We are blessed!

Kyle and I have THE BEST friends and family anyone could ask for. We have been so blessed through out our pregnancy with so many special gifts and showers. I just wanted to share some quick pics from our amazing showers.

 

My dad's two sisters, Aunt LaVanda and Aunt Denise, hosted my first shower. A wonderful family shower held at my dad's house. It was so great getting to start off celebrating with my family and on such a special day.

 

I loved the invitation that my Aunts spent hours working on! They are so crafty and spent so much time with all the details.

 

 

Levi also got his first pair of Levi's! How adorable are these?!?!?!

 

 

Our next shower was a couples shower thrown by very close friends of ours. Kyle was especially excited about this shower because he got to attend. He is so ready to be a daddy and it has been so fun to watch him through this process.

 

 

I loved Laura Lyn's chalk boards! She is so talented!  

Do you see that grin on his face? He could not be more excited to take Levi hunting for the first time! He is definitely going to instill his love for the outdoors in our little boy! Levi received a gift I know Kyle cherishes so much and I hope Levi will too, Cam, Kyle's younger brother got Levi his lifetime hunting and fishing license!

 

 

Next my amazing friends threw the most beautiful ladies shower! Everything was so elegant and sweet and could not have been more perfect!

 

 

I love these two ladies more than words can say!

Now we are just waiting on our little guy to arrive! Hopefully he won't keep us waiting much longer!

 

 

 

 

Simply Smitten

To say that Kyle and I are in love with our new niece is definitely an understatement! Kennedy Grace Arnold was born April, 2nd at 9:58pm and she is the most precious baby girl EVER!

She is a tiny thing only weighing 6lbs 1oz.

 

The day was definitely a family affair. Everyone was on pins and needles waiting for sweet Kennedy to make her arrival. We were all so happy when we could finally hold her!

 

 

Mom and Dad are doing wonderfully and absolutely loving their precious baby girl!

 

 

 
 

Love all of her funny little faces!

 

Kyle and I are so in love and now even more excited for our bundle of joy to be here in July. Kennedy and Levi have a fun life ahead and will be wonderful friends!

 

2014...A BIG YEAR!

So...it's been a while, but with a year like 2014 there's no better time to pick this back up!

 

It's going to be an eventful year for us Arnolds! In April, Kyle and I will become Aunt and Uncle to Kennedy Grace, Chris and Amy's little girl! We could not be more excited and it has been such a fun experience to go through all the stages with them thus far! We are counting down the weeks until she makes her appearance!

 

The big change in our lives is coming in July, that's when Kyle and I will become MOM and DAD! Isn't that amazing?!? We are beyond blessed to be expecting a little boy! Many of you know our story and know that our road to parenthood hasn't been the easiest, but we know God has a plan for our lives and this is in his timing.

 

The night we found out we are expecting a boy was so special. Kyle and I went to First Glimpse in Macon, our appointment wasn't until 7:45 in the evening so the whole day seemed to go by in slow motion! It was so amazing to see our little guy on the big screen.

 

The next night we had dinner with our parents and siblings to share the news. It was nice having a night to ourselves to let it all soak in then share in our families excitement the following night. 

 

House Face Lift

Since we moved in our house in May one of the projects on our list has been to paint our shutters and front door! Finally, this past weekend we succeeded at marking this off our list! Kyle's Aunt Sherry gave us beautiful rocking chairs and a table for Christmas and we painted those this weekend also! 

Before picture...

AFTER!!!!!! It looks like a different house!! 

We LOVE our new front porch! 

Maci likes the color of our new front door too! (Isn't she so beautiful??)

It was a great weekend to be out working on projects! Signs that spring is on the way! 

Just What the Doctor Ordered

I never knew how much a simple girls weekend could mean to me until after a weekend spent with my best friends just a few short days after the worst news of my life.

On November 5th Kyle and I took a home pregnancy test and found out we were expecting a little one! To say we were excited in an understatement! We could not wait to tell our family so we did that following weekend. We had our first doctors appointment on November 30th at 8 weeks along. There we got to see a sonogram and watch the baby's heart beat. The doctor told us everything looked great and he would see us back at 12 weeks and scheduled our next appointment for January 3rd. On Sunday, December 30th I started spotting and cramping, we immediately called the doctor. He told us to stay at home until the following day unless my condition worsened. On Monday morning we went straight to the doctors office only to find out we had lost our baby. This was one New Years Eve that will never be forgotten.

Each day gets better than the day before but spending a weekend with my girls that mean the most to me helped more than I could ever imagine. We had planned this weekend back at the beginning of December when Kyle told me that's when he would be on his annual guys river camping trip. God knew what he was doing when it just so happened everyone's schedules were clear for this weekend.

We spent the weekend in Eatonton at Ashlen's dads house where we got to be lazy, shop, play with baby cows, and watch a cow give birth.

These babies were skid-dish at first but after they warmed up to us they kept wanting to suck on our finger like they were getting fed from a bottle. They were so cute! 

This is the precious baby cow to got to witness being born. It was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever seen. It was so adorable watching it trying to take it's first steps. 

After we left the cow farm we headed back to the house for a little target practice. Everyone shot a few times but I really liked these pics we were able to capture. 

Spending the weekend with these wonderful friends helped lift my spirits and realize God has a plan for everything and sometimes we may have to go through hard times but we will see the reward in the end. 

Kyle also had a fun weekend with his buddies. These are a few of the pictures he sent me from his weekend. 

They set out very early Saturday morning!  

The guys all bundled up!

Trying to keep warm by the campfire!

We have been so blessed with amazing family and friends who have been so supportive during this time in our lives and we cannot thank them enough. We hug each other a little tighter at night truly realizing just how precious life is. 

Arnold Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

For the second year in a row the Arnold's have had a pumpkin carving contest! It just adds a little extra fun and competitiveness to a fun fall event!

 

The teams were....

 

 

Everyone was hard at work....someone was using power tools...Mrs. Wendy!!!

 

 

 

It was so much fun! We came in 2nd place!

 

Here is everyone's pumpkins...

 

 

From left to right the pumpkins belong to Bo and Wendy, Cam, Chris and Amy, then Kyle and I.

 

We called up some neighbors to come over and judge....Bo and Wendy were the winners...Kyle and I came in 2nd place!

 

I always love our pumpkin carving contest and I can't wait until next years!