Hair

I've had a head full of hair since the day I was born. It has been long, mostly. I only remember it being short three or four times in my life and never maintaining the short length, always growing it back. 

Sometimes, a girl just gets an itch for something different. And, lets face it, when you have long hair and tell a hairstylist you don't care what she does, you're ready for a change, of course she's going to go short. You don't, after all, go get your hair cut and expect it to be longer. 

So, here's the new cut. People say they like it. Verdict is still out for me. I'm sure I'll grow it back out. That's the nice thing about hair, it always grows back. :) 

In Hopes to Calm

Max has been in our family for almost three years. 

He is perfect to us; we feel about him the way I imagine most parents feel about heir kids. He has been our "kid." He listens (usually). He cuddles. He gives hugs. Kisses. High fives. He can "pound it." Roll over. Lay down. He listens when we tell him to go to his bedroom. He loves us. Unconditionally. And we love him. 

He's almost three and we've not yet had him fixed. At one point, we had considered breeding him, as he's a purebred German shepherd and we thought we may want more one day. 

He's a big dog. He's hyper. He doesn't know his own size. He thinks he's a lap dog. 

So, in light of our news of baby.... We have decided to get him fixed as the vet said this should calm him down a little. 

I can only picture him being wonderful with baby, but if this will help bring him down a notch, that will be good. Surgery is scheduled for the middle of June! We'll see how this goes! :)

The Sweetest Sound

Today. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 

Lucas & I heard the sweetest thing. 

A heart beat. :) 

Tears streamed down my face. Lucas was beaming from ear to ear. His eyes sparkling. We heard our sweet, perfect, little babies heartbeat. We are ecstatic. We are grateful. We are blessed. I won't lie: we are also nervous and anxious. We want to get past twelve weeks. We want to see the little babe on an ultra sound. 

But, one ever knows. Ever, really. 

So, we will enjoy day by day. And we will pray. And we will smile. We may not stop smiling and praying. 

Already, we love this babe so much. So, so much.