lately

It seems like time is flying by lately. Every week I have such good intentions of getting certain things done and then before I know it, it's time to start a new week! Just a few updates... we found out the gender of our baby! I threw an adorable (if I do say so myself) gender reveal party and then forgot to take any pictures of the set up, banner and friends that attended. I did manage to get someone to take a couple of us cutting the cake that showed either pink or blue.

 It was blue! We are having a boy! We actually found out before the we threw the party, because wanted to know before everyone else. Which I'm glad we did, because I was actually pretty shocked! I'm not sure why, but when the ultra sound tech told us, I was in disbelief. Probably 5 minutes later she was showing us the baby's heart chambers and I just started crying. I couldn't even explain why, I was just so overwhelmed with emotion. Having a baby is one thing, but a son is another! Don't get me wrong I am so excited and Chris even more so. He wanted a boy so much and I am so glad that he'll have one. Since we found out, I've been buying really cute boy clothes and have started working on the nursery.

Honestly, I think that I'm more shocked that I'm even pregnant. I guess it should have sunk in by now, but it still feels like such a miracle. It wasn't that long ago, that I thought this time in my life would never come. And now I feel my baby boy moving around and kicking every day and night. Chris and I talk about what our son will be like and look like. This has been best 6 months of my life. Not that it's been super fun, but my prayer every day as been for God to help me find the joy in every part of this pregnancy.

My next posts will include our trip to the corn maze, nursery ideas and pregnancy ups and downs.

Babymoon!

Last week Chris and I were in Orlando, FL for our babymoon. It was a-mazing! A sweet couple in our church have a time share and gave us a free week to stay anywhere. We decided on Florida, after all we were dying to go to Harry Potter World and I just love Disney World. The condo was gorgeous and had two beautiful pools. (We went swimming almost every day, it was so hot and humid) It's crazy to think about how that will be our last big vacation with just the two of us. But, I can tell you that we really needed this time together. With both of us having pretty demanding jobs and a young church our days and nights are full. I loved having Chris's undivided attention the entire week and having him all to myself. We really had such a good time and I will always cherish this vacation and what a wonderful time we had together. 

Day 1- Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Testing out that famous Pumpkin Juice (it tasted awful)

Day 2&3-Disney World

Right in front of the Toy Story ride

                                                 

The times, they are a'changin

So, new blog, for new chapter of life. And for some reason I'm not able to log into my old blog so here we are. 

The times, they really are changing and we're probably in-store for some more. For those who don't know, Chris is now the full time pastor at Refuge Community Church. I mean, he's always been the full time pastor, but he also had another full time job at the Denver Rescue Mission. In May, we started praying and talking about him leaving that job and just focusing on church. The good thing was, I also got a new job at the end of March that came with a big raise, so the finances were there, but it was still a big decision.We'd be living on one income with a little assistance from the church which would mean that we'd have to cut back in some areas and would really be forced to stick to our budget.(Something we're not really great at) But, it seemed like God was really leading us to do this, so we took the leap. And on the Chris's last day at the Mission, we found out that we were pregnant! WE. WERE. SHOCKED. Many of you know it has been a hard and long road to getting pregnant and we definitely don't think it was a coincidence that we found out when we did.

We are now living our new normal. Chris is working from home, networking, meeting with church people and non-church people and really loving his new job. He is so much happier and that makes this girl happy. I am now 17 weeks along in the pregnancy. And besides the horrible morning sickness that I endured the first trimester, I feel awesome now. We leave for our vacation or babymoon next Saturday and generally we are just loving life.

Join me for bump pictures, funny stories and document this fun time.

here's our 1st picture of the little peanut. Love at first sight!