It's a boy!!!!!!!

Easter

This Easter we spent with Wes' family at his sister's house in Savannah-on Skidaway Island. We had a great weekend until we got into a car accident on the way home on the interstate. It was really scary and I'm so thankful we are alright. It was my first car accident and I hope my last. Now we have yet another reason to be thankful on Easter. Praise God most of all for our Savior!

Here is a picture of us with the family after church-Sandy (Melanie's husband), Melanie (Wes' sister), Wes' dad and mom, Dr Shepherd (Sandy's father), Janet (Sandy's sister), and Edwin (our nephew) and us of course!

Tagged

ok, I feel bad because this is the second time I have been tagged on a blog and I didn't do it the first time. Sorry Jennifer! Here you go Kristin-thanks for thinking of me guys!
1. Were you named after anyone? Everyone asks me this! No, my parents liked the name Blake and added the "ly" when I was a girl!
2. When was the last time you cried? 3 days ago when we were in a car accident
3. Do you like your handwriting? Yes, except when I'm at work and the prescription signatures are looking worse and worse
4. What is your favorite lunch meat? turkey
5. Do you have kids? one baby on the way!
6. If you were another person would you be friends with you? yes
7. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I don't think so
8. Do you still have your tonsils? yes
9. Would you bungee jump? nope
10. What is your favorite cereal? plain oatmeal with butter or cream of wheat
11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? no
12. Do you think you are strong?physically- not at all!
13. What is your favorite ice cream? chocolate with peanut butter chunks or Moosetracks-tough call
14. What is the first thing you notice about people? smile
15. Red or pink? Red
16. What is the thing that you like least about yourself? my face gets red and I twist my words around when I talk in crowds, I slouch too much and I get irritated when the house is messy
17. Who do you miss the most? Heather who moved to Boston and Patick who lives too far away-come back to Atlana guys!
19. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? black and white skirt with hose, no shoes
20. Have you ever re-gifted? yes
21. What are you listening to right now? Wes practicing his bassoon for a concert tomorrow and his phone which just rang playing, "I believe in a thing called love"
22. If you were a crayon what color would you be? purple
23. Favorite smells? chocolate chip cookies, Sharpies, nailpolish, new books, leather
24. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? Wes
25. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes, although I never see her!
26. Favorite sports to watch? still thinking...
30. Favorite food? anything Italian or mexican and fudgey brownies and apple pie and monkey bread and mac and cheese
31. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings.
32. Last movie you watched? enemy of the state
33. What color shirt are you wearing? black
34. Summer or winter? summer
35. Hugs or kisses? hugs
36. Favorite dessert? marble cake with chocolate icing or ice cream or anything else chocolate
37. What book are you reading now? A Voice in the Wind
38. What is on your mousepad? a picture from my senior high school trip to Florida with Hollie, Kelly, Heather, Kate, Margaret, and Sarah!
39. What did you watch on tv last night? none-I went to an army band concert with Wes
40. Favorite sound? wes's laugh,the ocean, and Haley's paws on the hardwood
41. Rolling stones or Beatles? Beatles.
42. What is the furthest you have been from home? our recent trip down the Danube
43. Do you have a special talent? no
44. Where were you born? Atlanta-now South Fulton hospital

Freezing Yourself

Actual chart entry, "patient also complaining about warts on hands. Has tried to freeze himself but did not help" I admit...I wrote it.

My Tuesday

Tonight when I got home Wes was in his online class and they were discussing which one is better to join, Facebook or Myspace. Their upcoming class is meeting in SecondLife. This is crazy. Today two nurses and I had to clean impacted wax out of a screaming baby's ear which is not fun. All in all, it was not a good day...but I just ate chocolate peanut butter cake.

B and Baby at 17 weeks

Here's a picture of me today after we took a walk. It's not very flattering but some people have asked for belly pictures...so here you go!

Our rare "mystery poster"

Wes thinks people can tell when he posts so he never identifies himself but I wanted to make it clear that I am not Mortimer Deerhunter...and i would not have posted a picture of myself in Europe-that was all him too.

Second Life

Have you heard of Second Life? I have to explore it to write a paper on web 2.0 applications. I just created an account and looked around for a while, and it is even more weird than I expected. I first heard about it a couple of months ago on the news. Little did I know I would be visiting the site myself. I don't quite know how to describe it, but if you follow the link you will get the gist of it. Basically, you go to this site and create a character. Your character can explore a virtual world and interact with other characters. The first two I people I met were not wearing clothes. So if you frequent Second Life and you run into a bewildered Mortimer Deerhunter, lend him a hand.

I also have to create accounts on MySpace and Facebook.

concerts and "travel systems"

Our baby is looking good, huh? I talked to my brother the other night who said he finally started checking the blog daily and it was annoying that we haven't posted. I wanted to thank him for taking me to the Lori McKenna concert at 2 weeks ago for my birthday gift! We had a great time and got to talk to Lori afterwards. She is a singer/songwriter that I liked when I saw her on Oprah a few years ago with Faith Hill because she wrote some of Faith's songs. Patrick travelled with her this summer when she opened up for Tim and Faith and grew to love her. She has 5 kids and writes/talks about them a lot. She's really fun to see in concert because she tells funny stories in between songs. She talked to Patrick after the concert about the Tim/Faith tour so it was really fun to "meet a star" with him!
We have also started looking at baby gear for our registry which is totally overwhelming! We looked at strollers at Babies 'R Us and Wes said it was like buying a car! He was not fond of the store. He said it was like Wal-Mart for babies. I wish I had a picture of us trying to figure out how the strollers opened and closed...it took way too long! If anyone has a great stroller "make and model" they would like to share, we'd love some opinions.