Nursery is ready!

Well, I think we are ready for Miss Noelle! Her nursery is complete and we only need to get a few more items before her arrival! Pics of the nursery are in the Photo Album!

I also wanted to thank the McGrew family for hosting a shower for us yesterday! Everything was just adorable and we really enjoyed the visit. Noelle is definitely entering into a very loving family! :)

7 more weeks to go!

Hey everyone! Well we had Noelle's last ultrasound today. We were a little nervous for this one, since this is the appointment we found out Madeline had complications. But everything looks absolutely great!! And she looks so fat!! haha. She is weighing appx. 4.5 pounds, which is on the highest side of the "normal spectrum." I think 2 pounds of that may be her cheeks! She's absolutely adorable and we cannot wait for her arrival! I posted 3 pics in the album.

Lots of catching up!

WOW! It's been way too long since my last post. Since then, Travis and I went to Natchitoches which ended up being a fabulous weekend getaway. It was extremely relaxing and much needed! Then in April we had a family vacation to Gulf Shores! It was a fantastic trip and we got to spend lots of time with our adorable Mia! It was great to be able to get that much time with her and really visit with her without too much craziness going on. She's such a sweetie and learned to say "I love you" on the trip, so we were showered with those words all weekend. What a fabulous thing to keep hearing!!

The following weekend was Noelle's baby shower! It was overwhelming how many people were there and how many goodies she received! She really will be all set to go! Thank you so much to my hostesses, Nannie Annie, Julie, San, Stacy, Christian and Michelle. The shower was perfect and we appreciate it so much!! And of course, thanks to all of you who came to celebrate such a great time in our lives!

And then last weekend was Maddie's Footprints had its 1st Fundraiser - the Crawfish Boil! It was a huge success. Almost 250 tickets were purchased! We still don't have the final number, but we believe the event had a profit of about $4,000-$4,500!!! What a huge success! The weather was perfect, the crawfish were excellent, the dessert was yummy and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. We were so pleased on how everything turned out. THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support the cause! And a special thanks to the Board Members, volunteers and sponsors! We couldn't have pulled it off without you!

We have our 32-week ultrasound coming up on Monday. This was the appointment that we found out that Madeline had some problems, so it is a little nerve-wracking. I'm sure all will be fine with Baby Noelle - but we won't really have a sigh of relief until we hold our healthy baby girl in our arms. Please say some prayers that all goes well on Monday. I'll keep you posted! Hopefully we'll have some more pictures of her to post!

Crawfish Boil

Hey everyone!! Sorry it's been so long since I've written. Between work, real estate and Maddie's Footprints - there has barely been time to breathe! :) Things are still going well with Baby Noelle. She is quite the antsy one - moving around all the time! I've been feeling good, just still tired most of the time. I guess I'm not going to get that 2nd trimester burst of energy they talk about. Haha! Travis and I are headed to Natchitoches tomorrow for a weekend getaway. We are very excited to go somewhere relaxing all by ourselves and not worry about anything! We don't have much on the agenda - just touring a few plantation homes, maybe some shopping and of course eating at cute little diners! It'll be a much needed relaxing weekend!

I also wanted to let you all know that details for Maddie's Footprints' first fundraiser have been finalized! It'll be a Crawfish Boil at Acadian Village, Saturday, May 8 from 5-9pm. Tickets can be purchased through me or our website - http://www.maddiesfootprints.org/. We strongly encourage everyone to get their tickets in advance as we will only have a limited amount of crawfish on that day! The details are on the flyer here or on our website. PLEASE COME and help out a great cause!! And bring your friends!! :)

Definitely a girl!

I had another ultrasound today. Everything still looks great and normal, so all signs points to a healthy baby!! And this time, she cooperated and we could definitely tell it is indeed a girl! She also snuck in a couple of 3D shots. We got a few of her face. She's still skinny (weighs right at 1 pound), but she is looking more and more human! :) Pics are in the album.

It's another GIRL!!!!

So we found out today that Madeline will have a baby sister. That's right....it's a GIRL! The doctor said that everything looks great and completely normal. He has released me from his care and I only have to continue to see my normal OB. We couldn't be more excited with this news! We got quite a few pictures today, so I posted them in the Album. Some are in 3D - she still looks like a little alien, because they don't have much fat yet at this point. But again - she's a VERY cute alien! : )

We have also decided that her name will be Noelle Elizabeth. I think Madeline will be very proud to share her middle name with her baby sister! Thanks to all of you for the prayers! They are working so keep them coming!

Things are still looking up!

First of all, we received our results back from the scans and tests that were taken for Baby McGrew and they were NEGATIVE!! We couldn't be more excited about this. We can rest a little easier now and truly enjoy this pregnancy with a positive outlook. We'll be finding out the sex in just one week!! :)

We also received a VERY generous anonymous donation in the amount of $5,000 for Maddie's Footprints!!! This is incredibe and will give us a great jump-start to starting the new organization. We are hoping to have our first big fundraiser in April or May, so I'll be keeping you guys posted on that. David also designed our website and it's up and running now so check it out: http://www.maddiesfootprints.org/. It looks great - thanks Dave!!