Sunday, May 31, 2009

A new baby on the way.....

For the last eleven years, we have been blessed to be a part of the lives of two very special young ladies, Keisha and Reisha Carney. We first met them when they lived at the Tennessee Baptist Children's Home in the Franklin/Brentwood area. They were thirteen at the time....and we were childless, but strongly desiring to pour ourselves and God's love into the life of a child. And, we got a double blessing..twins!!

Well, fast forward all these years....and Keisha is now married to Tim Davis and is expecting her first baby...a little girl....Rihanna Benton Davis. So, yesterday, I was able to go to her baby shower along with another long time friend of the girls. They got so many nice gifts and I think they are ready for the baby :)

Keisha (on the left) giving instructions while Reisha (on the right) takes photos....there is nothing new about this......these have been their roles since we've known them--LOL
Keisha says cheese and shows us her belly..what is amazing is that she has LOST 63 pounds during this pregnancy!!! She was a big girl before getting pregnant...and while she eats all the time, her body just cannot seem to get enough food. The baby is growing and is very healthy. She jokingly said she'd be wearing a two piece bathing suit after the baby is born!!!
Keisha opens a special little 'security blankie' from Abigail. She was so proud of herself for picking it out.
me with the girls...the lighting was bad...so we look like aliens or something ??? This was taken on the deck at Reisha's apartment.

3 comments:

Michelle said...

You can definitely tell Keisha has lost weight. She looks good. Reisha in these pics looks SO different. I don't know that I would have recognized her.

Pam said...

Congrats to Keisha! That is my dream--to eat all kinds of fattening foods and lose weight. So far, no such luck. lol

Mrs. Laura Aquila, the teacher said...

I have really been concerned about Keisha....I have never heard of anyone losing that much weight during a pregnancy. And, really, she has not had morning sickness at all. She eats a lot!!! The only issue she has had to battle is her blood pressure has been consistently high and they have had to monitor that very closely. Hopefully she'll make it these next 4-5 weeks with no other problems and Rihanna will arrive safe and sound on July 4 :)