Our Sunshine

So it turns out that I can't tell enough people that Little Miss Lyla will be making her grand entrance into the world on May 10th by way of induction-- possibly sooner if she decides she doesn't feel like being squished anymore. Matt and I are so giddy, excited, anxious to finally meet her! I've dreamed so long of having someone to share our love with and it just seems so surreal that I could be a mom any day now. One day when she reads this I want her to know that she is a dream come true and though I pray and wish and hope and wish and hope and pray that she is 100% healthy, we will love her with all of our hearts no matter what...

Christmas in March!

Yes, it took me until March to get the last but certainly not least, Christmas celebration blogged. I promised that I edited all of these photos but when I uploaded, they uploaded in the original version and I was not about to go back and upload all over again so my apologies.

Back to the Raab Christmas, aka, my Parent's house--it was a blast like always. Avery really had a great time unwrapping each gift and playing with each of them before she went to the next one. My Mom and Dad always cook so much when we're home--and they CAN COOK! It's like an eating marathon where each course gets better and better.

My lovely parents:


All of us kids:

Avery doing what she does best:

Accessorizing....

I just love the diaper bag I bought for Lyla.....ok....a little for me, too. The sales lady was really convincing in that I could use it post diaper bag as a weekend bag. I guess I'll take her word for it : ).

Birthday Buddies

My sister had her baby yesterday (on my birthday). Her name is Olivia- 7lbs 14oz. SHE IS SUCH A DOLL! I love her so much already.

I Need a Time Out

I feel like an overwhelmed blogger. I guess it's a good thing when you have so many great things happening in your life that you can't keep up with them in the blogging world. Yes, that'll be my excuse. These pics are from Raab Christmas (aka...my Dad's side).

What's In a Name?

Well, the day Matt and I discovered we were having a girl we went straight to work trying to pick a name for her. I never knew our opinions in names were so drastically different! We went through three ENTIRE books and only came up with about 5 names that were even considerable among both of us. We knew her middle name would be Rose after my mom so the name also had to sound good paired with that. Among the 5 names neither of us would budge on our favorites so we got input from our family. There was one name that was in all of our top threes that sounded beautiful with Rose and that was the one we chose. If all goes as planned, Ms. Lyla Rose will join us in the world on May 17th! I hope she loves her name as much as we do :) ....

Girl Power!

It's a girl! We are just so overjoyed and in love with this baby. Matt really had his heart set on a boy but the moment he found out it was indeed a misses, he was grinning from ear to ear. You could say she already has him wrapped around her little finger. As for me, the sudden shopping fever was overwhelming! The minute we left the clinic I found the closest boutique and bought something for her. I forsee several more purchases in the near future but I think I've done my part in preparing Matt for a household of girls.

Some fun facts about our ultrasound:

She's 1.7 lbs--right where she needs to be

SUPER active-- the ultrasound tech said it's been a long time since she's seen a baby this active

SUPER flexible--I kid you not, she was practically doing a split in my uterus

AND she has Matt's little chin and face shape

Here's our baby girl waving at us: