When I was planning my fabulous wedding, I wanted to have a Daddy-Daughter dance. I mean, this is my ONLY daddy and since I was having a full blown somewhat traditional wedding I wanted to have a dance with him. Well technically I wanted a lot of dancing, but specific dances with me and daddy, my mom to dance with each of my brothers, my dad to dance with Lisa, and Beej to dance with his mom... oh and the dance between Beej and myself. Sadly, the only dances that took place were between Beej and myself, and Beej and his mother.

That said, I went to a lot of work to pick out a great Daddy-Daughter Dance song for us! Since I didn't get the chance to dance with him, and I still think the song that I picked is fabulous and perfect, I am going to post the lyrics for you and then you can find it and listen to it.

Song: I loved her first
Artist: Heartland

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first
How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

Now, if I knew how to upload music to a blog, I would add the song for you... but alas, I have NO idea how to do that! hehe

Daddy, this was supposed to be our song. Maybe someday we'll dance to it :) LoveQ

Tonight is another pregnant sleepless night. I tried sleeping, but I woke up covered in hives scratching myself again. I took a bunch of Benadryl, as I usually do, and now I'm up and bored til the stuff kicks in :)

I wanted to create a journal for my baby. Something that he/she could have someday to know more about mom and dad and where they came from. I had been attempting to write all of that information down, but I have been failing miserably. I told my friend Stacie about my "goal" and she recommended that I start a blog. I never really pictured myself as a blogger, but being able to mindlessly type in an online journal is pretty cool. Plus I type a hell of a lot faster than I can write!!

Today was a pretty crazy day! BJ and I started a pre-qualification process on a mortgage. We just might have our house by the time the baby gets here! We drove around for a few hours looking at houses and I have to say that I am in LOVE with the Daybreak area. It had the most amazing Pleasantville feel to it (if that doesn't make sense to you, watch the movie!). There were kids playing everywhere, it felt so happy and safe... It was almost like the feeling of Bristol Road where I grew up. I want that for my kids. I want my kids to be able to play in a neighborhood where it is safe and parents don't have to watch the kids every move... I want my kids to grow up in an area down here that is similar to where I was lucky enough to grow up. I don't want to deadbolt my kids in to a house and tell them to stay inside until I get home from work. I never had to do that growing up and I certainly don't want to do that to my children because we choose to live in more of a city than Logan.

There were parks all over in Daybreak, a man-made lake... beautiful scenery everywhere. The houses are so cute and they are all new which means that there is going to be less maintenance for us in the short-term. The houses will definitely appreciate out there as well, so even a townhouse is a good investment opportunity. BJ should find out tomorrow how much of a mortgage he qualifies for, and then we can start the search. We didn't even want to start this process until after we had the pre-qual letter. It is looking very promising though and we are absolutely ecstatic over this!

I will keep you posted.

LoveQ