Snow 2009!

Family photo in the snow!

A Beautiful home!

Ryleigh had a great time in the snow. She was not so sure about it first thing this morning but later she went out and played in it all day. We took these pictures after Alycia got home from work. Brad and Ryleigh enjoyed a fun snow day! Now we get to rest by a fire!

Ultrasound pictures

Here are the pictures from our most recent ultrasound, 22weeks. She is growing!

Ryleigh's favorite activities

Ryleigh has a tradition when I get home from work each day and that is waiting patiently for Brad to drive into the driveway. She takes her spot at the window and waits for his car to come up the road. I always know when he is coming up the road, she stands up on the sill and starts wagging her tail and when he pulls into the driveway she runs full speed to the door, barking anxious to greet him. I may help her out some days by telling her to go watch for Brad. Today she got the opportunity to try out a bone that she got for Christmas. I say the pictures tell the whole story.

What a busy week!

I had a great birthday and can't hardly believe that I am 30! Yikes! It was great getting to celebrate with friends and Brad. Brad and I went to a Duke girls game last Friday with my parents. We saw Claire, on of Brad's former students, she is a cheerleader. On Monday I went to the doctor for a checkup. I got an ultrasound to measure the growth rate of the baby and she is growing. She is measuring a week behind were I am and that is ok, I might have a small baby. She was moving around alot in the ultrasound. We got to hang out with the Mehaffie's and share dinner with them last night! Little Isaac is soooo cute! We are looking forward to the long weekend. I hope to get a picture of the baby up soon.

Happy New Year!

We had a great Christmas! We were able to head to Whitakers to see Alycia's family and went to a great Christmas Eve sevice with the family. On Christmas morning we found out that we are having a little girl! We are so excited and we are working on deciding on a name. On Christmas day we headed to Richmond, VA to visit with Brad's family. I had a cold throughout Christmas so I yucking through the all the traveling but was a trooper. On Saturday night we arrived home to do laundry and repack to head to Boone, NC. On Sunday we left with my parents and group from their church to head to Boone. On Monday Brad and a portion of our group hit the the ski slopes. It started out icey but Brad enjoyed his time on the slopes especially as the day went along. I stayed behind and took the rest of the group shopping. Then on Tuesday we headed out the the Samartian's Purse warehouse to sort, examine, tape, and pack shoe boxes. Brad got to go through the boxes to make sure their were no items in the boxes that needed to be taken out. I got to fit the shoe boxes into larger boxes. Trying to get 14 shoe boxes per box, which was challenging like putting a puzzle together. We finished all the boxes they had at the warehouse early and headed home. Tuesday was Brad's birthday so when we got back to Raleigh, we headed to Johnny Carino's for dinner and then headed to check out a movie. Finally home for a few days of rest.

Happy Birthday! Ryleigh

On a second note our sweet girl Ryleigh turned one on Dec. 19th and enjoyed some Frosty paws!

Happy Birthday!

Merry Christmas 2008

Sorry for my long absence of blogging. Our computer is dying and I don't have the patience to post pics. We are getting a new for Christmas so I hope to update pics then. We are going to be traveling to Whitakers and Richmond, VA to visit family starting tommorrow until Sunday. When we went for our doctor's visit the baby is looking healthy and developing well. The ultrasound lady was able to tell the gender of our baby and gave us an envelope with a pic and the gender typed on it. We are going to open it on Christmas Day so stay tuned. We are excited to hear that we are going to have a nephew by Brad's brother in May. Have a Merry Christmas!