Welcome Baby Merrill

I am a week late, but CONGRATULATIONS to our precious friends, Beth and Bobby Huddleston. Merrill Lee Huddleston was born last Monday, June 15 @ 3:10pm. She was 8 pounds 3 ounces and 20.5 inches long. I got the privilege of meeting the little princess today, and I spent almost 2 hours at Beth's just holding her! She is such a sweet doll, and looks a lot like her daddy! She's such a good, happy baby and did not even whimper the whole time I was there. We are so happy for you guys, and are thankful for your new healthy blessing from above!Thank you for letting me spend time with you girls. Campbell and I look forward to many more play dates! I love you both!

SWEET SIXTEEN

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD!!! This is a day late, Mary Carlton's birthday was really yesterday, but I had to wait and get pictures from her party last night.I can't believe how time flies. It seems like just yesterday she was born! I will never forget my parents telling me I was going to have a new baby brother or sister! My mom swears I wished Mary Carlton on her! I had prayed, begged and pleaded for a little sister! Little did my parents know the Lord had her in His plan for our family as well! For those of you who don't know, my mom was 40 and PREGNANT!!! I was 11 and Ticer was 8. Another child was the furthest thing from my parents mind! But, she has brought so much excitement, joy and love to our lives! I could never imagine growing up without her smiling face, outgoing personality, love, hugs, funny comments, and most importantly her friendship! I have always thought of her as my little girl. Sometimes she can't stand it because I act like her mom instead of her sister or friend! She stole our hearts from the moment we laid eyes on her! Here are a few more pictures from her party. MC, I am so sorry we couldn't be there! I love you so much!Two of my FAVORITE girls! Mags represented our family at the party! :-)

Mary Carlton with momma and daddy. Check out the PRECIOUS cake Ticer's girlfriend, Morgan made her! IT WAS AMAZING!!!
This is her present from Campbell. Obviously it's for Campbell to wear, but I couldn't resist! It is so cute, and just perfect for our princess to wear while she is with her FAVORITE AUNT!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT CA CA!!! WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!! Levale, Papes. Campbell and Maggie

Happy Together

I am back in New Orleans with my precious hubby! I got here on Monday and will be here for a while! Quick update: Little Miss Campbell's ultrasound went great. JJ went with me and we got to see every inch of her little body! It was amazing! Everything looked normal, and the ultrasound technician was very pleased. Please pray that she will continue growing into a healthy little one of God's many miracles! Apparently she is just as happy as we are to be back together. She has made her presence known!!! She has been moving all over the place! It is a feeling I WILL NEVER FORGET. I am so thankful Levale and I were able to experience it together. I think she sensed we were back with her daddy, and she was so excited! I don't have any recent belly pics, but I promise to have some soon. Until then, here is a picture of our little doodle bug!Her little profileThis one is my favorite! She is showing off her little muscle! I hope she gets her daddy's muscles! :-)

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Psalm 127:3

MISSING THESE SWEET FACES...

These are the two sweet faces that I am missing SO MUCH these days! Obviously, one is my dear, precious husband, but the other one is Charlee. Some of you may remember her face from last year. For my new blog readers, this is our sweet friends, Brian and Kylie Sanches's little girl. We played with them last year with the Nationals and lived together in Columbus, OH. Brian is the one who actually told the Marlins about Levale (thanks Brian) and we got to live with them for a short bit in New Orleans as well! Brian got called up to the Big Leagues a few days before I left this past time. He is doing so AWESOME, and we are so proud of him! Needless to say, I won't be seeing my sweet Charlee next week, but the Good Lord willing I will before Miss Campbell's arrival! Oh! Also, I got to help out with her BRAND NEW, 2 week old brother, Cole while I was there. He is such an angel. I got lots of practice, and Kylie taught me MANY tricks in a short period of time! We love all four of them so much and praise our Heavenly Father for what He is doing in their lives!Sweet Baby Cole sleeping soundly.
Now for a quick update! Maggie and I went to visit Levale in New Orleans and just got back on Thursday morning. It was SO HARD to leave him. I was a complete basket case ALL THE WAY HOME...5 HOURS!!! I think this was my WELCOME TO PREGNANCY from Campbell present! I always get upset when I leave him, but I am going to see him in a week! I felt so stupid! Levale was so sweet and patient. He said all the right things, and made me feel like I wasn't a complete idiot! My trip was AMAZING! We got to spend so much quality time together, and we both learned so much from Kylie and Brian.
This is what I found one afternoon after lunch. I never doubted the fact that Levale would be a SUPER dad, but it's GREAT to be reminded. I can't wait to see him with Campbell. He loves his girls!
He also got to practice putting a stroller together. He will be a pro when he puts Campbell's together!This is what Maggie did the entire time...she LOVED it! Charlee shared everything with Mags!
These are the cute socks Charlee helped Kylie pick out for Campbell. Charlee was so excited to give them to us. Thank you so much guys! We can't wait to put Campbell in her little onesie and socks so she can be like Charlee! We will be sure to send you a picture!
Although I am VERY EMOTIONAL, I feel great! I am going to have my ultrasound in Opelika tomorrow morning. They will be checking to make sure baby Campbell is on track!!! Say a prayer for us! My mom is going with me since Levale obviously can't. I will be leaving to go back to see Levale on Monday for 3 weeks! I can't wait! It will be so nice to be together for an extended period of time! Please continue praying for him. He is doing great, but it is extremely hard on him to be away from us (me and Campbell). He is very protective these days!!! Also, baseball is just so up and down...it can be very stressful at times! I will try to post in the next few days on how our ultrasound goes!!!

JUST FOR FUN!!!

I thought I would share a few pictures from the last couple of days!!! ENJOY!!!This is the pajamas we bought Campbell the day we found out what she was! It was so hard to shop for her this time of year! She won't be here until October, and all the clothes out now are Spring and Summer!!! Celebration dinner at a little Italian Restaurant in New Orleans! Sorry it's so dark.This was on JJ and Big Daddy's kitchen table for Campbell when I got home!These are the "girl" cookies (up close) JJ made for me!!! They were yummy! The morning Levale and I went for our Ultrasound, she put both a girl cookie and a boy cookie in Mary Carlton's lunch box! She's so creative!!!This was all inside the package!!!This sign was hanging on the front of our house when I pulled up!!! :-) It just makes me SMILE!

Last, here's a belly pic at 16 weeks! This pic doesn't show much, but it's the only one I have that is not bare belly! I will spare you all of those!!! It seems like she is growing more and more each day!!!

It's a PRINCESS

As most of you know, we are thrilled to announce our first born will be a little girl! This past Wednesday Levale and I went to have an ultrasound in New Orleans so we could find out together. We got to see her little busy body moving all in my tummy! She definitely wanted us to know she is a girl, and DID NOT want us to see her face! Our ultra sound tech was so patient and kind, and pointed everything out so we would know what we were looking at! :-) We got LOTS of pictures, got to see her heartbeat, one hand (5 fingers), two feet (10 toes), her legs, back bone, tummy, and her profile! What a MIRACLE!!! She is God's creation, and a product of our love. It is so AMAZING to me. We are so thankful for her, and already love her more than we could EVER imagine. It makes me stop and think, each and everyone of us are God's children, and He loves us even more than we could think of loving her! WOW!!! What an AWESOME God we serve. Levale took this picture of her on the computer. We have some printed out, but I have not had a chance to scan them. I figured this is better than nothing!!! At least you can see her little head, nose and belly!

For as long as I can remember, I have had a special name picked out for my little girl. It has always been important to me to use family names. It just so happened that her middle name is also Levale's great grandmother's name, so it worked out perfectly. Her name will be... CAMPBELL ELIZABETH SPEIGNER. Campbell is my mother's maiden name, and Elizabeth was my first name, (Until I got married and I dropped it instead of Wilson. Then, I swore that I would NEVER call my little girl her middle name!!!:-) ) and also as I mentioned before, Levale's great grandmother's name.

After we found out it is a little Princess!!!

Thank you Lord for blessing us with our miracle! We are so excited, and can't wait to meet our little Miss Campbell!

I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm 7:17 (NIV)

Praise You In This Storm

Just a quick update...Levale's mom, Betty Sue, went to Emory in Atlanta yesterday for a second opinion. The news was NOT what we wanted to hear as the Dr. confirmed that it is a brain tumor. The good news is they caught it early, and it is still very small. Apparently the tumor is in such a dangerous spot that they are not wanting to attack it quite yet. As long as she has no decreased vision, increased paralysis to the right side, no more extreme headaches, and no seizures, she will not go back until July. Then they will do another MRI and decide treatment from there.
Please keep her in your prayers in the coming months. Pray the Lord will wrap his arms around her, and give her peace and comfort. We know he has a plan, and he is using this to strengthen us all. We praise our good Lord for allowing the Doctor's to catch it so early. We are so thankful for all of our dear friends who have been there this past month. She is so blessed to be a member of a loving church family in Thomasville that continues to lift her up. Thank you for all the prayers. They have definitely been felt. Please keep them coming. We will continue to PRAISE OUR PRECIOUS LORD IN THIS STORM!!!