Ok, I'm a slacker!

I can't believe I haven't logged in to update our blog w/ all that's been going on lately! Its been a whirlwind few months for us, to say the least!

In late October, we welcomed a 3rd niece into our family (thanks to my sister Katy and her husband)! Megan is a beautiful little girl and so sweet and sunny- I'm so blessed she is in our lives and so close by! Thanksgiving weekend, another niece arrived, via my sister in law and Damon's brother! Josephina is a big girl-already wearing 6 month clothes as she is quite long! Her mommy went back to work today and its been a tough one, but I know they'll both survive!

In late October, I was diagnosed w/ a herniated disc in my back and began to prep for back surgery. The next week, the brakes were put on all those plans, as we discovered that I was pregnant! Talk about surprised!! While this baby was not planned, we are so grateful that it happened very easily for us this time and so things are going well. My surgery was postponed until January, when I entered the 2nd trimester, and I'm so glad I went ahead. The pain was horrible and the medicines were making me so ill! I went back to work 1/2 days after 3 weeks of being off and I feel great. I anticipate being released back to full duty sometime this week.

As far as the pregnancy and baby, things are going much better! I'm off all the medicines that were making me sick and its been almost a week since I had any morning sickness to speak of. Early this month, we found out that the newest addition to our family will also be a girl, so we're excited that Elizabeth will have a little sister to play with and share her toys! We're still working on names, but we'll let you know once we've decided.

Whew! That's sure a lot to catch everyone up on. I'll try to get some ultrasound pictures and new Elizabeth pics up soon. Stay warm!