Planning

Looks like the planning has begun for the baby room! We have been looking at several different themes and I think we finally came to the decision to do frogs, turtles, and alligators :)  It's going to be so much fun! Chance and I went out yesterday to look at baby stuff for the first time at Babys R Us... well unfortunately the power went out in the whole shopping center so our trip was not a success... but today we went and got paint for the room.  It's called lilly pad green! YAY!  Chance got started this afternoon and has gotten the whole back wall done.  He's going to finish it later because the fumes were so bad.  (One good thing about being pregnant is that I get to watch Chance do all the hard work haha). 

Here is a picture of Chance working his tush off...

Here is a link to the bedding that I'm thinking we may get, tell me what you think about it!
http://www.babysupermall.com/main/products/coc/coc7033-890.html 

Welp, that's all we have SO far... have a BLESSED evening!!! :)

~Aimes

GREAT STORY!

Ok, if you've never seen this video you HAVE to watch it!!! It's about two guys that buy a lion cub and raise him in their home.  Eventually the lion gets too big to keep so they decide to take him back into the wild and let him go.  After a year of the lion being in the wilderness, they decide to go back and see him, even though researchers told them that the lion (Christian) would not recognize them and would be completely wild.  You have to see what happens!  I was in TEARS!!!!!!  Watching this video made me think about how wonderful God is and how he really intended our lives to be great and full of love.  No matter who you are, you will love this video!  Please leave me a comment telling me what you thought :)  This was just a random part of my day that I wanted to share with the world.

~Aimes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sju3kSTAzdI&feature=related

Finding out

OK, so we video recorded on my dvd camcorder, the whole thing the night that we found out we were having a boy and I've been trying to download it onto my computer... unfortunately because of the format of the dvd I can't get it on the computer! ugh!!!! BUT I did video it on my regular camera so I'm going to upload that instead :(  The other video is waaaay better because you actually see the cake and everything... but at least you will get to hear the reactions and all.  So here's the video, I hope you enjoy!

Make a slideshow

Baby Boy!!!

Welp... We're having a BOY!!!! I was so wrong! Everyone said it was a boy... but me.  Oh well, I guess I'm just in that 30% of women who's instincts are wrong. 

So this is how we found out...  First we went to the doctor for our gender scan, the appointment was at 4:00 in the afternoon, and we told the ultrasound tech. that we didn't want to know what it was because we were doing something special that night.  The tech. turned off the monitor so that we couldn't see at first, because she wanted to go ahead and find out what it was so that she could avoid any private parts when we got to see the baby on the screen.  She had the wand on my stomach for about two seconds before she figured out what it was... that was the first moment that I thought it may be a boy... I mean she found that thing FAST!!!! But she gave us no hints at all, which was so great in the long run.  We got to see him moving around and doing flips on the screen after that, but of course we still didn't know he was a him.  The tech. printed out the pictures and put them in a sealed envelope for us.

Next, we went to Great American Cookie Company to have a cookie cake made.  I handed them the envelope and said "Please look in the envelope and write whatever it is on the cake, but DON'T tell us what it is, we are going to find out later".  There were three girls there and they were so funny... they opened up the envelope and all of them went "awww" at the same time.  It was so sweet. 

We then went and picked up a whole bunch of barbeque for our friends and family that were coming over that night... but this time it was about 5:30, so we still had time to go home and clean a little before everyone came over.

Our friends and family started arriving around 7:00, but we had to wait until everyone was there to find out together.  The last of the group finally arrived around 7:45 and by this time we were SOOO anxious that we decided to do the cake before dinner :)  I got my mom, my dad, and sister on the phone so that they could hear the news with us.  Chance did the honors and opened up the BEAUTIFUL cake that said we would be having a BOY.  I just laughed and said "it's a boy" and thought "wow I was wrong the whole time"... 

But we are soooo excited!!!! This will be the first grand baby boy on the Darley side of the family.  He is going to be one ROTTEN child!!!  I CAN'T WAIT! Now the next thing we have to do is decide on a name... a lot harder than we thought it would be.

Enjoy the picture of his pogey! :)

P.S.  If you have any suggestions for baby boy names we would love to hear them!!!! :)

WAITING!!!

So we were supposed to find out today what we are having, but unfortunately the doctor called us to reschedule our appointment for next Tuesday.  They had to reschedule because they said we weren't far enough along yet... hmmm... who's mistake is that!?!? THEIRS! They are the ones who scheduled this appointment.  I mean it's fine and all, but I wish that they would have just scheduled us for the week later in the first place... we were just so excited to find out what we were having and now we have to wait 5 more days!  Ok... I know some of you are thinking "it's only 5 days quit complaining"... so sorry.  I was just SUPER excited about it...


Anyway... a lot of people are saying that it's a boy... pretty much EVERYONE is saying that it's a boy, except me.  I thought it was a girl from the beginning.  It's funny all of the different superstitions there are out there... here are some of the SILLY tests that we have done:


1.  The necklace over the palm - Brooke did this one to me and it swung side to side (which is supposedly a girl and a boy would have been clockwise).
2.  Heart rate - the first heart rate was 174, which is pretty high. (They say that high heart rates are girls and low heart rates are boys)
3.  Veins in the eye - a teacher that I used to work with stopped me in the mall and pulled my eye lid down to check the veins in my eye.  She said that the veins made a V which would be a girl.
4.  Dreaming - I had several dreams about having a girl.
5.  Intelligender - Now this is a test where you pee in a cup and it has chemicals in it that test your PH levels... when I did this one the color turned dark green, (high PH) which says a boy.  A girl would have been yellow to orange (low PH).  This test says "90 percent accurate" on the label of the package... but from the reviews I've read online about it, there are a lot of people that took the test and it was wrong.  So... we'll see.
6.  MORE DREAMING - WELL after taking the intelligender test, I had another dream that the intelligender test was wrong and it was a girl haha!


So... that's it... that's all I have to go by... I'M SO READY TO KNOW!!!!


What do you guys think?  GIRL OR BOY????

Granny's 70th Birthday Bash

One of the most wonderful women I know, my Granny, turned 70 today! We celebrated her birthday by throwing her a big 70th birthday bash this past Saturday the 18th.  I am VERY close to my Granny, so this was something that I was looking forward to for a while.  My Granny is my 2nd mother and has always been there for me no matter what.  I actually lived with her for a few years while I was in middle school. 

The birthday party was held at the Twiggs Academy Gymnasium.  Her daughters and grandaughters all held the party.  We made lots of little appetizers and decorated the room right outside the gym.  After chowing down on some food, Granny opened her gifts (she was loaded up with gift cards, Elvis Presley and Alan Jackson hits, clothing, and a BEAUTIFUL necklace), then Granny and her grandchildren all went and shot some hoops in the gym.  Granny even did the traditional "granny shot" for me!  Wow, she's in such GREAT shape!!! I mean have you ever seen a 70 year old woman that looked that good? 

Skyler helping Granny blow out her birthday cake!



Granny Shot!!!


Well, Granny we all love you very much and can't wait to celebrate MANY more birthdays!!!

9 weeks

This is our little pea at 9 weeks!  I couldn't believe how much I could make out in this picture... WOW!  This was on November 15, 2010.  We just had our 2nd check-up at 13 weeks.  Now we only have 2 weeks until we find out what we're having! Don't you just love technology these days?? I will be finding out at only 16 weeks! CRAZY!!!!  It's going to be wonderful to see that sweet little baby again :)

look at that head! And arms and feet! CRAZZZY!

this one's a little crooked... oops!

Welp... Have a great Friday! :)