It's time

For some reason, I have been hesitant to throw my hat into the blogging ring. I think I worry that it will take too much time and frankly after sitting at a computer all day at work the last thing I want to do at home is sit at my computer. I know my sister's answer to this is to blog while at work, but I don't have the luxury of a private office, so that's out.
My line has always been "well, when we have kids, we'll get a blog" since that seems to be what many people do. Well folks -- I started a blog, so you can guess what that means... we're having a baby too!!!

Yes, we are THRILLED to announce we will be expanding our little family in August 2009. The official due date so far is Aug. 8. We've been slowly letting the word get out. I started by telling Derek (of course!) on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I bought a copy of "What To Expect When You're Expecting" and the Willow Tree statue (I collect these) called "New Dad." I put them in separate gift bags and told him to pick one, but that they were both kind of for both of us. He picked the book and I believe the first words out of his mouth were: Are you serious? We were both excited, and understandably nervous. Below are some pictures of that evening's celebration complete with sparkling cider.