Introducing Elizabeth McLean Nash

Known to those who love her as "Liza".

On Wedensday April 11th Allen and I went into the hospital to get checked in - we were scheduled to induce Thursday morning. At about 10am Thursday morning my water was broken, the pitocin drip was started and labor pains began to kick in - "Owch" to say the least. Labor progressed slowly - later in the afternoon I was only at 3cm and the contractions were 2-4 minutes apart - I decided that an epidural was going to be a good idea. With the epidural inplace I was able to get some rest and let labor do its thing. at about 7pm the baby's heart rate dropped considerably and caused a bit of concern for the staff. I was rolled from side to side to see if we could get baby comfortable - the left side was the only place baby would let me be. The pitocin drip was stopped and my contractions subsided. Baby's heartbeat returend to normal. The doctor decided to try again, the pitocin was turned back on, contractions increased and again baby's heart rate dropped. This cycle continued until about midnight. Meanwhile, since I was on my left side all of the pain medication pooled on my left and drained from my right. I was feeling fulll contractions on my right side - yuck.

After 1am the doctors decided the only safe way to bring this baby into the worls was to have a c-section. certainly not my first choice - but a necessary one. I was quickly prep'd and rolled into the OR. One more round of pain meds - a Spinal this time - and I was ready to go. (I'll edit out the details of the section. At 2:23am after what were mearly minutes, yet felt like an hour, I heard the doctor say - here's a big baby, a big girl baby. Wow! A girl, my own baby girl. I couldn't believe it, she was here. Allen was there right by my side watching the whole thing, the doctor handed the baby to Allen and they went into another room to weigh and clean the baby. moments later Allen came around the curtain and I got to see the most beautiful little baby I had ever set my eyes upon. I gave her a kiss and she and Allen were off to the nursery for a few tests and her first shot.
As it turned out, Liza was quite stuck. Her head had tucked under (picture chin to chest) causing the back of her neck to present before the top of her head - no wonder she was stressed out with every contraction. The doctors even had a tough time backing her out to bring her through my tummy.
Now worries though - she is tough and strong - and very healthy.


Thanks to you all for your thoughts, prayers and blessings.
We hope to be coming to STL for Memorial Day Weekend to see family and friends.


See you soon
CJ and Liza.

Here comes Baby

Good afternoon family,
On April 1st, yes April Fools Day, little Baby Nash decided to play a nasty trick on mommy and daddy - we went into labor, or so we thought. Contractions were about 6 minutes apart and the doctor said to come to the hospital. Once there we were put on a monitor and indeed the doctor confirmed we were in labor. WOW! How exciting! We called our parents and I called my job to let everyone know that the baby is on his/her way. My mom took the first flight to Houston that she could get on and my Dad got his ticket ready for a few days down the road. Well a few hours later the contractions slowed down and the doctor said to go home, it might be a day or two. MOnday the second we walked all over Houston trying to get this baby to come. Needless to say it is now the 10th and still no baby. False Labor - nasty little trick. We put Mom back on a plane to STL and will wait until baby time to have her come back down.
I did stop working, however, and have had time to really get the house ready. Cleaning/organizing and resting have been the focus of these past days.
I went to the doctor for a check up today and I have been contracting for about 28 hours - all mild and far apart, only one or two an hour.
10 days have gone by and tomorrow evening I will go into the hospital - If all goes well and according to plan, we will induce on the morning of the 12th. So by the end of the week I should have a litte baby to hold in my arms. Mom will be here Thursday morning and Dad will come on Sunday. It will be nice to have my family here to welcome little Baby Nash to the world. Allen's family will come shortly after mine leave - so I will have no lack of help around the house while I am recooperating and getting used to the idea of being "Mommy".

That's all the news for now. Needless to say it might be a while before I get back to the computer to post a baby picture, but I am sure you all will be patient with me and understand my delay. I will get to it as soon as I can.
Thanks and Blessings to you all.
CJ, Allen and Little Baby Nash

37 weeks

Well, I am considered Full Term now, the baby can come any day. Baby has dropped, which makes breathing a little easier, but I go to the bathroom once an hour or so - thus making sleep difficult. It is rare that I get 2 consecutive hours of sleep in a night, so in an 8 hour night I might get 4 hours of somthing that resembles sleep.
Allen took me to the beach the weekend before last and I dug a hole in the sand, a nice big round one, put my towel down over it and plopped right down with my tummy in the hole - PERFECT! I actually slept pain free for a good hour and a half. Not a long sleep, but a great one! Every pregnant mother should have a beach near by. It was incredible.
I had a Doctors appointment yesterday and everything looks fine. The contractions have started, but only about one a day...Dr. Promecene says that I need to have more than one contraction a day to make the baby come :) I know, I know.
Allen and I have completed our birthing class series and now we are fully prepared to have a baby...right. Um, I'm still a little scared about the "making it to the hospital on time" part, a little insecure about the "being a mommy" part, and only slightly terrified about the "pain and pushing" part. Other than that we're good. I can change a diaper, clean a nose, and change baby clothes without popping off the head. I'd say I'm set. But somehow, I don't think a 6 hour class can fully prepare anyone for a full time baby. I am guessing there are a few things Nurse Laura failed to warn us about...But I am sure we can figure them out as they come along.
More to come
Blessings
CJ

33 Weeks

Well folks we are getting closer. This once little gummybear of a baby is now taking up all my space. I can eat 3 bites of food before I start to feel full, I can take a small short breath before my lungs have no more room, and I can sit in a chair for about 20 seconds before one of us gets uncomfortable - and I still have a little more than 8 weeks to go.
I had an ultrasound appointment last Monday and it went quite well. Everything looks good, bones are growing as they should, all the organs and arteries are functioning properly, I even saw the little one take a breath and change facial expressions - super cool. Everything is just as it should be. Baby is about 4.5 lbs (about two weeks bigger than the average gestational age) - so as I have said before we are not going to have a small baby. Here is a profile of baby's face and hand and a picture of baby looking into the "camera".


Baby's head is down and the fanny and feet are tucked under my ribs. My rib cage has expanded to make room for the baby which makes it hard to lean forward in a chair or slouch even the slightest bit.
This morning, as we were waking up the baby was starting to wiggle, and the little feet were strumming my rib cage, it actually tickled to the point of making me laugh. I never thought that I was ticklish from the inside - I learned something new about myself this morning. It was a crazy strange feeling - one I hope to experience again.
Watching my tummy move when the baby rolls over or stretches is a cool thing to see. Unfortunately it is over so fast I cant get Allen's attention quickly enough to show him. It definitely looks like something has possessed my belly.
I will try to write more frequently as things are going to start happening more quickly now.
Blessings
CJ

A South Padre Getaway - Not quite what we expected

Allen and I decided to take a weekend getaway to South Padre Island - Allen had a Soccer conference to attend and I decided to tag along, doing my own thing (sunning on hte beach, playing in the water, relaxing with a good book) while he was in the meetings. We each took a half a day on Friday and drove down to SPI, its only about a 6 hour drive. The weather man said there was a 10% chance of rain Saturday but it should be nice most of the time...WRONG! I was awakened Saturday morning by big claps of thunder, when I looked outside the parking lot was flooded, people were walking through ankle deep waters to get to their car, the palm trees were bending in the wind - 10% chance just turned into a huge storm system. I went to the dining room to get breakfast - they extended breakfast hours to accomodate the weather, how nice. the buffet was good - a little pricey, but its a hotel dining room.

After cleaning up and searching for something to do, I decided to go take the free shuttle to the lighthouse and museum. The rain had calmed down to a sprinkle and I had several hours to kill. So I grabbed one of those tourist map/shuttle route pamphlets and found the times for my shuttle. 9 and 39 past the hour...OK great I had 15 minutes. I asked the concierge what was good to see, and I was told that because it is off season, everything is closed except the lighthouse, museums and the mall. Well, I didn't need to go to the mall, so off to the lighthouse and museums it was. I gathered my things and waited at the front door (the schedule said the bus comes to the front door). at precicely 9 past the hour the bus drove through the parking lot and out again. Hmmm, it didn't stop at the front door, it didn't even come close to the front door. A little annoyed I retured to the front desk and asked why the bus didn't stop...well, it doesn't come to the front door, it comes to the parking lot, I would have to wait out in the middle of the now small lake that was once the parkinglot and flag down the driver to let him know I wanted on...oi.
I decided to stick around the hotel and wait for Allen to get out for lunch so we could eat together. We had really good burgers at a place called Black Beard's, and at 1pm we returned to the hotel. I got on the 1:39 bus and went to the Lighthouse and museum, the lighthouse was closed but the museums were cool - nothing fancy, but neat stuff to see.

While in the conference Allen found another friend from Houston so we all went out for dinner that night at a place called AmberJack's. The food was well priced and quite good. We reutrned to the hotel bar and were social until abut 10pm when I was tired and ready for bed.
On Sunday we had brunch with our Houston friends and headed out toward home.
All in all the weekend was nice. We got away from Houston and housework and got to relax for a while before the baby comes. Hopefully we can go back someday soon and really experience what the island has to offer.
That's all for now, an ultrasound update is on the way.
Blessings.

I am HUGE and I am HOT!!

And by hot I mean I am experiencing my own personal summer. While people in my office are bringing in space heaters and never taking off their coats, I am trying to think of an excuse that will allow me to wear my bathing suit to the office. I am so hot...Is this what menopause is going to be like? Oi.
One funny thing that is happening while I am so hot is I am drinking lots of very cold water. Well - ya know when you first take a sip of cold water you can feel the cold go down to your stomach...well I can feel it and so can the baby, every time I take a big drink of cold water a second or two later the baby jumps around, like to get away from the cold spot! what a riot! It reminds me of being a little girl and my daddy would come wake me up by putting his cold hands on my back, I would jump with a startle...that's what it feels like my baby is doing. I'm getting quite a kick out of it (pun intended).
I had a doctor's appointment today, and she confirmed - I am still pregnant dispite the nightmares that I was just putting on a fantastically huge pot belly. My belly measures 31cm - just right for 30 weeks. The Doctor said I was on track to have a 8.5-9.5lb baby...kind of what I expected seeing as Allen and I weren't what one might call small babies.
We are scheduled for our next Ultrasound on Monday 2/12/07 so be on the look out for more pictures.
Allen and I are going to South Padre Island next weekend so I will have a few pictures from our trip as well as from the ultrasound; I will write more then too.
Blessings.

204 days down 76 to go - give or take

Sorry folks for the long delay in blogging. I have simply forgotten about it until now. As you can see, I am even bigger still. The Baby moves, kicks, stretches and wiggles almost 24/7. There is no schedule for morning or nighttime - baby just moves all the time. While this means little sleep for me, Allen gets as much as he needs. Maybe Allen will take the majority of the midnight wake-up calls to make up for it...but then again, I am the food source so I will likely get up then too.

Christmas was wonderful. We went to St. Louis to visit friends and family from Saturday 12/23 through Wednesday morning 12/27. Then we drove to Topeka KS to visit with Allen's side of the family for the rest of the holiday week. Allen's birthday was Friday 12/29 - it was nice to spend his 30th birthday with his family. Although I was in bed with the stomach flu most of the time in Topeka, it was a good week.

The doctor sees me every 2 weeks now instead of every 4...we are getting close to baby day! I have one more ultrasound in 3 weeks - yes I will post the pictures then too. The baby at the moment is a little large for his/her gestational age, but so were Allen and I. We certainly aren't expecting a small baby.
Noah's Ark will be the theme of our nursery, although we have a long way to go before the nursery is ready for a baby, but no worries.


That's all for today, I will do my best to post more frequently.
Blessings

It's Almost Christmas...

The holidays are almost here and we are almost ready. We are planning on going to St. Louis on the 23rd and spending the Christmas weekend with my family. Then on the 27th we are going to dart over to Topeka to spend the second half of the seek with Allen's family. Allen's birthday is the 29th - He'll be 30 and it will be nice to spend that time with his family.
Things with the baby are coming along just fine. I had a Doctor's appointment on THursday after the ultrasound - Dr. Patrick was so funny, he didn't want to tell me last time, but he was really worried that my child was on the fast track to being the largest child he had delivered. After my 17 week ultrasound he hadn't seen a child so large - YIKES!! - however after the 21 week ultrasound baby slowed down a bit and is now looking like a good average sized baby - PHEW! I am sure glad he didn't tell me this on my last visit. He also is moving to Dallas, so I have to "break-in" a new OB/GYN - oi.
Hope all is well with everyone. For those of you in STL, I hope to see you at Christmas.
Love and Blessings.
CJ, Allen and Baby

More to come....

Baby Explosion part 2

Well the Ultrasound went well. Everything measured as it should - giving the doctors (and me) re-assurance that the baby will be normal. I love my doctor, and he loves ultrasounds, works for me. the more I get to see this little wonder the better. I have "seen" the baby 5 times and I am not quite 5 months along. one a month is a good rate. Hearing the heartbeat still brings joyous tears to my eyes. it is definately the best part for me.
So, here is are two new pictures of my little joy.




Hope your holiday planning isn't getting in the way of the Holiday.
God Bless
More to come.

Baby Explosion

OK, so it was only a few weeks ago that the baby bump appeared - and now I am HUGE! it's like I went to bed with a gummy-bear baby and woke up with a toddler.
My goodness, baby grows fast.
I have been feeling little bubbles of movement - but all inside, Allen hasn't been able to feel anything yet. Although now that the baby exploded I have felt the movement outside my belly as well - but no one has been around to feel it with me. so I am still the only one who has experienced this wonderful feeling.
My belly button used to be a really deep innie - but now it is really shallow, I wonder when it will "pop". Allen keeps looking to see if I am "done" yet. Like my belly button will pop up like one of those turkey thermometers.
I am going to have an ultrasound again tomorrow, so I will have more pictures to show you all. Hopefully I can get them posted this weekend. - Wow, that will be three posts in a week - a record for me.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
More to come.

21 weeks

Hello family,
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend - I hope you all did too. Allen and I went up to Dallas to visit his family. We left for Dallas at 5am Thursday and arrived at about 9:30. We visited with the family and had "Dinner" at 2. After such a wonderful big meal, we all promptly fell asleep until roughly 6 when we decided to go to the movies. We saw Casino Royale, the new James Bond film. It was good. I haven't seen many 007 movies, so I don't know how it compared or related to the others, but I liked it. It was a sold out seating, so we all couldn't sit together, but ya can't talk anyway. The movie let out at about 10 and by then we were all tired again.
Allen wanted to do Black Friday, so once again we were up at 5am, this time to hit the stores. They were a mad house, lines formed for blocks just to get into Best Buy. Allen had never seen/done Black Friday, so I was the supportive wife and experienced it with him. We "shopped" for a few hours - purchased nothing, but got a feel for the craziness. Lets hope he doesn't want to do it again next year.
Friday afternoon we went to Aunt Billie's and had another family feast. Yowzer I have eaten ALOT! And Friday evening we had a birthday party for me and grandma Dorothy. I got a cool baby book, Christmas guest towels and a sweater set, Grandma Dorothy got a cheese platter, small plates and some candies.
Saturday Morning we all met for a big brunch with some of Will's family, and we left at noon to head back home. We stopped in Conroe (about 90 minutes outside Houston) at an outlet mall that has a Motherhood Maternity store and bought a few articles of clothes. It is still Autumn here, and I don't have any transeasonal clothes. All of my bigger regular clothes I am no longer able to squish into, so we augmented my wardrobe enough to get me to Christmas when I have a feeling more will be coming.
Tracy (Allen's sister) gave us some baby things. I got a breast pump, bouncy chair, a little bassinet, and if we want it we can have Emily and Courtney's old crib. Courtney will be in it until April, and then transition into a big girl bed.
When we got home Allen and I moved some furniture around in the "office" to make room for a crib. As it is now, there is a corner of the room a crib can fit into - Hopefully we can make this a nursery with a computer in it instead of an office with a crib in it.
As for the baby, I feel the baby moving around quite a bit, but Allen hasn't felt it quite yet. Baby is still spending a good deal of time on my sciatic, but no problems besides. I go in for my next ultrasound on Friday at 1pm - Hopefully I will get around to posting the new pictures this weekend.

For those who have been asking, we have established two registries, one at Target and the other at Babies R Us - They are under CJ (or Allen) Nash; you will also be asked asked where we are - texas is the answer.
Blessings to you all.
More to come.
CJ

The next ultrasound

On Wednesday I returned to the medical center to have my second official ultrasound. The appointment was scheduled for 9am, but we were told to come 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork etc. Why we have to fill out the same forms every time I'll never understand. At about 9:45 they took us back for genetic counseling. I will be turning 35 during this pregnancy and that puts me in a high risk category - they wanted to let us know all of our options. Do we want to do an amniocentesis? Well we thought we did, until we were informed of the risks for miscarriage. I can't take that risk. Although the doctor recommends it, the test really is only for information on the health of our baby. We are going to keep this child regardless of it's health conditions, so why risk the child's life to satisfy our curiosity. All of our questions will be answered when the child comes into this world. Here are two ultrasound photos. the first is the profile, baby has it's little fist up by the eye. In the second picture baby is looking right into the "camera" - looks like an alien.


Work is coming along wonderfully. I love my little church. We had a Fall Festival on Halloween evening from 6-8pm. we decided to have the festival only 9 days in advance, so we had to work quickly. many people volunteered and made light work. Candy, drinks, food, decorations and prizes were donated by many right away. Come Tuesday evening we were all set up outside in the parking lot and over 400 children came through, played games and won prizes. We had a booth where the children (and parents) could make salvation bracelets and hear the Gospel!! the table was always full! Kids were lined up to hear the story and get their own bracelet. We brought in 400 corn-dogs and they were gone by 7:15 - each child received a ticket for one corn-dog as they entered the festival. We had a drawing for 2 bicycles (1 boy's and 1 girl's) and other fun contests. The kids had a great time, collected tons of candy and after the festival was over there was very little mess to clean up. No trash on the ground and even the bathrooms were in acceptable condition with no damage to them at all. it was a great evening.
Things are going well all around.
Thank you for your well wishes and prayers.
Love to all
More to come

My Dream Job and a Baby Bump.

Hello Family,
Well I have finally found my dream job. I am the Education Director at First Baptist Church in the Heights. It is a small church, only slightly larger than Brentwood Bible Church, and I love it there. They have only a few children, but part of my job is to grow the children's ministry. We are having our first big outreach event on Oct 31, a Fall Festival, with games, candy and all sorts of fun prizes for kids to win. Hopefully the kids in the neighborhood will have so much fun that they will want to come back.
My other duties wil include starting a program called DiscoveryClub, very similar to AWANA but geared for much smaller churches.
In other news, I have a baby bump. Yep, the little one is growing and I am showing. Look, see...bump.

I have officially moved into maternity clothes, and I have to tell you, I LOVE BELLY BANDS! those stretchy pannels that dont really match the rest of the fabric of the pants, but stretch over the ever expanding belly. They are wonderfully comfortable, even after a big meal, I can still fit in my pants. I love them.
Allen took his PE Exam on Friday, although things have been busy around here and he didn't have time to study, he feels that the results could go either way. We have to wait about 2 months to find out.
For those in St. Louis - our plans for now are to come up for Christmas. We should be there from the 23rd through the 26th, we will then head over to Topeka and spend a few days with the Nash's before we have to head back home. All of this will happen if I get the OK from the Doctor to travel.
Blessings to you all.
More to come

A scare and a trip to the hospital - We're OK

For those of you who knew, thank you for your prayers. For those of you who didn't know here is an update. (I will try not to be too graphic)
On Sunday October 1st, at about 2PM I started to have cramps and began to bleed pretty heavily. Needless to say I was terrified. I called the doctor and they wanted me to come to the hospital and directly to labor and delivery. (the wait in the er would have been 8+ hours). Allen was working, I called him and he rushed home to take me in. When we got there there was a team of doctors ready and waiting just for me.
They took my blood pressure, it was a little high for me, but still within the normal range. Then they brought in an ultrasound machine and checked out the baby. Allen saw the images first, "woah" was what i recall him saying. "did you see the kick?" the doctor asked. then they watched for a moment or two more and the baby was turning flips, rolling over and having it's own little dance-off in my belly. The doctor then said, "oh, Mom, you've just gotta see this" and she turned the screen my direction - a difficult task in this little room we were in. Oh my goodness, I have a gymnist growing inside me. Baby was moving all over the place. This was quite reassuring. They still needed to check my cervix, make sure it was fully closed. It was, and it still is.
The doctor printed out a picture of the slightly larger gummybear that is my child and sent us home with a few instructions, like "Take it easy" and "check in with your doctor Friday".
Assured that things were going to be OK, Allen and I left the hospital and headed home.

In the ultrasound photo you can really see the baby's profile, and it is deffinately a JONES profile, with that nose and that chin, there is no doubting that this is my child.
Thanks again for all your prayers and thoughts.
More to come
CJ

First Craving

OK, so far in this pregnancy, I have been sick to my stomach, eternally exhausted, and on some freaky emotional roller-coaster. I have had food aversions but no real cravings, at least not the kind that send Allen to the store at midnight for pickles and icecream.
that is until this week. All of a sudden I awoke from a nap and needed - like i need Oxygen - I needed a box of stove-top stuffing, the original chicken flavored kind, not cornbread, or turkey, but the original box of chicken flavored stove top stuffing. So Allen, the dear heart that he is, got up and went to the store. a few minutes later he was home with two boxes of chicken flavored stovetop stuffing. yum. about 15 minutes after he walked in the door, I was finished eating the first box. I saved the second for another day.
As for the belly aches, the past two days I have only felt really sick when I go too long without eating. Other than that I have felt OK most of the time. I pray the sick part is over.
more to come

11 weeks, Does it get better?

Hello family and friends,
It seems that although I am not having a difficult pregnancy according to the ranks of easy to difficult, I seem to never really feel well. Everyone tells me it gets better, I pray is does. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of having a baby, making one just isn't any fun. Baby has me hungry just about every minute of the day. and so far, no funky cravings, more like aversions. I don't like any potato product (earlier I couldn't get enough french-fries), Pizza is also on the do not eat list, additionally icecream, milk (unless it has coco-puffs in it)and chocolate candy. Although Peanut M&Ms are good. It's strange I tell ya, strange. I am always thirsty. I think the baby drinks a gallon of water a day, I can't seem to get enough of it. This then leads to the bathroom, golly, I thought I went alot before hand, sheesh, that was nothin'. So on goes life with a baby in my belly. It's harder than I thought, but everyone says (and I believe them) that it is all worth it.
The search for work continues. I interview regularly, but I am either over qualified for the receptionist position or under-qualified for the management spot I was looking at.
Life in the Nash Household is coming along. We have a few home imporvement projects we would like to get done before the baby comes (not including a nursery). We would like to put down wood floors and do something with the ugly tile in the bathroom. Outside we want to break up the concrete patio and sod the entire back yard (all 400 SqFt of it.)
This is life in Houston.
We will post more soon.
Love to all.....
CJ, Allen and Baby

Two new puppies

We finally have some kids of our own - ummm, puppies, I meant puppies - Cutten (the black stud lab mutt) and Hannah (the dumb blond basenji mutt). We found them in the morning of Saturday, August 20 on Cutten Road in north Houston. CJ noticed them while we were killing time and looking at houses in an open grass field. They were playful and seemed to be in good health.

They are both cute as can be, seem to be from the same litter, get along with each other and other people very well, but they have very different personalities. They are very shy around other dogs, Hannah moreso than Cutten. CJ and I will continue to try to socialize them at the dog park.

So, these two are our practice for the baby to come. Hopefully, they will be mature enough to have a baby in the house come next April 11, 2007.

Baby's First Photo

Hello again,
it is Friday afternoon and I am all tuckered out. I had my first ultrasound today and it was so cool! I got to the office a few minutes early, figuring I would have pages of paperwork to fill out, but that wasn't the case, they got everything from the main office and had it all done before I got there. So the doctor took me in early! can you belive it, a doctors office taking patients in early.
warm jelly was squirted onto my belly and the fun bagan. I got to see my little baby. s/he is so wonderful, so tiny, yet so powerful it knocks me out with ease.
when the doctor turned on the sound so I could hear the heartbeat - I wept, it was the most amazing sound I have ever heard. this little wooshawooshawoosha 170 times a minute. wow. i tell ya, it was awesome!
After the early and short visit I was given a picture to take with me and sent on my way.
More to come...

A Baby is Coming

Hello Friends and Family,
yes, the title of this entry is correct. We are having a baby. So far the due date is "early April". We are scheduled for an ultrasound on August 25th, and will know more specifically then.
So far I am tired all the time, the woozies come and go, and although cravings really haven't started yet, I am certainly far more picky about my foods. One day oreo cookies are good, the next...yuck. Saltines are about the only thing that haven't gone "bad" yet.
For those of you who live a caffine free life, I now understand your frustration with the food service industry. It is so hard to find caffine free soft drinks that aren't Sprite, I hate Sprite.
Allen is great, catering to my every need. and although, so far, this pregnancy has been nothing but uncomfortable, I am thrilled to be having a baby.

So keep on checking in, we will update this page every week or so.
If you are the praying sort, we could use your support, I need a job, and the baby needs to be healthy.
God Bless to you all

Photos of the Wedding

Hello Family and Friends,
for those of you wanting to see pictures of the wedding, a slide show is online. Unfortunately it does not work for MAC users. The Photographer put it together for us, and it is wonderful. Please visit the link to the right...in the links section. You might have to install a viewer, if so, once the viewer is installed, close out the web page and open it again...that should do the trick.