Troy and Melanie (dot com)

Seeing our Peanut on the ultrasound today was amazing.  Wow!  He or she was kicking a lot (or dancing, perhaps?) and waving an arm and turning toward the ultrasound wand so we could see the current alien-like state of his/her face.  No…really…we have the US picture to prove it.  LOL!  But just seeing the movement was so awesome.  The kicks were shaking the umbilical cord around a bit and toward the end of the appointment, Peanut turned his/her back as if to say “yeah, I’m going back to sleep now…go away.”  Love it!  Sooo…I’m sure it should be interesting once I can feel that active little being.  Oh, my!

Yup… the headline says it all.  We are expecting our first child on September 3rd and we are so happy/excited/nervous/anxious/scared/hopeful/overwhelmed/happy.  It’s hard to put all of these feelings into words, but I think it’s a tremendous blessing and we are going to love this child to pieces.  I hope that we’ll be able to provide everything our little peanut needs and can be the role models that he/she can look up to.

If you’d like to participate in the poll, we’re interested in seeing what everyone thinks we’re going to have… the poll is on the right side of the page (if you are reading this in an RSS feed reader, you should follow the link to our site).

This isn’t the greatest photo… who would have thought it would be so tough to take a photo of an ultrasound?  Our crappy scanner was no help either, but you get the idea.

Hello there random web visitor.  I don’t care how you found us, but I’m sure glad you stopped by for a bit.  This is a blog that is maintained by me, Troy, and my wife, Melanie, and is meant to be a way for us to keep in touch with family and friends throughout the country.

For those of you who don’t know us we are a happily married couple who moved from Lancaster, PA to Austin, TX in 2000.  Things here have been wonderful, but we miss our friends and family and want to have a way to share information with them on a regular basis (unfortunately not all of them are on Facebook).  Our life is a about to get more complicated with the arrival of our first child in September and we have a lot of things planned between now and then… most of which we plan to post up here on the blog.

So, thanks again for stopping by and look for more posts in the future.

(gratuitous puppy shot)