Precious and Pregnant

Brandy at 26 weeks

Cribs, Dressers, Boppies and Bumbos, Registries, Classes, Onesies and Pumps!

TIME OUT!

Five years ago I realized I desired to have children. Six months ago that desire became a reality. That point onward has been a whirlwind of emotions, dreams, and studious work! And though we've blogged our experience, I feel there is one very important element that hasn't been given it's proper acknowledgment; our Beautiful Mother.

Brandy, now 26 weeks pregnant and right on track, amazes me every day with her determination to not only create life but prepare for it. Making lists and marking them off, consuming information, laundering baby clothes, and building a nursery to name a recent few. All of this while maintaining the everyday. Working, cleaning, teaching, supporting me, and socializing to name a very few. Did I mention that she is creating life? A feat tiring in and of itself!

I don't mean to sound patronizing or to imply that a woman couldn't do all of these things at once. I simply want to express my profound appreciation for the woman in my life that I am forever in awe of.

Brandy Nicole; pushing through the aches and pains, kidney stones, and contact rejecting eyes. I am so proud of you as the spectacular woman that you are! I can't wait for the day that we get to meet our daughter. I look forward to the days we share as Mother and Father. And for every day here and into the future...I Love You.

Addy's Room

In just a few short months we will bring home our sweet baby girl. To prepare we thought it would be nice if she had a place to sleep. Eddie did much research and we finally reached a decision on the nursery furniture. We received a call a few days ago to let us know that the furniture was here! It is so exciting to start the process of carving out a space for her in our home that is all her own. Up until now it has appeared that Babies R Us had blown up in every room of our home.

I will post some pictures of the move in below. A big thank you goes out to Granny W. who so generously and lovingly purchased Addison's furniture. I can't wait to tell her about the day that Granny helped pick out her crib. I have not decided on whether or not to include the part were Daddy and Granny ganged up on Mommy about which set to buy :) We are truly blessed to have so much love and support.

On to the show......

Ziggy plotting how to take over yet another room in the house.

Marley and Bonnie stepped right up when we needed to fill the Quality Control positions.

Mommy pretending that she did more than twist an Allen wrench.

Aunt P saved the day when she volunteered (um..got roped into) moving this 140 lb. dresser up two flights of stairs. Uh yeah...she kicks major butt!!!!

Daddy performing one of many shake tests.

More pictures to come once we start decorating!

What's in a name?

This sweet baby girl has affectionately been called by many names. Peanut and sea monkey seemed appropriate when looking at early sonograms but we have decided that it is time to give our little girl her official name.

Addison Nicole Gillot

Addison is a very special name and has been at the top of our favorite girl names for some time. Nicole is my middle name and we decided early on that we wanted to pass along a family name. Addy will make her grand arrival in 17 weeks. Can you believe it? She will be here before we know it.

Here are some pics of Addison's parents at 21 weeks.

Eddie is taking the sympathy pains a bit too seriously.