So today was the day....We found out if we're having a boy or a girl!  I've always loved the idea of gender reveal parties, and I really wanted Sam to do it with me.  Sam had to know though, so we reached a compromise.  We went to the ultra sound and Sam found out but I was still in the dark!  It was so hard not to find out there!  Then he went and bought an outfit for boy or girl, and wrapped it up for me.  I made pink and blue cupcakes and invited some friends over to be there for our big reveal. 


So I have to say that I was 99% convinced I was having a boy!  Sam wasn't sure but recently he started leaning towards the idea that we were having a little girl.

We have one very active baby.  Our baby would not stop moving around and pulling different moves it was too funny.  However, our baby is also very modest, and didn't want to show us their privates.  Finally we got one glimpse and we know for sure that we are definitely having a baby...

Yep...it's a girl and we couldn't be more excited!!!  We're so excited to meet this little girl.

Wow, we had a fun weekend.  I decided I would update the blog on both my pregnancy and our all our family events.

So first up.  I said I was never going to post a single pregnant picture, because lets face when you're pregnant you just feel frumpy, and not remotely attractive...but Sam thought it would be cute  if we documented pictures of my growing belly.  And since I don't live close to most of my family I thought it might be fun for them to see.  So here it goes...

This is me at 14 weeks. I was just starting to get a bump.  Nobody else noticed the bump, but I defnitately noticed the changes!

This is me at 18 weeks, and I have definitely popped.  I'm in that awkward stage where everybody wonders if you're actually pregnant or just getting chunky.

This past weekend my step-brother Colby got married.  On Thursday my sister-in-law Susie came to visit with her two cute kiddos! We took them to the splash park and had so much fun.  Bailey loved it, Colter was a little more cautious and wan't quite sure how he felt about it!

On Saturday, June 16th, Colby and Melanie were married at the Logan, Utah temple.

It was a beautiful wedding, and I'm excited to have Melanie be a part of the family.  It was such a great weekend.  On Friday we drove down to SLC and spent the afternoon with Sam's family.  We went to a Shinkle family reunion.  It was so fun to see family we haven't seen in a while. 

Sam and Mary sitting in a tree...
K-i-s-s-i-n-g

 First comes love...

Then comes marriage...

Then comes the baby in the baby carriage...

That's right...We're expecting, and we couldn't be more excited.  I am currently almost 14 weeks. I am due November 16th. Towards the end of my student teaching I started feeling nauseous for no reason, got crazy headaches, and felt like I couldn't possibly get enough sleep.  I had an inkling, but Sam was adamant that I wasn't pregnant. So one day I decided to take the test.  I was shocked when I saw those two little lines!  I waited until Sam came home and told him the news. Three pregnancy tests later he finally accepted that we were indeed having a little one.  His face was too funny...I just had to take a picture to take in the moment of how shocked he was.

The truth is we had a five year plan.  I would work as a teacher for a few years, put Sam through grad school, and then start a family.  Well you know what they say "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." In my last semester of school Sam and I started talking about it again. We went to the doctor who told us it could possibly take us a very long time (years) to get pregnant.  So we decided we wanted to try sooner than later...and sooner it was.  We were pleasantly surprised by how soon I got pregnant.  Our little one will be joining us in Oklahoma just before Sam finishes his internship.  It's crazy how much we already love our baby.  From the moment you find out you're going to be a mom or dad, life takes on a whole new meaning, and we just can't wait to meet our little one.

New Blog

So I have tried the whole journal writing thing, and throughout my entire life I've probably written in my journal a total of five times.  Maybe it's due to the fact that I hate writing anything out by hand, but give me a keyboard and I can write forever.  I've always loved the idea of a blog, but never had much of a desire to make one, but with all the new adventures in store for us I decided it was time to start blogging!  So since I failed with the journal I hope this blog will be a great way to document all of the different events and milestones in our life.  Besides it will be much more fun to document our life with a cute background and of course pictures!  So wish me luck and hopefully I can be a much more devout blogger than I was a journaler...that's a word right.