It's a GIRL!!

Scott and I are so excited when we found out today that we're having a little girl. I must say thoughts have been all over the place this last week. When we went in for my 4 month appointment, the nurse practitioner thought she heard 2 heartbeats. Plus I was measuring a little big. So the possibility of twins have been circling in our minds all week. Although twins would be very special and unique, I admit we're a little relieved that there's just one baby in there. No offense to any twins out there (Dad) or any parents of twins. So far everything looks great, she was moving around quite a bit during the ultrasound today.

My pregnancy has been very mild. We found out we were expecting back in August. Since then I've had no morning sickness or weird food cravings. I was more tired than usual during the first trimester. But now that I'm in the second I feel great and I actually feel like I have plenty of energy.

So we're very excited and feel blessed by this whole experience. She's due around Easter time, beginning of April. Sorry if some of you didn't know I was pregnant but sometimes it doesn't come up in conversation or I don't remember who I told. I'll keep you posted on any more news. In the meantime we're trying to get used to calling the baby "she".

Blog has been MAJORLY updated!

I just spent the last few hours updating my blog because I don't want to stop blogging but I've gotten lazy lately. I've not only added new posts but I've also updated my blog roll too. I like to keep my posts in chronological order so I put the links here to everything that I've updated so you can access them easily:

Tuck's Birthday
MEL Vacation
Missouri Cabin
BWCAW
Our Anniversary
Ishizaki Wedding
Abby's Birthday
Presidential Election
Midwest Lifeshots

Enjoy and thanks for reading!

Studio is NOW OPEN!

A few months ago we decided to expand our business to not only do real estate photography but to do portraits and weddings also. In order to do this, we decided to build a studio. Just off our office (attached to my parent's home) we built the studio. It's a great place for people to get head shots, seniors, family and children pictures. The great thing about our studio is, we offer the best of both worlds. The property sits on 2 acres which we have specifically set up for photography. So families can get pictures both inside and out. Inside pictures are more formal while the outside pictures really capture your personalities offering more casual and fun photos.

You can book a session today by going to our website Midwest Lifeshots Photography or by calling 507-424-1044.

Obama wins

This has been probably the most historic election of all time. I just wanted to mark this down in my blog since it was such an important day. Obama has come out ahead and although I wasn't a huge fan of either candidate, I did choose one.

I would go into detail about my thoughts on this election but I find it unnecessary now that it's over. Plus everyone is so opinionated in this area, it's not worth getting into debates.

I voted and I'm optimistic for the future, you have to be as an American...Republican or Democrat.