Recap....

Well lets start off by saying sorry to my readers...all possibly 1 of you haha. I just always forget to update my blog.

June 12th Marianne and Dwayne got married!!! Eric and I were SO thrilled! They are such a great couple and SO meant to be together. We absolutely LOVE having Marianne in our family! She is soooo good to Dwayne and he loves her so much. We've never seen Dwayne sooo happy :)

Well a couple of days after Dwayne and Marianne's wedding we found out the sex of the baby! On June 14th we were told we are having a GIRL and we couldn't be happier! When the tech. person told us that "its a girl" Eric and I were both a little shocked! I seriously had thought they were going to say "boy" and of course Eric's dad had a theory that all the men in his family had boys...even though he's the only "man" that has children haha. But still we were both shocked. I am SO excited that its a girl because of all the bows, ribbons, polka dots, dresses etc all that fun stuff. Eric will learn to love it too :) Our daughter's name is Emma Faye. Emma is just a name I've loved since high school and Faye is my middle name, my grandmother's name and Eric's Aunt's name. So I just felt it was good to keep that name. Although we have discovered that when we get things monogrammed her initials spell out "E.L.F." haha. But its ok I think its cute!

Eric and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary in Washington, DC! We left our house that Saturday (6-26) and drove back home that Sunday (6-27). I can't believe that we've been married for a year already! Time has flown by and there is nothing I would change! Eric has been the greatest husband anyone could ever dream for. We stayed at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

Back to Emma :) Once we told family and friends the news of Emma we instantly started receiving clothes, stuffed animals, sun glasses and lots more! Her closet is already jam packed! I need to get another bar to put in her closet so we can continue to hang up stuff. Emma is the first grandchild in both of our families so she is going to spoiled rotten! But I love it! My mom bought Emma's diaper bag--Vera Bradley and I'm totally LOVING IT! I at first wanted a black and white print and put Pink initials on it but once I saw this print I knew it was the one I was wanting! We got it at Harbor Specialties in Beaufort and they monogrammed the bag for free and then they even put Emma's name on the changing cloth! Soo cute! Thanks Mama!!!

On July 18th we had a baby shower for one of my best friends Karli! It was held at Kahla's house and was so nice to visit with all my girls! I miss them so much! When Karli found out she was having a girl we were soooo excited! But then when we found out we were having a girl me and Karli instantly started talking about how they will be best friends and we'll have to get matching outfits and get their pictures taken together! Maybe by the time Allie and Emma reach middle school they can be in school together! :)

As for me....I am 27 weeks along as of today. I can't believe that in 3 months Emma will either be here already or making her way into our lives! I am so ready to meet mine and Eric's daughter! We already are guessing that she will have red hair! Because when Eric was younger he had RED hair, its gotten to a brown color as he's gotten older. When I was younger my hair was strawberry blonde and then brown with natural red high lights. To this day its still brown with a hint of red high lights. So that is why we think she'll have red hair! Unless she takes after someone else in the family! Also we are not sure if Emma will come early, on-time, or late. Her due date is November 4th. But if she takes after her daddy she could come 4 days early or if she takes after her mama she'll come on her actual due date (very rare--but yes I due what I'm told haha)! So who knows!!!

We've already picked out the bedding for Emma's room and now I can't wait to get it! I have to first start off by saying that yes I know I'm having a girl but no I'm not one of those ones that LOVES the color pink! Sooo Emma's colors in her room are based off of the bedding! Its still girly but its not pink haha. I can't help it I've never been one to like the color. I'm not saying I won't buy her pink clothes or bows and things but I just didn't want her entire room looking like bubble gum haha :)

Well this isn't everything that has happened over the past few months but this is some of the big things that's happened! I'm not going to promise that I'm going to do better at keeping up with my blog because I just can't :) haha. But even if I don't updated it every week or whatever I'll at least update it with an overview of what's happened :)