June

We have had quite a month filled with lots of excitement and new beginnings. On June 2, 2009, I took a home pregnancy test and it came out positive! I could hardly believe it. I told James the news and of course he was also excited. We sat together on our couch in our living room talking and hugging with huge smiles on our faces. Then one moment, we kind of stopped and looked at each other, and said, "What did we just do?! Our entire lives are going to change!"

The moment of shock still lingers a bit in the back of our minds. We want to be good parents, and the preparation and planning that goes into having a baby can be overwhelming. But we know that this is the right time for us to start our family, and so we are filled with anticipation of this whole experience.

We drove to San Antonio that weekend to tell my parents the news. It was close to my mom's birthday so we put the test in a box as a present. She already guessed what it was before she opened it! It was still really cool though and we celebrated together, and decided that dad is going to be called "PeePaw." We were talking about funny grandparent names and picked that one out for him as a joke. We've gotten everyone to call him that and he gets annoyed by it, it is so hilarious!

The next day we went to Kingsville and told James' family during dinner. James wanted me to just blurt out the news randomly during the middle of dinner, so that's what I did. It was so random that it was funny.


We went to get our first ultrasound when I was 7 weeks pregnant. It was pretty amazing to be able to see the little baby and to hear the heart beating. It made everything seem more real--it's actually happening!

This is a picture of me on the same day that we went to the doctor. I wanted to mark the "beginning" of this pregnancy.

We have visited some baby stores here and there since we found out the news. Here is a picture of James pushing a stroller. So cute!


For Father's day, I got James one of the "cookie bouquets" that the youth were passing out to Fathers.My aunt and uncle came to visit a few weekends ago and brought us a little gift to celebrate our good news. Of course we don't know if it is a boy or a girl yet so hopefully either one will be able to wear these cute outfits. So these are our first official baby clothes!


Overall I have been feeling pretty good. A lot of fatigue and some nausea, but it really varies from day to day. I hope to be getting some of my energy back soon! I will try to keep this blog current with future changes and updates. :)

May highlights

The month of May was great. James and I finished up the Spring semester and both got very good grades. We enjoyed a week or two with no classes before the summer term began for the both of us. And we celebrated both of our birthdays. For James' birthday, I took him to see his favorite band play, the Toadies. It was a good show, but I have to say, I felt really old!

I had a really great birthday this year. It started off with an office party for my boss and I (we have the same birthday). We went out to lunch at TGI Friday's and had an AWESOME cake!

I can't believe I'm 25! It is a strange feeling to think that ten years ago, I was 15 years old and thought that I knew everything in the world. I would have never imagined that my life would be where it is now. I consider myself very lucky. I have a GREAT husband, loving family, good job, I've had great opportunities for education, and I have so much joy because I have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I am truly blessed and I enjoy sharing that with those around me.

When I came from work that day, I noticed something new in our apartment...a beautiful kitchen table! James and I had looked at some furniture for fun a few weeks back, and he secretly bought it and set it up as a birthday surprise for me. I absolutely love it, and I am grateful for a hubby that is sweet enough to think of surprises to make me happy. This is a picture of what it looks like with the leaf in the table-although you can take it out and it becomes a circle shape. Perfect size for us.



Then we went to San Antonio to celebrate my birthday with my family. We went to the San Antonio zoo (which I haven't been to in forever) and had a lot of fun doing that. Then we got to meet my brother's new girlfriend and see a movie with them, which was a lot of fun. They are very cute together and I'm glad that my brother is happy-he deserves it!


Later that evening we got to go eat a delicious birthday dinner with my family in the Tower of the Americas. The restaurant is at the top and it rotates so you get to see an amazing view of the entire city. The sun went down while we were up there and it was awesome!

Here is us in the courtyard area in front of the tower. It looked so beautiful.

My mom and dad.

A great view of the San Antonio skyline.

We also went up to the observation deck and saw the city skyline at night. It was a great end to a great evening. I am grateful for family and friends that make me feel special!