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I'm going to be 31 weeks on Monday, that means I have 9 weeks left until my due date. This is INSANE!!! I take pics when I can... I'm so sore and tired and just plain old exhausted now... Mentally I'm still active-me, I think I can move and run around and be as active as I used to be... my body is telling me to go to hell, haha.

We've been painting the nursery and I'm so excited. It should be done by next weekend. My shower is on Jan 30th. This is just happening so fast. I remember like it was yesterday finding out that we were expecting!! and I know the baby is going to be here in what feels like a week... holy moly.

I am back! With lots of new fun things...

I'm pregnant! Almost 16 weeks, doing really well. Baby is healthy, I'm healthy, and dad's healthy, hehe. No morning sickness for me!! Thank GOD. We've been trying for 3 years and now it finally happened!

Since I am pregnant, we sent our pup Bella to go live with 'grandma' in Michigan for a while.

My nephew is getting huge, he can walk and talk and has teeth and is still cute as ever!

My cat is spoiled rotten, totally the baby, and I have no idea how he's going to do with the addition of a new little one in the family. But he's big and happy and still loves to play fetch and follow mommy everywhere.


I'm still taking pictures here and there, just got overwhelmed with all the changes going on, so after my brief hiatus from dA, I'm back... gonna try to update as often as possible!


<3Melody

Memorial Day is now known as the unofficial start of the Summer Season, great mattress sales, BBQs, and good times spent with friends and family in the hot weather. But while you are out doing all the things you love to do, all the plans you made, being with all the people you love to be around, please be thankful and grateful for our countries bravest men and women. They're out in some of the worst places in the world, fighting in a war, defending their home, their heart, their beliefs and their freedom. They are defending OUR home, our hearts, our beliefs and our freedom.

None of us are perfect, we do not live in a Utopian society, and War is a reality. Regardless of how you feel about war and peace, love and hate, someone you know is either in the war, or has been to/through a war. They've fought for us. They've died for us. They've given us the freedom we take for granted. If you don't know anyone who is or has been in the war, ask someone you know. They'll tell you how they feel and what it means to them.

I am blessed to be able to write this email to you and tell you what I think, how I feel. I'm thankful that I'm not afraid of saying what I think, wearing what I want, and being with whomever I choose. I get to see and spend time with the people I love, listen to the music I enjoy, watch whatever movies I want to watch, and eat what I want. I'll admit, sometimes I take this freedom for granted, but my mother taught me to think of at least 10 things I am grateful for every night before bed or when I get upset. My freedom is always one of those things I am truly grateful for.

I hope today you can teach your children or the children around you what Memorial Day is, I hope you can shake the hand of a soldier and say thank you, I hope you can reflect on what it means to have this freedom, I hope you can have a great day, and I'm so thankful that I can do those things.


Remember, change starts at home, and change starts with you.

I'm going to enter the OC Fair this year and I have to choose just 3 of my photos for entry! I can't really choose my top 3 favorite shots, so I need your help... can you please comment and tell me your top 3 favorite pics of mine??

Thanks!

~Melody

I decided to start back up with my photography, and apparently, so far, so good! Thank you so much to all of you who have added me to your watch list and faves, and for commenting and all that. If you really do like my photos, please tell your friends! If you have a facebook, post my gallery as a link and show everyone! Same for myspace!! Word of Mouth is some of the best publicity, and one of the best compliments an artist can get...

Also, I'm working on getting an actual website up very soon! As soon as I do, it will be posted around!


Please don't stop with the comments and faves, I really like seeing my following grow Who doesn't?


I'm constantly updating and adding more photos, so please keep an eye out and check back to my gallery regularly! I promise, you won't be disappointed.




Thanks so much,

Melody C.