conditioner. I have been using the same shampoo and conditioner for months and have never noticed this before this morning. I just chalked it up to my sense of smell getting a bit keener with the growing of little Sprout and I shared this new scent with Shelly, she sits ext to me in the office. I thought maybe I just used more conditioner than I normally do. Then this afternoon I noticed on my black shirt, tiny specs of what looked like dandruff. Okay so dandruff is not in my book as a pregnancy symptom but I have never in my life had dandruff. I asked Shelly if dandruff was supposed to itch on your scalp and she said “yea, I think so.” Neither of us know very much about dandruff. Well my head doesn’t itch but she too saw small flecks on my shirt. Hummmm…I was stumped. I thought about it a bit longer as I could still smell the scent of my conditioner. Wait, I didn’t RINSE the conditioner out of my hair! Oh, man, they say the baby takes over your brain, but has our 1” Sprout already taking action? Needless to say, Shelly and I, along with the others in the office, got a good laugh out of my absent mind today.

Drano Sex

We have recently heard numerous old wives’ tales about how to find out the sex of your baby but this one in particular stuck out to us.


What you need:

       • The mommie-to-be’s first morning urine, during the first
          trimester, in a cup

       • Drano Crystals, it must be the crystals

What you do:

       • Once you have your urine in a cup, put about a tablespoon of
          Drano Crystals in the urine and Wha-La!

       • If it foams up a yucky, nasty brown color you are having a
         boy and if there is ANY tint of blue in the reaction you are
         having a girl.

Our Results:

I always say that Stephen is so smart and if this old wives’ tale proves to be true, I have confirmed once again that I married a smart man. Stephen has said from the beginning that we were going to have a little girl. The foam from our Drano/Urine reaction was nothing but BLUE and boy did it smell awful!

Meet Sprout

We were introduced to Sprout for the first time yesterday. What we saw was amazing and truly a gift from God. We could hear and see the tiny heart beat so fast and strong. Measuring in at 1.34 cm, Sprout is doing great. Stephen could not stop smiling and asking the nurse questions about what things were. Along with smiles from mommie-to-be (me) I couldn’t help but cry. This was the very first time that we got a peek at what God has in store for our lives.

Proud Parents-to-be!

Sprout Incubation Announcement

To let the blogger world know, we have been incubating our little workman "sprout" for about seven weeks now.  Stephen and I are super excited along with a slew of happy, proud grandparents, great grandparents, family, and friends.

"Papa Dave's Littel Hunter" and "Memaw Loves Me"

"Baby Workman"

Sprout's first hunting outfit!

"I love Nana" 

"Great No. 8"

Sprout will be Nanny and Pawpaw's eighth great-grandchild.

"I love my Auntie Stef"

Please keep Stephen, Sprout, and me (you might as well go ahead and include Sydnee and Scout, beacuse they have a rude awakening coming sooner than they think) in your prayers.  Everything is going smooth so far, I had an OB nurse visit on February 16th.  They calculated my due date to be October 14th.  Through all of our planning and charting with Natural Family Planning we had calculated the due date to be October 13th.  Either way Sprout should be here by Halloween.  We go back to the doctor next wednesday for Sprout's first ultrasound!

This was our Valentine's day present from Memaw and Papa Dave.

Bonding Time

Today Stephen thought he was due for a little bonding time with Sydnee and Scout, so off to Lowe’s they go. Let’s hope they all come back in one piece.

"Let's tidy up Guys."

Our dogs can do it all, including clean the kitchen.

Pictures, Pictures, and More Pictures

Our picture wall is expanding!