Katie & Daniel

Sunday, January 24, 2010

New Year's Resolution: Be a better blogger

So I was sitting in class the other day, when my teacher said, "Blogging has become the journalist's resume." Then it hit me: I am going to be graduating sometime soon, I might want to start thinking about that sort of thing. So my NY Resolution (not setting anything too lofty!) is to be a better blogger.
I am setting this resolution not only for a future resume's sake but for my own memories. With a baby on the way this is going to be a great way to keep things straight until I can sit down and scrap book them.
Speaking of the little one, we find out on Friday what this little one is. My suspicions feel boy, but what does that mean? I have not always had the best of intuitions about things so we will see about this one.
My sweet niece was 4 months old yesterday which is crazy to think about. That doesn't seem that old yet she has changed so much! I don't get to see her as often as I'd like since she lives in Memphis, but from the pictures I see and the sounds I hear when I am on the phone with Mom or Bub and she is around, she is changing so much!
Tomorrow marks mine and Daniel's 8 year anniversary. It will be 8 years since I was sitting on the leather couch in Mom and Dad's playroom and this buzzed head, brown-eyed, wide grinning junior from some private school asked me to be his girlfriend. Being the people pleaser I am, I obliged. Just kidding! Of course I was elated then and am still so happy and blessed to have him in my life. It seems crazy to think that it has been that long and we have been through so much together. Times haven't always been easy, but then again, that's life. I wouldn't change it and am glad to have walked through all of this with a man I can call my best friend, my husband and soon to be my "baby daddy". (Yes I fully intend on introducing him as my baby daddy after little Sweet P arrives =).
Well until next time blog world.... Oh and next time I will have house pictures for Jenny Beth!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

A Change is a Comin'

Well, the end of the semester is almost here. Daniel and I have been back in the States for more than five months. We close on our house on Monday and on Wednesday we go in for our first ultrasound. Wait, say what? An ultrasound? Oh, yes, that is right. We are expecting our first little one on July 16, 2010. We have not really told anyone yet, and do not plan on making it public knowledge per se, but I figured, if anyone actually reads this you can be privileged to this exciting information. Please feel free to call us but do not put anything on facebook yet. We just want to make sure that the little one is healthy and all is okay, Lil P as Daniel calls him/her and Sweet P as I call the blessing.

Other than that, I was lucky to get to spend a week in Memphis and get my fill of Mom, Dad, Bub, Brooke and Annabelle. Duke went with us. He wasn't so sure if he was at the right place. Since he has been there, there has been a new dog and a baby added into the mix and he just wasn't so sure how he felt about all that. But then, once the table food started flowing and the nights of sleeping on a bed added up, I think he felt he could get used to the changes.

Well, I am ready for some dinner. This lil one keeps my hungry and sleepy, so until next time blog world!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Playing Catch Up!

Okay, since school as slowed down a bit, let me fill ya in on a bit more of what went on during my blog sabbatical, if you will. In the end of May we took an amazing and much needed cruise. We left out of Miami and went to the Grand Caymans, where we visited a turtle farm and swam with the dolphins; to Honduras where we visited a cool park- Gumba Limba and held monkeys and birds that attacked my ear lobe going after my earring; to Belize where we did a 3 part adventure- spelunking, off roading in Land Rovers and finally a speed boat ride down the Belize River; our last stop was Key West- we didn't go on any excursions here, instead we just toured the quaint isle on our own and enjoyed some R&R.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Hello, my friend, hello

Wow! It has been a while, it seems like a lifetime in reality, since I have posted. I promise at some point to get better.

Tonight I am running short on time so let me just fill you in on the highlights of the last 4 or so months.

First of all, Daniel and I moved back to the states. We are both back in school at Auburn. I am finishing my degree in journalism, while Daniel is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering. While we are currently living in a condo, we are in the process of building our first house and it should be completed by Thanksgiving.

Being back in Auburn means football, friends and Toomer's Corner.

Our beautiful home to be!

Secondly, I am an aunt to the most precious baby girl in the world. Annabell Grace Ehrhart made her appearance on September 23, 2009 at 7:07 p.m. Due to the move I was able to be there for the birth! What a blessing is that. Annabelle is now nearing 6 weeks and is as healthy as can be. As of now she has Bub's blue eyes, but they have Brooke's shape and definitely has Bubby's nose. She is the perfect combo of her loving parents.

Isn't she perfect?

Growing up so quickly!

Those are the two biggest pieces of news that will affect this blog the most, but furthermore, as a result of the move, I was able to get the medical attention that I needed and finally got a diagnosis! It was what I suspected all along but Dr. Tom would never listen to me so thank you Auburn Medical Clinic for not writing me off as over paranoid. I am now on lots of meds, and everything is going smoothly. I got my first lab work done last week since I have been on all of the meds for two months and should be getting the results back soon. Fingers crossed that levels are up and we are on the right track. If not, still no freak out yet, there are other routes that can be taken.

Well, now that I am back at Auburn, I should be getting back to school work. I am going for the second semester in a row of a 4.0. Fingers crossed for that too. Mom and Dad have been amazing in still supporting me through school, but Daniel and I are also paying some now too so A's are the only option I have in my mind.

I'll update more later.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

ABC party and Tide Pools

The beginning of May seemed to be packed. First we said goodbye to our bud Frank, but not before he threw one last party : ABC Party (Anything but clothes). The costumes were out there that is for sure and we all had a great time. A few weeks later it was time to say goodbye to one of my best island friends Jenny, although we never thought she'd actually leave. She was flying standby and it took the poor girl three tries to get off this rock! One Saturday I was also fortunate enough to go to the Tide Pools with Daniel and Kyle. we climbed, we swam, we jumped, I fell (typical), and of course we mudded in the jeep on the way back and stopped to get Kyle some food, go figure.

Kristina, Kyle and me

Hovensa Boys : Please note Daniel started off with no costume, then went to clothes with box, clothes with box with tie, box with tie with undershirt, then box tie sans undershirt. all of this was parallel to how empty the Jack Daniels got, coincidentally :)