7 more weeks to go!!!

Wow. The time is almost here when we get to hold our precious girl!! Lately we have been busy getting ready for her arrival. Her room is almost done. All we have left to do is hang her light fixture. She is an active little girl. She moves like every 30 minutes. She is sooo strong already and I have been experiencing braxton-hicks contractions for the past two weeks. I have a feeling that she is going to be here early... but I don't want to get my hopes up. I went to the doctor last Monday and everything is going great! I got to hear Kaisley's heart beat!! It is very strong and she is measuring perfect.

For the 4th of July we went to my grandparents in East Texas. We have done it every year for the past 23 years! There are probably about 100 people that go. They are all family and friends. For the past 5 years Ryan and I have brought a group of our friends. This year the Burnetts and Penlands and Unruh came. We made a weekend out of it and rented a cabin. We always have a blast!!


This past weekend we drove to Tulsa with the Burnetts to visit the Penlands. They bought a house early this year and we had not been up there to visit. Their house is so cute!! We had a blast like we always do with them. They had the weekend planned for us. On Friday we went over to Andrea's grandma's house to swim. It felt so nice and I got a little tan on my belly!! =) That night we went to the "river walk". It is this neat strip of restaurants, a coffee shop and other stores. We walked around and listened to the live music playing and then ate dinner at very yummy Mexican restaurant. After dinner we got some gelato and headed back to their home. Saturday Angela and I went to Andrea's baby shower. She got a ton of stuff!! It made it feel so much more real.
Well theres a quick update on what has been going on. Ryan and I start our birth class this Wednesday!! And my aunt and cousins are throwing me a shower on Sunday!! I am so excited!! =)

Miss Kaisley Grace Martin!

I figured I would update a little on the pregnancy and how our little girl is doing. I am now 28 weeks! Only 12 more weeks to go... that is if I go the full 40 weeks. She is getting bigger and I can defiantly feel her moving around in there which is the best feeling in the world. I went to the doctor at 26 1/2 weeks and she weighed 2 pounds!! She has been very active this past week which is very comforting. I go back to the doctor a week from today to take the glucose test. BLAH! I heard it tastes nasty! From now on I will go to the doctor every two weeks instead of four.


I can not believe it is so close!! We are getting very anxious for her to be here. We have been reading our parenting books like crazy trying to get ready for her. Ryan is really enjoying this book called, "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters." We start our Child Birth class on July 20th which is going to be very helpful and it will be nice to meet other couples going through the same journey.

This past weekend some of my closest girl friends threw a suprise shower for my friend Andrea and I. Andrea is 2 weeks ahead of me. It was so much fun and so nice to see everyone. I love when Andrea comes to visit (she lives in Tulsa) because we get to catch up on our pregnancies and talk babies.


The bedding is here!! It is so precious. My mom came over today and helped me start decorating. We finished one wall. Her room is finally coming together!! YEAH!!

Bathing Beauty......

Who says pregnant girls cant wear bikini's? Today I went to my neighbors house to lay out by her pool. She goes out of town often and always offers her pool to us. Since today was such a beautiful day i thought I might try to get a little sun...In privacy of course!!

I have 3 1/2 more months to go! This journey has gone by pretty fast. The baby room is coming along, my mom helped me paint the room last week. We decided on a a golden beige color. It is really pretty and is going to look so good with the bedding, which is coming in 2 weeks!! As soon as I get the bedding in the room I will take a picture of it and post it. The crib is here and halfway put together. I need Ryan to help me finish it.

Well besides my growing belly there is not much going on around here. Ryan and I are just getting ready for our little bundle of joy. We started a part time business a few months ago and Ryan is doing a great job getting it going. We are meeting some amazing people through the whole experience and learning a lot about ourselves. Life is great!!

20 weeks!

YEA!! We are half way. I am loving this stage of pregnancy. Knowing that we are having a little girl and being able to call her by her name makes it all so real. Oh and I love feeling her kick! Just this week I felt her from the outside too. Ryan hasn't felt her yet, she is a little stubborn.... But my mommy felt her today. :)




We are almost finished clearing out all the junk in her room. We are having a garage sale this Friday and it will be so nice to get rid of all of it. The changing table came in today and the crib will come in mid May. I have yet to decide on her bedding. My mom and I went today to look at fabric. I found some ideas and a lady that might be able to help us out with making it. YEA! It is all coming along and the day when our little Kaisley comes will be here before we know it.
We are still not sure on a middle name for her. Help us out! Here are a few that we like. Let us know what you think. Grace, Anaiah, Eliah and Machaiah. ( I know that the last three are different and probably difficult for you to figure out how to pronounce them, but they are biblical and each have meaning to them which we thought was neat)

Our baby girl!! =)

I can not wait to meet our baby Kaisley!! Here are some a picture of her. Its kinda blurry. (it's a picture of a picture)

Here is a pic of Kaisley's first outfits! =)

Oh...by the way...

So it hailed here in Keller last week. I'm not talking little baby marble sized hail, more like BASEBALL!! It was so loud I thought our roof was going to cave in. Luckily our roof didn't but unfortunately our car pretty much did....
It was a very sad day.. However Ryan and I had been talking about selling the Acura and getting a "mommy" car. (not a mini van) So we felt like it was kinda a blessing. We got money from our insurance and decided to just get the window fixed and use the rest of the money towards a new car. Saturday a guy came out to our house to fix the window and ended up buying the car from us! How mush easier can it get? So now we are in need of a car. We are having fun looking around, but hope to find one this weekend. We are looking at Honda Pilots, Toyota Highlanders and Cheverlet Equionox.

Oh and we do have to get a new roof! =)

It's a GIRL!!

Today we went to the doctor and had the "BIG" sonogram. We are having a sweet baby girl!! We are so excited and can not wait to meet her. It was so neat watching her move around in my belly. I actually felt her and saw her move at the same time!! Her feet are up by my belly button and her back is on my left side and her head is down. She was very active in my belly while we were there. The sonogragher said that she was very flexible. She must get that from her daddy.
Her name is Kaisley. We have not decided on a middle name yet.... Any suggestions? I am more motivated to clean out her room and start getting it ready.
After today it defiantly feels more real.