Little Chubb

Like I mentioned in the last post, we are expecting our first baby, who we lovingly refer to as "little chubb".  We found out on January 6th that our little chub is a girl, which came as a total surprise.  Once we started telling people we were pregnant, the follow-up question always seems to be about our gender preference.  Honestly, we were just so thrilled to be pregnant, we would be happy with either a boy or a girl.  I always thought I wanted a girl first, but when it came down to it, I just wanted a healthy baby.  From the beginning, Kevin had always said that "he just knew it was a boy".  At my 13 week sonogram, the doctor asked me if we were going to find out the gender.  When I told her we were, she told me it was a little difficult to determine so early on, but she zoomed in and said that "it did look a little pokey-outy", haha.  From that appointment on, I kind of assumed we were having a boy, which I grew more and more excited about.

The morning of my 18 week sonogram, as we were driving to the appointment, Kevin says, "I just don't know if it's a boy anymore."  Hahahaha.  He had been so confident!  I told him only time would tell :)  Well we were definitely wrong, because within a few minutes she showed us a close-up and asked us if we thought we had a little boy or girl, and we both looked at the picture, and knew we were having a little girl.  It was such a fun experience seeing the little hands and feet and knowing that our little chubb was looking more like a baby and less like a gummy bear.

Most everyone in our families thought we were having a boy (with the exception of my dad and my brother-in-law Jeffrey), so it was fun to call everyone with the news.  And of course I had to go shopping and pick up a few things for our baby girl.

 8 weeks...my Dad laughed at this one and texted back, "I think you have a long way to go!"

 10 weeks

 13 weeks

 18 weeks

 18 week Sonogram

20 weeks

22 weeks (Don't mind my crazy leggings...I am all about comfort these days!)

We are making progress on the nursery, but minimal progress on determining a name for our little girl.  Fortunately, we still have a few months left to ponder that one!  

Fall 2012

I obviously have been horrible at updating this blog, but a lot has happened since my last post!  We moved back to Texas in September, went back and forth to Florida several times during the process of selling our home, packing, and moving, found out that we are PREGNANT with our first baby, and purchased a new home.  Let's just say that it was a busy Fall.  The upside is that we were lucky enough to live with Kevin's parents during the 4 month transition, which definitely helped since the sale of our home was loaded with drama.  (Which is a long story!) We are happy to be back in Texas close to family, we are thrilled to be expecting our first baby, and we have had a lot of fun getting settled into our new home.  Here are a few pictures to document Fall 2012...

 We celebrated my 28th birthday in Marble Falls, TX.  

 Had our second positive pregnancy blood test.

 Went to the Dallas Temple, which made us really sad that we are going to miss the opening of the South Florida Temple that is being built 5 miles from where we used to live!!

 Reunited with old friends and their adorable children :)

 Visited the beach for the last time during our week long "pack-up" trip to Florida.  It was a bit windy that night, hence the reason my eyes are closed and Kevin's hair looks awesome.  

 Said goodbye to our old home in Pembroke Pines, FL.  It was a sad day, even though we are excited for our new adventures.

 Spent Christmas in California with my family.  This picture cracks me up every time I look at it.  Kimberly was opposed to the "kid" picture sitting in the hall Christmas morning (which we eventually took), but this one was by far my favorite :)

 We busted out the old photo albums while we were there, which is always good for some laughs.

 We had to leave Christmas afternoon to get back to Texas so Kevin could go to work the day after, which also happened to be his birthday :(  But we celebrated that weekend with Kevin's family and a giant apple pie.

Overall, I would say we were incredibly blessed in 2012 and we look forward to all that 2013 has in store for us!!