Happy New Year!  John and I just returned from a few weeks away - our "babymoon" if you will.  We spent a wonderful 5 days canoeing on the Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park with my sister Lisa and her boyfriend Larry.  What a beautiful place and a great way to spend the new year.  After a few days in Austin checking out Lisa and Larry's new house, we headed to Mazatlan Mexico with some of my family.  After 4 days swimming in the ocean, sailing and relaxing, we returned to Belgrade, MT to start our final grad school semester.  All in all a wonderful trip.  

And it's good to be back!  Here are a couple pics from our trip, plus the newest belly pic.  Baby Rugs did well on the trip, and a couple of days ago I felt the fluttering that is the baby - pretty cool to start to feel the baby as a separate being.  we have our 5 month ultrasound on Monday, and will post another update after that.  This belly pic is from today, 20 weeks and counting! And I cut my hair short today - I decided I miss having my short hair, and wow does it feel good!

Love

Laurie