big news!

although not new info to some of you, here is the 14 week ultrasound image of our first baby! yep, there he/she is lounging in the uterus without a care in the world! We won't know the gender until about mid-March(we have been calling the baby 'bean' since it looked a whole lot like a lima bean in the first ultrsound that was done at 8 weeks).
The first trimester was pretty tough, i had really bad morning sickness, have had a cough since mid-December, and i have been exhausted. Now that i am at the beginning of the second trimester things are beginning to look up! About 98% of my nausea is gone, and i am finding it easier to eat things other than carbs. I do crave food that is unavailable here or hard to find, and maybe that has been the hardest part of all.... Can someone please open up a Jack-in-the Box in Scotland????
If all continues to go well, look for bean's first appearance sometime in early August!

Back home

we arrived on friday morning, after a decent flight from atlanta to edinburgh. i say decent because we were lucky enough to get the exit row seats, but it still is not 100% comfortable....

david and i had a great time in Florida! the weather was great (mostly in the 70s and sunny), we got to see most of my florida family, and many of my friends that live on the east coast! it was great to get to see everyone and catch up in person for a change. i hope that everyone who has promised to visit does, and soon!
our party on saturday night was very laid back and we hope everyone that came had a good time. my mom out did herself with the amount of food, but there were some of my favorite things to eat there (cannolis, deviled eggs, swedish meatballs!). some people couldn't make it at the last minute, which was a let down, but things happen and hopefully we will see them soon.
we spent new years relaxing. david went fishing with ed (and he got to pet a manatee!) while i got to sit around and chit chat with my buds husband-free! at night we went to kim and ed's new house (very nice!) for some food and fireworks. i think we are all getting too old to party too hard, and it was nice to have all my different friends meet each other (finally). I have some of the best friends a person could want and i LOVE it when they hit it off!