It's finally Time!!

Well...for those of you that I haven't already told, the time if finally here!! We went in for our last doctor's appointment yesterday and they are going to induce this Friday. I am so excited. It really began to feel like this day would never come. We go in at 1:00 am Friday morning and get everything started, so hopefully he will be here by midday or so. I will try to post some pics on Sunday or Monday, but if I don't, the hospital actually has a link where you can see their first baby picture taken at the hospital. Their website is http://www.cmchealthcare.org/ and you click on the web nursery icon on the right hand side of the page (about mid way down). Then you search by date and they will have it listed by my first name. Everyone keep us in your thoughts. We are hoping for a very smooth delivery, but you never know I guess. We will definitely update soon!!

Our 1st Baby Charlie

I know that soon everything will probably be all about our new baby, so I wanted to take the time to recognize our first baby, Charlie. If anyone knows us, he is pretty much our pride and joy. We take him everywhere and pretty much treat him like a kid (instead of a dog) :) Anyway, a little history of how we got Charlie....

In April of 2008, I had knee surgery and couldn't go to work. I had been really bored and we had been talking about getting a dog...so....I decided to start looking at some of the pounds that were close to us. I had been looking for weeks on the internet when I saw the cutest little dog at the Knoxville Young-Williams Humane Society. I went there immediately and she was already taken :( They said, though, that her brother was still here. I went to see him and there he was....our precious little ball of fur. He was sleeping and I picked him up. He just yawned, stretched. looked at me with his big brown eyes and went right back to sleep in my arms. Something about the way he looked at me was all it took. He slept the whole time I was there, but I couldn't help but just know that he was meant to be our dog. Below is his picture when I got him. He was 3 months old, would almost fit in the palm of your hand, and was described as a miniature sheltie/spaniel mix.

It didn't take Jon and I very long to realize how smart and sweet he was. You only had to tell him once, and he just did it. He loves to run and play outside, but he also loves his time inside with us. He is definitely playful but also loves to cuddle. He has his daddy wrapped around his finger and I guess his mom is pretty close behing :) Anyway, he is a very special part of our family and we just wanted everyone to see our baby, Charlie.

Chalie snoozing on the couch with his toys

Chalie cuddling with his daddy and toys

Charlie the Reigndeer for Christmas 2008

Last but not least, that little face that you just can't resist...We love you Charlie!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well we made it through Thanksgiving weekend!! We have had a really good time. Thursday we spent the day with my family in Gainesboro. There was around 30 people at my sister's house and we ate and ate and ate. I would have to say that the ham was my favorite!! I have always been partial to my Aunt Jo's ham. We headed back home around 4 and took it easy the rest of the night. Friday, we woke up early and spent the morning together and then his parents came around 2:00. We had a good time with them while they were in. They brought their dog, Rocky, to see how he would do in case they needed to bring him when the baby was born and everything went fine. Jon's parents brought us another Thanksgiving meal and it was wonderful. We enjoyed ham (again my favorite) casseroles, dressing, vegetables, desserts and so much more. They really went over the top. We got to enjoy it all again on Saturday for lunch. Needless to say, we haven't went without food or family the last few days. We are both very thankful for our families and all that we are blessed with. Now we only have about 3 more weeks until our due date, so hopefully we will add 1 more to our blessed family soon!! Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

The Baby's Room!!

So....sorry this took so long to post. It has been a busy week and just haven't had the chance. Well, we have the baby's room all finished and ready...now we just need a baby :) I wanted to post pictures for everyone that hasn't been able to see it. We went with a jungle theme and just find it to be so cute for a little boy...hopefully he will like it!! I hope you enjoy the pics...

Basket of all the cute toys and blankets we received....
His closet....I have even more stuff in there now since I took this picture....not sure we have enough clothes, you think ??? :)
Blanket that his mommy made for him...(you can't really tell in the picture, but those yellow things are monkeys...goes with the theme of the room)
This is the changing table and dresser. All of the furniture came from Crib N Carriage in Knoxville which we absolutely loved.
Here is a picture of the crib, clothes hamper, cute pictures on the wall, our bamboo shades that match the furniture.

Lazy Sundays

Today is the 1st post on our Blog!!! How exciting. I have been following my friend Ann's blog for quite some time now and I just love seeing all the daily updates of their beautiful little girl, so I thought how perfect this would be for us very soon. I will be able to keep all the Grandparents up-to-date with many pictures and share our everyday lives with all of you :)

Today has been our typical lazy Sunday. We got up and made breakfast, played with the dog, and laid around for a while. Then I went to the grocery store, which seems to always happen on Sundays and loaded up for the week. Now we are just laying around and are about to watch some movies. I rented Ugly Truth and something else Jon wanted...looks kind of crazy. Hopefully they will both be good, though.

Anyway, a baby update...I went to the doctor this past Friday and I am now 35 weeks!! I am in the home stretch, thank goodness. The doctor said everything looked good and that the next time I am in, he is going to do an ultrasound and let us know how big the baby is and might even be able to kind of predict about when he will be here!!! I am really excited. I just gotta make it through Thanksgiving and then everything should start winding down from there... We are really excited about finally meeting our baby boy!!

Well enough for today...I will update my page soon with some pictures so that it doesn't look so boring :)