The Apjok's

To Grandpa and Oohoo's House We Go

2010-06-25T20:50:00.010-04:00

We went to Grandpa and Oohoo's house for Memorial Day weekend. We had a blast with lots of family time. They guys went golfing both Saturday and Sunday. The girls stayed home and played in the pool. Maggie enjoyed the pool and playing outside. We also went to Ripley's Aquarium on Monday before we came home. To say that Maggie like it would be an understatement. She LOVED it! We had a great time.

Maggie and the penguins

Grandpa and Maggie on their way back out of the penguin exhibit

Maggie, Abbey and Grandpa in the penguin exhibit

Maggie the scuba diver

Maggie and the BIG catfish

She loved all of the fish!

Swinging with Grandpa

Mommy's little Fish

2010-05-30T21:50:00.004-04:00

Maggie loves Grandpa and Oohoo's pool!

Fun in the Sun

2010-05-29T10:09:00.004-04:00

Grammy and Maggie at Mary-Hannah's game.

Don't I look cute!

Can I eat the flower mom?

Okay done with my glasses.

Maggie and Uncle J

We love to be outside!

My Uncle, My Hero!

2010-05-22T15:26:00.006-04:00

Uncle Ben made it "home" to Virginia on May 4th. We are so proud of him and thankful that he is serving our Country! I know he's glad to be back in the states and out of Afghanistan. We appreciate all of your prayers and support for him while he was gone and all of the other men and women who are serving. Grandpa Paul missed out on the homecoming because he is serving in Iraq right now. Please continue to pray for him and the family while he's away. So thankful for my freedom and my family (and the others) who defend it.

Maggie and her sign

watching for Uncle Ben's plane

Ben holding Maggie for the first time in over 8 months.

She has gotten a little bigger since he last saw her.

Mr. Young (a marine) prayed for Ben daily.

Mom had all of her babies home for Mother's Day

Ben hugging Mamaw....lots of tears of joy that day.

Maggie and her Uncle B

Maggie's First Easter!

2010-04-13T22:03:00.004-04:00

Maggie and Mary-Hannah matched

We got to church and saw that Samantha matched Maggie too!

Maggie and her Easter basket

I got an egg Mom!

Maggie at her first Easter Egg Hunt!

Photo Shoot with Cousin Mason

2010-04-13T21:53:00.007-04:00

Maggie had a photo shoot with her cousin Mason (my cousin's little boy) one day while she was down at Mamaw and Popi's (my grandparents). Mamaw wanted some pictures of them together. I think Mason had a hard time setting still.

Maggie's First Ice Cream cone from Bruster's

2010-04-13T21:51:00.001-04:00

It was a very big hit!

Catching Up Time

2010-04-13T21:37:00.004-04:00

Maggie in her pink sweater from her Nana Lynn

Maggie and Cousin Faith

Faith was so sweet with Maggie.

I came home from work and found them like this.

He got her out of the car and she stayed asleep so

he just let her sleep until I got home from work.

Getting ready for bath time.

Scott with Maggie and Haley

Haley wanted to try out Maggie's horse.

Tummy Time

Helping mom with the laundry

my pjs with the tutu

Well I should be cleaning up around the house but I have no energy for that tonight so I thought I'd get caught up a bit. I hope you enjoy. Maggie has her 9 month appointment on Monday so I'll try to do a post.

something to look at......

2010-03-05T21:25:00.009-05:00

Well I haven't been doing too well at the whole blogging thing. It's hard to fit everything in when working full time. I forgo blogging to play with Maggie and do bath time and reading and then my special time of the night bedtime. I love to rock my sweet baby (as long as I can stay awake myself). She's growing up so fast. I can't believe she's almost 8 months old. Somethings of Maggie's new tricks are:

- She waives bye bye (when she wants to). She's been doing thing for a

little while now but she's just started opening and closing her fits.

- She claps. We get a big grin when we say "Yea Maggie" while she's clapping.

- She has 5 teeth and more are close to following.

- All you hear is da da.

- I have heard her say bye bye too.

- She's not a fan of baby food and loves to mooch off

of whatever Scott and I are eating.

- She absolutely loves bath time.

If she doesn't get her bath every night it throws off her routine.

- She loves oatmeal cereal.

- Grammy gave her her first popsicle. She said it was to help her gums.

- She hates tummy time.

-She's getting better about sleeping at nigh

but still not sleeping through the night.

- She's the sweetest little girl ever. I get kisses all the time.

- She can be a little Daddy's girl.

- Loves to watch Auntie Mary-Hannah play basketball.

She can be as loud as she wants in the gym without us telling her to be quite.

- She has the cutest little giggle. She'll just start laughing. So cute!

- She's the best thing that has ever happened to us.

Wordless Wednesday

2010-01-27T20:24:00.002-05:00

5 and 6 months

2010-01-24T16:16:00.007-05:00

So I was really late on doing Maggie's 5 month update so I decided to roll it into the 6 month one. She is growing like a weed. Maggie started baby food on December 1st. She can take it or leave. She love her oatmeal cereal and like veggies more than the fruits. She started sitting up by herself on December 19th. Maggie had her 6 month check up this past Monday. She weighs 20lbs. and 11oz. and is 28 inches long. The doctor was very pleased with how well she's doing and how well she's been. We've been blessed not have had a sick baby this winter. She got my cold the day after Christmas but other than that has been healthy. We had so much going on that it's hard to remember it all. She can now wave "bye bye". She does it every now and then. She continues to be a blessing to us. We're so glad we're her parents.

Maggie at 5 months

Maggie at 6 months
(sorry I didn't turn it before I uploaded it and now I don't know how to fix it.)

Sitting in a high chair for the first time like a big girl.

At Momm's work Christmas party. We had 4 babies born in the office this year.

Visiting Santa

Steeler baby

Winter Wonderland

2009-12-21T12:05:00.004-05:00

Maggie's first big snow started on December 18th and didn't stop til the 19th. We got over 16" of the pretty white stuff. She didn't like getting dressed but she didn't mind being out in the cold and thought the snow was pretty tasty.

A Day of Thanks

2009-12-11T21:33:00.003-05:00

We spent Maggie's first Thanksgiving at Grandpa and Oohoo's. She didn't like it that we all were eating in front of her and wouldn't share any. We have so much to be thankful for this year. We had a great time. I got a call from Ben and it was SO good to hear his voice. His unit was featured on ABC news on Thanksgiving. They even interviewed Ben's roommate he had when they were in California. It was kind of neat to see where he was "living". Thank you all for your prayers and support while Ben is away. We hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving like we did.

4 months

2009-12-11T21:22:00.005-05:00

Well since it's almost time for Maggie's 5 month report I thought I should do her 4 month one. Let's see...Maggie had cereal for the first time on November 9th. She wasn't too sure about it at first but she got the hang of it after a few days (if you ask Dad he'll say it took her a few weeks). She is growing like a weed. At her 4 month check up she weighed 18 lbs. even and was 27.5 inches long. Friends of ours gave us a Jumperoo and man does she like it. She will just sit there and bounce and bounce. She loves that thing. We've had some problems in the sleeping department but we are working on fixing that. She had started teething some. She will just gnaw on anything and everything thing that she can get her hands on. She is still such a blessing to us. I am so thankful I could be her mommy. That's all for now. :)

Maggie dressed up like her Uncle Ben

Just hanging out at Grammy's house with Mamaw

Eatting cereal for the first time.

Maggie's first bite of cereal

Wordless Wednesday- My whole world

2009-12-02T21:00:00.003-05:00

Wordless Wednesdays- Grandpa and Oohoo's

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Wordless Wednesday- Just like my Uncle Ben

2009-11-18T21:39:00.002-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2009-11-11T07:47:00.001-05:00

Maggie's First Halloween Photo Shoot

2009-11-11T07:26:00.006-05:00

Maggie, Auntie Mary-Hannah and I went trunk or treating on Halloween. I know Mary-Hannah had a good time and I think Maggie did too. She was a good sport to let me dress her up. It was a great night to go out. We all had a good time. Here's a few pictures of our little lady bug.

love those little feet

"I don't want to take any more pictures"

love my girl

that's one cute lady bug

Mary-Hannah and Maggie

3 months

2009-11-11T07:05:00.003-05:00

So I've been really bad about blogging. With working full time and spending my down time with Maggie I haven't found a few minutes to get on here to do her 3 month old update. So here it is. Maggie is growing like a weed. She's learned to roll over and has found her toes. She is such a joy to Scott and I. We are blessed to have her in our lives. She loves to squeal now. It's not because she's fussing it's because she's happy. She smiles alot and will giggle every now and then.

Sorry this one is so short but it's almost time for her 4 month old update. I can't believe she's almost 4 months old.

Yea Maggie! You rolled over!

Watching TV in her Bumbo for the first time.

Cuties Little Pumpkin in the Patch

2009-10-18T14:20:00.007-04:00

Maggie and I took her first trip to the pumpkin patch at Layman Farms last Saturday. Daddy was working so we went with Grammy and Grampy (aka my mom and Paul..we're not sure what they are going to be called), The King's and The Harders. Maggie wasn't too sure of us making her sit with some pumpkins so that we could get some pictures. She was a trooper. She slept thought the hayride and most of the corn maze. Uncle Jacob is working at the farm but we didn't get to see much of him because Maggie didn't like the sound of the pumpkin and corn cannons. All in all it was a great day!

Mom, Mary-Hannah, Maggie and I at the farm.

Mommy and Daddy's sweet little pumpkin.

Still not sure of what's going on.

Ella Grace and Maggie

Maggie checking out the goats with Grampy.

Mommy and Maggie ready for the corn maze.

Praying for Uncle Ben

2009-10-18T14:04:00.004-04:00

Will you please join me in praying for my Uncle Ben. He left for Afghanistan on October 5th for 8 months. He is proudly fighting for our country so that I can grow up in the land of the free. Please pray for his safety while he is gone and for a safe return to the states. Thank you all for praying for my Uncle Ben and all the other men and women who are serving our country. I can't wait to see my Uncle B again!

Love,
Maggie

Uncle Ben holding Maggie for the first time.

Getting some snuggle time in while on leave before he deployed.

2 Months Old

2009-09-27T18:33:00.007-04:00

Well...I can't believe that Maggie is already 2 months old. She is growing way to fast. We've stayed pretty busy here lately. We went to TN for Labor Day weekend (sorry I didn't take any pictures) to visit Grandpa and Oohoo. We had a great time away and Maggie did fairly well in the car. I had to return back to work on September 7th. It was something that I DID NOT want to do but knowing that my mom had Maggie made it a little easier. Maggie and I have made the adjustment to me being back at work really well. I enjoy my weekends so much more now since I have my little doll baby to spend my time with.

Maggie is such a joy and blessing to Scott and I. She is smiling alot now and will carry on a conversation with us. We just love hearing her "talk". She is now trying to set up. She defiantly likes to be up where she can see what all is going on. She got two shots and an oral vaccine at her 2 month check up. She weighed 13lbs. 8oz. and was 24.5 inches. She's growing like a little weed.

I must go for now since Maggie is needing to eat. I'm going to try and do better alot blogging but I seem to run out of time these days now that I'm back to work.

Snuggle time with Daddy

Let's Go Steelers!
Even Maggie wore her team apperal to Chick-fli-a on Labor Day but she didn't get a free sandwich.

1 Month Old

2009-08-20T21:42:00.008-04:00

Well Maggie is already a month old. I can't believe it. Sometimes it seems like she just arrived and others it seems like she's been here with us forever. We are so incredibly blessed with a wonderful sweet easy going baby. The only time she fusses is when she needs a new diaper (she doesn't like to be dirty or wet), hungry or ready for a nap. After getting her nights and days back on track she has done really well at night. The past two nights she's went for at least 6 hours straight. Maggie goes for her 1 month check up on Thursday. I can't wait to see how much she weighs. We had to take her to the doctor 3 weeks ago because she had a really stuffy nose and yucky eye. She was 9 lbs and 8 oz. at that appointment. He said she had a little cold and would have to let it run its course. He did give us something for her eye and that cleared up pretty much by the next day. Maggie has now started to smile a little bit and loves to "talk". She enjoys bath time most of the time. She also enjoys laying in her crib listening to the mobile.

She has grown and changed so much these past 5 weeks. We love her dearly and can't wait to watch grown into the beautiful young lady the Lord wants her to be.

11 days old

Ready to watch the first Steelers game with Daddy

Maggie wearing the dress that mommy wore home from the hospital

And Baby Makes 3

2009-07-24T21:22:00.009-04:00

Margaret Kaye Apjok is finally here. Only a week and a day late. On Friday July 10th I started having contractions 7 to 10 minutes apart that lasted for about 3 hours. We thought we'd be heading to the hospital that night but they stopped at 11:30. Every night Scott and I went to bed wondering if we'd be heading to the hospital. Maggie was very content to stay in my tummy.

My last day of work was July 15th because I had several things to do on the 16th at the doctor's office. On the 16th I had a non-stress test, an ultrasound and an appointment. Maggie slept through the first part of the stress test but they got the information that they needed. At the ultrasound they said she would be approximately 8lbs. 6oz. We were told to be at the hospital at 7 am for our induction on the 17th.

Scott and I arrived at the hospital around 7 and did our paperwork and then I was wheeled to my room (they wouldn't let me walk on my own). They started everything around 9. Things went really smooth for the most part. Through out the day I made some progress but ended up stalling out somewhere after 6 pm. By 9 o'clock was in the OR for a c-section.

Margaret Kaye Apjok was born on July 17, 2009 at 9:17 pm. She was 8lbs. 1oz. and 22 inches long.

Here are a few pictures of Maggie's Birthday.

Scott and I just waiting for things to get rolling.

Our first family picture.

Our sweet baby girl.

A very proud Daddy and his baby girl.

Us with Dr. McLennan. He was great and made us feel so much better about everything that happened on Friday. He was aboslutely wonderful.

Margaret Kaye Apjok

More to come later.

2 days to go

2009-07-07T21:26:00.003-04:00

Well we only have 2 days to go til Maggie's due date. So far we're just waiting and waiting. Every night we go to bed wondering if it will happen that night. We just can't wait to hold her and have her home with us. Not to mention I'm ready for a break from work. Just thought I'd give an update. Hopefully the next post will be Maggie's birth. Please pray for a safe, smooth and quick delivery.

39 weeks and waiting

2009-07-03T18:20:00.002-04:00

Well we've made it to 39 weeks (and a day) and no baby yet. I'm fine with her staying in as long as she needs to but I am really excited and ready to have her in my arms. I had another good visit at the doctor yesterday and we're making progress. I've said from the beginning that she was going to come on the 4th of July so we'll have to see if that happens or not. For now we're just waiting on our little girl.

36 weeks and Softball

2009-06-13T16:25:00.003-04:00

This past Thursday I hit 36 weeks. Only a few short weeks left before Maggie is here. We are now going to the doctor every week until she makes her appearance. Everything is going well. I have been blessed to have an uncomplicated pregnancy. I have enjoyed my pregnancy even though now I'm just hot, tired and have swollen ankles here and there. I can't believe it's went by so fast.

Scott has been playing softball this spring when the rain has allowed them to have the games. We still have half of the games left to play and the season should have been in play offs by now. I think he's enjoyed playing (see the picture below).

36 weeks

Scott after his game on Thursday. I guess they never grow up do they?

More showers of blessings

2009-06-13T16:20:00.004-04:00

Last Sunday my Aunt Patty gave me a family shower in Radford. We have been so blessed and have received everything that we need for Maggie plus some more. It was a nice time to get together with the ladies in my family. They've all seen me grow up so it's neat to be able to share this special time with them as well. Here are just a couple of the pictures from Sunday.

My aunt found this cheerleading outfit for Maggie before we even knew she was a girl. Daddy is pretty excited about this and can't wait for her wear it.

Girl's Night

2009-05-22T21:52:00.003-04:00

Kristin came back to Roanoke for a visit so we had to have a girl's night. Hannah, Kristin, Emily, Lisa and I went to dinner at Olive Garden then to get ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. It was so good to see all of them and spend time catching up. I think a good time was had by all.

Kristin at 13 weeks me at 33 weeks

we had to get a belly picture

it's so fun being pregnant with some of my friends

all the girls

33 weeks and counting

2009-05-21T22:13:00.008-04:00

Only 6 short weeks left until the big due date! We can't wait to meet our little Peachy. We had our check up today and everything is right on track. We got back in two weeks then after that visit we're down to going every week until she arrives. I can't believe it's almost time for her to be here.

Not too much has been happening around the Apjok house. Scott has had to work some crazy hours here lately but he's surviving (I think). We did decide on a name for Peachy...FINALLY! We were sitting at dinner two Saturdays ago and we started talking about the three names we had narrowed it down to. We got it down to two and decided to go with Margaret Kaye. We will be calling her Maggie. I've tried to call her by her name here lately and it usually comes out Peachy. So she will forever have the nickname of peachy.

I neglected to take a picture of the beautiful roses that my very sweet husband had sent to my office for my first mother's day when I got them so the second picture is of them a week later. I was very surprised. I am so blessed to have him. He's a wonderful husband and is going to be an awesome dad. I think we'll keep him. ;)

The belly at 33 weeks

my flowers a week after Mother's Day

Mason Andrew

2009-05-10T17:08:00.010-04:00

Peachy has a new cousin....Mason Andrew Phoenix. My cousin Samantha had her little boy on Wednesday May 6th. he weighed 7lbs. 8oz. 20 1/2 inches long. Peachy will have a playmate close to her age. We were excited for him to arrive.

Samantha and Mason

Little Mason

Mamaw and her first great grandchild. She'll have one great grandson and one great grand daughter come July.

He didn't like all of us taking his picture.

Showers of Blessings

2009-05-05T20:07:00.012-04:00

We had a very busy weekend in the Apjok house this past weekend. The weekend started with a baby shower for Peachy. It was absolutely wonderful. We were very blessed to receive many things that we needed for Peachy. She also got a lot of VERY cute clothes. I had a great time visiting with everyone.

Sunday afternoon Scott started assembling Peachy's furniture. The crib wasn't a big deal at all and only took an hour or so to put together. The changing table/dresser on the other hand was a different story. That took about 4 to 5 hours to put together. It's all done now and in the room. We're starting to get things in order for Peachy. We can't wait to meet her soon.

I had a doctor's appointment today that went well. For the third time in a row my blood pressure was great on the first try! Peachy is growing like she should be. We've made it down to every two weeks now. 10 more weeks to go!

Enjoy the pictures!
Love Scott, Ashley and Peachy

The beautiful and very yummy cake!

This little girl is really loved!

Amanda, Renee and I...love them!

Emily, Lisa, Hannah and I

Three great girlfriends from high school

Daddy working on the changing table/dresser

Yea! He's all done!

Peachy's bed

view of her room from the door

11 weeks and counting

2009-04-24T17:12:00.004-04:00

Well folks only 11 more weeks until Peachy scheduled day to arrive. I can't believe it. She'll be here before we know it. Nothing new to report really. Things are going great. We tried another 4D ultrasound on Tuesday and didn't have much luck. The only thing we got a good shot of this week was her fist. Again the lady tried everything to get her to move to where we could get a good picture of her face. No such luck she wasn't having it. There's no surprise she's maybe a little stubborn since she gets a healthy dose of it from both of us. Daddy shared his cold with Mommy (from him and little help from allergies) so Mommy now has a sinus infection. :( I've been feeling pretty good even though I sound awful. Just wanted to do a little update. I've been trying to take a picture of my growing belly about every 3 weeks or so. I thought that the fountain at Hotel Roanoke would make a great picture for 29 weeks ......well not so much. I'm not sure what's going on with my face. I guess that's what I get for talking to another person who is not taking the picture. I don't really care for it but thought I'd post it anyways. That's all from us.

Scott, Ashley and Peachy

29 weeks

New Additions

2009-04-19T21:17:00.010-04:00

Congratulations to the Hellkamp Family!

Rebekah and Zac welcomed their little boy Titus into the world around 5:45 this morning. He weighed in at 8lbs. and 12.9 oz 21" long and has a head full of hair. Everyone is doing great despite a long night. Peachy has been every active (excited) today to meet her new little friend. I'm not so sure she liked me holding him though because she was kicking his little bottom almost the whole time I was holding him. I'm sure they'll grow up to be good friends. Who knows maybe they'll get married one day. Congrats again Hellkamp family!

Rebekah and I 4 days before Ty's birthday

Rebekah and her baby boy

Titus Zachary Hellkamp

The girls and Ty

Check ups and growing up

2009-04-15T19:35:00.006-04:00

We had our monthly appointment yesterday afternoon and we also had a 4D ultrasound well tried to at least. We had the ultrasound first. We went in there to find that Peachy had both legs up in front of her face. We tried everything to get her to move them so we could see her pretty little face. She wasn't having any of it. I guess we were interrupting her nap time. All we got was a lovely picture of her little leg. They told us we could try again next week so we made another appointment for Tuesday. After that we had our checkup and everything was great. For the second appointment in a row they only had to take my blood pressure once because it was where it should be the first time around. I'm measuring where I should be for almost 28 weeks and her heart beat was a very strong 150. We go back in 3 weeks.

After the doctor's visit we went and made a big purchase.....

We bought a minivan!!!! Scott's having hard time dealing with the fact that he now owns a minivan. He kept telling the people at the dealership that he use to own little sports cars or cool cars like a Firebird, Mustang and Amigo and now a MINIVAN. We got a 2008 Kia Sedona. We got a 2 year newer vehicle for what our car payment was already plus alot more room for Peachy and all the things that will have to go with us when we travel to TN. I didn't think that I'd be driving a van at 25 but I know in the months and years to come we will be very thankful for the extra space.

Well that's all the updates we have for now. Love you all.

Scott, Ashley and Peachy

Still trying to figure this out con't....

2009-03-30T20:34:00.002-04:00

Okay so I wanted the pictures at the end of the post and I've set here for 30 minutes trying to get them there. It's not working. I'm going to have to figure this out. If anyone knows how please let me know. It would be much apprecitated. The one of me is 23 weeks and the two of the baby are from Feb. 12th (sorry they're not very good).

Still trying to figure this out

2009-03-30T19:52:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone!

I didn't share this with anyone the first and only time I posted because I'm still not really sure how do it. I told Scott the other day that I needed to get back on here and figure it out while I still have some free time. We thought this would be a good way to keep family and friends up to date on life in the Apjok house with the new addition on the way. So far we're not doing a very good job. Oh well you guys love us anyways.

Let's see where do I start....

In the last post we had just seen our baby for the first time and that was at 6 weeks. I am not at 25 weeks and man how little "peanut" has grown. We found out on February 12th that "peanut" is a little girl. I'll never forget that moment when we found out. At that ultrasound we found out that she had two small cysts on her brain and were told not to worry. (more on that later) Scott started calling "peanut" "peachy". We were reading through baby names on Valentine's Day and he came across peachy and asked if she wanted to be named peachy. I explained that she did not and she seconded that. That was the first time I had been able to feel her move. So from then on Daddy calls her peachy. :P

We had another ultrasound this past Thursday (3/26) to check on the cysts they had found at our 20 week one. Praise the Lord they are gone! The doctor had told us not worry about them when we first found them until we did a check in 6 weeks. That was easier said than done but really those 6 weeks flew by and our prayers were answered. As of last Thursday Peachy is on track with her growth. On top of the ultrasound I also had to take the famous sugar test which I passed with flying colors. The drink wasn't that bad either. It was just some nasty old orange kool-aid.

I've (we've) been blessed with a great pregnancy. I had morning sickness all day every day for a while but was thankful I just had to deal with the nausea. All in all our appointments have been going well even though I have to lay on my left side and get a second blood pressure reading. It's a joke there now that I just don't like any one but the nurse to take it. It's always good when she does it. I guess I just suffer from white coat syndrome as my grandmother calls it.

Sorry for such a long post. We had alot of catching up to do. We have a 100 days til the big day from today. That is if little Miss Apjok decides to come on time.

Love Scott, Ashley and Peachy

Our New Journey In Life

2008-11-14T20:38:00.001-05:00

Scott and I have enjoyed 2 wonderful years together so far. When we decided that we were ready to start trying for a little one we never thought it would take as long as it did. A few short weeks ago we found out that the Lord has blessed up with our first little one. We had our first doctors appointment on November 13th. It was so good to see the little beating heart to confirm everything was going as it should be. Scott didn't really believe me until we saw the baby for the first time. We are very excited to start this new journey. We're (most likely me) going to try and keep this up to date so you can be apart of this journey as well. Until next time.

Scott, Ashley and little Apjack :P

Baby Apjok at 6 weeks