Baby Room Additions

These are some of the pieces of furniture we have added to the baby's room. The first is a picture of the soon to be changing table. There are lots of other things on top of it, but that will all be cleared off to make room for a changing pad. And we will put things like diapers and wipes in the baskets below.

These last two we just got a few days ago. The first picture is a bookshelf for odds and ends. Then the last one is a new mirror we got to hang above the dresser. I'm proud of this one because it was a black framed mirror that was one sale. I bought it and painted it white. Much cheaper than the 'already white framed' mirrors for some resaon.

Happy Easter!

Here are a few pictures of us on Easter morning.

Baby's Room

Here are a few pictures of the baby's room. This used to be the guest room on the backside of our house. We have painted it a soft yellow, and I installed some crown molding on the top. We finally got our crib last week and we also picked up some curatins. Still looks a little bare, but we've still got lots to do.

This is also a chair we got from Ava's parent's house. It used to belong to Ava's grandmother. Still in very good condition.

Week 25!!!

Here is Ava while we were attending my cousin's wedding. This was taken at the beginning of week 25. Not much longer to go now.

Ava & Baby Are Growing

Here are a few pictures recently taken of Ava at 23 weeks into her pregnancy.

It's A Girl!!!

If you couldn't tell by the picture, we are very happy to find out that our new addition will be a girl. We went to the doctor this morning for our ultrasound. Everything went very well. The baby looked great and didn't appear to have any problems. All her measurements were accurate for her age and all her organs and limbs appeared to be working wonderfully. The ultrasound technician said she was very photogenic...just like her mama.

Here are some pictures that were taken during the ultrasound.

The 'Family Car' Has Arrived

Well, we finally sold my Prelude this past Saturday. A moment of silence, please....... Before we move onto the new family car, let's celebrate the Prelude first. Ta Da!

Ok...moving on. Last night we got our new Honda Pilot. We've only had it for about 12 hours, but we are loving it! I'll go ahead and include some pictures of it too.

Baby Update

So far everything has gone smooth with Ava's pregnancy. We are currently (1/25/2006) sitting in the middle of week 16. Thankfully, Ava has not had any of the 'bad' symptoms that sometimes come along with being pregnant. Occasionally she will feel a little tired, light headed, or weary...but after she gets something to eat or relaxes a little, she is all better.

Our last visit to the doctor, 1/10/2006, we got to hear the baby's heart beat. The nurse said that the heart rate was between 130 and 140 bpm. Everything is looking good.

We are scheduled for an ultrasound on 2/17/2006. The doctors believe we should be able to figure out the sex of the baby at this time. That is, if the baby cooperates. Please come back to our webpage to find out the results.

Anniversary/Baby-moon Cruise

This past December, we celebrated our 5th year anniversary. In conjunction with one more nice trip before the baby arrives, we decided to go on a cruise. We sailed with Royal Caribbean, on their newest ship, Jewel of the Seas. Our room was small but more than adequate. The entire ship was beautiful. Ava was the self-proclaimed 'King of the World!' They even had Putt-Putt on-board the ship.


We had a wonderful time and would highly recommend a cruise to anyone. Our cruise left out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and we made stops in Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, and Key West. We were also suppose to go to Cozumel, but the weather prohibited us from making that stop.

In Grand Cayman, we took an excursion to swim with the Sting Rays. Couldn't get many pictures of this since my camera doesn't seem to like the water. But this shows you how big they were and how blue the water was.


At Costa Maya, we got to explore some Mayan ruins. We explored the recently discovered city of Chacchoben. There were 3 uncovered Mayan pyramids, and many other walls and stairways. Our tour guide said there was still many other objects that needed to be uncovered throughout the city and the immediate area. Costa Maya also had a beautiful shoreline.

Our last stop was Key West, FL. Allthough we didn't do any excursions while in Key West, we did have a great time. We just did a lot of exploring. While there, we were able to see Ernest Hemingway's house and President Truman's Little White House. This was our view when we looked out our room's window while we were docked in Key West.

Hot Springs Trip

For Ava's birthday this year, we went to Hot Springs, AR with another couple from our Sunday school class (Chris, Neala, and baby Adelin). Hot Springs is a National Park that of course has natural hot springs running underneath and throughout the area.

We stayed in a really old hotel called the Arlington (pictured left). This particular hotel has been built and rebuilt a couple times due to fires. The building we stayed in was actually built in the 1930's. Very interesting building and very unique in this day and age.

Here are a couple pictures of the hot springs steaming. I think when we were visting, the temperatures were in the 50's. As you can see, when they say hot springs...that mean HOT springs!




Chris and Neala had been here many times before and gladly showed us the ropes of the town.





We also found out some really great news about Hot Springs while we were there. We were all so happy. (not really, of course)

Baby Lowry's First Picture

We went to the doctor this afternoon and got to see the first images of our new addition. We found out that Ava is 7 weeks and 1 day along in her pregnancy. And her due date is July 9th. As of today, the baby is about 1 cm long. We also got to hear to baby's heart beating...which was simply amazing!

MSU vs Auburn 2005

Ava and I went to the MSU/Auburn football game with some friends from our Sunday School class. MSU got drilled 28-0!!!

The game was at 11:30. Very hot and humid. Sunburns all around.

This is the new car tag we got to go on the front of Ava's car