Remember When............

Where have the years gone? Its funny sometimes I hear a song or find an old birthday or Valentine's card or something and it triggers not only the memory of the day but sometimes there's so much more attached to the memory, like where we were, what we did to celebrate, if I was pregnant or not (ok that one's a bit sad), who was with us or where we were living. Its fun to remeber things like that, sometimes....other times it can make me a little sad. Well the other day it was a song rather than a card that triggered my brain. We took the kids down to a cave last Saturday and on the drive we put the iPod on and listened to some music. We played random songs for a while, whatever the kids called out from the back but then we found our way to an old album of Alan Jackson's and a song called Remember When played. He wrote the song of course about his life, recalling all he had done, both the good and the bad and that it takes both to bring us to where we are now. Well it got me thinking about how far we have come in such a short time. Its hard to believe our first 'baby' is 7 1/2 and will be starting 2nd class (grade) when school starts back again, how did that happen? Ty and I celebrated 11 years married this month and again the same question comes back to me, how did that much time pass already? It still is so vivid when we met...ok maybe not the night we met but our first few dates anyway. It seems like such a short time ago that we got engaged and mom and I picked out my dress and we stuffed and addressed envelopes for the wedding, how could it have been 11 years ago? We've done a lot in these 11 years, we moved, what seemed like, very far away from our family to a city where we knew almost no one then 8 years later had made some of the best friends we could have ever made! Then we really moved far away from family and friends this time and again have made some very good friends in a relatively short amount of time. It's amazing how things work out. We went thru such a trial leaving CO but it brought us 1/2 way around the world, something we had only talked & dreamed about before! And now we've already been here over 2 years, our 3 kids are in school everyday and now have another one the way! I can only guess where we will have been lead 5 years from now, only time will tell!!!!

We're gonna have a Christmas Baby!!!

Went last week for an ultrasound and found out we have a due date of 23 December which puts me almost 16 weeks along now. That was really good to hear, since we weren't sure of dates, even though it is just an estimate, it's still nice to have some type of an idea of when to expect the new little one. It was also good to 'see' him/her moving around in there and swatting at the doctor that was pushing in on my stomach/his or her little home. We got a great view of the perfect little spine and the doctor took measurements of the abdomen, head and length but that's about it because the baby would roll over off his/her stomach. I go back in October so maybe we can see more then. Not sure if we will find out the sex yet or not. I am doing ok, still feeling pretty yuky in the afternoon/evenings but I keep trying to convince myself it is getting better. I hope it is and that I don't have to have this through the entire pregnancy. All in all though really I don't have much to complain about, we are both healthy and that is a huge blessing!!! While laying down to try to rest today I think I might have felt a little flutter, can't be certain but it made me smile none the less!!! It's such a cool feeling!!

Let's see we've had so much going on, we moved houses (and with that lost our fast internet connection and now have dial up again) and my dad and step-mom came over for a visit. They stayed about 2 weeks and we all had a really nice visit! I think we spent of the time that they were here in the car...I'm pretty sure we drove all over Ireland...or so it seemed. They got to be here for the Girls' dance recital too which was HUGE to them!! They were so excited to have their grandma and grandad here for they're big nights. The recital was a great success which is especially amazing considering the chaos of the rehearsals. Thankfully everything went smoothly and most importantly that everyone had a great time! Of course we had the greatest, cutest and most wonderful dancers in the show! Obviously!!! ;o) We don't have any video (weren't allowed) but do have some pics...but will have to upload those at the office later.

Ok....so I think that's about it for now....more later