My sweet husband looking especially handsome in uniform while holding an icicle he got off the roof.
Our spunky Layla who loves to put her bum on the higher step and legs on the lower step when she races me up the stairs and waits for me to meet her.
And of course, the tiny avocado-sized baby in my belly.
These are the three earthly loves of my life.
First outfit post as a pregnant lady woo hoo! Well technically thats not true because I was 9 weeks pregnant in my last outfit post, but none of you knew that 
The snow here is intense. You see the pile of snow behind me? It’s now twice the size of that and is taller than both me and Jimmy. You’ll see the next time I post an outfit. In fact, the trees might not even be in the pictures anymore. Good ol’ Alaska for ya!
Anyway, the inspiration for this outfit came from this picture floating around Pinterest with the exception of a few things added. The shirt didn’t fit quite as nicely on me which made me not like this outfit as much as I thought I would. But now that I’ve got a tiny little bump I’m excited to wear more form fitting clothes to show it off! So no more baggy shirts from this point on 
Husband and I are both at home with colds today, so we’re taking it easy. Happy Sunday!
I stumbled across these old photos while I was organizing my albums and realized that I never posted them, so here goes the dump!
I don’t know if it’s the photographer in me or what, but every so often I have the urge to drag Jimmy away from what he’s doing and take “updated” family photos of us. And it’s easy to do so with a nice view in our backyard, a tripod and remote! Sometimes these urges come very often, maybe too often (or maybe not because I firmly believe that you can never have too many photos with your family and people you love the most). But my husband does not share this belief. To be fair, the snow makes it a little harder to have the motivation to take photos. But even so, he is definitely not into getting his picture taken. I’ve always thought it ironic that he ended up marrying me since photography has been a passion of mine for years.
I do want to give him credit though, he knows how important it is to me and although some days he starts to get antsy to be done with it already (he says it takes a long time and I am indecisive…which I can’t argue with because it’s true ) He always does it. And more often than not, he keeps it positive and makes it fun for both of us. So now there are two reasons for this post. The more important reason being that I am thankful for my sweet husband who learns to have fun doing the things that are important to me…even if it’s not a big deal to him. Sometimes couples don’t have every hobby in common and I appreciate him so much for putting forth the effort for me!
Hope you all enjoy your Valentine’s Day! Ours will consist of snuggling up to a movie on the couch and possibly some chinese takeout. Keepin’ it mellow this year. Oh and a little pregnancy update…here is me and the orange-sized babe at 15 weeks! Feeling good and exciting to be sporting this new little bump
First off, I want to thank every single person whos congratulated and given us support during this exciting time! Whether you’re a blog friend, reader, or a family member/friend that I’ve known for years..thank you. I wasn’t too worried about any negative responses to our news, but the fact that there’s been nothing but encouragement and love being sent our way just adds on to the amount of happiness we feel about the newest addition to our family.
Well I’m 13 weeks and 5 days along to be exact, so pretty much my second trimester. Believe me, it was SO hard to keep quiet about this. But with the exciting news of a baby came (mostly me) worrying about it’s health and if it was doing okay in my tummy. My husband has been an incredible support to me during that whole time and doing his best to encourage me to think positive instead of constantly asking “What if?” As I’m sure most of you mommies know, the first trimester is exciting, but there are so many unknowns.
To add on, this has been a very easy pregnancy so far with only some occasional nausea and no vomiting. Which believe me, I felt happy about..but at the same time, it made me worry too. I didn’t “feel” pregnant, I guess you could say. But after two ultrasounds I am definitely carrying a little one that is already hyper and kicking and flailing his or her arms (although I can’t feel it just yet)
And to answer the question some people have asked. Am I showing? Well, a little, but it’s still in that stage where I’m sure people can question “Is that a baby belly or did she just eat a big lunch?” It’s only visible when I wear tight t-shirts and it does look a bit bigger when I have had a large meal in me Here below is a picture of me at 8 weeks, (Which in this picture, I had just finished my lunch!) I haven’t taken one at 12/13 weeks yet but I’ll be doing that this weekend!
And lastly, I had someone ask me if I was scared. My answer is yes, in both good and bad ways. My mind has been constantly running with questions, concerns, and sometimes doubts unfortunately. Lately I try to make light of how little I know about pregnancy and babies and call myself a newb, which I definitely am. Or laughing at myself when I’m in the baby aisle at Target and a friend asks, “So what kind of bottles do you want to get the baby?” with my response being “Umm…the regular kind?” (True story, folks.) And well, there’s times when it’s also really discouraging and I question what Jimmy and I will do when he/she comes. But I just want to put this here right now to even remind myself when I’m feeling inadequate or not prepared in the future that God is giving us this baby and He doesn’t give us what we can’t handle. I am so thankful for this gift He’s given us and I know there is more struggling to come in the future, but the truth is, we are so ready to learn. We are so ready to try. And we are so ready to love on our little one and become mama and daddy.
