It's a Boy!

Our baby: It's a...

Oops, can't tell you yet! These just went out in the mail today.

Family Vacation

We had a whirlwind family tour these past two weeks and we really enjoyed our vacation. We went to Florida for J's grandparents 50th anniversary and visited his other grandfather as well. Then we headed up to North Carolina for a visit with my parents. They kept B while J and I had a nice 3 night trip to the beach @ Wilmington. Then back to my parents house for one more night to pick up B and on to J's parents in South Carolina where we had a goodbye party for his sister who is going to China for 2 years. We had a great time, but it sure is good to be home. Here are a few pics, we didn't take a whole lot.

updates

Well, we were rained out the first attempt at the handmade sale and ended up still making about $60 overall. We had a REDO Friday and did well, but only sold 3 handmade things I think.

We are still going though. We are planning another in October and already have one person who wants us to email her when we are having it!

In other news, we are still awaiting the word on the gender of our newest little one--we will be able to find out soon after the 4th. We tried to convince the doctor to let us find out before our upcoming trip, but he wouldn't!

We are going to be going on some much needed vacation. In addition to going to FL for Jonathan's grandparents' 50th anniversary party and SC for his sister's goodbye party (they will spend 2 years in China), we will also be going to NC to see my parents. And we will be dropping off little B with my parents and heading to Wilmington for some Mommy/Daddy alone time!

We love our little B, but we are so excited to have some much needed date and relaxation time.

Check back after our trip for pictures and an update on my little lima bean. :)

Oh, also, I have the possibility of some wholesale business coming for my Etsy site and I am really looking forward to seeing what comes of that!

It's official

Well there are two things that are official.

1) Felt the first baby "kicks"! This afternoon sitting on the couch I felt the first flutters of our precious unborn baby!

2) The handmade sale is set to go. I've got a date, a location, and several participants! It's going to be Saturday, June 13th. If you are in the Birmingham, AL area and would like to come, email me and I will give you directions.

My baby is ONE!

We celebrated B's birthday last Saturday at J's parents' lake house on Lake Keowee in South Carolina. His aunts and uncles, great-grandparents, and grandparents were all there (with a few exceptions). We had a great time. We also celebrated Aunt K's high school graduations (congratulations Auntie K!).
Here are some of the cute pics--they are in reverse order, watch B get cleaner! Mommy and Daddy forgot to take pictures of opening the presents, oops! We had a Winnie-the-Pooh theme of course.

Talladega fun

Jonathan and I had a friend from college and his wife come to stay with us this past weekend. They came for the Talladega Super Speedway spring NASCAR race.

I wasn't looking forward to going, but I really had a great time! We got to see some great action and it really was a fun experience despite having black seats (really heats up your buttercup!) and being squished like sardines in the hot stands.

Stroller Dayz

My friend Tommy took these pictures of Benjamin when we went to the Alabama Veterans Memorial and shopping at the Summit. Love those feet in the air.

My little lima bean

Went to the Dr. yesterday for our new little one. We got a great report. I measured 6 weeks 4 days and my due date is December 4th. We got to see the heart beat too! Here are our first pictures, you can't see much, but we are so happy!

Woohoo! and Yikes!

We are expecting! :)
Due date should be December 3rd. We'll see what the Dr. says when we go.
Very excited and a little bit freaking out at the same time. B will be about 18 months+ when new baby comes.

Found Treasure

I went to a "Blessingway" last night for two women from our church who are about to have babies. A "Blessingway" is a rite of passage ceremony for various stages in a woman's life (like womanhood, marriage, children) that originated with the Native Americans. We shared our experiences, advice, and encouragement for these women and had a great time doing it.

Anyway, we were supposed to find beads that represented the women so they could make bracelets. While hunting through my house for some beads, I came across some great treasures!

I found 4 original works of art I painted. I am no painter, but I think I'll list them anyway. I also found a whole box full of stuff I have knitted or crocheted that I completely forgot about! Who knew?