Baby Simmons Update...

Our 12 week appointment was this morning and it went great! I do have to say, I was pretty nervous going into the office because of my history with this particular appointment. Dr. Rister calmed my nerves a little and went straight into checking for the heartbeat. Before he applied the doppler to my tummy he said, "Now, if we don't hear a heartbeat right away don't PANIC. Sometimes it takes a little while to find it." As soon as he put the instrument on my tummy, all of us heard the most wonderful sound! We heard a strong heartbeat and what we think was the baby moving. This was the most awesome sound I think my ears have EVER heard and that sound came with such a weight that was lifted off my shoulders and heart.

Shelia and Miss Ava were with me today at the appointment, because Clay started his new job with Brazos Electric and hated to ask off so soon. Shelia and I both cried tears of joy after the appointment! It was so great to have her there supporting me.

Here is an amazing story and aswered prayer that Shelia shared with me as we sat in the room after hearing the heartbeat...

Shelia told me that the night before she prayed for us and the baby, like she does every night, but this time she asked for the heartbeat to be heard immediately. And it happened just that way! God is listening...

Our next appointment is on April 15th and we should have a new picture then.

More to come from the "not so" Newlyweds/soon-to-be parents...

Baby News...My Eggo is Preggo!

  Well, I can't contain the exciting news any longer...Clay and I are expecting Baby Simmons in October! We have had a roller coaster ride since last September with losing our first baby, but the Lord sure does have a way of making things GREAT!! We know that this is God's plan for us. We also understand that no matter what happens, it ALWAYS happens for a reason. We have made peace with the loss of our first baby and I truly believe we will meet it someday.
    With that being said, we cannot be more excited about this pregnancy! I am finally feeling great and over the whole nausea mess...hopefully it doesn't show its ugly face again! This pregnancy just feels different from my first and I'm hoping that's a good thing. My first appointment was amazing and we have the baby's first photo with mommy!

More to come from the "not so Newlyweds"...and soon to be parents!...

Update {Front Door}

The Simmons' family finally has a front door that doesn't have broken glass in it! This past weekend Clay knocked the entire north wall of the house down to fix and rebuild a new front door...



It seems like older houses don't have front doors that are centered with the front of the house so we wanted to change that. We picked out a door last weekend and it was installed on Saturday by Mike and Clay. Here's the door we picked...

And here is what I came home to on Friday night, sigh...

And here are some other pictures of the progress...



The finishing touches still need to be done, but the guys worked so hard this past weekend and did an amazing job in such a short amount of time! Since all of the sheetrock is up now, the next project is PAINTING!
More to come from the "not so Newlyweds"...