Life is good!

Well Anna-Grace is 5 days away from being 3 months old. We can hardly believe it. I must say she truly is the perfect child, she sleeps through the night (most nights) and only cries when she is gassy or hungry. I can't believe how great of a baby she is. she has recently discovered several new things, one being her feet...she will stare at them for 10 minutes like she has no clue where they came from. She has also been making all kinds of noises like she is trying to talk to you, and laughs like I have never seen before. Her daddy and I are apparently pretty funny people to her. She is starting to get somewhat interested in toys, right now she loves her giraffe that sits by her changing table and her Baby Einstein blocks. Speaking of Baby Einstein, we recently purchased her first DVD and she loves it...so much so I ended up buying all 23 DVD's on E-Bay. Work is going good for me, I may have possibly just landed another big account. They are small right now but show MAJOR growth potential and hopefully we will be with them when they get there. Classes have also started back for me, so we will see how being a full-time student working full-time and being a mother and a wife work out for me :-) Chris's summer schedule just ended and he is excited for the kids to get back to school. Now he gets to spend more time with his little princess. As we speak he is on his way back from a weekend long golf trip to Myrtle Beach. A much needed break and time to hang out with jsut the boys!
Since Chris was gone this weekend I spent my first weekend alone with Anna-Grace and we did just fine. I was worried about not having him here but we managed. My friend Kristel and her little boy (Anna-Grace's future husband) came over and played and me and Anna-Grace went shopping and out to eat at Waffle House today.
Other than that we just spend most of our time watching our little one continue to grow, according to our home scale she has reached the 10 lb mark and she is sooo long. I think she might be tall and yes, she still looks exactly like her daddy . We are getting geared up for football season ECU plays UNC and STATE at home this year we can't wait to see Anna-Grace in her NC State cheerleader outfit!
Below are some of the latest pictures of Anna-Grace and her playdates and some from her 1st professional pictures! Enjoy!

Where does the time go?

It's hard to believe our little girl is over 2 months old now! If you have not seen her since she was born, you would hardly recognize her! Her little legs are getting chunky and her little cheeks are storing up food for the winter. She went for her 2 month check up last Thursday and weighed 9lbs and 6 oz and was 22 1/4 inches long. She got 3 shots and up until today she was doing fine, but I think she is starting to get a little bit sick, we are taking her to the doctor today. Other than that she's doing great. Her eyes are still blue and her hair gets redder everyday! She has recently discovered that she has a tongue and will stick it out at you in a heartbeat, she is moving her hands around like crazy too....now if she could just get them to go where she wants them to go when she wants them to go there.

Mom and Dad are doing well too. Thanks to my mom we actually got to get away for a weekend and go to a wedding in Charlotte(that's where the pic is from). We had so much fun it's nice to get away, but we definitely missed our little girl! It's been tough going back to work and having to leave her every day. Even though she is just with Nana and Papa it is still tough. Someone needs to hurry up and win the lottery so I don't have to work anymore :-) Until then looks like I just have to tough it out!

Can't believe it's been almost 7 weeks!

Just wanted to create this blog to kep everyone of our friends and families updated on what's going on with us......with so much going on, it's hard to pick up the phone and call everyone and update them so I figured this would be easier. So keep checking back for updates, we will try to keep it as current as possible!We can hardly believe that 6 weeks has gone by so fast! Anna-Grace is growing so big, and according to the scale at our house weighs 8lbs and 4 oz. She is finally growing into her 0-3 months stuff, which I am so grateful for....finally no more onesies! Everyone always told me that they grow up so fast...I am starting to realize they were right. A friend of mine just had her little girl last week and we went to the hospital to see them. When I held that little 6lb 11 oz girl I realized just how much Anna-Grace had grown!

The dogs love her just as much as we do! I was kind of worried at how they would be especially since they are so big, but they are really gentle with her and love giving her little kisses (especially Tyson).

I went for my 6 week check-up yesterday, and aside from headaches and back pain (side effects from my spinal) and some mild pain in my tummy things are A OK! Anna-Grace goes for her 2 month check-up on August 2nd...where she will have to get her first set of shots. Daddy will definitely have to go with us because I don't think I will be able to stand to see her in pain:-(I am also heading back to work tomorrow, I still technically have 2 weeks before I have to go back, but I need to start getting my body and mind prepared for getting 2 people ready in the morning (as most of you know I do good to get myself ready :-). Not looking forward to going back but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Chris is doing well, still grinding out those summer days praying for it to be time for the kids to go back to school. Not only am I going to miss Anna-Grace when I go back to work, but I will also miss being home when Chris gets home for lunch....and dinner for that matter. He is such a great dad and I always knew he would be. Anna-Grace has truly blessed our lives we could not have asked for God to give us a more perfect child (yeah I know ask us that again when she is 16!). I put a slideshow up of some pictures from our summer so far, hope you enjoy :-)

Chris, Vickie and Anna-Grace(Emmitt, Tyson and Payton too!)