Bet Ya Didn't Know I Could Keep A Secret!

It was really more about finding the RIGHT time to share more than keeping it a secret.

We told our families the week after Annie & Jakes wedding, and word is starting to spread so I figure now is probably the time!

This was the first ultrasound on April 27th.

It was just a tiny bean with a tiny beating dot!

These are yesterday's ultrasounds.

Unreal how much this little baby has grown in just four weeks! We could see a hand with fingers moving around, feet and legs kicking, it's little chest moving.

So I'm about 12.5 weeks... 3 months!

The baby's due date is December 5th, the doctor says it's December 14th, whomever you want to believe on that one.

We are so excited for this little baby!!!

AYLA

We told Ayla the day before we told our families, she sat and talked to me about it for about 45 minutes. She was so interested! We looked at pictures on the internet of what the baby looks like in my tummy and she couldn't get enough. She immediately INSISTED the baby is a girl and she said she wants to buy her an airplane! You can argue with her all you want but she still INSISTS the baby's a girl, she always says the next one is a brother! The doctor referred to the baby as "it" yesterday and Ayla quickly corrected him by just saying "SHE."

She likes to take care of the baby and me. She tries to share her food with me cause "the baby is hungry." She pretends she can feel the baby kicking. She asks me about the baby all the time and if it's big enough to come out, even though she knows it's not coming until Christmas time. She tells everyone she sees that Mommy's got a baby in her tummy and shares the rest of the information she knows -part of the reason word's spreading :)

TAYVIE

I told Tayvie the day I found out. Ayla was the first to know with Tayvie so I thought it was fun that Tayvie was the first to know with this baby. I've tried to get her to say "baby" but she refusses, so the secret was pretty safe with her! I was worried about her coming to the doctor's office with me yesterday cause she's so full of energy and can't sit still, but I was glad she was there, she watched the doctor do the ultrasound and saw the baby on the screen. When we got home she was very interested in the ultrasound pictures and tickled my tummy and talked to it in her high voice like she does her dollies. So I think she might be catching on. Tayvie has always LOVED babies, so I'm excited to watch her as she starts understanding more.

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Tony and I couldn't ask for better news!!!

Family Photos

My friend Kim from Kim Orlandini Photography did these family photos for us. Isn't she amazing? I love them! I can't wait to get a great big family picture to hang in my front room!

It was really fun! Ayla was like a little model and did just as she was told! She loved Kim too, it was cute. Tayvie just wanted to explore, play with the rocks and the sticks, climb on the stairs, see what else was around. She would NOT smile for the life of her! The orchard was so pretty, and behind us there were even some deer!!! Very cool! Very fun! So glad I have these! Thank you Kim!

So much to talk about!

Tony is back at work today!!! He started his job at MOOG Aircraft this morning at eight am. I'm so use to having him home, it's so unreal to think that he's pretty much been home this whole year and we're in the middle of May! It's going to be a big adjustment for the girls and me to get use to him being gone! As nice as it was having him home with us, we've obvioulsy been really stressed and it will be a relief to have a little income! It will be a step towards some big changes in our life.

I am dying to share some family photos that our personal family photographer took of us. They were so fun, and turned out gorgeous just as we had suspected they would! Kim did an amazing job, she was so good with my kids... and with Tony for that matter... and me, I'm probably the worst of all at posing! We love the pictures... I hope it's okay if I share some.

Speaking of pictures, I either need to steal some from Trina or she needs to send me some, so I can tell you about my big surprise weekend! That's how much of a surprise it was I didn't even have my camera!!! :) So relaxxxxing though...

Lot's of stuff.

Just a little spring time rambling

You have to love Spring! It's so nice to be able to get out of the house a little bit, walk around the neighborhood, sit in the backyard, work in the gardens.

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Tayvie of course is at the age that she's happy as long as she's outside. She sliced a BIG hole in her little tiny finger yesterday, I wrapped it up good and tried to get the bleeding to stop, she was wimpering and so sad so I took her outside and she snapped right back into her happy little self! Easy as that! Her poor little finger though, it's going to take a while to heal.

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Ayla's excited to watch the flowers bloom. She's excited to show everyone that comes over her "blooming flower!" She loves the dandelions, she's so proud of how many we have cause she thinks they're real flowers. She picks them and tells me to put them in my hair. She also brings them to me and shows me how I'm supposed to crush them in my hand "cause that's what the kangaroo does on Horton Hears A Who." Tony's going to kill the dandelions today. Sad for her. Happy for me. Although I'm sure there will still be plenty.

RIP Dandelions!

It really WAS a nice day for a white wedding

It's ten-ten a.m. and my girls are still sleeping. It was a busy day yesterday full of no naps, but a lot of fun. My girls got a new uncle around eleven-thirty in the morning and then we spent the rest of the day celebrating!

Annie was a gorgeous happy bride.

My mom made that gorgeous wedding dress, cause she's amazing like that.

We are so excited for the two of them to start their new life together! It's so fun to think back to that time in our lives. We've been re-living all these fun memories of planning our wedding and being newly married.

Also we are now OFFICIALLY family with people that have always been my family.

These guys

and these ones.

So fun!

Congratulations Annie & Jake!!!

ps the girls are up now :)

Engagies

My youngest sister Annie is marrying Jake one week from today! How exciting! I've been going through bridal photos like mad but can't share until Jake can see... must. wait. one. more. week.

So I've resorted to the engagies. These two beautiful people could be in magazines don't ya think?