All of the Exciting Things!

This month has been very exciting for us.  This is going to be a long post so, bear with me.  I promise it will be interesting:)  First, Chuck became a doctor!  Crazy!  During his graduation I was so emotional, I have never felt so much pride!  Chuck has worked so hard in school and now he is done, it is a very sweet moment.  Here he is walking and getting his diploma.

Chuck in his cool outfit:)  We kept teasing him that it looks like Harry Potter robes but he started to get mad, so we laid off him, haha!

Since I can't keep this a secret any longer,  we are adding another little Burtis to our family this December!  We are so excited!!!  I have been feeling a lot different from when I was pregnant with Penny.  I have only thrown up once this time around, with Penny I was throwing up multiple times a day for about 2 weeks.  I had a first trimester screen this time around.  Mostly I wanted to get one last look at the babe before we moved.  Everything looked good!  The technician was super nice and took a peak to see if we could tell if it was a boy or girl at all, and she said that she suspects that it is a girl!  Nothing set in stone yet obviously,  I am only 12 wks.  WE ARE SO EXCITED!!  So many fun things in the our little family.  I hope I don't jinx us by saying that:)

And then that brings us to now.  Today is our last night in Milwaukee.  It is a little bittersweet!  We have enjoyed Milwaukee and have great memories here.  It has been hard to say goodbye to friends.   I feel like 4 years is only enough time to get pretty close to people, then we leave:(  It is ok though.  I like change and handle it pretty well.  I like new adventures!  Columbus better be ready for us! 
Of course, it wouldn't be a post without a little Penny.  She has been so mischievous lately!  It is unreal!  She gets into the fridge and gets whatever she wants.  Sometimes I catch her eating lunch meat or trying to fill her sippy cup with milk.  Sometimes she brings me things to open for her, sometimes she doesn't....  Well we have been busy packing and I had an appointment one morning.  Chuck was left at home with Penny.  He said it became very quiet and so he went into the bathroom this is what he found.

That is her rubbing Calamine lotion all over the place!  What a messy little pest:)  At least she likes to clean herself!

Well I will be MIA for awhile.  With moving, we have to get the internet situation figured out and we have to get organized after moving.  Goodbye Milwaukee, it's been real.

The Senior Gala and self portraits

I haven't blogged with pictures for quite awhile.  I realized that there was a lot that happened in between.  First Penny got terribly sick.  Well, not terribly but me and her were both miserable.  We first got colds that turned into nasty!  We both had infections in our eyes and poor Penny could hardly open her eyes. Especially in the morning.  It wasn't pink eye.  It was a type of bacterial flu.  

Anyways after we got better came Easter!  We ended up being in Columbus, looking for housing, so I never got pictures of Penny in her cute dress.  But she did have an Easter egg hunt with her friends at playgroup!

These were the best pictures I could get.  She was much more interested playing on the little play ground.  OH WELL! haha

Then we had the Gala.  This was a semi-formal celebration for the graduating Seniors. We had some delicious food and fun dancing. I found a 'fancy' dress, and we got all dolled up.  It was a lot of fun to hang out with my cute girlfriends that I have been with for the past 4 years.  It is going to be extremely hard saying goodbye to the wonderful women! ( and husbands:) they are pretty awesome too, especially been great friends to Chuck).  It was a very fun night.  We got a babysitter for Penny, Jenny.  Who I am so grateful for!  It was truly a great night knowing that Penny was safe at home with another great friend! 

 It really is going to be so hard to say good bye to everyone!  It seems strange that these 4 years are over.  I have made some great friends that can not be replaced!

The next pictures are funny pictures of Penny.  She has gotten pretty good and taking her own picture.  It is quite funny!  These\ first pictures aren't self portraits but I thought she looked like a little punk rock girl with her skinny jeans and hat.  Then she ate a green popsicle...

Above and below are her own doing.  It is funny that she seems to be posing!

I know not very interesting to most people, but I think it is pretty good that she actually got her face!  Don't mind her booger that becomes ever present as the picture progresses.  Well that brings us up to now.  We are getting ready for graduation and company to come visit.  Then, we move!