New Name

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18 Weeks

Here's the porch pooch picture at 18 weeks-ish. (I'm not a fan of pregnancy math. I'm not a fan of any kind of math though.) But we had a doctor's appointment this week. It was a pretty boring visit. No ultrasound but we were able to hear the heartbeat. It was in the mid-upper 140s. It was sweet! The last two days have been wonderful! Hopefully, fingers crossed, the "swine flu" stage of this pregnancy may be making its exit!

I'm not sure what Burke was doing with this picture but you can see the baby from my angle. :o)


My mother-in-law gave me this Pregnancy Journal and it is so helpful for us. I'm not the greatest at journaling but it does have a section for the doctor's visits. We write down questions we have throughout the month for the doctor. It was so helpful at the appointment going down our list and knowing we hadn't forgotten anything! Thank you, Mary Beth!

While we were down there, we ordered me a new passport with my NEW NAME! We have most of the other paperwork done. But as we were walking back to the train, we saw the Eye.

Of course, we had to get a picture. I always think that I look more pregnant when I am standing next to Burke.

And baby shower dates are set! We have some great friends across the country!

Huntsville, AL shower- August 14

Austin, TX shower- September 11

Atlanta, GA shower- October 3

Can't wait to see everyone again!

Summer Treats

I haven't had any cravings yet but I do eat tons and tons of fruit. I love fruit even when I'm not pregnant but when I feel the nausea coming, I eat fruit. So when we got a food processor as a wedding gift (Thanks again, Watson family!), I started making fruit pops. These are strawberry/blueberry and strawberry/peach!


Burke is happier about them than the picture shows...I promise.

Quick, I mean quick, trip to Atlanta!

Burke had an overnight work trip in Atlanta, so I tagged along to visit some friends!

It was so wonderful to see Suzy and

Amy and

Kim, April, and RaDora! (Jessica, you were missed!)

I also loved seeing Merrilee, my most favorite hair dresser! She cut my hair and I got a great visit with her! Such a sweet friend. (Curly hair people get very attached to their hair dressers.)

And we were even able to get a quick cup of coffee with Mary Joy! It was a fast trip but so wonderful to see everyone!

Hollywood on Michigan Ave

Burke and I had to run errands down town again and we saw the Transformers 3 filming on Michigan Ave. We had seen on the news where they shut down Michigan Ave for the movie, but we forgot all about it until we were down there and saw this....


and this....


and then the helicopter....

with the parachuters...

Then they turned the cameras on us and said "action". We yelled, "help us transformers, help us."

Not really.

Honestly, we haven't seen the first 2 movies and more than likely won't see this one either. But the parachutes were cool.