Well, once again its been quite some time since i've given an update on everything thats been happening with the murphys. Life is good, allistiar is growing so fast i can hardly believe it. I wieghed him last tuesday and he was up to 11 lbs 13 oz! he's getting quite the little tummy on him, and getting cuter every day! Last week he started smiling, so julian and i (and grandpa and gramma!) have been having a lot of fun with that!

as far as juilan and i go, he is still working hard at bell world and i am busy taking care of the little guy,a nd the house, which no matter how hard i work, never seems to stay clean for more than a day or two! i just finally finished with allistiars nursery, it looks really good, and im really happy with how it turned out!

unfortunatley i couldnt fit the whole room in the shot, but this is basically it.

heres the tattoo i got on friday, i was quite impressed with how well it turned out!

mums the word

hey all, sorry its taken me such a long time to write an update. life as a mother has been quite busy the past few weeks. allistiar is doing very well, hard to believe he's going to be a month in 2 days! i cant believe how fast he's growing up. he's been very aware lately, looking all around and much more awake than he used to be. he sleeps pretty well through the night, which i definaltey appreciate! its been so nice being in durham and having both sets of grandparents close by! julian and i are definately loving being parents, as much work as it is, its the most amazing thing i have ever experienced. we've defaintley been blessed with a miracle! here are some of the other pictures we've gotten.

he's here!!!

Well, 9 months flew by and its still feeling like a dream, but julian and i are now the very proud parents of the most beautiful baby boys i've ever seen. The labor was 11 hours and though i know some people have longer , that was definately about as much as i could take. The doctors eventually had to use vacuum suction and i had to have an epesiotomy. He weighed 8 lbs and 7 1/2 oz and was 20 3/4 inches long. We are both doing quite well and the first 5 days as a family are going very well. Allistair sleeps really well through the night, which mummy and daddy are very thankful for!! He's just so perfect, i cant believe he's finally here! thank you all for your prayers and support over the last months! we appreciate it!












my beautiful son, allistair benjamin murphy







the proud grandparents!!


and with his auntie kris and uncle mark, who are both going to spoil him to death!!

Well, yesterday was the new due date the doctors gave us, but unfortunatley it came and went with nothing more than a sore back and a few tummy aches throughout the day. Mom and Julian were trying everything they could to make the little guy come but didnt happen.
The doc told me it could come any day now so i suppose we're just going to continue with the waiting game! wish me luck! i think im going to need it!

clean, paint, clean

Well! we finally got into our new apartment! Mom, dad and i spent last weekend cleaning like crazy and painting non-stop! but we finished and it looks amazing!! here are some before and after pictures...
After getting the baby room finished, we started laying the new carpet...it looks amazing!!

...a very pregnant carrie filling in holes in the wall! dad scrubbing down the walls getting ready to paint our bedroom.

The living room, sun-room, and bathroom....

jon came over and helped do the living room, which turned out so good!! and there i am, starting the kitchen.... below is mum and julian being goofy as...which is pretty normal for the two of them when they're together :P

this ones for you kris....wish you could have been here to join in the ..."fun"!!!

So yea, thats our new place so far. will post more pictures when its all done! as an update, the kitten has fully recovered to her hyper adorable self since her surgery 2 weeks ago. she is happy to be running around and charlie is happy that she cant claw him lol. As far as the pregnancy goes, we are defiantely counting down the days! i cant believe how fast its coming! its scary to think im going to be a mom soon. but very exciting all the same. he has started to drop, which is nice for mummys' breathing, but terrible for having to use the bathroom all the time! it wont be long now though!

these are the most recent pictures, taken at 36 and 38 weeks...

yet another update...

So while my sister was down she took a few pictures of her nephew. Here are 3 of the favorites, and the bottom two pictures are my ever-growing tummy!








I went for a doctors appointment last tuesday, and he says at this point everything is looking perfect. He said im growing right on track, and baby is in the right position for the birth. He said its unlikely that he'll flip now, which for me is a huge relief, because i really dont want a c-section! Im now seeing the doctor every 2 weeks until im 36 weeks adn then i will go every week. I cant beleive im acuatlly going to be holding my baby in 9 weeks! its so exciting to think about.
Julian and I have been looking for a new apartment for quite some time, and though we've been put on a waiting list for a place in durham, its not looking too promising . I called around a bit today and have lined us up to go look at 2 different places, one in hanover, one in durham so now i just have to wiat to hear back from the people. im really praying we find a place before the baby comes. Our monthly rent will be increasing in the next few weeks as well, so a new place would be a huge answer to prayer!
Other than that, we're doing well, julian loves his job at Bell world and is constantly coming home telling me about the newest in technology! lol. Its good to see him happy with a job though. its an encouragement to me for sure! Anyways, just thought i'd give a little update. my parents and brothers head down to Maine tomorrow for a week at my uncles cottage! so pray for their safety as they drive...and their sanity...driving 14 hours with my brothers is tough!

what a story!

Over the past few months, my grandpa brockwells' sisters' husband (got that?) has been in the hospital and not doing very well at all. My grandpa has been visiting him very often and sharing the gospel with him, but uncle don didnt seem at all interested.
The doctors have been saying he will likely die any day, so as you can imagine, its been really hard on aunt barb and my grandparents too. Aunt barb had basically given up hope of uncle don giving his life over to the lord before he died, just because he kept refusing what he was hearing. Well, my grandma wrote me an email this morning and told me that aunt barb called my grandpa and asked him to come to the hospital because uncle don was not doing very well. My grampa went and asked if he could go in and see uncle don, and they said yes. Well, uncle don told my grandpa that he had given his life over to the lord!! its such a huge encouragement to see miracles like that happen. all that praying paid off! and just in time. Uncle Don is very sick and no one really expects him to live much longer at all, but its just such a blessing knowing he'll be in Heaven for eternity! please pray for my grandparents, and uncle dons wife, as it will be hard when he fianlly passes, althoguh not nearly as hard now, knowing they will see him again!