4-D Ultrasound

We had our 4-D Ultrasound done this past Friday, and it was so amazing! Calleigh looks so much like Sean. She is definitely a Canaan! She definitely has his chin and lips. She was so funny to watch. She would open and close her eyes and mouth, pucker her lips and wrinkle her nose. She had both of her hands on her face the whole time. She looks great, and I cannot believe we only have 13 weeks left!! I posted three of my favorite pictures below. In the third picture you can see her smiling! Calleigh is not even here yet, but she has been such an amazing blessing to me and Sean. We cannot wait to meet her!!

Murphy.....

My parent's have a king cocker spanial named Murphy, and he is by far the cutest dog ever. I just love him, and I am his favorite!! One day when my sister was leaving for work, Murphy walked up to her car. It was obvious that he had been abandoned. He was very skinny, and the vet told Claire that his teeth were down to nubs probably because he had been eating rocks. Well, Claire saved him and gave him to my parents because she already has a dog, Luke.

Everytime I walk in my parents house, Murphy is right there ready to play or have me pet him. He always had weird ways of taking naps. On Christmas afternoon, he just jumped on the sofa and laid on my side and we both slept. Then, the jumped in my mom's lap and fell asleep on his back with his legs and arms hanging out. I really wanted Murphy to come live with us, but my parents won't let him. He really is the best little dog!!

Christmas 2008

I cannot believe Christmas has already come and gone! We had a wonderful Christmas, and hope you did too. We were so blessed this year!! Calleigh got so many things! She got a stroller system, crib, glider, a bouncy seay, many clothes, an AU piggy bank, a Cinderella Christmas tree, and much, much more. Sean's sweet cousin Leigh, painted Calleigh a trash can to match one of the pillows in her room. Sean and I got some fun things too, but were more excited to open presents to Calleigh!

I am 25 weeks along this week, and doing great! Calleigh is moving around all of the time, and her favorite thing for me to eat is rainbow sherbert. Everytime I eat it, she jumps around all over. It is so amazing to feel her inside of me. Sean is so sweet to her, and talks to her all of the time. We have our 4-D ultrasound set for January 23rd, so please keep us in your prayers.

We are looking forward to a fun and exciting 2009! Happy New Years!!

We have a name!

Sean and I have decided to name our baby girl Calleigh Claire. Sean came up with the name, and it just fit. She will be named after both of our sisters. Sean's sister is Ashleigh, so the "leigh" in Calleigh's name is after her. My sister's name is Claire. I know you are thinking, "Do they know her initals will be CCC?" Yes, we know and thought about that, but love the name so much we did not care. We plan on calling her just Calleigh, but many of our friends and family are already calling her Calleigh Claire.

We had our routine doctor's visit with Dr. Alverson yesterday, and everything looks good. Her heart beat was strong at 153 BPM. I did feel her move when they were looking for the heart beat. I cannot say that I have felt a definite kick. I feel all kinds of weird feelings, but don't know if that is her or just my stomach growling. Once I get her ultra sound pictures scanned into the computer I will post them.

Other than Calleigh, we are busy with Christmas. Sean bought a huge Christmas tree this year since our new house has much taller ceilings. We are looking forward to Christmas, but sad we will not be going on a bowl game trip this year!

We plan on starting the nursery after Christmas. I will post pictures of the progress.

The Pate Twins

One of my good friends from college, Dana Pate, is pregnant with twin boys. Her husband is Rob Pate, who was a football player at Auburn for four years. Dana and Rob already have three beautiful girls, Claire, Ellie and Jenna. Dana is now pregnant with twin boys! Their names are James and John David. These twins are mono mono twins. This condition only occurs in about 1-2% of twins. Basically the boys share on of everything. Dana is now 28 weeks along, and is in the hospital so she can be monitored around the clock. She has a blog that she updates everyday. You can read it a www.patemiracles.blogspot.com Please keep Dana, Rob and their girls and the twins in your prayers. Dana and Rob are such strong Christians, and such an amazing testimony to God.

Baby Canaan is a.......

GIRL!! I was shocked because I just knew this baby was a boy. We had a boy named picked out, and I only looked at boy things in the stores. I even looked at the ultrasound screen and told the lady I saw a boy. She quickly told me I was wrong. The baby is healthy and growing like she should. We are so excited to be having a little girl. I cried when I saw her on the screen. We had an ultra sound done at seven weeks, but seeing her as a little baby just took my breath away. My sister bought her a dress that has cows smocked on the collar, and Sean just loves it. I had a little boys nursery all planned out in my head, so I am now starting over. We don't have a name picked out yet, but there is one name we are strongly leaning towards.

Thank your for all of the support and prayers for our sweet baby girl. Have a great week!!

Boy or Girl???

We will find out in exactly 2 weeks. We had our routine doctors visit today, and scheduled our ultrasound for November 10th. We are so excited!! I just hope these 2 weeks go by just as fast as the rest have. Everyday, someone new will ask me if I want a boy or a girl. We just want a healthy baby, but I do have a feeling it is a boy. I am not sure why, but for a while now I have felt like this was a little boy. I guess we will see soon. The doctors appointment went great. All they did was listen to the heartbeat and talk to us. The heartbeat was a strong 162 BPM. I was talking so much to the Sean and the nurse, I could not hear the heartbeat. I know it is hard for you to imagine me talking too much. At first, the heartbeat was loud, and then it would get softer. That concerned me at first, but the nurse told me the baby was moving around a lot. My doctor is Dr. Alverson, and his nurse is Vicky. They are both wonderful!!! I could not ask for two better people to take care of me and this baby.

Nothing else new is going on with us. We are getting ready for our first Halloween in a new neighborhood. Our neighborhood has a Halloween party for the kids right before trick or treating, so that should be fun.

I will keep everyone updated on whether Baby Canaan will be a boy or girl. Please continue to pray that this baby is healthy and strong, and thank you for the prayers you have already sent. Sean and I both feel them everyday!!