Our baby girls room...

So these pictures really don't do her room justice, but here they are. I am so please with how everything turned out! Paul's mom was so gracious to make her bedding, something that I dreamed about and can't tell you how happy I am with the way it turned out. I actually cried when I saw everything put together. Thank you SO much Paula! :) I had the pleasure of making a lot of things for her room, including her damask painting above her crib, a photo memory board, butterfly paintings, and some other nicknack's. I wish I would have been able to paint her room, but I'm hoping to do so in Hawaii. I'm planning on ordering a black and white polka-dot valance for her room, and also a vinyl wall inscription to go above her crib... It just didn't make sense to put them up now, since we will be leaving at the end of April! We are hoping I'll go into labor soon... we are both so ready for her! We will keep you all updated! Can't wait to see all of you guys and we look forward to the next couple of months.

Love you guys! :)

8 and 9 Month Pictures

Well, I officially have 18 days to go.. plus or hopefully minus a few days :)! We are both just so excited and ready to have Audrey here. Her bedroom is almost all complete; I'll take some pictures and post them once I get it all done. I'm sad I couldn't paint her bedroom, but hopefully in Hawaii I'll be able to paint her room. Here are some pictures of my 8 and 9 month marks. My belly just keeps getting bigger and bigger... well, it's reached it's max right about now! :)

We love you all and are excited to see each and everyone of you after Audrey is born! It will be a very busy and exciting next couple of months!

Love ya'll!

9 Months
9 Months

8 Months

8 Months

Baby Audrey Ann

Our baby girl:

Face: left eye, nose, mouth and checks
Hair

Resting on her hand

Resting again on her hand

Puckering her lips!

Today we went in for our second attempt to see Audrey in 3/4D. At our first attempt, December 29th, she had her face smudged up against the placenta, so the 3D machine had to go through a lot of tissue, and thus, we couldn't see her very good (she also had her hand covering her face most of the time). Well today she cooperated much better and it was SO amazing. What an experience to see her move and to make out some of her features. Here's what we know so far: she has my nose, lips, and mouth, Paul's chin, a mixture of our eye shape, cute chubby checks, LOTS of hair, gets hiccups regularly like Paul does, is very active, and loves to suck her thumb. Seeing her today just made us more excited to have her here and to kiss her cute little chubby checks. We can't wait to meet our baby girl! Only 8 weeks and 2 days!

Christmas Party 2009

Paul's Christmas party this year was very exciting. Paul was officially "frocked," as they call it in the Navy, to E-6 (First Class). This is a pretty big advancement and to make it in such a short time, is a big accomplishment. I am so proud of Paul, what he has done in the Navy, and how he has provided for our family. Below are some pictures from the Christmas party, and one is from a photo we took today at my 7 month mark. We are sure excited for Audrey to come... I am already starting to get antsy. :) Love and miss you all!!!

Paul and Jim

YAY! E-6

Getting officially sworn in as E-6 by the Commanding Officer

7 Months

Us

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!! Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving weekend. I had all of the Christmas decorations out and ready to go the day after Thanksgiving. We hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day and we miss and love all of you!

Slowing down...

Things are finally starting to slow down for us and we are getting really excited about being that much closer to meeting our baby girl... We have decided to name her Audrey Ann Burt, and can't wait. I'm exactly 6 months and can't believe how time has flown by! Only a couple more months and our lives as we know it will completely change..cannot wait!

We are happy to report that things with Audrey are going well and my pregnancy is wonderful. I'm starting to get more tired, and achy, but I'm just glad to know she is grown strong and healthy. We can't wait for little Annie Kate to arrive (Paul's sister Amy's baby), and for her and Audrey to be so close in age!

We FINALLY sold our house. Things have been crazy the last couple of weeks with finalizing, repairing, and moving. I don't think I ever want to sell a house again. lol... it was pretty painful! But we are extremely fortunate to have sold our house so fast, and at a reasonable price for us. We are thankful to be in our new place now, that way we can start getting Audrey's room all together.

Here are a couple pictures from the last month....

Setting up the new crib!

Little Audrey Ann

6 Months

6 Months preggo!

Seattle vs. Lion's game! It was SO cold... :)

Busy, busy, busy...

That pretty much sums up our summer this year! We have been on the go since our graduation, and I haven't found much time to post. Probably the biggest news we have is that we found out I was pregnant...15 week today to be exact! We are so incredibly happy and can't wait to meet our little Burt. I can feel my belly grow more and more each day, and I absolutely love it! I was pretty sick in my first trimester, but I'm loving being pregnant now! :) We were able to see our little guy/girl at my 12 week appointment, and little Burt was sure active, bouncing around in my tummy! It was an incredible experience that we will never forget! I go in for my 16 week appointment next Wednesday, and I'm hoping (I know it's a long shot...:)) that my doctor will be able to give us a little hint as to whether it's a boy or a girl! We just can't wait to find out!

Some more exciting news... we found out that we got orders to HAWAII!! Paul and I are really excited and look forward to this new adventure in our lives. We are due to transfer after the baby is born, probably in April/May time frame!

We were able to go to DC for Carrie and Corey's wedding over the 4th of July! What an amazing wedding and it was so great to be a part of it and share their special day. We had such a good time, so thank you Carrie and Corey for being so hospitable to us! Love you guys! :) Paul and I have been to several Mariners games this year and look forward to the Seahawks games this year too! We just got back from one on Sunday; it was the season opener and the Hawks won 28-0! We were SOOOO happy. Paul and I both LOVE football season!!
Well we love you all and hope you enjoy the pictures! I'll try and update this more, now that we aren't in school! :)