Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy! I can never thank my God enough for the mother you have been to me and I am very grateful for the example you have given me as David and I embark on this journey with a little one on the way! Thank you! I love you!!!!!

Today was a great day! David and I drove separate cars to church and we took mine to lunch. When I went to get in the car, David had put some beautiful potted mums in the front seat. So sweet! David's plan was to take me to Olive Garden (my favorite), but even though we have seen tons of cars out there in the past, we learned it was probably just for training because they don't open until May 18th. :( We ended up going to Chili's which is quite ironic because on our first date, we were planning on going to OG in Mobile, but couldn't because the wait was so long and we had a play to be at at a certain time. We ended up going to Chili's that night too! That was a fun memory to relive! David did also make me a card and get me a present. You can see the card below. I LOVED it! He did such an AMAZING job! It's so cute!!! He had also warned me that the present wasn't the greatest mother's day present. ;) It was fine with me though! I really wanted a new shower head for our new bathroom and he got it! We tend to be very practical people when it comes to getting each other gifts. We want them to be used and not just sit there!!! Anyway, we enjoyed our lunch just chatting and even watching a little bowling on the screens there. I know, weird, huh? It just kept getting our attention! Anyway, the staff at Chili's had been handing out red carnations to all the mothers. I was hoping that I might get one. ;) Just before we were about to leave, our waitress noticed I was pregnant and said, "Happy Mother's Day! Congratulations!" I was so excited that she noticed! She disappeared and came back a moment later with a carnation for me! I was so excited! There is a picture of it below too. After we left, we got a Wendy's Cookie Dough Twisted Frosty. It's one of our favorites! It's so yummy! So, it was a great day! Thank you to my sweet and caring husband! I love you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can probably guess, this first picture is us in front of our new house on Mother's Day! This is just a little tease for you until I can get inside pictures put up. ;)

I guess I haven’t written anything about our move. We did move on May 2nd to Rocky Mount, NC. My Mom was here and was a HUGE help in getting many boxes unpacked before she left. As of today, there aren’t that many left to unpack, which I am definitely glad of! We need to get moving so we can get Caroline’s room ready for her!!!!! YAY! I will post pictures of the house as soon as it looks decent. ;)

Farewell to YBC / YBC Baby Shower for Caroline

Last night we said goodbye to the people at Yadkin Baptist Church. They planned a wonderful feast for us including chicken salad sandwiches (my favorite), meatballs, fruit and many other wonderful things! They had two cakes from Karen's Bakery (which is completely amazing). I love her cakes! As soon as I get the pictures that David's Papa took, I'll post pictures of the cakes. The baby shower one was especially cute! ;) You'll see! In addition to the farewell, they also included a baby shower for our little Caroline. We got so many wonderful things. It was so kind of them to do this for us! We are so very thankful! Below are pictures of all the stuff they gave us. Thank you, Yadkin Baptist Church. What a blessing!!!

Final appointment with my current OB

For those of you that don't know.........David, Caroline and I are moving to Rocky Mount, NC. David has accepted the position of Children's Minister at Sunset Avenue Baptist Church. We have met some incredible people there and are looking forward to ministry with them in the upcoming months and years. I am sure that Caroline will be right at home since there are about 6 other women pregnant and due in the next 5 months or so. It looks like we will be moving on May 2nd, YES, that's 11 days away! Craziness, I know!!! But, the Lord is truly working every piece of this out. He has continued to confirm through each step in this process that HE has ordained for us to minister at this church. We found a house that we absolutely love and subsequently found out that the sellers are willing for us to lease it until our current house sells. What a blessing! We were very concerned about having to move again in a few months, once our house sells, but now we don't have to worry. So, that's why today was my last appt. with my current OB.

It was a great appt. I will miss Dr. Meadors so much because he is a great doctor. He is always so attentive and thorough! Today, Caroline's heartrate was in the 150s. He measured my fundal height for the first time. It was around 25 cm and perfectly on track for Caroline's growth! I gained 1 pound since the last appt. and according to him that is a total of 5 pounds gained. I had lost a couple pounds before my first appt. with him, so it is technically like 2-3 pounds gained. Anyway, I guess I'll forget about the technicalities. I have to have my 2nd gestational diabetes test at my next appt. (with the new doc), so please be praying I don't have GD!

Our little Caroline has started moving more and more over the past few days. I love it! It just makes me smile all the time. On Saturday night, David and I got to SEE her kick for the first time. It was so much fun to see my belly jerk like that! What a blessing this little girl is to us!

As big as...

Our little girl is as big as an eggplant. I can't believe how big she is getting! I am starting to feel her more on most days. I can't believe I am 25 weeks today!!!

And Her name is..............

We can't wait to meet you, little Caroline! We are so excited that you are on your way!!!

OB Appointment

I had my OB appt. today at 9:30 am. They said that my gestational diabetes test came back great! No problems. YAY!!!!!!! I was so hoping it was fine. They said I have gained 4 pounds which brings me up to a total of 2 pounds. ;) David and I think most of that is that we didn't eat very well this weekend. We are back to our normal routine food wise, so I am hoping I won't be gaining too much more. The doc said he would like to see me gain only 15 - 20 pounds the whole pregnancy. I am hoping I don't gain that much. ;) He said that our little girl was measuring perfectly well at my ultrasound so that is great news! I asked about her heartbeat because it was in the 140s every time they have taken it and during the ultrasound, it was 129. He said that was perfectly normal, yay! I think that's it. Our next appointment is April 21st.

Before and After

I recently visited my old workplace, Grove Park Chapel, and while I was there, I got some sweet comments. They commented on how much weight I had lost and how pregnancy suits me and that I really "glow". One of the ladies commented that she had been reading on here about my weight loss, but wanted to SEE my weight loss. She saw it that day, but I thought there may be some of you out there that felt the same as her. So, here are some before and after photos of me. The after photos are actually me at 16 weeks pregnant, but I couldn't find any good pictures from before I was pregnant. Sorry! I think you can see a difference.

BEFORE (3.15.08)

AFTER (2.14.09)

BEFORE (3.15.08)

AFTER (2.14.09)