Glory to God!!

Well, Praise God! It took two LONG years and lots of busy, stressful times... but we finally made it through. I recently graduated nursing school, got a job, and passed my state boards. All in just the last few months. And now I have the nametag to prove it! I'm finally an RN and God has blessed me with a job that should help to provide for the family.
When I moved from California to Louisiana, I was a Graphic Designer with a 4-year degree in Computer Arts and almost no experience at all. I had a few jobs in Shreveport doing Graphic Design but April and I knew it just wouldn't pay the bills once we had a family of our own. As some of you know, April is planning on quitting teaching and staying at home with little Ansley and any other kids we have in the future. So it feels great to have this new career going and starting in a field that should be steady enough to always be able to "bring home the bacon!"

Glory to God!

31 Weeks - continued

Here's a picture of April at our OB appointment at 31 weeks. I need to post some pictures from when we first found out she was pregnant so we can compare. But here's what April looks like just 9 weeks before Ansley is due! Still just as cute as ever!

Ansley's Room Is Done!!

Well, we've still got a book shelf to put up and a few things to put in their places. But the painting is finally done and the room looks great! I started the middle of December, and didn't finish until the beginning of April! That's a LONG time! I hope little Ansley likes it! Take a look...

31 Weeks

No pictures this time... just an update. We're at 31 weeks now. We're on the "downhill stretch!" We've only got one more Bradley (pre-natal) class yet. I'll have to post something about that another day. I'm just a day or two away from finishing painting the baby room. I can't wait to get that finished. It already looks really good. We can't wait to push all the furniture back up against the walls and see what it looks like when it's done! And we've got an appointment tomorrow to get one of those 4D videos made. We'll definitely post something when that is done. April's still teaching her 1st Grade class. But she's got enough Vacation/Sick leave to take off whatever time she needs until the baby is born. And hopefully, I'll be able to take 2-3 weeks off of work when the baby is born to stay home with the family and help April get some rest in between all the feeding and everything else.

More news soon...

April's New Car

April's old car has been doing a lot of weird things lately. Over the last couple years she's had like 3 tire blow outs, buttons falling off the dash, tail and headlights going out, stereo problems, and a long list of other embarrassing issues. And we just couldn't bear the thought of this thing breaking down once the baby is here. So we took advantage of the horrible economy and bought April a NEW CAR!! This really is the bese time in history to buy a new car. It's still expensive, but it's worth it to make sure mama and our little Ansley are always safe on those Louisiana highways!

Baby Room Progress

No pictures yet, but the baby room is really starting to come together. I've got most of the paint done on 3 out of the 4 walls. And a lot of the wallpaper border up too. I'll post some pics and probably a video once I get the whole room done. I moved all the furniture up against one of the walls so I could do the 3 others. Once these walls are done, I'll have to move the furniture back and start all over again on the 4th wall. But it will go MUCH faster now that I know what I'm doing. :)

22 Weeks... (Actually 28)

Well, if you're following this blog, I'm sorry I haven't updated it in a while.
I think it's been a couple months. We will be at 28 weeks on Monday and not much has changed, except that April is really starting to show! We'll have some tummy pictures soon. And April can really feel Ansley moving and kicking now.
Here are the last good ultrasound pics we got. At 22 weeks you can really see what little Ansley looks like. It's so awesome to see that little baby in mama's belly! I can't wait to see her in person!