Oh baby!

Here is the first picture of the little peanut growing inside me. Looks like he or she is waving at all of us. We had an ultrasound today and it was moving around like crazy. I'm at 11 weeks and the baby is almost 2-1/2" long.

Chicago Trip

Near the end of April, we spent a long weekend in Chicago to celebrate our birthdays and our anniversary. We did a LOT of walking around (I have plenty of blisters on my feet to prove it!).

Here I am at Navy Pier with downtown Chicago in the background.

We also went to Shedd Aquarium. They're doing some construction so we didn't get to see a few things. Russ was especially bummed about not getting to see the penguins.

We did see a HUGE anaconda though. Well, we saw parts of him. He was all wound up but what we could see was enough to make us glad there was a thick glass wall between us.

We also walked through Millenium Park and stopped by "The Bean" for a picture.

Saturday night we met up with friends, Mel and Stephen, for dinner.

Detroit Tigers Spring Training

My mom and I decided to go to Florida this year to catch some Tigers spring training games. First thing we did when we got down there was drive up to my uncle's in Jacksonville for a visit. We had a short but really nice visit and were really glad we made the trip to spend some time with them.

Uncle Allen, Irene and Amira

We got a quick tour of the Jacksonville area and took a minute at one of the beaches there. It was a bit windy and cool, even for us Michiganders, but there were a lot of people laying out, soaking up the sun.

Joker Marchant Stadium
Winter home of the Detroit Tigers

It was a lot harder than I expected it would be to get close to players/coaches for signatures but we managed to get a few. We were able to get a lot of pictures though.

Manager Jim Leyland

My boy! Brandon Inge

Jeff Larish

A couple of oldies but goodies...Al Kaline

"Sweet Lou" Whitaker

Vegas Trip

A few weeks ago we headed out to Las Vegas for a long weekend with the Saddlers. Here are a few pics from our trip. Unfortunately, we didn't hit it big but we had a great time.

Home Sweet Home

Well, I've been slacking a bit on the blog lately so if you haven't heard already, we moved back to Michigan at the end of October. We are really happy to be back in our own home. We were excited to be able to spend Thanksgiving here and we're really looking forward to being home for Christmas as well. The move home was a little earlier than we expected, due to GM's financial woes, but Russ, thankfully, still has his job. Hopefully, GM gets on track shortly and keeps Russ along for the ride. And, lucky me, I was able to get my old job back. My days of playing housewife are over and Russ couldn't be more excited!

Congratulations Lloyd and Kim!

Congratulations to the future Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Steed. We're so happy and excited for the two of you!

OSU vs. MSU - Tailgating Fun!

On October 18th we got together with some friends to tailgate for the Ohio State/Michigan State football game. While most of us were pretty sad and shocked to see MSU get annihilated on the field, we all had a great time tailgating in East Lansing for the game.

Kristee "Lou" and Andy

Rick and Jen

Jeb and Tabitha