Gender Reveal Party Details….

I guess we really didn’t take any pictures of the gender reveal this past Sunday….but I will write about it anyway!!

We had pink and blue ribbon pins and everyone had to pick what they thought it would be…pink or blue. My mom and dad both picked pink. Ryan’s mom and dad both picked blue. Ryan’s sister and brother both picked pink as well. I think that the only one that actually thought that it was going to be a girl was my dad…the rest that chose pink were just hoping!!

We wrapped a “it’s a girl” mylar balloon in a big box surrounded by pink tissue paper and confetti. We let Blake open the present and out floated our “it’s a girl” message!! Just about everyone got a little teary eyed…..it was fun to reveal our exciting news to everyone at once!!

Other than that we just enjoyed some food on the grill, as well as the nice weather. We took a boat ride and went swimming!!

my mom got this Ice Cream Cake from DQ!

It’s My Birthday!!

….and it’s a big one!!

the big 3-0!! That used to see so old, but now that I am here, it doesn’t seem so bad. I think that is because I haven’t everything that I have ever wanted at the age of 30!....a great husband, a son, a daughter on the way, a house, a good job, lots of friends, and an awesome family! I am a pretty lucky girl!!
I went to lunch with my mom and Blake today, dinner with my parents, Ryan and Blake tonight. Tomorrow night I am having dinner with friends....Thurday Ryan is taking me out to the movies....it's a week full of celebration!!

(all pictures from www.weheartit.com)

Gender Reveal

We had a gender reveal party yesterday for our families….although it wasn’t much of a party….ha, just our immediate family (minus my sis b/c she is in CO). The whole plan of us trying to keep a secret didn’t last long. We had the U/S back on July 29h. The nurse wrote the sex in an envelope and sealed it up. I was still contemplating keeping it a surprise the whole time…WELL, that lasted about 1 hour! We went to lunch and talked about the pro’s and con’s of knowing vs. not knowing. Poor Ryan was like a 5 year old on Christmas morning….he just could NOT wait!

SO….when we got home I told him that he could open it. I wanted him to do it so I could watch the reaction on his face. He opened it, was stone solid, put the paper back in, opened it again…and just handed it to me….so I STILL had NO CLUE.

I opened it to read….

“It’s a Girl!”

You could have blown me over with a feather. I was pretty convinced it was a boy…so I was SUPER surprised and excited to read girl!!

We then waited about a week and a half before telling anyone else. It was hard, but wanted to tell our families first….and now we did…the word it out and we are THRILLED to be having a girl to add to our family!

I do have some pictures from yesterday...and I will type up some details of the gender reveal to post later this week. Of course our families are both very excited and anxiously anticipating a new baby girl :)

Blake is now saying "sissy" and it is music to my ears!! He has quite the lisp going on when he says it...and it is just so darn cute!! He is going to be such a good big brother.

(all pictures from www.weheartit.com)

Pregnancy : Week 20

DATE: August 5, 2010

How far along: 20 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 11 pounds (whoops…ANOTHER 2 pound week….this is getting out of control. I might have to stop answering this question soon :))

How big is baby: Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe!

Maternity Clothes: I am wearing all regular clothes this week. The rubber band trick on my regular pants works best for now!!

Sleep: good!

Best Moment of the Week: Had an OB appt. on Wednesday….love listening to that heartbeat.

Movement: yes…feeling little nudges every now and then!

Food Craving: Mexican food, breakfast food, and fruity candy like skittles, nerds, gummies, sour patch kids.

Food Aversions: not really anything particular.

Morning Sickness: nope!

Gender: We will be revealing the gender on Sunday to our families at a little get together!!

Symptoms: SO stuffed up this week. I think that it is allergies…doc said that it could be heightened due to pregnancy.

What I miss: caffeine…lots of it!

What I'm looking forward to: The gender reveal party on Sunday!

This outfit and/or these pictures are NOT verry flattering.

Wedding Wednesday...more Men

And the wedding pictures roll on for yet another week. This week is a continuation from last weeks pics and the men in our wedding. Ryan had 6 groomsmen and 3 ushers.

This is Ry with Sawyer. Sawyer is one of Ryan roomies from college. Again, Ryan looks super small, but Sawyer is actually super big. He lived with football players in college. Sawyer lives and works in Dubai now, so we don't get to see him much. He flew back to be in our wedding...and will be back again this weekend for the wedding that Ryan is in. We are excited to see him. He is a funny guy and one of Ryan's best friends!
This is Joel. Ryan and Joel have been friends since grade school and graduated high school together. Joel is the sweetest guy ever. Ry and Joel now work at the same place! Ry works as a Quality Supervisor and Joel is an Engineer!

Chad was and Usher. Chad and Ry have been friends their whole lives...everyone calls him O-fer, so it is funny to type Chad. Ryan and ALL of his friends have nicknames. No one goes by their real name. Its pretty strange. The nicknames stick with them for their entire lives. Ryan's is Tito (long story).....and when we first started dating and I would refer to him as Ryan, his friends would look at me like I was nuts! haha

This is Tony. Tony was actually my friend before I even met Ryan, but now he is a close bud of both of ours. Tony and I met when we worked at a golf course (Bucks Run) in college and were immediate friends!! He moved away after college, but is back home now. He threatens to move away again...but I don't believe it!

Here's the whole group...what a bunch of handsome guys :)

Shoe shopping....

We are heading to GR this weekend for a wedding. Ryan is in it, so his outfit is already picked out...and since he will be in a tux I need to look good too :). Kinda hard at 20 weeks pregnant. I feel like I am at the in between stage where I look chubby, but not pregnant. SO, looking cute is kind of a challenge. I decided that new shoes were my best bet...since my feet still look the same.

We hardly have ANY stores to buy shoes at in my little town, but I stopped into Payless on my lunch just hoping that maybe they would have something. I found these and they are actually pretty darn cute! They are a satin material...I am just going to wear a black dress, so these should work good. I will try to take some pics of the finished product this week.

AND...I got these for Blake to wear this fall. They were only $7.00. He will look like such a big boy!!

Mr. Photogenic

I havent been doing the best job at taking pictures of our little Blake lately. It kind of goes in streaks with me. However, in my defence, he isnt the easist subject right now. He is a busy little guy and it is hard to get him to stay in one place long enough to get a good snapshot!!!

I either get this....just the top of his head as he is ignoring my plea for him to look at me with the camera....

Or I get this look...the "hello mother" I am busy....please put that thing down....

Or every once in awhile me begging for a smile works...but then he smiles like this......

Oh boy....what am I going to do with him?!!?