Fire-N-Ice

Well it has been a long time since I have written....shame on me. There has been a lot happening in life, the most exciting of which is we are finally EXPECTING!!!! My baby fever can now be reality!!!! Anyway back to the point of my post. I live here in Colorado and I always look forward to springtime in the Rockies. We get such beautiful weather at that time with lovely 70's and afternoon thunder showers. Everything blooms out so nicely and the land is a carpet of lush green dotted with bright orange and yellow wildflowers. Sigh.....isn't it a heavenly picture? Well not this year. We seemed to have skipped spring all together. We went from 5 inches of dry powdery snow and 30 degree weather to 80's and 90's in the dry climate and NO RAIN anywhere in sight. What type of cruel trick or twist of fate is this? I finally get the pregnancy I was dreaming of and instead of SLOWLY easing into the hot weather, it hits full frontal with a brutal slap in the face! Here I ...

Once Christmas is over, its time for Spring. I can't wait to see the flowers blooming, the trees filling with leaves and all the new babies that come about this time of year. And yes, I am suffering from extreme baby fever!! Tom and I have officially been trying to get pregnant for 18 months now. I think we might actually be getting close to success. We had a miscarriage back in October and it has just added fuel to the fire. During the holidays I took a much needed break from my baby fever but now that the warm weather is approaching and I see all of these pregnant bellies surrounding me it's back with a vengeance. Even my friends that don't want kids yet are getting baby fever. All the cute little stuffed animals, the tiny clothes, the infinite choices of nursery bedding and furniture, the books filled with thousands of name choices for your new little one. The sweet pictures of moms with their new babies. I have an Anne Geddes calendar at my desk which totally d...