I love you for.......

I love you for.........

1. ...the Christian man you are.

2. ...the way you look at me across a room.

3. ...the way you lead me into a room.

4. ...the fact that you put me first in everything you do.

5. ...the way you like everything clean and organized (God matched us perfect here!!!!!!)

6. ...the way your hair smells. (stop laughing)

7. ...talking and reading to Avery every night.

8. ...giving me the reassurance of what an amazing dad you are going to be to our children.

9. ...going to ALL the doctor's appointments with me and being so in tune with what is going on.

10. ...how you take pride in everything you do.

11. ...being a man of honor and trustworthiness.

12. ...the big softy you are.

13. ...always making a funny face when you sneeze. :)

14. ...the loyal friend you are.

15. ...the small things you do for me.

16. ...always making me laugh.

17. ...making my life so very happy and making all my dreams come true.

18. ...your sweet moves and your possible career in choreography. Hahaha!

19. ...how you can pull off any surprise for me.

20. ...the way you fell head over heals for Avery the day we found out we were having a girl.

21. ...the way you love to be outdoors.

22. ...the way you piddle in the garage or yard when you have nothing else to do.

23. ...the way you try to con me into helping you wax the cars.

24. ...the way you think my belly is cute.

25. ...the way you love me, unconditionally. (We still need to work on that communication thing though)

26. ...letting me have the last word inside your wedding ring. I will always love you more.

27. ...being you, Jason, you are the man of my dreams and I could not get through life without you. I am so excited about the journey we are getting ready to enter together and could not imagine a better partner to do it with! I love you with all my heart and soul.

Just a few thoughts

In this post I have many things to share. I have not felt the need to really blog while pregnant, except maybe one or two times, but Little Miss Avery is getting ready to make her debut and I want to recall some things both past and present.

I have truly had a wonderful pregnancy as far as morning sickness, discomfort, and problems go. I was sick for my first trimester, but then it was over and it is now a mere memory. I was rather nervous about my back pain during pregnancy due to my previous injury, but once again I have been blessed with maybe one month of true pain that was really not fun. Other than that, this last trimester has brought some swelling in my hands and feet and pressure on my pelvis. Not much to complain about. The one thing that has always come to mind during the last nine months is that any pain or discomfort is completely manageable because there are some women who will never get to experience this true gift of carrying their child. It was a state of mind that gave me patience the first time my pants did not fit, understanding when wearing shoes with strings was no longer an option, and true appreciation for my new figure.

Even though I am ready to reclaim myself physically and emotionally again, I will miss the most wonderful feeling in the world, my precious baby moving in my belly. It is the ultimate reassurance for a mom that everything is ok inside there and always gives me this feeling of bliss.

As far as my current progress, I now go to the doctor every week, which is routine. My doctor started me a week early because of concerns with my swelling in my feet. Everything is ok with the swelling now. However, now I have been placed on bed rest due to being dilated 3 cm and softening of my cervix's at 35 weeks and 4 days. I will be 37 weeks this Sunday (April 25th) and my doctor said that she would feel better if something were to start after 37 weeks. So now I am playing the waiting game that is making me so very anxious. Jason and I are ready to meet our sweet baby girl and get our life started as a family of four (Maddie, our Maltese, is our first born :) Also both of our families are ready to start spoiling our precious Avery!!!!!!!!

That seems to be all I can think of right now......Once she is born we will post pictures and details just as soon as we can. We thank everyone who has prayed and thought of us in this most blessed time in our lives. We feel so lucky to have friends and family who care so much about us.

Avery's room is ready!!!!!!

I think we finally have our sweet baby girl's room finished....for now. We did not paint because we will be moving to Frisco/McKinney in July. Once we buy a house we will be adding color to the walls and making it our home. I wanted to share some pictures of her bedding, her growing collection of bows, and of course, her sweet little face as seen below.

Avery Christine
So true!!!!
Her curtains and lamp

Do we start saving for a prom dress, wedding dress, or a car.......So many decisions.

I sure hope she likes bows and headbands

Her personalized pillow and lullaby bear.

And the bed with the bedding. I know it is a little hard to see.

This was such a cool present. Wendy Aleman, a dear from Sherman, made this for our sweet baby Avery. I love personalized gifts and this is so appropriate for our Miss Avery. Thank you Wendy!