And her name will be...

Most of you know, but we decided on a name for baby girl Sparks...

Adeline Lilley Sparks

Adeline, we both loved and once I heard Nolan say it, that was it!

Lilley is a family name from my side so that is why it is spelled the way it is.

We are so excited to welcome this new little one into our family, just as soon as she decides to get here!!! Here are some pics, one of a 36 week ultrasound that is 3-d so you can see just what she will look like. There's not a profile shot here, but her cheeks and mouth looked just like Nolan's. It was an amazing ultrasound because she was nice and filled out instead of still looking alien-ish. :) Also, we have pretty much finished with her room, so I am posting some of those pics too. Enjoy! Hopefully our next post will be to introduce little Adeline!

My mom made this AMAZING blanket for the baby with matching material from the bedding.

What a great Nanny Adeline has!

I made this valance!

This ceramic piece was from my room when I was a baby, I just repainted it!

I painted her initials, monogram style, on these canvas' and they turned out great!

The "A" and the "L" are the same border which I made to match the paisley in the bedding.

Now we are just anxiously awaiting her arrival!

July 4th 2008

Happy 4th! We had a great day which started out with a parade. I think Nolan's favorite "float" was the Monster Trucks that came through; very exciting! :) Then we went over to the park for a reinactment of the Sam Bass Shootout. Later in the day Uncle Dennis and our family friend Steve came over for a fajita dinner and fireworks. We have a great front yard for seeing the fireworks that they put off at the park, so we don't have to fight any traffic. It was a great day!

Yummy! They tossed out candy at the parade...

I couldn't resist adding this picture.

We got this fake mustache out of a vending machine.

Nolan wasn't a fan, but it was a pretty good laugh for us!

We're making him grow up so fast... :)

And I made my flag cake (it's becomming a tradition)

Future Baseball Star

Does this pose look familiar?

He just needs to have the helmet on and a bat in his hands.

I couldn't pass up posting this adorable picture of him!

Okay... so the truth is that he was pointing at an airplane!

But he looked like a future baseball star to me!!

He's actually pretty good at hitting the ball off the tee, so

who know's maybe he will be someday!

Swim Lessons

I thought I would do some catch up posts while I have the time since this little baby girl hasn't decided to come out and see us yet!

So... Here's some pics from Nolan's swim lessons that we had through the city. It was a good introduction to the water, but I think Nolan was already past the introductory part. Let's just say that we call him "No Fear Nolan" around the water. :) He learned a few things from the lessons, but I think next year we'll belly up the money for some really good lessons! His favorite thing to do is to jump off the edge under water and then kick and paddle back to the ledge, only to follow by doing it over, and over, and over again...

On the last day they "graduated" and got a certificate of achievement. Too cute!

Nolan made a new friend in class named Zach! :)