Announcing the Arrival of Zoe Grace

She's here! Baby Zoe Grace Benezette. Born on December 21st at 9:49 in the morning weighing 8 lbs 12 oz and 20 inches long. It was a very quick and intense labor and delivery (1 and 1/2 hours) with no time for pain killers, a crazy amazing experience!! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! Here's a few photos of her first two weeks of life.

This picture is for Nana Etherton a.k.a. "Nana up the hill" =) . . . Gabby and Eli LOVE the shirts that you sent them, thank you so much!!

HUGE

38 weeks and still growing =)!!

If she does not come before the 28th, I will be induced that morning.

Merry Christmas everyone!! On this December 1st we put up our tree as a family and had a great time . . . we miss and love you all and wish that we could be spending this holiday season with you!! We are amazed at how fast time is moving and that we will be a family of 5 by the end of this month (the Dr. will induce me on the morning of the 28th, night of the 27th state-side time, if I don't deliver before then), we are very thankful and very excited! Please be praying, as we have been, for a healthy delivery, Mom and baby!! Enjoy the pics, sorry it has been so long since I last did a post =(. PS: you can double click on any picture to see it bigger and clearer.

The decorators, they did a great job and did most of the work!! It was fun to watch them work together and help each other! They are getting way too big, way too fast.
Putting the star on top of the tree . . . a little team work.
Working hard!
Man this is intense!! Or so you'd think by the look on Eli's face!
Decorating the tree in your underwear is so liberating!!
Showing off our fun new ornaments that we got this year.
And a little Christmas greeting =) . . . we love you all!!

Gabby and Eli before Gabby's ballet class . . . best buds (most of the time =))

Baby bump at 25 weeks . . . I keep expanding =)

One more video of Gabby on the runway =)

A few photos from the fashion show . . . the first one is Gabs and a proud Daddy snuggling after the show.

This one is after the show, it's the stage where it was held. It is a replica of a traditional Malaysian provencial home setting. Pretty cool we thought!
Gabs on the cat walk =) . . . she did great, remembered where she was suppose to go on the stage and when and for how long . . . she was amazing!
This one was taken by one of the professional photographers at the show, i found it on his website this morning.

This is right after she got her hair and makeup done . . . the store that she was modeling for had all of the girls in the show go to different salons at the mall to get all done up . . . Gabby loved it!

Gabby was in a fashion show this past Sunday and she did great, she is quite the little model. She had a blast and we were very proud!!

Our Vacation in Bali was awesome, very relaxing! The above pictures are one of the main reasons that we decided to spend our vacation time this year in Bali . . . they are of Andy catching an awesome wave . . . we all had fun!
This is the view from the balcony at our friends house where we stayed . . . I (Bethany) spent much of my time there, with a good book and a warm drink (the breeze was chilly!) . . rice paddies in the foreground and you can see the ocean in the distance . . . beautiful!
Buried alive! . . . the kiddos having fun in the sand.
Gabby during her first surf lesson . . . she was a little unsure of the whole thing.
Andy catching another great wave . . . a couple of the times that he went out it was double overhead (for those of you who don't do surf lingo, that means that it was twice his height!)
We spent one of our nights and two of our days up in a mountain town there in Bali, it was cold at night and chilly during the day there (cold for us anyways . . . it was in the 60's at night!!)
the kiddos in front of the cabin that we stayed in up there . . . cuties
Gabs being a poser . . . doll baby
Eli running to me with a flower he picked for me . . . my little gentleman!
Cheezy grins!
Loving the flowers!
Eating smores . . . yum!
SOOO good!!
Our big man roasting marshmallows . . . don't worry grandmas, his Daddy helped him =+).
Feeding the monkeys on the side of the road . . . the monkeys are much friendlier in Bali than they are in Malaysia, . . . they must be laid back because of island life =+).
Andy swinging into a freeeeeezing waterfall up in the mountains.
This kid's lips were turning blue and he was nearly convulsing with shivers before he finally got out . . . he was just having too much fun!!
Brrrrrrrr!!
The cold and goofy boys!
Mama and my girl!
Andy and the kiddos . . . watching the sunset as we ate . . chillin'!
Eli's first surfing lesson, he actually stood up twice on the board . . . a natural, surfing before he turned 3 years old =+)!!

All smiles . . . thanks for keeping up with us and looking at the photos, we miss you all!!

Here I am . . . the newest Benezette =+) . . . the +'s mark my bottom and the top pf my head. You can also see my little arm in the middle, kinda sticking out of the v shape, that is my stomach area, I was waving like crazy . . . my family is soo excited to meet me!! I'm due to meet the world on December 23rd. Please pray that God keeps me healthy and growing stronger every day!!