What a realization.

On Tuesday September 1, I hit 24 weeks pregnant. I was just thinking about how far we had come. We found out I was pregnant at 8 weeks. 16 weeks earlier, then I thought a little more and the baby will be here in 16 more weeks. (Hopefully she will come a little earlier than she is supposed to - December 14th would be great!) I sat there and I thought - by the end of the this year I am going to have a little girl in my arms. Until recently she was going to be the last one born of my group of friends, well then more and more of us keep finding out that we are expecting. I don't even know how many at this point!

This is something that I have always wanted. When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I always said a teacher or a mommy. When Keith and I got married we did want to enjoy being husband and wife only for a little while, about two years. Well we have gotten that because next Tuesday is our 2 year anniversary.

Life is changing. It's exciting and nerve-racking all at the same time. We have so many things that we need to do, yet we want to just enjoy every moment. Like making a pile of pancakes for breakfast - all because it was a craving.

I have been very blessed throughout this pregnancy. Everything is coming back normal. Sure, I am still sick quite often, but I have figured out how to make it manageable. Through trial and error and more importantly my friends that are already moms and moms-to-be that are further along than me.

I am pretty excited that when I look down all I see is belly -


and that is because our little girl is in there growing to be one healthy little girl. I hope she is active when she comes out as she is when she is in there.

Kaitlyn Alexis Hickman I can't wait to meet you.

Precious and Weird all at the same time

So last night we are laying in bed and the baby kicked. It must have been a good one because my tummy jumped where it happened. I thought it was so precious, there is our little girl letting us know she is there. Then Daddy - "That is just weird, so not natural."

That's my husband - a very unique perspective. I wouldn't change it even if I could.

5 days ago

We found out on Thursday last week that we are having a little girl. We could not be more excited. It is finally sinking in that we are really doing this. We are really having a baby. We are really going to be mommy and daddy. Isn't life great!

One Week

One week from today. In less than 168 hours we will know.

We will know if the baby is truly our little Kaitlyn or if we have been calling our little boy Kaitlyn for 3 months! (We didn't know we were pregnant for the first two.) If that is the case hopefully we have not done permanent damage to our little Kevin.

Pray that our little one will be an exhibitionist between 1pm and 3pm on August 13th. We just need to know - I have shopping to do! :)

This is where I earn it.

Many people tend to think that I earn my money only doing my 45 minute shows. They forget about this part....

The shopping for the shows.














The saving items for months!
















The getting prepared for the shows.
















And the dangers of permanent markers!















I love my job!