Lilly

I really want to be one of those people who blogs regularly and has witty, fun things to talk about, but that's more than likely never gonna happen.  This post is mainly for me so I can remember things about my pregnancy before it's too late.  :)

Lillian Ruth Eastham will be here in about 3 weeks.  Oh how excited we are! I can't wait to have our first skin to skin contact and see her amazing face.  Her skin and hair and tiny little toes...  I am just overwhelmed by it all.  This pregnancy has been so fun for me.  I have no complaints, and everything has been so good.  I feel great, no swelling, good weight gain, minimal heart burn, no rib pain, I can still breathe, she moves constantly...it's all so wonderful.  I am so sad that it's coming to an end; it's bittersweet.  I will miss everything so much and am not looking forward to how fast time will fly once she is here.  I just want to stop time and play everything in slow motion.  My baby boy is now 4, and my first born is finishing up her 2nd grade year.  I'm not sure how I feel about having a 3rd grader.  Each of their pregnancies seem like yesterday.  I will never forget their stories.  Bella introduced me to motherhood.  That was the single best moment of my life.  Her tiny 7lb 3/4oz body was handed to me, and that's all it took for me to be hooked on that kind of love.  Gavin was the baby we dreamed about - the one we always knew we would have.  He looked exactly like we thought he would and is his dad made over.  What more could you ask for in your only son? :) 

Dear Lilly,

 You were the best planned surprise we could have ever asked for.  We planned to have a baby forever and ever, and the timing was perfect.  I kept thinking how close Gavin and his brother would be and how fun it would be for daddy.  I never imagined the ultrasound technician would tell me you were a girl.  Surprise! Oh what a rotten girl you will be.  I think I must have known you were a girl the whole time because I could never come up with a boy name.  Your name is special.  Ruth is the name of your great grandmother in Heaven.  She loved your daddy so much. 

With our delivery date getting closer, it is now time for me to panic about what all I haven't gotten done.  I still haven't finished your room. Yikes!  Daddy thinks I'm silly for worrying about it since you will probably never sleep in there.  :)  I still want it finished.  Little girls need pretty rooms.  I think I have ordered just about every color headband and hair bow there ever was, your closet is full of clothes you may outgrow before getting to wear, and your custom bedding will probably just be for looks, but none of that matters.  It's all about that first time we hold you, and the way you recognize me from the very beginning.  I will ALWAYS remember that moment.  Come when you are ready baby. 

                                                                                                            Love,
                                                                                                            Mommy

Move in Day!

Garage door...probably only exciting to me

Chris has been working really hard on this railing

We get to move in starting today! Woohoo!



These pictures are old...I'll try and post more later.

New House

Here are some updated pictures of the new house. Actually...these are old...I'm just not very good at keeping this blog up to date. haha! We are moving in very soon...in the next 2 weeks! I will post more pictures later.

Santa's Letter

Bella finally got to write her letter to Santa. She was better with her spelling this year. I hardly had to help her at all. :) She even asked Santa to bring something for Gavin. :)

Busy Time

Hey all. I have a ton of stuff to blog about: Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Tree Farm, Bella's Birthday, New House, New Baby, Christmas....wait...what? New baby? YEP! We are expecting our 3rd baby. :) We are so excited! What a sweet little Christmas gift. :)

Thanksgiving was delicious as usual. I didn't take many pictures. :( My nephew, Conner, loves Bella so much. I just had to share this sweet, precious picture.



I keep trying to back out of black Friday each year, but somehow, I always end up going. This year they opened Walmart at 10pm Thanksgiving Day for some of the specials. We decided to go to that one. Getting up at 4am didn't impress me. We stood in line for about an hour and a half for the xbox 360 with kinect bundle. We got one though! How exciting. Here is the line we stood in for so long. People are crazy. Really crazy!



We have been getting our Christmas tree from Motley's tree farm for four years now. We love it there. They have so many fun things to do. Well...this year was a little bit of a disappointment. :( We picked out our tree, cut it down, and rode the hayride to the front where our tree was prepared so we could take it home. They handed us the bottom half of the ticket from our tree so we could match our number when we were ready to leave. We went on ahead and let the kids play on the swings, pet the animals, have some hot chocolate and snacks, and do a little shopping in there store. We were done in about minutes and went to pick up our tree. We handed them our ticket with the number on it, and they looked and looked and looked.... No tree. Apparently, someone handed our tree to another person by mistake. WHAT?! Are you serious?! It took forever to find that tree...it's hard shopping for the perfect tree ya know. I was very disappointed. We had to go back out to the field and pick another tree...our second choice tree. We do love it though. It's very beautiful...oh and FREE. They refunded our money. :)



Bella's 7th birthday party was a blast. She wanted a "Pinkalicious" party. :) We chose to have it at Larry's Pizza. It was a great deal, and the kid's had a blast. The price wasn't bad either. Here are some of the pictures. It's so hard to believe she is 7 years old. Didn't I just bring her home from the hospital? :(

She also lost a top, front tooth!!!

Our house is coming right along. We have been picking stuff out left and right. It's very exciting. This will be our forever home. The place where our sweet babies will grow up....where memories will be made and cherished. Where each one of my children will come when they grow up and leave me. :( I can't wait to start making our memories there.




New baby Eastham. :) Wow. How amazing. Who knew you could love something so Tiny? Our first Doctor's appointment is December 29th. Please pray for this baby.

It's positive!

That's all for now. :)