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We are Preggo!

 

Cell Phone pic that we texted to friends to let them know.  

How we told our families

 We are so excited to be expecting!   We couldn't wait to tell our families.  We went to my parent's house the same day as my first doctor's appointment, which was July 3.   I had to come up with a pretty elaborate story to explain why we were coming up on a random Tuesday, when we had just been up there that weekend.  My cover story went something to the extent that I needed to borrow mom's crock-pot for a cookout we were having on the 4th.   The story also involved me picking up a cookie cake for her that she could take to a 4th of July cook out the next day.  Here's the cookie I picked up. 

Mom looking at the cake trying to figure out how it was appropriate for the 4th of July.  

A few seconds later when she realized.  (Michael had been sitting at the table eating the hamburger.  He jumped up to get the camera when she came in to look at the cookie.  She had been doing laundry, thus the basket.)

 

When she called to tell my sister at work her side of the conversation went like this, "I'm having a baby!"

     Since the  4th was on a Wednesday this year, and Michael's dad pastors a church, we couldn't get down there until 2 days later on the fifth.  I made t-shirts for 4 of Michael's nieces and nephews.  I left Baby Titus out who was only a couple of weeks old. The girls' shirts said "I'm gonna be a cousin".  The boys' shirts said "I'm gonna dig my cousin."  I got that idea from a friend.  Michael did a great job sneaking the kids out to put on the shirts.  They ran in straight to Michael's mom.   It took a little explaining to her because she knew good and well that the kids didn't have  any cousins, Ha!  I'm kicking myself for not getting a closeup picture of the shirts.  Because these four rascals are hard to photograph!   

   My dad is working out of the country so he got an email asking him to call.  Kind of boring but the best I could do under the circumstances.   

   It was a lot of fun telling our families because they were all shocked.  Too cute!

Coming Soon

February 28th to be exact....

Ultrasound at 5 weeks and 5 days (not 10 weeks as it says)

Eastern State Penitentiary

One of our favorite things while visiting Pennsylvania was the Eastern State Penitentiary.

Maybe Michael and I have a morbid side but we both found the rumbles of this first penitentiary interesting.

The inmates were in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day.  The Quakers felt that all men had good within themselves and they needed time alone with God to find that good.  I guess they didn't read Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

The guards would even wear socks over their boats so that their footsteps could not be heard.

 The gate to the medical wing

 A replica of Al Capone's cell...

  

Philly Vacation

    Last week, Michael and I were able to fly and spend a week in the Philadelphia area.  We actually stayed in New Jersey but it was a close drive.  We had a great time.  It's nice to be able to get away and spend time alone together. 


    This post is going to be picture over-load, so don't say I didn't warn you!

This is where the first congress met and President John Adams was sworn in.  

Upstairs where the first Senate met.   

The Outside of constitution hall.  

Inside  Constitution Hall where the constitution was put together.  It was super neat seeing this piece of History.

 

 

 This is where George Washing set leading the meeting.  The back of his chair has a sun.  There is a quote of Benjamin Franklin saying something to the extent that all during those weeks he couldn't decide if it was a rising sun or a setting sun.  Once the Constitution was signed he decided it was indeed a rising sun. 

  

Obviously  this is Liberty Bell.

 

 

Betsy Ross' House.  We toured the inside.

 

 

Our only picture of us from the whole trip :(

 

 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art...."Rocky Steps!"

 

A statue of Lincoln honoring the signing of the emancipation proclamation.  He was left handed.  :)

 

Benjamin Franklin's Grave

And finally our hotel.  :)


That's the majority of our pictures from the city.  I'll post a few more vacation pictures soon.  Thanks for enduring to the end :)

Fireworks on the 4th

Steve (My sister Punky's boyfriend) and Michael took turns being photographers.