Cookies, Ants, a lime, AND a movie.....

As I have been reflecting on myself the past week, I have come to realize that I am NO fun at all while pregnant. Poor Michael. I can't really handle the loud noises and all the hyper activities that my boy loves to make and do. So we have had to tone things down a bit....hopefully just temporarily.

In trying to be festive and creative we bought these easy to make sugar cookies to make for Family Home Evening. I was so excited about them! I thought the little chicks on them were so cute. Well each box contains 24 little balls of cookie dough that you place on a cookie sheet. We put a sheet of 12 in the oven for 5 minutes TOPS. I was surprised when I smelled something burning and opened the oven only to find our cute cookies completely burnt. I HATE OUR OVEN. I used to think it was magical because it cooked things so quickly....but cute little tender cookies like these need to be cooked slowly and thoroughly. Luckily we had 12 left so we put those in the oven and watched them even more carefully. Well the closest we could get to perfect is what you see in the picture. They tasted amazing but they just aren't as cute as I thought they would be. There was a little to much brown on the top. Oh well!

THE ANTS ARE BACK:(
This morning I woke up and was eating breakfast. I took a peep out of the corner of my eye and noticed a pile of black ants on our kitchen floor. I pretty much freaked out and ran over to the cupboard only to find piles and piles of ants EVERYWHERE. Sadly, I was late to work so I only had to time to quickly vacuum the floor and hope that they don't end up taking over our apartment. (Wouldn't be hard for them at all.) I can't believe I have to deal with this haha. It just
makes me so excited to finally get out of our place. The countdown begins.....1 month!!!!

My boy and I are quite fascinated with the growth of our little one. We are excited to announce that our baby is now the size of a large lime! Large!!! YAY!!! We can't really tell that it is because there is no sign whatsoever that I have a baby inside of me. Besides the fact that I bloat after eating and struggle with some sickness. Our little one is 11 weeks old today. This week our baby begins to swallow and develop finger nails and intestines. Apparently the baby urinates the amniotic fluid...I don't really get that, but we are just glad that everything is going well!

On Friday, my boy and I will being going on a date to see this movie! Michael isn't too thrilled about the movie but is sweet enough to go with! I am so excited I can hardly handle it.

Look how cute!!

So a few posts ago...we introduced you to our little blueberry.
And obviously the picture we showed you wasn't really an actual picture of our little one.
So, we would officially like to introduce you to our little 10 week old baby.
I really can't handle how little and cute he/she is!!
Our little one is due October 20th 2010 and we can hardly wait!
I couldn't believe how much the baby looked like a baby at only 11 cm long!
I was hoping that the baby would be moving around, but it wasn't haha.
It was just lying there snug as a bug.
We listened to the cute little heart beat which was 170 beats per minute! Crazy!
It was such a relief to finally be able to see our little one and know that everything is alright.
We already love our baby so much!
There are so many special memories and experiences ahead for Michael and I.
We are so excited!

A little update:

I should have blogged this past week a little more because a lot things of happened that we want to share!
First of all...on March 13, 2010 my boy and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary of our engagement! I can't believe it has already been 1 year....CRAZY! It was such a special day for both of us. I still can't get over how perfect it all was. I remember how excited I was to be engaged to Michael...but now....that excitement doesn't even compare to being married to him!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!
Today we:
*Went to work
*Played Wii: trying to collect all the star coins on Mario so we could open some rainbow worlds!
* Convinced my siblings, Elizabeth, Emmaline, and Harrison that there was a little leprechaun that was running around our backyard looking for coins. It was the funniest thing ever haha. They would leave coins out in a bowl in the middle of the grass and then run up to the front yard and hide for a minute. When they would come back the coins would be gone! ( I would re hide them haha) They never caught on that it was me hiding them so they still think there is a little leprechaun running around our house!
*Got all of our taxes taken care of and found out we will be getting quite a bit of money back!! Yay!!!
*Played basketball...mostly speed. Michael beat me twice but I beat him the last time, which was quite exciting for me!

Michael wasn't too excited about taking this picture...but oh well! I wish you could see my scarf better because it is adorable. My mother-in-law sent us a St. Patricks Day package and she gave me that scarf and some cute bracelets!


Alright...on to our little one!!!

I took two pregnancy tests the first one on February 24, and the second one on February 26th. Obviously they both came out positive! You can't really tell in this picture..the second one is better. I just barely took these pictures so they have faded slowly over the past 3 weeks.

We bought our first little item for our baby. This is his/her first baby journal! I can't really handle how cute it is!

These little booties are very special. My great grandma and I were very close. She loved to crochet and would crochet a pair of booties for every baby born into the family. I knew she wouldn't be alive by the time I had a baby so...I asked her if she could make mine early! They are so little. When I look at them I just can't believe they will be on our little baby in about 7 months!

The lives of us during early pregnancy:

Sadly, my camera is broken and Michael's is out of batteries....so no pictures this time. Although I am in the process of getting mine fixed and remembering to get batteries for Michael's at the grocery store.
There isn't much to share except:
-We bought our little one a baby book so that we can start recording important events and memories. It is very cute.
- I now carry an American Eagle bag everywhere I go in case I can't make it to the bathroom...(I've only thrown up once..but I feel like it a lot).
-The bed and the couch are my favorite spots besides Michael's arms:)
-Michael is keeping busy with school, plasma, work, keeping the apartment clean, working out and taking care of me.
-Mornings are the worst. It is so hard to get out of bed in the morning because that is when the nausea kicks in.
-I have become terribly picky on what I want to eat. Sometimes my poor boy will list off seven different kinds of foods we could eat for dinner before I finally pick one. Right now my least favorite foods that I can't even stand to think about are: fish sticks, and chunky soup.
-Our fun together for now consists of uno, movies and cuddling.
-We are excited to see our baby for the first time on an ultrasound March 24th!
- I really just want to thank my sweet boy for being so understanding and so willing to take care of me. He goes above and beyond in everything he does. I really am the luckiest girl. We hope things get better rather than worse as each week passes!

Our little blueberry! (For now)

My boy and I have someone very special we would like you to meet...
This is our little blueberry sized baby that will be joining our family sometime in October.
Well this isn't an actual picture of it but I'm sure it looks something like this.( About 7 weeks)
I feel so bad calling it an it cause its not so I think we need to come up with a cute little name even though we don't know the gender.
We are excited and nervous and a little shocked all at the same time but we know that this little one is going to bring us closer together.
We are excited to welcome this sweet one into our family and will keep everyone updated on all the exciting news that is ahead.