I took the first pregnancy test on Thursday, August 12, 2010 of all places at Brian’s office right before we were about to pick up his parents from LAX.  I wanted to know so I could share the news upon their arrival in person.  If you look at the first test it’s not clear if it’s positive or not.  It looks like it is but I wasn’t 100% certain. So Brian and I made a run to a local drug store and bought a digital test.  Yep, this one was much clearer…”Pregnant”!

Brian and I were both hoping for a girl because we agreed early on that we only ever wanted two kids (it was just a nice even and manageable number).  We just thought it would be nice to have one of each.  Lucky for us, we found out on Friday, December 2, 2010 that God was blessing us with a girl!

Today, I’m glad I picked the name Violet. It suits her. It’s her favorite color, just like me, and she’s as beautiful as a flower. But, she’s also strong, fierce, and independent so consider yourself warned.

Violet has been in Girl Scouts since she was in kindergarten and I’m sure she will stick through the whole program. She has life-long friends/sisters in Girl Scouts that only see each other through those activities.

In 2018, Boy Scouts of America opened up their program to girls and Violet joined the Cub Scout program. If she continues through to the end, she’ll be one of the first girls to go through almost the entire program. If only they opened it up when she was in kindergarten, she would’ve been a Lion too. Lion will be the only rank she will be missing. Both Brian and I are extremely proud of her for being willing to work so hard at both scout programs.

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Violet is also finding her place in sports and is excelling in basketball and volleyball. The sky’s the limit for her and we love seeing her grow and learn every day.