Dec 19, 2012

12 Weeks on our 8th Anniversary

Joseph and I got married eight years ago today. We celebrated with Mexican food for lunch. Really, we celebrated in mid-October with our trip to Gatlinburg. The month of December is really busy at UPS, so we usually do something special at a different time to celebrate our anniversary. We always find time to go out to eat, though.

I'm also 12 weeks along in my pregnancy. I've never really understood the comparisons to fruit because I'm pretty sure my baby isn't as fat as a lemon right now, though he/she may be as long. I did come across a figure online that said my baby is about as big as a Vienna sausage. Now, that sounds more realistic.

I'm feeling pretty good these days. I just get pretty tired around mid-afternoon time. I'm not one who typically requires great amounts of caffeine, but I splurged today and got a fountain drink from the gas station. A Coke on ice never tasted so sweet.

Christmas is coming soon! We will be here in Louisville for the week and will be celebrating with family closer to New Years. I believe I'm all finished shopping- picked up the last of the stocking stuffers today. I like to get the kids juice boxes and individual snacky things in their stockings since I don't usually keep these kinds of treats around the house. This is the year of the Ninja Turtle in our house, so many of the boys' presents are along that theme. I'm excited to see Joseph on Christmas morning, too. He is a little boy at heart when it comes to retro action figure stuff.

Merry Christmas everyone!


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Dec 7, 2012

Glad tidings of great joy...

I know my last post was a downer, so I promised the next one would be full of good news. I'm not one to disappoint, so here's the news:

We are having another baby!

Yep, Baby #3 is set to arrive by late June 2013. I am currently 10 weeks pregnant, and it's no joke when they say you start showing earlier with each baby. Here's what my baby bump looks like today. Now that the news is out, I can actually start wearing clothes that don't hide my growing figure!

10 weeks

For those who are wondering whether we were trying for another, I'll just say that this one was a gift. Call it an early Christmas present. It's definitely going to shake things up around here, but we are excited. I had a doctor checkup today and got to see the baby moving around on an ultrasound. He/she already has little arms and legs and was squirming around.

Happy weekend, ya'll!

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Dec 2, 2012

Whew! November is finally over...

Whew! November was a whirlwind of a month to say the least. I don't think I had a single normal day all month long. I work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and my MWFs were booked up with doctor appointments for the kids and myself. We've met our deductible for the year, so I wanted to get as many appointments as I could scheduled before 2013.

an outtake of our Christmas card photo shoot