Home from the hospital

Aaron came home from the hospital and got to meet lots of family members. We are excited to have him home and get used to being parents. He has been sleeping good ... which his mom and dad are thankful for.

Aaron Griffith Gaines has arrived!!

Aaron weighed in a 6 lbs 14 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Labor was suprising not as bad as I expected it to be. I was in labor from 3am to about 9am before the epidural... thank God for drugs... I was a happy camper after that. Here is a picture... I will post more pictures when I look better.

Labor Day

Proving that it is possible to surf the web and be in labor at the same time! It is 11:00am on the 19th... much happier after the epidural. I am surpising myself at how brave I am.... didn't even feel the IV. Baby Gaines will be here in a few hours.... hopefully not to much longer.

Baby Showers

Shower at Granny's

Shower at work

Nursery Pictures

30 weeks and counting/Preggy pics

Buck Mccann (buckmcannphotography.com) ...look Buck free advertising! Buck was kind enough to take some preggy pictures of me while I was visiting in Monroe since I haven't taken any at all since I got pregnant. Actually avoiding cameras all together... but I think these came out great.

Fun with David

Aunt Hollie and Uncle Tim are in Hawaii this week. We are having lots of fun with David while they are gone.

First Views of Baby Gaines

We had our 3/4D sonogram today at AngelPrints. Much to the grandparent's dismay we did not cave in and find out the sex of the baby. Everyone had their opinion on who the little one looks like. I think it has Andrew's nose and my lips. It definitly has Andrew's fingers :). Could be a future piano player!

Baby's first trip to Italy

Childhood Home Gone but not Forgotten

Here are some before and after pictures of my parent's house in Pineville.

First Doctor's Appt

Wednesday I had my first appt. with my new doctor. Andrew and I both really liked her alot. They loaded us down with way to many questions and to much information. But I am happy to report that it is possible for me to have my blood drawn without passing out or crying... dad would be so proud! Andrew treated me to lunch for being so brave. I have picked out my crib set from babies r us... here is a picture of it.

We are going with Honey bees... really the only gender neutral set that I liked... its yellow, green, and black gingham.

Telling Abby's Parents

Well here's how it went down. Since its my birthday coming up...Andrew and I decided to do a "fake" surprise party for me in order to really surprise my parents. Andrew wrote my mom an email saying he was planning a surprise party for me at a restaurant and had already ordered a cake. So when the cake came out the waitress put it in front of mom...and it didn't say happy birthday. The pictures explain it all.......

We're having a Baby!

Apparently God listened a little to hard when I said that I didn't want to get pregnant until we had been married for 2 years... b/c that's exactly what happened. We found out that we were going to have a baby on our anniversary! I had been feeling pretty icky and wasn't sure exactly what was wrong with me so my boss convinced me to take a pregnancy test. I stopped at CVS to pick up a cheap one thinking that why waste all that money on a nice digital test when it was just going to say negative anyway. Well it didn't and I still couldn't believe it ...so I made poor Andrew drive around to 2 different stores until we found a digital test b/c 2 little blue lines weren't going to satisfy me... I needed to see the words PREGNANT!