Depends on what your definition of "frequent" is...

Ok, so I did say that we'd try to update this thing a little more frequently than not, but apparently not has won out so far.

Tonya is doing well, moving into her 28th week of pregnancy this Friday. We went in for the follow-up ultrasound that we talked about a while ago a couple weeks ago (June 2, but who's keeping track, right?) and were reassured that she is definitely a girl. On this picture, the part that I've circled is apparently what little girl junk is supposed to look like at this age. If it were little boy junk, it'd look more like a turtle popping his little head out.

Yeah, it looks like a blurry smudge to me too, but our friend was pretty adamant about knowing what the heck she was looking at. For the rest of the pictures, see the end of this post. For those of you who haven't heard, we're currently naming her Lily Marie Williams, but we're still playing around with the middle name a little bit, so stay tuned for further updates.

Work has been pretty hectic these last couple of weeks. At the start of the fund raising season, we knew that we were in for a long road because we have our Art Auction, 4th of July fund raisers, and Golf Tournament with a 32 day period. Pretty insane of us to schedule it like that, under normal circumstances, but we'll get the most bang for our buck by doing it this way. I say under normal circumstances because the department coordinator decided to take another job with a private school in Salem at the end of May. So, that kinda put a neat little twist to getting these fund raisers off the ground. I've let the powers that be know, in no uncertain terms, that I want nothing to do with the management of this department on a full time basis, mostly because of the political ramifications associated with the job. However, at this time, I've been the acting department coordinator for almost a month now, while they look to fill the position. Under normal circumstances (i.e. when we DON'T have 3 fund raisers in a 32 day period) this would be ok, but that's not so much the case. Not only do I have my normal job duties to contend with, but 90% of my previous bosses job duties as well. Fun stuff, if I do say so myself.

So I guess what I'm saying, my internet friends, is don't look for many more updates within the next month. If there are any updates on the pregnancy, or other major life events, I'll be sure to post. But until August, I'll be hard pressed to remember my own name, let alone this blog. But fear not, internet friends, we will definitely post more as the summer (and the pregnancy) progresses.

--Sam

Isn't she showing yet?

And for those of you who are wondering if Tonya is showing yet, here is proof that the answer is...well...maybe a little? :)

No news is good news

As the title suggests, just because we've been slackers at updating this wonderful thing, means just that...we've been slackers and haven't updated in the last two weeks.

The last couple of weeks have been rather uneventful. We celebrated our one year anniversary (Yeah!) by spending the weekend up in Portland at the Avalon Hotel & Spa. Went out to PF Changs for dinner, and did some shopping in the Portland area. A nice quiet get away before the hustle-and-bustle of preparing the house for a baby.

I guess this is part of the reason why we never started a blog before...we're not really all that exciting. But, rest assured, oh internet companions, things will more than likely get more interesting in the coming months.

Till next time! (and we'll try to keep it under two weeks this time...)

More baby pictures!

And here are the pictures! Stay tuned for more breaking news on the home front!

Here's the baby!

And her foot!

And her head!

Baby Williams

For those who haven't seen our little "chicken nugget" yet, here are the pictures we got from the first two ultra sounds. The first was taken by the doctor just to make sure that everything was still going well with the baby, and the second was from the ultrasound tech. Can't really see much, but there is definitely something there... :)


As you can see from the second picture, the poor kid has my head! The "official" ultrasound (the one were we get to see ... um ... stuff) is on April 19. Yay!

They have the internet on computers now?

Here we are, finally joining the 21st Century, and developing our own blog.

As many of you know, we are expecting our first child in September, so I'm sure that most of what we talk (rant) about will be the trials and tribulations surrounding this miraculous event.

Stay tuned, as I'm sure you will all be hanging on to the edge of your seats and waiting with baited breath for each and every new post. Hopefully we'll have something worthwhile to say every now and then... :)