Saturday, May 23, 2009

May 23rd - Welcome Josephine Grace

Welcome our newest member of the family - Josephine Grace. Josie made her appearance at 12:08am this morning, May 23rd, 2009. She weighs 9 pounds and is 21.5 inches long.


Josie's brothers are proud as can be with their "Big Brother" t-shirts. Charlie loved holding and tickling his little sister.

The boys are having a great time with Grandma.


Nana and Papa stopped by for a visit too.


Thursday, May 21, 2009

May 21st - My due date

Oh yes, that is my enormous belly. Today is my due date and I'm a bit dismayed that her royal highness is still in residence. I've never made it to my due date before. Jack was 8 days early and Charlie was 6 days early. Needless to say, I expected our little girl to make an appearance DAYS ago.

So the eviction notice has been drafted and an induction is scheduled to begin Monday night/Tuesday morning. There is still a chance she will make her move this weekend, but if not we should be meeting our baby girl on Tuesday.

9-months pregnant

8-months pregnant
7-months pregnant

6-months pregnant

5-months pregnant

4-months pregnant

3-months pregnant


Sunday, May 10, 2009

May 8th - The National Space Trophy Dinner

Friday night we went to the National Space Trophy Dinner, our annual black tie event. It was a wonderful night. Miles O'Brien was the master of ceremonies, our friend Zeb won a Stellar Award, and Mike Griffin (past NASA Administrator) won the National Space Trophy.

It was 13 days before my due date and I received lots of looks and comments. During the reception before dinner, a nice lady stopped me and said, "If anything happens, there is a nurse/midwife at table 35." I laughed and said, "If you hear screaming from table 40, just come running!"

The evening is always fun to share with Jenny and Ian.

I love when Miles O'Brien is the Master of Ceremonies. He is so funny!


They gave Mike Griffin this flight jacket and I was excited to see the WB-57 patch in the bottom center area.


Thanks to Lauren Harnett, JSC Photographer, for the great pictures at the event. I had the pleasure of working with Lauren on the C-9 when I was working with the Reduced Gravity Office last year. She takes great photographs!

April 26th - Painting project




Charlie 2006
Jack-o-lantern 2004