The Hancocks

Lately...

2011-09-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

My babies

2010-10-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

Boy are they growing so fast!! John Walker is such a great baby, so calm and laid back. It is such a blessing to have a good baby since I am chasing Alli around the house at all times. God sure did know what he was doing!! I like to say John Walker is a little on the "lazy side" but everyone keeps telling me it's just a boy thing. We are working on sitting up, but he is not interested at all. He has had 2 double ear infections in the past month, so that could be our problem.

Alli on the other hand is not so calm. She is a busy body and she definitely keeps me on my toes. She is starting to put words together such as "sit down momma" and "night night bubba." She talks all the time and it looks like we may try to potty train soon. I don't know where to start!

Our house is for sale at this time since we decided to move to Texarkana. It was so hard being a single mom with two little ones during the week. Lance helped out a lot on the weekends he was here, but I am too exhausted. I am very excited about the move and the next chapter of our lives.

I hope you enjoy the recent pictures of my babies! Have a great week.

It's a BOY!!

2010-05-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

Yes, John Walker was born March 26 at 11:14 weighing in at 7 lbs 4oz and 19 3/4 inches long!! Late, I know, but life has been so crazy!! John Walker stayed in the NICU for 2 days for his rapid breathing due to taking on a lot of fluid during delivery. Delivery was again great and I was in labor and didn't know it, again. You would think I would never forget those contractions, but I did. Alli loves her brother, but I have to say she didn't know what to think when he came home. She called him a dog and a cat at first, but she has grown to truly love him. We are still working on her touching him "softly" which is getting better. When I burp him she likes to help me and she's learned how to tickle so she runs to his feet and says "tick, tick, tick" while she plays with them! It is precious! The next picture shows how much Alli loves to be a girly girl with her dress, bow and bracelets, but she would rather be in dirt with her tenni's on!!Gigi's favorite pictures...

Pop's fishing buddy.
DON'T LOOK ETHEL!!!!

Don't let that precious face fool you!! Alli has one red-headed temper and it's hilarious. She runs our house and she knows it. It is never a dull moment.

I am sad to say that I am husband-less for a few months. Lance took a job with the U.S. Marshals that includes a 4 month academy. He left when John Walker was 3.5 months old. We are going to visit on Memorial Day weekend for a much needed vacation. So needless to say, life has been crazy wonderful. Now that I am back at work, we have gotten into a routine and smooth sailing, well as much as you can with a 14 month old and 7 week old. They are truly a blessing and I love my life God has blessed me with! Hey, who needs sleep, right?!!

First Zoo Trip

5.5 weeks oldThis is Alli at 6 weeks, any resemblance? And the next is a 5 week old Alli.

Where did my little baby go? It makes me so sad and now that John Walker has come along, I realize that she has grown up so fast! But she's still a baby!

2010-03-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

Well as you can see from the pictures, I think Alli had a great 1st Birthday!! She had so much fun playing with all the kiddos and of course the presents she got!! The last picture cracks me up because if you look close, Noah is on the floor playing with paper and he looks like he is up to no good!! He is so funny! That definitely looks like a Chris face!

Alli still is not walking, but she definitely takes steps. I am not going to rush it though. John Walker will be here Friday, March 26, so I am counting down the days! I would love for him to come before then, but we found out Wednesday that Lance has the hand, foot, mouth disease so the longer he waits, the better Lance will be!

Have a great weekend!

Random Update

2010-01-26T14:01:00.000-08:00

I know I am a terrible blogger! But on the flip side, everything has been going great in the Hancock household. Alli will be 1 on March 5th, so I've been planning her 1st birthday party. Baby boy Hancock (John Walker) will make is debut about a week or two after Alli turns 1!! Yes, I've been busy, but it's been fun. I have so much to do to get Alli's party together, little brother's room ready, and every other house duty you can think of.

Alli has grown so much and it breaks my heart. However, I feel terrible for wanting her to walk before the baby gets here, but I really don't know if that would actually be better. She stands a lot and pushes her toys around the house laughing at everyone and it warms my heart. I love love love that little Alli P. and I can't wait to meet our new addition!

Alli Posey

2010-01-26T09:51:00.000-08:00

Better late than never

2009-08-20T06:47:00.000-07:00

Right? I have been behind in the blogging world. Jana kept threatening to add pictures if I didn't do it soon, so here I finally am with lots of pictures! For those that may not have heard, Alli is going to be a big sister, already! We were shocked with the news about 3 weeks ago. Our first doctor's appt was this past Monday, and it went well. We're about 6-7 weeks and the due date is scheduled about 4/10/2010!!!
Since my last post, Alli has meet Ginger Johnson and they have grown quite fond of one another. Ginger always wants to hold her and poor thing is just too small. Ginger is 4 years old and weighs about 28 pounds, while Alli is 5 1/2 mths and weighs 14lbs and 8 ounces!! Last time she held Alli, she said "Alli ate too much"!!!

Little miss Alli Cat is a hungry hippo. I had to start feeding her rice cereal around 4 1/2 months. She wasn't sleeping through the night and every time I would eat I noticed her licking her lips so we tried her on some rice and that was all she wrote. Now she gets a jar of baby food at Mrs. Dorothy's and I feed her 2 tablespoons of rice before her last bottle. Caught in the ACT!!! Obviously Noah likes Alli's paci! A while back we went to lake D'Arbonne to stay with the family for the Watermelon festival. on Friday afternoon Jana and I went fishing with Dad, which is something we have always loved to do. In the pictures below you will see the big fish Jana caught and the "big" fish I caught. And yes, I did catch mine on a hookThen later that Saturday we decided we would try out tubing since getting the new boat! It was so much fun.I would say Chris had the most fun!This is Alli in her outfit from Kyla. She loved it if you can't tell.Jana picks Alli up occasionally when I work out and Lance is working. This particular day I came home to a naked baby with a huge bow on her head being pushed around in her walker by her cousin Noah! Then I found these pictures on my camera.Thanks Husband.Lance's birthday was the 14th so we had cake and celebrated by going out to eat that night.Look at Alli's bracelet!!

I Love Monkey!

2009-07-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

Alli's nickname is Monkey, or at least that's what I call her. She makes my heart melt, even after keeping me up at night. See the funny thing is that Alli has slept through the night since she was 9 weeks, however, when we moved her to her own bed, across the house, she decided she didn't want to have any part in that!! Alli is great putting herself to sleep after her last bottle, but every night she wakes up. I messed up by going to get her and bringing her back to my room, so now she knows that all she has to do is cry and I am there to get her. So tonight I turned a radio on in her room so that when she wakes up, it will help her go back to sleep (she doesn't sleep in a quiet room, that's why the mobile is so great). And I am going to try to see about letting her cry herself back to sleep. It's so hard when I have to be at work at 7:30 the next morning. But it has to be done!!

Have I mentioned how much I love Monkey?

Can you believe Noah's going to be 1 next week?!! We are going to his party on Saturday.

This is Alli's friend Kyla sharing her ducks!

Noah and Alli. It won't be long and she will be longer than Noah.

This is Alli's new friend Carleigh Perkins. She has a much better tan than Alli at this time, but Alli beats her in the weight category.

Who says she looks like me?

2009-07-08T19:18:00.000-07:00

Oh my. I feel like I can't take a breath. Life is so busy right now, but I have to say that I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have left work the past 3 weeks feeling like I didn't get a thing accomplished, but I would have days where I didn't have time to go to the bathroom at work!!

I was sick for 2 weeks, Alli for 1 week, then this week Mrs. Dorothy was closed, so I just knew I was going to fall apart! But we got Alli feeling better, then me, and then Jordan came through for us to watch Alli. Lance had to take Alli to the doctor last week because I couldn't miss anymore work. Poor thing, they drew blood and did chest x-rays only to not find a reason why she was running a 101.9 fever other than it's just a viral infection. Well the nurse had a hard time getting Alli's blood, and Lance was having to hold the baby down. The nurse even started tearing up so Lance had to tell her that that was enough! It killed him having to "hold" down his baby while she was in pain. I went to Alli's 4 month check up today and Dr. Slusher said more than once, how good Lance handled the situation! So that made Lance feel good. At first I felt bad because I thought the mom needed to be there when their baby is sick, but Lance is just as capable as I am.

But we had a great 4th of July weekend and I turned 24 on Monday! It has definitely been a challenging year, but I have never felt so blessed as I do now!!

Sorry for the Wait

2009-06-23T18:41:00.000-07:00

We are still here! So much has gone on, I don't even know where to start. I have been under the weather since Saturday, but it's just a summer cold and will take at least a week to get out of my system! YAY!! But Alli, she is growing so much. We (Dorothy and I) think she is teething. She can't go without a bib or her whole onesie will be soaked, she can't seem to get enough of those hands in her mouth, and every now and then she is fussy. She has been congested lately and I took her to the doctor only for the doc to walk in to a happy, smiling baby!! Yeah, I am the mother that takes her child in saying something's wrong, and she is perfectly fine! I would rather be over cautious than not. But some good news is that she as doubled in size, now weighing 12 lbs, 13 ounces!!
I have uploaded many pictures. Most are from vacation, with a few others. I hope I don't get behind again in the blogging world.
How precious are these pics of Lance and his mini me!!

This is her "green" outfit from her Nana (Lance's mom).

The Thomas 3

She looks just like her momma! Yeah Right!

Ths was how Noah rode in the wagon!

When Noah got upset, I would put him in Alli's stroller and roll him around the condo. He absolutely loved it. When you tried to get him out, he would start crying! He also loved cuddling with Alli's pink binky, which I am sure Chris didn't care to much for.

Alli's 1st bikini!

Alli loved wearing Noah's crocks. She thought it was hilarious that he had no idea.

Loving on Aunt Boo Boo

Morning smiles with Pops

"Are we really at LULU'S?!! I can't believe it"

Sweet Alli P!

Alli's first bath in the kitchen sink

She was a little modest, and didn't want to show her face!

Now cousin Noah on the oher hand, he was not modest!

Sorry Noah, I had to do it!

Alli's first time to the beach. She pretty much slept the whole time.

Kristin, Meg, and I at Meg and Scotty's wedding.

Kristin, Hannah, and I

Guess who's talking!!

2009-05-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

Alli Posey Hancock is talking these days, baby talk that is. Saturday Jana and I had a garage sale so Gigi came to stay and watch Alli for me. And somehow, she got Alli to start talking, at least we will give her the credit! It is music to my ears and makes me want to cry, tears of joy of course.

After church Alli and I headed to Pop and Fefe's house to stay the night. Alli got a chance to wear her new bathing suit that Hannah Lee gave her. Isn't it precious!! I put her feet in the water to try it out and she cried! I was shocked because she loves baths, but I realized Alli likes hot water, not cold water. So maybe we should start off with a hot tub. Just kidding. I hope we can get her to like it next week while we are at the beach. Sunday Felicia and I layed out for a little while, literally maybe 1 hour. I look like a lobster! And of course I didn't turn over, so I got a tan on one side of my body!!!

4 more work days then off to the beach. Well actually, Meg and Scotty are getting married Saturday so the Hancock household aren't going to leave until Sunday. Below are some pictures of the little Alli. She has discovered her thumb and hand, so most of the time they are in her mouth! Saturday, Jana and I were a little delirious from 3 hours of sleep! So we thought it would be a good idea to have Alli try on all her hats and sunglasses for the beach. As you will see, Alli didn't mind at all.

Alli's favorite cousin. He loves pizza. I think his mom said he ate 2 pieces this night!
Date night a while back. We went to see Cross Canadian, but it started raining before they performed.

Busy as a bee

2009-05-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

When did life get so busy? I feel like I have not gotten caught up at work since I got back. That could be because I am learning how to evaluate transcripts as a back up. Also, I think when the word got out I was back, people have been calling off the hook to welcome me back.

Lance has been in Texas since last Thursday working so Alli and I have been spending a lot of time together. We stayed at Jana and Chris' last Friday night and Chris held Alli for the first time!!

On Saturday, Jana watched Alli and Noah while I went to meg and Scotty's couples shower that we helped throw.

Once that was over, Jana and I headed to Farmerville to spend Mother's day with Tinker. On Sunday Alli and Noah dressed up in River Oaks apparel to take a picture with Aunt Boo Boo for her ad. I think the caption should read "Rah Rah Roo, We love you Aunt Boo Boo", but she didn't go for that!

Lance and I are headed to Shreveport this weekend to stay with his parents. If the weather cooperates, Alli is going to take her first swim! Also, my good friend Ashley is having her baby shower. Then later we hope to go to the Cross Canadian Ragweed concert on Saturday, on our 2nd date.

Oh I almost forgot, Alli is sleeping through the night!! I can't believe it!

Also, I want to say Congratulations to Hannah, Nick, and Jackson!! Can't wait for baby #2.

2 Months

2009-05-07T14:41:00.000-07:00

I am a little behind on blogging about Alli's 2 month check up. Dr. Slusher says everything looks great!! She was 9lbs and 14 oz! I thought she was bigger than that, but really she's just long and skinny. Definitely doesn't get that from her momma. But she is in the 50 percentile for her height and a little above the 25th percentile for her weight. I have been waiting on the chunky legs, but they just aren't getting there fast enough! Her hair is more red than ever and we can't get enough of it! It's so much fun!!

Alli watching Lance eat. She loves her daddy! Also, last night she slept through the night for the first time. She actually woke up around 4, but when I put her paci in her mouth, she went right back to sleep!! We will see if this becomes a habit! Lance is working in Texas for the next week, so he had to get the yard mowed. Like everywhere else, it's been raining so much so our yard really needed some attention. When Alli and I came around the corner from our daily walk, this is what we saw:

Sorry ladies, he's taken!!

In love

2009-04-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Look at my little monkey, not even a whole 24 hours old:

Now look at her!

I can't believe how much she has grown in 8 weeks! Yes, today is her 8 week birthday! We will see her pediatrician tomorrow and I am so excited. I have a list of things I need to talk to her about (yes, I am that type of mother)!!!

I will have an update on her appt soon!

Go Away Hives

2009-04-28T11:40:00.001-07:00

I have been diagnosed with HIVES!!! I broke out with them a week after Alli P. came into our lives and I decided it was just hormones causing them. Well after 2 weeks of agonizing pain (and spreading all over my body), I decided it was time to get them checked out. I went to urgent care today and found out that I didn't have a disease, just hives. I was put on antibiotics and hope they clear up soon. Since heat aggravates them, I have to stay out of direct sun exposure and heat, take cool showers, and wear loose clothing. So I told Lance that the doctor said no weed pulling for me, until it clears up!! Way to get out of that one.

It's been one of those weeks for me. Hives taking over the body and loosing my mind. Pregnancy made me very forgetful, but I have definitely lost it now. I sent Alli to daycare yesterday without any bottles, then I forgot to leave a check for the cleaning lady. But don't worry, she found me! You never know what you are going to get!!

Changes at the Hancocks

2009-04-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

I knew my life was going to change when I had Alli, but I had NO idea just how much it would change. When people ask me how everything is and if it is what I thought it would be, I usually respond by saying it is the hardest thing I have ever done, yet the most rewarding! Alli has blessed my life so much more than I ever imagined. I am so glad God blessed me with a wonderful child like Alli. Every time things don't go the way I planned, I am reminded that it's not that bad, and I am still blessed to have a wonderful family.

Conversations around our house have also changed. They went from discussing dinner plans and such to talking about Alli's bowel movements (for those of you who don't know, we've had problems with them). When Lance and I had our first date I tried not to talk about the baby because I knew we needed our time. However, that's all we talked about and still talk about. I ask all the time what we used to talk about before we had Alli, and we have no idea!

I started back to work on Monday and to tell you the truth, I was dreading coming back to work more than dropping Alli off at daycare. I knew I would have a ton of stuff to catch up on, but to my surprise, I was caught up by noon on Tuesday. And it is nice to have grown up interaction. Oh wow, that's the first time I considered myself a grown up! Alli is going to Mrs. Dorothy's house for daycare (school),where Noah goes, and I have not once questioned whether she was capable of taking on the challenge. I trust her 110%, and so does Lance. She has been wonderful and tells me how Alli only cries when she is hungry!!

First day of "school"

Second day of "School"
Last weekend Lance and I had a date night and planned having Jana keep Alli all night. Lance didn't want Alli to stay anywhere but with us, but I told him unless he was getting up to feed her during the night, she was staying with cousin Noah. He quickly went along with the plans! So I called to check on Alli about 2 hours after we dropped her off and I learned she was doing well. She was falling in love with Uncle Chris and smiling a lot at him. So I left my phone in the car because I felt like everything was under control. Well Lance and I noticed we both had a msg from Jana asking us to call her ASAP! When I called Alli was crying hysterically! So we went ahead and picked her up to go home with us. When Alli cries it sounds like she can't breath, due to the tracheomalasia, and Jana did not like that! Jana said the whole time Alli cried, Noah mocked her!!! I think that is hilarious! She quickly realized she did not want another child yet! She told Dorothy what happened and had her kind of scared thinking Alli was going to act like that! Jana is a great mom, which I knew before, but even more know that I have a child.
Same goes for my mothers!

Here are some new pictures!

First try with the bumbo

Second tryThird time's a charm!! She began watching tv in this picture.Baby Noah attacking the sheep while taking Easter pictures.
Alli slept through the picture taking.Alli's 1st Easter
Aunt Nannie made her cute little dress!Noah secretly loves his cousin. I promise!Easter goodiesLook at the hair. I think she is going to have Hancock hair!Monkey loves her bathtime

Update

2009-04-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

It has been entirely too long since my last post. My little Alli is growing so fast. We went to the doctor today and she weighs 9 lbs!! Speaking of Doctor, we have been to the doctor 3 times in less than a week!! Last week we went for her 1 month check up and the doctor noticed how fast she was breathing, 95 breaths a minute!! So we went to get x-rays and make sure she didn't have rsv. After those came back fine, we were sent to the ENT doctor and found out she has trachiomalasia, which means she has a floppy esophagus and acid reflux. This is why she grunts so much, breaths hard, and sounds like a squeak to when she cries. So from now on I will call the doctor when I think something is wrong. So we left the doctors office and put Alli on Zantac for her acid reflux and when she is fed from a bottle, we were to put rice cereal in it (I only feed her with a bottle at night). Well it wasn't even a day and Alli was constipated. So Monday I called the doctor and was told to put a little prune juice in her morning bottle. We stayed with tink that night and didn't get any sleep. She grunted all night long and was breathing hard. Tinker finally realized why I am still so exhausted and have to take a nap everyday. Last night was yet another bad night for us, Lance usually sleeps through everything, but he wasn't able to sleep at all. Welcome to my world is what I wanted to say, but I decided I would be nice! Once I did get up this morning, Alli's eye was closed shut with green gunk. So we went to the doctor and found out that her tear duct does not drain correctly, like cousin Noah's. She also told us to get off rice cereal and just feed her breast milk because we don't want to make her more constipated. Also, instead of prune juice, we are doing pear juice. I sure hope this helps us have a better night. I go back to work in about a week, and I won't be able to make it with no sleep.

On the other hand we are thinking about seeing another doctor for a second opinion for her diagnosis. It would make me feel a little better!!

Here is the little chunker!

Alli's first, and only nap in her big girl bed!!

Alli at her one month check up.

Aunt Katie and Alli. She was in her pretty little dress from Cousin Noah.

The Worst Fishing Trip EVER

2009-03-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to go fishing for about a year now so Lance and I decided Sunday would be a good day to go. So Lance got the boat ready and I got Alli all packed up and we headed to Farmerville. We dropped Alli off at Gigi and Pops and headed to catch some fish, and spend some time together. Well on our way to the launch the ice chest flies out of the boat. That should have been our sign to head back to the house, but we decided to keep going. Once we got to the launch, Lance noticed it was a different one than he was used to but had faith that I could back the trailer up so he could get the boat in the water. Now, I have never pulled a trailer, much less backed one up. But what the heck, it can't be that hard, right? Well I backed him and up and after about 10 minutes pulled him back on the ramp because I couldn't do it. And did I mention there was a crowd watching the whole time!!! Lance made the comment that we were just going to head home, but I insisted we go fishing. So we tried it again and I was successful. Except for flooding my vehicle!! Yes, I drive a 4runner and that's what we were pulling the boat with. I had to back far into the water to get Lance out there. I thought he was watching to make sure the water didn't get too high, but I have no idea why I thought that. I yelled that the car was filling up with water and I put the 4runner in gear and sped away. I opened the driver side door and water pored out of the vehicle. It was quite a show for the spectators!! So by this time we decided we would fish since we had the boat in the water. So Lance caught one fish and I was getting aggravated because I hadn't had a bit. If you didn't know, I get very competitive in situations like this. Right before we decided to leave Lance asked why my fishing pole was going in the water, and I replied "I got a fish"!!! And it was a big one!! So Lance took my pole so I could get the net, and then he broke the news to me, I was just hung on a log!! I don't know why this disappointed me, because every time I go fishing, I get hung up and Lance has to fix it! So while he was doing that the current drifted us into 2 huge trees. Now I don't know about you but when I think of trees in a lake, snakes, bugs, and other critters comes to mind and I don't like it. So I freaked. Lance leaped into the drivers seat to get us out of there and somewhere in the leap, he lost his shoe. I noticed it floating in the water when he sat down!!! After getting unstuck, we went to look for the long lost shoe, but we had no luck, so we finally decided it was time to leave!! When we got to the launch Lance went to the car to back it down. I made him take off his one shoe and walk in his socks. I would have been so embarrassed if people saw him with only one shoe!! I did a much better job loading the boat and we were out of there. So after all that we had a soaking wet car (only on the drivers side), the back window would not roll down, the back door wouldn't open, smoke was coming out of the tail pipe, and worst of all, I didn't have my camera to document the day!!

We decided only to pond fish from now on!!

Here are some recent pictures though!

Alli's Newborn Photos

2009-03-28T17:53:00.000-07:00

Long story short, Jana hooked us up with newborn photos for Alli. She was 2 weeks and 1 day in these photos. Lets just say that there is a big chance she is going to be like her daddy because she did not like posing for the pictures and pitched a fit. However, Crystal was able to get some good ones.

I hope you enjoy.

We love her!

2009-03-25T11:10:00.000-07:00

Mommy's little princess!

Noah loves his little cousin!

I love this picture!

Pops and Alli watching tv.

Some say we look alike!
Boo Boo finally held Alli. Jordan was so nervous, I don't think she took a breath the whole time she was holding her.

He loves me!

We had such a great weekend at Gigi and Pops. I got a whole nights rest thanks to Aunt Jana and Gigi getting up with Alli. I was totally exhausted, but didn't realize it until this past weekend. Alli is doing great and is such a great baby. She is now getting up every 4 hours during the night to eat, so I love that extra hour of sleep. She gets up between 1 and 2 and then again around 6 so we can't complain at all. The wonderful pictures were taken at Gigi's house by sweet Aunt Jana. She took over 700 pictures during our visit!! She does such a great job, I don't even take my camera when I know she is going to be with me.

As you can see in the pictures, Alli loves to sleep. We are trying to do Babywise where we keep her up after each feeding and then put her down for a nap (during the day) and then at night time go straight to bed after each feeding. She knows to go back to sleep at night, but during the day we don't stay awake after every feeding. We are working on it though. Our favorite time together is after the 1:30 feeding because we both lay down for our afternoon nap. That's usually the time Daddy calls to check on us.
We hope to get out of the house tomorrow for a trip to Shreveport with Daddy, but we don't know if we are definitely going to do so. Then we are going back to Gigi's so Pop can take me fishing and Gigi can babysit! I hope to then go shopping to get some clothes while I am in this weird size!!

Little Alli

2009-03-18T18:04:00.000-07:00

We went to the Doctor's office yesterday to see how Alli's jaundice looked and we were happy to hear that it was at a 9.8 so we are in a good zone and will not have to get tested for that ever again!! YAY!! Also, as of yesterday, Alli weighs 7lbs and 4 oz! She was back to her birth weight of 6lbs, 13 oz at one week of age and the Pediatrician was happy to see that. She said they want babies to be back at their birth weight by their 2 week birthday so we are a week ahead! Which I am so glad to hear because I worried she wasn't getting enough to eat.

We gave Alli her first bath this week and she wasn't too happy, but we made it. We have since given her two more baths (one was not planned, but she had an accident) and she seems to really like them now. I think she is going to be like her cousin Noah and love baths.

Lance went back to work and things have been crazy for me. I never realized how hard it would be to take a bath or get around town without Lance being here. It was quite an adjustment!

That is pretty much all that has been going on around our neck of the woods!

Alli enjoys her tummy time!

Have a great day!

This is how my child lays in her swing! She loves the outfit Muffy!

Blessed!!

2009-03-09T14:54:00.000-07:00

Lance and I are unbelievably blessed!! We could not have asked for a better delivery or baby girl!! We also are blessed with amazing friends and family, Thanks to all of you!!

We are all doing well at home, adjusting to life with a baby. We came home to a stork in the yard that read "It's a Girl"!! Thanks Sis!! I hope to get pictures with that soon. It has been a lot of work, but very much worth it! Tinker stayed with us the first night we came home and it was great having every meal prepared and ready, laundry done, and extra support. Thanks Gigi. Also Lance's dad and Fefe prepared lots of meals for us that were at our house when we got home, so nice. The first night was eventful due to waking up every two hours, but last night was even more eventful. Alli was in a lot of pain due to gas and Lance and I had no idea what to do, so we gave her some medicine and prayed that was it. It was but we were up, wait, I was up every hour for feedings. We are breastfeeding and last night she pitched a fit if she couldn't get food at the exact time she wanted it. So needless to say I had a bottle ready when I woke Lance up at 5:30 and I told him to have a good morning I was going to bed!!

We went to the hospital today to run a test to make sure her jaundice was still low and was not getting worse. We felt pretty hopeful, however, we were contacted this afternoon saying it had gone up and we had to go in again tomorrow for another test. Hopefully it has peaked and it shows to be going down. I hate having Alli's hands pricked and poked. I am leaving you with some pictures that we have so far. Her daddy cannot get enough of her and it shows. He has been absolutely wonderful through this whole experience and I could not have picked a better person to share this wonderful time with.

More of the little angel

2009-03-06T07:26:00.000-08:00

When I got off work yesterday, Chris and I went back to the hospital to visit. Mom, dad and Alli were doing great. The pediatrician said that she was perfect, nothing wrong. Look how sweet and notice the red hair, we love it...
Oh, and by the way. I accidentally put the wrong weight on here yesterday...she was actually 6lbs, not 7. Sorry Alli!

Alli Posey Hancock

2009-03-05T13:18:00.000-08:00

Baby Alli came into the world today about 1:30 after a quick delivery. Probably the quickest I have ever seen. We are all so proud of Jamie and Lance. They did great! You wouldn't have even thought that Jamie was in labor. She was so calm, and quiet. And Alli is beautiful. She was 6lbs. 13oz., 19 1/2 inches long, with kind of curly, strawberry blonde hair. Here are a few pictures to show how beautiful she is!

Isn't she perfect? We'll keep you updated!

She'll Be Here Today

2009-03-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! This is Jana making updates for Jamie. I'm a little behind with texts, e-mails and phonecalls. I apologize. Here are the updates.

She has gotten her epidural
She is 3 cm's dialated and 50% effaced
They broke her water since it was already torn and leaking
Her pitocin has been boosted.

So I thought this was a funny story to tell. Jay said that on their way to the hospital, they were both starving. Well we all know that she can't eat. So Lance decided to stop by Waffle House to get him some breakfast. Oh man, that is their favorite place to eat breakfast. But then Jay said that he couldn't eat it, nerves were getting both of them. Here's a picture of Mommy and Daddy anxiously awaiting the little princess!!

Thursday's the day!!

2009-03-01T17:20:00.000-08:00

Since the last post, we have scheduled to be induced on Thursday, March 5th, unless she comes before then. So Lance and I, and all our family, are so excited that we will finally see what Alli looks like. Please pray that we have a good delivery and nothing goes wrong.

Since we now have a date that we know Alli will be here, Jana decided it was time to get her room completely finished. Since Lance has been back from training in Houston, he has been on a 24 hour service job that is 7 on 7 off, needless to say, we haven't seen each other much. But with the economy the way it is, beggers can't be choosers, so we are blessed to have jobs. Anyways, the best sister and brother-in-law came over today with a precious little helper, to get Alli's room in order. I absolutely love it and can't wait for Lance to get home so he can be surprised with the outcome!!
Anyways, I will be working through Tuesday, then home for good!! Lance and I had our 2 year anniversary on Saturday so we hope to go on a "last"date on Wednesday before we have our beautiful addition.

I hope everyone has a great week!

This is the wreath that will go on the hospital door. My mother-in-law, Felicia, made this.

We are waiting on our chair to be delivered. It may not make it before the delivery.End of 38 weeks. I am ready to pop!!

How much longer???

2009-02-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

I just don't understand why Alli wants to torture me another week! I am only kidding, but yes, it will be at least another week before we get to meet Miss Alli Posey Hancock. I think she gets this stubbornness from her daddy, because if she took after her mommy, she would already be here (that's what I tell Lance :)). I went to see Dr. Mc yesterday and he was sad to say that we had not progressed anymore, still at 1 centimeter plus some. So I asked the question if he thought there was anyway she could come early, meaning did he think she would be early. He began talking about inducing if I had not had her by next Tuesday (week 39). So I was very shocked because he wouldn't talk about inducing my friends until they reached their due date. He has been saying for a while now that she is going to be a small baby, but when he felt her yesterday he made the comment "You're baby is almost the size of you"! I was not surprised, but I think he would rather have her a little early so she's not so big. I have been saying all alone that she was going to be a chunk!! So Lance and I have some thinking to do. We have always said that we didn't want to be induced for the "convenience" but Jana kept telling me "wait til your 9 months pregnant" and she was right. So pray that we will have her this week so we don't have to make that decision. Dr. Mc said it is very possible for us to have her before next Tuesday, so lets hope so!!

On to other news, her room is finished. Well I say that, we do have to hang 3 things on the wall and wait on the chair to come in, but other than that, we are just waiting on Alli to make her appearance!! Jana got me organized these past two days and all her clothes are washed and ready!! Lance and I love to go in there and look around and talk about what we can't wait for. Last night we sat in there in the dark watching her mobile!! I know, we have no idea what's in store us!!

I am leaving you with a picture of the tutu table Jana and I made for Alli's room. It is absolutely precious. Jana has a better picture of it on her blog at chrisandjana.blogspot.com.

Little Miss Piggie

2009-02-19T13:47:00.000-08:00

That would be me!! I thought I was ready before but the bigger I get, the more uncomfortable I feel. My feet really didn't swell much until yesterday. Now I wake up with sore feet and instead of walking, I waddle!! I think it's funny and my sister gets a kick out of it. You should see me when I try to walk fast! Every morning Lance asks me "Is today the day"? I sweetly say, NO!! I know it's going to happen when she's ready, blah, blah, blah!! I went to my 37th week check up on Tuesday and I have dilated one centimeter plus some!! I was very happy to hear that, but I know not to get my hopes up because I may not progress anymore. We will just have to keep our fingers crossed for next week.

We FINALLY have a dresser in Alli's room!! I thought this day would never come. We ordered one and it was delivered in 4 days. It took Lance about 5 hours to put it together! I promised that I would never make him put together anything else. While he was working on the dresser, Jana and I were making the curtains a little more girly. (Side note: Alli's bedding is paisley, but I didn't want her room to be all pink. So I bought some green curtains that matched her bedding. Then to bring in some more paisley, I ordered fabric that matched and had Jana dress them up). It didn't take Lance long to break out the power tools while putting it together. Jana and I cracked up listening to him using it, it definitely didn't call for "power" tools. After he finished, we went straight to filling it up with clothes. I had so much fun organizing her little room. Everyday Lance makes a trip to her room to make sure he knows where the important things are. I think it's so cute. Her room is finished, except for hanging a few things on the wall. Hopefully we can take care of that this weekend. I was hoping I could put Pops on that, because I know he would do a great job at it!! Hint, Hint!!

The curtain rod has a hot pink diamond on the end with a little bit of pink boa! Mom saw it in a store and knew I would love it!

I have my last shower this Sunday in Shreveport, then off Monday and Tuesday for Mardi Gras!!! I can't wait! I hope you all have a great week and if something happens, look at Jana's blog. I am sure she will keep you all posted better than I will!!

I can't believe it!!

2009-02-10T19:04:00.000-08:00

I only have about four more weeks!!! I really can't believe it. It took so long until we found out we were having a girl and then bam, I am 36 weeks pregnant and waiting to deliver. Time flies when you are having fun, or just eating a lot, as I am!!

I went to the doctor today and Tinker was able to make the trip. Dr. McWhorter did a little ultrasound on her so it was wonderful seeing how big she was. The best news was that she definitely is a she and she is head down and ready to come out!! I have been having so much pressure so I knew she was down, but lately it's been very evident she's down!! Next week he will start checking me to see if I have progressed any. I keep telling myself not to get my hopes up because it's probably going to be a little while before she makes her debut.

Before the appointment, my co-workers threw me a shower. I had such a great time and I am so greatful for the wonderful people I work with. I couldn't ask for better co-workers!! Thanks to all of them!!

This is a blanket and pillow made by Mrs. Mary. This picture doesn't show it very well, but Alli's name is monogrammed on the blanket!

Ever since we found out we were having a little girl, Lance kept saying he was going to buy her a doll house once she got old enough. Well I needed a shelf for her room and I found this one at Target. Lance put it together and we couldn't be happier with it!This is the stroller/carseat we recieved. Lance got upset with me because this was suppose to be part of his "daddy duty" and I put it together before he could. It's tiring being pregnant.I guess my charm doesn't work everytime!! I still love you Noah.This is some pictures from the shower we had in Ruston a while back. I am a little behind with pictures.

I'm still here!

2009-02-06T13:48:00.001-08:00

I know, I know!! It's been entirely too long since the last post and boy has a lot gone on!! For starters, Lance and I finished our child birthing classes and feel a lot more informed about what to expect. I mean can you really be fully prepared for labor? I don't know, but I do have a plan for how I think things will happen and my bag is half-packed! I need to work on that, I guess.

We had an amazing shower in Ruston on the 24th and I cannot tell you how blessed Lance and I are to have such amazing people in our lives. We are so blessed and cannot thank everyone enough. I have added some pictures from the shower below.

Lance had to leave the day after the shower for training in Houston so that was sad, but we only have 2 more weeks left!! He has been able to come home on the weekends, so that makes me happy. I get so busy during the weekdays anyway, and I go to bed around 8:30 so it's nice to have him there on the weekends, not working. His training will be completed on February 20th, so when he comes home I will be the size of a whale!! It will be funny!! For some reason I won't do a thing during the week in Alli's room, but as soon as he comes home I want to do everything and I want it done at that moment. So last weekend I put Alli's stroller together and Lance had no idea. I wanted to get it all together then stroll it into the living room to show him how cute it is. Well I put it together, and right before I went to roll it out, I find out that the stroller will not open. Yep, somehow I have messed something up and don't know where. So Lance is going to retrace my steps to see what is wrong with it. Also, he wasn't too happy with me doing his "daddy duty"!! He wanted to put the stroller together, but like I side, when I need things done, I need them done right then!! Sorry Lance!

On the other hand, I am now going to the doctor every week, which is so crazy to me!! He will start checking "the progress" around week 37, which should be around the 17th. He is sure that our baby is going to be a small one, but if you looked at me, I don't see how she doesn't weigh 10 lbs already!! I mean, come on!! I have gained 25 lbs so far, so I am on track, but thanks to my short height, I look like I've gained 50 already! Who's counting though, I will worry about it later. I keep telling the doctor that I was 8'12 (which he can't believe) and Lance was 7'15 so I am planning on an 8 lb baby. All he says is "for your sake, I hope she comes out smaller than 8 lbs". I just want a chunky little baby, preferably a girl since that is what we have been planning for!!

Alli's room is still not complete. We are waiting on her dresser. Her bed is antique white so I wanted a dresser (that will also be her changing table) that was antique white. Well before Christmas (Dec 23rd to be exact), Lance and I went to Rock-a-bye Baby in West Monroe to get a mattress for her bed. While we were there, we found a dresser, that comes in antique white, that was a good price, so we decided to order it. We were promised the dresser would be in by January 15th, which was great because Lance would still be in town to pick it up. Well January 15th rolls on by, so I emailed the owner on the 17th and he said it would be in on the 20th or 21st. No big deal I thought, until that week. On the 23rd I called and he said the truck is running late and would deliver it on Monday and he would deliver it to me (free of charge) that Tuesday. Well that day passes and no call or dresser. So last Saturday I took a trip to visit Mr. Rock-a-bye Baby and I told him I wanted it in writing that my dresser was coming in on Monday. He said, that he needed to check to see if it came in already because he had a late load the night before. When he comes out he has a huge smile on his face and says to me "Jamie, it's here, I will deliver it Monday". I said, "Oh it's here, I will take it today" and I could tell he was like "are you sure"!! I told him I would be back with a truck. So I called Lance and told him the good news so he heads to W. Monroe to pick up the dresser. As soon as we walk in the store he says to us "Sorry, that wasn't your dresser"!!!! Yes, he did! We were so mad!! So we left the store with him promising to call me on Monday, but to no surprise no call. So Lance sent him an email on Tuesday saying that if the dresser was not delivered by that afternoon, we would take our business elsewhere. He wrote right back and said it will be there by five!! Once again, no dresser, no call!! So Lance went to visit him again on Thursday and got our money back!! Pretty much he never ordered the dresser and was lying to us the whole time. If you read the reviews on his store, he seems to do this alot. So I would advice everyone NOT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS STORE. So we still have no dresser!!

Tonight Lance and I are heading out to the Thomas' (my sisters) to play some poker. Well, correction, I am not going to play poker, Lance is. I stink at poker, so I am making a dip so that I can munch on and I plan on keeping Noah up as late as possible. But we aren't going to tell his momma that! What are aunts for?!!!

The first few pictures below are some that Jana came over and took for my scrapbook and the shower. It's so much fun having a photographer sister!!

2009-01-11T17:26:00.001-08:00

Time has flown by!! I cannot believe I am at the end of 31 weeks, but I couldn't be happier. It's kind of getting uncomfortable these days though, but I keep on trucking. I woke up this morning and forgot I was pregnant, until I tried to get out of bed!! I was quickly reminded that I am almost 8 months pregnant!!

I had my first shower this weekend with my moms family and we had a great time. My cousin Dena threw it for me and she always has fun games for us to play and we cracked up the entire time!! I got a lot of great things, including clothes and the most precious piggy bank!! I also got a blanket that was made by my great grand mother, very special. I have pictures posted below.

I have been nesting already, not only at the house, but at work too. I went this weekend to SAMS to stock up on paper towels, toilet paper, and baby wipes. I don't know why I decided to take care of that two months before the baby's due, but I don't have to worry about doing it later. Also, I have rearranged Alli's room twice already and I have not received her dresser yet. As soon as I got home from my parents house, I unloaded all her new things and rearranged her closet again! I can't help it. Anyways, maybe I will try to update some new things this week. I am sure I will have some fun stories from our birthing class tomorrow!

This was from New Years, 30 weeks.

Who's in my bed

2009-01-01T17:38:00.000-08:00

That would be my precious nephew Noah!! Noah and his mom came to stay with me the Saturday before Christmas. We went to visit our grandparents in Mississippi early that Sunday so we had to make sure we got up early so I talked them into staying with me. Just look how cute he is!

On the way back we stopped in Vidalia to see two of my bestest friends Rikki and Katie. It was so good seeing them! Rikki lives in Houma now and Katie is in Vidalia, so unfortunately, we don't get to see each other much. I sure do miss them.

Monday before Christmas I received a call from the Doctor's office letting me know that I failed my sugar test. So I went back on Tuesday to take the 4 hour test. Thank God I passed the test and I don't have gestational diabetes.

We had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas Eve was spent opening gifts at Lance's moms house. Then we stayed at my parents house and woke up early to open gifts. Lance had to leave to work after that so I met him back in Ruston that afternoon and did gifts with his dad, then headed to his granny's for a little while. I was definitely worn out, but it was so much fun. Christmas is my favorite Holiday.

All in all, my two week break has been wonderful. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday and hopefully I will have a good update. We have a little less than 10 weeks left and I am getting nervous. We still have to get her room ready!! We are mainly waiting on her dresser to come in which should be here in 3 weeks. Then I will feel a lot better and can actually decorate and put her clothes up, yes she already has a closet full!! Lance will be training in Houston from January 25th to February 20th so I will be doing the last minute nesting. I hope she doesn't come early!! We start child birth classes on Tuesday and I can't wait!!

TAG, You're it!!

2008-12-18T08:54:00.000-08:00

The object of the picture tag is to:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the sameNO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

Sorry Guys!! I have posted this one already so it's nothing to be excited about! I can't recall how many weeks this picture captures, but I know it's in a previous blog. I have been so busy with work, homelife, and fighting a cold, that I haven't blogged in a while. I can't make any promises, but a new post should be coming soon!!

I tag Jana, Ashley, Hannah, and Casey.

Thank you Daddy!!!

2008-12-10T14:56:00.000-08:00

Lance that is!! He put Alli's bed together last night and it is beautiful might I add!! I am really getting excited now! We don't have a mattress yet, but I couldn't wait to see what it was going to look like with the bedding, so I tried it out! Before I could leave for work today I had to go in there to check it out again, I just love it!! Thanks Gigi and Pops for the crib!

OOPS!!

2008-12-09T07:29:00.001-08:00

Apparently I am off on my weeks! The post below should be titled "Ending week 26"!!

Ending Week 25

2008-12-08T14:40:00.000-08:00

So things are going good!! I can't believe I am so close to the 3rd trimester, but I guess time flies when you're having fun, or growing a belly!! I was reading my "What to expect when you're expecting" book last night to Lance and it said that we could pick up a 2lb roast (the next time we go to the grocery store) and that's the size of the baby!! That's crazy, I'm carrying a 2lb roast inside of me!!
Anyways, thanks to the wonderful sister and brother-in-law, we now have Alli's crib at the house. Lance should be working on getting it up this week so hopefully I will have pictures to show everyone!! I can't wait!

What a weekend...

2008-12-01T06:40:00.000-08:00

Well it was really a long weekend! On Thursday I meet Lance at his parent's house in Benton (he had to work that morning) for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. I think I am still full from it! Oh, and everyone loved my two casseroles, so thanks Tinker for your help!!

Right before Lance went back to work he decided to take a ride on his brother Trace's dirt bike. I was a little worried he would come back with a broken limb, since he is accident prone, but to my surprise, he came back in one piece!! He went back to work for a few hours and I headed home to meet Chris, Jana, and Noah for our trip to Pop and Gigi's house.

We stayed up pretty late considering we were getting up for the Black Friday shopping. But we had a list of everything store we were going to , in the order they opened, and what we needed at each one. My brother in law loves Black Friday and made sure we were prepared! So we got up "late" at 3:00 and headed to Kohls. Chris and Jordan decided they weren't going to wait in the line so Jana and I got out and waiting for maybe 2 minutes and the doors opened. We knew someone in line so we got in and out of the store, with everything we needed, in 15 minutes (Sorry to the people we skipped in front of). Chris headed to Walmart while we shopped in Kohls and dropped Jordan off at Target at 4:15 to wait in line until they opened at 6!! Poor Boo Boo. Jana and I then headed to Sears and once again, was in and out within about 20 minutes. So we headed to Target to wait in line, and by that time Chris was there. Some people thought we were skipping, but we didn't, I promise. Oh and I went and got Jordan some breakfast while she was in line all by herself, so she didn't starve. It took us a little longer to get out of target, but we were out of there after about 30 minutes, with all our goodies we went for!! While Chris and I were in line to check out, Jordan and Jana went and got a table at IHOP for the real breakfast. It has become a tradition of ours on Black Friday. So after a little breakfast we headed to the mall. After one store I was literally wore out and my feet were swollen. However, I needed to finish my shopping and I was determined to do so. So my sisters and Chris thought it would be funny to get a wheelchair to push me in! So not funny, and I was embarrassed. They would take turns on who was going to push me and I did let them push me for a little while, but I got out at every store and it pretty much became our bag holder. So if you saw me, I promise I am not that lazy!! We finally made it home around 2 and I must say that over all, it was not a bad shopping day. I got ALL my shopping taken care of, with the exception of Jana!

Here are some pictures from our shopping experience. Noah also got a big boy car seat and by the pictures, I think he likes it!

Jackie's birthday is today, so we had a birthday gathering at the parent's house on Friday afternoon. So it was a fun celebration. Happy Birthday Jackie!!
Lance and I decorated our house for Christmas this weekend. I am excited to have that taken care of. Also, I cleaned out the baby's room some more so that when my dad brings her baby bed this week, we will have room to put it up. I am getting so excited!! Have a good week.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-25T06:36:00.000-08:00

I am so ready for my Thanksgiving Break! Lance and I are traveling to Shreveport tomorrow afternoon to have Thanksgiving with his dad and Felicia. So I am going to make the corn casserole and green bean casserole tonight with help from the lovely Tinker and Aunt Boo. I have been looking for a good corn casserole recipe for two days and I couldn't find one I liked. So when all else fails, what do you do? Well I call mom!! She offered to come up tonight to help me cook and it works out great because Lance is going hunting in Tensas this afternoon. So instead of me being home alone, I will have visitors. Maybe I can talk Noah's mommy into bringing him by since I won't get to see him (and Jana) until Thursday afternoon. Jana seems to think that when you have a child no one wants to see you anymore, they just want to see the child. But I have to disagree with that because I still want to see Jana all the time! The best part of that is that I do see her EVERYDAY, since we are blessed to be able to work on campus together. I love my sisters!

For an update on the pregnancy, there is no question that I am pregnant! When I found out that we were having a girl, I didn't feel like I looked that pregnant, but it seems like over a weeks period I ballooned!! After we moved in the house and got somewhat settled, she decided to have a growth spurt, or I decided sugar was my best friend! Either way, I have gained a total of 12 pounds, 7 of those 12 were gained this last month!! I told Mr. Mc that I had been walking 20 to 30 minutes 4-5 days a week and that it shocks me to know that I gained THAT much!! But he said that it was not a big deal at all as long as I didn't gain 7 pounds each month and that I could watch my sugar to make sure that doesn't happen. As soon as I got out of my appointment I called Jana because I didn't think I was eating that much sugar. But I guess having an ice cream sandwich at lunch was not helping the situation at all!! But Alli is growing and still moving all the time which is great. I think she is weighing in around 1lb and a half! (In the picture I was at the end of my 24 weeks. Since then, I have retired my favorite t-shirt!

Have a great Thanksgiving!

The Weekend is here, FINALLY!!!

2008-11-14T13:59:00.000-08:00

It has been one busy payroll week for me, but I am happy to say that payroll is over! I was so organized that I was able to process it a day earlier than I normally do!! YAY for me!! I am so glad it's over though.

This weekend I get to see my good friend Ashley on Saturday

AND my good friend Katie G. on Sunday!

I am so lucky to get to see them this weekend. Jana and I are going to see baby cousin Ty at Tink's tomorrow and I hope to do a little shopping since I will be in Monroe. I really need to start that so why not tomorrow. Lance is going to be out of town ALL weekend for drill so I figured I could get a jump start on the Christmas purchases.

The house is coming along. Every room is pretty much finished except for the baby's room. We don't have everything hung yet, because we didn't want to put holes in the walls just yet, but I am getting a little hammer crazy and ready to get that taken care of. The baby, which we have decided to name "Alli 'Middle Name' Hancock", now has bedding for her bed, and I was just notified yesterday that her bed was picked up by her Pops. That is our Christmas present from Pops and Gigi so I told them to keep it until Christmas. However, I don't know if I can wait that long to get it up!!

So here are the most recent pictures of the bay-bay!! I will be 6 months on Tuesday and currently I have gained 8 pounds. I'm sure I won't keep track of that once I hit a certain number!! Have a great weekend.

Better late than never

2008-11-10T06:37:00.000-08:00

I am just now getting a chance to post my pictures from Halloween. Since the time has changed, and it gets dark so early, I don't feel like doing anything when I get off. I usually cook dinner then get straight into my pj's and usually I am in bed by 8:15 or 8:30. To tell you the truth, I love going to bed early, because I have been getting up earlier to eat breakfast with my husband! I also have to walk the dog in the morning, but that's another issue!!

If you read Jana's blog you already know that Wallace (a.k.a. Chance) went back home after a 2 week stay with us. I knew not to get attached to that dog and as soon as I did, BAM, the owners call!! But he's back at home and even though my Willis is annoying and hyper all the time, I would want someone to let me know if they found him. So since Wallce flew the coop, Willis won't eat and acts like a lion in a cage. I will put food out for him and before I can sit down in the house, I can hear him turn over the food bowl! He is now the only dog in the garage and it's very evident he doesn't like it. Our fence should get built this week so that he can run around outside, but we still need to get him a companion so he won't act like a baby. But then again, would it be easier just to give him away to a good family? Nah, I can't do that!

This weekend seemed like it was nonstop!! I was so tired by the time I got home on Friday that I went to bed at 8 and didn't wake up until 8:30 the next morning!! Then when Lance got off work, we rode to Shreveport to get a few maternity clothes (that fit), and swung by his parents for just a minute. Halliburton put on a dinner later than night for their employees in Lance's division so everyone could get to know each other and meet their wives. I enjoyed my meal which consisted of: appitezers, steak and baked potato, AND dessert!! And I had a total of 3 refills so needless to say, my trips to the bathroom added up!! But I went to the dinner very hungry and I think I got my monies worth, or should I say Halliburton did!

I am going to leave you with pictures from Halloween. I was so excited because I thought I would have trick-or-treaters since we are in a new neighborhood. So you will see in the pictures, I was prepared!! I dressed the dogs up too, but Willis couldn't act right, so they went back in the garage after pictures. Also, Noah dressed up as a cow, but by the time he got to Aunt Jay Jay's house, he was out and by out I mean out of the costume and out for the night!!

Have a good week!

I don't know where anything is!

2008-10-29T06:41:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend Lance and I moved into a new house. We absolutely love the new pad, but I can't find anything I need. I am so ready to have it in order and all put together. I don't have any pictures yet, but I will get some on here soon.

Since we've moved, the pups have had to stay in the garage all day and all night. Our fence has not been built yet, so they are stuck in the garage. Since we've had some pretty cold nights lately, I bought a heater for them to be warm. I also bought some sweaters for them which I think make them look precious, however, Willis doesn't like his too much. The past two mornings I went to check on them and Willis was naked!!! I don't know how he does it, but it's off every morning.

Here are some pictures from the past two days. Hope to update more pictures soon.

Don't you love my attire?!!!

This picture cracks me up!! I was trying to take a picture of Willis and he ran under Lance's legs!! Lance was working on the heater and didn't even notice I took the picture!!

IT'S A GIRL!!

2008-10-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

Most of you probably already now, but if not, we found out on Tuesday that we are having a little girl and super excited!! The Ultrasound Tech said we are measuring about 19 weeks and a few days, but Dr. McWhorter said we are going to stick to the due date that was first started (March 10) and if needed, push it back later. Other than that, everything looked good. She looks like she's going to be tall, because every limb was really long. She's very active and moves around a lot now.

Below is a picture from week 20 that was taken by sister. I hope yall have a great weekend!

DOG FOUND

2008-10-20T07:08:00.000-07:00

I helped Lance's granny with a garage sale on Saturday in the Hillcrest area and when we were cleaning up, Cristy Martin stopped by and asked if we had Willis with us. I wasn't sure why she was asking that, but I told her that he was at home in his kennel. Well apparently she saw a small, black dachshund that looked like Willis, and he was walking down the road, probably going to get hit by a car. So I ran over to see the dog and to find out if it had a collar on it. To my surprise, there was no collar, and the dog was so sweet. So I brought it over to Granny's house to show Lance what I found and he liked the dog too. Being the good samaritans that we are, we decided we would take him to our house and put him in the backyard with Willis and put an ad in the paper for the owners to contact us. Before we left to take him home, we already decided we would call him Wallace!! Don't ask where that came from, but Lance has named all our pooches so you may want to ask him!! But the dog has been doing just fine and they have been getting along perfectly. So if anyone knows the owner of this dog, please let me know. (Note: as you can see in the pictures below, Wallace fits right in!!!)

Also, on Saturday Jana let me watch Noah for a little bit while she went to take some pictures. She was running late so all she said was "he ate at 6:30 and won't eat again until 9:30 and I will be back before then"!! I was thinking "he's sleeping now, but what do I do if he cries"!! Well it wasn't long before he woke up and I was faced with the reality of a baby. But he was a very good little boy. He sat with Uncle Lance and watched the LSU game for a little while and just looked around at everything. He had been shopping all day with mom and dad so he was very tired and wanted to fight sleep. Before I knew it, it was 9:20 and mom was not back yet and I had a fussy baby. So I called Jana to get her permission to feed him, and he ate about half the bottle and was OUT!! When Chris and Jana got there I told them he only ate half and I apologize if he is up all night from not eating his bottle. But the next morning she called me and said he slept all night and I must have done something right!! Even though I think he was just extremely tired, the comment made me feel extremely good, like I did something right!!

I will let you all know the results tomorrow!

We don't have much longer...

2008-10-17T13:15:00.000-07:00

Til we find out what we are having! Tuesday is the big day and it won't come fast enough! We are so excited! I still think it's a girl, and Lance says it's a boy to be opposite. I think the bigger my belly gets, the more excited he gets and I love it.

Not much has been going on our way, but I wanted to leave you with some pictures. The first one was taken around 19 weeks by Chris and Jana.

These were taken in Jana's office this week. She came by my office and said I needed to come to her office so she could document the change!! It just takes me forever to update! Sorry!

And I can't end a post without a picture of my precious lil punkin of a nephew!!

Have a good weekend.

16 Week Visit

2008-09-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

Lance and I went to our 16 week Doctor's apt yesterday and got to see the baby! We first heard the heartbeat and it sounded a lot better than the first time, so I was relieved. Then I mentioned to Dr. McWhorter that I wanted to make sure there was only 1 baby in the belly. So he went and got his handheld ultrasound machine and we looked at the baby. It was so weird to see it moving, but not feeling a thing. He said I should start feeling the baby move in the next week or two. At first he said the baby was real active, then when we tried to get a sneak peak of the sex, he couldn't get the baby to move, and said it was pretty laid back. So I can't tell if it's going to be a laid back baby like Lance or always on the go like me! It was a great visit and Lance was really surprised by the way the baby had grown. The internet says the baby is the size of an avocado.

We scheduled the sonogram for October 21st and it will also be our 20 week check up. Hopefully the baby will let us see what it is!!

I will definitely keep everyone updated!!

We're Growing

2008-09-18T09:20:00.000-07:00

Well since the last post, Lance finally came home yesterday from a 3 week stay fighting the hurricanes. I am so happy he is finally home and I know he was excited about sleeping in his own bed and not a cot. I was thinking he was going to come home and notice my belly, but he says he can't tell. I think he's just being nice because my clothes tell me differently!

Not much has been going on around our house. I'm still busy with student payroll this week, but next week should be a lot better, or atleast that's what I'm hoping for. This weekend Jana and I, plus the little one, are going to Natchez for a baby shower so we are very excited about showing Noah off to our friends. I know it's crazy but I like to show him off too. I think I have more pictures of him in my office than Jana does, so yes I take the title of the crazy aunt! But I bet Gigi has a lot more than I do.

I received some good news yesterday, we definitely have a babysitter for baby Hancock! Mrs. Dorothy Deason will be keeping him which is so wonderful because Noah goes to her. They are going to have so much fun playing together!

Well I am going to leave you with some belly pics. The first one is from week 9 and the second was taken at the very end of week 14. We go to the Doc on Tuesday so maybe I will have an update on that! Have a good weekend.

It's about time...

2008-08-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting a chance to upload some recent pictures. We painted the outside of our house this past weekend and WE are still worn out from it. Lance and I both wanted to paint the outside of the house, but kept pushing it aside. But it is such a good feeling to have it taken care of now. We definitely couldn't have done it without the help of Lance's dad, Felicia, and Trace, thanks to them!

Also this weekend, Tinker and Boo Boo stopped by and brought some cute little gifts for the baby. Willis thought the tickle stuffed animal was for him, but we had to have a little talk to let him know that he needs to start practicing the act of "sharing" soon. I think it's going to be a girl and I seem to have talked my family into thinking the same so brought 3 cute little outfits for her/him (one of course is just for a girl).

Also, Jana and Chris bought us a cute little bib that says "Get your kisses here" and I tried it out on Willis to make sure it worked!

On a different note, Lance is suppose to get activated to New Orleans so keep him in your prayers. Maybe everything will work out and he won't have to stay long. As for our weekend, I am watching Noah Saturday while his mommy and daddy go to the TECH football game, and I can't wait!! Then Sunday Willis and I are going to gigi and pops to stay the night and RELAX!!

Happy Labor Day!

2008-08-20T14:47:00.000-07:00

So I am still getting used to the idea of updating every so often. As you can see it's been a while since I last updated, but hey, life has been very busy and won't slow down! Lance and I have both been so busy with work. I would even go as far as to say that I have a lot more to do that Lance does at this time. Fall is so busy for me and it's going to be a while before I get the hang of things since this is my first fall at this position. Don't worry, it will all get taken care of. Also, I have a beautiful nephew that I visit atleast once a week. It seems like Friday afternoon is my favorite time to see him. I think he loves me too, which is wonderful because I love him so much! I miss my sister too. I am so ready for her to come back to work so we can visit with each other everyday and do lunch! But I know she would much rather be home with Noah.

On a different note, Lance and I had a small renovation completed in our kitchen and repainted. The color DEFINITELY did not come out the way we wanted it to, but it has grown on us. I really don't know if that is a good thing, but I will be the first to tell you that I am not going to paint another room in my house! It's not fun. I have already hired my dad to paint the baby's room once we find out the gender!! He jumped at the offer!

Well, I hope to have pictures up real soon!

Oh, yeah, Willis is also doing well. I really think he has gained more weight, which bothers me when I pick him up. I am in the process of trying not to spoil him as much. When Lance bought Willis for me, I wanted a small dog that waited on me to come home and followed me everywhere! Well that is what I have except for the small part, Willis is 20+ lbs, with a huge heart and I wouldn't change him for the world!

WOW

2008-07-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful day yesterday was. Noah Christopher finally came into our lives around 6:47 p.m. weighing in at 9.8 lbs (Yes, that's 9 pounds and 8 ounces)!!! I cannot express how happy our whole family is and how blessed we feel. Jana did extremely wonderful considering she went in at midnight to be induced and pushed for almost 2.5 hours. I am so proud of her! Chris was also a wonderful coach and was so proud to finally hold his little bundle of joy. I can't wait to see him again!

Also, on a side note, I am eating my words from my very first blog. Most of you all know, but just in case, Lance and I are going to have a little baby next year!

Weekend Fun

2008-06-30T09:04:00.001-07:00

Friday, after I got off work, Lance and I headed to his parents house in Shreveport for the weekend. That night Meg and Scotty came over to relax around the pool with us, which is always a treat. After eating a big breakfast on Saturday, and went shopping on the boardwalk, Lance, Meg, and I ended up laying by the pool again. It did not take long for Lance to get burnt, which I am still having to doctor his sunburn by rubbing aloe vera on him 4 times a day!! Kristin, Kurt, and Hannah came over for a little fun in the sun before we got dressed for the Birthday dinner for Meg and I. We had dinner at Superior Steakhouse which did end up taking 3 hours out of our night. We had our own room reserved so we were in our own little secluded area, which was amazing. The dinner, was so good, I don't think I will ever get that wonderful taste out of my mouth! I was so hungry when I got there I think I ate a whole loaf of bread on top of all the other great items I indulged in. By the time we left, everyone was so stuffed and ready for bed. I couldn't stand up straight from how full I was! So we ended the night and got a good nights rest.
The whole time we were in Shreveport, Willis had to stay outside with his girlfriend Toots (Meg and Scotty's dog). Willis is an inside dog, so he did not adjust to well to the scorching Louisiana heat too well. I kept telling Lance that he was sick because he could barely walk. So Lance finally let him stay in his kennel in the laundry room the Saturday night. Needless to say, Willis was so happy to get home to jump on his couch! He was so worn out from Toots and the heat, that he slept all day and night!

The Hancocks

2008-06-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

I have been reading Jana's blog for quite some time now and I figured I should start my own. Jana began her blogging career around the time she found out she was expecting, which was a great way to keep everyone updated. So when I told her I wanted to start my own blog, she asked me if I was pregnant! So to clear up any confusion, I'm not pregnant!
Anyways, my main purpose of the blog is to keep everyone updated with what's going on with The Hancocks, including the wonderful adventures of our dog, Willis! He is my heart and even though Lance would never admit to it, he loves him dearly as well!