Emree Isla Atwood

Emree was born on July 2nd at 7:14 am. It was a very long night, but the greatest experience I've ever had. Nothing can prepare you for how much love you feel for your child, I'm overwhelmed. She was 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. This time with my new little family is the greatest time I've ever had. Thank you to everone for the meals and love. I will add the labor story if I can ever get myself to put her down to type with two hands.

32 Weeks

I am finally blogging again, and want to start first off by thanking my sister Avery, my aunties, and my mom for throwing such a fun baby shower. They spent a lot of time making everything so cute, I loved it! The colors were all pink and turquise like I am doing the nursery. Next I want to thank all the friends and family that came or sent their wishes. I was very overwhelmed that day by all of your love and support. Thank you all for your kindness and friendships, I love you all!! Our little girl was very spoiled and I'm having so much fun trying to find where to put all of the cute gifts.

I can't believe we only have 7 1/2 weeks until our due date. Time has been moving pretty fast for me because the list of what I want to get done keeps getting bigger and bigger. I kept hearing girls talk about nesting and how much they got done. I was thinking that I didn't have that gene, but it has definitely kicked in the last little while. I spent hours this weekend cleaning the weirdest things. I have started a lot of projects lately, but can't seem to finish one before moving on to the next fun one. I'm sewing all the crib bedding, and will hopefully finish soon so I can put up some pictures of how it's turning out.

The picture above is from Mother's Day. I love Drake!! He made me breakfast in bed and it was my favorite, banana pancakes. He cooks a lot better than I do, so I am one lucky girl!

I've taken a picture of me in the same shirt every 4 weeks and heres one at 32. It's crazy how natural it can feel to be pregnant. It's hard to remember what it was like to not have a belly. I have been going through my pictures from the start and it's pretty funny to see the changes. I am feeling good and getting so excited to meet our little girl.

It's a.....

GIRL!!!

What an exciting day! We were just so sure that we were going to have a little boy. I had no idea that I would be so happy about having a little girl! Right when they started the ultrasound and showed her sweet little bum I could tell that there was nothing boy about her. Once they confirmed that she was a girl, I just couldn't stop smiling! I definitely teared up a little when the excited hit me. There is nothing better than seeing that your little one is safe and healthy. I feel so grateful for this blessing! Each time they would try to look at her face she would cross her tiny arms infront of it, or put her little fists in the way. We did get several cute pictures. They kept trying to move her to get a side profile, but she was pretty stobborn and comfy right where she was. Seeing her little nose and lips and feet.... I could go on and on. Drake is so excited for a little girl! Anyone thats seen him around little kids knows how fun he is. He would have been happy with either one, but actually wanted a girl when we first found out we were expecting. After the ultrasound was over he had to tell me to breathe and relax because I guess I wouldn't stop talking. HA. I don't know if I've ever felt this excited or happy. Later in the day my friend Candee brought these cute little shoes and our first pink outfit to me while I was at work. (Thank you again!) My parents also dropped off a pink outfit. Both our families are pretty excited. I can't wait to meet this little girl in June!

GUESSING TIME

Thank you to everyone for the nice comments! It's making this all seem more real now that all our friends and family know. I've had people ask me to post a belly pic, so here it is. This is at 17 weeks. My belly looks kinda weird in this picture, usually its more rounded. HA. In the morning I am much smaller than at night, so next time I'll take one later in the day maybe. I was pretty bad at worrying in the beginning, and now I'm finally letting myself get really excited. Time has been going by quickly until I started counting down the time until our next ultrasound. I do not know how people can wait to find out the gender! I think that would be such a fun surprise, but I just have to know. I am too much of a planner to wait. We only have 9 more days! February 3rd is the big day as long as he/she cooperates. I've had several dreams about a baby the last few months and everytime it was a boy. Drake also had a dream about a boy. Forever I thought I would want to have a boy first because I didn't have an older brother and always wanted one. But I honestly can say I'm about 50/50. Seeing all the pink baby clothes and cute bows makes the idea of it being a girl so fun! I've been going back and forth a little on what my guess is, but keep leaning towards it being a boy. I'm glad that I'm not set on one or the other so I can just be excited either way. Does anyone have a guess?

ANNOUNCING BABY ATWOOD

I've waited quite a while to post this, but we are expecting a baby on June 30th and so so excited!!! I am 16 weeks along right now. I actually have the same due date as my cousin Ashley & Pat Sullenger and our friends Candice and Jed Leishman. I haven't been the best at blogging ever, but I'm going to try to start doing better from now on. Time has been going by so quickly, and I can't wait for June! This picture is from my birthday in November but I thought a happy cheesy picture was fitting to share this news.

Catching Up

I've haven't been that great at blogging the last little while, so I thought I'd catch up today before all the fun Holidays get here. During October we went to a few of my little brothers football games. He made it to the playoffs for the first time and then broke his arm. He broke it herding cows.... seriously! It wasn't going to stop him though and after alot of padding he decided to play. After losing in the semi finals we went out to ice cream to cheer him up, I've never seen someone so young take a loss so bad. His face is so sad.

DRAKE'S BIRTHDAY

Also in October was Drake's Birthday! He hates when I have them sing to him, but every year so far I just can't seem to help myself. I was so happy that he wanted to go to Garcia's because I knew they would bring out the sombrero! So cute. My parents brought over a camo snuggie for him as a joke! I couldn't stop laughing.

HALLOWEEN

For Halloween we visited Drake's brother Jason and his kids. They were the cutest Mustard and Grim Reeper ever!

PEOPLE I LOVE

Last weekend I was able to go on a little road trip and visit some people I love. My roommates from when I live in Provo are all girls that mean more to me than they'll ever know. Shay had her first baby so Kate, Michelle and I met at her house to see the cute little one. Between the three girls, they have 5 kids now. So crazy! Paige was the only one not there, and we all missed her. It was so fun to see these cute girls and their children.

After leaving my friends I met my mom in Logan to stay at my sisters new house. The four of us shopped all day long on Saturday. I miss Avery a lot and loved being able to hang out with her this weekend. Isn't her little girl the cutest!!!

Avah's new clothes.

While I was visiting the girls, Drake was helping our friend Tony on a Bison Hunt in Utah. I can't believe how big they are!