SHE'S HERE....FINALLY!!!

I am SOOOOOOOO excited to announce the arrival our 3rd child, Elizabeth "Lissie" Tuley. She was born at 5:09am on Sunday, April 5th. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. and is 19 in. long.

As many of you know I wanted to have a natural labor, and God truly blessed me with a great husband, helpful doula, wonderful midwife, and lots of respectful hospital staff. One of my labor and delivery nurses was even in my BSF small group when I had it on Monday nights. However, the most tender moment happened before I began pushing, David had the presence of mind in the midst of some really intense moments to say a precious prayer, and after only 3 short but very intense hours from my first contraction to my 4th push she was here. God is AWESOME!!! He took care of EVERY detail and every worry.

Here are some pictures a really good friend who is much better with her camera than I am with mine took.....THANK YOU SHANNON! Lissie one at one day old.

10 days past

Well, I am still here & still pregnant. Had another appointment today and how grateful it is to say, the baby looks great! I go back on Monday for the full set of tests, when I am officially 2 weeks late. Right now we are just taking it one day at a time, and David and I will get to Monday when it gets here.

I feel great and at peace with God's plan. I will admit it will be nice to get up without making noises, having only one chin, not having a doctor's every 3 days, etc. But for now we are here and waiting.

Vote Now

While I am waiting for this baby, I thought it might be fun to take a vote on what people think we are having, when, and measurements. We finally have both a boy and girl name. If we have a girl, her name will be Elizabeth Tuley; we will probably call her Lissie (this is Kaylinn's prediction of what we are having, but she also says Elizabeth will have purple, red, and pink hair?). If this baby is a boy, his name will be William Rason Tuley. I can't wait to meet this little person!

41 weeks

Went in to have all the same tests done today that I did on Friday. I feel blessed to say that fluid levels are up and everything looks great. Now if we could just talk this child out! I go back Thursday morning to check on the baby some more. I am also not on bed rest; she told me light duty. I'm really not sure what that means? At least maybe getting up a little more will help get things moving. Thank you for all the prayers!!!

Donuts with Dad

Since school is out when Father's Day rolls around, Kaylinn's school does Donuts with Dad at the end of February. I made the mistake of talking about it too soon, which made Kaylinn upset when she'd ask (everyday) if daddy was going to school and my answer was not to her satisfaction. She also requested pink donuts with sprinkles for herself and blue donuts with sprinkles for daddy, since he's a boy. I was relieved when she was happy with the donut she got. Kaylinn was SO excited to have daddy come to school with her.

Yummy!

Kaylinn even made her daddy a present.

A picture frame with a picture of her....she was too busy enjoying her donut.

I don't know if you can read this survey Kaylinn filled out about David, but it's hilarious!

My dad is 16 yrs. old.

My dad's favorite color is green.

My dad's favorite food is ketchup.

My dad helps me paint.

My dad's favorite thing to do is race.

When I am with my dad we love to dance.

ACU Sing Song

Towards the end of February, my mom, Kaylinn, and I drove to Abilene to watch Meggan in the old ACU tradition of Sing Song. Each class and club decides what they are going to be and then using costumes, songs, choreography, etc. competes against one another to win the whole thing. They give 3 different performances and then on the final night, the overall winner is announced. Meggan is in the same club that I was, Ko Jo Kai, and she is ALL about being a Kojie. As you can see they were skunks this year. I am proud to say that they won! Meggan is also next year's Kojie VP. I sure am proud of her, and I am so glad she is having so much fun!

Our little skunk...Boogie.

Kaylinn with her Aunt Boogie.

What's that you smell?

Just Meg and her roommate, Carley.

Not the greatest picture, but this is the whole group getting ready to listen to the winner of that afternoon's category.

Dentist

I took Kaylinn to the dentist, and she did awesome! I couldn't believe how compliant she was with all that was asked of her. I am so glad we went to a Pediatric Dentist.

Kaylinn and John David before we got started.

X-rays

Kaylinn helped Ms. Linda with Mr. Thirsty.....she LOVED helping!

Dr. Joe Pierce doing a final sweep.

ALL CLEAN!!!!