An Epic Pond, An Epic Day, Two Epic Fish

Hi y'all...Wes here. Jaime usually does our blog posts, but I had to blog about the best day fishing I've ever had! Today, Jaime and I took Malia to a friend's farm. They told us to bring our poles, because there were some bream and stuff in the pond, and we could have a good time fishing with the kids. Well, when we got there, I decided to cast a plastic worm off the dock a couple times before putting the crickets on. On the second cast, I hung up right by the dock...then, whatever I was hung on started swimming. I set the hook, and the reel started screaming. Thank goodness I had my drag set right! The first time he rolled up on the top, I started yelling like crazy for Jaime to bring the camera, and for somebody to bring a bigger net! My good buddy David offered to climb down the swim ladder to lip the fish...an offer I gladly accepted. After a couple of tries, David had the fish in his grip. He started to climb back up the swim ladder, but the second step broke off and poor David took a bath, fish and all! He lost his phone, he lost a little dignity, but bless his heart...HE DID NOT LOSE MY FISH! Once we got it up, it weighed over 7 pounds, and my whole fist fit into it's mouth with room to spare. A bass I've been fishing 30 years to catch! We took these photos and let him go free. Best of all, 10 minutes later, I caught a 5-pound bass, the second biggest of my life! So, in 10 minutes, I caught two trophy bass. Truly, an epic day at an epic pond. Enjoy the slideshow!!!

Baby Peanut!!!

The BIG news, is that Malia is going to be a big sister this Spring. We had our first OB appointment this morning and had an ultrasound. Little Peanut is doing great!! Not sure on the gender, won't find out until December...but I have a feeling it is a boy. Therefore, we will refer to "it" as a boy, until proven otherwise. During our ultrasound, he was very active and was flipping all over the place. Our doctor says I am about 8 weeks and 1 day, however he is measuring larger, almost 9 weeks. So looks like we have an over achiever and that he might come early, which would be fine with me. My due date however is April 21st, which is exciting in that Easter is on the 24th this year. So we might have an Easter baby!! God's timing couldn't be more perfect in that, my due date falls the week of our Spring Break at school and then we only have six weeks left until summer. So come Spring Break...I am outta there until next Fall. Malia is really embracing the big sister thing. I just don't think she realizes how much her life is about to change. She kisses and hugs my belly and says to me daily "I wanna look" and lifts up my shirt. :) I know she is going to be a great big sister! Everything with me is going fairly well, I just wish I was not as nauseated as I am. The Doctor gave me some medicine to help out, so hopefully that will work. However, if you have any home remedies...I'd be grateful to hear about them. Other than that, we are just enjoying this time and are super excited. I'll keep you posted as things progress.

Two months down and only seven to go!!

Such a silly girl!

Malia's most famous faces...

Stayed tuned for an exciting update in a week or so...