O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree....

Every year Pinckney and I go and cut down the perfect tree. So this year we went back to Motley Tree Farm to pick out the tree. The last couple of years we have picked a tree that was WAY to big for our house haha so this year we were determined to find out that would not require us to take out all of the furniture in the living room to make it fit. haha

Here is Pick trying to decide between a couple of trees after we narrowed it down.

And what is a tree farm without Goats!! While they were shaking out our tree and getting it ready for us we had to make a stop at their "farm zoo" and say hello to the baby goats. :)

Dzia Dzia comes to help...

Dzia Dzia (my dad) came in for the weekend and we put him right to work:).

First he hung the curtain...

Then he and Pinckney had to make sure the initials were perfectly aligned to hang...

Lastly, after much debate on the perfect place Pick hung the last thing we had to hang. Mi Mi (my mom) gave Lilly this plaque that has a B and a baby on it, and says " twinkle twinkle in your eyes, are you an angel in disguise. " So sweet!

As you can see this room is FULL of pink and some green! haha

"your colors are pink and pink..."

Here are the photos of Lilly's Nursery. I tried to put an explanation for everything that is in the room. We still have some wall space that needs filling but as for now we are ready for her to come home whenever she is ready:).

Hope you like her room, we are really enjoying just going in and sitting in the rocker. It is hard to believe in less then 4 weeks there will be a baby to fill this room!

Before Lilly is big enough to fit into her crib she will be sleeping in this bassinet.
The is one of my favorite gifts we have received. It is on wheels so anywhere we go around the house she will have a place to lay her head. :)

Here is Lilly's crib. We found the Pottery Barn bedding on EBAY!! She has a couple of dolls and a build a bear that Picnkney and I made for her the day before we found out if she was going to be a she or a he. :)

Above is Lilly's changing table. Above the pearl initials is a quote on the wall that is hard to read but it says "I see the moon and the moon sees me. God bless the moon and

God bless me" The shelves on the table are filled with diapers, bath towels,

extra pacifiers, blankets...well you get the picture. hahah

Here is the window in Lilly's room. You can see the green rocker we had made and her nightstand.
















This is the tall dresser that is full of her little clothes:). On top of the dresser are her books, and some sweet jars that say Princess. To the left you will see a ribbon hanger that Mi Mi made full of hair bows in case she has hair. haha To the right is the light plate that says sweet dreams all over it. :)

What a Suprise!!

My friend Kim came over today after school and suprised me with gifts for Lilly from everyone I work with! Since I am not at work for a shower, they brought it to me.
It was so sweet. We just opened them and they gave us great stuff!! diapers, toys, clothes and much more.
Thank you everyone!

4 Weeks to Go!!!

Here I am 8 months preggo:). A little swollen today but you get the point haha. Once a month we have dinner club where a few of us girls go out to dinner, so I was about to leave for dinner when Pick took a quick photo of me in Lilly's room. I am looking forward to getting out of the house for a little while. :)


Once I get the nursery more done I will post photos of that.

THE CAR SEAT IS IN!!

Well last night we put the car seat into my Yukon! The baby mobile is ready HA! Pick took a photo of me with the car seat and the double chin was WAY to bad to share! HA HA! So for now all you get is a photo of the seat but I will get some updated photos of us up soon. :)

We had a Doctors appointment on Monday (we go every Monday) and it went really well! I am still 50% effaced, which means since I have been home she has slowed down. It looks like getting off of my feet is doing the trick. She may wait awhile before coming to meet us!! YEEAAAHH!!

Oh yeah, a few of you have asked where we are registered: Pottery Barn Kids, Target and Babies R Us.

Here she is at 17 Weeks

For some reason these photos are flipped the wrong way! haha We will just have to make due anyway:) They are a bit fuzzy because of the way I transfered them onto my computer, but I think you can still see her leg, foot, hand, and body:). Enjoy.

Here is her Leg...


Here is her foot ...

This is her hand - she is waving at you:)

AND THIS IS HER!! :)

We were so shocked when they told us that it was a girl. As you can see from my first posting we were just sure she was going to be a boy. All I could say was "you have GOT to be kidding me!" Pinckney had already bought boy clothes! haha I am SO excited I get to put her in dresses and take her shopping!!! hahah Pinckney is so thrilled as well that we are having a little girl.

We decided not to do the 4D ultrasound so this is the best photo we have of her until we meet her in the hospital.

This is us before Lilly.

Things are about to change, but here are some photos of our little family over the last year before Miss Lilly gets here. (Can you tell I just figured out how to get photos off of my camera! haha)

Here is the original Goof Troop. :) Pick and I along with our 3 Dogs, Sweet Pea, Siggy and Sugar.

This is Pinckney and I on New Years Eve in Oxford, MS ringing in the New Year. Who knew what this year was going to bring.

Here is Pinckney last spring on the Arkansas River at our Lot.

A few details...

Ok here are the details that you all may want to know. We are having a baby girl! Her name is Lilly Ann Bethell. My great grandmothers name was Lillian and most of the women in my family have the middle name Ann so that is how we came to her name. We have not quite decided if she is going to be called Lilly Ann or just Lilly, we figure when we see her we will know.



Her due date is December 18, this is the day that our Doctor has set to induce labor if she has not made her way already. On October 30th we had to go to the hospital, long story short I was having contractions and they gave me shots to stop all of it. It was pretty terrible, but I am now on bed rest and things are going better. If I get sick I can lay down, or if I start to over due it, I can just stop. It has really helped us!



So our plan now is to pray that she holds off till as closes to December 18th as possible, if not then we will be ready for her early. I go to the Doctor every Monday so I will keep you posted from there.

As for the pregnancy in general, I really can not complain. I can not believe how quickly this time has passed!! We can't wait to see who she looks like now or if she will be a sleeper or screamer! haha



Here nursery is almost done, so as soon as we put some finishing touches on it I will share photos of her room. Until then, I will see what photos I have missed out on posting and add them to this.



More later:)

Almost there...

Here are Lilly and I at 29 weeks. She is really moving around now, we are 34 weeks now and on bed rest. I am still trying to figure this whole thing out and how to post photos and everything else so I am going to keep this one short but I promise there will be more later. I have PLENTY of time on my hands now so I am hoping to have this up and running before she makes her big arrival.