Happy Anniversary to Us!

Our trip to the beach was for our 8th anniversary! Matt and I were high school sweethearts and have dated/been married for over half our lives! Crazy, huh? I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband!

Beach Trip

I will go ahead and warn everyone....there are lots of pictures with this post! We always take a beach trip to Gulf Shores for our anniversary each year. This year with the oil scare we decide to head down into Florida to try to avoid the oil. It was our first time to stay in Destin and we really enjoyed it!

Loaded up and ready to go



It rained on us from Montgomery to Destin and continued to rain the entire first night we were there. Therefore, we all look like drowned rats in the next few pics. After checking into the hotel, we headed out to do some shopping and to eat at Pompano Joe's.


In front of the fish tank at Bass Pro


Anna Beth loved playing on all of the boats

Sleeping like a big girl on the pull out couch

Ready to hit the beach

Catching some rays!

Easter 2010

Anna Beth's Easter Basket





Checking things out...




Rollers for the first time!







Sweet Anna Beth




Daddy & Anna Beth

Mommy & Anna Beth

Our little family

Hunting Eggs

Disney Live

Mickey Mouse & Friends


Beautiful Cinderella

Sweet Little Girls!

So Excited!

Baby Burns Update

We had our genetic ultrasound today! Looks like we have a healthy baby BOY! I guess mama's intuition was right! It is amazing what they could tell us about our baby. Most importantly, everything looks great and healthy!

Baby Burns

We went at the first of February for our first doctor's appointment. Things have changed so much in just the short time since we got pregnant with Anna Beth. This time instead of just seeing Dr. Callison and she doing the ultrasound, we had to go straight to the ultrasound tech. Everyone in Dr. Callison's office is AWESOME, but the ultrasound tech leaves alot to be desired. She is the same one that was there when we were pregnant with Anna Beth. Everytime we have seen her (this makes the 3rd time) she acts like we are just an inconvenience to her day! So she doesn't go above and beyond to help in any way. We told her we had a DVD to record the baby's first ultrasound. She responded with, well, we don't record the first ultrasounds anymore. Lots of women have their first ultrasound and everything is fine and then they miscarry, so I don't record first ultrasounds anymore. Regardless of what happens, I still wanted the ultrasound recorded. So we already have to explain to our second child that we do not have a video of them at 8 weeks like we do Anna Beth! Then the ultrasound tech did not let us hear the baby's heartbeat. I could see it on the screen and it looked strong, but I was too scared to ask her to turn it up in fear that she might bite my head off! Dr. Callison assured me later in the visit that everything looked great!



We go on Thursday for our 12 week check up in Huntsville. We had genetic testing with Anna Beth and have chosen to do so with this baby also. With Anna Beth, I just had blood work done, but now they do a genetic ultrasound also. We have an appointment in Birmingham on Thursday also. They only do this kind of ultrasound in Huntsville on Tuesdays and Matt couldn't make it to any of the Tuesday appointments. The best part is that they told us they can possibly tell us the sex of the baby on Thursday. It will only be 90% accurate because I am only 12 weeks, but still 90% is pretty good. I had a gut feeling with Anna Beth that she was a girl. This pregnancy has been so different as far as being sick, so I am going with a boy. I would love to add a little boy to our family, but at the same time, I would love Anna Beth to have a sister. Hopefully, we will know on Thursday! Regardless of the sex of the baby, I just pray for a healthy child! So, what do y'all think? Boy or Girl?

Anna Beth's First Haircut

I decided this past week that it was finally time to trim Anna Beth's hair. I had put it off as long as I could and it was starting to look rough on the ends. This afternoon I went and had my hair cut by Lindsey at Salon Le Jules. Matt and Anna Beth went along with me and watched. We had really talked it up to Anna Beth and she was really excited. She kept asking when it was going to be her turn. She did great! I was a little worried after Lillian's princess party when Anna Beth wanted nothing to do with the hair part. But today, she hopped up in the chair like a big girl and sat perfectly still. We didn't really get enough cut off to tell a difference, just the ends trimmed. She thought she was big stuff!