We miss him!

After an amazing research year filled with lots of wonderful trips, meals together, and precious family time, Trey started on his 5th clinical year on June 16th. He has 22 months left of residency (as Trey puts it) and we are looking forward to when the time left can be counted in days and not months.



Putting the extreme stress and exhaustion aside, he loves his job and is passionate about helping others. And because we love him and are so very proud of all of his incredible work, we are right there with him through each step of this journey to see his life long dream fulfilled...but we miss him.

Henry's t-shirt puts it best, "My Dad is hands down #1!"

And Baby Makes Four...

Trey, Henry, and I are extremely happy to announce that we are expecting a new addition to our family on Valentine's Day 2011!

Trey and I found out while in Hawaii. I got sick one day and made him drive me around the island to find a pregnancy test. I am pretty sure he was glad that he complied. :-)



We have had two ultrasounds performed and the baby looks beautiful and much more importantly, healthy! The OB in the second ultrasound wrote his guess on the gender down on a prescription pad and sealed it in an envelope because Trey was not with me. Trey had the same guess just looking at the ultrasound pictures before we opened the envelope together. Boy or Girl?! Sorry but we are not sharing until we know more definitively at the 20-week ultrasound! :-)



Beautiful baby Bradley waving at Daddy...



No matter boy or girl we are absolutely over the moon! Honestly, how could we not want more of him?!

"Happy Birthday Cousin Will!" :-)

"It's your birthday! You can do whatever you want! Eat cake for breakfast, stay up late, and even...

...ride a pink four-wheeler! No one can say anything to the Birthday Boy!" :-)



We are looking forward to celebrating your 2nd birthday with you in person! We love you!

Happy Fathers' Day!

Happy Fathers' Day to all of the special men in our lives but especially to our own fathers. We wish we were there with you in person to honor you both but know that you are in our thoughts not only today but every day! We love you!




And to my husband, you are everything that I could have ever asked for and more. Henry and I are so incredibly lucky. We both love you to the moon and back!

My Special Mothers' Day

My two men made sure that Mother's Day was extra special for me. "Henry" completely surprised me with the most thoughtful gift...a book of our blog. It was absolutely beautiful and I was so blown away by the effort "Henry" had put into it. :-)

"Here Mom let me help you. You are going way to slow!"



"Look at what I made for you!"



To top it all off, we left Mothers' Day afternoon for a fantastic beach getaway! Pictures to follow soon!

"Henry", thank you so much for making me feel so incredibly special on Mothers' Day and every other day. I love you so very much and feel so very, very lucky to be your Mommy! :-)

Extreme Couponing

For a while now I have been trying to figure out ways to cut back expenses each month so that we are able to send Henry to a wonderful preschool in the fall, possibly purchase a car, and also still do some of the fun, extra things we love to do. So my friend Jennifer recently introduced me to the world of couponing. Now I have always cut coupons and it was normal for me to save a few dollars a week but this "extreme couponing" saves her a significant amount each week.

I attended two different couponing workshops and felt confident enough to start it last week. Last week with coupons, I saved 28% off of my total grocery bill for the week. Grocery store savings saved me another 33% off of my total bill. So with both combined I saved a total of 61% off of my total grocery bill!! And I was told at both workshops that it would take 6-8 weeks to see the really large savings. Trey actually commented that it looks like I come home with more food than I ever did shopping at Walmart and I had saved 61%! I will keep you updated on our progress!

"So does this mean that I won't have to pick my own food anymore?" :-)

Sweet Buddies

Henry LOVES his friend AJ!