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Welcome Ayla Jean "AJ"

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!

Tuesday, November 18th 8:42 pm

8lbs 1oz 21 inches long

Welcomed into the world by mommy, daddy, grandma Susie, grandma Lola, and aunt Sarah

Name, Ayla means "mighty oak." Dusty found the name and we fell in love with it. We had it narrowed down to 5 names, but she definatley fit Ayla. Jean is after my mom, who's real name is Jeanne (even though she goes by Susie). If she's girly she'll be called Ayla but if she keeps being as ornery as she was in my belly or is a tomboy, AJ will suit her! :)

Pregnancy Photos

Nursery

Here are some pictures of our completed nursery! I kind of tried to do the vintage/shabby chic theme and think it turned out great. The saying on the wall reads "The angels danced the day you were born" I saw it online and fell in love with it. The crib & dresser were gifts from my parents and I love them. The crib turns into a toddler bed for later on. Now we wait...

Work Shower

My work threw me a baby shower this last week. I am so fortunate to work with such a caring and generous staff. The shower was given by my friends Laurie, Cassie, Ashley & my awesome 4th grade teammate Liz. The cake was beautiful and delicious, it read "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...Do You Know How Loved You Are." We also enjoyed playing some games. For one everyone had to cut a piece of yarn by how big they thought my belly was, and for another we had 1 min. to draw a picture of a baby while holding the paper on top of our heads! Very funny seeing a library full of teachers doing this, even funnier were the drawing results!

A Shower of Blessings

A special thank you to my mother-in-law Lola, sister-in-law Kathy, aunt Karlene, and aunt Rene for throwing such a special baby shower for us! We had fun playing games like present bingo, baby memory, and pick the pins out of rice! We are blessed to have such wonderful family & friends and know our baby girl will grow up knowing how special she is. Thank you for all the beautiful gifts of love! -Jess, Dusty & Baby

34 Weeks, 6 to go!

Saturday marks 34 weeks along! We had a Dr. apt today and all continues to be great. I have gained a total of 24 lbs. and she continues to poke & jab like crazy. Sleeping at night is getting more uncomfortable but overall I am feeling great. Dusty thinks it is great that I have started "nesting" because I have been cleaning like crazy. haha!

30 Weeks

We are at 30 weeks...10 weeks to go! The time is going fast now and my belly has gotten a lot bigger in the last month. She continues to be very active and is kicking and moving around as I'm typing this. As I tell Dusty, "The force is getting stronger" as her kicks and punches are hard! It's also so weird to see the alien like movements from the outside. The last Dr. apt with the glucose test went well, we never heard back so I guess I passed. I have gained 14 lbs. total and all is well. When we were in last our Dr. scheduled all our apts up till the due date so that was crazy. We are all signed up for our classes too. We take a breastfeeding class this month, birthing class in Oct. and then infant care in Nov. busy, busy! We have the nursery all ready except we are waiting on the crib & dresser to come in. We ordered it in Bend from the same place my sister got hers. The crib & dresser are baby's gifts from my folks so we are very lucky!