12 Week Check Up

On December 15th Chris and I went and saw Cindi our Midwife for our 12 week check up. We thought it would be pretty uneventful but than we found out we were going to hear the heartbeat. So Cindi searched my belly for a heartbeat and had it for a second but couldn't stay on it so she told us not to worry that our baby just wanted to be seen again, she wheeled in the ultra-sound machine so we can take a look at the baby. It was awesome of course, the little one is looking more like a baby instead of a peanut. S/he was moving around like crazy again, you could see fingers and toes as it moved it arms and legs. At one point one little hand went in between it's legs so both Chris and Cindi said that it's got to be a boy! I hope s/he calms down a little as it gets bigger because I think I am going to be beat up pretty bad if s/he doesn't. ;-) Cindi took pictures and sent them home with us and here they are for you to view. The first one is a great shot of it's little face. Amazing!!! :-)

Our little ones first profile picture.
Full body shot with hand in the background.

Good shot of legs, feet and it's hand going in between it's legs. ;-)

My 30th Birthday!

As you all know I turned 30 yesterday (12/21) and I had a wonderful birthday weekend! :-) On Saturday night a group of us meet over at Leah, Lopey, and Thad's house for a pot-luck dinner but before dinner we headed out to see the "Trail of Lights" at the Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield. I added some pictures below to share, most of them turned out really good including the ones taken threw the snowflake 3-D glasses. After we returned to the house and thawed out we had a yummy lasagna dinner followed by cake (they all sang to me-guitars and all, it was awesome). :-) The evening was very relaxed, we chatted, watched movies, and of course we listened to the boys jam out in the basement. Always a good time with a great group of friends!! :-)
Sunday (the big day) was also very relaxing, Chris and I watched some football (stupid Broncos) and did a little grocery shopping. Chris suprised me with a Marilyn Monroe hand bag to add to my collection of Marilyn items. :-) That evening we went over to Bob's house (my FIL) and had dinner with the family, tacos! We had some cake - yummy chocolate with whip cream icing which also came with another birthday song. It was a GREAT weekend to be 30!! :-)

PICTURES!! :-)

Owen rocking out on the drum set with Thad.

Here is a photo of the lights taken threw the snowflake 3-D glasses - pretty cool!

Gigi, Nate, Byron, and Ally

Drew and Thad being goofy.

Chris being cute :-)

Lopey and Leah

Chris and myself

Me with Gigi, Thad, and Chris

Ultra-Sound Pictures

Here are the ultra-sound pictures from our first doctor's visit on November 25th. The little peanut is upside down in these pictures and the first one the Mid-wife zoomed in for a better look.

Our First Visit with the Mid-Wife

OK so it's official, according to the ultra-sound we are 10w4d (today) but my calendar is set at 10w2d. I have ultra-sound pictures but I have no way to scan them in to add them so Leah is going to be kind enough to scan them for me. So for the time being I will just fill you in on how our first appointment went with the Mid-wife at Rose Medical Center.

I was having a hard time deciding on who I wanted to deliver the baby (a mid-wife or a doctor) and if it was more important to deliver at a hospital that was closer to home. So I finally just scheduled an appointment with a doctor at the Parker Adventist hospital and one with a Mid-wife at Rose Medical Center. The appointment with the Mid-wife was this last Tuesday November 25th. We loved her and decided that is where we are staying, so I cancelled my appointment at Parker Adventist and we are delivering at Rose Medical Center. It may be a little further away than Parker Adventist but I think we are making the right choice.

The appointment was great, I will admit that Chris and I were actually really nervous. This was the first time we were going to see our little peanut. There were a lot of questions of course from us and the doctor so it made things make more since to us on what to expect these next 6 1/2 months. The ultra-sound was amazing! I guess I really didn't know what to expect, I knew we would see the heart beat but as soon as the little one started waiving and kicking it made it all that more real to us and it actually brought a tear to my eye. Chris says that s/he is practicing guitar in there. :-)

Chris and I we are really excited, now that it has all sunk in completely that we are going to be parents. It was a little shocking at first, but what new parent-to-be hasn't been shocked at first (planed or not)? I think we will do just fine (at least I hope so). As for me in the morning sickness area, it has been pretty good. I do feel a little nausea here and there but nothing to bad, I actually haven't even thrown up yet. ;-)

So that's it for now, I will post ultra-sound pictures later this month. I can't wait to share them! :-)

No Pictures?

I know I promised updated pictures of the house but things have just been so crazy lately. I honestly can not find the charger for the camera to take pictures of the painted walls so I can than upload the pictures to my computer. I know it is in the house somewhere, it is just buried in a box waiting to be found.

The move into the house was long and tiring but we did have a few helpers that made things go much easier. Joey (Chris' Mom), Jane (Ann's Mom), and Kate (Ann's sister) came over and helped us out so much. Joey not only helped with moving but she also helped paint, clean, unpack, and decorate. We are getting there slowly but surely and I promise to post new pictures as soon as I find the battery charger for the camera.

It has been a very productive few weeks for Chris and I. We of course still have a very long "to do" list with a shopping list for Lowe's or HD but it is slowely getting smaller. We were able to find a refurbished stove and dishwasher from the "mom and pop" shop named J&J Appliances off of Mississippi (where we bought our recent dryer) for only $245 for both. They were also able to fix the refridgerator that was left inside of the home for only $150. It feels good to purchase appliances and know that they are yours. Kind of scary too b/c if they go out we get to replace them ourselves. ;-) The kitchen feels better though and livable now that it has appliances.

Last night we met up with Mary (our landlord for the townhouse) and turned in our keys. We than towed the Honda (which was still in the garage) to the auto body shop from the townhouse so it can finally be fixed. Chris' accident was in mid August so it feels good to finally have that situation moving along. We than (of course) watched the first Bronco game of the (real) season last night, it was good to end the evening with the Broncos kicking some Raider butt! ;-)

Hope all is well for everyone and we will chat soon!

It is Finally Time for COLOR!!

I feel like this week is just flying by and I really hope we are ready to move into the new house this weekend. Not everything will be finished of course in the house but having the downstairs painted and the carpets clean is enough to get us moved in, the rest will be finished over time. Everything is just so exciting that we are not worried about it at all. Chris went to Lowe's last night and picked up a new toilet seat for the downstairs bathroom (it was absolutely necessary because the existing one was an old wooden one that was yucky and gross) and when he came home with it and put it on I was just so excited, I couldn't stop smiling over our new toilet seat! :-)

I want to mention too how much Anne and Ryan have helped out tremendously this week. They came over and helped us pull down wall paper on Sunday and last night they came over and helped us primer the walls to be ready to paint tonight. They ROCK!!! :-) Chris did an awesome job on the wall texture by the way, this was the first time he used this technique and of course it looks like he has been doing it for years. Chris is in his element right now with all this though so I am not surprised at all that it looks great. :-)

That is all for now and we will post pictures soon, I wanted to wait until the color is on the walls so I could share the whole process with you, so until than have an awesome weekend!

We're on the move...

Chris and I FINALLY did it, we bought a house!! After three years of searching off and on we have finally found a house we can call a home. :-) It is located in Centennial, close to Buckley and Smoky Hill Rd. We closed this last Friday August 22nd and despite not having water yet (but we had electricity) we decided to take a bottle of champagne and an air mattress over to the house and sleep in it for the first night it was ours. We were so exhausted yet we couldn't sleep, we had so many ideas and thoughts on what we needed to do before completely moving in at the end of the month that it took us a while to fall asleep. This weekend was busy but since we didn't have water we couldn't really clean the carpets or anything but we did tear down some tacky wall paper that was in the dining room and the front sitting room. We will now apply new texture to the walls (since the wall paper pulled most of it off) and than paint. I will post pictures as we go of our progress so you can see the transformation. Hopefully it will turn out nice and we won't have to start all over. ;-)

We are so excited and can't wait to have everyone over for a BBQ. Here are some pictures of the house in case you haven't seen them yet.

Front view of our house

Back yard view of our house

View into Family room while standing in the front/sitting room

Family Room

Main Level 1/2 Bathroom
Kitchen

Another view of the kitchen

Upstairs hall bathroom

Our biggest project right now besides ripping down wall paper and cleaning carpets is be the master bathroom. It is completely unfinished but the only part left is the fun stuff like picking out tile for the floor, cabinets with sinks, toilet, and fixtures. :-) Here are some pictures of what the master bathroom looks like now and I will post updates as we complete it.

Check out this Blog

I just thought I would share this link with you to a Blog on 'cakes gone wrong', most of the posts are hilarious. Being a cake decorator I got a kick out of it. :-)

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com

Have a great day!
~Ann

Seriously??

Has it honestly been since September that I posted something on our blog? I guess it wouldn't lie to me would it? ;-) A lot is going on for Chris and I right now so I blame it on not having enough time in the day to get everything done. There are only 4 more months and we will be married and just in case you didn't know we are approved for a home and in the house hunting process, so keep those fingers crossed for us. :-)

Here are a few pictures that Leah took a while ago for our engagement that I have been meaning to add, she does a wonderful job.

I love this last picture! :-)