I deserve an award.

No really, I do! My life tends to be rather interesting as it is, but when my husband leaves it goes to a whole different level of interesting. Every.single.time.

Last weekend I was making myself lunch and talking on the phone to Shannon. It was a nice day so I thought I'd sit outside and enjoy my lunch. Gabbing away, I grabbed my plate, headed out back and shut the door behind me. Damn! At that very moment I remembered all our doors automatically lock every time you shut them. Yes, it's handy in when you arms are full but not so handy when you don't have any keys with you to get back in. Did I mention I spent the earlier part of the day retouching so I didn't bother getting dressed that morning. As in, I was barefoot in mismatched pj's and without a bra?! It was lovely!

Thankfully our bedroom window was still unlocked from the last two times we've managed to lock ourselves out of the house. I brought one of our patio chairs up to the window and climbed on through. I'm sure it was a site for everyone who drove by considering we live on a busy corner lot. I was so relieved though I didn't care. It sure beats having to knock on a neighbors door with the getup I had on!

I also removed two critters from our house on different days this week. I managed to do this without any screaming or any tears. This is a huge improvement for me! My dad and Randy will be so proud! I won't say how long it took me or how much hairspray was involved, but just know one didn't make it out alive and the other I assisted out with a broom. He just better not ever come back!

Friday night I went to the Time Traveler's Wife with the girls. Of course we all cried! Saturday Heather and I did some serious shopping. We went to Lowe's and did some damage in the gardening department. I planted all my flowers this morning so I will definitely be heading there again next weekend too! Right now I just have potted plants, but I have some big ideas that I can't wait to get started on.



I have a doctors appointment this Thursday. It will be the first time I meet with my midwife so I'm really excited! I think I felt the baby move once or twice, but I'm not for sure. I'm trying to be patient, but it's not easy for me! Here's a picture I took this morning. I'm 18 weeks, 3 days and I think I definitely popped this week. What do you think?

It's official...

I have finally decided to join the world of blogging. As if I don't already have enough things on my plate I've decided to pile this on there too. I don't know if I'll post once a week, once a month or maybe this will be the only post I ever make. Who knows? We'll just have to wait and see!

As you know, we have a sweet little one on the way. Today I was asked by not one, but TWO people when I was due! I couldn't believe it. Up until last week I barely had a belly and then one morning this week it was just there... out of nowhere really.

The first person was a female I was photographing at work and I was so shocked I asked her if I mentioned I was pregnant earlier in the appointment. She just laughed and said no. She said she could just see my round little belly. Then after lunch I was photographing who I thought was a surgeon. He called earlier in the morning and said he had an unexpected case come up so I told him to just come by when he was done. Turns out he was an OB doc. He then asked if I was expecting a little one! He was incredibly nice and turns out he's from Quincy. He said his parents just went to our hometown a few weeks ago to visit some good friends. What a small, small world!!

I've never stopped to think how'd it feel to have someone you don't know notice you're pregnant. I'm sure the lady thought I was just crazy by my reaction. Like she was the one who informed me that I was pregnant and that I had no prior knowledge before meeting her! Anyway, it was very very exciting for me. It also makes everything a little more surreal!