Lillian Hunter Allgood

We just returned from a quick trip to Tuscaloosa. We were there less than 24 hours but we had to make the trip to celebrate the arrival of our sweet niece, Lillian Hunter Allgood, who was born Tuesday. Lilla is beautiful. Absolutely perfect. And so tiny. She weighed 6lbs 4oz at birth and this morning was down to 5lbs 14oz! She has a head full of black hair and she is just a doll! Becca and Grover are doing great as new parents. Simms did really well around Lilla. She truly thought she was one of her baby dolls. She is so tiny just like some of her babies! Oh the fun we will have in January! She wanted to rub her over and over! We can't wait to see her again. I hate that we live so far away but I know we will see her soon! We are so thankful that you are here and healthy Lilla!


I love this picture of Simms looking at Lilla.


Our family with our first and only niece!


Poor Simms. She was getting all situated with the boppy and thought we were really going to hand Lilla over to her!


Grover and I were trying to get Lilla's hat back on, and Simms decided she needed some attention too. Little monkey. So hilarious.


Proud Uncle Dru.


Isn't she a beautiful baby?


Simms spent most of her time doing this. Thanks Aunt B for always giving me your i-phone to play with!

He's Got You and Me...

BROTHER, in HIS hands! Yes that's right, Simms has a baby brother on the way! To say we are excited is a MILD understatement! We are just thrilled!

My appointment was at 2 today and since Dru couldn't go, they wrote it down for me. He didn't get home until 5:45 so I was getting more anxious as the minutes passed! I let him open it, and the delight on his face after he read it is something I'll never forget! We hugged and cried and it was just a precious moment!


Simms doesn't quite get it, but she is excited because we are! I had my parents over to tell them, and Sissy and Drew, and they all yelled when Simms walked out with her balloon, because everyone was convinced it was another girl~so were we!

That scared Simms and she started crying so we don't have great pictures to document, but good enough!

It has been a wonderful day! Please continue to pray with us for a healthy son. Thank you Lord for our little BOY!!

**And don't let me forget to share this news with you that is 11 weeks in the making:

These babies will be 5 weeks apart!!

Martha Simms

Today it was finally breezy enough and not quite as suffocating outside, so Simms was able to play for a little while until I could take the heat no longer.

She is such a funny little girl. She is either walking around with one of her babies wrapped up in a blanket playing mommy, or she is playing with toy horses, trucks, etc. She truly loves horses just like her daddy and the trucks and cars come from playing with her boy cousin everyday! At least she is well-rounded!






Simms is named after 2 very special Marthas. My Meme, Martha Frances, and Dru's Goosie, Martha Frances. We didn't know their names were EXACTLY the same until after we'd named Simms. Sweet Goosie passed away last week. We drove down to Florida for her funeral and were able to spend several days celebrating her life with Dru's family. Dru and I have talked about how fortunate we feel that in her little life Simms was able to spend time with Goosie on several occasions. Goosie was a very special lady and was always so sweet to me. She and Dru's grandfather (Dru's namesake) were married for 58 years! How special! We hope to visit with Pah again very soon when Lilla is born!


Pregnancy update: I went to the doctor Tuesday and surprisingly weighed the same thing I did last month! I was so happy. My doctor, however, told me she needed me to put on weight! I did tell her I'd been eating LOTS! We find out in less than a week if this baby is a "she" or a "he". We are so excited! My next appointment is August 14 and I'll have to do the 1 hour glucose test then since I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with Simms. I PRAY that I pass. I'll have to be tested several times after that. Here is a belly shot at almost 15 weeks (tomorrow).

4th of July at Lake Martin

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We had a WONDERFULLY relaxing week at the lake! The weather was perfect every day and we had such a good time with all of Dru's family. Simms did suprisingly well considering all of the people there and totally being off schedule. Now she did have her moments. Several of them. But we'll take the good with the bad! She didn't make it out for the fireworks but there is always next year. Sweet, almost 3 weeks old, Merrill Huddleston came up and she and Simms went on their first of many boat rides together. Most of these pictures are of late afternoons once Simms had been bathed and was ready for dinner. Can I mention how much we ate? Oh my goodness. Dru's mom and aunts are incredible in the kitchen. I am a little worried to step on the scale at my next doctors appointment next Tuesday! Yikes. Speaking of appointments, we go to find out what we're having on July 22 at 2! I will be almost 16 weeks. This isn't our BIG ultrasound that checks for the health of the baby, it is just for gender. The next one will be around 20 weeks. We are so excited and plan on announcing it some fun way to family. I am still sticking with girl!

The 4th

Watching everyone in the water

She was getting really tired of all the pictures that I took all week.

Did I just hear a firecracker?

Our family of 3. No wait, that would be 4!

This was July 4th morning. She was not thrilled that I was taking her picture so early. She refused to open her eyes.

She was really ready to go out on the boat. You can tell.

This photo session is OVER!

An afternoon in the yard watching volleyball and the water:


I can't tell you how many ping pong balls she took. They were all over our room!
Simms heard a loud boat pulling into our slough. It terrified her:



Hawaiian Luau Night:


She tore her lei up:



And would rather play in the dog's water:

20 months

Simms is 20 months old today! And she has had a GREAT DAY as a 20 month old! We have been at the lake since Sunday, and will be here until Sunday so she is having a great time in the water, on the Jet Ski and on the boat! She is such a sweet, sweet girl and her newest thing is saying the alphabet, (most letters she just repeats us saying), and then she ends with the abc song. SO precious!

Riding the Jet Ski with Daddy

She has begun saying, "thank you mommy" or "thank you daddy" and the same with I love you. It is so precious and of course we LOVE to hear it. I hope to post again soon from up here. We have a full week planned. I am so glad Dru is getting this long break. He needs it and deserves it!

Playing in the water..Check out my Barbie lifejacket

Dru's entire family comes up, and by Thursday there will be 26 of us here! Last year we started the tradition of having a themed night, which was a Mexican Fiesta. Now I don't mean just the menu is themed. We dress the part and decorate too. It is so fun. This year's theme is a Hawaiian Luau.


Who needs water toys?
Hopefully I'll get some good pictures of the rest of our week and of the 4th of July!!


We've been trying pony tails but still need those bows to hold those sweet curls out of her eyes!


Happy 20 months sweet girl! You are growing up SO fast and we love you SO much!

Simms & Stitches

Oh what a day we had Friday afternoon! Simms and Minnie (my mom) took a little tumble down some brick steps. My mom came back in the house with her thinking all was fine because she saw no blood on Simms' face, however, Sissy and I noticed huge stains of blood on her shoulder. Once we all looked, we found that her ear had pretty much been gashed open. WIDE OPEN. LOTS OF BLOOD. MY BABY. It wasn't a fun place to be. Mama kept Bennett while Sissy and I loaded Simms up to head to the emergency room. She really seemed ok and several times I thought about turning around and just cleaning it up myself. I am glad I didn't. The ER experience wasn't THAT bad. We did have to wait, as is expected, but we at least did most of our waiting in our own ER room. I just let Simms go to town and color the sheets on the hospital bed with pens from my purse. When the doctor told me she would need to be sedated in order to have the ear cleaned to determine if stitches were needed, I almost lost it. I did NOT want her put to sleep. His nurse kindly explained he meant concious sedation, and it really was the best thing as it allowed them to clean it very well, and then of course she ended up needing stitches and dermabond. So I was definetly glad she wasn't awake for that. Or the 3 shots in her ear. It was a rough 4 hours and I was so glad that Dru got there right as she was falling into that deep sleep. I didn't like seeing her that way. I only had one major breakdown and that was in the bathroom alone imagining her conciously sedated. Dru was incredible and so calm and you can thank him for the pictures you are about to see. I am so thankful that the Lord was protecting Simms and my mom because it truly could have been A LOT worse. We waited about 2 hours for her to come out of the sleep and then she was fine! We still went to the lake with my family and had a great weekend. The fun part comes later this week when we have to go and get the stitches out!
**Don't look if you have a weak stomach**

Getting sewn up

Almost done

Finished and she never knew what had been happening!

Good as new today and the swelling is almost gone!

And Happy Father's Day! I am so THANKFUL Simms has Dru as a Daddy. His heart is full of love for her and it is the most precious thing in the world to me. They both are!