Happy Halloween!!

To think this time next year we will hopefully have a cute little 6 month old to dress up! :0)
I love a great costume for kids and pets. I put Rory's hot dog costume on her over the weekend, so much fun, she didn't even fight me to put it on, she's knows its great too!! I stole these pics from my sister's facebook, my nieces are always impressive with their creative idea's for Halloween, I remember what made a good costume for me and my sis was if we could spray our hair a crazy color, I am glad to see the tradition is living on:

This year we have Super Chloe and Grapes:

A legacy of love...

This weekend Ryan and I traveled to Kirksville, Mo to celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. What a tremendous gift it is the legacy all 4 sets of our grandparents have given us to all have marriages that have lasted 50+ years.

The Bell Kids:

Here's how cute they were on their wedding day:

And still cute 60 years later:

Baby Celebration with Friends.

Last Sunday night we went out with friends to Texas Road House to celebrate our baby news. My sis-in-law Amy made these cute little pink & blue m&m treats for everyone. It was really just a great excuse to get the crew together. We all went to OC together and have remained close since. Friends are such a wonderful blessing. One of my favorite quotes I have in my office at work is "Friends are the family we choose". I love my family family and my friend family, I am so thankful for the blessing they are in my life and will be in our child's life too!

Goodbye first tri-mester!

Well its funny how in the beginning the weeks are just creeping by when your holding this secret in and now its like where did the time already go! Today marks the first day of the 2nd tri-mester! I think it will be time in the next few weeks to do some maternity clothes shopping. So far everything still fits, which is nice and since I've been sick a lot I've not actually gained weight yet.

12 weeks:

10 weeks:

Heath got Hitched!

Last weekend Ryan and I were in Tulsa for my cousin Heath's wedding. Its was a very sweet wedding and we enjoyed participating in the festivities. Heath and his wife met at my brother's wedding several years ago. Okay get out your family tree diagram, Heath is our first cousin and his wife is Lori's first cousin (my sister-in-law) but no worries Heath and Brook are in fact not cousins, so its all good.

The married couple and their first dance:

Ryan and I at the reception:

I caught this picture of Matt and Lori, It always good to see them, I wish we all lived closser:

Allie and Rory zonked out after the long weekend on the way home:

Our News!

Wow holding this in for this long has been hard and still debated to wait a little bit longer to share our news but maybe more prayers out there for a safe and healthy pregnancy couldn't be a bad thing.

So for those interested here's been our story so far on this baby roller coaster ride so far.

The Test: I just felt like I knew I was pregnant before we took the at home test. Ryan of course was like who knows, probably not. So we debated about when to take the test and waited painfully till a Friday night after we had went out with Friends. (Ryan said we should take the test when we could properly take it in and celebrate it so we waited till the weekend). So I took the test and we wait the painful 3 minutes together and looked at it at the same time. (choosing the method of walking in the room backwards and turning it around at the same time.) All I could do was laugh and laugh at first then soon after felt a heavy feeling of fear in thinking our lives are already changed and will only continue to change more and then as it all set in a little longer the joy took over again.

Here's the pics from the night we found out:

Ryan taking it all in:

The first doctor visit:

I guess it didn't quite feel real just yet. We went about a month after taking the at home test to the doctor. (My doctor doesn't want to see you till 8 weeks unless otherwise indicated). I had some anxiety due to knowing they would need to take blood and I am phobic of needles, often passing out during the process. I didn't know what to expect but at the end of the visit we got to go the ultra sound room and hear and see the heart beat. I can't even describe what that moment felt like, absolutely amazing. As ironic as it is that moment was surreal and very real all at the same time. (Also I almost but didn't actually pass out with the 6 viles of blood they took, I consider that success!!)

How I've been feeling: I have been sick off and on and very exhausted since about week 6, I am looking forward to some relief in hopefully a few more weeks, when we will be through the first trimester. I keep reading being sick is a great sign for the pregnancy going well so in that strange way its also calms some of anxiety in worrying about things going wrong.

What else we know a this point:

We are due in April.

We are about 10 weeks along.

We will find out if its a boy or a girl maybe around Thanksgiving time.

I will work part time after the baby arrives and take a full 3 month leave.

We don't have any names or even ideas of names.

well that brings you up to speed for now, stay tuned!

Ryan passed another one!

Here's some pictures from our house a few weeks ago when Ryan was taking a study break from studying for the CPA exam. Luckily he really devoted himself to study and it paid off he passed his 2nd section!! So 2 down and just 2 more to go. I am really proud of him and it feels good seeing the light at the end of this tunnel, which as you can see both Rory and I will be very happy for!