OUR BABY GIRL

Introducing Braelyn Evangelee Jones. She came into this world on Sept 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am. She weighed 6lbs 1 oz. She is 20 and 1/4th inches long. A world wide poll has been taken and the results show she's the most precious baby in the world. And her mommy and daddy agree. Thanks for all the prayers. God answered every one of the specific requests we asked Him for and we give Him All the praise for them and for our precious girl. I'm done typing now so here's the pics!
Sonya at 37 weeks
Braelyn with some RED lips! She was about 15 sec. old.
Um yeah, Daddy's Happy
Mommy looking Really good after just delivering Braelyn
We have 1 happy baby!
Bath time, she liked her head scrubbed
Dr. Roberts with his favorite delivery
Daddy loves Braelyn
Big Yawn
One big happy family... Braelyn looks so suprised to have arrived so early (just 2 and 1/2 weeks).

Little Miss Jones has a name!!!

Hello everyone..........well, we have finally decided on a name for our little girl :) ......

Braelyn Evangelee Jones

We wanted her to have a "family" name and a "spiritual" name. So, the "lyn" in Braelyn comes from Aaron's mom's name which is Kathy Lynn. And the "lee" in Evangelee comes from my middle name "lee", which is also after my grandmother Ervin. I came up with the first name and Aaron came up with the middle name from the name "Evangeline", and had the idea to just change the ending. Evangelee means "bearer of good news" and we are praying that she will be a messenger of God's good news to all those around her.

Sorry for the delayed update.........in this picture I am 34 WEEKS PREGNANT!! WOOHOO!! And feeling good, Praise the Lord!

Baby Shower Marathon!!!

We have been so BLESSED to have such wonderful friends and family showering us with baby gifts for Braelyn! Our first shower was Aug 16th at Mom's house and it was a great time of fellowship with friends and lots of family. Then on Sunday we had a shower at FBC Powell in Knoxville given by Aaron's sister and mom. It was amazing and so encouraging to recieve so many needed items!! God is so good to provide for our every need and we thank Him so much for all of our friends and family who have blessed us in this way. Katy, Mom, Me & Braelyn, Carla. Carla and Katy did such a great job decorating and preparing for this shower, and Mom too! The food was fabulous!!!!!
Gavin, Aaron, Me, Laura & Caryss, Kathy (Aaron's mom). I was so glad they could come!
Here we are at the church shower at Powell. Laura and Kathy did such a great job getting everything together! Everything was delicious, especially the punch! It was a lot of fun getting to see friends and family all weekend.

Baby Bedding & Belly update

Hello everyone, sorry for the delayed update. So, I am very excited because I think I finally found some baby bedding that I like!! You can let me know what you all think about it. I've included several pictures. It is hard to believe that she will be here in about 2 months!! I feel like there is still so much to do and to buy......I'm hoping that my showers will help out with that. I have two showers back in TN on the 16th & 17th. That should be a lot of fun!! I only have a week and a half left of my summer program and then a week of vacation!! woohoo! I am also excited about that. We are still deciding on the name......we think we have it, just going back and forth on spelling, and I think I'm nervous to announce it, because that means it is permanent!! Hope you all have a great week!

Here is my belly shot........can you believe I am 31 weeks pregnant? AHHHHHHH By the way, she is really getting active now, especially in the afternoon and evening. I love feeling her kick!

Baby Girls Everywhere

Here's the latest Ultrasound Picture of our baby. It looks like her mommy is wearing her out already! This was by far our favorite picture.
But here's another we liked too
Mom, Laura, and Caryss and Gavin went to visit Sarah and Martin in NJ and stopped by for a night each way. We always have lots of fun!
The 4th of July we went to Kingston with my family in Tennessee and I was able to get out on the water for a bit but I payed for it the next day! I 'm too old to be doing stuff like that now. Caryss really loved the tube ride and Gavin would have rather been eating ice cream!Here's my lovely bride at 27 weeks. She's looking HOT
Family Picture
Sonya was able to stop in Dandridge and see Alicia who was in visiting her family. She also got to see Tyler too.
We were sooooo excited to welcome Mattie Michelle Hasty into the family a few weeks ago, Michael (Sonya's brother) and Katy's new baby girl. As you can tell Colton was very interested in her!
Here's the proud parents heading home for the 1st time as a family
Here's Sonya's mom with the cake she made to welcome Mattie home. and yes it tastes as good as it looks!
Mattie liked the joke Aunt Sonya whispered into her ear. She puts a grin on when Sonya holds her
Uncle Aaron is boring. I only put her to sleep with my jokes
Here's a close up of Mattie, Holding Daddy's finger
Here's the happy new family again.
Here's Mattie trying to figure things out. She had a big day
1 of 13,937 kisses she received that day (but probably her favorite)!
that's it. thanks for looking. We are doing good up here in VA. I'm in my 4th year rotations and Sonya is working at her summer program for the last time ever! We are DANGEROUSLY close to a name and we'll let everyone know when we have it for sure.

Update from VA

Quick update.......Aaron has taken step 2 of his boards now! Only one more test next week and he will be done with tests for about 2 years!! I started my summer program at work this past Wednesday and I have about 6 and 1/2 weeks left!! It is pretty exhausting, but I'm trying to keep a good attitude.

Here's some pics of my belly at about 24 weeks along..........

These pictures were taken at my Granny & Pop's 65th wedding anniversary last weekend. I was 25 weeks pregnant here.

This Belly is Getting Bigger

Just wanted to post a few pictures to update on Sonya's belly! Also here's a few pictures of our trip to Washington DC a couple of months ago. Sonya is feeling good and our baby seems to be growing and kicking everyday. Still working on names and don't really have any we are absolutely in love with. We'll take any ideas in the comments section. Remember it's a girl. We do thank Laura for all her ideas! Not a whole lot is new here. Sonya is on vacation this week and I'm taking tests at school till Thur. But I do take my step 2 national board exam June 17th and PE exam on July 2. thanks so much for praying for us!

I love showing off my extra human strength
We were able to do a "Garden Tour" on the lawn of the White House
Sonya and "baby" at 22 weeks!

We are having a GIRL!!!!!!

Say hello to our baby girl!!!!! Here she is, the new addition to the Jones family! We were so excited to find out what we were having. These pictures are from my ultrasound last Monday, which was 20 weeks along. It was SO AMAZING to see the ultrasound and watch her move and see her heart, kidneys, spine, arms, legs, etc. She is becoming pretty active now and moves around a lot. I LOVE feeling her kick and move, it is the best feeling ever, even if I'm trying to go to sleep. I will try my best to keep everyone updated! We are starting to look at names now, and hopefully will be able to find something just perfect for her.

Good news to share!

Sorry, we've skipped an update for about two months now. I am excited to say that I actually do have something to talk about now. I"M PREGNANT! and feeling very thankful and excited about it. Hopefully most all of you already know this information, but if not, now you know. We were really slow with sharing the news with everyone. But I am 18 and 1/2 weeks along now, which is about 4 months and 1 week, going by calendar months. We are planning on finding out the sex at our next appt which will be in just a couple of weeks. It is still hard to comprehend that there is a baby growing inside of me! but I am starting to feel more movement and little kicks, which is very exciting and helps make it more real. I have been slow to get a "baby bump", but it is finally starting to show a little. I will include a picture for those of you who I never see. Like I said, we are very excited and most of all thankful to have the opportunity to experience this miracle.

So here are some pics to help catch up on what's been going on.

Me, 18 weeks pregnant!
My nephew, Jackson's 1st Birthday, April 3rd in Dandridge. He loved the chocolate cake!!




Easter in TN...........at the Jones home and the Hasty home

Almost all the family.......we missed Sarah & Martin, and Daniel

The Byrd Family....Carla, Jackson, Colton & Scott...........all color coordinating. Good Job!
So cute!!
And so cute again!! Gotta love the Easter outfits!
Stay tuned.......hopefully I will have some pictures of our weekend vacation to Washington DC that we took about 3 weeks ago. Oh, and my latest adventure (aka: field trip) at school...... for some reason the Goodyear blimp came to Giles County where I work, so we took our class on a field trip to see the blimp!! It was BIG......of course. I'll post more pics later.

Oh, and an update on Aaron....last month he did rural family medicine, which was a lot like regular Family medicine. He really liked the doctor he worked with and got to learn a lot. This month he is in OB/GYN, at the same practice that my doctor is at! The doctor he is working with is the other doctor in my doctor's practice, so I will actually have a couple of appts with this doctor and there is a possibility that this doctor will deliver our baby, depending on which doc is on call. Aaron says he is a really good doctor, so that's good to hear. Aaron is having fun getting to see all the ultrasounds and he is checking for heartbeats using the dopplar also. He hasn't delivered any babies yet, but has seen one C-section. This is his last month of rotations for the third year. Next month he will be "off", but will be studying for his second step of his boards which he takes on June 17th and another group of tests at his school sometime in June and a PE test(Physical Exam skills) in early July!!! Then he will start his 4th year rotations in July.

Hopefully it won't be so long before the next update! Hope you all are doing well!

March "Madness"

We're calling this blog March "Madness" because Aaron is going to be spending most of his days at the psychiatric hospital in Marion this month, as a student doctor, of course. Today was his first day, and was just mainly orientation.
Aaron is making the final decisions on his schedule for next year's rotations. Please continue to pray that God would give him wisdom with that.
It has been really beautiful here yesterday and today. I think Spring is on it's way. I am looking forward to planting flowers again.
So..........this is why I don't update very often, I really just don't have much to say about things. Only random thoughts like...........my husband makes GREAT fruit smoothies!!