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Happy Winter, Cold, but Happy

I have wanted to post so many times but never knew what to say. Sean and I are so excited about adding on to our family. We can not stop talking about the baby or what our lives will be like from now on. I am scared, excited, nervous, happy and so very anxious about this whole process. I feel so blessed to be able to experience pregnancy.
The past two weeks I have felt great, very tired but no nausea. For a couple weeks before I felt sick all the time and wondered why no one told me that it was a constant thing that you just have to get used to. Thank God it has passed for now.
I have my next doctors appointment on Monday. We will be going over my ultrasound and blood work. The technician who did my ultrasound thinks my due date might be later due to the size of the baby. I can not wait to have another ultrasound. To see someones heart beating inside your body is the most wonderful experience. I am looking forward to being able to hear it!

Happy Fall

We are both very lazy when it comes to posting, sorry for the delay. A few before and after shots of some things we have been working on.

Bathroom before

After

Living room before

After

Boston

To celebrate our one year anniversary we went to Boston. This was my second trip to this city and I just loved it. Every time I go to a big city I am caught up in the idea of living in one of the beautiful tall buildings, working in some little book store or street flower shop ( I would probably need about three jobs, plus Sean's three jobs to pay for living in a beautiful tall building).


There is just something so romantic about cities.

We stayed at the Marriott Long Wharf.

The view from our room.

The building behind Sean is the outside of our hotel. I think it is supposed to look like a ship.

We went to the New England Aquarium.

Walking around the city.

It is so beautiful at night.

Red

Our family.

It has almost been one year since I married this man. He is wonderful.

Walk in Forest Park.

Bailey loves car rides.

One of the tulips that survived in the garden full of weeds that I have no idea how to take care of. I'm not even sure which ones are the weeds and which ones are the plants we want.

Our street.

Front view of our house.

View from our room.

Our new clock for the newly painted kitchen.

Banana pancakes on Saturday morning.

Long overdue post part 1 of 1

So... at some point we stopped posting. This was because the iMac also doubles as a TV for us to watch movies at night... but I digress. We flew into Grand Rapids early Friday, and were whisked over to Ryan and Ang's to meet Sophie for the first time.

Fortunately, like all other blogs, I realize by now you are looking at pictures, so it doesn't matter what we type here. So here are some pictures. Enjoy!

Saturday, we had the distinct pleasure of attending the wedding of Daniel and Katie Rudd. It was a lovely time (in a way that men are allowed to say lovely). Unfortunately, we were having such a great time that we forgot to take pictures of the event. So were looking forward to getting pictures from others. Later in the week, we visited them at their new house. It's a great house! Large, roomy, and a ton of potential. Kelly and I talked later that there would be FOUR children, all of whom lack a certain level of volume control ( like all kids do). So to say the least, we have their Christmas presents already picked out!


Maya, who is celebrating her 2nd birthday at this moment, has grown considerably. Using 4 syllable words, her vocabulary has already surpassed mine. For instance, here is a picture of Maya teaching the basic fundamentals of reading to Kelly. She even gave me a high-5 when I learned to go potty like a big boy. I even got an Elmo sticker out of the deal.





Finally we returned home to warm weather which has since left us. Our yard, in our absence had bloomed full of different flowers.