It's cozy, but...

It's WAY too small for 3 people...in fact, it's way too small for Rob and I! Our first apartment has been memorable--except for maybe the 43 steps from the street up to our door on the 3rd floor. We're eagerly looking for a new place to live though--we covet your prayers! We have met with a realtor and been pre-approved to buy a house, but we really feel that it isn't the right time to buy a house yet so we will be looking for a place to rent. We have a couple of good prospects, so hopefully we'll be settling down within a couple of months. We're very excited to move to a place big enough for us and the baby; and we're also excited to have enough room to have some people over (without piling them on top of one another!)

Baby Heartbeat!

Yesterday was our 2nd prenatal appointment, and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat! The doctor didn't have any problems finding it--it was very strong. And fast too! I honestly can't remember what he said the rate was--I think it was 136, which is right on track. Sadly the appointment time had to be switched kind of last-minute, so Rob couldn't get the day off for this one. Hopefully he'll get to hear it at our next appointment!

Mom's Visit

After the "snowmageddon" which basically lasted the entire month of February and destroyed my mom's plans to visit for a weekend, she finally got to come this past weekend and I think it was definitely for the best--the weather was BEAUTIFUL! Finally it warmed up and we could actually see the sun! We did lots of cool things--Saturday we went to an AMAZING consignment sale held by our church's 'Mothers of Preschoolers' group (we scored a HUGE bag of baby clothes, most of which were 50 or 75 cents!), walked around in the Strip District for a bit, had lunch with my mother- and father-in-law at Hard Rock Cafe, and rented some movies. Sunday was even more beautiful so we went for a walk in Schenley park and then drove up to Mount Washington to show mom the cool view of the city. It was a great weekend! Here's some pictures, mainly of our walk in the park and Mt. Washington.