It's a GIRL!!!!

Finally we know. We went to the doctor last Wednesday with much anticipation. She did not want to cooperate and the doctor was willing to be patient and continue to try to see her girly parts. The baby just wanted to sleep on her tummy with her arms behind her back and sitting on her knees. After much jumping around and bending over, she finally moved. We were told that everything looked great and she was measuring exactly on target. Here are a few of her pictures, finally starting to look llke a real baby. Next week we will be halfway there!!!!!


18 week Profile picture.


Her girly parts.


Her 3D picture, still just bones.

Baby update!

We have three more days till we find out the sex of the baby. I will be 18 weeks pregnant and all is going well. Finally starting to show and finally starting to feel good. I felt the baby move last week in the middle of the night, but nothing since just hoping everyday it hurries up and becomes a regular movement. I will update on Wednesday when we know more.

Steelers in the Superbowl

Okay, I know they lost, but we still had fun. As everyone knows Frank can't just have a simple party. Of course since his beloved STEELERS were in the Superbowl, it had to be special. He made pulled pork barbeque, homemade barbeque pizzas, and hoppin johns. I made small cheesecakes with yellow food coloring and we had black and yellow tortilla chips and salsa. Frank ordered Smilies from Pittsburgh. These are iced cookies that are sold at a restaurant in Pittsburgh that we always go to called the Eat and Park. Here are some of the foods from the party.


The table full of food.


Homemade Barbeque Chicken Pizza


Black and yellow mini cheesecakes


Smilie cookies from Eat and Park in Pittsburgh.

Atlantic City

So again it has been a while since I have posted. I finally found the cable for my camera to be able to post the pictures. We went to Atlantic City in March and had a
great time, although Vegas is WAY better. We won some money and lost even more. We ate great meals and walked a ton! We flew to Atlantic City and did not rent a car. So we walked everywhere up and down the Boardwalk everyday. Then on the last day we figured out how to use the public transportation system there, call the Jitney. They are small buses that stop all over town for about two dollars. All in all we had a great time. It was cold and rainy in the beginning of the week, then by the end of the week it got up to about 50 degrees and there were people in the water surfing.


Frank at the Trump Taj Mahal.


Me at a casino showing the history of Atlantic City.


The Wild Wild West at Ballys. The cart in the picture is a three wheeled cart that are pushed up and down the boardwalk all day and night. The people who push these carts are very aggressive, you are asked every few feet if you want a ride. Very annoying.


The surfers and ocean view from our hotel room.

New addition!!!!!!!!

I know it has been a while since I posted. I now have HUGE news to share. I am pregnant!!! We wanted to wait a while to announce this big news, to make sure the baby was healthy. We went in for an ultrasound at 7 weeks and the baby looked like a kidney bean, not much for the non parents to swoon over. Now we have a better picture at 10 weeks. The arrival date is set for October 4, 2011. it is going to be a hot summer (UGH!), but it will all be worth it. The last three months have been difficult with nausea that lasts all day and fatigue like you would not believe. Not to mention the other big/sad events that have occured. Frank's dad past away in January and my grandfather passed away in early February. Hopefully, now that the first trimester is almost over, I will have smooth sailing. I will keep you posted. Here is our pick of the little baby. Currently the size of a lime!!!

Merry White Christmas!!!!

Frank and I headed to Alabama to visit with my family for Christmas. We left North Carolina on Wednesday before Christmas and stayed until Tuesday after Christmas. Everyone woyld have thought that going to Alabama would have been a warm Christmas. However, on Christmas morning we woke up to a couple of inches of snow!!! It flurried all day Christmas day and the next day. Addie and Quenton helped their dad build a snowman, then Addie was tired of being cold and wanted to come in.

OB was prepared in her coat but not very fond of the snow either. OB was terrified the whole time of Sierra and Jae's dog, Bryant. Bryant's head is the same size as OB's whole body. She was beginning to warm up toward the end but still not very brave. Addie loved OB, she kept calling her "little girl".

In all we had a really good Christmas, with lots of fun games with the family. Christmas dinner was great! We all got lots of really good gifts.

I am very much like my mom. I brought my camera, but forgot to use it. During the New Year my new goal is to take more pictures! This blog will be the proof to show I have acheived my goal. Here are the couple of pictures I did manage to get.


This is what we saw when we woke up Christmas morning!!!! Who would have thought, in Alabama!


Quenton trying to figure out how to move while all bundled up. He was a little unsure of the snow at first.


Addie making a snow angel.


Me and Addie posing by the snowman. She was really proud of the snowman face. Putting the face on was her job, we used a carrot and M&M's.

Christmas 2010

Frank and I will be heading to Alabama to Sierra's house for Christmas this year. It will be quite an experience for him. He has never spent Christmas with my family and he is in for a surprise. Sierra is bad enough with presents but I hear that Addie is just as bad, if not worse. Busting with excitement!!!! We will be packing the car and taking OB with us on Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Will update soon with pictures from the trip. Merry Christmas!!!!!