Our Purple Princess

Charlotte wanted more than anything to be a "purple princess" for Halloween. Maybe she was channeling Rapunzel?

 

Getting Ready For Halloween

Boy Or Girl?

All righty, folks. It's official - we will be finding out the gender of baby two on November 29th! That gives everyone just a little less than one month to vote (over on the right side of this page) :)

I've pretty much been feeling awful since six weeks (Zofran was my bestie for quite some time), but have been fortunate enough the past couple of days to actually feel somewhat human again. Have I reached the light at the end of the tunnel??? Based mostly on the all day nausea and vomiting, I voted "girl".

Stevens, however, is a firm believer that we'll be having a boy, despite seeing firsthand just how yuck I've truly been feeling.

Charlotte? Well, Charlotte is oh so certain that number two is a "sissy." Hands down. No questions asked. Stevens tries to fool her and will say, "When your little brother gets here...," and she'll respond - "Daddy! It's a little girl in there!" She doesn't miss a beat.

And then enters our little friend, the grasshopper (I'm sure you've been wondering about that photo up there). Well...

Just so happens I work on the 11th floor of a high rise. Not sure what made me turn around the other day, but when I did there was a grasshopper on my window! Did I mention I work on the 11th floor?

It kinda got me to thinking - how is it even possible for a grasshopper to be up so high? But, more importantly - why? And then I got to thinking about symbolism. Aren't grasshoppers supposed to bring you luck? A little trip to the Google fixed that...

"As a Chinese symbol, the grasshopper offers attributes of longevity, happiness, good health, good luck, wealth, abundance, fertility and virtue. In fact, grasshoppers were thought to be fertility symbols; specifically omens of the birth of a son (hence, another reason for its good luck symbol status as sons are considered prized gems within the setting of the family)."

Did you get goosebumps too after reading that?

So, what are you waiting for? Cast your vote! We would love to know what everyone thinks! You think maybe some belly pics would help?

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Burt's Farm

Continuing our new family tradition, we headed to Burt's Farm again, but this year Mimi and GrandDad were in tow! I'm pretty sure we ended up with somewhere around 25 pumpkins, all of varying sizes and colors (and no, I'm really not joking)...

 

The Good, The Bad + The Fantastic

There has been lots going on "behind the scenes" that I haven't really been ready to post about, until now. SO, here goes...

(The Good)
I have a new job and I start on Monday, September 26th!

(The Bad)
Just a few days before we left for our week in Hilton Head, I was laid off (August 5th to be exact). Shocking, yes. Did I see it coming? Well, probably...

Back in July, it was announced that the company I worked for was going to be sold. We all thought there wasn't much to worry about until a sale was final. Clearly, we thought wrong because my entire marketing team was let go. All on the same day. It was truly awful.

I honestly felt that I had finally found "the" place. The place that I would remain long term. And, my team. Boy oh boy. My team was fantastic. It was so hard to let go because of them.

I guess you can say vacation couldn't have come at a better time. And, while on vacation...

(The Fantastic)


We found out we are expecting our second child! Charlotte is going to be a big sister! A positive test on August 10th, confirmed by doctor on September 2nd. This is our first "official" announcement and I have such goosebumps while writing this :)

We're due April 10th and are currently 11.5 weeks. We just couldn't contain ourselves any longer. Charlotte already knows and is super excited (more on that later!)! Our first ultrasound is below...



...and here is an early glimpse at my already growing belly (10 weeks and 5 days)...



The look of the blog has been updated too! Lots of (good!) changes going on all over the place! Be sure to check out all of the NEW links under "Find Your Way Around" (on the right)!

Singing In The Rain

Weekend With Uncle Ado

Uncle Ado came into town for the Eagles/Falcons game. Charlotte couldn't have been happier...