St. Patrick's Day in Savannah

I just returned from a trip to Savannah to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I had a great time with my college/colorguard friends, Natalie and Chrissy. We wore our green and took walking tours of the city, shopped, ate at wonderful restaurants, survived a late night city blackout/fire drill/ bagpipes, and got to talk and hang out together for the first time in a while. A fun part of the trip was making reservations. I'm used to having to spell C-H-A-T-H-A-M wherever I go, but in Savannah (located in Chatham County, GA) all I had to say was "I'd like reservations for Chatham - like your county." Overall it was a great "Girls Trip." Thanks to Chrissy and Nat for the "Sweet pea" baby shirt. I know Baby Chatham will love it!

My sweet Matt stayed home while I was out of town and watched the dogs which turned two on St. Patrick's Day. We are excited to have reached the halfway mark in the pregnancy. I have recently started wearing maternity clothes. And thanks to my best friend Audrey, who has generously shared a box of her maternity clothes, I have something to wear. Hope you had a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's a boy!

We went to our ultrasound appointment today and found out that we are having a boy! We were excited to hear the news and excited that the baby looked healthy! His measurements line up with the estimated due date of August 4th. Enjoy the slideshow!

Much love,
Matt and Emily

We're having a baby!

Here's the big news: Matt and I are having a baby! We feel both excited and blessed at the prospect of starting a family. We plan to update this website with news and pictures to keep in touch with all our friends and family. This ultrasound is about a month old, but you can still make out a head-like shape on the right and a blob that makes up the body on the left. We had a Dr.'s visit on Monday and got to hear the heartbeat which was mesmerizing. Also we will have another ultrasound in a few weeks where we'll get to find out the sex of the baby. Everything is looking good and we are looking forward to meeting this baby in about 6 months. For those keeping score at home, the due date is August 4, 2008.

Hardy and Ridley

This is my first blog. Matt and I decided to start a website to keep in touch with family. Here is a picture of our puppies, Hardy and Ridley. They are two of the sweetest beagles on earth. They are brothers from the same litter and get along really well. Ridley is on the left and Hardy is on the right. If you ever needed to tell them apart, Ridley always wears a red collar and Hardy wears a blue one. Happy New Year!!