Our Adventures

I remember the first time I ever read this poem. A friend posted it and I remember being in a pretty low place with our son. Things were rough, REALLY rough. I remember being so lost in our very own Holland that it truly didn’t hit me that this beautiful description of raising a special needs child was so spot on.

Hello and welcome! We are so excited you are here. This blog used to serve as a way to update our family about our adventures when we lived several thousand miles away. When we moved back to our hometown and had our youngest daughter…

I didn’t make a resolution like I normally do this year, instead I wanted to choose a word that encompasses everything I envision for 2018.

So Ainsleigh started Kindergarten this year. We never got around to documenting it here on our site, but as it is already half way through the year, I thought I would post these videos, so that we don’t forget what she looked like on her first day of school.

On December 31, 2013, Christine and I welcomed baby Delaney Annabelle Hull into the world. A New Year’s Eve baby? Yep.

I’ll readily admit it has been a very long time since we updated this blog. Since moving back to Reno, we have been able to update everyone pretty regularly about our family activities.

We’ve been very busy working on a new website called Windy Pinwheel. Come check it out.

Will got a new job, Christine had a road trip and we are busy setting up arrangements for daycare for our children. The adventure continues…

I created and shared my love notes for the kids on our Hullabaloo Stories Blog We will be giving one of these to the kids each morning for the next few days until the 14th, maybe even up to the 17th (my birthday), since I…

When moving into a new house you have to figure out how the things you already have will work in the space that is there, you also tend to want to get some new things to make your new space work. Luckily I had enough…

We’re all settled from our second move in under a year and back in our home town of Reno, Nevada.

Change is the only thing that is constant, something I have heard so many times in my life and it seems to be so true for our family. We are hoping this change is the last big change for our family but also a wonderful…

Today, we announce the new website/blog for dc-hulls.com. It is now HullabalooFamily.com. Come, join us at the Hullabaloo Circus.

This weekend our daughter got a new bike (not the tricycle, hard-wheel type), but a bonafide bike, complete with training wheels. She absolutely loves it. She is pretty good at pedaling already as well. As Christine said, “Lance Armstrong, eat your heart out.”

To coincide with our move to San Diego, California, we are going to change the URL of our blog for family / friends to http://sd-hulls.com. It’s along the same lines as dc-hulls but we are putting an SD spin on it. This change will go…

Be still my beating heart November 2011 Getting ready for bed (January 2011) Photo taken in San Diego, January 2011 photo taken by Anne Scherrer (more to come soon) http:/>nnescherrer.fr/blog/

My first 5K was a success, I accomplished both of my goals, to run the entire time and to do it in under 45 minutes. My official time was 38:07 and I ran the whole time!!!

Sweet Potatoes!!!

We got Nolan a bumbo and he is trying to sit up more and more every day. We even got out the jumparoo because he loves to sit and stand.

When I was in college, I was a nanny for a really great family, when I turned 20 the mom told me that I would likely be the happiest when I was finally the age I have always felt…well that age is here…I am 30!

Watching my husband and daughter sitting on the couch together and the way he was being so patient with her, I remembered all over again why I married him and wanted to have children with him…such a good daddy!

In the 7 years we have been together, Will and I have never gone out for NYE, this year was no exception. I decided to invite Ainsleigh’s friends over for a pajama party and Will came up with some great ideas for the kids during…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”This was Ainsleigh’s third Christmas and Nolan’s first. The start of the month was not going well when we found out Will was going to be unemployed for the second time in 2010, but he actually found a new job…

It’s 2011, where did the time fly. We have two children, Ainsleigh will be 3 years old this year and we will be married for 4 years this year. Another big milestone for us is 2011 marks the 5th year we have lived in Virginia….

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;””br /We wish we could send this out to everyone we know but in case one doesn’t arrive in your mailbox, here is Nolan’s birth announcement. I have gotten very much into the red and blue colors for him (even…

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It’s no secret that I miss my family and try to go to California and Nevada as often as possible. I have been trying to figure out a way to spend a little time out west before I go back to work, and so I…

On Thursday morning, Nolan and I headed out to my doctor’s appointment just as the snow started coming down. Ainsleigh had gone to day care that day and we managed to drive to the appointment with no problems. By the time we got out of…

Our OB has been with us through a lot since we started on our journey to become a family. Today I had my postpartum check up and we got a little photo memory for Nolan. We have a photo of Ainsleigh with our midwife who…

We took a trip into the city today, Nolan’s first Metro trip (he slept the whole ride). We went to the natural history museum and Ainsleigh loved all the animals but seemed confused they weren’t alive because she is used to the San Diego Zoo…

It is 12:14am and I am sitting here trying to get Nolan to calm down to go to sleep, singing him the same songs that calm Ainsleigh, I realize that not only is he 5 weeks old today but that I am so blessed to…

Amazing how a month goes by so quickly! Nolan is already one month old and growing like a weed, already 9 pounds 11 ounces. We are loving having him and starting to adjust to two kids. br /- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhonebr /

We have been typical second time parents this poo kid has about half the pictures his sister did at this point in her life but I have taken some cute ones! Here they are center”

pThis past weekend, Christine, Bonnie “Noni,” the kids and I all ventured to the Mount Vernon Estate. You might remember Mount Vernon in your history books as the home of George and Martha Washington. George Washington also happened to be the General of the Continental…

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I know they say babies can’t smile this early on but I swear when Nolan is dreaming he often smiles. The faces he makes (and the noises) while he is sleeping are so precious. I find it hard to put him down and let him…

pYesterday, we (Christine, Nolan, Ainsleigh, Bonnie and I) all piled into our SUV and ventured to the Tyson’s Corner Mall, a nearby mall that is actually two malls across the street from each other. Tyson’s I has your basic mall stores and Tyson’s II has…

pOver the past couple days, we were able to snap a couple videos from our phones. We still have yet to sift through the video that we took with the “

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This morning we all got up very early (after a week of getting to sleep in, Ainsleigh and I both had a very hard time with this) and headed over to the hospital for one last check up with mynbsp;obstetriciannbsp;and to get all my pre-op…

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Not sure if we ever posted these photos of Ainsleigh getting her first haircut. She was nota very happy girl. She cried the whole time, so did I! Will had to hold her to keep her still but luckily the man at the kids hair…

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div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Sunday was Halloween, Will’s favorite holiday of the year. With him being in school the last few years he hasn’t really been able to participate in Halloween, so this year he was determined.nbsp;

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We have at the most 11 days until we meet Nolan! He gave his daddy and big sister a show last night with some belly dancing! br /I started my maternity leave a few days early after my doctor thought I needed to stop working…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”And here it is…Nolan’s room. We finally got the mobile we ordered, its a custom baseball mobile and put up the decals. I finished putting everything on the wall this afternoon while Ainsleigh tested out all the baby toys to…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”After getting her costume on for her Halloween Party yesterday, Ainsleigh looked at me and said, “Mommy I feel pretty!” My little mommy heart just melted, I loved that she felt good in her costume. You will see later on…

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how ever you want to say it, we are going to be a family of four in just one month!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes today is October 9th. We are officially in countdown mode. We have the nursery almost complete, clothes are washed, double stroller has arrived, we…

This week we had a lot of rain so one afternoon we headed to the soft play room with Ainsleigh’s boyfriend Brice. They had a great time and we got to bed early that night! center”

We are counting down and only have about 6 weeks left until we have a new Hull in the world. Its really amazing to think about it. Generally his room is just about complete, we have to hang the photos on the walls and put…

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div style=”text-align: center;”span style=””drumroll please…/spanbr /span style=””Will and I cannot believe how hard naming our son was. With Ainsleigh we pretty much decided right away. This one however we went through books, websites, family advice, it was hectic. Finally we narrowed it down to two…

div class=”separator” style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;”That’s right…I am a Master of Education! I finally finished my Master’s degree this past summer. I really never thought I would do it, when we left Reno…

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div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Here is a little picture of our little munchkin. He looks so much like Ainsleigh did in the belly, so it will be interesting to see if that is the case in real life.

“This weekend, I got to spend a lot of time with Ainsleigh at two different parks. Each of them are unique in what they have to offer. The first is Clemyjontri Park in McLean, VA.br /This park absolutely has it all. From fully disability accessible…

Even though we all went back to work and day care three weeks ago, this upcoming three day weekend marks the end of summer. This is definately a good thing for me for a couple of reasonsbr /ullischool starts on Tuesday/liliits almost fall (cooler temps,…

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pWhile I was still unemployed I was able to go to Pentagon City Mall near where we live. They have an interactive projector there that Ainsleigh had a good time with. Here is a short video that I caught on my iPhone of interactive madness……

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div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”We had big plans to keep the kids in the same room and keep our guest room but as we finally got Ainsleigh into a good routine with sleep we decided to have them in seperate rooms. For over a…

Tomorrow is the last Saturday of our very extended family vacation. On Monday, we will all set our alarms and head back to work…yes that’s right…Will has accepted a job and will be starting work on Monday. We are so excited and proud of him….

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we only have span style=”font-size: large;”strong94 days/strong/span until we are a family of 4 (well 6 if you count Toby amp; Tess-which they think they should be counted). suddenly that seems very soon. we still have a lot to do to prepare for his arrival…

div class=”separator” style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;”Ainsleigh got a tricyle! She was incredibly proud of herself and I have never seen her so excited to play with any toy ever!

Just after Ainsleigh and I got home from our trip, we headed up to Langhorne, PA for a two day trip to Sesame Place. Ainsleigh is a HUGE Sesame Street fan, she knows all the characters and the songs. I guess she probably watches it…

div style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;”with 102 days to go until baby’s arrival here is my bump shot. According to the Bump.com the baby is the size of a papaya now.

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;””We are one month late on this post, but we have an excuse we were traveling. Ainsleigh and I left in mid June for California and Will joined us a few days later, just in time for father’s day and…

div class=”separator” style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;”One of the very fun things we got to do in San Diego is go to Sea World, recently Sea World in San Diego added a small kids…

Baby Boy Hull will be arriving on November 9th at 8am. I know it seems crazy to already know that but our doctor is wonderful and was able to get us on the hospital schedule this early so my parents could make their flight arrangements….

Since this baby is going to be scheduled around 38 weeks to arrive we are more than halfway there!br /The belly is progressing and he is moving around quite a bit! center”

While I don’t want to take away from the beauty of our little boy who is currently growing inside of me, I can’t help but be a little sad the past few weeks for the loss of our 2nd pregnancy. I know that everything happens…

BOY!!! We can’t wait to meet him this fall! He I measuring a few days bigger right now but everything is perfect! center”

yahoo for us…its summer time! summer time a bit early because I am presenting at a conference next week in San Diego (yes little old me, presenting at a conference). Then I head to another conference in Denver (while Ainsleigh has some Noni bonding time)….

div class=”separator” style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;”We made it to the 16 week mark and after a little scary moment on Thursday evening when I had some spotting…we got to see our little munchkin…

Will and I went to my OB check up today. It was a few days earlier than planned after I had a little anxiety attack about something being wrong. Everything is perfect and we got to hear the little one’s heartbeat. I am starting to…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”In Virginia, Memorial Day is the official start of summer since the pools are allowed to open (we have laws about when pools can be open and that lifeguards must be on duty at all pools, even our little community…

div style=”border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;”Again things have been busy at the Hull House! A few weeks ago my friend Morgan came up from North Carolina and took some great photos of Ainsleigh and a few friends. She…

I am so incredibly blessed to be a mommy to this beautiful little girl. Often times I just stare at her and question how I could get so lucky to get to raise her and be her mom. While many of my friends and family…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”I guess our new baby will be similar to Ainsleigh in some ways. Check out both of them at 12 weeks along…notice they both have a leg in the air and a hand in their face. I know they are…

We are so excited to have this amazing news to share…we feel so blessed that we can celebrate this Mother’s Day as the last Mother’s Day with one child. Our family will be increasing by one more in late October or early November. The baby…

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who could it be…oh yes its the dc-hulls! So sorry to our followers (and mainly to Nana our most loyal follower). br /We are so behind on our blogging…so here’s some updates Ainsleigh is now 22 months old. She is talking up a storm and…

For Spring Break this year, our family had to split up. Will headed to Boise for the first few days for his brother’s wedding. He served as the Best Man and was able to spend some time with his parents and family. He took some…

After we finally dug out in February from our mountains of snow, Spring hit fast…we headed up to Philidelphia for a little family trip. We lucked out and Elmo Live was in concert the weekend we had been planning to go. We also got to…

The last time Will and I were in Philly we were caught in a horrible rain storm, the hurricane type of rain…it was before we had even moved to the East Coast. We wound up spending most of the time in our hotel with our…

Will and I have been very busy with Ainsleigh, lots of things to update you all on…here is a little teaser photo from our trip to see Elmo…that is Ainsleigh screaming for the little red furry guy. He came out on stage and she was…

pWhile I was home taking care of Ainsleigh when she was home recovering from a slight fever, we got to get out and enjoy a sunny early Spring-like day. I took her over to our neighborhood park. I had my iPhone on me, so I…

Today our little boy Toby turned 5 years old. He’s always acted like such an old grumpy man that being a 5 year old dog suits him, he sounds old and mature. We started off the morning with Ainsleigh giving him a big hug and…

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Like many of my friends I never understood the whole moms who counted how old their kids were by the weeks, months, even days sometimes. But I get it now. If I say Ainsleigh is 1 year old, that doesn’t really fit who she is,…

pAinsleigh loves to put money in her piggy bank. I try to save coins when I get them so she can put them in there. She loves it when I pull it down from her shelf and she has gotten quite good at getting the…

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div style=”text-align: left;”Today is day #6 of being mostly stuck in the house (our 7th snow day of the year, with more expected to come). We have ventured out twice since all the snow began, but today we have white out blizzard conditions and so…

span style=””first it was the booster seat, then it was climbing down the stairs by herself…this week a big girl bed. Its been a pretty busy 2010 for Miss Ainsleigh Madelynn! /spanbr /span style=””br //spanbr /span style=””Will and I are so proud of her, she…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: justify;”Ainsleigh and I went to the store yesterday and got her a big girl booster seat. She has been taking the tray off her high chair seat for a month or so. I figured out that she just wanted to…

Ainsleigh recent obsession is Elmo, she yells at the TV all the time for Elmo to be put on. For Christmas she got some Elmo DVD’s and a stuffed Elmo. While Noni was here she forced her to watch a lot of Elmo. We also…

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Her hair is finally getting long enough (and wild enough) that we had to do something about it. Will picked up some baby sized pony tail holders at the grocery store and after fighting her a little bit I finally…

strongMerry Christmas to all and Happy 18th Month Birthday to Miss Ainsleigh!!!/strong We honestly cannot believe that our little girl is such a big girl now. She is a full fledged toddler who runs, climbs and talks. She has such a great little personality and…

I know that Christine may find it difficult to post this information, so I am going to post this little bit of news to inform our friends and family.br /Today, Christine and I were scheduled for our 11 week ultrasound to get some measurements and…

Last week the weather people in the area, including the National Weather Service warned of a big storm headed our way. We have heard this before and when they started predicting over a foot of snow I didn’t believe it. But sure enough Friday night…

pEvery year a group of girls I met while planning our weddingnbsp;plan a secret santa exchange. I love doing this because its a fun way for all of us to be a part of each others Christmas without having to buy for everyone. The girls…

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pI found this a little while back and I thought it was funny. What do you think? pI thought that video would get you in the holiday spirit. Pretty funny, huh?

pI found this clip through a friend on Facebook and thought I would share. It really gets me in the spirit. This clip is from Season 3 of South Park. It’s a great rendition of Carol of the Bells. Mr. Mackey, for those of you…

A while back you may remember that Will promised a lot of videos to come of our little Miss Ainsleigh. Life seems to have gotten away from us and we haven’t had a chance to upload or post lately. So here are a lot of…

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! This year we are incredibly thankful for our beautiful 17 month old baby and our new addition on the way.br /That’s right folks, the Hull Family is expanding yet again. Another baby is on its way. We had our first ultrasound today,…

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pHello again. It’s been a while since I last posted, I know. Things have been busy and I hope you don’t mind. I am completing my last semester in grad school and a bunch of other things, including taking care of Ainsleigh when I can….

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Can you believe it, Ainsleigh is 15 months old. She is a very busy little girl (hence our lack of posting recently). Anyway I just wanted to share some photos. I will be honest that she is so busy I don’t have a ton of…

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pWow, it has been a while since we posted on our blog. I just wanted to give you a quick update about what has been going on in our lives lately. Since Christine’s “

when we first moved into our townhouse the owner told us we could do whatever we wanted with the backyard. of course we didn’t want to spend a fortune making someone else’s backyard a paradise but while we live here we want to be comfortable….

So neither Will or I have posted on here about this and to be honest I am not really sure why. I guess somewhere in the back of my head until about two days before I went under the knife I was hoping the Dr….

I have been a bad blogger this summer, I guess I have just enjoyed pretending to be a stay at home mom for the summer. Luckily Will has updated a little bit, but I had a lot of updating to do.

Ainsleigh is wearing out her shoes already and growing out of them. So today we took a little trip to Kohl’s to see what we could pick up to last the rest of summer before we start back to school. I really want to stick…

Our big event of the summer has been Ainsleigh learning to walk. It started about two weeks ago when she really wanted a bottle of milk and she walked across the kitchen. She has gotten better with walking every single day, its amazing to watch…

My entire childhood (literally since I was 2 years old) I spent part of my summer in Gilroy with some family friends who had two daughters my age. In fact the entire neighborhood they lived in had kids my age. We would run from house…

We have been using Bum Genius 3.0 one size cloth diapers since September. Right before I left I was getting incredibly frustrated with our diapers because the velcro wasn’t sticking and they were leaking a lot. So the wonderful people at Cotton Babies walked me…

pAinsleigh has had a rough summer with sleeping (odd since she has always been a great sleeper). We have narrowed the sleeping issues down to teething (4 molars and 2 other teeth trying to work through), sleeping in the same room as me, and sleeping…

pUnfortunately we were unable to go swimming in the real pool in my Nana’s community this summer however, Ainsleigh has had a couple of chances to swim this summer. Thank you to my cousin Nicole for finding a very large backyard pool for Ainsleigh, she…

pWhat is one of the best things about being a teacher? Duh! Summertime.br /Being a mom and a teacher can be a little rough during the school year but the summer time makes up for that. This summer Ainsleigh and I spent pretty much the…

pOn Saturday, Christine was in Walnut Creek, CA visiting her grandfather and Bonnie, Christine’s mother, filmed this to share with everyone. Wow, she is really walkin’ now. div style=”clear:both; margin:0 auto; text-align:center;”object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”400″ height=”300″ data=”http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377″ classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ param name=”flashvars” value=”intl_lang=en-usphoto_secret=b1989d716aphoto_id=3756985360″/param param name=”movie” value=”http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377″/param param name=”bgcolor”…

pChristine and I spent the 4th of July apart this year. She was in Reno and I was waiting for class to begin on the 6th in Virginia. Well, long story short, here are some pictures from the photo session that she had with Ainsleigh…

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pLast week on Thursday, a very important event occurred. Yes, we will acknowlege that two very important celebrities passed away, but that is not what I am talking about. Last Thursday, our little girl, our bundle of joy, our happiness, Ainsleigh turned 1 year-old. It…

pYes folks that’s right, Ainsleigh is ONE! Can you even believe it? We really can’t. This year has flown by. Will and I think we have finally hit our stride as parents, or at least until she really starts walking. Ainsleigh is a really great…

“br Last night the whole family ventured onto the Metro and spent the evening with 51,000+ people (most of them Red Sox fans) at the new Nationals Stadium.

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Ainsleigh gave her Daddy the only father’s day present that he could have wanted today. She took her first steps and seh took them directly towards her. We had lunch with some friends who are expecting their first baby in September so it was very…

Last night Will, Ainsleigh and I met up with my mom’s group (Mama’s amp; Munchkins) for a good bye dinner. Ainsleigh and I were the guests of honor since we are leaving for the summer next Saturday. We met at a Japanese Steakhouse and took…

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Ainsleigh has some serious chompers! This was my shoulder after she had a bit of a hissy fit this afternoon (yes that is a bite mark)br /” just thought I would share, ahh the joys of motherhood!br

pSo, as many of you know, we live in the Washington, DC area. It’s great. Right now, however the humidity is starting to kick in for the summer, so that we could most definitely do without./pPThe reason why I am writing today is to share…

pAs you may remember Ainsleigh got two of her birthday presents very early and has recently started to enjoy her chair and her car.

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Will’s cousin Travis and his wife Jesikah welcomed their second daughter, Phoenix last week.br /We just received some pictures and a few details the other day. This newest little girl brings the grand total of “great” grandchildren in the Hull family to 3, yes folks…

divFor any of you out there that read our blog have been newlyweds and new parents all with in the same year know how stressful it can be. Add one person in graduate school, two demanding full time jobs and very little to no family…

Normally when I write about California, it is about a great family trip we have taken with pictures of our little one, but sadly today I have to write about how one of the most forward thinking states in our country has taken a huge…

div align=”left”Today Ainsleigh and I went to meet up with our mom’s group to have a little lunch and play time. Since Ainsleigh is a very lucky little girl and has two cars, we decided to pack them up in the car and share with…

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pOn Monday, Ainsleigh will be 11 months old. She is truly an awesome baby, I sometimes look at her and can’t believe she’s ours. Ainsleigh is still talking up a storm, she is emalmost/em walking (she can now use a walking toy and walk on…

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“ Sunday was my first mommy’s day and my mommy was in town for the big day. We slept in while Will and Ainsleigh made us breakfast in bed. We got up and spent the morning around the house. When Ainsleigh got up from her…

pThis past weekend was the great invigorator for not only myself but my family. Not only was it Mother’s Day weekend, but I was out of school and it is a feeling that can only be equated to jumping up in the air and clicking…

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pAinsleigh has pretty awesome grandparents (she has a lot of them too-not counting great grandparents, Ainsleigh has 4 grandma’s and 2 grandpa’s, well kind of 3). So obviously this child is not wanting for anything. My Dad amp; Lisa and my Mom got Ainsleigh her…

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pSo let me start with an Ainsleigh update. The little one is getting big very quickly, she is now 10 months old and getting closer and closer to the big 1 year! On our trip to San Diego, she spent the entire plane ride waving…

I wanted to wish my Nana Jean a very very Happy Birthday. Nana has truly been one of the most influential people in my life, she has such a huge heart and has spent her entire life doing everything she can for others. This summer…

pSo as mentioned a little bit earlier I have been a bad, bad blogger. Will even reminded me a couple of weeks ago that I haven’t posted in a while. Officially it’s been about a month since I posted something of substance. In that time…

Yesterday, Will, Ainsleigh and I attended a group first birthday party. The party was held for the babies in my mom’s group, we have named ourselves the Mama’s and Munchkins. I have grown pretty close to these women and we have a lot of fun…

So I know I have been a really really bad blogger lately, and I am sorry to those of you who follow us and feel deprived of photos of our little munchkin. I promise its all for a good cause. I have been super busy…

pI decided to bring the Nikon D60 camera with me to work today because the past couple of days, or more like a week, I have been wishing I had it with me because there is so much vivid color and natural beauty all around…

pWe promised and by golly we are going to deliver. Below are the first pictures released from Christine and Ainsleigh’s spring break vacation in San Diego from April 4-12, 2009. Ainsleigh is just getting happier by the day. Ainsleigh got to see a real-life Sophie…

Ainsleigh and I arrived back home from a week long trip to San Diego. We had a blast but are happy to be home. I promise to post photos and all about our adventures a little later this week.

pOn Monday evening, the Hull household was delighted to invite a fellow fraternity brother and grand-lil’ bro into our home and has enacted the “

As many of you know, I work for United Cerebral Palsy. As a part of their “

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divThis weekend was very very busy (that is a whole other post). I wanted to share one really exciting item that came out of our busy weekend.

pHere are some old videos I just got around to transferring from my cell phone to my desktop computer. The train ride and Ainsleigh with Christine are near the same time, Thanksgiving 2008 or so. Enjoy /object /object/PpYou can kind of tell how much she…

pSo as you all know Ainsleigh is now on the move and she is getting very very fast. We are having trouble keeping up with her already She is a great crawler and is already pulling up a bit. as you can see in the…

pChristine, Ainsleigh and I all got to enjoy some social time this weekend with the fellow moms and dads of her Ning.com group, Mommas amp; Munchkins (MMs) outside of when I was completing my second over 10-pager of the semester working on research for my…

pShe’s doing it…something finally clicked tonight for her and she is crawling. I am so amazing that our little girl is growning up so quickly. Here is some video!

pTaking a moment from writing my midterms (I had two this weekend for my two classes) and shopping for groceries for the coming week, Christine, Ainsleigh and I went to the playground in our neighborhood. The day was wonderful. So wonderful, in fact, that we…

These are from yoga and signing class the other night. At the end of class before the parachute our intructor does a bubble blowing session. The kids at first were not entirely sure about it, but Ainsleigh was enthralled with the bubbles this week. She…

Ainsleigh’s favorite boys both celebrate their birthdays today. We just wanted to wish both of them a very happy birthday! div align=”center”Toby is turning 4 years old today. We honestly can’t believe we got the dogs 4 years ago, but our grumpy old man is…

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“br br divsome of you who read our blog regularly might remember my first marathon back in November shortly after the little munchkin started solid foods. Back then all I had to do was cut up an apple or sweet potato, steam it and puree…

pWell, we took some new pictures today that you might be interested in. We also got some video that is below. The swimming pictures are from this morning. Feel free to take a look at our “

“ With the ear infection battle we have had recently bathtime is still a lot of fun for Ainsleigh. Some nights when she is very cranky we simply take her up to the bathtub and she gets so excited. One particularly cranky night I took…

pAinsleigh is 8 months old today, honestly I cannot believe how the time has flown. So here is a little update on the munchkin…/pulliher ear infection from last week did not go away, as of today she is on the second level of anitbiotics for…

pFor a very long time Toby has been fighting us on going in his crate. Shortly after Ainsleigh was born he went on strike from coming into the bedroom at night all together and slept downstairs. For the last three nights he is again refusing…

pSo, Christine was doing some house cleaning today and for a while now we have been wondering why the hose on our Dyson was loosing suction. We, for the longest time, were thinking that the Dyson commercials were full of crap until we found the…

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pJust wanted to share a quick video I took tonight. Ainsleigh is really moving around a lot and she rolled over to my lap so we started playing peek-a-boo. She was laughing so hard I had to take some video. Excuse how loud I am…

pBack in November, Ainsleigh had a double ear infection as well as an eye infection. Well guess what, she has my ears for sure because just three short months later, she has two ear infections again! Here was my original post “

“ Is it possible to already have a genius child? I am thinking that Ainsleigh is so smart, she really loves computers (I know all babies love to press buttons, but she really has a unique obsession with all computers). /pbr /pThis is why we…

Sara, a person I served on the University of Nevada, Reno Student Senate with while still in college has a blog that I absolutely love to read. It is really upbeat and the pictures she takes are amazing. She has two dogs and has a…

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pTonight we let Ainsleigh go crazy and let her just roll around and figure out how to get herself moving. She was all over the place tonight. Which means we emhave to baby proof/em this weekend for sure. Before you click on the video though,…

pIt’s February (emmy favorite month/em) and in honor of the beginning of the month, Ainsleigh decided its high time she starts feeding herself. As you can see she took both her peas and her yogurt/oatmeal. I think a small amount actually made it into her…

“br Today Ainsleigh had a play date with all her friends from the summer. Bonnie, Jayden, Tyler, Patrick and Lincoln. Her very good friend shared all her boyfriends and invited us over since I had a “work day” (which means I was supposed to go…

“ As I said in the previous post, school let out around 11:30 today. I was able to pick up Ainsleigh from daycare around noon, just in time for her afternoon nap. When she woke up it had stopped snowing for a little while, so…

“ That’s right folks, it has been snowing pretty span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″constantly/span since about 7am this morning (exactly as we were leaving the house it started coming down). At about 10:15 the span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″superintendent/span decided we would get to go home at 11:30. The…

“br /Today Ainsleigh is 7 months old! Looking at that its truly hard to believe we are on the downward slope of her being 1 years old. divEvery day she gets better on her tummy and I see the signs of crawling. This morning I…

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pAinsleigh and I took a quick trip to Southern California. Will stayed home with Toby and Tess. The three of them enjoyed a nice weekend once our heater got fixed. We left on Saturday morning (it was 8 degrees in DC that morning) and we…

pToday, I got to messing around with some pictures from our wedding. A while ago, Bonnie, Christine’s mother purchased Adobe CS4 and Lightroom for me from “

As I posted earlier Ainsleigh and I started baby amp; me swim this past Saturday.br /The best part of this class is that 9 out of the 12 babies in the class are either from yoga or mom’s group, so as you can see in…

pSorry we have been really bad bloggers lately. Honestly I was so busy getting back to work this week and Will has been taking advantage of his last few weeks before school starts. He also spent some time this week working on our “

pYou may or may not have noticed, but as of January 1, 2009 we have a new domain name at “

A while ago we were reading a friend’s blog, the McGinness Clan and noticed something that both Christine and I found absolutely enticing and something that we both wanted to do. It was a “

what a big day for Ainsleigh. It was not only her first Christmas but also her half birthday. We have had a very very busy trip so far and have seen a lot of family. Ainsleigh is not sleeping well but she is still a…

Well pretty close to home anyway. Will, Ainsleigh and I flew to Northern California yesterday. It was a very very long day but we are getting adjusted to the time zone and hopefully Ainsleigh will start sleeping better. More posts about Ainsleigh’s first Christmas to…

pSo I finally got some time where I wanted to be creative. I am usually creative at work creating graphics, formatting e-mails all day long. Now, I absolutely love what I do, but to come home and continue to do it, really isn’t in me…

pI got an e-mail from Christine’s mother this morning in my work e-mail account. She had a link to a Web site that I think you too should visit. It’s about Santa. With the holidays come so many imposters. Can you identify the real Santa?

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divEver heard that expression? When I first had a baby I didn’t really understand it but last night Ainsleigh proved that sleeping like a baby is a true expression.

pAs many of you know or don’t know, I am a part time video gamer, when I am not doing school work or helping Christine with the baby. As such, I thought I would share a little gem that I found on the internet. Ghostbusters:…

I was a bit nervous about Ainsleigh meeting the big guy. So my mom and I scoped out the various mall santas in our area and found the one closest to our house had the best set up, shortest line and cheapest packages. Will had…

A friend of mine, Nicole recently made a really cute tutu for her daughter Avery. She got so many rave reviews she decided to start her own business, “

div align=”center”> Here are some photos we had taken of Ainsleigh, we will consider these her 6 month pictures and her first Christmas pictures. Just click on the slide show once and it will open in a new window so you can see the photos…

pIt’s Ainsleigh’s first Christmas and that is a pretty important time for parents. Of course she doesn’t understand presents or wrapping paper quite yet but we still had to get her some goodies. The other day she took a look at the Toy R Us…

pSorry to everyone who follows us. I know we are sporadic at times, but we have a good reason for a delay in our posts recently. As we mentioned, we did make it to the Smithsonian American History Museum. Our day, however didn’t go as…

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So, today, a day that I should have been doing homework, avoiding responsibility, Christine and I went shopping to prepare for Turkey Day 2008. Get in muh belly! We have everything to make the day spectacular. Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie in-a-can, all the ingredients to…

Here is a video I took yesterday of Ainsleigh with Toby. The dogs just want to lick her and recently she has gotten very curious about them and even laughs at them often. Turn up the volume and catch her great little giggle.

I don’t know when I turned into such a “natural” person, but when the idea of starting solid foods came up when I first had Ainsleigh I thought as a working mom I would never have time to do this. Cloth diapering and homemade baby…

Ainsleigh has really gotten into her jumparoo and most of the time really gets it going now. Notice all the lights and music, those only go on once she moves and jumps. She is also able to turn around in it and play with all…

Well, tonight I gave in and took Ainsleigh to the Dr. her eye had been goopy for the past few days when she would wake up. Yesterday and today her eye got worse. I did call the Dr. last night and they said it was…

I was putting Ainsleigh down for a nap tonight and came downstairs to this mess in the living room. These are blankets my Nana made for Toby and Tess last Christmas. The blankets are made to fit in their crates but were downstairs to get…

Ainsleigh rolled over at yoga class last night!!!!! Its a pretty big milestone and Will and I are very proud of our little girl. She had been watching her yoga friend Liam roll over all night and since he is 10 days younger than she…

I have been known to post things that walk the fine line of being quasi-political here, on this blog. I am not looking to pick a fight, nor am I wishing to discuss the implications of the proposition. I would like you to watch and…

Will is always bugging me to go into DC because after all we do live fairly close to our nation’s capital. Today was a perfect day, the trees are considered “at peak” and the weather is probably going to start getting pretty nasty soon. So…

Today we took my Uncle Rick (my dad’s older brother) and Aunt Becky out to Western Virginia for a day in Virginia’s wineries. It was a perfect fall day in VA, the air was crisp but not too cold. The sun was out and all…

I know many of you are thinking, what? Nevada Day? Yes, today is Halloween and most people are celebrating it by dressing up in their favorite costume (more of Ainsleigh’s first Halloween to come tomorrow). But today is a special day for us Nevadans. Its…

After a long awaited three paycheck month, we have enough saved for the dogs to stay at PetsMart during the holidays and we were able to get something that both Christine and I have wanted for a long time. Now, I am not one to…

To complete your fix for Ainsleigh today, we have some more footage and pictures for your to oogle. I caught these all with my cell phone, so they may not be prime cut quality, but they are still something to interact with. Enjoy. In her…

Here are a couple of the videos we took on Sunday when we fed Ainsleigh her rice cereal. The first is Will finishing her cereal and the second is Will trying to get her to laugh. She has the cutest little giggle now.

Since Ainsleigh turned 4 months old yesterday, we were given the go ahead to try rice cereal and eventually move into solid foods. I thought we would try rice cereal this morning, for those of you who don’t have little ones, rice cereal is basically…

Jackson turned 1 year old this week, October 22 to be exact. My not so little nephew has really had a big first year of life, including major abdominal surgery this past summer. Jackson is a very happy little boy who loves to be around…

Can you all believe it…Ainsleigh is 4 months old (tomorrow)! I know that time is really flying by for Will and I. Today we took her to get checked up and also to get a couple of shots (she only got two because we are…

Photo Credit: NCinDC from the We hearts; DC blog Ahh, the season has finally arrived. My absolute favorite time of year. In fact, I have grown more fond of Fall over the years and it only continues to grow. Brisk and dry air, pumpkin spices…

The Red Sox won!!! I will credit that to Ainsleigh’s choice of wardrobe yesterday…so we thought we’d give it another shot today. Game 7 is tonight and if they win they will play the Phillies in the World Series starting on Wednesday. (*Update: Unfortunately they…

Last Monday, I had the day off to celebrate the fact that in 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue (that’s the rhyme we social studies teachers use to help our students remember the year Columbus found the “new world”). Anyway, my friend Jenny-who’s daughter Bonnie…

For any of you who have met our first born children, Toby and Tess are very very spoiled puppies and have been given a lot of leeway in our household. Recently we finally got them off the couches, its been a really long process that…

As you all know Will is a big Red Sox fan. Today they will be playing the Rays for a chance to go to the World Series. It was looking like all was lost for this year until the end of their last game when…

Okay, here is something I found hilarious today on Facebook. In an attempt to liven the mood around here, I have included the above video to demonstrate that we aren’t all divided, we are Americans (well most of our readers anyway) and we can all…

So I was reading the We Love DC blog today and I found something that was so funny and such a waste of my time that I had to share it with all of you. It is something that is truly amazing and I can’t…

I know its not a video-I will try to get to that next weekend…but here are some pictures. Here is Ainsleigh helping me make Federalism Cakes (every year while teaching federalism-which is the relationship between the federal government and the state governments-I make a layer…

< So, I get an e-Newsletter once a week from Blogs.com and today I found something that I couldn’t resist sharing with all of you. This link will take you to a list of Top 10 blogs for just about every topic you could imagine....

So, yesterday Christine took her mother back to the airport early in the afternoon and right afterwards had a hair/Aveda appointment that her mom set up for her. I was left with Ainsleigh in the meantime. How long does it take for a haircut and…

So, this is a little bit different than what we normally post to this blog but it isn’t a political post. But, it is a post that I think everyone should read, watch and act on. brbrMost of us are intelligent enough to register and…

Last week on September 25 our little girl turned 3 months old. Its really hard to believe that 3 months have already gone by. This past week I was thinking back to this time last year (I had just gotten pregnant for those of you…

This past week, President Bush signed an integral bill for people with disabilities. I will refrain from mentioning it here as many searches could lead people, who we would rather not know about our blog to this location. Anyway, I would like to encourage you…

Better, stronger, faster. That at least was my intent in adding a couple new things to the blog that I wanted to draw your attention to. As some of you may or may not know, I dabble in Photoshop. I am an avid viewer of…

So, last week, I did, indeed have Ainsleigh all to myself. It was indeed an experience that only a father can have, or at least me for that matter. The night started out great. I high-tailed it home as I needed to be home by…

Well folks, we did it, we went granola and started cloth diapering. Will wasn’t really convinced but it was something I really wanted to do. We finally made the decision when we crunched the numbers and realized exactly how much we could save by making…

This week on top of starting school, Ainsleigh and I started Itsy Bitsy Yoga. We are doing it with a few girls I took prenatal yoga with. We had so much fun, the babies really seemed to like it. Ainsleigh did really well and even…

Can you hear the pencils being sharpened? The weather is starting to cool (well a little bit), the leaves will be falling soon, and the stores are full of my favorite items…SCHOOL SUPPLIES! While this is definately one of my favorite moments every year (I…

Ainsleigh is two months old this week and has been really getting such a personality. She is so much fun to spend time with now that she is smiling and really reacting to Will and I now. We had her first shots done yesterday and…

So, last night Christine and I took the trip up to Baltimore to see the Red Sox take on the Orioles. We made it as far as the 6th inning. The baby fared well. She was just tired by the 6th and by that point…

We will be making our way to Camden Yards in Baltimore to see them take on the

Ainsleigh is 6 weeks already. We started our vacation on her 1 month birthday and she has changed so much and really gotten to be such a fun little baby while we have been visiting family. Will and I have gotten into a routine and…

So, we are in San Diego for one more day and then we take the long drive to Northern California (NorCal). As much as we’d like to say we are excited to see everyone, we will surely miss being in San Diego with its beautiful…

On the 4th of July we had a photographer come over to our place and take some pictures of our little munchkin and the entire family. She even got some great ones of the dogs. It wasn’t too hot just yet, so it was the…

br /pWe sent out the official Ainsleigh annoucement last Friday, I believe most people should have gotten them by now, but a few people won’t be getting them because I didn’t have your address before she was born and that is when I printed the…

Many may not remember, but just about a year ago, Christine and I were wed in Napa, CA on July 20, 2007. I felt it is time to take a look back at our wedding in remembrance of what happened, to us. Gosh, feels like…

Its been quite sometime since I was able to sit at the computer for more than 5 minutes so since my little one is currently taking a snooze in the Ergo carrier I thought I would take some time to update everyone. So many of…

We just got done taking a couple more pictures from Ainsleigh’s bath today. She was a trooper, although sitting in water isn’t exactly her cup of tea. The picture below was taken on July 4th and I doctored out the date as well as brightened…

I’ve been meaning to update our blog’s look for a while now. In fact, recently I have had the chance to create new looks for several blogs (DPC Grassroots Blog, WhoWillCare.net Blog, UCPeople Blog). I took this as an opportunity to create something that is…

Attention everyone. We’ve added some new pictures to the baby Ainsleigh collection. Please feel free to visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/21358387@N02 to view them. Thanks. Five days old and right after her first bath/a

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Will and I went to the Dr. this morning and our daughter is rather stubborn and is not quite ready to meet us. I have not progressed any since our last appointment so the Dr. is scheduling us for an induction on Wednesday 6/25. My…

Well there is nothing to update really-I am still pregnant. Apparently Ainsleigh is very comfortable and doesn’t want to join us quite yet. Our next appointment is on Friday so if nothing has happened by then the Dr. will discuss our options, but until then…

So here we are just a few days away from Ainsleigh’s due date and I think I wore the dogs out today. I have been off work since last Thursday (so one week) and finally feel rested. I even had the energy to clean the…

Well at this point almost 39 weeks, but here is our little update. Wednesday was my last day of work (I did have to go in on Friday to finish up some grades because we had some severe weather-including a tornado and lost power at…

Toby and Tess have a fascination for squirrels, especially the ones who run across our back fence. Tonight Tess was outside for about 30 minutes just waiting for a squirrel sighting, she will let out a huge bark and let Toby know that its time…

This will hopefully be the last monthly picture we take, we will take one right before we head to the hospital, but I am hoping I don’t actually make it to my 40 week mark-I am a little tired of being pregnant and really anxious…

Last night I had the priviledge of attending my first Washington Nationals game at their new stadium. I went with a fraternity brother from another chapter (West Chester University in West Chester, PA), Steve Sauer, who I met through the SigEp Feds who is a…

On Saturday, Will and I joined some of my friends from work and participated in the Relay for Life. This is a overnight event (we didn’t stay overnight though) that benefits the American Cancer Society. My aunt Sherri took part in this event in California…

Yes folks that’s less than 30 days until we are supposed to meet our daughter. I had my Dr’s appointment on Monday and Miss Ainsleigh has dropped down a bit so she is getting ready to arrive. She said I am measuring right on track,…

What amazing friends I have! Today after school under the assumption I was headed to a meeting I was surprised by a large group of all the women I have grown close to at work. One of the ladies set up her room with Pink…

Even though I am a doggy mom, this is really my last mother’s day as just a daughter. Next year I will be someone’s mommy. Wow that is so amazing!!! And if Ainsleigh arrives a few days early (which I am hoping) Will gets to…

I had my 34 week appointment the other day and I wanted to update everyone. Ainsleigh finally moved into the head down position and is getting stronger everyday. Her movements are pretty intense sometimes-I think she is trying to push for more room. She gets…

Having dealt with responsibilities this past week and a half including attending class and developing a sixteen page paper with a thorough amount of resources cited amongst them, it is now time to divulge the wonderful time I had in Boston, MA during the weekend…

Hi everyone, Whew…life has been busy-if you haven’t noticed Will and I haven’t posted in quite some time. I really can’t believe how busy we have been lately. Starting in Mid-march until this past weekend, we have both pretty much been going non-stop. I was…

I don’t usually comment on politics on this blog, but as today marks a special occasion, I will do so, but I will not espouse what I believe as it is like religion, you just don’t talk about it at the dinner table. Today marks…

We had a 3-D/4-D ultrasound yesterday. This was something Will had seen and wanted to do even since we found out we were having a baby. So my parents (yes folks all three at the same time) came with us becuase they were all in…

I made a little collage to look at my growth so far. When you see yourself everyday you don’t realize how big you have gotten but with our daughter moving around and having hiccups in my belly every day I am reminded she is getting…

Toby, our little boy beagle is 3 years old today. Its really hard to believe its been three years since that little 4lb puppy came off the plane to meet us. He and his little sister are truly enjoying their new backyard as well as…

The story continues… We are now officially all moved into our new place. After a weekend of lifting this, shoving that, hiking this up the stairs, putting together that, connecting this and vacuuming up that, we are finally in a home with a backyard, a…

First I want to thank everyone for the birthday calls and e-mails. I have such a wonderful family and amazing friends. I also have a pretty awesome husband, he paid for the deductible on my car (I had a little incident about two weeks ago…

Hello everyone, It’s been a while since we have posted anything, this we will readily admit. Life has been crazy the past week or two as we have been gearing up for our move to an area just outside the beltway. On Tuesday we voted,…

I have had some specific requests for a bump photo, so here it is. 20 weeks and the little one is starting to make itself known.

We made it-wow halfway to meeting the newest member of our family. We had an ultrasound this morning (Monday, January 28) and everything is looking perfect. In fact the baby is a little big (shocking right) but it looks like we will be meeting a…

So, Christine and I found a new place this past weekend. As I start school this week, today actually, I wanted to get it out of the way before I went back as I know how much reading I was in for with six books…

The last wall is all that’s left (well by the time you read this it too will be gone) This is the last wall of our school, it will be a parking garage very soon. We moved into a new building next door this school…

On the 22nd of December, Christine and I loaded up the car with the dogs and started on what was supposed to be a four and a half hour trip to New York City. It turns out, that the trip lasted for a total of…

So I am going on four days now living with what I am calling “The Sickness.” I have a cough that is the equivalent to the lightest tickle on my throat but hurting my head every time I cough. It feels like my meninges are…

When my Mom was here for Thanksgiving we took a little trip to Babies R Us, the idea was to start narrowing down things. Of course as we started to do this, we decided we might as well start a registry. I cannot believe how…

Okay folks we are in the home stretch of the 1st trimester which means our miscarriage rate has basically gone down to 1% or 2%. That’s the good news. I have now had three ultrasounds, only one was planned. The first one Will posted about,…

Christine went to the doctor today, the first trip that I couldn’t accompany her as my last trip was last Friday unexpectedly (don’t worry, everything is fine) and I couldn’t get out of work this round. We are starting to see the baby’s facial features…

So we’ve added a couple things to our blog a couple days ago. Off to the right you will find a link to our photos on flickr.com (Click here to see our photos), a Feedburner current activity count, showing yourself and how many other readers…

A couple weeks ago, after Christine got back from visiting her dad and family in Reno to welcome Jackson into the world, she mentioned that her dad was using Skype to talk with her brother Matt, who recently moved to New York City. It works…

Today, Christine and I went to the doctor with Bonnie to hear the heartbeat of our baby. It was definitely something that Christine had aprehensions about because she was worried something could be wrong with the baby. But as luck would have it, the baby…

On Sunday Will and I went with some friends from my work to see the Huston Dynamo beat the New England Revolution for the MLS Cup. That is basically like the Super Bowl for soccer. It was held at RFK Stadium in DC. Over 38,000…

Today we made our bi-annual trip to the vet. This time around, Tess was having some potty issues. It turns out she has a Urinary Tract Infection. At least this was a fairly inexpensive trip. Our last trip involved Toby having a growth removed and…

Hello everyone, I am writing to let you know that I got a new job and just started. My official title is eAdvocacy/eCommunications Coordinator for the United Cerebral Palsy nonprofit. Their website is at http://www.ucp.org/. I will be in charge of sending e-newsletters and helping…

Tonight my husband made dinner for me, after basically spending three days in bed with this nasty little thing they call morning sickness (it had to have been a man who made up that name-it really doesn’t go away in the afternoon or evening or…

Will and I had our first OB appointment yesterday. The Dr. was really great and answered all of our 1st time parent questions. We are right on track for the third week in June right around my dad’s birthday. Morning sickness started last week and…

Who would have thought that I would get to see it once in my lifetime, let alone twice. The Red Sox are in the World Series!!! Red Sox Nation, Unite!

I have been home and looking for work for two weeks now. I have had two interviews already that look promising and one more on Monday, all in the email marketing/0eCommunications world and I am excited. As things are rather complex for me at the…

This past weekend, I flew to Reno to visit my Dad and meet my nephew. Unfortunately Jackson had not shown up yet (he was due Oct. 16). We still had a nice weekend and my mother in law took me shopping for maternity clothes after…

In early September, Will and I joined some other UNR alumni at RFK stadium. We were able to go down on the field and meet Ryan Church (a Nat’s player and former UNR baseball player) and Corky Miller (a Brave’s player and former UNR baseball…

Wow, its actually true. We found out this week that we are expecting a baby in late June of 2008. The baby is actually due right at the end of the school year, so I won’t really need to take much time off and I…

Let me start at the beginning. Will and I actually knew each other in high school but did not hang out in the same circles. We had a few classes together and he adored me from afar, but I was in the dark about this…

Well after a few people have mentioned that I start a blog, I have decided to do so. So here it is, the DC Hulls Blog. Will and I were married on July 20, 2007 in Napa, CA. We are currently in Alexandria and loving…