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Little Man

Hard to believe but our little guy will be 3 months next week. He was 6 pounds 11 ounces and 20 inches long. He was a skinny little guy, but he is making up for it now.

A Surprise!

I would say that we have a very big surprise, but it is small. Very small actually. Currently only about a pound. I'm pregnant. We weren't trying, but God works in mysterious ways. I thought we would be freaking out if I ever got pregnant, but it hasn't had that impact. In fact it has been fun (aside from our first over whelming trip to Babies 'r us 2 weeks ago, which was scary to see all the choices). 2 weeks ago we went in for my 20 week check up and found out that we are having a boy! Let me say Daddy couldn't be happier. Hehe!

1st trimester: fun until about 6 weeks. That was when I became nauseous almost all the time. This made food less than appealing to say the least. Of course not eating only made matters worse. Around 10 weeks it started to get quite a bit better though. The good news is I lost the weight I had gained over Christmas (then some)... Temporarily anyway.

2nd trimester: I first felt him move about 16 1/2 weeks and didn't feel him move again for over a week. I feel him move regularly now. He still won't preform for his daddy though. If he is kicking hard enough to feel on the outside he stops when Cliff puts his hand on my belly. I am quickly figuring out that if I eat anything fried, tomato-y, or caffeinated I will pay for it later. 22 Weeks and the baby finally kicked for his daddy! How cool is that? Before he would always stop when he'd put his hand on my belly. I am now 24 weeks pregnant. I had a doctors appointment today and it all went well. I've started looking into classes at the hospital too. Just trying to decide what days and all. Fun stuff!

Good News, Bad News

Good news is my family and I are all safe and sound. If you have seen the news you've seen that Nashville has had a record breaking flood. It is just devastating. I haven't been to Nashville since Friday so seeing it on the news is mind blowing. It almost doesn't seem real if the landmarks weren't so familiar. I about broke down when I saw videos of Opryland hotel with up to 8 feet of water (and that was before it crested). Someone posted on FaceBook a picture of The Grand Ole Opry and I choked back tears again as I thought about walking across the beautiful stage for high school graduation. It isn't just Nashville either it is a lot of surrounding areas. Anywhere that was near a river that is connected to the Cumberland.

They still are dealing with it too. They are having to decide how much water to release and from where. Clarksville has been devastated by flooding and the dams up stream have no choice, but to release water.

Just the weekend before last the weather men were playing the rain we had over the weekend down. Like it wasn't going to be a big deal after the rain we had the other weekend. It turns out they were wrong and the Greater Nashville Area had between 13-17 inches of rain in just 2 days.

Click here for Tennessean's gallery on Nashville's flood.

Hope everyone is sitting down!

This is my first post in how long?

I feel like I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it doesn't sound like a train. I'm finally starting to get caught up... I think. Hope everyone is well. I will be around shortly. Maybe even tonight.

Completely Insane

Yup. I am still alive, but I am completely insane! My best friend graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University the week before the end of school. For those that don't know I work for the schools here. I decided I was going after I sold my old camera and didn't sell the lens with it. I had intended to buy a lens with the money. Since I didn't have to replace the lens I asked my oldest friend if she had room for me to come to her graduation. She was so elated! I was driving to Richmond, VA by myself. I was going to leave Thursday get there Thursday night and hang out with her Friday, watch her graduate on Saturday and drive home. My mom found out I was going by myself since my husband has to give 2 weeks notice and she freaked.

momacita - You can't drive 11 hours by yourself!

me - Why not!? Jodie (my friend) does it all the time!

momacita - You aren't used to driving that far by yourself! Let me see if I can get time off.

Just so you know my mom is completely insane too as she works for the schools as well.

When my dad heard he didn't want us going that far on such a quick turn around by ourselves as my mom's knees are really bothering her. The doctor has already told her she needs total knee replacement in one of them. So my dad went too! :)

It was such a blast! I gained a couple pounds due to the awesome local restaurants, but it was worth every ounce! And Jodie, my parent's, her family and friends made driving there worth every mile. We went to Hollywood Cemetery and walked up and down Monument Blvd. I ended up taking Monday off to recoup and got back to work after my 5 day weekend swamped! Even worse than before. I thought that I was about caught up! It has taken me this long to get back to where I was.

Virginia pictures:



There is more to come. I can't wait to catch up with you all!

Craziness!

I don't know where the time has gone for the past month. It seems as though my days were shortened from 24 hours to 12. I hope everyone is doing well!

Since I missed Easter here is my Easter picture. We made them at our monthly Stampin' Up class they are made out of Frapuccino bottles from Starbucks.



April 5th rolled in some pretty severe storms. Although not as bad as the most recent ones. These are the same day. I'm glad the storm went away before sunset.




Sunday morning we had a quick visit by four deer. :)