So 8 Months Have Gone By...

And once again I failed to keep my promise of updating our blog regularly. Shocking I know, I haven't been busy or anything!! Too many new things to elaborate, I will just leave you a few fun pics of our very serious 8 month old angel. WE ARE SO IN LOVE! I give you...Miss Charli Anne Hammond

Maybe I will have time to post again in another 8 months :)

Sneak Peek

One of my very favorite people in the world, Melissa Clark with Little Black Box Photography, took wonderful newborn photos of our little Charli. She is an incredible photographer and we were thrilled with every single proof (there are 110 in total!). Here are a couple she sent me online, the rest are printed.

I am ordering my announcements today, keep an eye out for one to arrive in your mail box soon!

Presenting...Charli Anne Hammond

As promised I have a few pictures to post. Sorry for the delay but as many of you know, blogging is not one of my strong points. I have told Charli's birth story to many of you already so I won't elaborate too much. Let's just say it was a dream!!! Water was broken for about 12 hours without me fully realizing it, worked the day I gave birth, 5 short easy hours of labor, 5 easy pushes and she was here! I am a big believer in epidurals by the way, please don't think I'm tough :). I am truly overwhelmed with the joy Charli brings me with each passing day. She is growing and changing so quickly and our time home together is flying by :(. Her Daddy adores her and he is AMAZING with diaper changes, feedings, burping, and whatever else she may need. We have had many sweet friends and family come to visit from near and far, we are so thankful for all of the love we have been shown. Praise God for this precious baby girl and this perfect addition to our family.
A Few Lovely Hospital Shots...

Hearing Test...

Our Journey Home From Mercy...

Sweet Baby Girl..

Preparing this blog post made me realize that I need to take more pictures!!! I have this awesome new camera and I need to use it DAILY. Stay tuned for more from The Hammond Family.

She has arrived!!!!

Photos to come I promise...Charli Anne Hammond has arrived. 8 days before her due date and the easiest labor and delivery I could have dreamed of! 6 lbs 4 ounces, 19.75 inches long, white blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful, and perfect in every way. We are so in love and praising God for this precious gift. When I have a free minute (if I ever do again :)) I will update with more details and some pictures from our new camera.

It's A...

HEALTHY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL! We could not be more excited. We appreciate all of the prayers and support, I am feeling great and am ready to start planning for the arrival of our baby girl. Time is flying by, July will be here before we know it!

Stay Tuned...

And pray for good weather! Tuesday is the BIG DAY!! Our 20 week ultrasound is scheduled at 1:30pm Tuesday. Can't wait to find out boy or girl!!?? We will keep you posted.

In Case You Haven't Heard Part II...

WE ARE PREGNANT!!! This is probably not new, news to many of you but I have really slacked on my blogging (in case you hadn't noticed). Since we are sure to have many exciting adventures to come I decided I should try to blog about it. We will see how long this lasts!

So, here's how it all went down. We have gone back and forth for a while now about when would be a good time to start a family. With Jeremy in school and me in a fairly new job we decided there was never going to be a perfect time. We agreed October would be a good time to start "trying". We both thought that if it was in God's plan we would hopefully be pregnant by the first of the year. Much to our surprise October was all of the "trying" we got to do. We were both SHOCKED to discover we were pregnant so quickly. I am very thankful that this was a very easy process for us, God knows all too well how impatient I tend to be. The first few weeks were fine, I continued running and doing my normal routine but little did I know that was about to change. Around week eight the constant nausea and extreme fatigue set in. I never knew tired until pregnancy. I felt like the most worthless person EVER. Jeremy was great though, he literally waited on me night and day. He was amazing! I also had a few complications early on. I developed a hemorrhage in my uterus which was not fun, and my progesterone was low so I had to start medication. It was all very stressful until about week 12 when everything normalized. PRAISE GOD! It was also around week 12 that I started feeling like myself again. I was starting to think that day would never come. Looking back I really didn't have it very bad (compared to some people) and I tried to maintain and attitude of gratitude for this incredible gift from God but some days it was hard. Today marks week 14 and I thought things were really going my way until last night after work. I started developing severe abdominal and back pain on my way home from work. I went straight to bed when I got home and did not move for a solid 2 hours but the pain continued to worsen. Jeremy finally convinced me to go to the ER. VERY GLAD I DID! I passed a kidney stone around midnight last night. CRAZY HUH!? Baby is fine though. Moving around like a wild person and all my blood work is fine. Thankful that experience is over and don't want to do it again. Today has been a better day. I feel like someone punched me in the right side of my abdomen but other than that I am fine. We are so excited for the adventure to come. Thought I would share our latest ultrasound picture from last night.

This is Baby Hammond at 14 weeks