Shower Hosted By Tuckers 3/28/09

The hostesses: (L-R) Joan Tucker, Doris Tucker, (ME), Peggy Taylor, Mary Tucker and Kim Bolding

The cute booties cake

The yummy finger foods!The great gifts from Butch's family The hamper is awesome isn't it??

The little doll dressed up as a cowboy!

Everyone just chatting

Maggie and her niece
Me, Jeanise and Stephanie
Me, Butch's niece, Shelby and my sister in law, Neida


We had a great turnout for the Baby Shower Tea in Six Mile today. I was very thankful for all the wonderful gifts we received. There was a good variety of things that were given and they are all so very appreciated! Thank you to all of those who came and took time out of their Saturday to come. I enjoyed seeing everyone and had a wonderful time! THANK YOU!

New Life Baby Shower 3/21/09

The Great Big Spread of Wonderful FoodCrazy Cha Cha (I told you I would put this picture on here!!)Part of the group

Another part..

Opening gifts
and more...
Sis. Robin and I
The Lovely Lorin Grace Hood
Billie Jo and Jess getting the fudge put out
Me crying during my "speech"
And everyone else in tears..haha.
Some of the ladies that made it happen!Two of the most organized people I've ever known!

Thank you all, again! I had a wonderful time and appreciate all the hard work that went into planning that special day for Rylan and me! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

A Thank You

Thank you to all of you who attended the baby shower at Sis.Tina's house. (By the way, thank you Sis. Tina for letting us use your beautiful home!) I really don't know how to describe in words how grateful I really am...as you could tell by my sobbing during the "speech". It's been a long 3 years we've been away from New Life and we miss it terribly. Even when you know you're in the will of God, sometimes it's not easy to let go. To all of my Praise Team family - those were the best years of my life and I will never forget the laughs and tough times we had. I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness in wanting to give me a shower that I will never forget. I knew I had made friends for life when I joined the praise team and we all became a big family, and for that I'm very thankful.

To all of you who are not on the praise team, but attend New Life, you are my family too! Thank you so much for taking time out of your Saturday evening to come and shower me with gifts - that were awesome by the way! God truly has blessed you when He gives you an awesome church family. I could never give back all you've given me over the years. There have been many of you who have been role models in my life and that is what is helping me be the pastor's wife and Sunday school teacher that I am today. I'm not being boastful - what ever I have become is because of special people like Sis. Sutton & Sis. Charlotte, who live a Godly example and are great leaders in the Kingdom of God. I hope that I am a third of what they are.

I think I've gotten off the subject big time, but I did want to let everyone know that I appreciate all the gifts and the wonderful party we had! I won't ever forget it!

I will be posting some pictures soon. So stay tuned!!

33 weeks

Well we are winding it down....we have less than 7 weeks to go, but the growth of our little squirt has not wound down at all. In fact, he is getting bigger and bigger. But that's a good thing. I'm finding it's more and more inconvenient to do things now that I have a belly the size of a basketball in my way! Haha. But it's been well worth it. Rylan will be my reward for all the aches and pains! =) I'll be surprised if I remember any of it once I have him in my arms. Oh...I can't wait.

Kamilah Rose Spence - Born 3/16/09

Kamilah Rose

Kamilah & her mommy
Maw-Maw & Paw-Paw with Kamilah

Kai holding his little cousin

Butch & Kamilah

Kamilah

Kamilah & Grandparents

My cousin Allison had her little girl yesterday and she is gorgeous! She named her Kamilah (Ca-me-luh) meaning perfect. She weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20 3/4 in. long. I've spent the last two days holding this little baby and cuddling her and looking forward to having my own little boy very soon! Here are several pictures of our new addition to the family.

Me holding Kamilah & Rylan...hehe.

32 weeks

It's been a while since I updated on the development of our little man...or our "not so little" man. I will be 32 weeks this Saturday and one step closer to having my baby in my arms. He is about 4 lbs. now and is 17 inches long. He is trying to escape from my belly - or that's what it feels like. I know he is running out of room to rock and roll like he used to, so now all he can do is poke and prod at me and kick HARD! He gets real energetic sometimes and just does drumrolls it feels like. The hiccups are another thing that's precious in itself (unless you're trying to sleep!!) He gets those quite often now...about 4-5 times a day. At least his lungs are getting practice with the hiccups. The heavy news: I can expect our miracle-gro muffin to gain about a half a pound of weight per week from now until about two weeks before birth. That means more weight to carry around!!! But the healthier he is, the better.

I have never enjoyed anything as much as I have this pregnancy. As all of my followers know from my previous post that Butch and I had tried for about a year without getting pregnant. So when we did get pregnant, it was such a blessing and miracle. I have had rough spots in the pregnancy and the gestational diabetes has not been a walk in the park. But Rylan is worth anything I have to change or go through. He is my ultimate reward for the bumps in the road. I can not wait to have him in my arms and be the best mommy I can be for him. It's hard to believe that the pregnancy is almost over, but I'm glad to be getting closer to seeing my little man's face, hands and feet...Thank God for the reward of children.

Just thoughts....

I'm still trying to figure out if Rylan looks like Butch any...and I believe he does. Most people have said he favors me in the 4D pictures (because of the BIG cheeks), but I see Butch's looks in this 4D picture compared to the baby picture of him above. It's really neat and I'm glad he has characteristics of Butch. I started feeling bad because everyone was saying he looked like me...but I'm becoming more convinced that he is going to favor his daddy! =) I know he's going to come out just like God intends him to, but it's fun to try and figure out what he's going to look like!