The NEW swimming pool!

So about a month ago we purchased a pool for the backyard (we're "testing" pools before Ellie gets here!), that pool wasn't the best so we have a NEW one and it's AMAZING! It's big and so comfortable, I mean you can seriously lean back, kick your feet up and go to sleep. Just ask Brantley, he slept in it for 2 hours! Plus, the alligator matches the pool, Beaux hasn't warmed up to the alligator yet-he's not sure why the alligator moves in the water (the wind blows him around from end to end and Beaux tries to catch him!). Ellie loves it already, she was kicking up a storm when I was sitting in it! I think we might have a lil' swimmer!

4th of July!

We had a fun 4th with the Nichols gang in town (including Margaret)!! We went downtown for the parade (that's an interesting site), showed them some fun places in Lexington and grilled some ribs! Jonathan was a master at throwing firecrackers-hit our neighbor and managed to throw a smoke bomb in Robbie's new car!!! He got the award for the weekend! ha! 

Ellie is growing like a weed, which i guess means i am too. She's so active, kicks me all the time and now Brantley is able to feel her too! It's truly amazing! We rearranged her room this past week, because we got the rocker back from being recovered and her room is looking great! I'll add the final pics after our shower Aug 9th! Mom and Robbie are coming up to help finish it off! Well here is a pic from the 4th (I'll add belly pics later-for those who keep asking about them-i know i'm bad about adding them!)

Swimming Pool!!!!

So today we were enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon, when we decided that we needed a pool to sit in...so off to Wal-mart we went and this is what we came home with including the alligator! We were just making sure we know what the best pool for Ellie and Brantley will be next year! It will be interesting to see who ends up with the alligator! 

20 Weeks=HALFWAY!!!

This week is our halfway mark! It's crazy to think that we are seriously halfway there, the time has flown by. This weekend was a BIG weekend, we celebrated Brantley's Father's Day-to-be (which really meant Daddy could do whatever he wanted!), so we watched the US Open, LSU and the Celtics/Lakers! Ellie gained another friend this past weekend when our dear friends Erin and Brady welcomed Eileen into the world! So now Crew (Sterling and Bobby's lil' man) and Eileen are waiting for a couple more friends before the end of the year comes!!! We have an anatomy appointment on wed, we get to see Ellie's arms, legs, length, how many ounces, confirm again that she is a girl:), etc...  So we'll keep you posted on the progress of Ellie! 

Ellie's Room

We've been pretty busy since we got home from MS! We painted the nursery and put together some of the furniture! It was so much fun getting this together and organized! Brantley is now a professional painter:) Ellie's been more active lately and it's amazing to feel her move! She's getting bigger, weighing in at about 7 oz!!! Well, here are some pics of the nursery so far...

It's a GIRL!!!!

Well, it's been an interesting couple weeks! We went to Mississippi last week, but the day before we left I was in a car wreck:( So the night before we left we were up at the UK Triage, getting tests done to make sure lil' peanut was doing alright (the seat belt left a small mark on my stomach and bruise from the buckle; plus I'm O- blood type and had to get a shot). So, with all that happening we left Friday night and drove to MS!!!!! Sunday morning we went and found out our lil' peanut is a GIRL!! Kelling Elizabeth "Ellie"!!!!! Kelling was my old middle name and my great grandmother's last name. Elizabeth is my sister's middle name and Brantley's grandmother's name!! Lots of family was covered with Ellie's name and we can't wait till she gets here!!! 

16 weeks! Peanut's about 4 inches

We're at 16 weeks!!! Yeah!!! Peanut's already a Rebel fan, we had a fun weekend cheering for the Rebs! They were in Lexington playing UK in baseball! 

Well, we went up to UK last night to see if we could see what peanut is, but peanut didn't want to cooperate. Imagine that, after all the Daddy is Brantley:) We are heading home to Mississippi on Friday and while we are there we are going to try again! 

Brantley's new thing is to give the baby an earthquake-do give a baby an earthquake, you put your hand on the belly and lightly move it back and forth. Brantley finds this very amusing! 

But here is a picture of the lil' peanut from yesterday!