Just call me Preggosaurus....say WHAT?

Guess what touching a Fertility statue will get you?

 "In the Family Way" "Knocked Up" "Bun in the Oven" "Up the Duff" "Marinating" "With Child" "Expecting" "Preggosaurus"

That is CORRECT we are expecting a beautiful baby due December 16. We decided to forgo announcing our pregnancy in some of these amazing ways, we are just not that creative. I'll try to answer a few popular questions below: 

The little nugget of sunshine. That foot is so stinkin' cute.

1. Do you know what you are having?

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a baby human though you can't tell that from the Ultra Sound.  ALL jokes aside, we have no idea if the little nugget is a boy or a girl. We will hopefully find out on July 29th for our 20 week scan.

2. Are you having the baby in Scotland?

Shoot yeah,  gotta take advantage of the socialized healthcare while we can.

3. How do you feel?

I'm doing a lot better. The first several weeks were pretty terrible: exhaustion, heart burn, queasy, dizzy, and on an emotional roller coaster. Poor Raymond, he calls my outbursts NRCs No Reason Crys. Thankfully though, these things have leveled off somewhat and I am able to function on a somewhat normal level. I still have my bad days but the good are outweighing the bad. 

4. How much longer will you be in Scotland?

At least another 2 years! And the baby will sadly NOT have duel citizenship. Not the same rules here in the UK. Although saying you were born in Scotland is pretty cool.

5. Do you have any names picked out?

Raymond and I have been talking about names since before we were engaged. We have not completely decided on any names though we have some that we like more than others.

6. Are you ever moving back to the states? 
Maybe, make Raymond a job offer if you want us back in the states! :) In reality we will go where the jobs are, if that's here in Scotland we'll stay but if it's back in the states we'll happily move home.


Both our families are very excited and supportive. We will be back in the states in August for a quick visit. 1 week in upstate New York to see Raymond's family and one week in Charlotte. We can't wait to see everybody! 

I might be slighly immature... SO?

Though I have grown, I will always be immature (laughs whenever someone says Duty). This proves true at inappropriate times, like last months book club.  (someone said duty and I lost it. whooops)  I can't help it, and much to my mothers annoyance I adopted the habits of my older brothers and not so much the lady like influence my lovely southern bell mother attempted to instil in me. 

I think one of the hardest parst of being a parent will be when I take my kid to the play ground and have to stand and talk to other mom's while my kid gets to have all the fun. I might change. Time will tell. Until then, this is me

and I'm so glad I have awesome friends that share my thirst for staying young. Or... at the least I am tolerated.

California Christmas

I totally forgot to publish this blog! whooops... here ya go!



already 2013?     Say WHA????

   This past year has been so full and wonderful. We have welcomed two new babies into the world, our Nephew Finn Connor Morehouse and Niece Blair Harper Puckett.

For Christmas we strapped up our boots and headed to ol’ Californ-I-A! It was so great to see all of Raymond’s side of the family and play with our cute nephews Finn (6 months old) and Brigham (2 yrs old). We laughed and ate and ate and laughed together. We hadn’t been to California in 2 yrs so Raymond was very excited to be back in his old stomping grounds.

Then it happened… the NOROVIRUS struck
Starting with Teddy

     We figured it was food poisoning because he had had sushi the night before. Oh boy were we wrong. Everyone went to bed feeling fine (except Ted) and then it hit me. 1:00 in the morning and I heaving like no tomorrow. As soon as I left the bathroom Teddy walked in and said “Welcome” I knew then I was in for a LONG night/morning of discomfort. True to its form the norovirus didn’t disappoint. Every 30-60 minutes I was barfing my guts out. I was planning on gaining weight this trip not losing it!!! I was delirious and didn’t know where I was some of the time. Raymond was an excellent nurse except for the part where he insisted I needed to stop throwing up (as if I didn’t know this already). It was physically impossible to stop barfing. My abs, neck, and back got an awesome work out! 12 hours later it was over and after I felt as though I had been physically beaten. The barfing continued to throughout the house. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We all spend the days taking care of each other and to those who weren’t sick recovering from sickness or dreading what was inevitably coming. We stuck it all out together as families should! We will look back on this past Christmas with laughter and pray it doesn’t happen again.
Raymond, Scott and I drove out to the desert one day to get out of the sick house and view God’s beautiful creation. It was great to see the mighty mountains and feel the warm desert sun on our pale Scottish completions.

I flew home on the 1^st and Raymond followed 6 days later. He was able to spend more time with his friends and spend one on one quality time with his precious parents.
All in all we had a fabulous trip and came back with full hearts.

Later days