Mothers Day Weekend!

Its almost a week past Mother's day weekend and I am just now getting the chance to blog about it! :)

We had such a fun weekend and I hope you did as well!

Friday night we started out celebrating my moms birthday.

 We all went over to my parents house and enjoyed some outside time and spending time with our Gigi.

Addison LOVED the ice cream cake! 

I am so thankful my parents live so close. We LOVE our Gigi and want to wish her a very happy happy birthday!

Saturday, I had a little mommy time to myself and went to a baby shower. When I came home I was surprised by this...

 A freshly mulched flower bed, gifts, a new charm- S for Saylor for my bracelet and this sweet girls snuggles. My sweet husband did good :)

That night we enjoyed a dinner out, which is a great gift in its self... I didn't have to cook or clean up!

Sunday, we went to church and watched 31 babies be dedicated, with about 5 of them being our sweet friends. This time next year we will be doing the same with Saylor!

We then went and picked out flowers and some veggies to plant for our little garden.

It was a beautiful day to spend outside!

I had the best day with my sweet family. 

I am so blessed with the best mom and example I could ever ask for...

 And to be the mom to this sweet girl! 

I can not believe next year I will have 2 sweet girls to celebrate with! :)

God is good. 

Happy ( late) Mothers day!

-Meredith

Halfway there.. 20 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 20 weeks!! Yay halfway there

Size of baby: banana 7in 11oz

Gender: A sweet baby GIRL... Saylor Brooke

Maternity clothes: Mostly wearing dresses and skirts!

Tops- just a few

Movement: YES! She is very active expecially at night time

Sleep: better this week. It is our last 2 weeks of school so I have been pretty worn out. 

Cravings: salty things

Symptoms: restless leg and back aches 

Best Moment this week: feeling Saylor move and of course finding out we are having a sweet little girl!

Prayer this week: Give my children LOVE for your word. Allow them to know and understand it, and follow it wholeheartedly.

Psalms 1:1-3

1Blessed is the one

who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

or sit in the company of mockers,

2but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,

and who meditates on his law day and night.

3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,

which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither—

whatever they do prospers.

Saylor, we are beyond excited to meet you. Your big sister talks about you everyday. :)

We love you so much already!!  

Gender Reveal Party!

We were beyond excited to find out what Baby P was.

Boy or girl did not matter, we were just praying for a healthy baby.

Tuesday morning, we headed to our appointment with Addison.

We walked into a dark room with so much excitement!

After trying to get the baby to uncross his/her legs and me rolling side to side on the table to wake Baby P up, we were finally able to see.

We had our doctor write it on the screen so Addison would not know quite yet.

She loved getting to see "Butterscotch" in my tummy!

That night we had our families over for a small little gender reveal party.

We painted a box and stuffed balloons inside...

 Addi was so excited!

Boy or girl??? 

My bothers and both our moms guessed BOY..

Our dads were the only ones that said GIRL...

 This is by far my favorite picture of Addison... so sweet covering her eyes!

Its a GIRL!!

 We are beyond excited to meet our sweet little girl and Addison is so excited for a SISTER!

I am so looking forward to having two sweet girls to dress up and for Addison to have a best friend. With all brothers, I never got to experience a sister friendship and I am so excited she gets too. 

Brent is in trouble with a house full of girls! ;) 

They will both be wrapped around his finger.

With the grandparents!

We choose the name Saylor Brooke for baby #2.

We have loved that name since day one of finding out I was pregnant.

I love our two little southern girls... Addi Kaye and Saylor Brooke!

We are so blessed and grateful for a good doctors report. Saylor looked healthy and right on track.

Praise the Lord!

We can not wait to meet her!

Jeremiah 1:5-"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

19 weeks.. Again!

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 19 weeks 3days Today ( We went to the doctor on Tuesday and Baby P was measuring small. They are still keeping my due date of September 30 but now 19 weeks instead of 20.)

Size of baby: Mango (6.5 in. 10oz)

Gender: A sweet baby GIRL ( I will share the reveal party details soon)

Maternity clothes: Mostly wearing dresses and skirts!

Tops- just a few

Movement: YES! 

Sleep: not so good :/ I am still having a horrible time with restless leg syndrome 

Cravings: salty things

Symptoms: restless leg and back aches have been horrible this pregnancy! 

Best Moment this week: Brent and Addison got to feel her move this week!

Prayer this week: Praying for at a early age that Addison and Baby P learn to LOVE deeply, SINCERELY, and SACRIFICIALLY seeing others as you do. Also that Brent and I are good role models of this daily.

1 peter 1:22

²² Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart

I am so thankful we got to see our sweet baby Tuesday and even more thankful SHE is healthy. 

Baby P you are loved so much already!

Whats your vote? BOY or GIRL

Boy or Girl??

That is the question we are wanting answered too! 

So we have just decided to figure out what Baby Penzo is on our own through a few little test...:)

Chinese Calendar says... GIRL

Spacefem.com says.... BOY

It even told me when and how much he will weigh.

( Im praying he is not that big ;/ )

Meredith is expecting a baby!
Her due date is Monday, September 30th 2013.
we predict that she will have a 
Boy! 
on 
Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 
at 
3:47 pm 
weighing 
3988 g ~ 8 lbs, 13 oz

BabyMed.com, where they asked a bunch of questions says...

60% chance of having a GIRL

40% chance of having a BOY

Just mommies predicts we are having a....

We did the needle over the stomach and ring over the stomach and they both said...

BOY

Genderpredictor.com says we are having a ...

BOY

Addison's guess is... BOTH LATELY!

My guess is... GIRL

Brents guess is.... EITHER :)

We are so excited to find out tuesday.

We are not hoping for either gender more, just a healthy baby! 

Whatever God chooses to give us we will be over joyed. 

What is your guess???

Dreaming of Warm Weather

This past week has been beautiful. 

We took full advantage of it and spent every day out in the sun!

We played at the park..

Dreamed of a big swimming pool in our backyard..

Met some sweet friends to play..

Then we woke up to this ...

this morning, MAY 3!

At least she was excited! 

Stay warm!

-Meredith

19 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 19 weeks

Size of baby: Mango (6 in. .5lbs)

Gender: NEXT WEEK! YAY

Maternity clothes: Pants- A few 

Tops- a few

Ready for it to be warm to pull out all my dresses! ( which = comfy!)

Movement: YES! We have a very active little one! 

Sleep: not so good :/ Addison has not slept through the night for over 2 weeks now...

Cravings: milk... and I do not even like milk!

Symptoms: Have not had to take a zofran for over a week now! Praying the sickness is gone for good! And I get a little more energy.

Best Moment this week: Getting to hear the sweet little heart beat today! A strong 140

Prayer this week: Praying for at a early age that Addison and Baby P will love the Lord with all their heart, soul and mind! 

He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Luke 10:27

I can not believe I am already almost half way through this pregnancy!
We can not wait to meet and hold this sweet little one!