Us,Today

Just a quiet day at home, doing much of nothing. Which is all I feel like doing these days. This pregnancy is so very different than the first. I just generally don't feel well all day long, and it stinks. The thought of scrapping/crafting literally makes me sick, and I'm so ready for that to pass. Just a couple more weeks of this first trimester and hopefully things will take a turn for the better. I don't mean to complain, it could be worse, I'm just so ready to feel better. I promise I will make it around to everyone's blogs and get caught up before too long. Just wanted to let everybody know we are alive and well!

Hodgepodge of Stuff

I know it's been a while since I posted. I'm basically just dealing with the extreme exhaustion and puny feeling that comes along with the first trimester. I've been hitting the sack pretty much as soon as I get Natalie in bed at night, so my internet time has been limited. I did get to scrap with the girls last Friday night... so here are a few pages.


A few other things since my last post..
For Halloween, Natalie was a dalmatian. I also had a minnie mouse outfit, so I dressed her up in that to get some pictures during the day. Then before church that night, we went to see PaPa and MiMi to hand out some candy.







Also last Friday John and I took Natalie to the park to feed the ducks. She really enjoyed that and was quite amazed at how much noise the geese could make.




Our nephew is spending the night tonight and I'm hoping to have enough energy to stay up and scrapbook while he and John play computer games.
Have a good weekend everyone!

Fall is Here!

First I want to say thanks to everybody for all the sweet comments and emails. You guys are the best. Hopefully I'll answer the handful of questions I got, in this post.
I am currently about 5 weeks, which makes the baby due in June. The official due date is June 29th. That will make Natalie and new baby about 21 months apart. It wasn't a surprise, we actually planned it. Some people have questioned my sanity. :) And I tend to agree with them some days when I've chased Natalie around all day, but I'm glad they will be close in age. I had some fertility issues when we were trying to get pregnant with Natalie, so we didn't want to put off trying for number two. We were pleasantly surprised that it happened so fast this time around!
We went to the doctor today although it was basically just to confirm that there is a baby growing in there. He did do an ultrasound, but because it's so early all we could see was the embryo sac. I go back in a couple of weeks for another ultrasound. The 1st trimester tiredness is already setting in, but other than that I'm feeling pretty good.

So what else have we been up to? This past weekend we went to Tate Farms. My boss and his wife took his employees and families to the local pumpkin patch. Natalie had an absolute blast. She rode in the corn train with Annessa, picked out a pumpkin in the patch, and played her little heart out in the corn bin. We took so many pictures! Here are just a few of my faves.

1 Year Old and N's Secret

On Tuesday John and I took Natalie for her 1 Year Pictures. She wasn't so cooperative as we ended up with shots like This... and This..
and This...


But the guy did manage to get a few good ones, and actually we really like some of the serious faced ones, because at times, that is so her. Here are a few of the ones we liked.






And now, for the fun part. Natalie has something to tell you guys......................

She was gonna wait til after Mommy's doctor appointment next week, but she was just too excited!

We're Back!

We've been on vaca at the beach with Daniel, Telah and the kids. It was so nice to not have anything that had to be done and to just hang out for a week. The weather didn't really cooperate. The red tide was bad and we all hacked, coughed and sneezed as soon as we set foot outside. It rained for 2 days and then on our departure day, we had beautiful weather. Figures. But even though, we had a good time spending the week together. Since our time on the beach was limited, the guys spent most of their time playing World Of Warcraft. Telah and I did a variety of things from watching movies, reading, enjoying naps with our kids, and at night scrapbooking! Natalie didn't really care for the sand. She warmed up to it after a day or two, but between the sand and the wind, she just wasn't a big fan of the beach.




















There was a lot of squinting going on in some of those pictures. The wind was just so crazy as you can see evidence of that too. Our family photo was not the best, but that's real life! That last one is of Telah's three kids and husband. I think it's the cutest picture! Caught just before they went over the walkway out of sight.