She's moving...

I can finally say that I feel Miss Priss moving. There have been several occasions when I thought I felt her, but then I didn't feel anything when I would stop what I was doing. The other day I was on the phone with my friend Karla, and I think she did a flip. It was the weirdest feeling, but I was almost certain it was Miss Priss. Than Sunday morning, I was lying in bed after a 24-hour shift and felt her several times. Sunday afternoon, Allison and I went to Rocky Mount for some shopping and to see our friend Grace, and Miss Priss was having a dance party. She must have really enjoyed the lamp and home accessory shopping. It is such a strange feeling. Doesn't hurt or effect my daily activities right now, but I am sure that will change as she gets bigger. I am so glad that I can finally say I can feel her. I was starting to get a little frustrated cause many people were asking if I had felt her yet. I can finally say, "yes!" Next OB appointment is tomorrow afternoon, so be thinking of us and I will be she post an update soon.

Girls are so much funner...

Monday night we had the pleasure of having my youngest niece, Samantha, over to hang out and spend the night. I had an amazing time, and I am incredibly excited about the arrival of Miss Priss. Samantha and I hung out and ran some errands while Uncle Trey was at work. We went to my favorite baby store, Green Pea Baby, to pick out some things for her cousin's nursery. Samantha was very helpful with the fabric decisions for the chair in Miss Priss' room, and she showed me many cool things that we "have to get for the baby."

Samantha had this wonderful idea to get some balloons and blow them up when we got to the house. So after a few more errands and getting some balloons, we ventured back home. Before all the balloon fun, we baked two cakes for the cake-pops that we were going to make. This was such a fun and yummy project. I highly recommend it.

I wouldn't be a good aunt if I didn't encourage her to lick the yummy batter left in the bowl!

After we made the cakes and let them cool, we crumbled them up and combined them with icing.

We made balls out of the mixture and place them in the freezer. I would recommend freezing the mixture before rolling the balls. It makes it so much easier!

We chose pink chocolate and melted it for the outside of the cake-pops. We dipped the sticks in chocolate, let them cool, and then place the cake balls on the stick. We dipped the ball into the melted chocolate and let them cool. It's much easier to place them in a piece of foam to cool.

We had so much fun doing this together. Samantha was a very quiet baby/toddler, but you would never know it today. She said some of the cutest things. I loved when she kept telling me how much fun she was having and saying thank-you. She also talked about her cousin-to-be. Samantha is so glad we are having a girl and told me that "girls are so much funner!"

After the cake-pops cooled, we placed them in these fun valentine's bags that Samantha pick out.

We took some of these yummy treats to Aunt Robyn and Uncle Ian before getting ready for bed.

As for the balloons, we blew them up in many different sizes, played volleyball and other fun games. Samantha had a blast popping them, aka scaring Sadie and Uncle Trey.

Sadie and Samantha love each other so much. Samantha even tried convincing us that they should stay in the same room at bedtime. This wonderful evening and afternoon has me so giddy about our future. Looking forward to many fun memories as Aunt Becky and especially as a mother.

Over half way there...

You heard it right. I am into my 21st week of pregnancy. I have been very blessed with a wonderful pregnancy thus far. Before you know it Miss Priss, who is getting closer to having a name, is going to be here. We have been focusing on narrowing down her name and getting the nursery started. I am very fortunate to have some wonderful people, aka my parents and Trey, to help with some painting and minor construction that we are doing. I have had so much fun searching the Internet and shopping for ideas. At first, I struggled with choosing bedding and a color scheme because I was so anti-pink, but things have changed and I am finally making progress.
The most common question people want to know is: how long I am going to be able to continue flying at work. I love the surprised look on their face when I say things like, "till the end," "till my water breaks" and "till they kick me off." There have been many women at my job that have continued flying and working on patients until their due date. We do most of our transports in a helicopter, so we do not fly as high as you would in a plane. At our first OB appointment, we discussed this with my doctors and they said that I can continue to do my normal work as long as baby and I stay healthy. I feel great and this will continue to be my goal. I want to save my time off for when Miss Priss is here. With her June 3rd due date, the plan is to be off from work June-August. Then I will head back in September; get to see what it is like to have a teacher schedule this summer! If I enjoy it too much, you might see school nurse in my future.
Everyone asks if I have felt her move, and I think that I have. Most women describe the feeling as so many different things, so it is hard to tell sometimes if it's her or me. Guess I will know what those baby movements and kicks consistently feel like really soon. In the meantime, I am enjoying all this energy. My house has never looked so good or been so organized. We are hoping to have the upstairs finished, all new furniture here and a new backsplash in the kitchen before June. Last night while I was working, Trey moved all the guest bedroom furniture upstairs to the new guest bedroom. We are hoping to pick a paint color this week and finish the addition to the crown molding and painting of the nursery in the coming weeks.
Our next OB appointment is at the end of the month. I will be sure to post more on baby King's progress and the progress of her nursery.

Baby King is a GIRL!

Excuse me for the delay in this post, we have had a busy schedule and some computer glitches. On December 29th, we had an appointment/ultrasound in which we found out that baby King is a girl! She is healthy and growing on schedule for her June 3rd due date.

Below is a picture of her foot and a profile shot.

After the appointment and making calls/texts to our family and friends, I headed downtown Raleigh to The Cupcake Shoppe. They have so many delicious and fun cupcakes. I picked up some yummy treats with "It's a Girl" displayed to take to my nieces, who were anxiously awaiting our big news about baby King.

Madison and Samantha were very excited about the addition of another girl to our family. Samantha even said that she would change diapers since baby King was a girl. Alexis was really hoping for a boy, but she is still excited about her new cousin!

Now we need to decide on a name for this precious girl and start getting her room ready for her debut in June. Easier said then done!

White Christmas

I was suppose to work a 24 hour shift on Christmas day and Trey was looking forward to a relaxing day of nothing. The weather forecast changed much of our intended plans. Due to the forecasted precipitation we were not able to fly much at work on Saturday and I was sent home on Christmas night. Sunday morning we woke up to this wonderful view. We had a very relaxing day, hanging out at the house and enjoying the snow. Trey had the privilege of shoveling the driveway and he did an awesome job.Sadie loved the snow. I think she would have stayed outside all day if we would let her. It is so much fun to watch her run around the backyard.

I love this weather and hope see it again next year when we are a family of 3. Especially so we can take a big ski trip. Skiing and sushi are 2 things that I truly miss, but it is all more than worth the sacrifice. I have not felt any movements from baby King yet, but I am anxiously awaiting that feeling. They say I could feel it anytime in the next few weeks. New moms usually take longer to notice the movement. We are very anxious about our appointment on Dec 29th. Hopefully, we will be able to find out if our little angel is a boy or girl.

I know we are going to have a lot of memories on this fun playground.

Merry Christmas

We began our Christmas weekend celebration on Thursday, when Trey's parents came into town. We and a wonderful time hanging out with them. I cooked a large meal, in which I baked a stuffed chicken. This was my first time doing this and everyone seemed to enjoy it all. Even Sadie, as you can see she was caught licking the counter tops. After dinner we spent some time together and played an intense game of dominoes. It was a wonderful evening.On Friday afternoon, we went to the children's Christmas eve service with my family. After, we all went to my parents house for dinner, family fun and to exchange gifts. It is so much fun to watch my nieces open presents. Trey and I got the girls these Nerf guns that they were very excited about opening. Below is a picture of my 3 nieces with Peepaw!

I think Christmas is so much fun when children are around. We had a blast watching the girls open their presents. It so wonderful to see how excited they get. My parents got Madi and Alexis got a basketball shooting game that the entire family enjoyed. Nothing like a little holiday competition.

Madi and Alexis waiting in the kitchen for the reveal of their big gift.

Wasn't long before the adults joined in on the fun.

It was a great Christmas Eve. We are especially looking forward to Christmas next year and our special new addition being with us all. Baby King got some wonderful presents this year. He or she is very blessed and has so many eager people that can wait to have he/she in their life.

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!

McCall Christmas & Remembering an Amazing Man

This past weekend we headed I40 west-bound to hang out with Trey's family and then do our annual Christmas exchange with Cathy's, Trey's mom, side of the family. While in Hickory we were able to pick up some furniture that we ordered. Can't wait for it all to be finished and in our home. Cathy took me to a bunch of fun shops to get more Christmas decorations and ornaments. I love collecting Christmas ornaments. We had a relaxing evening in Hickory and were able to exchange gifts with Taylor and her boyfriend, Andrew.

Bree and Cam (baby King's future cousin and buddy).

Looking at the family calendar that we made for Mawmaw and Pawpaw.

Mawmaw and Taylor

Mawmaw and her 3 children (Cathy, Grey and Ann).

Uncle Felix and Rush.

Saturday we all piled in the grocery-getter and headed to Kannapolis. This year was different from years past, as we had our gathering at Mawmaw and Pawpaw's house. Trey and I have been blessed to each have 1 set of living grandparents. Over the past few weeks his grandfather, Pawpaw, has had a decline in his health. Pawpaw Rex is an amazing man. I have been blessed to share many special occasions and holidays with him. He has beautiful voice, wonderful sense of humor, and an unmeasurable love for his family and our Lord. We are very grateful for the time we were able to spend with Pawpaw, Mawmaw and the rest of the McCall family on Saturday. When we returned home on Sunday afternoon, we learned that Pawpaw had gone to be with the good Lord. Baby King will be Pawpaw's second great-grandchild, and he/she is going to be so blessed to have a special guardian angel.

Pawpaw,
We love you; We miss you; We know that you are in a better place!

Pawpaw Christmas 2009.

Pawpaw and Trey at his 90th Birthday.

The Most Wonderful TIme of the Year!

We have been spending a lot of time getting the house decorated for Christmas, as well as doing some home improvements before we find out the sex of baby King on December 29th. I was able to get some nice pictures of the house in the snow before heading to work the other morning.



I have been very fortunate not to have experienced any nausea during this pregnancy. Starting to get those bursts of energy everyone talks about in their second trimester. I am having fun taking on all the projects around our house. Of course I have had a lot of wonderful helpers, especially Trey. Hope you enjoy the pictures of our house all decorated for Christmas. We are looking forward to Christmas and finishing out 2010 with friends and family.

Thanksgiving 2010

This year we have been extremely blessed and were very thankful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with both of our families. Trey's parents, sister and her boyfriend came into town on Wednesday and we went to the Canes game. It was so much fun. We always enjoy a Canes game. This one was close and fun, even though they lost.

On Thanksgiving day we had a great breakfast. I made my mom's monkeybread and an amazing breakfast casserole from Cathy. That afternoon we went to my sister's house for great food and family. We had a great time with everyone and were lucky to be able to share Thanksgiving with both families. As usual, my nieces were so much fun and everyone enjoyed hanging out by the fire. Baby King is going to be so loved and we looked forward to him/her being with us for Thanksgiving in 2011.