Making Memories of Us

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

...WE ARE PREGNANT!!!

Well...we are PREGNANT! We found out the happy news on December 3oth, while we were visiting my family...and we have been ecstatic ever since! I will be 11 weeks tomorrow, and I am due on September 1st.

It wasn't exactly a big surprise for us, but I still had to take 3 tests to make sure!

The first picture taken of us after we learned the good news! I hope we will be good parents! We have such great examples all around us of good parenting! Thanks everyone!

When we went to hear a heartbeat, they had trouble finding one, so my doctor ordered an ultrasound to date the pregnancy and to check the status of the baby. I am so glad we got to have this earlier ultrasound, it made the baby more real to both of us. It was the best feeling to be able to see our little one on the screen moving around...like a little jelly bean!

We have decided that this is the cutest little jumping jelly bean ever! I can't wait to meet him or her! So...if you do not like pregnancy posts or updates...this is a warning, that is probably a lot of what will be on our blog from now until September 1st!

Oh, and tomorrow I will be 11 weeks! Woohoo! Just gotta keep counting!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Happy Birthday to ME!

I am 21! It was a great day! We went out to Red Lobster with Braden and Heather and baby Conner...thanks for coming with us guys! It was so yummy! Crab legs, and Salmon, and Lobster! Then we went to Coldstone and got the best icecream (Chocolate with Banana's mixed in), then went home and watched 24. Arrian made it a very special day! Thanks babe! I love you!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Gingerbread Houses! An ESSENTIAL Tradition

For as long as I can remember, every year, we have made gingerbread houses with the Watson family...all the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents...EVERYONE! We look forward to it all year. This year, my family is in Washington, so they missed doing it with my Dad's family, so they waited until I was up there to make them! We had to keep up the tradition though...it wouldn't be the holidays without homemade gingerbread and royal icing!

David made a mansion! It was impressive!

Anna loved decorating and she loved eating the candy! For every piece that went onto her house, one went into her mouth as well!

Maddie concentrated SO hard on icing her little graham cracker house. She did a good job too!

Anna would yell: "Mom, ChoCho, look at my house!" it was adorable, she was so proud of herself!

Like my towel apron? I didn't want to get icing on my clothes!

Dad was in charge of the frosting...and it was PERFECT! Thanks dad!

Of course, Maddie would only let Arrian help her with her house.

Our house was AWESOME!!! It was complete with a detached garage for Arrian, a pond in the front, and stained glass windows (made from melted candy canes and melted Jolly Ranchers.

Ben was the one who figured out how to make the stained glass, it was really cool, you can make lots of designs and color combinations.

Josh and his friend Rachael helped make the gingerbread earlier in the week...she is so cute!

And so is he!

Thanks for the tradition Watson family! I miss you and thought about you all while we were making ours!

Driving to Washinton

We decided that we would drive up to see my parents, because plane tickets were so expensive! It was a really really long drive! We drove 5 and half hours up to Boise, spent the night, then drive 8 and a half hours to Lacey from Boise. It was so good to see my family! The drive there we had great weather, but the drive back...now that is a different story! It was horrible! We drove right through a blizzard...and then the blizzard followed us! Oh well, it was worth it to see family!

Merry Christmas

It was so wonderful to wake up Christmas morning with my family, to see the little girls excited about Santa...it was so fun to watch everyone open presents, and to know that the best present we could ever be given was our family. That is better than any present that could be wrapped under the tree!

My uncle Tyler and his wife Jen sent us these hats from their travels in South America! They are great! Very warm!

My mom gave the best gift this year! She made me a book about the first five years of my life. It is a kind of digital scrapbook, and I am so happy that she spent so much time on this so that I can have it for my family history! Thank mom, you are the best!!!

Maddie, of course, never wanted to let Arrian out of her sight...he is her favorite! If he leaves the room, she will wander around the house calling "WYAN" "WYAN" "Where ah Yoo"...it is sooo cute!

It was so good to see my little Anna! She changes every time we see her, but I am glad that our relationship is still as strong as ever!

Anna burned her finger on a woodburning kit and was so brave (her blister was HUGE...it was a really bad burn).

We went to see Sherlock Holmes...it was so good! Thanks dad! (Josh brought along one of his friends, whose name is also Rachael...she spells it this way though!)

My mom made Arrian this collage that shows him in our family, and the fun things we have done, from the first time he met them to then. It was a nice Christmas present and it will be on our wall soon! Thanks mom! You are so thoughtful!

Visitors

We were lucky enough to have Arrian's family come to stay with us for a few days right before Christmas. They came at the perfect time because Heather had her baby while they were here.

We went to Temple Square just like last year and had lots of fun!

Christmas Tree!

This year for our Christmas tree we thought we were going to have to use our little tree, even though we are in a house, because we didn't want to spend any money on a tree. Luckily for us though, my work was getting rid of their Christmas tree because all of the pre-lit lights were burned out...so we inherited it! All we had to do was buy new lights and Voila! A tree! I had so much fun decorating it, and I am exicted to hit the after-Christmas sales to get more decorations for it. Thanks Petersen Medical!