Averie Ann Henson

I wanted to put some pics up of Isla's future BFF, Averie Ann Henson.  She is so darling!!

Happy Birthday Averie Ann Henson!

Our dear friends Shawn & Chel had their beautiful baby girl July 13th at 9:32 am!!  They wanted a surprise and found out that they made a beautiful little girl!  She weighed in at 7 lbs and 1 oz and 18 1/2 in. long!  She is so sweet with a dimple on her right cheek!  Averie has some light brown hair and a cute little button nose!  Aaron and I went up early that Tuesday morning to meet Averie and we both loved her instantly!  Mommy is doing so well too, both parents are beaming with pride!  We are overjoyed for the new Henson family and we're so excited for the future with our families together.  We just know that Isla & Averie will be the best of friends!  Congrats again Chel & Shawn!!  I will post pics as soon as I can!!

Maternity Pictures!

Our sweet friend Nikki Ramirez took some maternity pictures of our little Nolan family yesterday, July 11th at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.  She did a great job and we had so much fun hanging out with her and her family that day!  We're so excited for our little Isla Doodle to be with us on a trip to the Children's Garden, it was so fun and peaceful! 

The most beautiful baby girl in the world!!

Our sweet babycakes had a 3D ultrasound yesterday, July 8th.  She is just amazing and perfect!  We saw her smiling and kicking around inside my tummy, she instantly put tears into her Mommy's eyes while Daddy watched in awe and silence.  We are both so in love with our little sweetheart!  She weighs in at exactly 3 lbs right now and she was in the 59th percent aisle for where I'm at in my pregnancy, so she's very healthy and growing perfect!  Words cannot express the happiness she is bringing to our lives, we are so blessed to have our own little family!

4th of July!

The 4th of July was wonderful!  Aaron and I went downtown under the arch to Fair St. Louis with our own little picnic and listened to John Legend and the B-52's performing!  We even shared a funnel cake which I'm sure Isla was giddy over :)   This picture was taken at 28 weeks pregnant exactly (July 3rd), I'm feeling huge and uncomfortable but I just keep reminding myself of the wonderful reward that is coming!! We start our baby/birthing classes tonight, we will have a class every Tuesday that lasts 2 hours for the whole month!  We're suppose to bring 2 pillows and wear comfy clothes so this should be very interesting!  :) 

A gift for Isla from Aunt Brandy

Isla's Aunt Brandy just snagged this super cute dress for Isla's first 4th of July next year!  I just adore it and I'm sure my sweet babycakes will look very cute in it!  It even comes with an adorable diaper cover in blue wtih white stars on it!  Isla is very lucky to have an Aunt who is already spoiling her and loves her very much!

A holiday weekend is approaching!!

...and all I can think of is how exciting the next 4th of July will be!!  Isla Ann will be with us to celebrate the 4th and she'll be around 9 months old, oh my gosh!  I'm sure she'll be the cutest little thing with hair bows to match the holiday.. I am just so excited to have my daughter!  I was reminded by my pregnancy calendar that I am on day 194 of 280 which means only 86 days remaining until her due date!  Granted we could go early or late but 86 is a pretty good estimate and that is less than 3 months away! 
Our best friends, Shawn & Chel Henson are due on the 12th of this month and we've all been hoping for a 4th of July baby for them.. so wouldn't that make such a great weekend for their new family?! 

Happy 4th of July everyone!!  I will update next week on how the festivities went and maybe Isla will be kicking during the fireworks if she's as excited as her Mommy!!