Space Shuttle

We just got back from our trip to Florida to watch the Space Shuttle launch.   NASA is important to Bobby therefore it is important to me.  We help each other accomplish our dreams, check off items on our to do lists and most of the time it ends up being fun for both of us!  I can honestly say that I would never have thought to go watch a space shuttle but I am so glad that I did.  A truly amazing experience. 

And this isn't even the largest shuttle!

My baby heard a space shuttle!

Since the shuttle launched as scheduled, we had a few days to kill in Florida.  We spent a little time at Disney and watched Cirque du Soleil La Nouba. Phenomenal.  The performers were amazing! I wonder how they started?  A little 5 year old boy with a passion for juggling is now a performer in a million dollar production?  Proof that you can follow your passion, even if it is the trampoline!

Kitchen

We redid our kitchen a few months ago and I never showed you the pictures.  It hasn't made me a better chef but it has made me a happier dish washer.  We are slowly but surely ditching the early 90's vibe we had going on in our house.  Sometimes I can't believe that we have a house! I really do love the fact that I can paint my walls magenta if I want(and I did!).  Being a grown up does have its perks!

Before

Eric (our fab realtor!) and I posing in the attack of the 90's kitchen

After

  Much better!

Before

White is good but not when you have 2 dogs!

After

Awe, dark tile....the dirt just blends in!

Before

Just changing the knobs makes a huge difference!

After

We changed the white outlet plates to bronze since this pic for a more cohesive look. If you just buy one plate a week you can redo your kitchen in no time! The same thing with knobs.

Are you sure?

The last few weeks continues...

2 weeks later

Real life conversation
Bobby, Dr. and Me

(Waiting on the Doctor)
Emily: Are we sure I am pregnant?
Bobby: How can you not believe a picture?
Emily: No, I know...its just hard to believe.

(Dr. Allen enters room)

Bobby: You may need to tell her again. I'm not sure she believes you.
Dr: Girl, did you not see the ultra sound?
Emily: Yes, I saw it.
Dr: And?.....
Emily: It's a baby in there.
Dr: Thats right, a baby. Don't worry honey. Just give it a few more months. You will feel somethin kickin around in there and you will KNOW, oh girl you will KNOW and you will be thinkin.... now that ain't my lunch!

And so the journey began.
Beverage of choice: Ginger ale
Favorite 4am snack: Saltines. Crumbs in the bed, get used to it.
New hobby: Naps!! Lots and lots of naps.

Maybe Baby

Let me catch you up on the last few weeks of our life.

Actual Conversation:
Approximately 8 weeks ago
Props: A stick.

Emily: Umm....I think something is wrong....
Bobby: What, did you miss the stick?
Emily: No, it has 2 lines...I think its broken.
Bobby: Okay, well try another one then.

Props:  One stick, Huge glass of water....two sticks, HUGE glass of water...three sticks, empty box.....

Emily: Maybe they are defective.
Bobby: Maybe you are pregnant.
Emily: No, I'm pretty sure we bought a bad box. Do sticks expire?  They are probably expired.
Bobby: Probably you are pregnant.
Emily: Eh well, we'll see.
Bobby: Yes, we'll see that you are pregnant.

Crafty

I'm baaaaack!  I have been super busy making a baby.  Making a baby err growing a baby...that sounds better.  I think that this baby is going to be super creative because it has been sucking all the creativity right on out of me!  Also, I am not so good with secrets so I just figured silence is the best medicine for a big mouth like mine. But secrets out, all is well and we are tracking through the second trimester.  So I am back...well, at least for now.  Excited, I have a new topic to add to life and the to blog.  This is quite a new subject for me and I can't wait to share it with you!

image from ibreakplates.com

Easter

Ever have those moments where you just can't get it all together?  Well, I have been having a couple weeks filled with them!  It seems like one thing after another is seriously cramping my style, and I am not just talking about the velour track suit that I have worn for 2 weeks straight. I'm talking about life people.

We came up with the idea a few months ago to have my parents come to town for Easter but to not tell my sister and surprise her.  It was so fun and so so hard to keep it a secret.  I think that all my energy went towards not ruining the surprise and not towards well....Easter.  Of course, the meaning of Easter was not lost on me and the truth of Christ's forgiving love but my normal routines like groceries, baking cookies, coloring eggs for the purpose of ruining to create deviled eggs, cute cute decorations and bowls filled with candy on every flat surface...those things.  But let me tell you, I am blessed.  I am blessed with not only wonderful parents but also wonderful in-laws!  When I decided to host Easter I had it in the bag but when it came right down to it, I was more scattered than a chicken.  Is that a figure of speech or did I just make that up?  Basically, I invited my inlaws over for Easter and then had them bring all the food.  Yeah, that is what happen.  I was mortified and I'm still feeling a bit guilty about it as I type.  Would you like to come over to my house for dinner, oh and can you bring the dinner? What a mess I am!  Of course all my family, inlaws and those that birthed me, are wonderful and made me feel like this was a perfectly normal practice and that I shouldn't think otherwise.  In fact, I didn't even realize what was happening until the night before when I didn't know what to make cause everything was already taken. So this is my shout out to the family!  Thank you for not holding it against me.  Thank you for coming over to my house and doing all the work.  Thank you for making this Easter work out to wonderful!

Choices

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Always be open minded. 

The difference between tragedy and comedy is perspective.

-Jason Reitman