Elizabeth June Triplett

Our sweet Elizabeth June Triplett was born on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 5:35 p.m. She was born on her due date (just like her mama!), she is very punctual! She weighed 6 lbs. 5 ounces. and was 19 inches long. My water broke at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. I had just been up about 30 min before going to the bathroom and went back to bed when I felt that the bed was wet! (TMI, sorry, you might not want to read further) I told Drew that I thought my water had broke and to get a towel. He answered "ok" and went back to sleep. I then, quite loudly, said again, "MY WATER JUST BROKE, I NEED A TOWEL!!". He then got the message got me a towel and we got our stuff and left for the hospital.

My contractions didn't start for another couple of hours. I didn't get my epidural till mid morning. It felt great and I thought that was that and I would just coast through delivery, wrong! To make a long story short, the epidural would not take very well on my left side. It would last for about an hour or so then wear off. Eventually it became evident that it was not going to work and I would have to just deal with the pain. I remember at one point Drew and I looking at each other when we both realized I would have to do this without the epidural fully working. Thankfully, he and my mom gave me amazing support. I truely would not have been able to do it without them. Going through this made me love my husband so much more and made me so thankful for my mama!

Elizabeth was born at 5:35 p.m. and they placed her on my belly and then quickly took her away because her cord had been wrapped around her neck. Thankfully, she was fine and her daddy stayed right by her side the whole time. The whole experience was very surreal. I was in a lot of pain and pretty delirious for a couple hours. However, I couldn't believe this sweet baby was finally here and that we were a family of 3! We had prayed for a baby for a long time, and God blessed us with this sweet blessing.

I can't believe it has already been 3.5 weeks since she was born! SO much has happened since then. We are adjusting to life with a newborn. I am starting to feel like I am a sane person again. ( I was a little concerned there that I was going to be crazy emotional forever!) There are moments of frustration when we don't know how to help her and then moments of pure amazement as we look at this miracle that God has trusted us with. I feel like it sinks in a little more every day that this is our baby and that we are really parents! It's a little scary, but I know with God's guidance, we will be just fine. Thank you for all your prayers, comments, meals, cards etc. We have been overwhelmed with so many blessings from people! What a wonderful example of the hands and feet of Christ!

Sorry for such a long post, I am going to try and update this weekly so family and friends can keep up with sweet Elizabeth! Below are some pictures of our journey so far!

Love,
Andrew, Jenny, and Elizabeth

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

Hello readers,

Its only been 3 weeks since my last post! I'm getting better, right?? ha! Maybe not.

Anyways, It's been a gorgeous day here and I am finally sitting down to recap our fabulous Christmas. Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love everything about it, the decor, food, spending time with friends and family, and of course celebrating the birth of our Savior.

This year was a little different because we didn't see my family over Christmas. I know, I'm 26 years old and need to grow up a little, but that's another issue for another day. Thankfully we got to see all my family (minus Steph) over Thanksgiving.

We spend a week and a half in Kansas City for Christmas. Usually, we are only able to stay 3 or 4 days, so staying that long was such a treat. We truly had a BLAST! It was so wonderful to spend time with friends and family. AND Drew's family through us a shower!! It was so amazing. The decor, food, and gifts were incredible. We felt so very loved! Below are some pictures from Christmas and our shower! Enjoy

Me and Sylvia, I just love this little girl!  

Poor Sylvie, we kept her up very late!

Sienna and Drew enjoyed watching some movies, she was way too busy to get her picture taken!

Maryn on Christmas morning! She was so excited when she came upstairs!

It was so wonderful being apart of Maryn and Harrison's Christmas morning!

Williams/Triplett family! We missed Kyle, Hannah, and Vivi.

We were able to have lunch with one of my college roommates Lexi and her husband Eric! Love these two! Lexi is due two weeks before me with a little boy.

Yummy cupcakes and cookies that spelled out "Elizabeth".

The hot chocolate bar was so good on such a cold day.

Pops holding one of his grandgirlies

I love my hubby!

Everyone was making predictions on when Lizzie would be born and how much she would weigh.

Grant came up with a game where Drew had to guess the baby food. It was hilarious, I thought Drew was going to throw up!

Yuck! He was a trooper!

Our awesome gifts!

My sister in law, Melissa, made Elizabeth this gorgeous blanket. I cannot wait to wrap her up in it.

Grandma, Aunt Anne, and Sylvie

Sienna LOVED all the sweets at the shower! Uncle Drew might have given her a few behind her mama's back! ;) Sorry Krista!

Some of the fam!

Sorry for all the pictures and some of them aren't formatted correctly. Can't figure that out! Anyways, Elizabeth is due in 5 weeks from Tuesday! It's going to be here before we know it! We cannot wait!

Love,

Jenny

Happy Thanksgivingbabymas!

This year, we celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a baby shower all in one weekend with my dad's family! It was fabulous. They threw us a surprise baby shower. It was so exciting! I have to admit, I love presents and surprises, so when they are put together it makes for a happy Jenny!

The shower was a blast! We played a game where we had to draw a baby on a paper plate while it was on top of our head! We also played a game where everyone guessed how big my belly was. Drew guessed it exactly. What a good daddy!

This cake and cupcakes were so yummy!!

Presents!!

Me and my cousin Lori, Erin where were you?? :)

Measuring my belly

This was dad's guess, it was a long piece of paper! I was not happy!

Drawing a baby on our head. 

Lori made Lizzie this amazing piggy bank. It is the cutest thing ever.

Erin painted this incredible painting for Lizzie. I love everything about it, the colors, the verse, everything! I have such talented cousins!

Pic of the guys before the Georgia game.

Cousins and Comer, we missed our Steph!!




It was a fabulous Thanksgiving!

Showers!!

I feel like I start every post with apologizing for how long it's been! Oh well! The holiday season is crazy, right? That's going to be my excuse! We have been so blessed over the last month and a half with showers, both from family and friends. We have a few more in the next month, we are so blessed!
I thought I would start putting up a few posts of the different showers. 

My first shower was in early November in Chattanooga. My aunt Pam and my cousin Betsy hosted a beautiful shower! We had a blast! The decorations were amazing and the food very yummy! Betsy made most of the decorations, they were so special and will be displayed in her room. Aunt Pam and Betsy are definitely the hostess with the mostess! Enjoy the pics...

Me and my sweet cousin Betsy

25 weeks

The awesome presents.

Mama and Mimi

The amazing painting Betsy painted.

Sweet outfit from Grandma Susan

Beautiful decor that Betsy made

Everyone guessed her weight, length, and the day she would be born.

Love these women

Elizabeth's bedding

Just love this painting!

Stay tuned for my shower with dad's side of the family!

Never Once

Hi friends and fam,

Sorry it's been so long. I promise to be better (have I promised that before?!) with posting! Today's post is a little more serious than normal. God really blessed me in church today and I wanted to share with ya'll.

We sang a song today called "Never Once", it absolutely blew me away. Let me back up a little. Yesterday, when we were shopping we came across a baby name book. Drew looked up the name Elizabeth and saw that her name in Hebrew means "God's promise". That really struck both of us. (Yes, we were the parents that named their child without looking up the meaning!) So when we read this, it was even more meaningful.

Now back to the song. In the song it talks about how never once do we ever walk alone. It talks about the trials we go through, the scars we acquire, but yet God is faithful, he never leaves us. As I was worshiping, it hit me all the ways God has been there for us through over the last 8 months.

For those of you that don't know, we lost our first baby last February. It was the most difficult time of our lives. However, God carried us through, even though we now have "scars and struggles" from that difficult time, thankfully, our hearts can still say "Never once did we ever walk alone. Never once did You leave us on our own.You are faithful, God, You are faithful".

As I was singing this song, God reminded me of his promise that "he will never leave us or forsake us". He also promised that "we can cast our burdens on him because he cares for us", and one of my favorites, that "his mercies are new every morning".  These are promises that Drew and I relied on during the weeks and months after losing our sweet baby. After, remembering his promises, I then thought about our sweet Elizabeth. How fitting that God gave us her name, and then led us to see that she will always be a reminder of his promises.

I'm attaching a link to the song, please listen, it is truly an amazing song. It's hope for those that are going through trials, and a reminder for those who have come out of trials of how far God has brought them.

Love to all,
Jenny

*Also, here is a pic of me at 23 weeks and then almost 24 week baby bump.

23 weeks!

Almost 24 weeks