Thank Heaven for Little Girls!

Josh and I are so excited! It was so great to find out a little bit more about our little one. We had John and Bobbe there with us and it was fun to have someone else there to share the excitement. 

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Our little girl was REALLY shy! The ultrasound tech got all the measurements but one before she would show her junk! And then right after we saw her, she covered herself up with her little hand! At least we know she's already a modest little girl! 

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Josh and I both really were just excited to find out the gender and didn't care much if it was a girl or boy, but we both felt a moment of pure excitement, followed by a moment of pure dread. 

"A girl! But this world is so hard on girls!"

 And then I went to work the next morning and spent time with my Sunrise girls and freaked out a little more, not because they're awful kids, but because they've been through so much pain and heartache. I can't imagine seeing my daughter suffer that much. I've calmed down since then, but I still want to do everything I can to protect each of my children! It's kind of a sobering experience to know that I'll be a mother for the rest of my life. I hope I am up to it!

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I'll tell you what, weirdest and most exhilarating feeling in the world? Feeling my baby kick for the first time! Whoa! I felt her moving around a little really early in my pregnancy and wasn't sure that it was the baby (now that I know what it feels like, I'm pretty sure it was), but I hadn't felt a real kick until about two hours after the ultrasound. I was in the car with my friend Brittney and I felt that first big kick and jumped about a foot out of my seat! It feels like nothing I've ever before experienced and totally surprised me! It's got to be the best feeling in the whole world! It's been almost two weeks and I still smile every time she gives me a "Ha, and a hyah! And a kick'er sir!"

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It was also super awesome to have a visit from Cara and Steve a week after finding out our big news! It's so fun being pregnant at the same time, even though we're almost a full trimester apart. It's nice to know what's coming down the pipe! And I love hearing all of her stories. It gets me even more excited to bring my little girl into the world. Aside from the boys' little Sodastream/Grape soda experiment which went horribly wrong all over my kitchen, it was a fantastic evening with our friends!

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And I'm just kidding. The grape soda was probably the best part!

Flowers, Paint, and Baby Bumps

I know I'm only 16 weeks along, but I'm so excited to meet my little one! We might get to find out the gender this week, so we can stop calling him or her "it." We have quite a little stockpile of yellow baby things and I am SO ready to start decorating and go shopping!

 

7 and 14 weeks!

 By the way, I know my belly doesn't look that much different, but I already feel HUGE! I am constantly out of breath. I think it's going to be a long summer!

                                    

In other news...

I earned a promotion at Sunrise so I am now Lead Supervisor on my shift. It's a big job and I am feeling the full weight of the responsibility of caring for so many girls, but I really love them and I hope I can make a difference. I am so thankful to be working in such a great program.

With Spring in full swing and so many beautiful Saturday mornings, Josh has been working hard in our garden to get us ready for Summer. For a first-time homeowner I think it's looking pretty good!

This was one of my first projects! I don't have a before picture, but this dresser looked really old and dinged up. I sanded it down and refinished it for the living room. I liked the way it looked and since we have so many random pieces of furniture I decided to do the same refinishing to all of it! 

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I'm currently stressing over which color to paint the living room. It's scary! I worry that I'll hate it and I know paint's cheap, but I just SO don't want to redo it! I'll let ya know how it goes!

BABYBABYBABYBABY!!!

I'm just a little excited. More fun to follow!

Up For Air!

Oh Hello Bloggin' World! 

It's been a weird month or so as far as my outside communication goes. We've had a busy month, but not a lot to share, but more on that later.

So here are just some things I'm thinkin' about!

Really just one. Summer. I am so enjoying the beautiful weather! It kind of feels like we skipped Spring, though, which bums me out, but I'm just happy to be out of the bitter cold. Also, our Summer is already jam packed! I don't know how we're going to accomplish all the things we've set out to do without magically adding 6 hours, such as...

Do many things to our new home, such as paint all the things, and rip up our industrial-grade carpet

Become awesome gardeners over night 

See Chicago in LA, directed by my uncle, Matt

Enjoy the many movies to which we are SO looking forward!

Go camping all the time (less measurable I know)

See all of the shows at the Festival...

and so many others! 

Oh and I have two jobs, a new and adorably needy pup, am still the advisor in Young Womens, and will be Camp Director for Girls Camp this year. It's going to be a big one! 

I'm just grateful for our super fun, busy life and my wonderful husband. I love being married to my best friend! It's just the best!

OUCHY IN MY TUMMY!

Ovarian Cysts = Worst. Thing. Ever.

And that's all for now because the Lortab is making the computer look swirly.