30 weeks...

Baby Lily is about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds, like a head of cabbage. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face.

30 week baby bump!

10 weeks to go

Beth Moore -2009 Living Proof Live Simulcast

This past weekend our church, Prestonwood North,

hosted a live simulcast with Beth Moore!

It was amazing...so challenging, felt like an entire Bible Study thrown into 2 days!

L to R: Julie, Susan, Lindsay, Katie, Jen & Julie

We studied Psalm 37:1-9, with the focus being on verse 4...Our Heart's Deepest Desires.

We looked at 7 facts about this verse. 1)Nothing dictates our lives like our desires. 2) Beneath the desires of our hearts is the heart of our desires. (chew on that for a bit!) 3) Delighting in God adapts our desires into inevitabilities. 4) Nothing external can steal our right to delight. 5) To make room for delight, we've got to commit. 6) Nothing is passive about patiently waiting for desire to turn into delight. 7) Till faith becomes sight, trust God and do good.

Whew...so much to learn and take in! If you are interested in any of these facts and you didn't get to see the live simulcast, please leave a comment on this post and Julie will send you her notes! (*please leave your email address in your comment!)

Dear Baby Fairy...

Dear sweet sweet Baby Fairy...whoever you are...wherever you are...Thank you!

Thank you for blessing our family and our sweet baby girl with the thoughtful gifts, and the sweet cards, we wish there were some way to thank you, but we have no idea who you are! We have never heard of someone doing this, but think it is the sweetest thing in the world. We are always so blessed to see what the Baby Fairy has mailed us! The dress with bloomers are absolutely precious, the tiny slipper shoes are to cute for words, and now this unbelievably soft blanket...we are so grateful! We can't wait to share with our precious Lily that she had a Baby Fairy! She will think that is the coolest thing!

We thought maybe somehow through blog land...our thank you might reach you? We send hugs and many many thanks to you! May the Lord bless you!

Shower for Amy...

Our sweet friends Jeff & Amy Jackson are having their first baby 2 weeks before us!

His name will be Hunter Luke Jackson!

Here are a few pics from her shower last weekend...

Jeff is a football coach, so Hunter's room is sports themed. The hostesses made this adorable sign with Hunter's name and decorated with a sports theme!

This was a sweet blanket Amy's sister gave her with scripture on it.

Amy could not stop crying when she opened it!

Amy & Julie

29 weeks...

Our baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds, like a butternut squash, and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is growing bigger to make room for her developing brain. This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited into Lily's hardening skeleton each day.

29 week baby bump!

11 weeks to go!

Wow...check out the beautiful sunrise God showed us this morning!

Does that not take your breath away!

Weekend Getaway!

We took a mini vacation this past weekend before our sweet Lily arrives and before all the fall events kick off at church. We left for Southlake Town Square Thursday afternoon and returned to real life late Saturday night. Southlake Town Square is near Grapevine, so it's not a far drive but once you're there, you feel like you're far away from everything! We came to this place for our 1yr Anniversary which was almost two years ago and fell in love with the place so we went back for our mini vacation and had an amazing time!

Here is the Hilton Southlake where we stayed. Our room was one of the balcony rooms under the Hilton sign, so we had a beautiful view of the Town Square! Yes, the picture is crooked on purpose! Julie got to play with her new camera while we were on our trip...so hope you enjoy the pics!

Thursday night dinner was at Taco Diner...Yummo!

Yes, we are "those" people that take pictures of our food if it's picture worthy! If you know us well, this doesn't surprise you! Carter had some amazing pork tacos.

Harkins Theatre is the movie theatre in the Town Square, this picture was taken from our balcony. Thursday night we saw G.I. Joe and Friday night we saw Julie & Julia...both awesome movies!!

Friday we had breakfast and then headed to the Terrace Retreat Spa in our hotel. After several hours of pampering there we headed to lunch and then back to the room for a nap! What a day!

We also did some shopping on our little stay...of course mostly for Lily!! We visited the cutest baby stores...Baby Bliss and Janie & Jack and we had to go through the huge Anthropology...love it! We laughed when we saw this store...Lilly...because when we were here two years ago, we were eating lunch at Brio and looked across the street and saw this store and Julie said "Lilly...I like that name a lot!" Well...here we are two years later having our very own Lily...we just took out one of the l's!

Friday night we ate at Brio...an Italian restaurant that we really like! We have only eaten there one other time, and it was on our last visit to Southlake, so this is our little place to go when we visit! No food pictures...we were too hungry, the food didn't last long enough for a picture!

Saturday was spent at the pool and then we headed home! We are so thankful we were able to get away for a few days!

28 weeks...

By this week, Lily is weighing two and a quarter pounds, like a Chinese cabbage, and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world!

28 week baby bump!

Laney turns 5!

Julie's niece, Laney, turned 5yrs old on Tuesday! Her Ariel party moved from the swimming pool outside to Chick-fil-A inside because of the possible storms rolling in. She had a blast with all her friends!

One of Laney's gifts was a princess picnic basket and she asked Carter to join her for a picnic! Rex invited himself to the party too! So cute!

27 weeks...

This week, Lily is weighing over 2 lbs and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers! With more brain tissue developing, Lily's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now.

Oh sweet Lily...we pray that you continue to grow and stay healthy for the next 12 weeks or so inside mommy's belly. We love you so much!

27 week baby bump!

26 weeks...

Lily at 26 weeks!
You can see her precious face on the left side of this picture...looks like she's pretty cozy in there snuggling up to her momma! :)

This week, the network of nerves in Lily's ears are better developing and are more sensitive than before. She's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of her lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when she's born and takes that first gulp of air. She is continuing to put on more baby fat...weighing in at 2 lbs and 1 oz this week and measures about 14 inches from head to heel!
Wow...she is getting so big!


26 week baby bump!