Second Trimester

We are officially 3 days into the 2nd trimester... wahoo! Here is a little pic of the "3 of us". (Yes, my Christmas plates are totally still on the wall... haha) I actually forgot they were there until I saw this pic! Anyway, we are so excited, and we can't wait for October but are ready to enjoy the summer together before the baby comes! I am so ready for the school year's end so we can just have fun and "nest" together soon!

You can kind of see the belly in this pic :) All the ones we have taken from the side look weird... haha. They are safely saved on my computer but won't make it up here just quite yet. This pic was a week ago - so 12 weeks pregnant. More to come soon :)

Belly Bump :)

I think this is the only time in a woman's life where a little extra tummy just makes you smile :) Everytime I look down I'm like, "Ah, I love it!" Nathan is loving it too. My thoughts on Nathan's love for the tummy is this... I (obviously) feel pregnant, but I think now that there is a outward sign of this incredibly special inner change he is just all about it! And it couldn't make me feel more amazing that he is! I've always known he is the best, but he just keeps showing me over and over.

Anyway, now that I have you all lovey-dovey'ed up I will be 12 weeks tomorrow! 1st trimester is almost over! On another note, I am one of 4 women pregnant in our small group at church. WOW! It is so amazing to be able to go through this incredible experience with them so far. 2 are due before me and 1 after so I am right there in the middle. We might need an extra babysitter or two for our group come 2011! As soon as I get a chance I will take a little pic of the little belly and show my newfound "pudge" to all of you... haha! I am happily embracing it!

WOOHOO!!!!

So... I think with this the blog may just be back :) Hooray!!!

We are now coming up on 11 weeks! Seeing the baby's heart beat for the first time was amazing, and equally amazing was watching Nathan as he saw the baby's heart beating for the first time :) We couldn't be more excited, and so far I have had an amazing pregnancy. Other than a stomach virus for a couple days I haven't been sick at all! WE ARE SO BLESSED!

New Site

Hello all! I was trying to upload some pictures of the cruise for everyone to see, and the easiest thing to do was to make a "Share Site" with Shutterfly. Since I use them for uploading all my pics anyway, I am just going to move everything over there. Enjoy the new site :)

http://lifewiththecoggins.shutterfly.com/

Amazing...

my life - it's amazing. Nathan and I have had a great few weeks! It's been awhile (again, I know) since I've been on here, but we've been amazingly busy :) We spent Columbus Day weekend on Weiss Lake with some friends from church and had a great time. We were able to ride around out on the lake and go to SandRock, which was so fun. Last weekend we went to the Yellow Daisy festival at Stone Mountain. It was so neat to go again. I grew up - from age 5 to college - going to the Yellow Daisy festival every year to dance, and I haven't been since my last year before college! We - Nathan, me, and his mom and dad - had a great time, and we stayed for the laser show, which I also haven't seen in forever, and it was great. It's so cool to see all the amazing, and sometimes crazy, talents people have. I love it.

I had a great birthday, including the Stone Mountain trip, and a surprise visit from my mom and dad at work. I was on nights this week, so they totally surprised me and brought goodies too. Needless to say all the staff up there on CSU love them now since we all had great goodies to eat all night :)

My fam came down last night to "officially" go have dinner for my birthday with Nathan's fam and Margalena came too! Great fam and great food. Tonight we had dinner at our house, and Edie helped me with everything for SaraBeth's shower tomorrow! It took us all night with two so I'm glad she was there to help. The shower tomorrow will be lots of fun, and I get my bridesmaid dress tomorrow too! Hope it still fits... oy :)

Well, off to another great weekend full of people I love

A Photogenic Puppy and A Beautiful Room!

Last week was a crazy and busy week! Somewhere in the middle I found out that we have a very photogenic puppy. For whatever reason he loves the little orange light on my camera that lights up right before I take his picture. I don't know why he hasn't noticed it before, but he notices it now. Every time I went to take his picture and the orange light came on he looked straight up at the camera and froze! So I took probably way too many pictures of him because it was cracking me up, but here are a few.

Look at that big boy!

This is one of his favorite "sleep spots".

You can't separate a man and his remote... haha :)

In other news, I have been wanting to "finish" the sunroom for forever! I wanted some roman shades to go on the windows, but those aren't cheap, and I have 7 windows back there! I found out that a lot of shades don't come in the length I needed for the sunroom windows, and I certainly wasn't going to pay for 7 custom made shades... so pricey! So I finally found some for 1/2 off, and after two JCPenney's I had all 7. I was able to hang one, and that's it... haha.

And thanks to this amazing man up here, I came home to all the rest up! I just love them! All the furniture's all in the middle for some curtain time!

Then, this amazing woman came and spent two whole days with me in Newnan, and I loved every minute of it! She helped me finish this room as well as another!

Now the sunroom is totally finished... except for a few minor accents... which are there now don't worry :) I absolutely love it! The picture doesn't do it justice, and I just love sitting back there even more now.

Crazy Week

It has been a crazy week that has flown by. I can't believe today is Thursday! Last weekend was great too! A friend got married which is great in and of itself. Even though I wasn't able to go, I know it was gorgeous and I can't wait to see all the pictures :) We went to a family party and had lots of fun. I totally forgot to take pictures but of course I have one of me and Nathan and the little cousins too :)

I have three days off between working, so that has been very nice. I am loving my job, and I am loving the schedule that comes with it as well! Three days a week is definitely very nice. However, don't be fooled - they are three LONG days! It is a great place to be though :) Today Margalena and I are going to my friend Crystal's house to get some facials! We are excited, and I can't wait to see her because it's been FOREVER! Well, I'm off to get ready for my afternoon of facials and girl time!