David and I had a great time visiting with my family last week. We laughed, we ate, we shopped, we ate and did I mention we ate?!? I thought that surely I had gained back the weight that I had lost, but unfortunately, that was not the case. Whenever we got back into town I [...]

This afternoon, David and I are headed south to visit my family. I have really been looking forward to this trip for over a month now. I miss my family terribly and it will be great to be able to hang out for a few days. I am also looking forward to the food. I [...]

Above are pictures from our first sonogram. It was such a great experience. He or she was still for the first 30 seconds and then started moving about. “Baby” kept pushing his or her feet against the wall and then sliding. It was so awesome that I even had a couple of tears come out. [...]

I never thought that I would miss shopping at Wal-Mart. Over the past year I have realized how much I really appreciate the low, consistent prices that they have. The closest one to us is about 30 minutes away. And oddly enough it is not a supercenter!!! I didn’t even think that there were any [...]

As of today, we are 12 weeks along. The baby is about 2 inches long and weighs almost an ounce. His or her brain is growing rapidly which causes the head to be proportionately larger than the body. Crazy to think about huh? It’s also interesting to know that the baby has started to practice [...]