32 week ultrasound

so yesterday we went for the 3D/4D ultrasound.
It really was pretty incredible…It’s amazing to be able to see a little face–even if it is distorted. ;) He’d yawn and pucker his lips like he was pouting; he sucked on his arm and fingers…normal baby stuff but so strange to see happening inside of [...]

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our weary travelers

just a special shout out to my dad and my uncles for making the craziest road trip ever out here to see us and to bring us a crib!! My uncle said he was up for 41 hours straight just getting here…only to spend 36 hours with us, then to turn around and drive [...]

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funniest email ever…

It’s self explanatory folks. My words of wisdom from two precious friends. One of the two of them made her’s uber personal; so much so, that some of you would know exactly who it is so I’ve decided to post the first email I got–before she added her gory details. ;)
thanks for [...]

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the shower!

Last Saturday, Becca and luke threw a baby shower for us. Now I’ll just confess that I’m a reluctant attendee of such events. I hate baby shower games…I know, I know, in reality, I just hate games. period. but for the sake of this post-and to drive home a point, I [...]

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and his name shall be…

Carter Noah Long!!
…for today anyway. haha.
How much do we love finally having a name for the little guy?!? Carter was Kyle’s favorite name from day one and I’ve loved Noah since the very beginning so we’ve come up with our compromise and it feels perfect. Noah means comfort and rest which will [...]

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Ah, vacation…

We’re back! And it’s good, really really good to be home. We enjoyed all of our days away but it felt wonderful to crawl back into our own bed yesterday, take a deep breath, and feel full. We loved the energy of the west-and even MORE than that it was great to [...]

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