It's a little icy outside!

Tuesday, January 27th was Adam's birthday and we spent it doing all the things we said we would, just with a little more rain and slush surrounding us. Adam had a great time going to Taco Bell for lunch, seeing a movie in the theater and having dinner at BBC. For all activities Adam appeared unscathed by the weather and very happy to have Mama, Daddy, and Adam together for his birthday since I was home for a snow day. He even fell asleep in the car on the way to the movie and woke up happy to keep going. (He stayed up the night before until 11 pm, in bed, playing with his new Star Wars Mighty Muggs.)

It wasn't until 2 am on Wednesday morning that Adam realized how bad the weather was outside. He was awakened by pop, crack, wheeesh, bang sounds as the limbs around our house broke under the weight of the ice.Now that he resides in the attic of our house he quickly woke up when one of the limbs fell on the house and made a terrible crashing sound. As we continued to hear limbs fall we all decided that it was in his best interest to not spend the night in the attic.


The next morning we awoke to no power, a very cold house, and rain/ice still falling from the sky. We build a fort of cushions and blankets on the couch and talked about all the things that didn't work in our house because of no power. One of Adam's favorite games was to jokingly walk up to something and say "Mama, does ____ work?" After about the 5th item I looked at him funny and he said "No, it needs electricity" while smiling.

Once the temperature in the house got into the 50's we packed up and headed to Chris' Mom and Dad's house in Lexington who had power. We took a few pictures before bailing on the house for a much warmer one. Hopefully we'll get to go home soon to a warm house and continue with our preparations for Rachael!

What Princess am I?

You Are Ariel!

Headstrong and fiesty. You have a mind of your own that's full of romantic dreams about the world around you. Exploring exotic places is your ultimate dream, and although you can be a little naive you'll realize that there is something to be gained from your family's wisdom.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Update...

So far things are going very well with this pregnancy. Despite my long absence it has thankfully not been the pregnancy that has kept me from writing a blog post. Life happens a lot and I haven't gotten the chance to check my blog in some time. Tomorrow will be the beginning of week 30, only 10 weeks to go! It's really hard to believe that we're this close to having Rachael here!

We've gone through a few changes since November.
1. We have a new president!!!!!!!
2. We had a great Christmas with our family and traveled to Goshen, (ok it's only 35 min. but still) Lexington, and Swansea, IL!
3. Today I took the GRE in preparation for a Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis at Spalding here in Louisville, KY.
4. Adam moved to his new room in the attic and now officially has the coolest room in the house.

Here are a few pictures summing up the last few months.


Me at 27 weeks.

Election and Post election day excitement!

These are some pictures from yesterday afternoon as we celebrated our vote for Barack Obama and John Yarmuth. Later last night Adam watched election coverage with us before bed and then Chris and I of course celebrated greatly when they both won!

Baby ... girl!

We had another opportunity to go to the doctor on Wednesday for an ultrasound. This one was a little more special than all the others because we found out we're having a girl! We were also able to find out that everything with the pregnancy is normal and there's nothing to worry about at this point.

We've had some fairly concerning complications with pregnancy this past year. First with the miscarriage in May and then with this pregnancy at 6 weeks with the blood clot in the uterus. This turned out to be a minor setback but when I was going through it and still even now I'm having a hard time realizing that everything is ok and we can actually plan for her to come in April.

Here's a picture of our little acrobat.

Grad School

One thing I've been thinking about since I graduated college is going back to grad school. I've put it off this long because I've had a job that has been extremely fulfilling and another degree won't change the status of my job any. Also there aren't any programs near us that offer what I want and Chris has been in school full time the majority of our marriage and I really didn't want to go back with him in school too.

Now things are changing. In January I'll be required to be supervised by a BCBA monthly which I can understand why the board would do this and I think it's a good idea I just don't want to do this long term. A Master of Arts in ABA program is starting the fall of 2009 at Spalding University, a university very close to our house and it's a very short program. Plus Chris will be graduating in May and wants to take a little time before starting his PhD.

I was excited about this at first because I now have an opportunity to get a masters and the opportunity to learn even more in my field but... I'm not usually good with change, I like similar things and if prepared am ok with some change but this is pretty substantial. As I started looking into what I would need to do to get into the program I've become a little overwhelmed with needing to take the GRE (uh, almost 10 years out of college and a little rusty in most of the areas they'll test) and all of the other things I'll need to prepare with my admission packet (a professional writing sample...can I send in a behavior plan? =)

It will be a great opportunity, now I just need to organize myself, my family, and finances to do this.

Pumpkin Patch!

Both Chris and I love this time of year. The smell of fall, how it's cool but not too cold, and the colors! One of my favorite family outings that we starting doing last year with Adam is going to a pumpkin patch. In Southern Indiana Huber's family farm is not far from us and it's fun to do the hay ride out to the field and pick out a pumpkin.

Growing up in Oldham County hay rides and picking pumpkins, strawberries, potatoes, blackberries, and various other crops my family grew are all part of my memories from growing up. Now that we live in Louisville and haven't found the time and energy to grow my own garden yet I love to expose Adam to some of the same memories through events like this one.

These are a few of our pictures from the day!