Dear Mary Lee

A letter to our blessing from above:

Dear Mary Lee,

Mommy and daddy love you so much! We are so blessed to call you our daughter! Back in January, when mommy and daddy found out that God had answered our prayers of wanting a child, we were excited beyond belief. You see, mommy and daddy had fasted and prayed for days, along with our church. We fasted and prayed that God would bless us with a child in His perfect timing. During this time of fasting and prayer, God told us (through Pastor Pat) that our prayers of having a child would be answered. We were in amazement at just how awesome God truly is! When we confirmed that you were in fact on your way, we felt that an overwhelming blessing had just been given to us. You are going to be brought into this world in a few short days, and we cannot wait for your arrival!

Here are a few things mommy and daddy want you to know:

We will tell you about Jesus.

We will always love you beyond belief.

We will take care of you.

We will pray for you.

We will pray with you.

We will protect you.

We will be there for you.

We will read the Bible with you.

We will teach you.

We love you so much! We cannot wait to hold you in our arms. We will welcome you into this world soon, and we cannot wait to bring you home!

We love you,

Mommy and Daddy

She's Coming!

I went to the doctor today for my 38 week appointment. Mary Lee is measuring rather large, so Dr. Heath scheduled an induction for Tuesday! We have to be at the hospital at 8:00 Monday night, so I can be started on medication to soften my cervix. I will start pitocin Tuesday morning at 5:00! What a blessing! Griffin and I are soooooooo excited and ask for your continued prayers in the coming days! We cannot wait to meet our precious daughter!

Hospital Stay

Tuesday at about 3:00 pm I started feeling some pretty severe upper abdominal pain. I was a little scared about what it was, but pregnancy brings so many aches and pains that I tried to ignore it. Well, the pain lasted throughout the night. I could not sleep at all that night, and about 2:00 am, I started feeling very nauseated along with the abdominal pain. I started throwing up at about 5:oo am. I called my OB office Wednesday morning when they opened. They told me to come in right away. After doing a urine test, Dr. Heath told me that I was very dehydrated. She also did an ultrsound to determine if gallstones were causing the abdominal pain...No gallstones showed up. She then hooked me up to monitors to see if I was contracting. Well, I was definitely having contractions. So...Dr. Heath decided to send me to Labor and Delivery to be put on IV fluids for the dehydration and monitor the contractions. Finally, after 4 bags of fluids, I was no longer dehydrated. My contractions had also stopped. After bloodwork, they also found that my pancreatic enzymes were elevated. At this point, Dr. Heath decides that I need to spend the night in the hospital...ugh! Because of the elevated pancreatic enzymes, Dr. Heath orders that a GI doctor see me. He determines that I have pancreatitis. Common symptoms of this are abdominal pain, nausea, and vomitting (I had all 3). Pretty much the cure is not to eat so that the pancreas can rest and return to normal. I am now on a low fat diet so Mary Lee will get nutrients but my pancreas will not have to work too hard. I am now out of the hospital, but I am still not feeling great. Hopefully, I can recover the next few days and be ready to start school fresh on Monday. I am so ready to meet Mary Lee, but I am glad she did not make her grand entrance into the world this week! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

30 weeks and Nursery Pics

Well, I am almost 30 weeks! I cannot believe how fast it is going now! We went in for a 4D ultrasound Thursday, and we got a few good pics. I am going back for another one Tuesday to try to get some better pics. I will upload 4D ultrasound pics after my appointment Tuesday. We saw enough to know that Mary Lee will be adorable!

The nursery is pretty much finished now...just need a few small accessories, so I am uploading pics! Thank you to Callie Ward for the AMAZING cross pictures and Jessica Turner for the BEAUTIFUL name canvas on the door (which will also be on the hospital door)...and thank you mom and dad for buying it! School is about to start back, so I finished the nursery just in time!

Olivia Love Millington is born!!

Our goddaughter, Olivia Love Millington, has arrived!  She was born on June 30, 2009 at 2:40 p.m.  She weighed 8 lbs, 6oz and was 21 1/2 inches!  She is absolutely beautiful!  Amy and JR are so blessed and deserve this amazing baby girl!

Nursery Progress

I still need pictures on the wall and accesories, but here it is so far...

Here is the crib and bedding! I painted the letters above the crib...not perfect, but I like them!

Inside of the crib...Griffin wanted to get in it because it looks and feels so soft!

Close up of the bedding!


Changing Pad on Dresser




Very soft and comfy chair!

Our Life

I decided to start a blog.  I am primarily doing this to keep family and friends updated on our life. I will have a lot more to blog about once Mary Lee arrives.  She is due October 6th!  She is already such a blessing in our lives.  We prayed and prayed for her before she was even formed...God answered our prayers!  I am out of school for the summer!  Griffin is doing rotations full time in the hospital...He just finished Internal Medicine and is about to start OB/GYN!  He will probably know and have seen too much by the time I deliver!  Since school has been out, I have been working  in Mary Lee's nursery...it is really coming along!  I will post pictures of the nursery soon.  I look forward to continuing to blog; although, I am still trying to figure it all out!