Its a girl!!...and other happenings

So the news is out - we found out last week the Lord is blessing us with a baby girl! As of last week she weighed in at 14 ounces and was healthy in every way. We are so excited to be able to experience having a girl. I was honestly thinking our baby was going to be a boy. It wasn't really a feeling or differences in pregnancy, I just assumed we would have a boy since we already have one. It took me a few days for it to really sink it that our baby was a she - I tend to say "he" when talking about our babies before we know! Josh was more convinced it was a girl though and he was right! So now we are thinking about nursery ideas and clothes, she will be a winter baby so thats quite a bit different from Ryan, who was born during the hottest summer on record! 

21 Weeks 

I thought I could do multiple posts for all the things we have had going on, or I could do one post and hopefully get everything in without making it too long! We have had a busy summer and although I've written about most of it, the last month or so has still been really busy!

Josh and I celebrated our second anniversary on Ryan's 1st birthday, but we hadn't had a chance to go out and celebrate, just the two of us. So last week, when my mom came to visit for a couple of days we took the opportunity to go on a date! We just went to dinner, but it was so nice to spend some time just the two of us, we are always grateful for those moments!

Dressed up for our date night

The beautiful dessert the waiter brought us for our anniversary!

Last week, Ryan and I also got to go home for what will probably be our last vacation before baby girl arrives! I wanted to have a chance to celebrate his birthday with family and although we missed Josh, who wasn't able to go, we enjoyed having a small birthday party for him. Josh did get to participate in the birthday party through skype so he got to see Ryan open his presents and eat his birthday cake.

We had a great time on our little vacation and Ryan and I flew home Wednesday night and. I'm thinking 12 months is possibly one of the more difficult ages to fly with. On all of our previous trips, he has done great, he sleeps during the whole flight. This time, he did not! He was tired but wanted to move all over the place. By the time he finally fell asleep we only had about 20 minutes before we landed. He was so tired though he slept through the entire process of everyone getting off the plane.

I am always terrible at keeping up with picture taking but I managed to get a few while we were on our trip.

Playing at grandmas

At the pool

Helping mommy pack

Camping

This past weekend, we had the opportunity to go camping with a group of families from our church. This was Ryan’s first camping trip and our first trip in about two years. We really enjoyed getting out in the mountains and enjoying fellowship with others and getting to know some new faces.

 We settled at a campsite in the mountains and it was beautiful! We could see the mountains and the lakes over the ridge from where we were camping and there were trees all around. We spent Saturday morning at the lake and although the water was ice cold it was a beautiful day for the lake and we even enjoyed dipping our feet in the water.

We weren’t quite sure how it would go with Ryan but he seemed to love it! He LOVED the tent and was all over the place walking and crawling over the air mattress and the sleeping bags.  He also loved playing in the dirt and with the sticks and rocks he could find. I so love watching him explore new things and figuring out what he likes and what he doesn’t like. We also learned he loves watermelon and probably would have eaten as much as we would have given him!

Playing in the dirt

Exploring the tent and loving it!

20 Weeks

20 Weeks

We are halfway through our second pregnancy and halfway to meeting our sweet little one. Our official due date is November 26. So we might be having a Thanksgiving baby – however I’m hoping he/she comes early so we can celebrate at home.

We are hoping to find out the baby’s gender at our ultrasound in a few weeks. So far, we don’t really have a feeling either way. With Ryan, deep down I was about 95% sure he was a boy.

 So far, this pregnancy is going well, I’ve been more tired than ever, but with my first I didn’t have a 1 year old to chase around so he definitely keeps me on my toes. We cant wait to meet this little one!

July 8

Josh and I are so thankful to be celebrating two years of marriage today.  We have learned so much about each other and about how a marriage under Christ should look. I am so thankful for such a loving husband who works hard and loves Ryan and me so much. The Lord has given us such a blessing in Ryan and we pray every day for his salvation and that he will grow to love the Lord. We are also thankful for the child we have on the way. We are halfway through the pregnancy and we are already excited for and praying for this little child that is going to join our family in a few months.

  

We are also celebrating Ryan’s first birthday today! One year ago he joined our family one day early.  It has amazed me how much he has grown and changed in a year!

Some milestones he is hitting…

He weighs 22 lbs 10 oz

He is talking all the time – although we have yet to hear many words that we can understand

He began walking about 3 weeks ago and is becoming more confidant in his ability to walk as he practices more and more.

He has started dancing when he hears music and it is so sweet to watch.

We love watching him experience new things and learn about the world around him!