What a Wonderful World!!

Today was such a wonderful day! We are so excited to announce that we are having a sweet, little baby BOY!!!!
I can't believe that I am the going to be the mother of a little boy. This makes me so happy inside. The sonogram was amazing...except for the fact that I had to seriously go to the bathroom the whole time. Anyway..TMI! He looked so precious. He was sucking his thumb in one picture and completely amazed by his hands. It was so awesome! To think that this sweet little guy has been growing inside me for almost 20 weeks and is so perfect. God is so amazing! I have lots of sono pics but can't get the computer to cooperate tonight. I PROMISE to have pics up tomorrow so you can see the little man too! We have some really sweet profile shots! I have been feeling pretty good except for some serious emotional outbreaks. If the SPCA commercial comes on the TV where Sara Mclachlan is singing "Silent Night", turn the channel fast. I cried so hard last night...and then looked at Thad and promptly blamed it on these hormones. He then replied "Ashley, you bawled at this commercial before you were pregnant." I guess I'm just a sensitive gal! Anyway, thanks for all of the prayers for this amazing child! We are so very blessed and we give all of the glory to God! But I want to also say a thanks to my Papaw...we miss you dearly and love you!!

Furniture!

Well, last weekend Thad and I made our first large purchase for the little one! We bought the furniture and I can't wait to get it in and set it up in the room. The crib is great because it can eventually convert to a double bed! Unfortunately, it can take up to 14 weeks to get it...so it might be a while. Here are some pics! The dresser in the pic is not the exact one that we ordered...we will get the double dresser which is longer and has more room on top for things other than a changing pad. But you get the idea!

I will have more to post on Wednesday...which is D day!! We will find out at 10 am what we are having...I can't wait!!

Catching Up!

Well, I have not posted in quite a while. I definitely have some catching up to do. First of all, I forgot to post on my sweet husband's Birthday! It was November 14th and we were blessed to have my mom, aunt, and grandmother in town to visit. We had great, girlie plans...but Friday night was all about Thad! We enjoyed a great dinner at one of our favorite spots..Breadwinners! He then enjoyed his one request...watching football ALL day on Saturday completely uninterrupted!

I love you so much Thad! You are the most wonderful husband a girl could ask for. I know you are going to be such a great father. I am so blessed to have you in my life!

After sleeping in on Saturday morning and having our coffee, we girls went for lunch and to the Mother ship....Hobby Lobby! Yes, that's right! We spent a good hour and a half there just browsing through Christmas decorations. We also had a quick stop at Babies R Us...which was quite overwhelming to say the least. Let me just say, I had no idea they made that many kinds of bottles! Whewww! After racing home to rest for about 45 mins, we then went to see the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. It was amazing...from what I could could see from the benches. I was exhausted and went from gallery room to gallery room finding the closest bench and planting myself there. Awwwww...pregnancy. It was quite amazing though. To think that these artifacts were buried underground for over 3000 years and were discovered and on display for us all to see. The treasures were in perfect condition! We had such a great visit..but of course it was entirely too short!

For Thanksgiving, my brother and sister in law and my two sweet girls came for a visit. Claire and Arden are so adorable and we had so much fun. It is so hard to imagine that there will be another Bramlett girl in about 5 weeks! So exciting! Here are some pics from our Turkey Day!

Alex and Claire at the kiddos table.

Lastly, here is my 17 week pic! I had an appointment today and everything still looks great! I only gained 1 pound since the last appointment....whooo hoo! Not that I mind the weight gain, but last time it was very shocking so I think it evened out this time. More importantly, we have our appointment set for "the" appointment. Do we need blue or pink? December 17th we will know. We will also see all of the organs and make sure everything is developing properly. Please keep us and our sweet little one in your prayers!

Julia's Baby Shower

This weekend was the shower for my good friend Julia and sweet Baby Sophia! She will be here in about 5 weeks and we are so excited for this new arrival. I hosted the shower at my house along with 5 other girls and of course forgot to take a lot of pics but I will post the few that I did take. She had a great turnout...and got lots of great things for her nursery. I can't wait to go see it soon!

Lastly, I will leave you with the latest pic of my sweet Wrigley! He is adorable! This is how he chooses to sleep when he is on the couch. I know, I know...so many pics of the dogs. I better get them in now before our new little one comes in May. I'm sure they won't get near as much air time!

13 week appointment!

Just wanted to give an update. We had another appointment this morning. Last week was the sonogram to test for Down's Syndrome. We didn't actually have the prenatal visit until this week. Everything is completely normal!! Woo hoo! The doctor said that our baby has a 1:10,000 chance of having Down's....which is about as good as it gets. We heard the heartbeat again..a speedy 140bpm. From now on until about 19 or 20 weeks, the appointments are rather uneventful.

On another note, Happy Birthday to my sweet, spoiled Macadoo!! He is 4 years old!

The Big News!!!

Well, after an entire year of having this website, I have finally decided to start a blog. I think I have been waiting on some major blogworthy event to occur or something to write about that people will actually want to read. About 2 months ago, I finally decided that with a "blogworthy event" or not, I was starting this darn thing anyway. About a week after that, I found out I was pregnant.

That's right......PREGNANT!!!! Woo hoo...finally!!! The event I have been waiting for! So, without further delay, here comes the blog of sweet Baby S!!!

We had our 12week appointment today, and our little dude/dudette was moving around like crazy. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Its little hands were just going crazy. It looked like at some point it was sucking its thumb. We could never get the baby to move into a profile position..it just stared at us the whole time with the "alien" face. But that is my baby, so nobody else can say that! We did get the most perfect picture of the two little feet next to each other. You can even see the toes! Once I learn how to scan a picture on this thing, I will post that! Here is a belly shot of me at 12 weeks. I think I am showing very early, but oh well. I keep telling myself that God made us all different. And yes, I am different from all of my friends who didn't wear maternity clothes until 20 or so weeks. Sheesh!

That's all for now!