At the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola

Day at the Beach

Evan at his first movie

We had a rainy day at the beach, so Ashley & I took Evan and Katie to see a movie.  We went to see Space Chimps because it was the only G movie playing that day.  It was not that good and a little too over their heads.  Evan made it through over an hour of the movie - even though we had to change seats once.  After we left - he said that he had fun!

24 week checkup

I went to the doctor today for my 24 (about) week checkup.  I did the glucose test and it was negative - so no gestational diabetes!  We also listened to the heartbeat and did a belly measurement.  Everything is right on track and doing well!

So sweet

Evan was so sweet last night.  When it was time for bed, he said that he wanted to talk to his baby brother.  He leaned over to my tummy and said, "Good night.  I love you!" and then he kissed my tummy!  How cute is that? 

Lynch Vacation in the Smoky Mountains

We just got home from a fun vacation in the Smoky Mountains of Tennesee with the Lynch family. We stayed in a cabin on top of a mountain in Gatlinburg. You can see our view from the back porch in the picture above. Gary, Kay, Adam, Ketrin, Noah, Chesley, Jason, Kaylin, Josh, myself and Evan were all there. We left Thursday morning. On Friday, the girls went shopping at the outlet mall in Pigeon Forge. On Saturday morning, we went to the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies . Evan had a great time. His favorite part was when the scuba diver was in the tank full of sharks and sting rays. He also got to touch a horseshoe crab and see fish that looked like Nemo. He came home with a new favorite toy, a stuffed shark. That afternoon, we got a visit from some black bears - see the pictures in the posts below. There was a momma bear and three baby bears. They got into the garbage and had a little feast! They got very close to the front porch. Evan waved at them and talked to them. The next day he said that the baby bears played with his toy and his sandbox and that the momma bear sat in the rocking chair and watched them. Later that day we went to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and played in a creek. On Sunday, we spent the day at Dollywood. Evan had so much fun riding the rides. His favorite ride was the Smoky Mountain River Rampage that he rode twice!! He came home with his second new favorite toy, a snake! We had a great time being with all of the family and we were sad to come home today. It was a great trip!!

I'll post more pictures when I get some from the other family members (we forgot our camera)!

Evan waving to the momma bear

Bears at the cabin

Trip to Franklinton

A couple of weeks ago, a group of us went to Franklinton, Lousiana, to go tubing down the Bogue Chitto and visit Matt Crain's hometown. We stayed at his parent's camp. It was a lot of fun! Thanks to the Crains for showing us a wonderful time!!

My $1 find!!

I got this casserole serving dish at a thrift store today for $1.00 -
complete with Pyrex liner!

Party

Josh's dad turned 52 and wanted a water slide for his party. Evan enjoyed it too! He went up and down it for over 2 hours!
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Octopus

Grandma got Evan a book of sea creatures. You put your face in each one! He loves it!

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Evan

Just a new pic of Evan
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Moon Lake Reunion Weekend

This past weekend we had our 7th annual college girls reunion at Moon Lake. We started this in 2002 at Pickwick and moved it to Moon Lake last year. We had a lot of fun seeing each other and getting caught up with what everyone has been doing! The weather was great! I am already excited about going again next year! Thanks to Katie for hosting our Murder Mystery Party on Saturday night. Thanks to Beth Hamilton & Sarah Hamilton - and One Eye Toad - for providing us with great OET polo shirts. You can see us in them in the picture above!

Jill meets John Grisham

This past weekend Jill and some friends were at Julep restaurant in Jackson and she ran into John Grisham! He was nice enough to pose for a picture. From left to right: Jill, John Grisham, Betsy Smith, and Fran Russell.

Making cupcakes

Evan in the pool

We're home!

I was discharged from the hospital today and we got home around lunchtime. It feels so good to be home and out of that hospital room. I think that Josh and I were both getting a little tired of being cooped up inside for 4 1/2 days. We had a few ups and downs this week (with my white blood cell count and other things) but we got a good report today and I was sent home. The baby did very well the whole week - no complications. We had an ultrasound yesterday and he looked great and his heart tones have been normal all week. I've still got a few more weeks of recovery at home ahead. We will see the doctor in a week or so to get the final pathology reports of the tumor and to get my 36 staples removed! So please keep the prayers coming for this test result!

Wal-mart Pharmacy loves me

Here are all the meds that I was prescribed when leaving the hospital.

Answered Prayers

My surgery went very well today! The mass was low malignant tumor.
This is a borderline tumor. It should not require any additional
treatment other than quarterly appointments to do bloodwork and see
the doctor.

The baby did well too! He has good heart tones. They are checking
these every 8 hours.

My pain is being managed very well.

We still need to make it through the next few days - wanting
everything to continue as they are going.

We just feel very blessed that everything has gone the way we had
hoped and prayed for it to go.

Thank you all so much for all the prayers! They were definitely
answered!