13 WEEKS PICS!!!!!!

She's a fatty boombulatty, fatty boombulatty! Well, here it is...Mandy's belly. It's been 13 weeks and we are now taking pictures to prove that, in fact, Mandy is preggers... or eating a lot of fudge...

13 WEEKS!

Our 2nd appointment came up and we were expecting the routine checkup, but our wonderful nurse, Terri, snuck Mandy into the ultrasound room and brought up the images of baby Gladys. I was running late to get to the appointment and got into the ultrasound room just in time to see the pictures of the little guy (or girl). That was quite an experience. You could see it squirming around and it turned it's head as if was looking at me. We saw little fingers and all kinds of things developing, we got to listen to the heartbeat, and we got some photos to take with us. I think it has my eyes...

2028 NC State Soccer Player of the Year Announced

Although we cannot confirm whether it will the male or female award given at this time, we do know that a youngster with the last name of Gladys will be winning that award...
That's right- Mandy is pregnant!!!! We've been sitting on this for a while now (since July) and we are so happy to be able to finally share our blessing with all of our friends and family. Checkup #1 went well and so we decided to spread the news. The checkup didn't go so well for me though... I got a little light headed when they were doing the ultrasound- that does not bode well for my ringside seats at the delivery, which the doctor told us should happen around March 26th. Appointment #2 is coming up on Wednesday where we will get to listen to the heartbeat. I will try to keep my head this time...

BLIZZARD OF '09 PART DEUX

We are currently in the "worst snowstorm to hit WNC since 1993" day 2. The Lady Rockets were supposed to kick off the soccer season tonight, but the weather shut that down. We spent the day with Elli in the yard throwing snowballs. School has already been cancelled tomorow, even though most of the snow is gone, so cheers to that!
On another happy note, MSU Basketball won the big ten championship yesterday by dogging out the Illini on the road. Mandy took some pictures...

Blizzard of '09!

Well, it's Thursday and we haven't had school for the past two days because of the "blizzard" (2 inches) we got. We also have a two hour delay scheduled for tomorrow- woohoo!
Mandy is grinding out the basketball season and I am looking forward to seeing Jerry Joseph play a show at a small local bar tomorrow night. Saturday we are heading to a party at a teacher friends house- should be a good time!

Welcome

Because we have so many friends and family scattered throughout the country, we are starting this blog as a way to keep in touch. This is our first entry- the day after the Super Bowl- a pretty good game overall and a great ending.
Over the weekend we took Elli quail "hunting" at Fowler Farms up in Hot Springs on a clear, cool day. It was pretty entertaining and there should be some pictures posted.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the Spartans lost, at home, to Penn State in basketball. It is at that point that Patrick cracked his first beer...
Mandy is finishing up basketball season and we are busy scheduling a trip to DISNEY. We also are looking into a trip back to MEXICO!!! or some other suitably tropical locale...