She has arrived!

Well, I mentioned that I got to go visit my friend Jill at the hospital on Sunday...
While I was there I snapped a couple of photos of their new addition. She is so adorable! I can't believe that Abbey was once as small as Ellery! It is so amazing how quickly they grow!
Isn't she adorable? She is just perfect!

Jill looked fantastic! You would never had guessed she just had a baby!
I love my friend!
Ahhh...thank God for wonderful girlfriends!

Even Aaron braved holding little Ellery...

He did a great job holding her while I took some shots...
...don't you just love all the faces that newborns make?
She must have caught a whiff of something on that last shot!!! Ha ha!

Aaron! What did you do!?!?!

Just kiddin'....I love you babe! He he =)

Oh, and stay tuned...we will definitely have a little 'newborn' shoot of this doll!

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter yesterday.
We sure did! We got to see family and friends at church...and then my good friend Jill's new baby! (Pictures to come!)

After all of that...we went home to spend some quality time with just the three of us. =)

...which, of course, included a photoshoot of Abbey in her new Easter Hat.



Thank you Elkus Family, for thinking of Abbey when seeing this hat! I absolutely love it!
She's my little lamb... ;)

You can check out some more of Abbey's pictures on her site! Thanks for taking a look!

Today...I remember.

As a close friend of mine said a few weeks ago...'I'm all about nostalgia today.'

One year ago, today...I was at Ethan Allen shopping for couches with my husband, when I started to get my first real contractions. I decided that it was probably NOT a good idea to 'try any more of them out' in case my water decided to break!
Later that evening at 8:16, Aaron and I welcomed into our little family a baby girl who would, 48 hours later, go by the name of Abbey Grace.



This year has been sooooo incredibly amazing!

Though we've had to:
1) live on less sleep than we even got in college,
2) change yucky diapers...and sometimes clothing, and bedding, etc.,
3) taste questionable baby food for the sake of not burning Abbey's little mouth,
4) listen to loads of crying...A LOT
5) eliminate late night fun with friends...mostly because we're exhausted!

We are now greeted with smiles,
and receive hugs and kisses from this little One Year Old girl...

How could life get any sweeter?

Who would have thought that God would trust us with something so precious??
We are so blessed.

I love you so much, my Abbey!
Happy Birthday!!!

28

That's how many years I've been alive...not counting the months spent in the womb, of course. =) I know I'm not old....but I'm getting OLD! Ha ha! It's all about perspective I guess.
Anyhow, today started out not so great (still have my cold, I was late to my ONE birthday plan because Abbey pooped all over the floor and then proceeded to rub it into my carpet...need I go on???)
....but then, because of all of my WONDERFUL family and TREMENDOUS friends....today turned out not so bad afterall. =)

I just wanted to say thank you to ALL of you for wishing me a Happy Birthday...
...for sending me cards in the mail...
...for posting Blogs about my b-day and telling all of YOUR friends to wish me a good day ;)...
...for taking me out to lunch (thanks Mom!)...
...for having custom necklaces made for me (Mom again! She's the BEST!)...
...for leaving presents on my doorstep...
...but most of all, for being so kind to me, loving me....and praying for me...over the last few days, months, and some of you...
...over the last 28 YEARS!

Sorry to be so cheesy and sappy....but, seriously!

I am so blessed to have you all in my life!
THANK YOU!!

lots of love and appreciation,
amber

More Little Ones are Coming!

So, here's for a little flashback...

Three of my closest girlfriends and I, decided to get pregnant together in the Summer of 2006. (I stole these next two photos off my friend's blog). We thought it'd be better if we had the support of one another....boy, were we right!!!


All four babies were born within 2 months of each other....3 boys and 1 girl (Abbey).


Now we are in the middle of celebrating all of their one year birthdays! So fun!

Being a parent to Abbey has been the most incredible, rewarding experience of my life. She is just so amazing! I can't believe that it has been almost a year already since we've brought her home. We are so blessed to have her...and thank God every day!

Abbey's birthday is on March 11th...so, I'll be sure to post photos when her party comes around.

Anyhow, the second wave has begun! Two more of the 'most awesome girls I know!' are pregnant and scheduled to deliver soon!

This is a photo of all of us (we started a Bible Study years ago...and have been together since!)...minus Tira (I can't find a picture with all of us! Is that terrible, or what?!?!) Anyhow, this is us at a Halloween Party in 2005, I think. Before kids...(Yes, Maressa is holding a doll...she REALLY wanted to have a baby! Ha ha!)


Jill, the blond in the top row, is due on March 12th. That's only three weeks away! AND....she's having a girl!
Wahoo! A little girlfriend for Abbey to play dress-up with. =)

She opted out of pregnancy photos...BUT, I'll be taking lots of her little one when she arrives, so stay tuned!

The second prego, is my friend Leah...due on April 1st (is that funny?). She is Eve in the photo above. The cool thing about Leah, is that she and her husband are 'doing it old fashion' and have no clue what they are having! Isn't that exciting! I don't think I could ever do that with my Type A personality...
...but I'm really excited for them! =)

She asked me to do photos the other day and I thought they came out really nice. So, I asked if I could share a few with you guys...

...doesn't she look amazing?!?!



























I'm so excited for both of you ladies! Motherhood is such a gift! You're gonna LOVE it!