Farewell to the Durdles

Our very good friends the Durdles moved to New York this weekend. We had a weeklong farewell extravaganza for them. I personally am still in denial and think they just went on vacation but that can only last for so long.

They went ahead and gave me my baby shower gifts since they won't be here for the shower. Marianne made me two towel hoodies. Debbie, I think she may be taking over your trade :) They also gave us a baby bath and a camera so we can Skype. I think that will make it a little easier knowing we can have "virtual" face to face conversations.

We also had a sushi party for them as well. I was really excited b/c we could make sushi rolls I could eat. That is one food I really miss eating.

Below are some more of our group pics

George and Vicki's visit

Josh's parents were able to come out for a visit. We were able to take them to a plantation and we ate at some great local restaurants. It is really nice to have them for a visit.

16 weeks

Here is my 4 month picture. I'm not showing that much and can switch between my normal cloths and some pregnancy clothes. I'm sure in the next month I show a little more.

14 1/2 weeks

I went in this morning for my second ultrasound. They did this one a little early b/c they needed to measure my cervix. With the type of ultrasound they did we could only get one viewpoint of the baby but I should go back for my 20 week and hopefully find out if it is a boy or girl. I was beginning to wonder if there really was something growing inside me b/c I 'm not really showing all that much. But when we watch the ultrasound the baby was moving around. At one point we saw it move it arm back and forth from its mouth. In the picture you can see the side of the baby. The ribs and backbone are visible and the head is on the right. I am not as sick as I was but I seem to recently be having some slight nausea, especially if I don't eat every hour.

We're Expecting

On President's Day weekend we went to a beach house with some friends of ours. That Sunday night we came home b/c I wasn't feeling well. In the middle of the night I woke up really sick and it scared me b/c I almost blacked out. So ER here we come. While we were there they let us know there might be a reason for this sudden illness. I was pregnant. It was a total surprise to both of us b/c I wasn't even going to do our monthy check until the next week. Josh and I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year and a half. Well the next two weeks were great. I felt fine and could eat whateve I wanted. Then....another late night attack of extreme sickness. Back to the ER...this time they ran all kinds of tests just to make sure nothing else was wrong. I was about 6 weeks then and until 9 1/2 weeks I was extrememly sick. I am now at 12 weeks and feel much better. I still have fatigue and every once in a while I just won't feel good but it is sooo much better than before. I go for another ultrasound in 3 weeks and there might be the possibility of finding out if it is a boy or girl. I thought I wanted to be surprise but I don't think I can handle many more surprises. So I will keep everyone up to date now that I have passed the 3 month mark I feel a little more confident.

June Elizabeth

My sister had her first child this past week. She went in to be induced but shortly after she got there they ended up doing and emergency c section. Mom and baby are doing well and back at home. June sleeps all the time, except when she is eating and mom is getting use to changing lots of diapers.

2009 Flowertown Festival 10K Run

This is Josh's second time to participate in the 10 K run. He ran it in less than an hour (55.47) this year which was an improvement from last year by about 7 minutes. This is definitely not a past time I would enjoy but he really has a lot of fun with it.

What is a King Cake?

I can't believe how many times I have heard this question in the last week. I guess I have taken it for granted the culture of Mardi Gras that I grew up with. To me when this time of year comes around I think of parades, beads ("throw me something mister") and king cakes. I mean we even get out of school and work for it. So I gave had to try and explain what a king cake is which was actually a lot more difficult than I thought. I have it explained it as a round cake (but not one made with cake mix), it has a hole in it, icing with different colored sprinkles on top.... see my problem. If you have never actually seen one this description is just plain confusing. Well I thought I would post a picture on my blog for those who couldn't visualize it, probably due to my confusing description. Oh and did I forget to mention it has a baby in it!

Christmas 2008

My Pictures start with New Years Eve and work backwards to Christmas Eve. Okay so let me first explain this first picture. Josh and I were sitting on the couch at our friends house and I was trying to take a good picture of the two of us. So I would hold the camera in front of us and take the picture look at it and decide I didn't like it and I would tell Josh what to do for the next picture. So after about six tries I give him further instruction for how to pose and when I turned the camera around to see how the picture came out this is what I saw. I laughed so hard I couldn't catch my breath. I have to say it was the highlight of the night. We made sushi that night and we had a great time hanging out with our friends.

A few days after Christmas we went to the James Island Festival of Lights to drive through and see the lights and to roast marshmallows and make smores. I haven't done this since I was little so it was a lot of fun. I know I can't handle as much sugar as I could when I was younger b/c after 3 smores I was done.

Vicki (Josh's mom) sent this to me. I thought it was really cute.

Christmas night we went to our friends and played Apples to Apples. This is a fun game that can get some pretty interesting answers.

Christmas Eve was our annual party at the Tucker's. We had a lot of fun but were exhausted from our Christmas Eve service at church.

Ranger's First Christmas

Merry chirstmas

SNOW in Louisiana

There was a rare snowstorm in La. Here are some of the pictures my sister took.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with friends. Josh started off the day with our first annual Turkey Bowl. Some of the guys from church started a game at 8 in the morning and the ground was still frozen. I stayed at home and started cooking. I make my broccoli salad, Paula Dean's Creamy Mac and Cheese (cooks in the crockpot), homemade potatoes and Peanut Butter Fudge bars. We had a lot of food and dessert. We are grateful that we have such great friends to spend our holiday with.

Beach Pics

We went with the Durdles last weekend to the beach to try and get some nice pics. It was actually too sunny and the pics didn't come out like we wanted but we may try again next weekend. Here are some of the pictures we did get.

Getting ready for the cold

So I got a little worried about cold weather coming and wondering if Ranger would go outside. I found this little jacket at Target for 2.50.

Here is his reaction to his fitting.