TICKLED PINK!!!!!

It's official....Allen and I are having a BABY GIRL!! All along I told myself I was a having a little boy but Allen was right all a long, he even wore a pink button down shirt to support his girl vote. Hope to post soon our name choice for baby girl!

The Day before the BIG DAY

So, tomorrow is a day I have been waiting for a very long time. I really and truly thought this day would not come for Allen and me but God has blessed us with a little baby, besides our little Muffin , Harvey. A miracle! I really am thinking that I have a little Allen growing inside of me but who knows we will see tomorrow. I have a picture of my growing belly that Allen took last night. This is me at 17 weeks pregnant. It's not that great but for the ones that saw me at Jamie's lake house a couple weeks ago, I would have to say I've grown quite a bit! Can't wait to post tomorrow what we are having! Stay Tuned!

Beach Trip 2009

This year my family decided to go to Santa Rosa beach for our annual summer beach trip. Lindsey picked the place, San Remo, which was awesome. We had plenty of space to spread out, great views of the ocean, huge porch and a wonderful pool. Everyone who has children will understand when I say that basically beach trips now pretty much revolve around the baby. Don't get me wrong, I love every minute of it but if Olivia's not happy we are ALL not happy. But thank goodness, this year she LOVED the pool so we all were able to hang out at the pool, swim and layout. The beach....not so much. We were able to go to the beach for a few minutes but she had her shoes on the entire time, never sat down and it was only for 10 minutes. Never the less, I got to relax and do what I love doing the best....LAYOUT!!! Knowing that this will probably be the last beach trip I would take without our baby, I tried to enjoy every second of relaxation as possible. Here are some pics from my mom's camera. Hopefully, I'll have more once Lindsey downloads hers. Oh and on a side note......AUGUST 12th is the DATE!!!!! we are finding out if we are having a BOY or GIRL!!!!

Fun, Fun in the Sun!

This past weekend the Oakes, David's and Schor's spent a long weekend at the lake chillin and playing in the water. The weather was beautiful and we ate SO much food, me more than anyone else! Baby Oakes is growing each day and we are getting so excited about finding out what we are having, which should be the first of August. But for right now, still loving my little muffin, Olivia and spoiling her rotten! here are some pictures from this weekend:

Little cutie in her bathing suit! Now if we could just get her to get in the water. The beach this year should be fun!

What a profile!

Aunt YaYa loves her Livvie!

Trying to nap on the boat. Every time we go on a boat ride the boat will rock her to sleep!

SEE!

What a long day! But my outfit is cute!

Getting ready for bed with Poppie

Baby Oakes First Pictures

This is at 9 weeks! You can make out the babies head, little arm buds and leg buds. His or her head is on the left, if you are having trouble telling what is what. One picture the baby is looking directly at us!

Well, I asked for it.....

I assume that everyone had a great weekend, playing out in the beautiful sun???? I wish I could say the same for me! I guess i jinxed myself when I said that I was doing great, no morning sickness at all. Boy, was I wrong!!! It hit me like a hurricane on Friday and has continued to this morning. This weekend Harvey and I spent some quality time together on the couch trying to recuperate. He was such great company and didn't mind at all that he had someone to snuggle with on the couch ALL DAY long. We had a lot of time on our hands so I took a few pictures of the Harvster just because he's a little muffin!

The Oakes Family Addition...

Well.....so some of you may know already but I have bursting to tell everyone that I AM PREGNANT FINALLY!!!! This past month has been so exciting for us! Let me tell you how it happened...My doctor was only going to let me take the last cycle of Clomid because the first two times did not work AT ALL. So, I was bracing myself for the depressing news again that the Clomid did not work and I would be scheduling an appointment at the Art Program for fertility treatment to start, the hardcore medicine. But, low and behold, the day before my birthday, April 28th, I received the best news ever....the Clomid had worked and my progesterone levels were at 14.6!!! WOW!!! I was just excited that it had worked and that there was a possibility i could get pregnant some day. That Friday I went to Target at lunch to do a little shopping and decided to pick up a pregnancy test to take later on the next week. But, decided to go ahead and take it at work because I was feeling a little weird, dizzy and hot. Got back to the office, went to our restroom and took it. There it was, only one line! :( I almost threw it in the trash because i was so upset, thank god i didn't because only a second later the other line appears. I didn't know what to do. Should I scream? Who do I call? Is it true? I thought this day would never come!!!

So, here we are today, almost 8 weeks pregnant, due January 13 or 14 and we got to see the baby and the heartbeat last week....that was so amazing! Please keep Allen and me in your prayers over the next few months and your fingers crossed that everything goes okay. God has truly blessed us and we are so grateful each day that soon we will have a little addition to our family!

On another note...here are some pics from the beach this past weekend. We didn't get to do any swimming or playing on the beach because of the weather so most of the pictures were taken at dinner or some other activity: