Crazy Days

Well I have been planning on putting in my next blog entry after I downloaded the pictures from my camera to my computer but considering its almost been 2 weeks now since I made this goal :) I decided to put in the entry and then add more pictures later. :)

A couple of weekends ago my wonderful friend Melissa from college gave me a fantastic shower with the help of my other fantastic friends Amber, Becky and Sarah. I had most of my old college suitemates, college friends and family there and it was so fantastic to see everyone. These days it takes either a wedding or a baby to get us together. hehehe But it was such a wonderful weekend. And the shower was so much fun and again we felt very very loved. And like I said before, more pics will follow. But luckily I can add this one group photo for now that Melissa sent to me. So you can all thank her for now. :)

Last week Ryan and I had a 36 week ultrasound because the doctor wanted to see how big Jake was at that point. And well, lets just say he is already getting big. :) But at this point we are just in the waiting game and we will see how big he gets at delivery time. But it was so much fun to see him again...now we can't wait to see him for real and be able to actually hold him and see what he looks like, who he looks like...all that fun stuff. And I think he is getting anxious too as his movements are getting more and more like "get me out of here!!!" hehe

But last weekend Ryan and I took a trip to Bakersfield and picked up the rest of the things we would need for him. Then we pulled everything out of the nursery, as most everything was still in gift bags, and sorted it in our living room. I will really need to get a picture of this because it looks quite hilarious...like a Babies R Us threw up in our living room. hehe Luckily we have our friend Christy coming over for a bit tomorrow to give us some direction as to where to start...because we are a little overwhelmed at the moment.

Things are going well for me...counting today I have 6 days of work left and I can hardly wait to be done. Its a lot harder getting through the day now than it was earlier on. By the time I get home at the end of the day I am beat. But on the same token its really strange to think that a week from tomorrow I will be leaving work and not coming back for 6 months. It seemed so far away for so long.

This weekend will be a nice weekend of getting things done and enjoying our time together. Saturday is our 5 year anniversary which is so amazing. Hard to believe that 5 years ago we were about to get married. We are going to play it low key this year and go out for dinner and wing it the rest of the day...but it will be our day without any baby chores or anything else and so it will still be very special. Last year we knew we were about to start trying to have a family so we really celebrated and went on a cruise. So this year with everything going on we are very content to just have a day just us.

Well that is it for now. I will try and get those pics as soon as I can. And yes...as soon as the nursery is a bit more put together I will add that too...it has been requested by many. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

New Belly Pic

Well here I am, on a nice fast Internet in the comfort of my own home. :) So that means you guys get a picture. hehe Many of you have been asking to see a new belly pic and so here is one that my mom took of me last weekend. He is getting a bit bigger and some of my coworkers say is getting bigger every day.

We have been so blessed lately with wonderful friends who have given us 3 lovely showers. We had one a couple of weeks ago that was a work shower, one last weekend with my church and local friends and then we had a shower at work with Ryan's group yesterday at lunch (a surprise to him that they invited me to be a part of). We have such amazing friends and we really feel spoiled rotten. And my goodness...we still have one more shower in SLO next weekend. This little man is going to be the best dressed little boy in Rosamond and have so many things that will make everything easier for us. Thank you so much to our friends Kirsten, Amber, Christy, Amanda, Bethany and Ryan's coworkers for making us feel so special. We really are blessed.

But so far things are going well for me. I am at 34 weeks now and so am just starting to get a little more tired. But at this point I only have 4 weeks of work left so I will make it. For those of you who do not know I have been given the opportunity to return to my job after taking 6 months off to be with little Jake with a part time schedule. Something that I was really hoping for. I will only be working 3 days a week and then will be able to spend the rest of the week at home. So I am pretty excited about that.

Well I am going to get back to my husband now :) but I hope all is well with everyone and I will "talk" with you again soon.

I'm still here :)

Well I was thinking that I have no added to this blog in quite a while and so there is no time like the present. :) Things for us are going really well, and time is going really fast.

Our biggest news is that last weekend we bought a new car (well used but new to us). We started to realize that a child seat would not fit in my truck and honestly Ryan and a child seat did not fit too well in the Corolla either. So Ryan did a ton of research and we ended up getting a 2006 Honda Pilot. We got a great deal on it and its got more bells and whistles on it than we ever thought we would have. But it will be the perfect family car that we can do everything with and so we are really excited.

We are trying to get all set for the baby and its just amazing to me how soon the due date is coming up. I always thought that the 9 months would be a really long time but to be honest the time has flown and I am now under 8 weeks to my due date. Crazy. Last weekend my work threw us a shower and we had a really great time and they spoiled us with all sorts of cute stuff...we really are blessed. Then this weekend is my church shower which I am really looking forward to, and both of our parents are coming down so that the moms can both be there. So we will have a lot of fun, and the dads can help Ryan put together little Jake's dresser and some other things while we are gone (well that's his plan...but I suspect it might be a little more time playing Rock Band which I got him for Christmas...hehe).

But that is us for now. Oh and big news, we are supposed to be getting Internet late this week....we are joining the 21st century!!!! :) So for those of you tired of how long it takes me to check my hotmail...that will soon change.

Bye for now.

Ultrasound pics

Well thanks to my wonderful parents that e-mailed me two of the ultrasound pics off of their CD I was able to find a way to quickly get these on the blog. So here are two of the first pictures of little Jake. He really liked the cuddle up with the placenta during the whole thing as you can kinda see in the pictures. He kept trying to hide but would often turn around when Ryan talked to him which was really neat. But it just amazes me how much you see in these 3D/4D ultrasounds. It just makes me really excited to meet him in person!!! :D

My Birthday

Well hello everyone. :) So I still don't have high speed Internet and so this does not have pictures yet but I figured that I could still share my wonderful birthday story. (and it also buys me a little time as my friend Melissa told me I had a week to add another entry to this blog she helped me set up, or I was really in trouble..hehe)

Anyway, my 29th birthday was on Saturday and it was the best birthday I have ever had. Why you might ask? Well, I have the most amazing husband and he surprised me with a trip to Bakersfield to get a 3D Ultrasound. We had not seen little Jake since my 19th week (I am now a little over 30) and it was so great to see him. Also he had talked to both of our parents beforehand and so when we walked into the office they were all there. So we all got to see the amazing ultrasound of Jake together which was really an awesome experience that I still cannot stop grinning about. Not that I am biased or anything :) but he is looking quite cute so far and even has Ryan's little dimple in his left cheek. We got to take home a bunch of pictures and a DVD and CD of the whole thing. So it was awesome and I absolutely loved it. Don't I have the best husband in the world? Thank you Ryan. :D

We still do not have high speed yet at home but I will figure out some way to get some of the pics on this blog in the next couple of days so that they can be shared.

After that we all went out to lunch at Famous Dave's which is one of my favorites and then all parted directions. My parents and Grandma (who was also able to be there) went back home and Ryan's parents came home with us. So it was pretty much a fantastic day.

Today I am back at work but I must stay I am still on cloud 9 from my birthday and so it is making it a bit easier to be back after 2 weeks off.

Talk to you all again in a little bit, hopefully with pictures. :D

My First Blog

After months of everyone telling me I need a blog...here it is. You can all thank Melissa for this as she sat me down and helped me make it. :D But here we are in Sacramento for New Years and Meliss took some up to date photos of me. The first picture is not the greatest of me but hey you guys are all focusing on the belly right?

So here it is for now, once we get high speed internet at home I will add more updates so you can all be up to date. We should probably be getting it after we get home from the holidays some time so it will not be too long.

This was also the first time that we got to meet little baby Kadence. Isn't she adorable, and quite the happy baby. We are having quite a fun time getting to know her...I just hope that in time I can teach her my wonderful humor. I know that Mom and Dad would love that. hehe