"He's gonna be a soccer player...he is...he is!"

Well, here it is! Our baby's first picture. Yes, that is baby not babies...and for that we are very grateful! This sonogram was taken at 7 wks on Dec. 1st, with the little fella measuring in at a massive .95 cm with a heart rate of 153 bpm. How amazing, that a baby, not bigger than a grain of rice, would already have a beating heart. Only God could pull that one off. Amazing to see it on video! My official due date is July 21st, so I still have awhile to go. We covet your prayers for health, safety, and contentment for mom, baby, and a very supportive husband (who has never looked so good as when he is doing dishes, laundry, dinner, vacuuming, and even cleaning out the kitty litter box). For all you dads out there...kudos for all you do. God bless!

Bright and Shiny

A few bright and shiny (a Gray's Anatomy reference for those fans out there) moments of my week...
*Finding out we are pregnant (Hooray!...My 3-yr. old nephew has officially brought back this exclamation as a part of his everyday "excitement"vocabulary)
*Hearing everyone shriek as we spread the good news
*Putting our house on the market
*No parents yelling at me during ARD meetings (yes, this does happen to bright-and-shiny-Lisa)
*DVR-No Commercials!
*Christmas lights
*I heard my first official Christmas song on the radio
*No work ALL next week!!!

May you have many bright-and-shiny moments as you head toward Turkey day! Enjoy!

Coming this summer

Sorry for the delay in this post, but our computer has been a little quirky. Anyway, Andy and I found out officially on Tuesday that we are expecting our own little Adkins sometime this summer. That's right, I'm PREGNANT! We are both very excited, but we won't know more details about my due date until my first official doctor's appointment. We will blog our updates as we know more. In the meantime, keep us in your prayers...

Babushka Lucy

We lovingly refer to this sweet picture of our ever-curious 85-lb. baby as "Babushka Lucy."
My mother was irritated about how her fabulous dishcloth that she had given me had landed on the top of Lucy's head. However, Andy and I were quite entertained with Lucy trotting loudly through the house with this get-up on. We were even more entertained with her eagerness to have her picture taken. (Believe it or not, this is actually one of many from this particular picture-taking session).

I thought this would be an appropriate post-Halloween post
since Lucy sadly had grown out of her Police officer costume that she so gracefully wore last year. This is as close to a Halloween picture that we have in our house. Andy and I were unsuccessful in our attempts to come up with an idea for a costume, so we elected to go as ourselves. When I asked my 3-year old nephew what we should be, he very excitedly said "a DUCK!"

I was all for it, but Andy wouldn't go for it...

If you have them, post your Halloween pictures!

Offically a blogger...

Yes, I have been sucked into the oh-so-enticing world of blogging. I thought it would be simple to set up, but let's just say I have been sitting here long enough that my lap is become dangerously hot from my very frustrated notebook. I think I may have to enlist the help of some of my more professional blogging co-horts. I think it will be fun to post pictures and comments about our usually exciting life! Hopefully this will become an easier and less painful process. Regardless, even if I am a little reluctant to join in the latest trend (because they seem to be just that, trends), I just couldn't resist the allure of "the blog." Well, here we go...let the blogging begin!