Tyler Jude is here!

Tyler Jude was born November 2, 2011 at 5:21 am. He is 6 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We love him and he is beautiful and healthy! The story and more pictures coming soon.

34 Week Pregnancy Update & Apartment Pictures!

A video update from Jenna on how the pregnancy is going:

34 weeks pregnant!

We are so excited for Tyler Jude! We know he will be a blessing to us and others. We also want to say congratulations to Sean's sister Michelle and brother-in-law Micah on their new born baby boy, Peyton Justice Webb!

It's about time to share some photos from our apartment:

Tyler Jude's nursery is still being set up. We hope to have pictures up soon!

Lots of babies!

We are very blessed and excited to have two married couple friends who are going through the same joy of having babies! Lawson and Caroline (pictured below) welcomed Brooks Elliot Flowers into the world in June. We have really enjoyed holding Brooks and we have learned much about taking care of babies from their experience.

Our wonderful friends Jay and Erin recently had their baby girl, Iris! She is a beautiful and healthy baby. We are so excited for them.

We got to hospital in time to see her first bath! Friends (left to right): Lanny, David, Lawson (holding Brooks), Caroline, Baby Iris (behind the window), Katie, and of course us! Jenna is holding her belly, showing you how big she is.

It is a blessing to have friends to go through this special time with. We are learning a whole new part of life, parenting, together.

We promise more pregnancy pictures will be coming soon!

27 week pregnancy update: His name will be...

To play video click the image and tap the space bar.

In this video:

• Story of finding out our baby's gender
• The name of our baby boy

Picture of when we heard the news that it is a boy!

27 week picture:

A few pictures from our new apartment:

It's a ....

It's a Boy! 

We are so very very excited! We have a funny story about how we found out the gender that we will share soon in a video blog. We're even close to having a name for our baby boy!

-Sean and Jenna

Breaking News!!!

Last night (June 8) I felt baby moving for the first time! We had seen baby move on our first ultrasound and heard him/her move while listening to the heartbeat at our last doctor's appointment, but that's it. Sean and I were in bed going to sleep and I thought that maybe I had felt a little something, so I decided to lay very still on my back and see if it would happen again, and a couple minutes later it did! Before last night, I was never sure if the "fluttering" I've been waiting for had actually been the baby, or just digestion, but last night it was definitely baby! I told Sean I was pretty sure I felt the baby move, so for awhile we laid in bed quietly waiting to see if Sean would get to feel it, but unfortunately it didn't happen.

BUT... this morning while we were sitting side by side on the couch eating homemade waffles I felt baby move again! So I put my hands on my stomach and sure enough I could feel the baby give a big 

'ol movement inside and from the outside! So Sean sat with his hand on my stomach and within 20 seconds baby gave another huge kick and Sean was able to feel it!

Here is an updated bump pic from this week (18 weeks):

I've officially outgrown my work pants and have had to buy some more. I've also outgrown all my cotton shorts that don't have elastic in the waist haha! And I've finally started to gain weight, which is a great thing! At my last appointment (at 16 weeks) I had gained 2 pounds total, but I know I've gained a couple more since then.

Video Blogging & Baby's Gender

Be on the lookout for more video blogging coming soon! 
& 
The date we find out the gender of the baby is June 16th!

Check back to find out the exciting news!

Video Blog #1: Apartment, Work, & School

So we're trying out "video blogging." This way instead of reading what we have to say you can watch and listen. We figure it will be much more engaging. We will try to keep the videos short and to the point!

 If the video above doesn't seem to be working, click on the video picture and click the space bar!

Week 15 "bump" picture:

For comparison here was week 13.5:

First "Bump" Picture!

Here's my pre-bump picture at 4 weeks pregnant:

Here is my tiny beginning of a bump at 13.5 weeks:

 

I'm so excited to be a mom to this little one! At 13 weeks, our baby is about the size of a peach (2.9 inches) and only weighs about .81 ounces. He or she is getting closer to normal proportions, with his or her head only being 1/3 the size of his or her body. He or she is developing teeth and vocal chords right now. I haven't gained any weight yet, which is amazing considering my belly is starting to poke out. We have our next doctor's appointment on the 25th, but before then I'll update again about how I've been feeling so far and how our first doctor's appointment went!

A very special Mother's Day announcement!

Family and friends,
 We have some exciting and amazing news to share with y'all! We are very pleased to announce to you that.... we are pregnant! 

There is a little Williams' baby on the way.  We consider this baby to be a wonderful gift from our God. The psalmist declares:

"Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
        the fruit of the womb a reward.
    Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
        are the children of one's youth.
    Blessed is the man
        who fills his quiver with them!
    He shall not be put to shame
        when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."
(Psalm 127:3-5 ESV)

We are currently 13 weeks pregnant. We have seen the doctor once and we will find out if the baby is a boy or girl in June. Our due date is November 9th.

We appreciate the great friendship, love, wisdom, and grace that all of you have gifted us with over the many years. There are two great ways in which all of you can be of help to us. First of all we ask for your prayers and support in these things:

• Pray with us and ask God for a healthy baby (Psalm 107:19-21)
• Pray for us that we may able to believe God when he says, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness." For assuredly there will be moments of weakness, disappointment, complications, and all kinds of hardships. Pray for us to be reminded God is sufficient for our needs (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
  
• Pray for our parenting. We have much to learn and are in need of much wisdom for how to love and teach our child in the way of the Lord (Proverbs 22:6).
• Finally, please pray for our child's soul and eternity that he or she would love Jesus with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Ask God that He would shine in their heart to "give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" as he has in ours (2 Corinthians 4:6).

Second of all, you can support us by sharing in the joy and excitement that we feel because of God's gift. Celebrating through joyful conversation, with us and others, what God has done and is doing will be a great blessing from y'all that we know we can count on.

One great way you can share in the excitement is by regularly visiting this blog! Here we will share frequent photos and updates on the pregnancy, baby, future life-decisions, and many other stories. To keep up with the blog, make the link a "favorite" on your web browser or you can even submit your e-mail on the blog website to receive via email each new "post" we produce.  Of course you can always e-mail, call, or have a meal with us to share in our excitement together!

We are very much looking forward to someday introducing each of you in person to Baby Williams.  He or she will be a joyful addition to our family and a joy to all at future family holiday gatherings, get-togethers, and beyond. We feel blessed beyond what words can express to be having this baby. God, our Father, is so faithful and good! We invite all of you to sing praises to our God with us because of how great he is and what he has done.

With joy,
Sean, Jenna, & Baby Williams

    Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
        sing the glory of his name;
        give to him glorious praise!
    Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
        So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
    All the earth worships you
        and sings praises to you;
        they sing praises to your name.” Selah
    Come and see what God has done:
        he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
(Psalm 66:1-5 ESV)