Lots of news...

So it has been a little while since we added to the blog and lots has happened! First, as a follow up to a previous post, I was able to get Karen's pictures of Julie's shower. No pictures of us during the shower, but rather in our natural state after the event in pj pants and sweat shirts--in sweat shirts Julie doesn't even look preggo:-) Also, the first picture is Julie opening the quilt that I made for her...

On November 11th, Amy and James welcomed Hailey Marie Howard into the world. Below is one of the first pictures of our Goddaughter! She is just perfect...and how hard do the rest of us try to get lips as beautiful as these??

Finally, our big news--Mark and I are expecting a baby! Below is the first picture that we have of the little one at 7 weeks old...now I am in my 17th week of pregnancy! We have a better ultrasound picture at 14 weeks that I will post soon, but wanted to get the first one out there. Because it was a grain of rice in this picture, we are calling it the Rice Baby. The Rice is due on May 22nd, 2009--the Friday before Memorial day!