We had it all planned out. We had prayed for God to allow us to make two important journeys before Andy’s arrival in the world. First, we wanted to go to Lexington, Kentucky to see Stacy’s sister walk across the stage so we could officially refer to her as “Dr. Walker” with pride in our voices. Second, we wanted to visit Virginia Tech to see Stacy’s sister walk down the aisle so we could officially refer to her as “Mrs. (Dr.) Heath” with pride in our voices. Neither of these trips would be a problem under normal circumstances and we would have never thought to tackle these excursions, even with Annie in tow. But having an extremely pregnant Stacy makes everything a little more adventurous. Nonetheless, we were bound to try these adventures with glee in our hearts.
We left for Lexington on Friday, August 24th. I got off work at 5:00 and we hit the road. We arrived in Lexington about 10:15pm, fell into the bed around 11:00 and I went to sleep, excited that I could get 6 or 7 hours before we got up early to have breakfast the next morning with some friends we know from the blogging world. [Read more…]