15 weeks

1/7/09 15 weeks- Happy New Year!! I have been on vacation for a few weeks and am just returning to work. It has been a wonderful, much needed break. Christmas was amazing this year. We celebrated with the Barlows this year. Scottie and Rosalyn bought a new house near Gilliam so we spent our last holiday in the farm on EE. It is bittersweet because that is where I first realized I wanted to marry your dad. In the basement during hunting season when I saw him wearing his coveralls and boots with a smile. Anyway, we also went to Mama Nina’s for Christmas day and had a great time. The weekend before we went to celebrate with the Raileys at Uncle Phils house. Cousin Graysen is 8 months old and the king of the house. Granny Becky came in from Washington after Christmas and we spent a week shopping, eating and hiking. She also went to Dr. Green’s office with me and heard your heartbeat. She got teary eyed and was thrilled to know you were doing well. New Year’s Eve was fairly calm for us for the first time this year. We went to Native Stone Winery with Tracy King and Matt Plank and were home by 9:30 and barely made it to midnight. The times are a’ changing. J Uncle Brandon and future Aunt Melanie also got engaged on New Year’s Eve after an 8 year courtship. They are planning a wedding after you are born. This will be another year of weddings. Travis Norris and Elisha Oberle also got engaged near Christmas. Both your Dad and I were asked to be in the wedding on 9/26/09. Hope you are ready for a babysitter by then. Christmas Day was the beginning of a new chapter of this pregnancy. My nausea went away and energy has returned. I feel great and can’t wait to feel you move! I may have felt you move during the 14th week but am not for sure. I was lying in bed and felt a tiny tap in my abdomen. I have been dying to feel it again! My best friend Kate (Bilger) Topping, came down last weekend to begin work on your room. She is a great artist and helped pick out colors and drew a tree on the wall behind where your crib will go. We will have our sonogram to find out if you are a boy or girl on February 11th, right before we head to Vegas for a get-a-way.