My 32 week appt!!

On March 30th I visited the dr for my 32 week appt!! I feel very blessed everything is moving along smoothly as the report was positive. Trey's heart rate is averaging between 147- 152 based on his last 2 check- ups and he is measuring right on track. As of today, I have gained a total of 22 lbs and I am gaining about a 1 lb. a week! I definitely feel as though I have gained much more than that but Dr. Shirk says I am doing just fine. You always feel so good when you receive the positive feedback!! Our next dr. appt is April 14th. After that visit I will start going every week!! The countdown is definitely on!!

Trey makes a road trip to Atlanta with lots of Sorority women

I guess you could say I made my last BIG trip until Trey's arrival to the Southeastern Panhellenic Conference (SEPC) in Atlanta, GA March 26- 29th!! We took 27 women from UT along with Jim (fraternity affairs advisor), Dena (our Panhellenic graduate assistant), and Erin (a graduate student who works in housing) via charter bus to our annual women's leadership conference. I must say we had a blast as the women earned lots of awesome honors and awards but I was tired!! The sorority women are great helping me carry things and I forever grateful. We also were able to spend some time with Jena, Caroline and Gent-ry!!! I was glad to be back home to David but had a blast as always! I am a sucker for conferences!!

Busy weekend for the nursery!

This weekend Daddy David was super busy prepping the nursery for Trey! After choosing a color to paint his room, David started Friday afternoon on the trim for the room and Trey's Nana Honey and Papaw came down on Saturday morning to help. So by Saturday afternoon Trey had his blue room (or should I say I had my blue room). When David and I moved into the condo my goal was to do that room in blue and white. I wanted all white linens with blue accents and thought about painting the room blue. Little did I know I would get what I wanted, I just did not know that it would be through a new life and our future son!! It has been super exciting getting all of this together. I know David was exhausted on Saturday night but then we decided to go ahead and put his crib together so by 10:00 p.m. we had his crib in the room. I hope you enjoy the pictures we have posted. Just keep in mind there is still a queen size bed in the room and no mattress in the crib but all in all we had a very productive weekend in prepping for Trey's arrival!

Our first shower!

On Sunday, March 15th David and I had our first shower at Sevierville Baptist Church! We had an amazing time and received many wonderful gifts. The shower was given by lots of amazing women- Amber Alfonso, Casey Blazek, Devee and Lexie Henry, Jodi Lamb, Candace Moon, Kristen Sims, and Karen and Morgan Sutton. We had a wonderful turnout and David and I have been going through presents and writing LOTS of thank you notes!!! Trey is going to have lots of special people in his life and that was evident by the generosity of so many!

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Getting the Nursery Ready!!

So the excitement has begun! David picked up "Little Man's" crib a couple of weeks ago and it sits in a very large box out in the sunroom!! Uncle Kevin helped David carry it up our interesting steps at the condo!! Memommy has been making all of the baby's bedding and has been sewing like crazy for the past two weeks. Last night (March 15th) we were able to hang up his custom window treatment!! David has been a trouper working around the house!! We are going to be extremely busy getting EVERYTHING in order in the next 6- 10 weeks!! We now have decided that we are going to have to paint the nursery- Can't have too much color clashing!! Stay tuned to see what we come up with!

Introducing to family and friends...

We recently decided to announce the name of "Little Man" to family and friends. In late January, early February we decided to narrow down our list of 13 names to 2 each. David brought his 2 names to the table and I brought my 2 names. David had chosen David Michael Youell III and Trevor Alexander. I had David Michael Youell III and Jake/Jacob Ellis Youell (after my mother's father). We matched with one so decided on Trey. It has truly been a joy for David and I to just talk to Trey and share those moments together. We read to him, play music for him, tell him about his family, and watch him kick around in my tummy!! He is an active little guy.

Getting Settled, part 2!

My mom came to Knoxville over the weekend to attend the shower but in the meantime has been sewing like crazy making all of TREY's bedding and making window treatments for our dining room!! She has a special talent to do this and does a lot of things for my sisters and I. I am so grateful that she has this talent!! David and I also purchased new dining room chairs a short time ago. We refurbished Grandmother Carrie's dining room suit she gave us so the room is SLOWLY starting to come together! I guess all those years of sewing clogging costumes and pageant outfits has paid off!!! Stay tuned to see her work in Trey's nursery!