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BOY!!!


We are more than thrilled and are so truly blessed to have a very healthy baby growing! Yesterday we had our mid-way anatomical ultrasound and saw all of the wonderful, working parts of our baby. We also saw that we have a stubborn one who doesn't like to cooperate already (wonder who he gets that from... :) ) We found out that we are having a boy! We are so very excited! Tommy was excited to get a picture of him sucking his thumb-- we have such a cute baby :)

snow snow snow

the beginning of snow at our house! they say 1-4 inches. i'm hoping to be surprised! :)

I LOVE snow! Did I see a lot of last year? Yes. But yet I want MORE! I don't want what we had last year; I'll take a more mellow amount. I want a foot, and I want it when my husband is here! Not when he's away like he was last year. I know I'm very picky and I know that beggars can't be choosers, but I'm hopeful.

So here's to hoping for a foot of snow when I wake up tomorrow!!!

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you walk like a duck

How am I supposed to respond to that? So far during my pregnancy, I have heard some ridiculous comments and this goes towards the top of the list. Also at the top "you don't have a pregnant belly, you have a beer belly". Why would you ever say that to anyone??? Pregnant or not?! And that came from one of the cardiologists I work with. I am blown away by the things people say!

This is how today played out:
I was walking down the hall at the hospital going to see my patients and someone walked up behind me and said "wow, you're getting bigger."
me: "yes, I am."
guy: "you're walking different now."
me: "yes, I am."
guy: "you walk like a duck."
me: speechless.

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happy sunday

Do you ever really need a weekend? This was one of those times for me. I really just needed some time. Time to get caught up on things, time to spend with the hubs, time to work on my house, time to plan for baby, and time to organize everything in my life (like that could actually happen). But I had to work yesterday, so I felt like I had no time. Rather than pitying myself that I have to go back to work tomorrow, I realized this morning that I must choose to enjoy today. So to you and me, happy sunday! I hope today is long and filled with productivity and rest for you!

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a new year

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2011. Can't believe we are already 5 days into this great year. Lots of wonderful things are to come and we are so ready for them here at this home!

Thank you for sticking around and reading the BPS! Thanks for your support, and I promise to give the BPS my best shot this new year.




We were blessed to spend time this New Years with family and good friends. My family came up from Tennessee to visit over the weekend, and we had a wonderful time of hanging out and just being together.

Tommy, me, Mom, Lindsay, Bradley (we're missing Dad here he couldn't make the trip)


As always we had a great time with our sweet friends who cheat at Wii Family Feud-- just sayin.


Hope the New Year is treating you well!



Happy New Year photo credit here

budget, what budget

My plan for $30 a week is not working out; it's shocking, I know. It will though. I am determined. Quite determined. However, it will be after the New Year when it works out because last week my sister was visiting and this week, well I really haven't bought anything yet, so maybe this week I can meet that goal! At the end of next week my family comes. New Year, new goals, right? Isn't that what everyone does??



In the meantime, I've been loading pictures like crazy onto my computer tonight so a few to leave you with on this lovely winter evening just days before Christmas.

Tommy was baptized on Sunday and it was awesome!!


We had a Christmas party to wrap up Wednesday youth time. Family Feud was involved.


Tommy, little cousin Joseph, brother Bradley. Ice skating in Tennessee at Thanksgiving.


Family picture December 2010. It was really hard getting a picture with dogs participating. Eli had to be bribed with my water bottle. I can't imagine how difficult it will be with kids!


And my sister was in town for 10 days. I didn't get a single picture of her sadly but only have this picture of the aftermath. The dogs got really used to playing all day and being around people, so when we left them alone on Monday to go to work, we came home to a chewed up step. Their talent is unbelievable sometimes.

a different kind of Christmas

Christmas this year is very different. For the first time ever, I won't be going back "home" to Tennessee to spend Christmas with my family. We are staying at our new home in Maryland- just Tommy and me. I have to work Christmas this year. I'm off on Christmas day but have to work Christmas Eve and the 26th. The fact that we are not going to be spending Christmas with family and I will be working makes this Christmas feel very different. It will be hard and different and probably somewhat sad, but it will also be fun and exciting and new for Tommy and I to spend this special time together at our home. We also have wonderful friends who have invited us to have Christmas dinner with their family, and we are looking forward to that. And my family is coming up for New Year's so we will get to spend some of the holiday season with family.

I mailed packages today and am officially DONE with Christmas shopping!!!

Yesterday we had our monthly OB appointment, and it was great. We heard a nice, strong heartbeat. Only a few weeks until we see our baby again on the ultrasound!