MERRY CHRISTMAS

Honda Pilot

We bought our first family car today!!! We bought a 2004 Honda Pilot and I absolutely love it!! It rides so smooth and it is really nice. It seats 7, has power everything, a built in navigation system (which we don't know the code to yet so we can't use it), and is in really good condition. I feel like such a mom when I drive it.....LOL. It will be great when mom and the kids come down here for Christmas because we can all fit in the car instead of having to drive two cars or mom paying a ton of money to rent a van. No we just have to sell the bike!

Our new car

Appointment update

We had our doctors appointment yesterday and unfortunately we didn't find out the sex of the baby :( We didn't even have an ultrasound because our doctor was gone and we saw the nurse practitioner. We did however get to hear the heartbeat for the first time which was amazing. Our next appointment is December 30th and then we have our 2nd trimester ultrasound the next day. That ultrasound will be a long one where they look at every single part of the baby and make sure it's developing properly. At that appointment we will find out the sex of the baby for sure.

Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday ever since I was a kid probably because we always seemed to have such a huge dinner every year. Naturally I had to make a big deal out of Thanksgiving this year and my husband lovingly went along with me. We had another couple come over and had a wonderful dinner (of course no pictures). I cooked the turkey, mashed potatoes, apple pie, and of course Nana's rolls. Who knew I could cook. I think it's in my DNA and I finally HAVE to put to knowledge to use. Of course it helps when I have Nana on speed dial so I can call her when I have questions which are many. Our friends, Evan and Amanda, have a two month old preemie baby who is absolutely adorable. We were a little worried about how Jack would react but he actually was scared of her and wanted nothing to do with her. It was kind of funny watching him sniff around all of her stuff trying to figure out what it was and what the very small thing in his house was. Hopefully he grows out of the scared phase since he's about to have a baby around him all the time!

Baby Bump!

Baby bump at 15 weeks!
The bump

One more bump picture

Happy Veterans Day

I just wanted to write a little note thanking all of our veterans (including my amazing husband)

for their wonderful service and their willingness to protect us at all cost. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!!!

One year ago today.....

One year ago today, Kyle came home from Iraq. It was one of the best days of my life. He didn't come home until the afternoon but of course, I woke up really early just so I could wait. Kyle called me when he got to March Air Force base and I finally got to head to base, where I waited for 4 hours!! The worst part of the waiting (besides waiting) was this lady kept walking around telling everyone there were on their way to the parade deck. So we would get all excited and then about 20 mins later we would realize that she didn't know what she was talking about. But of course we listened to her every time she said it. When they finally got to the parade deck, and they were dismissed, it was so amazing finally getting to see him. The feeling is indescribable getting to see him after 7 months and holding him and checking all his fingers and toes making sure he was OK. All the waiting and the hard times disappeared as soon as he came home. It was hard, but the end was so worth it. I tried to download some pictures but for some reason they won't work :( I'll keep trying though!