Gentry's Farm

FALL is in the air ... and we could not wait to do our annual trip to Gentry's Farm! There is so much history in Franklin , and this farm has been operating since the 1800's ! This year was even more FUN because Georgia was old enough to do more of the activities AND we had Violet to join us this year too ! Fall is my favorite time of year ... and as we approach Thanksgiving, my heart is VERY FULL . God is GOOD !

Violet Joy Ward

On Sept. 16th the Lord gave us another beautiful addition to the family - VIOLET JOY WARD ! weighing in at 7lbs, 1 oz and 20 in. long. My c-section went great ( minus the usual discomfort after delivery) and we are all resting well at home. Georgia has been so great with Violet and loves being a big sister !! Wow, having 2 kids is no joke... I have my hands full but feel so very, very blessed! Here are some pics from her birth... and I will be posting more of our "family " soon!

My BIG girl

My little girl is beginning to look like a BIG girl lately... This summer has gone by so fast and with another baby on the way, I have been horrible on blogging! I guess chasing a 2 1/2 yr old takes up more time than you think! ha!

We have been busy the last several weeks tearing our house apart ( or so it seems) with moving and re-arranging rooms for the arrival of Violet Joy. We officially moved Georgia to her "big girl room" at the beginning of August and it looks SO CUTE ! We still have to do some decor on the walls but i have not found the exact things I am looking for...?? Violet's room is almost complete ... so I will be posting on her sweet room next. Here are some pics from the last several weeks of this HOT summer and Georgia's new room!

The walls are white and the ceiling is same yellow as bedding!

This is the sweet rose patterns on bed ( www.Landofnod.com)

This brown hutch will be painted to match her dresser - i just love to redo old pieces of furniture!

HOT summer- so many days at 100 deg. !! yuck !

princess silly bands have been her favorite this summer!

It's TOO HOT MOM !!

Happy July 4th !!

Let freedom ring ! I can't believe it is already the middle of summer - JULY is here and pretty soon it will be time for baby Violet to arrive... so crazy. We had a very relaxing holiday weekend - most of our friends and family were out of town so we took advantage of REST and some quality family time!! We headed to downtown Franklin ( just a few streets away from our home) to celebrate the "small town " way ... shopping, kettle corn, french fries, frozen lemonade, live music and LOTS of water in this HOT HOT SUMMER HEAT we are having! The fireworks display was starting late this year (9:45) and little miss Georgia was laying on the blanket by 9:00 - so we headed home without a grand finale. Bummer !! BUT, she did get to wear a "glow in the dark" bracelet !! ha ha! I am so thankful for our freedom here in America and so thankful for my freedom in Christ and that we can freely worship HIM here - what a blessing! Here are a few pic from our HOT day!

Mmm.... kettle corn !

yep.. this is our dog "Pischu" sporting her patriotic gear ! ha ha !

Family of 3 ... soon to be 4 !

We had some pictures taken last month by a sweet friend - kelli Trontell. (www.kellitrontell.com )

Sammy and I wanted some photos taken of the three of us before the new little lady arrives in September... and we were thrilled with what Kelli captured. She has such a great eye for photography and the sweetest and most giving spirit. THANKS KELLI for these "moments" that you captured for us. We are so thankful! Here are a few favorites!

20 week ultrasound

well... we are at 25 weeks ( so hard to believe) ... and should have posted this picture weeks ago... but time slips away from me each day and I find myself WAY behind in blogging lately!! So sorry! Our ultrasound appt. was so great and we had a fantastic nurse who let us sneak a few 3D images of our baby girl. Unfortunately, she kept putting her arms and hands in front of her face but this is the best shot we could get. We have decided to name her Violet Joy !! We just love her so much already!

Baby Ward # 2 ... 19 weeks

It's a GIRL !!!

We had our 19 week ultrasound on tuesday and it went wonderful! Baby #2 is a girl and we were quite surprised! This pregnancy has felt so different than the first ( WAY MORE SICKNESS) and so we naturally thought - this must be a boy?? Needless to say we are thrilled with having two little beauties in the house and it will be easy and fun to share clothes and toys! ( and easy on the budget!) ha ha! We are still tossing around names but will let you know soon ! Here are a few pics !

Tiny foot !!

The proof of a "girl" - this is her behind , the back of her legs !

Waving hello from the womb !