How is our August is going...

Hey everyone! I meant to post sooner, but alas I have discovered the joys of morning sickness, which, has nothing to do with being in the morning. Dave and I have been able to find some time for fun, however, and we managed to get in a trip to Nashville. Of course all we could afford to do was stand outside the Grand Old Opry and look at it, and take a stroll through Opry Land Mall (which is the spitting image of Great Lakes Crossing, by the way) but it was still a good time! So here are some goodies to feast your eyes upon!Here we are on our way to Nashville. Dave is singing his heart out in case you were wondering.

Hmmm...I think this place might be pretty famous. I don't know though, it has to do with country music. And we all know how I feel about country music.

We also have a picture of a pretty man sitting by a pretty garden near the Grand Ole Opry.Like Great Lakes Crossing, the Opryland Mall has one of those huge hunting and fishing stores with real waterfalls and live fish. I don't recall any displays of children playing with guns in the Michigan store, though.

Well that is pretty much all I have from Nashville, but I did have a request from a young cousin of mine to see a picture of a real army guy. Luckily for him, I happen to know one of those.

Hmm...Is he taller than the front door?

Last but not least here is a belly update for us all. Don't worry, I'm not showing. What you see is entirely bloating and fat, ick. This is seven weeks, time is flying. (Hey Dani, my baby has less of a tail now, hehe.)

Baby Pool

Here is something fun for everyone to do regarding the baby.

This link will take you to our baby pool, where you can make guesses about our baby's birth.

Our Baby Pool

A new addition

Well, as most of you now know, the May family is about to grow. I got a positive pregnancy test two days ago, which was a happy surprise. I thought I had started my period. I had the usual signs, sore breasts, sleepiness, moodiness, and even some brown spotting. I waited and waited for the crimson wave to show but the it just didn't! So I had one pregnancy test left. I had been testing all month due to my sore breasts, which by this time I assumed was just PMS. I decided to take it. Dave looked at it, said nothing, and tossed it to me. While it was sailing through the air, I said something along the lines of, "you can just tell me it's negative." But I looked down, and lo and behold there it was!!!

We were nervous, excited, scared, thrilled, a million emotions all mixed into one. We decided we just tell our mothers and sis for now. But then my mom begged,"please,please let me tell Aunt Mary." I said alright, but the next thing I know, Jerry is calling me up, "mom says you have something to tell me and she can't tell me!" So I realized this little secret just would not keep.

I called the Dr. (I had already had a well visit scheduled) to find out what to do. I was told by the nurse in the general clinic, "well I'm going to cancel this appointment because you won't be needing it. I am going to transfer you to the OBGYN clinic. Congratulations." The OBGYN clinic told me that I was about 4 weeks along, with my due date being around April 12. At my first appointment they will give me an orientation, and set up my appointment to hear the heartbeat. (The the thought of a little heart beating inside me made me cry happily.)

I started to worry that maybe one test wasn't enough. What if it was wrong? I decided I better take one more, just to be sure, and here it is! Two lovely pink lines.

I am doing pretty good, just a little sleepy and very hungry thirsty. We are both very happy to be parents, and can't wait to meet our little boy or girl. I will keep everyone posted and let you know how things are moving along. Just for fun, I thought I would try to post pictures of my belly every couple weeks, so we can all watch it expand together. So here it is at around week 4.

And finally here is a the gift I got from my very thoughtful husband. For all my hard work getting myself knocked up. (HaHa.)

Yeah for furniture!

Here are some photos of our little townhouse. So much love to everyone who helped us out with furninture and household items.



Here is the living room. We don't have a ton of space in it but everything fit nicely. I especially love the fireplace and all the wrought iron decor! On the other wall is three bookshelves loaded with books.





Look at the lovely donated couch, coffee table, lamp, stereo, tv tray and vcr. The only thing I had of my own was the TV and DVD player! Dave hung that mirror over the fireplace so high that even he can't see it.



Ahh the kitchen. The washing machine is behind that little closet door you see there. Thanks for that table Aunt Pam and Uncle Fred, and the little kitchen hutch, Mom and Dad May!


Ummm....yeah, don't mind Dave he got a little too excited with the kitchen utenils. There is a widow above that sink which faces into the backyard.

Here is our bedroom. We took a few other shots of it, but they came out pretty blurry. It's a pretty large bedroom. We fit in it a queen size bed, two table stands, a chest and dresser, a guitar, hope chest, stand alone mirror, and jewelry armoire and still have plenty of room to walk around.

This is the command ceter. (AKA office/extra bedroom) We have our lovely donated desks, as well as an extra queen size bed where anyone

who would like to visit us can sleep (hint, hint). Don't worry we'll kick Regan off.

Ok so, here is the outside of the house. The forest I am standing next to is our backyard. There are also shots of our neighboorhood and my garden.

And finally some lovely photos of our babies.

Smokey and Leia hiding under the bed from their new baby sister.

Regan likes to sleep by Daddy's boots.