37 Weeks... Officially Considered 'Full-Term'

Today is my official 'full-term' date! I am excited to have reached it but I also feel that labor is still a long way away! At my last Dr.'s appointment, I found out that Brett is head down. Although this is a good thing, I've learned from my mom and my friend Sara that the baby still has plenty of time to flip if he so desires! HAHA! In all of the excitement of meeting my new Dr. in Florida, I forgot to ask him if he could take a guess at the size of the baby. Hopefully I will remember to ask this Friday when I see the Dr. again! From external belly measurements, I was told that I am 'doing some good growing!' I am still feeling great. Donnie has been sucking it up and going for walks with me, which I LOVE to do (pregnant or not) and he hates, but I think this is keeping my energy up as well! We are SO excited to meet Brett but trying to be patient and enjoy our last few weeks of childless coupledom! :)

I've been asked once again to take a belly pic and, after a conversation with my friend Melissa, I've been motivated to take one more! (Melis... you know this means that you have to take one now, too?!?!) Hopefully, the next picture I post will be of me with Brett on the outside of my belly!!!

What a difference a day (okay, 2 days) makes!

We took a picture from out our back door before we left Pittsburgh on Friday. It was snowing and the high was 8 degrees, I believe. When we woke up in Charlotte on Saturday morning, we turned on the Today Show and the Weather Channel was in Pittsburgh because it was -8 degrees!!! So, I decided that I needed to take a picture out the back door this morning for the sake of comparison. I guess there's not much to compare really! It's sunny and 60 degrees this morning. What a difference 2 days makes!!!GO STEELERS!

Our 2 year Anniversary

Yesterday, 1/13/09, we celebrated our 2-year anniversary! While those two years weren't necessarily without incident, Donnie and I both agree that they have been the best of our lives. We dated for 2 years and were then engaged for 13 months; nearly all of which was long distance. Whether it was Donnie going to fall-ball in Phoenix, baseball rehab in Florida, or returning to Pgh to finish school or it was me being in NY for college, going to Ireland to play basketball, or moving to Florida to pursue a job... it made for a LOOOOONG 3 years before we were married! Now that we are living life together, we can't imagine it any other way! All of the places that we have lived since we've been married have been so much more enjoyable because we are experiencing life together. We are finding that having your best friend there to share things with makes the highs much higher and the lows much more bearable. Our promise to each other as we begin our 3rd year of marriage is to keep each other laughing.... hopefully that tactic will make life with a newborn just a little bit easier!

Baseball 2009

Donnie has re-signed with the Detroit Tigers for the 2009 Baseball Season. We are excited for the opportunity and anxious to get to Florida to get settled for Spring Training and the birth of baby Brett! We can't wait to see what the 2009 season brings!!!

Baby Brett's travels in Utero

We have decided to keep a running list of all of the states that Brett has been to before he's been born!

1. Arizona
2. Nevada
3. New Mexico
4. Colorado
5. Wyoming
6. South Dakota
7. Minnesota
8. Wisconsin
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
11. Kentucky
12. Ohio
13. Pennsylvania

Coming soon:

14. West Virginia
15. Virginia
16. North Carolina
17. South Carolina
18. Georgia
19. Florida

2008 Baseball Season

Donnie spent the 2008 season playing for the Tucson Sidewinders, AAA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Although we can't say that we loved Tucson, we did meet some wonderful friends there and had the opportunity to do and see some things out west that we never imagined doing or seeing! Here's a quick run-down:

-Donnie added some new cities to his been-there list; Round Rock, TX, Albuquerque, NM, Las Vegas, NV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Fresno & Sacramento, CA, New Orleans, LA, Colorado Springs, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and Oklahoma City, OK.



-Carrie had the opportunity to work an FCA basketball camp in Flagstaff, AZ. She and the Galbraith's made it down to Tombstone, AZ. Carrie travelled back east to Indianapolis to visit her brother for a week and see some friends.



Trips we were able to make together:
-Las Vegas, NV

-The Grand Canyon, AZ

-Mt. Rushmore, SD