Some Sad News

A few weeks ago we bought a little computer armoire

so that I didn't have to look at the perpetual mess of

cords and things. (you know of what I speak!) Well, in 

the process of putting our computer back together my

poor husband dropped our external hard drive aka:

all of our pictures! He's done several things to try to recover

our files but to no avail. He even looked into sending it in

to a data recovery business...well, it's not pretty. Basically

we can shed a few tears and just forget about the last 

2 1/2 years of our lives (we had back up cd's through 2006) 

or we could cough up a thousand bucks. 

Needless to say things are a little glum around here. Poor 

James feels like crap and apologizes all the time. Of course 

it's all his fault and I make him own up to it by bringing me 

ice cream every day. 

(For those of you who don't know me that last statement was 

absolutely sarcastic!)

So, while you're reading this uplifting little tale, be glad that

you all have not procrastinated backing up your pictures!

Chicken Pox: a true story

While I should be mopping my floor and unloading

my ever full dishwasher, I thought I would waste some

time online. 

Yesterday, I discovered the most bizarre thing (well,

not the MOST bizarre). My baby, after being inoculated

no less, developed a lovely case of the Chicken Pox! I took

her in to her pediatrician to make sure and they told me it

was a yepper! Actually it was kinda funny because they 

snuck me in the back door, made sure the hallways were 

cleared, and then shoved us in a room. No waiting rooms 

for the plague riddled baby! I even got to park in the 

physicians parking area, which isn't much bigger than my 

driveway but still sort of special....I guess. And seriously, 

the whole ordeal lasted maybe 10 minutes. Can you imagine 

10 minutes at the doctor's office?! The thought never would 

have crossed my mind. Ah the perks of having a baby with 

a contagious disease.

Trip in a nutshell and other ramblings

So, almost all of our pictures from our trip are on

the laptop but I've been feeling particularly lazy

about transferring them over. For some reason I have 

terrible blogger's block with no pics. It's probably just 

because my brain is like a sieve. With out reminders 

I'm useless! Ah well. I'll do my best.

We had an awesome trip! For those of you who weren't 

aware, James and I surprised his parents. They had no

idea we were coming. I really worried about it but he

was completely certain that they would love it. I've 

decided that a person just needs to trust their spouse

when it comes to their family because he was right! 

They were thrilled and it was so much fun to see the

"what the" looks on their faces. We sorted through a 

bunch of ideas on how to storm his parents' house and

settled on having the kids ring the door bell. Martin

(James' dad) opened the door and was like," hey come

on in"....and then the "what the" face. It was classic.

I got a video of it but it doesn't do the moment justice.

We made a few stops that I felt were VERY important.

1. Ottovio's (Best darn Italian EVER!!)

2. Day Murray Music 

3. IKEA (Oh how I'd waited for the moment...it was better

     than I could have ever imagined!!)

4. the E.R (Madeline....what can I say more?)

Really the best part of the trip was getting to visit into all

hours of the night with everyone. I think that's what I miss 

the most. I really love my other family and I'm glad that they

sort of like me too. :) I'll try to get less lazy and post some 

pictures, but I'm not going to promise anything.

Oh, and on a completely different note, I just have to tell you

all (because I promised James that I would) that my brain has

taken a turn for the worst! The other day we were on a date

and I was driving...scary I know. Anyway, so I ran this stupid

stop sign that really didn't even need to be there, and James

was like: " Hey, did you see that stop sign?" And me in all my 

glory said, "No, what did it say?"  "?....uh...stop?"

Yah, my grey matter has shrunk just a few too many times!!!

Wish me luck.

Hey folks, there is this blog that I follow called

make it and love it. This lady is super crafty and 

always has loads of cute ideas. She's having a 

giveaway right now so if you're interested

click here.

Drum roll please..............

Well folks, the verdict is in and I'm pleased

to say that I am indeed pregnant. Surprised?

Yah I am too. I also am half way through this

thing and it still hasn't really sunk in for me.

Weird. Okay, no more beating around the bush.

We're adding another man child to our lovely

brood! Which is good because I've already bought

4 boy outfits! So, hooray for Spencer. :)

Blue or Pink.....or Yellow

I get to go in for my ultra sound tommorow morning

and I thought it would be fun to have one of those poll 

thingys. I've never had a poll thingy so this is the perfect 

opportunity right? Oh and by the way those aren't the 

names we're going to use....just in case you were 

wondering.