Bringing the twins HOME!!!!

On August the 13th @ 6pm my sister and her family will be having an adoption benefit celebrating my sweet niece and nephews future HOME COMING!!!

[sweet faces]

Meet GREER

MEET SOPHIE

Since I am responsible for filling seats, I thought I'd do a special post with specific details for anyone who may be interested in attending. It will be a FUN night for families and children of all ages. There will be several different things going on such as

• Hawiaan Feast
• Lawn Games
• Swing Dance Lessons
• Silent Auction

If anyone reading this post would be interested in attending this HUGE celebration for our family, leave me a comment or send me an email at jordan.and.ashley.alford@gmail.com. I will rsvp to you as qucikly as possible and soon after I will get you tickets and directions!!!!

Below is an official invite my sister made. It will share everything I missed in details.

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Would love to see any and/or ALL of you reading there!

Happy Wednesday!

36 weeks!!!

I AM

36 WEEKS

[I'd do the HAPPY dance if I wasn't so exhausted]

And for fun, here is a pic of me in the same dress at 22 weeks (14 wks ago)

[told you I was swelling MOM! Look at the comparison of my face!]

Anyways....

PREGNANCY HIGHLIGHTS

How Far Along: 36 weeks

Size of baby: The website I googled said baby boy is currently the size of a crenshaw melon. He is weighing around 6 pounds and is 18 1/2 inches long! From this point on, he will be packing on the weight (about an ounce a day).

 

 Total Weight Gain/Loss: 16 pounds so far. I will find out a more accurate figure on Friday at my doctor's appointment. But lately I've been gaining a pound a week. So I'm guessing 18 pounds is where I'll be at by Friday. (Finger's crossed anyways)  ;)

Maternity Clothes: All maternity at this point!

Gender: It's a BOY!!! Gunner Blake.

Movement: Still moving... all the time... It's starting to get uncomfortable. I'm sure he's feeling the same way!

What I miss: SLEEEEEEEEP. I also miss my energy, being able to bend over, my normal body, being able to lay on my stomach, eating anything I want without getting heartburn and just being comfortable, period!Cravings: Still no particular cravings. I haven't had a whole lot of cravings with this pregnancy like I did with Tuff's pregnancy.

Symptoms: I'm starting to have several contractions. And I'm swelling some. Usually at the end of the day when I've been up on my feet alot. I'm also starting to get headaches, just like I did at the end of my pregnancy with Tuff. Hopefully it's not a sign of preeclampsia, again!

Best Moment this week: Looking foward to my doctor's appointment on Friday! They start checking me this week. So I'm praying for some progress/good news!!!! Come on baby Gunner! Mommy has faith in you! :)

 

Happy Tuesday!

9 months pregnant = rough morning

It's for sure been a ROUGH morning! Tomorrow I will officially be 9 months pregnant!!! Lord knows, I'm feeling it!!! Especially at work. I am a receptionist and I sit in a chair, infront of a computer for 8-9 hours a day. I remember very vividly what it was like at the end of my pregnancy with Tuff, at work. Mainly because I'm starting to feel it all over again. I have 4 more weeks until Gunner's due date and I'm miserable when I'm at work. Last week was HARD. But this morning, only 2 hours into the morning, I'm feeling how much harder it's going to get. I can't get comfortable in my chair, I'm constantly hot, my belly is hard as a rock and sitting straight up hurts! And every afternoon, I get a little visitor whom I HATE with a passion dislike very much, a headache!!! Since I cover the frontdesk and the phones, I can't move away from my desk to walk or ease the pain. Please pray for me to make it though the next 4 weeks. Or until Gunner decides to make his appearance. I really need to be here since I have to be out on Maternity leave for so long, with no pay!

While I was sitting here feeling pretty crummy earlier, I had a surprise visitor who made my morning a little brighter!!!

Check him out...

He enjoyed playing with mommy's computer & her phone!

In this picture, he's pointing to and talking about daddy on my computer screen.

Then, he found mommy's snack drawer and thought he'd help his self! :)

Mommy didn't mind ;)

One thing is for sure, nothing else could have made me feel better this morning!!!

I LOVE my baby boy!!!!

Nursery happenings

We are finally getting in gear with Gunner's nursery! I was THRILLED to get 2 picture messages from the lady making Gunner's bedding last night. Here is a "sneak peek" of some of the things that will match sweet boy's bedding.

[curtain & diaper stacker]

OH MY!!!

Can you see why I was so excited? It looks GREAT!!! I absolutely can NOT wait to see everything once it's all finished!!!!

We finally have a plan for the walls now, too. I have been searching everywhere online the past few weeks trying to think of something to do with the walls and last night we finally came up with an idea. I am excited to see the outcome. I am headed to the paint store today on my lunch break to pick up what we will need to get started. Obviously, I wanted to do something fun and different. Something other than painting every wall the same ole' color. What we came up with has a tad bit of detail so pray for us as we are working on this. Especially since [painting & patience] don't go to well as a pair for neither Jordan or I. Hehe. :)

I am SO relieved to finally get some things done. Nothing like waiting til the last minute. We're getting down to crunch time. And even though I'm almost completely sure Gunner will wait it out until his dute date, there is a little part of me that thinks he may come earlier than expected. Like last night for instance, I had an "episode." Haha. I had a 3 or 4 contractions in about a 15 minutes span (while I was laying in bed trying to go to sleep) and with every contraction, Gunner would start moving. Which made it even more painful. Now keep in mind, I never had ONE contraction/pain/etc. while I was pregnant with Tuff... so I'm not really sure what to "expect" if I were to go into labor. I do know one thing FOR SURE..... I DO NOT want to go into labor at night while my hubby is at work. I am not very calm when it comes to things like this and I couldn't imagine it happening while I was alone and had a 2 year old with me. Hahahaha. Now we ALL know what's going to happen if I go into labor on my own..... It will be right smack dab in the middle of the night while hubby is at work, Tuff is sleeping and so is every other family member in town. Geeeez. Pray for me! We are getting soooooooooooooo close. 4 and a half weeks to be exact. I am full of so many emotions. I'm anxious, scared, nervous, happy, READY,etc. I have been saying an extra prayer or 2 the last few weeks... asking for a smooth and non-complicated delivery and asking for a healthy baby boy! Hoping all those prayers are answered!!!

As for Tuff.........................

[laying on his baby brother watching cartoons]

I think he's ready for his baby brother to get here too! He was giving him a little extra L-O-V-E last night before bedtime. :)

I am one BLESSED mama!!!!!

Happy Thursday! Another day closer to the weekend!!!!

35 weeks

I AM

35 WEEKS

PREGNANCY HIGHLIGHTS

How Far Along: 35 weeks

Size of baby: The website I googled said baby boy is currently the size of a honeydew melon. He is weighing around 5 1/4 pounds and is 18 inches long!

 Total Weight Gain/Loss: 16 pounds!!! Still pleased with this!

Maternity Clothes: All maternity at this point!

Gender: It's a BOY!!! Gunner Blake.

Movement: Still moving... all the time... It's starting to get uncomfortable. I'm sure he's feeling the same way!

What I miss: SLEEEEEEEEP. I also miss my energy, being able to bend over, my normal body, being able to lay on my stomach, eating anything I want without getting heartburn... should I keep going? Haha!

Cravings: Just hungry for food. No particular cravings.

Symptoms: I'm starting to have several contractions. And I'm swelling some. Usually at the end of the day when I've been up on my feet alot. I'm also starting to get headaches, just like I did at the end of my pregnancy with Tuff. Hopefully it's not a sign of preeclampsia, again!

Best Moment this week: Having Tuff's pictures made on Sunday! And adding another family member to the household. Tuff is LOVING "kitty." He played with her ALL morning this morning while I got ready for work.

Showin off his kitty! :)

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!!!! 

PICTURES & newest member to the Alford FAM!!!!

The Alford family officially added a new member to the family this weekend....



Meet NELLA (Her name is fitting, right? After the baby girl we'll never have...)

Tuff is SO excited about his new "kitty." He had a mini melt down when we walked out the door to go to the vet this morning. :) Nella is 9 weeks old with a few fleas and no shots. So she had to go get all that taken care of asap! We assured baby boy that Nella would be back home, safe and sound this afternoon when he came home from MeMe's and Pa's.



As for PICTURES....

We had Tuff's 2 year photo session yesterday morning. We met up with Amber bright and early at 8:00 a.m. to try and avoid the heat. The first 30 minutes or so were NICE. Then the sun came out. We shot for about an hour and a half and she got lots of pictures! She said it would take 4-6 weeks to get them all but she went ahead and posted a "sneak peek" on her website last night. I thought they turned out GREAT!!! You can see them HERE. Amber did a great job and she was very sweet to work with. If you're looking for pictures to be made at a good price with good quality, I highly recommend Amber. She is out of McMinnville but will travel to you for an extra charge. You can get her info on her website here.

Thanks SO much for working with us Amber!!!! We LOVE what we've seen so far! Can't wait to see the rest!!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!!

Happy Monday!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 years ago today at this very moment we were awaiting our sweet babies arrival....

And almost 12 hours later at 5:43pm.....

Our sweet boy FINALLY arrived.

A whole 8lbs.

&

20 1/4 inches long

I think me and Jordan both agree on one thing for sure, this was the happiest day of our lives!!!!

We are SO blessed to have such a sweet, fun loving baby boy to fill our hearts with SO much love and joy!!!!!!!!!

And today....

Our sweet-fun loving baby is turning 2!

And I have to admit, he's already been acting like a 2 year old just a few hours into his birthday this morning! Ha! (I think he knows he can get away with anything today!)

We don't have a lot planned for the day. Just whatever baby boy wants to do! So far he's ran some errands with mama, visited MeMe and Pah and now we're headed to BaBa's to go to lunch with Baba and Bubba (Jace Thomas).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCAS TUFF!!!!!

Mommy and Daddy love you more than breathing anything in the whole world!!!!!

You have made the last 2 years of our lives, the best 2 years of our lives!!!!

The Lord couldn't have blessed us with a sweeter baby!

We're looking foward to MANY more birthdays!!!!!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy