A Welcomed Addition

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I've been waiting until today because I wanted to have a picture to go along with this post. We are so thrilled to announce that we are expecting a new addition to our family!! I am 10 weeks pregnant and the EDD is September 25th. We couldn't be happier and even though Will wants a boy, I know he'll be happy with a girl as well. Here's the first photo of our little muchkin. We saw the heartbeat and if you look closely, you can see it's hands and feet. At one point during the ultrasound, I swear he/she waved to us! It was a neat moment, especially since Will and Everett were there as well.


Pregnancy this time has been so different for me. Everett's pregnancy was an absolute breeze. No sickness, no nausea, no nothing. I haven't been as lucky this time around. I've had tons of nausea and there's even been vomitting as well (Which I'm really bummed about since I was going on quite the record for not vomitting - since 8th grade!). I'm looking forward to a smoother 2nd trimester, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

So now you're in on our good news! Any tips on handling two children vs. one would be greatly appreciated! Also, any name suggestions for girls, since between the two of us we've only come up with one that we even remotely like, and we're disagreeing on the spelling. Boys names we're set with, but girls?!? Yikes!

PS - And I would be remiss if I didn't give a birthday shoutout to one of my favorite gals, Jessica. Happy 27th!!! I'm always glad when Jessica's birthday rolls around since, for some reason, it doesn't make me feel so old anymore. I hope Scott and the kiddos treat you well today!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

As this is my second Valentine's Day as a mom, this commerical makes me giddy and smiley all over. It's for Publix grocery stores, which I believe are only in the Southeast. So to all my friends in the West, Mid-West, Northeast and anywhere else, enjoy!

Congrats to Will!

Will is in his last calendar year of school at Georgia State. And although we are both excited for him to finish, Will CAN'T wait to graduate already!!
And as some of you know, Will has had a long and illustrious school career, due to things like working to pay for his mission, his mission, his "tour de schools" out West, his accident, and of course, transferring to a Georgia school where he started with a whopping 12 credits to his name.
Also, as some of you may know, Will has chosen to major in Finance and go into the financial services industry. He wants to help people manage their money, plan for retirement, buy life insurance and invest. He has been looking at one company in particular and has had a couple of interviews as well. We are thrilled to report that Will has earned a paid internship with Mass Mutual! The internship has all sorts of perks, one of the main ones being that most likely, it will transition into a full-time job upon graduation. YAHOOOOOOO!!! Congratulations Will! We are so proud of you!

Three Years Already?!

If you're like Will and me, you can hardly believe we've been blissfully wedded for three whole years. Time really flies! Today was a much prettier day than three years ago when we were sealed in the Atlanta Temple. There are so many reasons I'm grateful that I'm married to such a wonderful man. We truly are each other's perfect complements. Not a day has gone by that I haven't been amazed by Will and thankful that we are eternal companions. But as this is our third anniversary, I'll list three things I especially love about Will:

1) He makes me laugh every single day
2) He loves to stay busy and rarely complains
3) He has such a strong, firm testimony of the gospel

For various reasons, we agreed to take our anniversary easy this year, with promises to do more in the years to come. So imagine my surprise when I found these waiting for me this morning:


Thank you Will for three fabulous years and here's to many, many, MANY more!