A few weeks after we found out that Pamela was pregnant we decided to start telling people. On the way home from lunch one Sunday afternoon we informed Aidan and Isabel that mommy was having a baby. Aidan gasped and slapped his hands on his cheeks saying, “I’m so happy! What are we going to [...]
Now that you all know we are having a boy, I suppose that I can tell you we already had a girl’s name picked out — Audrey Elizabeth. In addition to the glamour, glow and history of the names, we liked that the first one began with a vowel just like the other kids’ names [...]
“No, don’t tell her,” I quickly replied to the ultrasound technician. “Yes, I want to know,” she said while casting me the look.
Tomorrow morning is Pamela’s next visit with the high-risk pregnancy specialist. Since she is eighteen weeks along, we should be able to tell the sex of the baby from the ultrasound. A little part of me wants to not know, but on the other hand it may be helpful in making longer term decisions on [...]
I spent the weekend with some guys from church canoing the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. It was the most beautiful water I have ever floated. The South Fork is actually a river gorge and in several places there were these huge boulders jutting up from water. I remarked that it was the [...]