14 Weeks

We're going to try to remember to take a picture every month or so until I have the baby. At 14 weeks, my pants are starting to not fit and I just got my first pair of maternity jeans!

Gino's Race Duathalon

Justin did a duathalon today- 2 mile run, 14 mile bike, then another 2 mile run. Last year we both did it, but this year, Bo and I were the cheering section. Justin did awesome, finishing second in his age group. This race is one of our favorites, so here are some pictures to tell the story....

The Bathroom Project

After long last, we are finally redoing the bathroom. We ripped the disgusting carpet out a few months ago, and now we're knocking the 1970's style tile off the walls, putting up wainscoating and painting, not to mention fixing the plaster and other interesting things that we keep running into. This has definetly been more of a project than we thought! It seems that the people who live here before weren't very good at home remodeling projects, so whenever we do something, we have to FIX it and then redo it!

Oh well, soon it will be beautiful!!

First Baby Picture!

Here's a picture from our first ultrasound! How cool! The whole time we were watching, it was moving its arms and legs almost as if it was running! It was really funny and amazing to be able to see this little baby- its actually real!

Heartbeat

We had our first pre-natal appointment last night, and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! It has a heartbeat! It was so amazing to hear what sounded like a train chugging along- both Justin and I were so surprised and excited to hear this little baby growing inside me for the first time. It was awesome! How amazing that we are able to hear that- even more, how amazing to hear how God is knitting together this little baby... this is WILD!

PS- we have an ultrasound later this week- I'm really looking forward to that!

Big News

Well, after a few weeks of not feeling so hot for an unexplained reason, and a few weeks of Justin saying to me "Are you pregnant?"... about two weeks ago we found out that yes, in fact, I am pregnant! We were shocked by the pregnancy test (so shocked that I did it again... and again...3 tests all together...), and a few days later headed to the doctor to find out if it was true... it was! So, we're gonna have a baby! They haven't nailed down an exact due date yet, but the best guess is March... so, stay tuned for more info!

Back to School- for both of us!

Lampeter-Strasburg High School is back in session... so, my summer of relaxing and having a grand 'ol time has come to an end... back to reality. I'm teaching two American Government classes and a World Culture class this semester- so far they seem like they're going to bee good groups of kids, but its far too soon to make those kinds of judgements!

Also, I should mention that Justin is back in school as well. A few weeks ago he gave notice to his company that he was planning on leaving to pursue a Doctorate in Physical Therapy- which translates into about 3-4 years of school. Though his company asked him to stay on part time for a year, he started classes at Harrisburg Community College last week where he will be for a year getting his science prerequisites in before applying to PT school next fall. His schedule includes Physics, Anatomy and Physiology and Biology... his academic advisor called it the suicide schedule! So, pray for him!! :) We're confident that this iswhat God wants us to do right now- better to spend a few years in school now than 40 years in a career that he hates!