Hi! I’m Erin. I’m a 28 year old, with a new baby girl, and a sweet computer geek for a hubby. We share our house with three two cats and two dogs (golden retrievers). I have a doctorate in veterinary medicine (a.k.a. I’m a veterinarian). However, I’m currently loving being an adjunct biology professor. I am a Christian and love God with all my heart! We live in the great state of Tennessee.
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Ben: Man I’m exhausted.
Me: Why?
Ben: I worked 10 hours today and it’s late.
Me: <jokingly> Oh really? I’ve been working 24 hours a day for the past few weeks growing a baby. Tell me about exhaustion. 
Ben: HA! That’s pretty good.
Erin: I thought so.
I disappeared from my blog for the past month. I have a semi-decent excuse(s).
(1) I started a new job. Lame, lame. I see you rolling your eyes.
(2) I was in the trenches of the First Trimester = EXHAUSTION
(3) My baby turned one…a true blessing but man can she book it now!
As for the new job it’s going great! I’m helping people, get to use the gray lump in my skull AND I get to spend more time with my daughter! Everything I could want in a job!
I’m currently 14 weeks pregnant, and we actually found out I was pregnant at around 4 weeks pregnant. CRAZY! Everything in my body was way off due to the fact I was still breastfeeding, but I had a “feeling” I might be pregnant. I’m am so NOT a “feelings” type person but I guess there is something to motherly intuition after all.
I started my brand new job in the throes of the first trimester. With Mary James my first trimester was a breeze…no nausea, some exhaustion, but overall relatively smooth. This time around….wow…. I was nauseous ALL the time but with no vomiting (thank goodness!). Did I mention I was exceptionally hungry AND nauseous? Weird, weird, weird.
And the overwhelming, all encompassing, knock you out, giant bricks on your eyelids, exhaustion. I felt like a narcoleptic…I came very close to passing out on my desk at work (nice impression for the first month of a new job, eh?). I haven’t been that exhausted since vet school.
Now that I am out of the first trimester, I’m feeling much more normal. We have shared the great baby news with family and friends which makes it even more exciting! Ben and I are absolutely THRILLED about baby Murray number two who is due on Tax Day (April 15, 2010)!!
WOW! Where has the past year gone??? (Not to mention the last month of my horrible lack of blogging.) *Ahem*
My baby girl turned one at the end of August. What a blessing she has been to our family. It has definitely been the BEST YEAR YET!!! Here are some pics of her first birthday party!
August 29, 2008…less than 24 hours old.
August 29, 2009….what a difference ONE year makes!!
Birthday cake…YUM!
Mary James’ cake…the child LOVES kitty cats! Wonder where that came from?
Yippee for cake and ice cream (thanks Grandaddy)!
Daddy and MJ
Investigating her new hippo!
