Road Trip and 34 weeks

While Zach was out of town working for a couple weeks, Kinley and I made a 10 day road trip to visit all the grandparents. I didn't do very well at taking pictures at Mimi and Mony's house because I had been having sciatica very bad this pregnancy, but as of last wednesday, it's gone!! Thank you Lord!

Kinley had a big surprise when she arrived at Mimi and Mony's....a swingset! Or as she calls it, "Kinley's park"

We had a fun time with Mammy and Pop, too! And all our cousins!

Daddy and Kinley talking about the 50 states. We've got AR and TX down.

Gearing up for the Rangers vs Red Sox opening day in Arlington

I LOVE this face!

 Mammy almost disowned Kinley with her Boston shirt on, but decided she's too cute!

 Bubble time with cousins. Mason was practicing his boxing skills on the bubbles

 I think I took around 40 pictures to get 1 with all the kiddos looking in the same direction!

But I got one!!!!

 Nash is about 6 weeks older than Kinley. K wanted to sit beside him on the stool!

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 34

Size of baby: about 4 3/4 lbs size of a cantaloupe

Total Weight Gain: 24 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Who doesn't wear maternity clothes at 9 months?!!

Gender: GIRL! 

Kamryn (some day she'll have a middle name)

Movement: Zach says it looks like an alien is in my belly

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good right now. I am so thankful

What I miss: Being able to bend and move around easily

Cravings: sweets! recently orange kool aid and fruit

Symptoms: Honestly besides being tired and hard to bend and move I'm feeling great. The sciatica has been gone for more than a week now. 

Best Moment this week: Hearing Kamryn's heartbeat at my dr appt and hearing the dr say, "at your next appt we will start your weekly visits."  Hooray!!

Beauty and the Beast

Kinley is really getting into movies...especially ones with lots of music. Her newest fav is "Tale as old as time" from Beauty and the Beast. Most mornings I am awakened to this tune over the monitor. A few nights ago we got a serenade at dinner.

Daddy Daughter Date

This week I hosted a girls night recipe exchange dinner party. While I giggling with a bunch of girls, Daddy and Kinley had a date night. I'm not sure who was more excited about their outting. Here's a cute picture of the two before they left.

 They went to the two best places in K's world right now..."Chick-Ta-Yea" (Chick-fil-a) and the park! What a lucky girl to have such a cool daddy! I'll have to remind her of this in about 10-12 years.

And this is what she looked like when she got home! Think they had fun?!

A Picnic and Blessings

The Spring like weather over the weekend was fantastic. We had Mimi and Mony visiting for the weekend and decided to enjoy the sunshine and pack and picnic. We ended up at a great park in Fayetteville so Uncle Kent and Melissa could join us.

I'm almost embarrassed to include this picture because of the side view of this belly, but my mother was behind the camera telling me it was necessary to have pictures taken of me in this state. I wonder how many pictures were taken of her at 30+ weeks pregnant. :)

Babies are a miracle, so I'm looking beyond myself image!!

 Kinley loved looking at the little fish in the water

After the park, Kinley and Mony had story time in her princess tent

Yesterday I heard the song "Blessings" by Laura Story. 

The chorus really spoke to me so I started listened to the reminder of the song and had to look it up when I got home. Really makes you think of what blessings we might be missing out on because they aren't what we are looking for.

Laura Story - "Blessings" Lyrics

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
But long that we'd have the faith to believe

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home, is not our home

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise

Dance party

A few weeks ago I had a meeting or something where I was gone for a few hours and this is what I came home to see. These two have the best time together.

I love the dance move at the end...almost head banging!

The pictures in the previous post were from this same evening photo shoots and dance parties. What's a girl not to love about that?!!

Faces

My two favorite faces!

Think they had fun?!!