Wednesday, July 24, 2013

It's a.........

Folks - I know July 10th has long come and gone, and I am just now updating the blog, but I figure most of y'all saw the update on facebook.  BUT for those of you who haven't heard, we are having a sweet and precious little GIRL!!  We are beyond excited for our new addition to the family.  We're especially excited that cousin Spencer will have a friend to boss around play with!! I can't wait for Christmas with 2 sweet little baby girls!

If you're curious, we still haven't picked a name yet.  We have about 5 boy names we love, but we just can't settle on a girl's name - yet!  I know it's out there, we've just yet to figure it out :)  If anyone has any inspiration - feel free to let me know!  In the meantime, let's just enjoy how much of a cutie she is already. :)

 
I promised more belly pictures, so here are weeks 19-21!
 

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Baby girl is definitely starting to make her presence known in momma's belly!  She loves to roll around and kick or punch me (I can't tell which yet!)  I haven't quite figured out her "active" periods yet and she hasn't woken me up with her kicks yet, so I'm really enjoying it right now!!  We look forward to keeping y'all updated on her progress!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Only a few more days....!

July 10th, July 10th, July 10th!  That's right folks, only a week left before we FINALLY find out if baby Armstrong is a mini-Brad or a mini-Jen.  We are so stinkin curious and it is killing us not knowing! Props to you moms and dads out there who have chosen not to find out, I just couldn't do it - at least not for the first one.  Pregnancy is still going great so far!  I have been so blessed to really enjoy it up to this point.  If you want to see pictures of the slightly growing belly, skip down to the pictures at the end. BUT I suggest you wait because what you're about to see is way, WAY cuter:

 
 
 
What did I tell you?  Cutest thing you've ever seen?  I thought so :)  World, meet Ms. Spencer Gray Yousefnejad, the newest member of our family.  Our niece was born June 26th around 8pm and has been loved on non-stop ever since.  How could you not love on something so adorable?  Kristy (Brad's sister) is doing excellent, as is sweet Spencer (and Anthony of course!)  We were so fortunate to be able to visit for several days and look forward to seeing her again very soon.  Here's a fun picture of Spencer and cousin Armstrong a few weeks before she was born.


Another fun thing we did recently was a trip to Nashville, TN.  I posted last time about Chris & Marie and their sweet boy, Jacob.  They moved to TN over a year ago and we finally made it out there to visit!  My cousin Brittany also recently started her residency at Vanderbilt (GO BRITT!) so we got to spend some good quality time with her as well.  We also got to see the band Robinson (pictures below), including some of our favorites - John, Brentice, James (& Callie & the girls) & Tyler.  AND I got to see the one and only Rachel Walton.  It was a pretty fabulous trip if you ask me.  We didn't do anything too crazy, but it was great to see what their everyday lives look like.  We went to the park (Percy Warner Park - you should check it out if you're ever in the area), ate at their favorite local spots, hung out by the campfire eating homemade ice cream - lived the country life.  It is absolutely beautiful out there and we can't wait to go back soon.

The boys making fishing poles for their manly adventure, with Jake's help of course.


It's tough waking up in the morning, but bear hats and snuggles with daddy always help!
 
And now for baby pictures! Sadly I missed a couple weeks, but I'll do my best to remember from here on out!!

Week 11

Week 13

Week 14
 
Week 16

Week 17
 
Week 18