Snow and Baby Pics

About two weeks ago, we had some crazy snow in Macon! It ended up being about 5 inches and it was beautiful! Belle especially loved the snow, she would even fetch a snowball! She had a blast!!













































On Monday after all the snow, one of our friends offered us a sneak peek ultrasound on our little one. David and I were both off of work so we headed to see her and it was awesome! The baby was moving all around, stretching it's arms and legs and even sucking his or her thumb! It was awesome!! Here's a few shots:







We headed back for our 14 week checkup with our regular doctor and everything looked great! Baby's heartrate was steady at 158! Yay!! We head in March 8th to find out if we having are little boy or a little girl!!

Gate and Arbor May 2009

When we got Belle I knew I had to do something about the small vinyl fence on the side of our house. I decided we would tear the vinyl fence down and put up some 6 foot dog-eared fence boards. Then I saw a picture of an arbor incorporated into a backyard fence entrance and thought it would look great on the side of our house.
I priced the pre-built arbors at ACE, Home Depot and Lowes and the cheapest one I could find was around $500 for a decent one. Of course like all other hard headed home owners I thought – I can build that! So I begun getting my materials together.
Of course I first contacted my inside hook-up for materials, my dad. He put in touch we the good guys over at Warner Robins Supply in Macon. I get the bulk of materials from them for around $110.00. Below is the items list:
- 4 – 4x6 10’ beams
- 15 6’ dog-eared fence boards
- 12 8’ 2x2 spindels
- 2 - 4’x8’ ¾ lattice
- 1 – 2x8 12’
- 2 – 2x6 16’
- 8 – r12 joist straps
- 3 pounds of Deckmate 3” screws
- 1 pounds of Deckmate 1 5/8” screws
- 4 - 7” 5/8 carriage bolts
- 2 – 2x4x12
- 1- Align-a-gate kit (lowes $40)
*The tools used were all cordless 19.2 volt Craftesman skill saw, sawzall and drill*

Once I had purchased half of Lowes and Warner Robins supply, I began carefully removing the old vinyl fence. I say carefully because I intended to use the confederate jasmine growing on it once the new structure is in place.
I completed the installation and construction in about two weeks. I used a gate kit from Lowes to build the gate and it has worked great! The hinge bolts had to be adjusted a few times, but once they were in good we were in business.

I planted another Jasmine plant on the other side of the lattice along with a climbing rose bush (Don Juan-red).

Here are some pics from May 2009:

Start


Working......

















Finished Work!!!!







(I WILL POST A PIC THIS SPRING ONCE EVERYTHING GETS BLOOMING)

Ultrasound January 27, 2010

Lisa and I went in yesterday afternoon for another ultrasound. The news was great! She is further along than we thought 10 weeks 4 days. Also, the baby flipped backward on the screen when Dr. Slocumb moved the probe. It was freakin awesome! Another great suprise was getting to hear the heartbeat. It sounds fast!!! What does that mean? HEAR IT BELOW!!!!

Ducks!!!! MLK

Dad, Perry, Branden, Nicholas and I took off to Arkansas on January 16th. We hunted 2 1/2 days and ended up with 40 ducks and 3 geese. One of the gems of the trip was a banded duck shot on the second day - shot by yours truly. It was a great time and great fellowship (of course with awesome wine!! Thanks Nicholas).

We're Pregnant!!!

We still can't believe it but it's true... WE'RE PREGNANT!!! Here's one of the first pictures of our "Little Lee"



Back in October, we decided after two rounds of medicine with the doctor here in Macon without getting pregnant that we would just take a break. We decided we'd enjoy the rest of 2009 and maybe start trying again in 2010. However, the Lord had different plans for us! One Sunday in mid December I was sitting in church and I got an all to familiar feeling of nausea. I didn't think too much about it because it was happening the month after I used the medicine and sometimes that made me sick. But after all afternoon of steady nausea, I started to think maybe, just maybe, I was pregnant????

David and I decided to take a test that afternoon and I quickly looked at it and said no. But David looked at it and told me to come look more closely - there were two pink lines!!! David and I couldn't believe it!! We didn't know if we should cry, laugh, scream, pray.... so we decided the best thing to do was take another test! David went straight to Walgreen's down the road and bought the most expensive test and came straight home. Right away we saw two pink lines!! We're definitely pregnant!!

We really couldn't believe it so we took Belle on a walk around the neighborhood to let it all soak in. We're having a baby!! After we got back, we put a little tshirt on Belle and took her around town. She wasn't too sure what was going on but she was a good sport!



I think our families were just as surprised and excited as us! Over the next week, I went to the doctor three times to check my hcg levels and they were perfect! They almost doubled every other day which is right on track. So we were set up with an ultrasound for December 28. We had a wonderful Christmas and when we went for the ultrasound, we saw a beautiful baby with a heartbeat! Our baby was still very small, only 3.7mm, but we were already in love! The doctor actually said he thought the baby's heart probably just started beating in the past day or two. So we went home full of joy, a little less nervous and very excited about the next nine months!

Two weeks later we headed back to the doctor and our baby had grown a lot! Our baby was now 13.7mm with a strong steady heartbeat of 171 beats per minute!! We were so excited!! We were also officially released from the specialist doctor and we are now able to schedule an appointment with our regular OB! The doctor told us everything was measuring perfect and our chance of miscarriage was down to 5%, which is as good as it gets. We are so excited and so thankful for answered prayers!!

Races and Vacations

We have been busy since our last post! No good news on trying to get pregnant yet, but we are enjoying this time in our lives while we wait! David has finished an adventure race in Macon...



a sprint triathlon in Macon...








an Olympic distance triathlon in Mexico Beach, FL...








and we have been to Mexico to celebrate our fifth anniversary!!








David booked a surprise trip to a place in Playa del Carmen and we had the most amazing time!!! It was so nice to get away from everything in Macon and spend some time alone! It really was perfect!!



Here is our sweet Belle!! She loves being on the beach and she loves fishing trips!!!

Trying...

So a month has passed and here we are. I started taking the new medicine on Sunday and so far it's going pretty good. We are scheduled to go back to the doctor this Saturday to see how my body is responding to the medicine. We are so anxious!! Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we wait and as we start the exciting part of making a baby!! :)