Vance Tales

So I have not posted in a very long time. I have good reasons. First, there were all the holidays. I never seem to find time to do anything other than decorate, cook and buy gifts during Thanksgiving and Christmas and by the time New Years rolls around I’m still trying to catch my breath from the hectic time of year. As I mentioned in a previous post, my sister is pregnant with my nephew, Joshua! Not for much longer though…the little guy is due on February 21…only about 4 more weeks…I’m so excited! I just can’t wait to meet him!

To spice up our lives even more Matt and I are adding another Vance to our family tree this year! Our baby is due on August 25, 2009. I am currently 9 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I went for an ultrasound on Tuesday and everything looked great. We got the best pictures of our baby! No…seriously…every time I’ve ever looked at an ultrasound I’m silently thinking, “Where is it? Is it that blob…or maybe that one?”  but with our pictures you can actually see the arms and the legs and the head and tell that there is a new life growing inside me. According the the ultrasound tech the baby looks like a teddy bear. I got to see the baby’s heartbeat which was beating at 183 (normal according to the MD) and wished for Matt to be there with me. He will definitely be joining me for the appointment when we find out what we’re having. I’m not sure when that will be yet, but I’m guessing some time in April. My next appointment is February 16 and I will get to hear the heartbeat at that one. Life is so exciting! Matt and I are very glad God blessed us in this way.

Well, in my last post I promised some pictures of our Colorado trip as well as some pictures of Ty’s birthday. So here they are! I am also going to add some from an April 2008 work trip I took to Lexington, Kentucky. We visited Shaker Town while there and that’s where the pictures were taken.

Matt and I are doing good. My long time friend Sarah Beth is getting married next May, Matt’s really good friend from high school, Dan, is also getting married in May of 2009. Both were in our wedding almost 2 years ago…I guess we started a trend! Matt had an interview today for a position in Johnson City, TN. We are still waiting to see what, if anything, develops from that. Our lives are fixing to get busier. We visited one set of my grandparents in Olive Branch, MS for the Labor Day holiday. Matt had a business trip right after that. He has two more trips scheduled. One at the end of September and one at the beginning of October. I will be going to see my Missouri grandparents at the end of September. We are hoping Matt will get to go, but we are afraid he will be between trips. Around the middle of October my sister and her husband and my parents will be coming to my house to celebrate my sister’s birthday on September 26th, Matt’s birthday on October 7th and my birthday on October 26th. Matt and I will celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary on October 21st. Then before we know it Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here. Whew! A lot more happens in our life, but it is mundane stuff like cooking, cleaning, laundry, yard work, etc. Somehow, working 8 hours a day and then coming home to do all of that leads to a very busy, full life. We sure hope everyone’s having a good summer like we are!