20 Weeks!

I hate that I don't have anyone to take these pictures for me... for some reason I think I would look better if someone else took the picture instead of me having to use the self timer. HA!

Things are really falling into place for our new house in Hattiesburg! I have been SO STRESSED about the inspection and whether or not the timing will work out to close on the right date... there are just a million things to think about. I know worrying doesn't help at all and I wish I could just turn off the 'worry switch' but it just isn't that easy. Thank goodness I have such wonderful family and coworkers that will listen to me talk it out over and over again.
Anyway, our appraisal is set to come back tomorrow which means we will probably close on time and the builder agreed to fix almost everything that was mentioned in the inspection. **deep sigh of relief!
Here are some pictures of the house that my SIL took early this month when we first saw it:
http://gallery.me.com/amydhenry#100410

Since then, the house has been finished! This is the only updated picture that I have since our original trip. Maybe more to come after the weekend! :)


The movers are supposed to come pack everything and load the truck a week from today. I am SO excited that I don't have to pack anything and Dan won't have to worry about loading up a truck in the heat or anything. Dan comes home a week from Thursday (for labor day weekend). I can't wait to see him! He'll actually be home for 4 days so that will be a nice break. We will drive to Hattiesburg on Friday and our stuff will arrive sometime between the 3rd and the 8th. I just love that they've given me such a big time frame... and I have no idea when we will actually have all of our stuff back. :)

Anyway, that's all for now!

18.5 Weeks

Below is a picture of some beautiful flowers my mom bought me the day after we found out that we're having a girl! :) So pretty!


And of course we had to do lots of shopping the moment we found out! Mom ended up buying everything for me this weekend, which was great! LOL! Below are pictures of a few of my favorites!





I know everyone knows this, but can I just say.... shopping for a baby girl is FUN!!!!
I started looking at bedding this weekend and this is my favorite so far:

I just love the little birds! I think that will make a really cute nursery! I found it at this website: http://www.babybananza.com/p/bf-SET-LVB-BBF/bf-SET-LVB-BBF.html.

My SIL is lending me her crib and it is gorgeous! It's white and will look so good! :) I can't wait to get in my new house and really start working on this room!

That's all for now! Goodnight!

drum roll please!!!!

Let me just start by showing you some pictures!


I'm smiling at you!









aaaaaaaaaaaaand...... we're having a..............................................................................

GIRL!!!!



When the lady doing the sonogram pulled that shot up I said "IT'S A GIRL!!!!" and she just smiled and nodded!! Then, my mom proceeded to go nuts. Ha! We spent the day shopping in downtown Franklin and then headed to Cool Springs Mall and bought two little precious tops for our girl. :)

THEN, on my way home I got a call from the HR lady at Trustmark and she "officially" offered me the job! I'm so glad to have that all lined up! Now, if my house will be finished on time everything will be JUUUST RIGHT! It's been a wonderful day!

Changes, changes....

My mom said to me today "You're getting a new job, a new house, and a new baby... what else needs to change!?" That is so true... I'm very excited about all of these changes, but they're so overwhelming (especially all at once)!!

Friday I drove to Hattiesburg for 2 interviews and to look at some houses. My SIL went with me and I'm so glad she did! I would have been LOST in H'burg without her! Both interviews went really well... one was with Trustmark Bank and the other was with Forrest General Hospital. I felt more comfortable with the Trustmark people and they really seem like they want me! They're waiting on my drug test & background test to come back so hopefully I will have a definite answer on that this week! I cannot tell y'all how I constantly worried about finding a job and then about telling them that I'm pregnant. I decided I did want to tell them up front because I didn't want to start a job and surprise anyone with the news that I'll be out for 2 or 3 months beginning in January. I really expected silence or shocked faces when I told the interviewers but the 2 men interviewing me just smiled really big and both said "Well congratulations!!!!". Definitely not the response I was expecting-- such a relief!

After the interviews Amy and I went with my realtor and looked at several homes for sale! I liked almost every house we looked at but finally settled on a new construction in a really nice neighborhood. We are going under contract this week!!! Right now it looks like I'll probably move down there around September 3rd and I'll start work on the 14th (assuming Trustmark works out).

In other news, we find out FRIDAY if we're having a baby boy or a baby girl! I'm so excited!!!!! Most people (including me) think boy, but my Gommy did the ring test this weekend and it said girl. If you've never heard of it, the ring test is where you put your wedding ring on a string and someone else dangles it over your belly and if it swings back and forth it's a boy... if it swings in a circle its a girl. I think my mom and maybe Lauren are coming into town later this week to go to the sonogram with me. It's going to be a lot of fun!! :) I guess I'll post on Friday when I know for sure if we'll be buying lots of pink or blue!! I can't believe it's this close!