15 weeks! At Holmes Hot Dogs- helping my growing belly grow more.

 We are at 15 weeks- baby is the size of an apple!  To celebrate we went for lunch to Holmes Hot Dogs, a local Spartanburg spot, with our new friends Elliot and Lisa. They live in our apartment complex and are students (non-traditional, you could say) at Upstate. They're expecting a baby just a few weeks before us. 

Patrick and I decided to start a new blog for our new season of life. We weren't really adjusted yet to the last new season. We were still figuring out all at once a new marriage, a new (but old) country, a new city, several new campuses, a new team... But then a new season surprised us. And we couldn't be more thankful. We are expecting a baby! In July. In 6 months. Before this summer is over, before a new school year begins, before our first anniversary. We will have a little baby. We will be parents. And we are so excited!

We've taken some pictures to document the journey so far. We are going to have to get better at taking pictures with a camera before our baby arrives. No more documenting big life moments with iPhones.

14 weeks. Voting in South Carolina's primary.

13 weeks. Met a really nice stranger at Starbucks.

12 weeks. Our favorite place- Hub City Bookshop.

(Notice the little lime Patrick is holding- tiny baby!)

11 weeks. Happy New Year! At Cru's Winter Conference.

10 weeks. Christmas Eve in Jefferson City.