Eliza Ann

Eliza Ann Lowe
7 lbs. 3 oz.
19 1/4 inches long
We love her!

This is a picture of a proud Daddy! Our first day with Eliza.

With Grandma Thomas

A lady in my family's ward made these adorable hats for Eliza. This one coordinated really well.

Her first bath at the hospital.

At home with Grandma.

My Dad and two sisters, Nikki and Amber, came down to visit last weekend. We loved it! It was the best.

Aunt Amber

We pretty much just look at her all day. We think she's pretty darn cute.

Aunt Nikki

First bath at home. She's so not loving it.

One of my favorites.

Baby jeggings!

Update

We will be having our baby TOMORROW! How did that happen?!

Well, our little girl decided she wanted to be head up the other week (breech). We went in to have her flipped (an external version), but unfortunately, she really liked where she was and didn't move at all. So, we have a scheduled c-section for tomorrow morning! I like knowing when we are going to have her and knowing that it'll be relatively quick, but was pretty disappointed at first to have to have a c-section. I have been having lots of contractions on and off, so we've been praying that she'll just wait one more day!

I can't believe we're going to be parents. We are so excited, but feeling a little bit in shock. Tomorrow our life will never be the same! :) And we can't wait.

Belly pics!

The long awaited belly pics! We are alive and well and I have no idea why what I'm writing is underlined! Maybe our blog just knows how excited we are for our little girl to get here, so it added it for emphasis.

Anyways. We had been slacking on taking pictures of my growing belly, especially when I really wasn't showing very much. She is growing and kicking and we love her so much!

26 Weeks

31 Weeks (Sorry for the big time gap)

33 Weeks! (We finally realized that this background is much more visually appealing.)

These aren't the most flattering of me, but I love seeing the progress she is making. We feel so unbelievably blessed to have this great blessing coming so soon! I am now 34 weeks! How did that happen?!

Andrew is enjoying his classes. I can tell he already loves our little girl so much-- I can't wait to see him as her daddy. I'm still subbing a bit during the week. I love when kids ask if I am pregnant-- it's helped me bond quickly with the students since I'm usually just there for a day or less.

Lately I've been so focused on her just getting here. The other day I realized that I really love being pregnant, and I'm going to miss it! Don't get me wrong, I CANNOT wait for her to come! I just need to appreciate and enjoy this stage. It's so fun to feel her move and start to get to know her.

We are so, so happy!

The Latest...

As many (or all) of you know, we are expecting a little girl in the beginning of March!! We are SO happy, grateful, thrilled, excited... I'll just let you look at the pictures first, because that's really what people want to see. (Sorry for the bad quality of pictures. We're trying to figure out our scanner.)

Her cute foot! I have definitely been feeling them kick. Andrew thinks she will be a soccer player, "or she can be whatever she wants to be, but maybe a soccer player."

We love her and her cute little nose.

I can't believe that's inside of me! What an amazing, crazy thing.

Us at our ward Halloween party. We got this cute idea from here.

It was a long road to get to this point, but I know many people have/had longer. We are grateful for all the prayers for us. Even though we had wonderful doctors that helped us get to this point, we know that it was a miracle. We're grateful for the Lord's plan for all of us. We can't wait to meet her! :)

Cabin!

These pictures are from July, and I know it is September. I am really bad a blogging! I think part of the reason why is because I really don't know what I'm doing. Like, why is all of the writing so light on our blog?! If you know how to fix this, let me know, because it's really annoying.

Anyways, in July, we headed up to Lake Wisconsin for a fun week at the cabin with the Thomas family. It was so relaxing! We fished, played games, ate food, road on a boat, watched movies/ Pysch.

The back of the cabin we stayed at, and Amber looking sneaky.

Alex, Josh, and Andrew our fishing on the dock. There was a lot of fishing going on! And almost everyone caught a fish while we were there.

Andrew's birthday at the cabin!

Andrew and I on the closest thing I have seen to a mountain in the Midwest. It had a gorgeous view!

We loved our time there! We got to spend a lot of great time with my family! Thanks Lake Wisconsin! :)

Colorblind

After working on de-cluttering our house, we came across some pillows that came with our new couches...

Andrew: But what are we going to do with all of these red pillows?

Erica: What red pillows?

Andrew: These right here! (Pointing)

Erica: You mean the black pillows?

Andrew: (Looks closer) Oh yeah.

I just hope our children don't fail preschool because Andrew's teaching them their colors.

Josh's Grad Party

A week (or 2?) before Josh graduated, my family had a graduation party for him (as is tradition in Minnesota). It was great. I can't believe my mom has done 4 of these!

The Josh Shrine.
Yummy food.
Andrew was the cake-serving master.
I think this was actually the week that Josh graduated. Trevor, Heather's then fiancee, came to visit. The boys initiated him into the family by the traditional burning of the Christmas tree. When Andrew came out to visit when we were dating, Josh, Dad, and Andrew burned two Christmas trees in the backyard. The flames seriously were 5 times higher than this one. It was a great bonding experience for them. ;)

More pictures to come-- This is just the beginning of the summer!