Late to the party...

nilwethien · February 2014

Hey ladies! Up until now I've been all

but considering that I've been lurking since November(potentially crossing into creeper territory?) I decided it was time to finally step out of the shadows!

I'm 23, I live in illinois, and I'm expecting my first child, a son, June 28th. I shamelessly adore Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings which you'll definitely notice in my gifs (assuming I've actually managed to work out how to gif in my attempt at the beginning of this post)
I have a dh and an awesome fur baby named Scout who daily steals my snoogle.

so... heyyy!

Edit: reattempting to gif...

sarahlynnc317 · February 2014

Welcome!

MrsP419 · February 2014

Welcome! I respect your use of a gif on the first post. I still have not gif'ed in anything but a siggy.

ElTrain5 · February 2014

Welcome fellow Illinois gal!

Cherylwang · February 2014

Hi! Welcome! Also from Illinois

Cindy Thomas · February 2014

Hi! What part of Illinois? I am from Missouri.

jshrop · February 2014

Hey ya!!

kibean · February 2014

Hi and welcome!

chickpea912 · February 2014

Welcome - any HP fan is a friend of mine

nilwethien · February 2014

I'm from NW IL (near Rockford).

Well, actually I'm from Daytona Beach, FL, but I seem to have found myself here instead by some bizarre twist of fate.

Cindy Thomas · February 2014

That's up by Chicago? The weather is definitely different than in FL...but welcome welcome.

babygabe614 · February 2014

Welcome!

chrissy1013 · February 2014

Welcome, from a fellow Illinois bumpie!

momof5sept18 · February 2014

Welcome!

Read247 · February 2014

Welcome to June 14!

Cfleck2862 · February 2014

Welcome also due June 28th

Kristalyn85 · February 2014

nilwethien said:

I'm from NW IL (near Rockford).

Well, actually I'm from Daytona Beach, FL, but I seem to have found myself here instead by some bizarre twist of fate.

I also live near Rockford! Welcome!

Ashes92813 · February 2014

Woohoo! Welcome. Love Harry Potter and LOTR. Hope you like The hobbit too? Say yes, say yes. Second breakfast is my favorite meal.

I'm a Midwesterner as well! O-H!

cas889 · February 2014

Welcome from another (shamefully much older) Harry Potter nerd!

ELC252011 · February 2014

Welcome.

Dharmatron · February 2014

Welcome! I'm also from IL.

nilwethien · February 2014

Woohoo! Welcome. Love Harry Potter and LOTR. Hope you like The hobbit too? Say yes, say yes. Second breakfast is my favorite meal. I'm a Midwesterner as well! O-H!

Is there anyone alive who doesn't love Second Breakfast? But of course I dig The Hobbit too...it's kind of a package deal.

coffee-saur · February 2014

Hi and welcome! Yay for LOTR and HP nerds!

JulieSmiles · February 2014

Welcome! You seem like you will fit in perfectly!

owlcup · February 2014

Welcome from another HP and LOTR nerd!

SandraPB1220 · February 2014

Welcome!

SamMills · February 2014

Hiya!

snowpants · February 2014

Welcome and congrats! Glad to meet you.

LEO2010 · February 2014

Welcome! I used to think I was the only super cool person **Cough Cough- nerd** that was SO excited to read LO HP in a few years. You're in good company here

flerlgirl · February 2014

Hello, creeper!

pcourtade · February 2014

Welcome! Glad you're not lurking creepily anymore.

I also love HP and LOTR. It's great to know there are other geeks!

zg49 · February 2014

Welcome! I love Harry Potter too - enough to where we I am making a felt baby mobile shaped like books in the colors of the hardcover american version. I plan to put little HP's on all of them too

LaurelJoy91 · February 2014

Welcome! May I ask what area of Illinois you live in? I'm originally from the Southern part, live in Indiana currently, but will be moving back home in a few months. Also, I'm 22 going on 23, and I drive my DH insane with the amount of Harry Potter references I make (I've read the entire series at least 5 times.) Andplusalso, LOTR is phenomenal.

So basically... let's be friends.

ETA: I didn't notice you already answered your whereabouts in the comments. Rockford is pretty far from my family (though my sister lives in Milwaukee so we pass through occasionally.) But we can still be friends.