A Farewell to my Friend

I just wanted to properly wish my dear friend Sarah a fine farewell! Sarah Clark (next to me in the middle) left MI on 5/22 to move back to her roots and her family in Kentucky and will be starting a new job at "Save the Children". She worked with me at Hilliard Lyons and Raymond James and was a dear friend of mine. I am such a sap in general and have an especially hard time saying good-bye to people and this time was no different. I have only worked without Sarah now for 2 days now but I feel like there is such a void at our office without her. I could not be more thrilled that she is doing something that means so much to her but I am selfishly sad to have her at a distance. I just wanted to say I miss you Sarah and I hope that your first day at your new job goes awesome! Love you girl!

(Also in this picture is Tina and Kathy whom I love to work with as well!)

The Official Baby Bump

This is for all you out there that do not get to see me on a regular basis (especially for you Shawna:) I have been hearing for weeks from everyone that no one can tell I am pregnant so here is some proof that I in fact have a bun in the oven!

It's a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am finally writing in to announce the news that we are having.... a baby girl! I wanted to blog last Thursday when we had our ultrasound, but I wanted to wait until my Dr's appointment today to hear if all was okay. The Dr. said that if there was a report card, the baby would get an A+ (which we are not surprised about considering who her parents are:) The ultrasound was one of the most amazing things that I have ever witnessed in my life. I figured that I would just be bawling like a baby but really I just couldn't stop smiling - I was mesmerized by the fact that I was getting to see my baby for the first time...inside my stomach no less. It was bizarre seeing my insides so up close and personal. When the technician finally starting showing us the baby (after the excruciating pain of having to pee for like 2 hours was over), it was indescribable. Granted, we couldn't see every perfect little feature of hers, but we saw the basic outline of the new love of our lives. I did shed a few tears when I seen that little heart beating - the heart rate was at 143 - it was a sense of joy and relief. Its not that I had negative thoughts but I guess since my pregnancy has been pretty easy-going so far, I sometimes didn't feel very pregnant and was like - do I really have a baby in there? It meant so much to me and Brad to see her. The best part was when we had a really good close up of her face and she started opening and closing her mouth! To all you out there that have been through this before or have children now, maybe this sounds trivial, but my goodness, that was such a blessing to see! They said that she was 15cm and 11oz. Although that seems really tiny, she has never seemed more big or real to us. I am now half way through the pregnancy - 20 weeks! - and starting to feel some commotion from her - yea!!! I must say I am really enjoying pregnancy, but we cannot wait to have her out so we can meet her!