We're having a baby!

I'm sort of ashamed for not writing this post sooner but our excitement has gotten the best of us! We are expecting a baby girl on April 30! Our 2008 had its downfalls but it ended on a very high note. The same morning that we woke up excited to finally meet our new puppy was the same morning that we found out we were pregnant! Two new babies in one day....we were excited beyond words. I can't help but think that our Bayley orchestrated this special day. All I kept thinking to myself on the 5 hour drive back to Charleston after picking up Bode was that this little puppy better learn to behave by April 30th! After 6 weeks of constant nausea, I started feeling great and now at 26 weeks I feel even better. The time is flying by and I just hope that I will remember every special moment of being pregnant. God has a special plan for all of us and despite our trials and hardships, He always seems to shine His goodness through. We pray everyday for a healthy baby and so far our ultrasounds have proven such. I will post those pics soon too. Here are a couple pics of my blossoming belly.

Our trip to Tulum, Mexico at 18 weeks pregnant for our friends Mike and Amy's wedding! It was the perfect 'babymoon'...a little retreat before our lives are changed forever!

Me and my girl enjoying the sunset

A tiny little bump

Hope she enjoys the beach as much as we do

A self portrait at around 16 weeks

19 weeks

Christmas 22 weeks

As a Christmas gift to our parents, we all went to see baby in a 3D/4D ultrasound. You can tell by their faces that they enjoyed seeing their first grandchild. That's right, this little girl is the first grandbaby on both Mac and I's side of the family and first girl besides myself...seeing that I have two brothers and inherited two brother in laws.

Peek a boo

One of us ate too many Christmas cookies!

Bode enjoying the last few months of quiet before baby arrives

Poppop and Nanny Loeper practicing with their grandpup

Poppop and Grandma Cummings practicing too:)

We feel truly blessed to be able to bring our child into a home with good family and friends! I promise to update more often since things seem to be changing around here weekly!