When you least expect it . . . they say the funniest things!

So today during church we were trying to get the boys to be reverent; which is sometimes like trying to get the cat to stop chasing the mouse. Anyway, we were waiting for the water to come and Briggs kept putting his feet up on the bench in front of us. So naturally I had tried everything else so I pulled out this line and whispered, "you need to take your feet down, this is Jesus' house," to which in a loud, annoyed, whisper he said, "NO, IT'S NOT JESUS' HOUSE, IT'S CALLED A CHURCH!!" Cory and I began to laugh; I laughed so hard that in moments I had tears running down my cheeks and it took me a few minutes to get it together. I could tell the woman in front of us had heard the entire exchange, and she too had to turn her head because she was laughing. It was a priceless moment!

Exciting times ahead

About a week ago I went to my doctor’s appointment, but because of a mix up was not able to see the doctor only the Nurse Practitioner. When I was at that appointment I had asked to hear the heartbeat. At first they (the nurse and NP) couldn't find it, but she kept saying, "It is there, I think I heard it in the background. Don't be worried unless I'm worried." A few MINUTES went by and two Doppler’s later and still no heartbeat. I asked her if I should empty my bladder because it was quite full and she said, "yeah, why don't you try that" so I did and came back. Instantly she found the heartbeat . . . what a relief!

When I went in yesterday for my appointment I sat down and was talking to the nurse. She told me that at the appointment last week she wasn't aware that I had miscarried about this time before in a pregnancy, and that when they couldn't find the heartbeat and I had gone to empty my bladder, she said to the NP that she didn't think there was a heartbeat. The NP said, "I know, I just didn't know what to say to her unless I knew for sure." Thank goodness there was. I was so worried at the time and I knew they could see it on my face. I will always be a little scared when I go into to hear if there is a heartbeat because there is nothing worse than them telling you that they can't find one; we are just so thankful.



So yesterday I met with my doctor for my 16-week appointment and everything went well and we will find out what we are having on March 4th. I just feel so blessed. I felt the baby move last night while I was lying in bed and it is always such a surreal feeling and I always look forward to that first kick!

My photography class

So, I am about half way through my photography class and I love it! I feel like my vision and learning scope has opened up so much this past month and it feels really good to actually see the things I'm learning come through in my photos; and how to actually use my camera; I was so naive. Though I am still very amateur, here are a few photos from my landscape and macro assignment I just turned in. (The only thing that has been done to them is grey balancing.)







These two photos above were taken at Short North in downtown Columbus. There are all of these great paintings on the sides of the buildings that are really fun. I enjoying shooting down there but boy was it COLD!!!


When I first learned about the landscape project I instantly thought of shooting a photo at one of the MANY ancient graveyards around here and it seemed fitting with the overcast and dreary weather.