Best Mothers Day EVER!

So, as you all know by now, Matt and I are expecting a little one. I didn't expect the reaction we got from the moms. It was so wonderful.

Matt and I found out Friday, I got blood drawn and we wanted to make sure it was true before we started telling the world. I think I took 10 pee tests :) So, we head to the gig Friday night, sick as a dog and Matt bursting at the seems to tell the whole audience. I make it through the gig... barely! I think I threw up my lunch 8 times or so... UGH!

Sat was worse! I couldn't stand, I felt like a Mac truck hit me and all I could do was sleep. I am thinking, Geez, these are only the first 3 wks, what is the rest going to be like??? But, as always, my friends were there (especially Michelle) telling me your fine, eat something, sleep it off :) So I did, and Sunday I woke up ... ready to face the parents. We knew they'd be excited, we just didn't know the ENTIRE world would know by Mon morning... hee hee!!

Sunday (Moms day) we head to Blue Mesa with our "Moms day gifts. to meet the Chamberlain's." We wrapped 2 beautiful gifts in very unassuming packaging. We sat through lunch, I barely ate a thing, and had to tell everyone I had a headache ;-) Finally... gift time. I hand my mother-in-law the gift and she opens and doesn't quite know what to make of it... I am thinking... it's a baby rattle... come on! Finally the look on her face... PRICELESS! The whole table started laughing and smiling. Everyone was thrilled.

Then we head to dinner with my parents. Now this moment, I will NEVER forget. Their having dinner, drinking wine and chatting. So I aks my mom if she wants her gift. Matt hands the gift to my mom, and she makes some comment about loving gifts in small packages. She opens the paper and starts balling! My dad didn't see it, so he had no idea. My mom can't stop crying, so finally my mom breaks from the tears and holds up the rattle. She couldn't even spit out the words. She just held it up and said we're gonna be.... grandparents. My dad turns to me with this look like... YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING. Then he starts to cry and as my mom tells the ENTIRE wait staff she is going to be a grandparent, my dad orders champagne, sprite for me :)

We couldn't have planned it any better!! The entire afternoon was spent calling, New York, Arizona, Florida, Kansas City, Virginia and Texas. Needless to say our ENTIRE family knows and we are so very excited.

Not to mention, as soon as we got home my mom got out her diamond and held it above my stomach (from an old wives tale) and if it swings back and forth it is a boy and in a circle, it is a girl. That ring swung back and forth with avengence. We are thinking we are having a boy, but I'll keep you posted!!

Thanks for all the support and prayers! We don't care about sex, we just want a healthy, happy, baby!!

Very Sad News

Hubs and I are very sad to announce that we are no longer pregnant. I guess God did not think it was the right time. We appreciate all the emails and calls and we hope that you will keep us in your thoughts and prayers. God Bless!

Country Ain't My Thang!

So, as I sit here on this cold, Good Friday, I wonder why people like Country music. It's supposed to reach your soul I guess? Not necessarily my thing, but I guess as you get older, wiser, all your friends start getting married, and having babies. I think maybe their right. Maybe Country music does touch your soul. Here's to all you country lovers and all you country haters. This one's for you.

Love you Baby Bro!!

Ciao!

ITALY here I come!!!!

Just dreaming... hoping that one day, I will be where I belong

Well, last night we headlined for the first time. I can't believe it, after only 2 gig's we got to rock out and have our name on a wall outside the building like we were freaking Bon Jovi! Man it was such a blast. We had some major technical difficulties but hey, what is live music all about right?
We had about 70 people there that came to support us and show their love. I couldn't have asked for a better outfit, environment and friends. It was truly one of the highlights of my life.
It was one of those nights that you see how many people really care and how many people wanna see you do your thing. I do have to say I was absolutly thrilled when the CEO, CFO and the entire Admin team came and shook the stage. I hope it was a memorable night for them because I don't think I could ever forget it.

Sometimes don't you wish that everything would have gone perfectly and everyone would have had as good of a time as us? You never know when your up there, you just hope and pray that they love it as much as you.

So thanks to everyone that came out, sorry for the sound confusion, but we hope you had an amazing time and we hope to see you again!

It will always be a little mark on my heart. The first time.... we headlined.

Remember when you were a little girl and everything was easy? Remember on Saturdays when your entire plans for the day consisted of watching Saved by the Bell? Don't we all wish things could be that simple again. Don't we all wish bills didn't have to be paid and people drove you around wherever and whenever you wanted. AAhhh such is life. You live, you learn and then you die.

It seems every day I grow older, every month and every year, there are so many new changes. Some filled with love and others filled with hurt. With a new season comes a new change and each day a new way to solve a new problem.
Most of the time I just wish things could go back to the way it was. No stress, no bills and no hurt. If there is a way to ease the pain, I am an open book. Open to suggestions on how things can go back in time and erase what has been done. What is about to happen today is not going to be easy and I just wanted to let everyone know. I am not as happy as I appear. This crazy and werid life I live.

Sometimes I wish we could all just go back in time.

Today is very instrumental in our future. Not only are Matt and I planning to move to Italy in about 2yrs, we are moving onto our second home. We sold our very first house today. It is a bitter sweet ending. I am glad to see it go, yet a little skeptical of what the new home holds. At least it will have a pool, and we should at least be able to practice in a good size band room, with no Neil Hairs. Love Neil!

As for the gig. We had a freaking blast. I had so much fun, even though I felt like shit. My voice wasn't the best it has ever been but getting up there in all those lights and all that sweat. Singing and playing our hearts out.... you can't beat it! That is what I was meant to do! How do I get to that for a living ? That shouldn't be legal :)

Thanks for all that came out and supported us throughout the process. It was so much fun, I can't wait to do it next time. Hopefully more than 50 will show up this time. We had 52, so I am shooting for 60. A big kiss to deep ellum and we will keep you posted when the next adventure comes around. ;-)