Lovebug

We are super excited to finally talk about baby lovebug now that the news is out!  We have been keeping this little secret since October!  LB is our special surprise who we can't wait to meet this summer.  His or her due date is 6-23-15, but fingers are crossed for July.  The first trimester went perfectly smooth with no problems.  The second trimester has gotten off to a bang starting with the flu :(  So much for my flu shot.  Being an OB certainly has its advantages, as I usually know the answer to my own questions.  It definitely makes me worry to know all the things that can go wrong, hence all of my ultrasounds.  Good thing I am usually only a hallway away from an ultrasound machine :)  We are excited to watch LB grow and are happy for our expanding family.

   

 My first look at LB's heartbeat!  It was just a tiny little flutter at 6 weeks.  That small dot is LB!  Apparently you cannot scan an ultrasound into the computer.  Luckily I had these on my phone!

  

 LB sporting a tail!

   

 3D ultrasound

  

 Already sucking his or her thumb :)

Ob Gyn Christmas Party 2014

Dr. Higgins and his family hosted the 2014 Ob Gyn Christmas Party for residents and faculty.  It was nice to see everybody so dressed up! 

 

 Kate, Courtney, and me with our spouses!

  

 A few neighborhoods down from the Higgins', we found a beautiful Christmas house.  We just had to drive by!

  

 There was a lot of Christmas spirit in this neighborhood.

Gingerbread Party

Tessie and Katherine held their annual Gingerbread Party tonight.  They squeezed over twenty people in their house for a gingerbread making extravaganza!  There were gingerbread firetrucks, boats, and teepees.  We had a judging contest after everyone was finished and Alex won best overall!  Alex made a gingerbread Notre Dame and I made a pirate ship :)  Lisa and Samantha drove over from Chapel Hill, Aki came from Boone and Kaylyn from UNC-C.

  

 Creating gingerbread masterpieces!

  

 Alex the architect

  

 Kaylyn used an intermittent cooling technique in the fridge.

  

 Lisa and Samantha

  

 Ahoy mate!  My pirate ship had a plank for the naughty Sour Patch Kid to jump from.

   

 Eye patch

   

 This is supposed to be a mermaid figurehead: half Swedish Fish, half Sour Patch Kid.  Nailed it :)

   

 This guy had real fire coming out of his chimney!

  

 This was an awesome teepee!

  

 Alex's Notre Dame!  He made stained glass windows out of Smarties and had gargoyles out back!

    

Lisa made the UNC Bell Tower and Samantha made a log cabin.

   

  

 Our table!

   

   

  

 Aki and Bryce

  

 Announcing the winners!

  

 Our gingerbread group

  

 Noah's Ark

  

 Cousins are the best!

Thanksgiving 2014

We celebrated this Thanksgiving with the Regan Family at Debbie and Bob's house in Raleigh.  We had over thirty people at the dinner!  It was nice to have the Regans from Chicago with us.  The food was amazing as always.  Alex and I both had to work on Friday so we had to leave a little early :(  We are lucky it is only a couple hours drive!

 

Tessa and Katherine positioned themselves perfectly in front of the appetizers.

  

 Debbie and Bob got a puppy!  He is so cute!

  

 Alex and Michael

  

 Lis did a beautiful job with the tables as usual.

  

 We went around and all said what we were thankful for.

  

  

 The beautiful desserts!

  

  

  

  

   

Katherine, Isabel, Emi, Abby and Sheri

  

 Riley the puppy!

Friendsgiving

We had Friendsgiving Dinner at the Moynihan house tonight.  Tyler fried a turkey, Kate made awesome vegetarian stuffing, and we all brought a few side dishes to share.  It was a very nice Friendsgiving! So thankful for my fellow residents!! 

  

Chancy, Kate, Patty and Robin

  

  Matt, Alex, Logan and Drennen  

   

We sat by the cheese plate of course.

    

  

 Happy Friendsgiving!

Belated Birthday Celebrations

Mom and Dad came to Charlotte this weekend.  We were able to celebrate Mom's birthday that we missed earlier this week!  It was nice being able to show them how far the house has come and take them to a couple of our favorite restaurants in town.  It was a quick trip, but Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

 

Happy birthday!

  

My cake was a little lopsided.  

  

 Moo loves when other people get presents because she gets a box!

No Place Like Home

They continue to make progress on the house.  Our projected closing date is January 9th!  We have come a long way from those sticks in the dirt!

 

We were very excited when we finally had windows placed.

   

The future island!

  

 We are very glad we opted for the big garden tub in the master bath.  I plan on spending a lot of time in this corner :)

  

 They are building a large park one street over.  We are super excited about it!

    

  

 They put up our neighbors' houses almost overnight.  They are so fast!

  

 Willow Green Place

  

 Alex's dad was in town for a quick trip and we brought him to see the house.  He missed his plane thanks to our detour, but we are glad he was able to see the progress!

  

 We love Charlotte :)

 

They placed the dry wall this week.  It is really starting to look like home!

  
 Mom and Dad came into town this weekend to check out the progress!  They had not seen the house since before the concrete was laid!