WRAL gardens

Every year Jen and I try to catch the tulips blooming at the WRAL gardens. This year I think we were a little late, but they were still pretty to look at. Despite the chilly day, Micah enjoyed running around and playing in the fountain. All in all, it was a nice break during the work day!

Growing baby bump

The baby bump is becoming more obvious every day!
These pictures are the first we have taken right at 15 wks.





I'm slowing starting to feel better and am getting some energy back. I think that I'd feel even better if it weren't allergy season, but hey, I'd have to deal with that regardless. We'll find out what baby Babbs is on May 4!

Ticker

Well, the baby news is blog official! I added the baby ticker to the left hand side of the blog. More details and pictures to come soon...

Baby on the way...

I bought this frame to use as a gift but after I discovered that I was pregnant, I decided to keep it for us. This is how I told Nick we were expecting. I wrote the message and put it in the frame. The funny part was that when I took the frame out of the package, it had cardboard stuck to it, so when I showed Nick I said, "Look we're going to have to take this frame back because it has something on it." (I think you can see it in the picture) Well, he was so focused on the piece of cardboard that he didn't even look at what was in the frame. Then all of a sudden, he got a big grin on his face and asked, "really?". I said yes, showed him the positive test and the rest is history!

These are the gifts I made for the new grandparents. They were thrilled to say the least!



We're almost 12 weeks along now and I'm looking forward to the 2nd trimester, feeling better and having more energy. Here's a peek at baby babbs from our last visit...



Of course we think our little bean is just precious and are looking forward to the journey ahead with anticipation and excitement!

In Loving Memory

We lost apart of our family on Sunday afternoon. Peanut was 16 yrs old. Although we knew this day would be here sooner than we had hoped, it is a sad time for all of us. Please say a little prayer for my Mom and Dad if you don't mind, they were with him when he said goodbye.

We miss you already "BIG DOG"!!!

Sweet Friends

Before Christmas we had the chance to meet up with the Hurley's while they were in town, so we invited the whole gang and made a dinner out of it. I forgot my camera so thank you to Kim and Miranda for posting these pics...

Happy 2009!

Nick rolled into town from Alabama just in time for a late dinner on New Year's eve so we went on a double-date with my Mom and Dad. It was a good time and we enjoyed a delicious meal at Rucker John's.





Hope you enjoyed the holidays like we did. I intend to post recap pictures of our Christmas' soon.
(I know, like you care, but humor us!)