They have names!!!!!

Mom and Dad have officially been named! Sydney will call them Grandma and Grandad! We are so excited they finally chose their perfect names. They've been thinking about this for about 3 1/2 months now and the wait is over. :-) They have tossed several ideas around over the last few months, Dad especially. At one point he mentioned something along the lines of T-Daddy or something like that....isn't that a rapper??? Just kidding, I know it's P-Diddy but they sound the same to me. ha! I think Grandad is much more appropriate. And to make it even better, everything in the baby stores atually say "Grandma" on them. Sydney already has a pink polka dot (of course) picture frame that says My Grandma and Me!

I just can't wait for her to meet her Grandma and Grandad....boy is she gonna LOVE them!!!!

Checking in on Miss Sydney

It's been almost 4 weeks since the last "Sydney update" which I will contribute to my horrible internet connection and crazy, busy schedule. But....I'm checking on new internet providers AND it's looking like my New 2010 schedule will give me a little more time for blogging. :-)


Here she is @ 24 weeks. We haven't been to the doctor since we found out she was a girl but we're headed there again on Wednesday. The biggest change over the last month is she has REALLY started to move around....A LOT! It's the craziest feeling ever and I grab my belly almost every time she does it. I really feel her when I lay down at night and Corey, Mom, and Nat have even felt her a few times.


Mom and I went shopping for her today...I finally bought her a couple of outfits. I've been so good to resist the urge to buy for her so far but I lost it today which is SO easy to do. They just have the cutest little girl things! She's already got a closet full of precious pink outfits! Mom even bought her 2 new Christmas outfits for next year that were just darling.


I'm feeling really good and have lots of energy for which I am SO thankful. I've definately needed it during the month of December. I worked for Mom almost every day and LOVED it! The only thing that really ached at the end of the day were my feet....wow! Other than that, we're doing great, growing every day and looking forward to the New Year!

WE'RE HAVING A GIRL

That's right! We found out yesterday that we're having a baby girl in April and we absolutely couldn't be any more excited! Corey says he knew all along....I thought it was a boy the whole time, so I was pleasantly surprised when they said "looks like you are going to have a girl." We have her name picked out....Sydney Diane. The doctor said that she is perfect. She weighs 13 oz and is in the 57th percentile as far as size goes. We loved that good news! A healthy baby is all we can ask for. We surprised our family with "It's a Girl" balloons. I had cards ready that said...Surprise! and we called the flower shop as soon as we were out of the ultrasound to let them know it was a girl and they delivered our news for us! Everyone was thrilled!

After we got back to Franklin I went to Mom and Dad's to visit and we received our first 2 baby girl gifts. Mom and Natalie had both been to Pistols and gotten us the most adorable outfits that I have ever seen in my life. This made the day even more exciting and REAL!! I posed with our baby gift and the balloon we sent....

And here's Corey checking the clothes out after I brought them home...

And here's baby Sydney poking out....all 13 oz of her, after a long day at the doctor (I really didn't look this way all day, I just got comfy after we got home. ha!)
Actually...here's Corey and I starting our day at Cracker Barrell bright and early. We met Dad for breakfast before we left for Nashville. I wanted to have a good breakfast because I knew it was going to be a long morning.

I'll do my best to keep everyone updated on how things progress with us. I'm trying to get used to this country-fied internet speed (rather than the one at work) so my nerves sometimes wear thin before I can even get my e-mail checkcked much less post a blog...so just bare with me.

Thanks to many of you for your sweet text messages and phone calls congratulating us today. This is such an exciting time and we love sharing it with you!!