New Year

What a year 2010 has been! We had a very eventful and blessed year! I have recapped our year in pictures below (they are in reverse order...sorry:))!

Whitney's first Christmas!

Whitney and Sadie napping together

Whitney and that cute smile!! Can't get enough of her!!

Whitney's first Thanksgiving

Newborn pictures ~ I love this picture!

Aunt LAH came to watch the Auburn vs UGA game with us!! We loved having her here to watch the game and hang out!! WAR EAGLE!!

Family picture in our Auburn gear!

Coming home from the hospital her dress that Aunt LAH made her! :)

First family picture

Whitney and Daddy ~ Kyle holding her for the first time

She is here!!! October 29, 2010 @ 9:55 pm weighing 6 lbs 15.3 oz and 21 iches long

My cousin came to our house and too some maternity pictures for me. I never thought I would want to have pictures taken of me when I was "fat" but I love how they turned out! I am glad I had them taken and will definitely have them taken the next time! :)

All the girls at my shower in Athens!! My BEST friends in the world!!

My BEST friend Lauren and me

LAH and me with the CUTE dress she made for Whitney to wear home from the hospital!

Some of the awesome decorations LAH made for the shower!

Me and Kelly at my first shower!

Some of my gifts!

Kyle and I at the beach for our 1 year anniversary!

A summer day!

LAH and me at Hannah's wedding! The day we found out and told her I was pregnant!

The day we found out we were expecting!

As you can see, our year was pretty exciting! Bringing Whitney in the world was the most wonderful thing that could ever happen! I cannot wait to see what 2011 has in store for us! Watching Whitney grow is going to be so much fun!

My New Year's Resolution: Be more organized and keep my blog updated! :)

UPDATE

It's been a while....I know! All I have been doing is getting ready to meet our sweet baby girl!! I can hardly wait for her to be here!!!

School has started and it is a lot harder some days than I thought it would be. My back and hips hurt so bad somedays that I can barely move when I get home. I also have a lot less patience with my children each day. I have to remember they are 5 years old and say extra prayers each day so that I can make sure I am a positive influence in their lives.

I have had 2 baby showers and have 2 more! I am so blessed with such amazing family and friends! Here are a couple pictures from the showers I have had!

This is me and Kelly....she hosted the first baby shower! She has been friends with Kyle a long time and I am so glad that we have gotten so close!

LAH and me with the precious outfit that she made for Whitney to wear home! She is so talented! Love you Auntie LAH!!!

The girls from my shower in Athens! I LOVE these girls!!! Lauren L, LAH, me, Lexie, and Lauren G. They are showing Whitney some love!

There are so many more pictures that I could put up here but it would be the longest blog ever! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! I will do better updating my blog!

We picked a name:

Whitney Reece Gourley

Now onto the challenge...

I was given this award...

Give this award to 10 bloggers and write 10 things about yourself. And thank the blogger who gave you the award:

Thank you Diving Into Love!

1. I am so in love with my life!! I have the most amazing husband anyone could ask for and I love him more and more every day! I have a wild/crazy dog but I love her!! I have a baby girl on the way and cannot wait for her to be here!

2. I have the most amazing friends a girl could ask for! Not seeing my BEST friends all the time is hard but I know that when I need them they are there!

3. I love being a teacher!! I absolutely love children and getting to watch them grow in so many ways is a blessing!!

4. I'm obsessed with Kool-Aid right now!! I feel like such a kid...but it makes me smile when I am having a bad day!

5. My favortie movies to watch are Disney movies....mainly the classics, like: Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. But I like the new ones too....Cars, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and cannot wait to see Toy Story 3! I am so excited to be able to watch these with Whitney one day!

6. I love to cook! Cooking is a way for me to get my mind off whatever is causing me stress at the time. I really like cookbooks and wish I had the time to cook all the new recipes I find!

7. I love my iPhone and texting! Between Kyle and me we send about 4,000 texts a month!! And I think that the iPhone was the best thing ever created!!! I love apps, too!!!

8. Massages and pedicures make me smile! They are the best way to relax! I could use both every day!

9. I want to live at the beach one day! To wake up at the beach every morning would be so amazing! Not to mention the sound of the waves and how relaxing it would be.

10. I am a cheerleader at heart! I cheered from elementary school thru high school and then I coached it for 3 years. I resigned as the coach this year and never thought that I would miss it...but I do! I don't miss the drama or time that it takes up but I miss so many things about it! I will always be a cheerleader at heart!

Hope you all learned a little about me!

It's a.......

GIRL!!!!! We are so excited!!! I cannot express how happy I am that we are having a healthy baby girl!! Kyle is going to be an amazing dad and that little girl will have him wrapped around her finger!!!

Now to decide on a name....we have two that we are torn between: Lucy Kate or Whitney Reece

Let us know your opinion!

What a journey it has been....

The last few months have been amazing!!! I always heard that being pregnant was a great feeling and now I know what they mean!!! Since the morning sickness is gone, I have been wonderful! Cannot wait for the rest of this journey!


The weekend that school got out, Kyle and I went to the Braves game! It was so much fun! We don't get to spend a lot of time together during baseball season, so it was great to have a day in Atlanta together!

Turner Field

Kyle and me at the game

A friend of mine that I grew up with, Liz, got married June 5. The wedding was beautiful and I got to see all my friends from high school! It was great to see everyone and catch up!

Brittney and me at the wedding! It was great seeing her and talking about all the good times we have had together! It has been too long since we have gotten together!

The whole group at the wedding with the beautiful bride

Kyle's brother, Greg, has a lake house that is about 20 minutes from us. We go over there often and spend time at the lake! It is so calm, relaxing, peaceful, and beautiful! I wish we could wake up there every day!

Kyle and me at the lake. Going to dinner and a comedy show

Sadie riding on the boat! She loves to ride!

Kyle and I have gone on vacation once this summer already! We went to St. Augustine, FL with Kyle's best friend Kevin and his wife Kelly and daughter Kylee (who was named after Kyle). We had such a great time! It was so nice to have a few relaxing days at the beach! Having a two and half year old there made it so much fun! She is so imaginative and independent! She had so much fun playing on the beach and in the pool with Kevin and Kyle! She is precious! It made me want our baby here so much faster! I thought I wanted a boy but after spending the weekend with that precious little girl.....I want a girl!! Here are a few pictures from the beach! The one of Kyle and me is one of our "Family Beach Pictures". I cannot wait to have our little family at the beach next year and take family beach pics with our baby! :)

Kylee and me enjoying the beach togheter!

Kyle and me! If you look close you can see the baby bump! :)

Kyle and Kylee....this melts my heart!!! Watching him with her this weekend affirmed how great of a dad he will be!!! Kylee loved playing with Mr. Kyle!! :)

Family Beach Picture

The day we left the beach to come home was our 1st anniversary and Father's Day! I cannot believe that 1 year ago (June 20) I married the most amazing man I could have ever asked for! He is perfect for me and will be the most amazing dad in about 5 months! I look forward to many more years to come! Here is a wedding picture to celebrate 1 year ago!

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Gourley

Est. 6/20/2009

One of my favorite wedding pictures

We go to the doctor tomorrow for my 20 week checkup and ultrasound! Hopefully Baby G will cooperate and we can tell if we are having a boy or girl!!! I don't care which one as long as he/she is healthy...just ready to know!!! I will let everyone know as soon as we get home from the doctor!!

Baby G

Ok, I know it has been a while but we have had a lot going on in our lives for the past few months. Before I update everyone on all that has been going on I will share our news....WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so EXCITED!!!!! We have talked about having a baby since we got engaged! Children mean so much to us and we both wanted one soon and not there is one on the way!!! I am due November 6, 2010....it seems so far away but it is going by quickly!! It feels like we just found out and that was 8 weeks ago. I am 12 weeks and already through my first trimester!!! Keep us in your prayers and we begin this journey and that in November we welcome a healthy baby into the Gourley family!!!

So, back to what has been going on in our lives. Kyle is coaching baseball so practice or games every night of the week. Being a coach's wife is great though! I love every minute of it! Maybe it is just being a wife that I love! While he has been at practice or games, I have been sleeping! All I have done for the last 8 weeks is work, eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom. The nausea was terrible to begin with but it is better and I am starting to feel great! I still nap a lot but feel better which is good! That is pretty much all we have been doing lately. Baseball is almost over (thank goodness)! And now it is time to look at all the baby stuff we are gonna need to buy! Kyle is ordering our baby furniture tonight! We are so excited! Cannot wait until we find out what we are having!!! Kyle really wants a boy but either is fine with us!!!

Hope everyone has been doing well! I'll update more often now!!

Update....and SNOW

I know it has been a while since I updated....I apologize! Been busy here in Monticello! Loving spending some time with my husband....he is coaching baseball now but hasn't started playing games yet!

Anyway, as everyone knows...Valentine's weekend it snowed in GA!! Here are a few pictures I took:

Here is Kyle and me in the snow at our house!

Here is Sadie in the snow....she is not sure about it!



We are on the porch at Greg's lake house

This is what we woke up to at the lake house! Such a pretty view!

Kyle and me at our Valentine's dinner

My brother-in-law and me at the Valentine's dinner :)

This was such a great weekend and a much needed break! I will try to updat more often!

P.S. I had a wonderful time at the movies with Lyn, Mandi, Bixie, Dawn, and Laurie!!!