Snow Dog!

While this post is overdue, I still wanted to share it...

We have sure had some crazy winter weather lately in West Texas - until last week, it had become like clockwork to get a snow storm every Thursday. Then last week it snowed on Tuesday, and now there's a chance we'll get some tomorrow... there's no tellin'! The moisture has been great, though it makes it difficult to figure out when to wash your car! (and mine desperately needs a bath!!) But Wayne-Dog has REALLY enjoyed the snow! He's turned into quite the snow dog!

I now work half-day Fridays, so one Friday when Andy's classes were cancelled (a few weeks ago), we bundled up to go play with Wayne-Dog in the snow. When Andy pulled out the snow bibs, I put on the first pair and was quite pleased that I was still able to zip them up (I hadn't worn them in years)! Unfortunately, we quickly realized that I had put on Andy's snow bibs! And in order to squeeeeeze into my pair, I had to lay on the couch and get Andy's help - heck, I was worried we may need a pair of pliers to get that zipper up! ;-)

Long story short, I wasn't able to move very easily out in the snow, and I'm pretty sure Baby John stayed warm because he was so squished! Andy and Wayne wrestled quite a bit, and of course we made snow angels (though I needed help getting up - both because of my growing belly and because I was afraid of busting open the over-stressed seams of my snow bibs)!

Here are some photos from our family snow day, plus a video (if I can get it to work) of Wayne-Dog trying to catch the snowflakes! Too cute!


Andy took this photo when he took Wayne-Dog on a walk while I was at work - the snow was incredible:

Wrestlin'...

Get 'em, Wayne!

Wreck 'em Tech! (and check out Wayne sprinting - I think he was about to tackle Andy) :)

Smile, boys!

Yum! Just don't eat the yellow snow!

A profile shot - though Baby John was definitely squished...

And I tried to upload a video of Wayne-Dog catching/eating the snowflakes, but no such luck... (I think it was too big?? who knows...) so that's it for now! Hope you are all doing well and have a GREAT week! God bless!

Love,

Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog :)

12 Weeks To Go!

Wow! It's sure hard to believe that little John will be here in just 12 short weeks! We are so very excited and can't wait to meet him! He is moving a lot these days, and we are both growing! I feel him move the most in the evening and at night - I think I rock him to sleep when I'm when I'm on my feet all day at work! :)

We have our next (and probably last) sonogram in 3 weeks - we can't wait to see him again and hear his precious heart beat! And man oh man, we can't wait to meet him come May! Here are a couple belly photos (taken last weekend, at 27 weeks) for a quick update:

We also want to wish our Godson and nephew, Ethan Kim, a very Happy 1st Birthday!!! We sure wish we could help you celebrate down in Houston! And Happy Birthday, also, to my Grandpa MJ Bergman! :) Hope this finds the rest of you doing well! God bless!

Love,

Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog

New Photos!

Hi again!

Well it's been WAY too long since I've posted - Christmas came and went (and it was wonderful!), and we're already a month into 2010! Boy how time flies! I plan to make another post soon with photos from Christmas (as soon as I get them all uploaded to the computer), but in the meantime I wanted to share John's latest photos!

We had another sonogram last Friday (Jan 20th) at 23 weeks - we were so pleased and grateful to hear that Baby John's heart and brain and all other organs are looking good and developing as they should!!! :) So without further adieu, here are his most recent pictures:

ALMOST a "guns up" ;) He wouldn't get his hand out of his face during most of the sonogram, so we barely got the above shots (but the sonographer was persistent)! And we're grateful! What a handsome little guy!

That's it for now... hope this finds you doing well! God bless!

Love,

Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog :)

It's A...

BOY!!!

We found out on Thursday that we're having a baby boy! We're so excited and feel so blessed! His name is John Samuel Hefferly, and here are a few "photos" of our little miracle so far...


Hi everyone!

His little feet:

Here's my favorite - he's doing a somersault! He was movin' and rollin' everywhere during the sonogram. I love how you can see his legs and feet curled up over his head:

And proof that he's a BOY (the little arrow/hand points to his "boyhood"... this is the "toilet bowl" view and it's hard to tell what's what... but trust us, he's a boy!) :)

That's all for now! Thank you for the prayers for our little one! We sure can't wait to meet him in less than 5 months! It's hard to believe we'll be HALF-WAY there by next weekend! :)

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! God bless you and your family!

Love,

Abby, Andy, Baby John, and Wayne-Dog

Growing...

Hi again!

It's been WAY too long since I've posted - tomorrow we'll have something worth writing about (we have our next sonogram and will find out if we've got a baby boy or a baby girl on the way!!!) - but I thought I'd at least post an updated belly photo...
The photo was from 18 weeks (we'll be 19 full weeks at the end of this week), and it doesn't do it justice. I think I've grown a lot even since the picture! :)

Andy is studying hard for his LAST final on Friday - he is really looking forward to his Christmas break! He definitely deserves the rest! I'm very proud of him for all his hard work this semester. And he's been incredibly helpful and supportive around the house, which has been really nice with the tiredness of pregnancy. :) And Wayne-Dog is being cute as usual!

Hope this finds you all doing well and preparing well for Christmas! God bless! I'll be sure to post again soon with our family news! :)

Love,
Abby

Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone,

So first I'll update ya on the little one... we're just over 12 weeks along and as far as we know, all is well! We see the doctor on Tuesday, but we won't be getting a sonogram at that appointment - not yet sure when our next one will be! Here's a quick profile photo at 12 weeks:

In the meantime, we had a wonderful week and a happy Halloween! First of all, Andy's brother Pat came through town on his drive from Columbus, Mississippi to Las Vegas. He's now stationed in Vegas at Nellis Air Force Base and will be doing missiles and munitions maintenance (managing the arming of planes for combat). We got to spend some good time with Pat, and their parents also came into town too. Lots of good family time with the Hefferlys! Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos...

Also, I came home from work one day this week to discover that Andy's mom and his sister Laura created a mini "Fall Extravaganza" on our porch! Andy's mom does this great, elaborate display on their porch each fall -- the "Fall Extravaganza" -- it's full of hay bales, pumpkins, gourds, squash, a scarecrow, and other fall decor. So she started one for each of her married kids this year! We LOVE it! What a wonderful, thoughtful surprise! Here's what it looks like, with the addition of our jack-o-lantern -- we took a little family photo:

For Halloween, Wayne-dog was pretty curious as to what we were doing with that pumpkin - he wanted to help!

Wayne-dog was also brand new to trick-or-treaters -- it took him a few doorbell rings to figure out why we had all these scary visitors who didn't care to come in and play with him! He did great though. AND, best of all, he tolerated us dressing him up! We didn't do anything too extravagant, but it took a few tries… first a fire-dog (he wasn't impressed), then a couch potato (guess he doesn't like cheap beer!), and finally an old silly lion mask from years ago! Just look at those eyes! We're pretty sure he's going to pay us back for putting him through such humiliation!

Speaking of costumes, our bun-in-the-oven got dressed up too! Here's our little pumpkin's first Halloween costume (it's just pinned on my belly, and yes, I'm a dork) :)

After going to the Tech vs. Kansas game on Saturday, Andy and I handed out candy to trick-or-treaters. There were some cute ones, but our favorites by far were Aladdin and Abu! (our nephews Kolbe and Reagan) Aren't their costumes great?!

"Abu" (Reagan) and his Grandma (Ms. Lora):

"Aladdin" (Kolbe) enjoying one of his "tricks" from his trick-or-treat bag:

As you can see above, Laura, Mark, Mark's mom Ms. Lora, and the boys stopped by -- it was great hanging out! We didn't get to see our nieces on Halloween though, as the timing didn't work out. While I don't have a photo of them to share, I was told that Shelby was a lady-bug and little Kinsey was Minnie Mouse. I bet they were too cute!

Well that's it for now. Hope you had a Happy Halloween! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, Baby, and Wayne-Dog

Our Baby's 1st Photo

Hi again!

So today we had our very first sonogram and got to hear our baby's heart beat - it was incredible! :-D Andy and I were so excited to finally see our little bun-in-the-oven! What a wonderful miracle!

Anyways, here's our baby's first picture:Yeah... it's hard to tell what's what, so the next photo (sorry it's blurry) has 2 arrows -- the red one is pointing to the head, and the blue one to the body with all four little limb buds (like a little gummy bear, ha!). VERY awesome! We are still just so excited and so blessed... We're starting our 10th week, and this sonogram confirmed that we're right on schedule for our May 15th due date!

That's all for now... hope everyone has a great weekend! Our friends Katie and Jared Bares are in town this weekend for the Tech football game, so we're looking forward to some tailgating with friends and football. Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, Baby and Wayne-Dog