Say WHAT????

I can't hold it in anymore!

I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew! I found out like the day before Halloween, and today is the day I get to announce to the whole world (yes you who read my blog comprise my whole world ;) that John and I are expecting our first BABY!!!! I am beyond thrilled! John is too :)

Okay where to begin, I am 11 weeks along. My due date is July first, though at my first appointment which was today, the baby was measuring big, so he said it would be due June 26, but then he said, let's just keep the due date at July 1, and then if it comes early we'll be thrilled :) Okay :)

Next, I have been feeling yucky But not like nauseous, more like more congestion than you would believe, I am the queen of kleenex!

Also, I have been craving fruit, anything really sweet and juicy, especially citrus.

What else, We get to find out the gender of the baby in 9 more weeks,a dn yes we will be finding out. John wants to wait, I canNOT wait. He doesn't get it. I said FOR ONE, I want to know so I can craft the heck out of myself before the baby is born and I need to know the sex of the kid. John said I could craft gender neutral stuff. I could. ANd some things I will, things I intend to use for all of our children, BUT if I am having a boy, I want things to be green and blue and brown and boyish, and if we're having a girl, I want everything to be super girly!

John wants a boy first, he says everyone needs a big brother. Me? I'll be happy if it's healthy, I honestly don't have a preference, I'm just SO beyond excited!!!

So I had my first appointment today! That's why I waited till now to announce the pregnancy, I wanted to for sure be through the miscarriage stage, and I wanted to have a due date.

I love my doctor! he's funny and made me feel like even though he see's expectant mom's all day long, that he was genuinely excited for us, he took time to get to know us and our background and stuff. Just a great doc. SO I had read that I would get to hear the baby's heartbeat at the first appointment which I was STOKED for, but then he said we would do an ULTRASOUND!!! I got to see my baby moving around,see it's heart beating like crazy, it was magical! It looks like an alien gummi-bear kinda, but still so cute and absolutely AMAZING!!! It was so cool to see the little peanut inside of me, moving and BEING!!! AHHH! SO COOL!!

I have pictures, they're really blurry and hard to define, but really cute/cool nonetheless, but our scanner won't work for me! BAH! I'll figure something out so you can ooh and aaaah over my little gummi bear :)

So excited. Did I say that already? YAY BABIES!!!

Turkey, Sick, Cuteness

Love Thanksgiving! We braved the LONG road to Sidney Nebraska to visit Jenni, Justin, and there babes. The drive was crummy, the roads were great, but we drove from 12 am to 8 am, my part was the 3:30 to 6 am part, and I am so sicky yucky congested head cold yucky sick! Anyway, enough about that part, when we got there we took it easy and enjoyed family!!!

Amelia is. so. funny.
When we got there I looked down the hallway and saw her there in her jammies and binky, and I put my arms out and she jumped into my arms ans snuggled with me till I had to give John a turn cause I had to go potty ;) She has so much personality! She is so much fun. She is a happy kid, and so fun to play with! She was constantly cracking us up!!! Justin is always telling her to "keep your pants on" when she starts to freak out about something....well he was telling her to do something she wasn't wanting to do, and she pipes up with a "oh, keep your pants on Dad!" It was so funny! Another time, she overheard me on the phone say "you've got to be kidding me" ( I was upset) well later that day, I hear her exclaiming "you gotta be KIDDING ME!" in frustration at something. Ah, love it, so impressionable! :)
(Don't you LOVE these pics of the kids?! Jenni is SO talented, these are my two faves that she took this weekend:) She takes them all at her house, in her yard, you know wherever inspiration tickles her fancy, she is SO talented! I am always in AWE!!!)
okay next. Phillip. is. so. adorable. Ahhh, a perfect baby! He is so happy, chatty, SMILEY, and CUTE!!! We enjoyed so much snuggle time, and coo-ing and chatting and cuteness. He is so delicious, I can't even take it. He was blessed on Sunday so we were able to stay on Sunday for the first hour of church. Jenny wrote more about it on her blog, but it was a beautiful blessing and it was so great to be a part of it.

While we were in Nebraska, we visited Chimney Rock, and Cabela's :) Cabela's is the ultimate outdoor store, not to mention the very life of the small Nebraska town. We played games, ate good food, I slept quite a bit as long as I could breathe! (More congestion, YUCK, I'm sure you're all glad to hear about that! )

Anyway, we had a GREAT time, and we are so thankful for good family and friends and also for good food! :)

Now BRING ON THE CHRISTMAS!!!