6/24/09

Birthday and Father's day

This past weekend we celebrated Josh's 27th birthday! We did dinner and a movie and saw "Away We Go" which we would both highly recommenced! Sunday we celebrated birthday and father's day with our small group from church.


Josh got a new video camera for his birthday!! Now he is officially ready to be a dad!


Small group birthday lunch!! So fun!!


Finally, I am now 28 weeks and entering the third trimester. Looking forward to these last few months of preparation, anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little Sophi!

6/17/09

My little brother, the daddy

On June 16, 2009 little Evie Scobey made her entrance into this world. My little brother is now the proud daddy of a precious, beautiful baby girl.

Daddy meeting his baby girl for the first time



Rocking his precious angel


Giving his daughter her first bath


Evie and I meeting for the first time


Evie, I love you already more than I can express. I can't wait for you to meet our little Sophi. I pray the two of you will be the best of friends, share all the ups and downs of life together, and find together in your precious little hearts a love for God that goes deeper than any other love you will ever know.

Graham and Ashley, I am so proud of who you are and the parents I know you will be to your little one. Josh and I promise to be here for both of you to encourage you through those difficult moments and celebrate with you in your moments of joy. We thank God that we get to share this journey of parenting with you.
Thank you for letting me be a part of Evie's birthday! I love you!

6/3/09

25 weeks...

I am now 25 weeks along and everything is going very well. I am gaining a considerable amount of weight, normal, but considerable for me! All my vitals and blood work continue to look good. Sophie's heartbeat is going strong and she is measuring right on target, as am I! Here are few quick tummy pictures for your enjoyment:

25 weeks...


...and the belly!


Sophi and Shiloh



I hope to put up some pics of the bedding we got for Sophi's room in the next few days! Stay tuned!

5/26/09

Just the two of us...


Josh and I took this past long weekend as one last opportunity to get away "just the two of us." We visited San Francisco, a place neither of us had ever been before (well I guess I went there when I was like seven or something but I don't remember it!).



We stayed in the Union Square area while there which is the shopping district of San Francisco with the Macy's, Nordstrom, and many, many more! I got to do a little shopping the first night we


were there (what little shopping you can do when you are 5 months pregnant!) Thanks Josh!

It was MUCH colder than we expected it to be while we were there (everyone had their winter jackets on. I didn't even know Californians owned winter coats!). This was a typical picture of me throughout the weekend, drinking Starbucks hot chocolate or mocha to stay warm and cozy!


On Sunday, Josh and I got up early and took on the challenge of biking the Golden Gate Bridge. We started in Fisherman's Warf, rode up to the bridge, across it and then down into the cutest little town called Sausalito. It was a bit cold but so much fun! What a great way to see the Golden Gate Bridge. And Sausalito was such a neat place. Next time we go we would love to just spend the weekend there!





We took the ferry back from Sausalito to Fisherman's Warf parked our bikes and stopped in at the world famous Boudin's Sourdough Bakery for some yummy clam chowder in an AMAZING sour dough bread bowl. It was a great way to warm up and it was soooo good! We got to see them making the bread which was really cool too!




After lunch we took a quick walk down Pier 39, taking in all the smells and sounds of that crazy place. We made sure to stop by and see the Sea Lions "sunbathing" on the pier (honestly, this was somewhat gross to me as there were soooo many of them!).




Our next stop was Alcatrez, where we took the awesome audio tour of the old maximum security facility. We both really enjoyed the tour, it really made you feel as though you were there experiencing a part of history.

Here is Josh in his favorite place in the prison, the library!




Kinda creepy!!





The next day we drove down the famous crooked Lombard street, a must see while there! Can't believe they built a street like that!




Our final stop before heading out of town was to check out the famous "painted ladies." For those of you who have no clue what I am talking about based on the picture check out the row of houses behind me, these are the "painted ladies." Any Full House fans out there?! These houses are in the opening song of the show!




We had such a great time getting out of town and spending time "just the two of us" exploring a fun new city. Our next weekend get away will be " just the three of us!"

5/11/09

It's a....

Josh and I had a VERY exciting weekend! We found out on Friday that we are having a precious little....GIRL!!! Her name is Sophia Caris Strahan. Sophia means wisdom in greek and Caris means grace in greek. We will call her Sophi!!

My parents were in town and able to share this special time with us. It was so neat to watch their excitement as they got to see and anticipate another little granddaughter. Friday night we went to dinner to celebrate my dad's birthday and the excitment of discovering we are having a girl.
Sunday we celebrated Mother's day with breakfast a cute little restaurant here in Pasadena then headed to the Rose Bowl Flea Market, one of the largest flea markets in the country. We were able to find the perfect dresser for Sophi's room while we were there. And mom found the cutest little rocking horse for little Sophi to use when she arrives!

As the nursery has begun to come together, Shiloh has begun to take note that something is changing. He is starting to get exciting about meeting his sister when she comes home!


Josh and I are also getting excited about meeting our little girl too. Mom bought us both diaper bags this weekend to begin getting prepared for her to enter our world!


22 weeks and doing well...more updates to come!

4/26/09

Picture update...

Here are some recent pictures to keep you up to date:

Another trip to the beach...baby's gettin' some sun!

Baby's first major league baseball game, the Angels. Enjoying his first baseball hot dog!!

So messy yet sooo good! (Mom had been craving this for quite some time!!)

20 weeks...

...we are half way there!! Can't wait to meet you little guy!!

4/23/09

Rock a bye baby...

A lot has gone on the past few weeks...and unfortunately I have not done a good job getting pics of all the fun things we have done!

Two weekends ago Josh and I got to go back to Nashville (Columbia really) and visit his parents. It was soooo nice! We had so much fun catching up with his folks, seeing his brother, sister-in-law and our niece and nephew! We ate lots of things I had been craving....such as Chick-fil-A and Cracker Barrel! When we got to the airport to come back to LA on Sunday we were both really sad. We miss the south, we miss being close to our family, and we are both ready to come back home! We definitely feel we are where God wants us to be right now, but our hope is that we will get the opportunity to move back to the south (hopefully Nashville!) by the end of next year!

This past weekend we made our first big purchase for the baby...we bought a crib! What a neat experience. It was so fun to see Josh get so excited about it, getting caught up in the nesting with me! We can't wait to set it up here at the house...hopefully in a couple of weeks.

(picture from the website)

Finally, we are starting to feel the baby kick! I have been able to feel him move for a few weeks now but just the flutters. Now Josh can even feel him kick. What an amazing, awesome moment to feel our little one telling us he is there!

(19.5 weeks)

We will find out if it's a boy or girl on May 8! We can't wait!!! Stay posted for the big announcement.