Road Trip: Part 1

inside Johnson's house

J on the balcony

Johnson's backyard

portion of the wall left uncovered with civil war "graffiti" (this is the only section that they said wasn't "too vulgar" to reveal)

Justin and I had such a wonderful time on our anniversary trip. It was a precious time together and with Emily and Matt. We left Tues. July 14 around 9am and drove to Greeneville, TN to see Andrew Johnson's house. We arrived just in time for the last video and tour. We had a great tour guide and learned a lot about the president who followed Lincoln. During the civil war, soldiers stayed in Johnson's house and wrote on the walls (mostly hateful messages as Johnson was a union sympathizer from TN). Here are some pics from the beginning of our trip. (This is the week J thinks I really start to show--so watch for it!)

Kaitie and Ethan's July Trip

Justin was a big hit with Ethan. He loved J's guitar

and case!

What a cute pair!

Ethan's best pose

J babysat twice and both times we came home, this was how they looked. J also got to change his first poopy diaper! They became good buddies. ;)

First Impressions

Justin and I decided to start a family in April, and we got quite the surprise when we found out we were pregnant just one month later! Here's the story of how we found out..

We went to my sister's wedding the weekend of May 16, and my brother's finacee asked, "Are you pregnant? When I looked at you I just thought, 'Lisa's pregnant'"! Of course, we didn't believe her but it did leave me with a small amount of suspicion. So before eating a forbidden-for-pregnant-women ham sandwich the Sunday we got back from the wedding, I decided to take a test, which turned out to be positive! Justin and I nearly fell over, and Justin asked me to take another test "just to be sure." When it, too, proved positive, we skipped the sandwiches and headed out to eat to celebrate. We feel so blessed that God has provided a baby for our family. Here's Justin's face shortly after the test...