Olivia Kate Abbott

Olivia Kate Abbott was born May 19 at 9:33. The story a bit long.... I went into labor Friday night around 7. Around 2:00 on Saturday morning I told Brandon it was time. We drove to the hospital and my worst nightmare came true. "sorry Mrs. Abbott you are only at a 1" NO... but Olivia's heart rate kept dropping when I would have a contraction so due to the fact I had already had a c-section and my labor pains were getting rough, water broke they kept me. Well, to make a long day for me short, I was in labor all day Saturday. Same story as Aleeza, apparently my body will only dialate to around 5 and then stop. I sat at a 5 for about 7 hours and my contractions started giving up. So around 8:30 Brandon, I and the doctor decided to go ahead with the c-section. The Lord knew our hearts but for some reason it was just not meant to be. Within an hour we had a beautiful baby girl. My two request all along had been no c-section and that I would be able to nurse. Well, she is what I would consider the perfect nurser and perfect baby. Thank the Lord for doctors and for the wisdom in making these descions. I am very thankful for a very healthy baby and for a loving husband who stood by me for close to 24 hours and for my parents who were in and out during those 24 hours and who kept Aleeza for us. Also thanks to our wonderful cousins the Bundy girls who jumped right in on Saturday evening so mom and dad could come to the hospital... now what everyone wants.. pictures.. :)

Chocolate Milk, white shirt and Mc Donalds

Today was the waiting game for me.. :) So Aleeza and I have tried to stay busy all day.. I took her to Mc Donalds' for lunch and let her play on the playground for about an hour. She loves other kids and loves to play with them. Well.... right after she started eating her lunch.. I am still not sure what happened but she was drinking her chocolate milk and next thing I know the choc. milk is on the ground and she is on the ground, on her back drenched in milk, all in her hair all over her face and on her white Gap shirt.. Nice.. nice... We had already lost the skirt this morning due to Brandon finding her in the bath tub with the water running saying " look Daddy, water on.. water on.. " SO.. I let her play with a chocolate stained back and sticky hair and she had a blast. She especially enjoyed the fact that she got to take a bath in the middle of the day when we got home. What a sweetie.. :) Well, we are still waiting.. :)

Kids' Planet

Aleeza loves to go to the park and swing and play... "play , play mama" that is her favorite thing to say when she sees a swing.

Still waiting....:)

Well, today is the due date so we will see what the Lord has in store. I did go to the doctor on Tuesday. I never really like what I hear. They will no induce me since I have had a c-section, so my options are slim. If the baby has not come by Monday they will be scheduling c-section for next Friday ( a week from today). So between now and then please pray the baby will make her appearance and that I will be able to have a natural birth. This is the heart's desire of Brandon and I. If I go into labor and end up having a c-section that is fine, I just want to know that I tried again. So please pray for us in the next few days. Aleeza is going to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa again so we are hoping for something this weekend. Thank you for your prayers.

Still in limbo..

As of this morning still no action.. :) We are still waiting and continuing our days with some what of a normal routine. I am not miserable yet just ready to stop wondering when it is going to happen. I have a docotor's appt. this morning so we will see what he says. They actual day is the 18th- Friday, but Aleeza was 4 days early so we were really hoping for something a few days early.

We have decided to take our house of the market for now until Feb. or March. Brandon and I are very excited about this. The constent not knowing what was going to happend was driving us crazy. Now we can just settle back in. We are going to invest in some fun playground stuff for Aleeza and her new sister, a sandbox and Brandon wants to get her a jeep for the back yard so that will be nice. We also need to get another pool as the weather is getting warm again.

Yesterday we spent fun morning at breakfast and then the park with my good friend Cindy and her kids. I am very sad to say that they will probably be moving soon. Although we don't see each other every day it has been fun to get together especially now that our kids are old enough to play and see them play together.

Brandon joined a indoor soccer team and Aleeza and I were able to go and see him play last night. She was so cute watching her daddy play and yelling "go Daddy". Brandon did score the winning goal for his team last night, even shot it with his left ankle.... because he sprained his right one the week before. Go daddyy!!! Oh yeah, he has also taken up golf. He is playing in a big tournament this Thursday with the Home Builders Association. He has been practicing up on his strokes.. Aleeza likes to hit balls with him too in the backyard which is really cute.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Newest Aleeza adventure

Lately we have just been exploring everything.. cute at times:) The latest thing has been dragging all of my bathing suits and undergarments out of the dresser and putting them all on. She thinks that is great. Aleeza can count to 10 and say A- G.

Also we were very happy to see Aunt Bonnie this past weekend but sad that I didn't take any pictures.. what was I thinking.. apparently I wasn't.. due to this pregnancy.

Big girl bed!!

Yes I am really late posting this one... about 3 weeks ago Nana went shopping with us and helped us purchase this gorgeous big girl bed. Aleeza has done absolutley amazing with the transition. She has only gotten out of bed twice in 3 weeks and that was right after we put her down.. but it was cute.. the first time Brandon was watching TV and she came running in the bedroom and said, " I watch TV" Brandon was like " nope, bed time.. " It was funny. She calls her bed the big bed and the crib the baby bed.. Speaking of baby.. time is ticking and we are waiting.. paitently.. the doc was going to check for dilation yesterday but I said no.. I would rather just wait and let it happen and not get my hopes up.. :) Anyway everything else is good.. very very busy.. trying to get caught up on paperwork and ahead on bills before the baby is born.. Hope everyone is well.

Aleeza is getting excited.

I really think Aleeza is understanding the concept of a new sister. We have been pulling out all the clothes and bedding and carseat. She hugs and kisses my tummy all the time and says" hi baby sister" It is really cute.. :) We are less than 3 weeks away. Brandon and I are getting pretty excited too. I think I am a little more ready than he is for some reason.

My new puppy and new car( I wish)

This was at the Azalea festival in Pickens last weekend. Jesse brought his new puppy and Brandon brought his new car for the show.. Yeah right.. :) Anyway Aleeza had a blast looking at all the cars and wathching all the people!

Zoo Fun!!

Aleeza loves animals so our day at the zoo was very fun. She really didn't want to go until she saw the playground with the swings.. !!

Easter Dress

Happy really late Easter

We are finallly back!!! ( I think)

yeah

Yeah we are back up and running..look for lots of updated pictures today... Thanks to Mr. Carter a man from our church and our new IT guy.. we are in good shape now with our computer.. it would take a lot to lose stuff.. but I don't want to say that too much...

Also if you dont' have a filter on your computer and you want a really good one that is fairly cheap check out www.safeeyes.com We have been wanting to get one and had tried a few but they were no good.. this is great!!! Takes time to get it all set up and adjusted to your perferences but it is good..

Any way.. things are good.. only 3 more weeks.. hopefully. I will post pictures later today.

I am trying

Just be patient the pictures are coming. We are having "technical" difficulties with our computer and when you are running three companies off of your computere that is not a good thing at all. Right now I am not able to download any pictures. I will as soon as possible..
oh yes, our house is back on the market.. yet another LONG story.. but keep praying.. we are ready. I have lots to share with pictures... just bare with me.

Aunt Susan and Uncle Malcolm

Tonight Aunt Susan and Uncle Malcolm came over for a visit before they leave to see their son and daughter in law tomorrow. They brought Aleeza her Easter present. She loves the duck, candy, moo cow key ring and of course the bubbles. Thank you for visiting us!! You all mean so much to us and my parents!! Aleeza was saying "thank you" as they were driving off and saying "bye malcolm and susan" We are working on the uncle and aunt part!!!

Day out with Mommy

Today, I was on a mission to find a Easter dress. Some of you have already heard my saga..

Last year at the end of the season I bought Aleeza the most beautiful dress for this Easter.. mind you I bought it on sale but it was not a cheap dress to begin with. I have been waiting for a year for her to wear this... well Sunday night I decided to try it on.... well, it is way too big.. I cried.. really I did. I couldn't believe it. So today... I went out and found her another Easter dress, one that will fit. It is really beautiful.. of course it is smocked and she will be wearing a Korker.. :)

Well, I heard that George's Club ( the mini train) was today but needless to say it was opening day so we just visited with old friends from the Recreation district and went to the park. Aleeza loves the swings.. :)

Just for Julie:)

Here is my pregnant picture.. about as much as you are going to get.. :)

Hehe

Afternoon at the park

We have been waiting for a nice and sunny day.... well we have had plenty of those maybe I should say a day when Brandon could actually take off to go to the park downtown. It is so nice down there. We went this past Saturday with half of Greenville I think. Aleeza loves to be outside and throughly enjoyed herself. It was nice to get out and have some Aleeza and Daddy bonding time.

update

Just some updates going on in our life.. :0 we sold our house... ( for the third time... well that is a joke) Anyway we have to be moved out by April 30... yes only 27 more days... and two weeks before the baby is due.. wow so I have lots to do. We are very excited about this. The Lord has truly answered our prayer. We have a home inpection tomorrow, that Lord willing will go better than the last. He was a bit dramatic.. :) to say the least.
Baby on the way is doing great. Brandon and I have decided to name her when we see her. We don't do secrets so I will let you in on the three names we have picked out. Savannah Marie, Madeline..something, and Olivia Kate. We just dont' know so Brandon said let's wait till she is born. Wow.. not an Abbott thing to do.
Buisness is good, a bit busy to say the least. Brandon had he framing trailer broken into this past weekend at his foremans' place. Needless to say that was a bit shocking.. they took practically everything. About 8,000 dollars worth. Well, thank the Lord we have insurance and serial numbers.. we are hoping to track the jokers down. :) we will see. That is pretty low down though... go get a job for crying out loud.
Well, everything else is good.. :)

AMAZING!

I just want again to thank the Lord for His provision and the way He works things out in our lives. Brandon and I are constantly reminded in the business that it is nothing we do but what the Lord does for us. We have really been meditating lately on our Scripture reading of reading through the Bible and how every morning there is a verse that applies to our lives for that day. We are truly amazed at the blessings of the Lord.

Weekend with the Cheatham kids

Aleeza had SO MUCH FUN this past weekend while we wathced the Cheatham kids. She was so excited all weekend long. I can't wait for her to have a little sister. Here are some shots of the kids... Aleeza loved to be around Eleanor.. :) and here are Aleeza and Beatrice "chilling " on our bed watching cartoons.. please do notice the matching korkers.. CUTE! Robert I am sure had so much fun with all the girls.. :)

Our little lady

Morning out

Aleeza and I had a fun morning out this morning. I took her shopping.. of course she wanted to go.. she is so into looking at shoes especially.. :) She is my little diva.. :) We went to Chick fil a for lunch. It is so fun to see her interacting with other kids. We have the Cheatham kids this weekend.. :) I can't wait. I hear her saying Robert , Beatrice and Eleanors names.. she says,

Ra Ra , Bea, and Baby ( for Eleanor). We are working on saying the name not just baby. Fun fun.

This is Aleeza enjoying her "new" toy. I got it down last week for Adyrianna but it seems to be bringing back memories for her. :) she will climb in it and turn it on and just sit there. of course there is a mirror on it so I am sure she is doing some staring in that. :)

Her two year old molers are finally cutting through. She has been in a much better mood this week. Hope all is well with everyone.

loving the weather

Aleeza and I enjoyed lunch outside today. Although I am really not sure how much eating she got done.. :) she loves to be outside. The weather is absolutely perfect here. ( word to all my friends that I have been trying to get to move here.. Auntie Bonnie.. it is well worth it.. ) :) She has been picking the wildflowers and saying "flower for mama and flower for daddy" it is really cute. She is growing up so fast. I can't believe she is almost two. Time flies. Yesterday's doctors appt. was good. Everything is right one. Still hoping for a couple of weeks early so that Brandon and I can make it to Kirsten's ( his sister ) wedding. We shall see. Everything else is good! Blood, weight gain.. right one. That is great news! I just wish they would say oh opps you are coming early. :) I have not been sleeping well at night and that is not a good sign since I still have 9 more weeks to go. Oh well, if I am tired enough I suppose I will sleep. Have a great day everyone.

Giving to Goodwill

Ever given items to Goodwill and feel like you are putting out the worker there. I did today. The lady was very rude to me like I was putting her out by donating stuff to them. First I wasn't able to carry the things back as far as she wanted, because hello... clearly expecting a baby. She was pretty put out by that. And then at the end of everything she says to me, " are you almost done" I said," yes maam" and she says" well finally". If I was not pregnant and feeling like I could give birth at any minute I would have taken everything back. This is the third time I have been to this drop off and felt like I was putting them out. Oh well... what do you do.. don't go back to that drop off. :)

Home and Garden Show

The Lord was really good to us at the home and garden show. We kept it simply but because we did, the Lord has already allowed Brandon to sign another contract for a custom home. The man chose us because our booth was simple. We picked up two more homes, Lord willing, and plenty of grading and landscaping jobs. Framing also picked up jobs but we need to start another crew in order to do this. Our one crew is booked for 12 months. Praise the Lord. Brandon and I realize daily that it is nothing that we do but it is based on what the Lord allows and wants us to do. We thank Him for this.

Ever tried this?

Ever tried to take 4 girls,ages 2-3, picture while outside, surround by a million interesting things.. We attempted it last week for Childrens' Place. Bows for Best Friends is trying to crack into the childrens' place system. So we dressed them all up in outfits from there and snapped away. Of course they were sporting bows and korkers. :) Here are some outtakes.

Cool girl

Aleeza loves glasses, hats and shoes. :)

Fun with Aunt Selena and Uncle Jared

Aleeza had a good time this past week while Jared and Selena were down checking out the area. She especially had fun with her cousin, Adry... or as she called her all week Baby, Baby. That is pretty much all I have heard since they have left too. She walks past the door and says Baby, Baby. I think she is going to enjoy her new little sister. :) Aleeza loved giving her kisses and hugs.

Please pray again...

Please pray again, it looks as though the Lord is leading us to now sell our house at this time. Not by our choice but apparently the Lord has different buyers in mind. We will be more settled on all of this tomorrow. We will still have it on the market and the right buyers that the Lord has for this house will come along and buy it. We want that to be just perfect and we know the Lord has someone special in mind for this lovely home. I just want to throw in here how hard of a worker my husband is and how much I appreciate everything that he does for this family. We ran our booth at the home and garden show this past weekend and the Lord has seen fit to bring in a lot of work from this. We are so thankful for this. Thank the Lord for a godly, honest husband that will watch the quality of work and do his best to make it right. The Lord truly has great things in store for us even if we don't see them right now, and right now we are at a low point and don't see them, but we know that the Lord makes no mistake and everything will work out for His glory. What a shame when people don't have any one to turn to and can not rely on the Lord to meet their needs.
Soon I will have pictures to post of baby Adry and Aleeza who is absolutely loving her cousin who is visiting us for a week. How fun to see her interact with a baby.

SOLD??

Please pray.. we have a contract and will hopefully sell. We are very excited but don't want to get our hopes up too much. Thanks for thinking of us.

PLEASE PRAY!

Please pray as we have an open house this Sunday. Our realtor will be here from 2-4 showing the house. We had two very interested ladies stop by yesterday and had two showings. They are both interested. Please pray that we will sell it soon. I know reality is moving into an apartment and now that it is getting close to when the baby is due I really want to be settled in and have Aleeza settled before the baby comes. We actually are excited about down sizing for a while. Of course our next house will be culture shock to us when we move in I am sure but we will be ready for more room when that time comes. We are excited about just selling this house and being down with it. Please pray also as Brandon has two contracts coming up to sign. We are seeing the one for sure but the other one is in limbo. Please pray that things will speed up. He is wrapping up house number 7 next week and needs to get another one rolling. House number 8 is just entering the HVAC stage. Framers and Graders are literally booked up till August. The Lord has been so good with that. We also have the Home and Garden Show coming up next week, where Abbott Graders and Landscapers, Abbott Framing and Abbott Builders will be featured. :) Please pray we will generate some houses from this show. We are excited and our marketing crew has been working so hard. We are excited about everything they have done for us. Thanks America In Design... :)
Funny picture of the week in Abbott Buisness..... hhmm.. pretty much boys being boys is what this picture boiled down to!

Spring pictures early

I needed to take some pictures of Aleeza for a flyer for Bows for Best friends. It was quite chilly while I was trying to do this.. She was so happy to be in her new dress and new shoes though. She is quite the little princess. Strausburg has ordered 1800 more korkers and we are trying to get into Children's place and my faithful friend at my consignment store has placed another order of 30 or so. Thankfully I have found Ultra pak my one stop shop. They did my last 150 for Strausburg and some other girls did the only 200.. thanks you girls.. :)

Make up morning

Thanks daddy... you made her morning.

"Potty, Potty"

For the past few days Aleeza has been obsessed with sitting on the potty. I was wondering why? but I think we might almost be ready. I on the other hand am not ready for this.. that means my baby girl is growing up. Well today she ran up to me and was like "potty, mommy, potty" I said do you have to go and she said " yes!" So I followed her in there and she put her seat up on the toilet and went potty!!! Brandon was home and we were both floored. He told her she deserved a big treat so she got a sucker.. ( of course loved every bit of it). It has not happened again today but we are going to try after nap time. She is quite the character. Never really sure what she is going to do, but that is what makes it fun! She is such a joy!

Happy Valentines Day

How appropriate is the following post that I found. If Aleeza were older I am afraid I would be dealing with the same questions! Thank you for posting this!


Where Have All the Valentines Gone?
The boys and I ventured to Wal-mart today to look for valentines for Mr. Wilt.
Big mistake.
I thought we would just slip in there, grab a bit of chocolate, a cute card, and finish shopping for the week with the thousands of others who dash to the store when freezing rain looms in the weekly forecast. Not so much.
We found chocolate fairly easily, but card shopping with a 3 year old for Valentine's Day is NO fun whatsoever. There were multiple questions like these:
"Mommy, why does that lady not have on clothes? Where's her dress?"
"Mommy, why is there a devil on that card? He's scary!"
"Mommy, read me what this card says."
And yes, all of the above statements were made with my sweet boy hoisting an R-rated card in the air, waving it for all to see. I ask with all the other hopeless romantics in the world, what has happened to Valentine's Day?
When I was young, we decorated shoeboxes with construction paper and excitedly opened each valentine on the afternoon of February 14th. Little boxes of Conversation Hearts were given out, and each child enjoyed (at least) one frosting-topped, sprinkle-doused cupcake before heading home. And of course, there was the red fruit punch that we all wore home as mustaches. Sigh. Those were the days.
Now, when you shop for items of a sentimental nature such as these, you are also bombarded with furry handcuffs, explicit dice telling you do whatever to whomever, and other objects that are more than just a wee bit scary. Our world is absolutely consumed with lust. And at this time of year, it can be just a bit frightening.
I speak for thousands of women when I say this: We don't want lust. We want love. We don't care about glow-in-the dark boxers. We could care less about naughty cards. We want so much more than that. Really.
We want a man that will love us faithfully, even when we're old and gray and don't look 21 anymore. A man that doesn't mind baby spit up and gladly hoists children up in the air to play "airplane". A man that studies God's Word and really lives it. A man that won't give up no matter what. A man that will hold us when we need comforted, wipe our tears when we cry, and write the check when we accidentally wreck the van. A man that isn't afraid to smile, to sing, or to smooch his wife when he thinks the children aren't looking. A real man who really knows the meaning of true, Biblical love.
So, Wal-mart, keep your naughty cards. Keep your furry handcuffs. I'll be cooking my valentine his favorite meal and snuggling on the couch this year. And the smooches? Well, they'll come when he thinks the children aren't looking. :o)

A long updated blog

For those of you who can tell what time I am posting this blog yes it is 5:45 in the morning. Sleep is starting to become more rare and much more difficult these days. I fall asleep fine but around 3 in the morning the baby gets very active and has fun trying to get mommy up. Everything is going great with this pregnancy. I have officially decided not to even schedule a c-section but just to try a VBAC. If you think, please pray that everything will go fine. I do not want another c-section. Yesterday's appointment was encouraging since last month the scales were not friendly to me, I told the nurse it was what I was wearing. Really it was. Because yesterday I lost a pound. I wore very light clothing. :)
Our trip to Florida was wondeful. Brandon was able to make many great contacts with some people here in our area and we came back to our plate full of work yet again. The work keeps coming. Brandon is signing another custom home contract today. This will make number 2 for this year and there are three more in the works that will hopefully happen in the next few weeks. The Lord is good. We just keep living and trusting Him day by day and He always brings it in right when we need it. Our most recent addition to the three buisnesses is all new attire for the guys. They look pretty sharp. Black was starting to get old so we kicked it up a notch. I don't have any picture but there should be some updated ones on the website soon. At the convention we walked over 11 miles just to see all the vendors. Quite the task for a pregnant women! :) Maybe that is why I shed a pound. :) The displays were amazing.
While we were there we treated this trip as a early anniversary trip for us and did have some fun outside of the convention. We went to universal studios one day which was very fun trying to decide which rides it is ok for pregnant women to ride. We also were able to see the light show at MGM on Tuesday night. Quite the show!
We had a very good time but were very ready to come back and get back to work and routine and most importantly to see Aleeza. Wow 9 nights with out her! that was a long time but the Lord was good in taking care of her and giving her a good time with my friend Cindy and her family and of course Nana( which she is saying now) and Papi( sounds like it sometimes)
She grew up quite a bit while we were gone. She is repeating a lot of words and has definetely done some changing. She is still so sweet and loves her daddy and mommy to death. I am afraid she thinks I am going somewhere though because we have had a hard time of me leaving a room and she just starts yelling" mommy, mommy" then when she sees me she is fine. Same with Daddy. I think it will just take some time for her to know we are not going anywhere anytime soon. Her latest hobby has been trying on every single pair of shoes that she owns and she does have quite a few. "shoes, shoes, on" It is reallycute!
Last night we went out to Moes' for supper because our house was being touched up by the painters and the kitchen was a mess. They were still working around 6 so we went out. Aleeza was sitting next to Brandon and I made the comment" we are making a mess". She looked right at Brandon and I and said " making a mess". I know our eyes popped out of our heads. We were like say it again.. and of course nothing.

Off to Florida!

Just so everyone knows, Brandon and I are leaving today for a week for Orlando for the National Builders' Show. We hope to learn a lot! We are taking advantage of the trip for a little early anniversary trip also since my due date is really close to our anniversary. Please pray for safety in travel, and that the Lord will protect Aleeza while we are gone. This is a long time, folks!!! 7 nights without her! She is staying with Nana and PaPa on the weekends and my dear friend Cindy during the week. I know she will have a blast playing with Cindy's three kids and will probably not even know we are gone. Hopefully we can come back and share lots of neat things that we have learned! Have a good week!

Had to post this!

Of course this is Aleeza on the left when is was about 8 weeks old and here is her new cousin Adryianna sporting her peace sign. I thought this was cute.. two cousins being cool!

How many bows?

how many bows can Aleeza wear at one time? well she is really into them right now.. but I try to limit it to just one...

We have all been doing well.. really busy. I am still sorting throgh the buisness stuff and organizing. I finally feel like I am getting there. It has been a long three weeks but I am pulling it all together. We are looking forward to the International builders show in Florida in two weeks. That should be fun and relaxing. Brandon needs a break! :) So do I :)
We had a fun time at Nana and Paw Paws on Saturday night. Mom did a combined birthday for dad and I and that was really fun. Dad turns 60 on Sunday.:) well, that is about all for now. Just staying busy and still trying to sell the house. We have had many lookers.. helps me keep the house clean. Hope everyone is well.

Our new neice

This is our new neice Adriyanna. Congrats to Jared and Selena!
Looks just like her daddy!

We are having another girl!

Well yesterday confirmed that we are having another little girl. We are very excited about how close they will be in age and hopefully be good friends... :) everything looked perfect and right on schedule. Thank you for all your prayers. We will keep you updated on a name and so on.