{before baby}

Just 3 weeks before our little girl was born, My dear friend Andrea {With Lime flower studio}did a photoshoot with us. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures & i am so excited to have such sweet memories to share with our little sweetie. Im excited to pull these pictures out one day & say "There you are in mamas belly! & look how much your daddy loved you, even before he met you!"  

Its already weird looking back at these photos of my pregnant belly.  

It brings back memories of heartburn, sleepless nights, sleeping sitting up, waddling, swelling.. all that fun stuff. But it was all so worth it! 

{My grandmother Joy made this blanket for me when i was a baby. Now i wrap our little girl in it 21 years later}

{Christmas as 3}

This year was our first Christmas as 3

& it was a busy one

We opened our presents at home, then went to spend time with family later that morning. 

Its so crazy to think that we had Giuliana a week ago. I already feel almost fully recovered from the C-section, its amazing! I have been able to be a lot more active than i thought i would be & almost all of my swelling has gone. I feel very blessed. 

We are loving being parents.  It just feels right & she is such a good baby! 

I got willy an Ipad2. He was pretty excited about it :) 

Yes, i LOVE Harry Potter, dont judge!

Irwin enjoyed all the excitement. He tried to eat all of the wrapping paper as we unwrapped our presents 

This is my favorite Christmas gift :)

She slept through our little family christmas. its ok though :)

She did decide to wake up a little later& hang out with her daddy :) I love her little face & those big eyes! She looks more & more like her daddy everyday! I love it! 

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! 

Love,

William, Ashley & Giuliana 

{Giuliana's Journey}

{The night before she was born}

{The day she was born}

{With daddy}

{With Mommy}

{We're Home!!}

{O happy day}

Announcing the arrival of:

Little Miss Giuliana Joy Johnston

Born at 630am on December 19th 2011

7lbs. & 4oz.

{Our last day as 2}

Today is our last day as "2".

Tomorrow we will be "3". 

I can hardly believe that this day is already here! 

We have been so nervous the last couple of weeks, preparing for the arrival of our sweet little girl.

The crazy thing is, today, we both have a strange sense of peace & calmness, which is not how i expected to feel on the day before our babies birth. 

I think God is preparing our hearts, & calming our minds, reminding us that everything is going to be ok!

So far, we have had a pretty calm day. We ate breakfast together at home, cleaned up the house, then went to lunch at the restaurant we went to on our very first date over 5 years ago. 

The rest of the day, i think we will just spend time together relaxing!

In less than 13 hours, William & I will be driving to the hospital to bring our precious little gift into the world. 

Keep us in your thoughts & prayers as we go through the next couple of hours {& next couple of days!}

We're going to be parents!