Few more vacation pics

We are home, well I am. Michael left this morning for Scottsdale. He will be back tomorrow. We had a great vacation, and now have lots to do here at the house. We are planning to move September 1, but will not know for sure until August 23rd. So, we are going to look at some housing options there, and get all our ducks in a row and be ready to go if that is the case. We decided that if the project passes, it is best for us to go ahead and get out there before the baby is born. I really want to get things set up and settled before our lives are turned upside down. Your continued prayers in all this are appreciated!

29 Weeks

This week...

"Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day."

Trying to get lots of calcium :-) We want strong bones.

Vacation flies by...

Out time here is almost to an end. We can't believe we have been here for a week now. The time has flown by. I have gotten some great sleep the last couple of nights, and I am so thankful for that blessing. Today is Annual Meeting- they have a annual meeting about the club and then there are lots of festivities that take place. The boys are really excited to compete in some relays and games. Here are a few pics from the week...

Maternity Pictures

Jamie Rogers took my maternity pictures last week. We had a great time playing around and taking some really sweet pictures. My favorites are not ones that I can share on the internet, but here are a few that are safe for viewing by all. Thank you so much Jamie- you are the best!!! Check her out and book her for your children and maternity pictures- she is on my link list!

28 Weeks

This week...
"By this week, your baby weighs a little over 2 pounds and measures almost 15 inches from the top of his head to his heels. He can blink his eyes, which now sport lashes. With his eyesight developing, he may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. He's also developing billions of neurons in his brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world."

His movements continue to get bigger and stronger, but they still feel a bit boney. He needs some time to get some meat on his bones. My back has been hurting pretty bad, and I am not getting much sleep at night because of it... preperation for less sleep, or so I am told :-) But all in all still feelin' pretty good, just uncomfortable.

Sweet Time

We are on vacation! It is 6:45 a.m. and Michael and I just watched the sunrise together sippin on some coffee. For once, I was actually awake before Michael this morning. We got here friday- here is Sequanota in Charlevoix, Michigan. I know you must be thinking, Michigan for vacation-why? Well, I would have been thinking that too and I grew up coming to Michigan, but this place is AMAZING. Sequanota is a little private club on Lake Charlevoix that Michael's family has been coming to for over 75 years. They have a house here that has an amazing view. You can just sit out on the porch and stare out at God's magnificent creation. Michael's family comes every summer for about 2 weeks, and I am so thankful that our kids will have a place like this to visit when growing up. Everyone knows everyone because they have all been coming for many many years. The parents and the kids grew up together here in the summers.

Yesterday we relaxed on the beach. I read some magazines and tried to tan little Trev. I used lots of sunscreen though :-) Last night we went to a picnic on the beach on Lake Michigan. It is what you do here at Sequanota on a Sunday evening. They build a big fire and everyone brings hot dogs and smores! It is great! The weather is perfect. Mid 80's-90's during the day and very cool at night.

Here are some pics so far.

VACATION and prayer needed

We head out tomorrow morning to Michigan for 10 days. We are so excited for a vacation- our little babymoon. Michael's family has a lakehouse on Lake Charlevoix that feeds into Lake Michigan, and it is absolutely awesome! We will join his family there, minus sister Laura who has to stay here for school- we will miss her!

Upon our return, we have some big decisions regarding our move to Scottsdale to make and start acting on. Please pray for us as we make the decision to move before or after baby. I am being stretched for patience and peace with this decision, and I know the Lord has it all taken care of already, but I have a hard time not knowing. :-) It just does not seem ideal either way, but who am I kidding. Is life ideal, to our standards anyway? I am just getting very anxious at the thought of our little guy entering this world and everything being okay. I know that I need not worry, but I can't seem to really hold onto that! I am a worrier and a planner, and I am doing better with that but it is a constant struggle. I need to really grasp a hold of His word that I have read oh so many times...

"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Baby Shower

We had a wonderful time celebrating with friends and family! Thank you so much to our sweet friends who worked so hard to make it so special! My camera died so I did not get many pictures, but this is what I have. We got so many sweet little things, and it makes me so excited for his arrival. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

27 Weeks! Yay for Timester 3!

This week...
"This week your baby weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14.4 inches long with his legs extended. He can now open and close his eyes, and he sleeps and wakes at regular intervals. He may suck his fingers, and although his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with assistance — if he were to be born prematurely. Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and isn't bothersome to him, so enjoy the tickle. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. Wonder what he's thinking?"

We went to the Dr. yesterday and everything is looking good! He continues to be quite active, and I can really tell that he is growing, as my belly is also :-) He has dropped down in the last week and is sittin low. My back is hurting from the weight and my hands and feet are swollen, but all in all I still feel pretty good. Three months to go... :-)

A proud mama...

I just have to brag on my dog Bagby for a sec. If you know him, you know he has quite a personality. He is very funny- he reminds us of the donkey on Shreck- annoying but cute! He has this problem of running off outside- my fault in his early training or lack there of :-) Well, we were working in the yard this last weekend and Bagby sat in the yard for hours without running off. He listens to Michael a lot better than me- surprise surprise. I was so proud of him for being such a good boy. This was a really big deal for him! He is such a good dog, and I hope and pray that he is good with the baby. He likes kids-hopefully he will adjust okay. Here are some pics of his front yard freedom!

Another year

I had a pretty nice birthday all in all! Although, I ruined most of my husband's plans for the day... He was trying to stick little happy birthday notes around the house before he left for work, but I woke up and came out. Sorry babe! I baked some cinnamon rolls (this was at 5:30 am), read a little, and went back to sleep for an hour. I went and worked out and then I had to go to the ENT Dr. to get something checked out in my nose- I have a problem in my sinus. If you could be praying for that I would really appreciate it. Basically, I have a polyp in my sinus (yuck) and have to have a CT scan after the baby comes to see how big it is and to make sure it is benign. It is quite possible that I will have to have surgery to have it removed. Little unnerving! Happy Birthday me :-)

My sister in law Micki baked me a cake and brought it over- very sweet! My niece, Kylie, sang Happy birthday to me for the 5th time that day - she loves birthdays, well really birthday cake! She left me a message that morning that was soooooo precious. Gosh I love that girl!

Then I went shopping the rest of the afternoon with some gift cards I got. Michael tried to plan a surprise birthday dinner, but I kind of figured it out. Several things were a bit odd to me, and I assumed that there would be people there.

Aside, from the news at the Dr., it was a very nice day. Thanks to my sweet husband, and all my friends and family for your kind words and wishes! I love you more than you know!

Michael wrote on our mirror! :-)


Pretty flowers from my mom


Celebrating at dinner with family...

Facts about July 11, 1980

More than you ever wanted to know about 7/11/80... (from our financial planner Juan Garza, of The Gardner Group-not sure where he got if from.)

11 July 1980
Your date of conception was on or about 19 October 1979 which was a Friday.

You were born on a Friday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 9.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444431.5.
The golden number for 1980 is 5.
The epact number for 1980 is 13.
The year 1980 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/16/1980 and ending 2/4/1981.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Monkey.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 27 Tammuz 5740.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 28 Tammuz 5740.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 20 February 1980.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1980.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 1 June 1980.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 11 September 1980.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 1 April 1980.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 19 February 1980.

As of 7/11/2007 11:10:21 AM EDT
You are 27 years old.
You are 324 months old.
You are 1,409 weeks old.
You are 9,861 days old.
You are 236,675 hours old.
You are 14,200,510 minutes old.
You are 852,030,621 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Marie Serneholt (1983)
Lisa Rinna (1965)
Suzanne Vega (1959)

Mark Lester (1958)
Leon Spinks (1953)
Giorgio Armani (1934)

Tab Hunter (1931)
Yul Brynner (1920)
E.B. White (1899)

John Quincy Adams (1767)

Top songs of 1980:

Lady by Kenny Rogers
Upside Down by Diana Ross

Call Me by Blondie
Starting Over by John Lennon

Another Brick In the Wall by Pink Floyd
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen

Rock with You by Michael Jackson
Magic by Olivia Newton-John

Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.85949119373777 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)

There are 366 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 28 candles.

27 candles produce 27 BTUs,
or 7,056 calories of heat (that's only 7.0560 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.20 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1980 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US .
In 1980 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1980 in the US there were 2,406,708 marriages (10.6%) and 1,182,000 divorces (5.2%)
In 1980 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

Your birthstone is Ruby
Ruby is said to open one's heart to love.

Your birth tree is
Fir Tree, the Mysterious

Extraordinary taste, dignity, cultivated airs, loves anything beautiful, moody, stubborn, tends to egoism but cares for those close to it,rather modest, very ambitious, talented, industrious uncontent lover, many friends, many foes, very reliable.

There are 167 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 180 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning crescent.

Free Slurpees!

Go have a slurpee for free today at 7Eleven for my birthday! Enjoy!

And his name shall be....

TREVIN MATTHEW KERSEY!

"The boy's name Trevin \t-re-vin\ is pronounced TREV-in. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "fair town"."

Matthew is for Michael's big brother that passed away when Michael was in college. He is most definately missed and never forgotten!

Trevin is a name that is growing in popularity, but I had never heard it before. We both like it- it is different but does not sound way out there!

This was a hard thing for us to decide on... not that we had very many disagreements. It is just that his name is such a big thing to decide- it is a permanent part of his life here on earth. PRESSURE! But what an awesome privilege! We can't promise that we won't change our minds, but I think we have the winner. Little TK will be a stud!

26 Weeks!

This week...

"Your baby now weighs a little under 2 pounds and measures about 14 inches, from head to heel. The nerve pathways in his ears are developing, which means his response to sounds is growing more consistent. His lungs are developing now, too, as he continues to take small breaths of amniotic fluid — good practice for when he's born and takes that first breath of air. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days."

The growth of our little boy (i thought i had a belly at 10 weeks :-)- i can only imagine what i will look like 3 months from now)...

10 weeks.


14 weeks.


18 weeks.


22 weeks.


26 weeks.




He continues to be quite active most days. His movements are getting so much bigger, and starting to be a "little" unpleasant at times. It truly is incredible! I am very thankful to feel his movements... it keeps my mind more at ease! We are very excited to celebrate this next weekend with friends and family at our baby shower.

Our Busy Few Days

Last year on July 3rd, Michael and I got engaged in Santa Fe, NM! We decided to eat our frozen wedding cake now, since we won't be moving the cake to AZ with us (if we ever move!!!!) The white cake was NASTY- it smelled bad too! The chocolate one was not so bad, but we just had a bite. Here is a pic of our 7 month old cakes...



Tuesday night, we went out to dinner with some friends at BJ's and much to my surprise we celebrated mine and Robyn's birthdays. It is not until next week, but Robyn will be out of town. We have the same birthday, born a year apart. Side note- Robyn and I met in the 8th grade and bonded over a conversation about our July birthday! Our friend Lindsay was so sweet and got us a cake, flowers, and a very nice goodie bag! We then, headed to Addison and watched the Kaboom Town fireworks from a parking lot. We had a great time laughing and just being with our amazing friends! Here are some pics!













On Wednesday, July 4th, we went out to my parents house and cooked out with the fam. We then went to Robyn's parents house and cooked out again with her family and some of our friends. Here are some pics from my parents house... one is of the super high lake that used to be really far from their house and is now almost to their fence!






We feel so blessed with such amazing friends and family! Thanks guys for enriching our lives! We love you!

25 Weeks as of Sunday, July 1!

This week...
"Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. His weight — a pound and a half — doesn't sound like much, but he's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. As he does, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more and more like a newborn. His hair is probably recognizable now (in color and texture), although both may change after he's born."