...And I Just Can't Hide It

So...I've been trying to play catch up chronologically but I'm interrupting our previously scheduled broadcast to bring you a gender announcement!

It's a GIRL!!! As in, sugar and spice and everything nice. As in, ribbons and bows and flowers and pink.

Can you believe it??? I know I can't. I REALLY thought it was a boy. I feel SO lucky to have one of each. Not that I wouldn't have loved another boy because, come on, but I'm just really excited. I feel connected to this pregnancy now more than I have so far! It was hard for me being sick and everything to feel very excited but I sure am now. I'll have to scan in some ultrasound pics to add to this post later, since I'm sure you're all dying to see a set of legs with nothing dangling in between.

Oh yeah, and a name...here's the one we're most likely going with unless we have a really strong feeling she's a Jezabel.

Sauvie Jane (pronounced so-vee)

Sure people will think she's saying Sophie or read it Saavie her whole life. We don't care. We like it.

It comes from the place Shawn's dad grew up. An island outside of Portland called Sauvie Island. It's some French guy's last name but I think it makes a rather cute girl first name.

The Face of Frustration

He does this face a lot but I've always had trouble catching it on film. It is definitly the face he makes when he's mad at me. Too bad for him I LOVE IT! Ha ha. It's pretty hilarious. Watch as the frustration at me for not giving him my camera mounts.

Itsy Bitsy SpiderSSSSSSS

Imagine this, you're in the midst of morning sickness and your husband takes your baby downstairs in the morning to allow some extra rest. When you rouse yourself from your bed and walk down the stairs you feel as though all you can do is collapse on the couch and watch them play. As you're about to collapse on said couch you notice a few little black specks...you look closer...the specks have legs...eight legs to be exact. You grab a wet wipe because that's what's available and start to pinch them to their death one at a time...then you look down the couch, more specks you pinch and pinch and your eyes travel around the couch WAY more specks...to the back of the couch, even more after you've pinch killed 47 little buggers you flip the couch over trying to find the source of these miniature demons. Behold:
Lucky for me, I'm honestly not afraid of spiders and I handled it just fine. Now if it had been a nest of pincher bugs, pretty sure my couch would have been on fire in the front yard before I had much time to think.

I Turned 28

A month and a half ago. I'm a little behind. BUT I had to show you the cake Shawn got me because its great. I am a big fan of the site cakewrecks.com. If you've never heard of it or looked at it, you're in for a real treat. Sometimes, when the sun is shining and my mood is just right, the fits of giggles it leads to bring me to tears.

Anyhoo...in honor of cakewrecks Shawn got me this treasure:

I also got a Cricut from my dear husband which I'm super excited about but I've honestly been a little too sick to really do anything with...but all that's about to change because I'm starting to feel like a human being again. Still pretty tired but not nauseous! Hallelujah!!!

Being Pregnant is FUN!

Sarcasm. Lots and lots of sarcasm.

I am very thankful for what I have. I love my family...I just don't love being an emotional, nauseous, exhausted mess every single day. Go figure.

I am 14 weeks pregnant and by week 16 last time I was feeling much better so at least I have that to look forward to! It still doesn't feel very real to me. I can't believe that I'm going to have 2 whole children to take care of but I am excited for it. I'm excited for them to be buddies. I'm excited to have a newborn to snuggle and smell.

My husband is marvelous. He never makes me feel stupid for all the crying, emotional ridiculousness of it all. What an amazing man.

Berky is walking! Not super steady yet but he takes as many as ten steps at a time now. He has been taking a step or 2 for a few weeks but in the past few days his balance has really improved.

All in all life is good. I'd really like to focus on the positive and not think about being sick. Soon I'll have 2 beautiful children and maybe enough energy to clean my house again. In the mean time, if anyone knows any maids who'll work for food send 'em my way.

But What Does It All Mean?

So far today I've had...

A blueberry bagel with cream cheese

A handful of cinnamon Life

A turkey sandwich

Some mango

A Fresca

Some garden fresh tomatoes

A cheeseburger and fries and root beer

A turkey sandwich (not a typo...this is all chronological)

A lemon bar

This is all what I had before 3:30 today...but what does it all mean?

Well, you could say it means that sometime around February 24th Berkley Aaron is going to be a big brother.

Wipe Away Those Tears...

...I'm actually blogging! And let you know what's been going on...which isn't much...Berky has all kinds of tricks, most of which lead to messes like books and DVD's being spread around the floor. He crawls, he pulls up to stand, he stands on his own and he talks to us about all kinds of stuff that we don't understand. He's silly and fun and we love him.
Shawn went out of town for 2 weeks in July and Berky and I took cousins Courtney and Aubree with us to go down to Vegas and visit cousins Cole, Dylan and Brock. We had a good time.
Berky LOVED his Aunt Lindsey and he would get so excited every time we entered the room she was in. Don't be too jealous Aunt Amber.
Sometimes we swing, but often times its too hot do do anything except for...
Take a nap. Look at these cute twinner boys taking a snooze together.

And that's what we've been up to in a nut shell...well we've been up to something else too which I'll tell you in the next post because this one is covering a large time frame.