The more pregnancies you have, the more aches and pains you get earlier on.  With this pregnancy, everything was completely different than with my first full-term pregnancy.  I didn't know if things were going to go as I hoped in that I had some pretty scary bleeding/spotting just a few days after receiving the positive pregnancy test.  My hopes ( Read more... )

Knowing when to expand your family is a difficult decision to make because you are always weighing the options, risks, and benefits.  Financially, physically, emotionally... are you ready?  We had finally decided after our daughter turned three that we were as ready as we were going to ever be.  So, we tried.

It was a week before the end of DCA ( Read more... )

It was a beautiful, sunny morning as we lounged in bed, enjoying the fact that we were going to sleep in that day. I had been feeling some Braxton-Hicks in combination with a slight backache for about a week, and the day before, as I ran around town with the colorguard and met with friends for a delicious dinner of eggplant parmesan from Scalini's ( Read more... )

It was finally time, we had decided. We felt that our relationship had finally reached that stability quotient we were concerned about earlier in the year. We had experienced some very trying times, and while the going was tough, we somehow made it through with our hands still steadfastly clasped together. While some aspects of our lives weren't ( Read more... )

I know you are keepin' it real up there in heaven, spinning that rifle like there is no tomorrow. You better be putting on that "Toxic" by Britney show up there in heaven. And I know you're up there encouraging everyone else to give colorguard a try. :) I can't believe you're gone. And I'm so sorry I never was able to say goodbye like I should ( Read more... )