24 Weeks and counting!

Well folks we officially have a pregnant belly!! It is amazing to look about at the picture from a month ago and see how much my belly has grown. And it only gets bigger from here...eek!!

Here is my 24 week picture...

Update on baby Harper: if you didn't know, we have seen a specialist twice now to make sure Harper's heart is in tip top shape. Due to the fact that my dad passed away from a congenital heart defect they wanted to make sure I didn't pass it on to my child. Even though the odds are very slim, I still have a higher chance of having a child with a heart defect than the average person. So last week we got a chance to see little Harper again and briefly got to see her in 3D. I'll tell you though, she is a busy body. Every time we have a sonogram the tech always says "Wow, you have a wiggle worm!" I don't mind it too much right now because it lets me know she is still there :) The tech did say it's going to make for an uncomfortable mommy when she gets bigger! YIKES! The specialist wants to see us one more time when I am 32 weeks just to do one last check and make sure she is growing like she is supposed to. After that we should be in the clear to deliver a healthy baby!

Here is the picture from last weeks appointment. That nose is still as cute as ever!

The other day we came home to a very nice surprise on our porch. We got our car seat and stroller that we registered for! Bob and Gail got us our first major baby gift that we have to have and we are very thankful. We got it all put together pretty easily and made sure the stroller fit in our trunks. It is still a rather large contraption in the folded up position, but it fit just fine. Now Harper will be rockin the red and gray Chicco car seat and stroller when we're out and about :)

As you can see Mic and Murry are more interested in what Aaron has, but they were rather curious when we were getting it out of the box. According to my count down on my phone we have 112 days until Harper will be here. I know that time will go quickly, especially when we hit that 90 day mark. January 19th will be here before we know it.

Until next time...
Erin

Beach Wedding

Samson Family

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Samson!! My brother-in-law got married on September 12, 2011 to my now sister-in-law Jordan Tischler on the beach in Kitty Hawk, NC. Both families came together for a beautiful beach wedding to witness Ryan and Jordan getting married. It was followed by a very fun party!! Even this pregnant momma shook it on the dance floor :) I figured this was the last time before I got any bigger!!

The rest of the week went something like this. Wake up, eat breakfast, go to the beach, come back for lunch, go to the pool, get dressed for dinner, go to dinner, go to bed...repeat. Sounds pretty rough huh? As you can see we were either by the water or eating the entire time we were there. Even Mic had the same schedule we did. He swam every day and loved every minute of it!! He was so tired at night he could hardly keep his eyes open.

We celebrated Aaron's 27th birthday while we were at the beach with some delicious hamburgers made by Terry Mills...best burgers ever!! It was a great way to conclude our wonderful week in North Carolina. I hope to be able to go back one day soon! If you've never been I highly recommend it.

Here are some pictures from the week.

Erin

Aaron's cousin Travis, me and Aaron
Me, Aaron, MaMa Bea, Ryan, Jordan, Bob and Gail

Me and my adorable husband!

After Aaron's birthday dinner.

Baby Bump Progress

Two posts in one day...how lucky are you?!?! I just wanted to give everyone a quick baby bump update. I will take a picture every 4 weeks so you can all see how Harper is growing!

Enjoy!
Erin

16 Weeks

20 Weeks

Baby Girl Samson

First off I must apologize for the lack of posting on the blog. Things have been a little busy for us the past couple of months and I have completely let the blog slide. My goal is to be better about blogging now that we are expecting a little one!

That's right, in case you didn't know we are expecting our first baby in January 2012!! We recently found out we are having a little GIRL!! And we couldn't be happier. Here is the latest picture we have of her. Look at that adorable button nose!!

Last week we had our friends over for a reveal party so they could all find out together what we were having. But to shake things up a little bit, Aaron and I didn't find out until our friends found out. Here's how it worked. We went to the doctor and during the ultrasound the tech told us to look away when she was determining the sex (we didn't peek). She wrote whether is was a boy or a girl on a note card and seal it in an envelope. I (Erin) then took the note card to a bakery where they were expecting me. I picked the cake up after work and then waited patiently for everyone to arrive (again I didn't peek, I promise)! Once everyone arrived Aaron and I cut into the cake together and we could both tell right away it was PINK inside!! When we held up the piece of pink cake everyone cheered! It was so fun to celebrate that with our friends and it was definitely worth the wait!

The cake after we cute into it!

Aaron and I with the note card the ultrasound tech wrote on!!

Now that it has set in that we are having a little girl we have started buying lots of pink stuff! We have even already painted her room and will be picking up her furniture this weekend. I'll save the pictures of the room for when it is complete. It's going to be so cute!!

So now the waiting begins...I am 20 weeks and half way there. These first 20 weeks have gone by fast, but I get the feeling the next 20 will not go as fast. We can't wait to meet our little bundle of joy!

We plan to name her Harper Elizabeth Samson and we can't wait to know more about her. We dream about who she will look like, who she will become, will she be tall like Aaron, will she have my personality, what will she be when she grows up? One thing I know for sure is that she will be raised in a loving Christian environment where she will know Jesus and that he has a plan for her life!

Keep checking back and I promise to be better about posting information about Harper and her progress!

Love,
Aaron and Erin