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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Bruderer's Going Away Party

One of our FAVORITE families ever, the Bruderer's are leaving us for the great(?) state of Wyoming in a few weeks. Last Saturday they had a going away party and it was tons of fun! I made a salad that my step-mom always makes, and 3 hours into making it finally understood why she always says that it takes forever to make. We're going to miss the Bruderer's SO much, and are really sad that they aren't going to meet our little man this winter, but hopefully we'll run into them down the road somewhere!

Aaron and his dad sumo wrestled

Of course Aaron won. Only the Bruderer's would have sumo suits randomly laying around... thats why we love them!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Playing Puppies

We LOVE when Josh and Natalie get to come visit! And I guess their parents are alright too :-p One thing they always want to do (pretty much every second of every day) is come over to play with our puppies. We have to tell Natalie that they're sleeping half of the time, otherwise she won't let it go!

Josh loves to lay down on the floor and let them crawl all over him

Natalie is forever trying to get the dogs to lick her tongue... so gross...

Hopefully one day we'll all live really close together so the kids can come see the dogs any time they want, but until then, we really treasure the time we get to spend together!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

First Ultrasound

Last Friday Aaron and I got to experience the amazingly fun time that is the first ultrasound. It was an adventure.

We drove separate cars because I had to hurry to work right after the appointment, and the second we pulled onto the road I remembered... "Oh crap, I was supposed to drink 50million ounces of water". They told me on the phone when I scheduled the appointment to drink 32 ounces or something crazy like that an hour before the appointment, and don't pee. Crazyness. Who actually remembers to do that? Not me. So when we got to the radiology office I started chugging water out of the dirty water fountain in the corner. I figured they just wanted me to drink all of the water because I had to pee in a cup and they didn't want to have to wait around for me to make some pee. Wrong.

A few minute later a scary Russian woman called us back for the ultrasound. She asked me a million questions, one of which was "Did you drink water?". Of course I said yes, because it was true. I mean, she didn't ask me how MUCH water I drank, or WHEN I drank it, so it wasn't a total lie. When she stuck the little thing on my belly she said "Your completely empty"... AKA no pee pee. Aaron freaked out because he thought that she meant I wasn't pregnant haha. I told her that I had actually just chugged some water in the waiting room and she rolled her eyes and probably cussed in Russian at me in her head.

She asked when my last period was and I told her it was the third week in March, but I couldn't remember the exact date. She told me that I'm a big fat liar because that would make me about 11 weeks along, and I'm really only 8 (though 9 now since that was a whole week ago!). I'm very confused how this woman knows when my period happened better than I do. I mean... I was there... I don't think she was. But anyhow...

Despite the scary ultrasound tech and my lack of urine, it was awesome. We got to hear the baby's heart beat and see it's adorable little hand stumpies and massively huge head. I'm so mad that I'm only 8 weeks along, because that means we have to wait another 12 to find out the sex (though I already know that its a girl). Our official due date is January 10th, which is 2 days after our wedding anniversary! Can't wait to see this little one!

It doesn't look like much at all... but the little blob between the two white plus signs is our baby! :)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

College Graduation

So classes finished for me in December, but since only about 5 people finished at that time, they made us wait to walk until this May. At first I wasn't going to go, just because I hate graduations and it was so far after the fact of actually finishing school, but I decided just a few weeks before the ceremony that I wanted to go. It was SO uncomfortably hot but I'm glad we went. Aaron's mom and my parents and Grandma got to go, and I know my dad was really happy that I walked across the stage. It was a very nice day!

Aaron and I with his mom

With my dad and stepmom

With my grandma

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Just the 3 of us!

Well, the news has been out for a little while now, but a certain sister-in-law of mine was bugging me to put it on our blog, so here ya go Amy!

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!! :)

My first appointment isn't for another 2 weeks, so I'm not EXACTLY sure how far along I am, but we're guessing I'm about 6 weeks. According to a due date calculator I found online, it said our little bundle of joy should arrive January 9th, which is a year and one day after we got married! It was a pretty big surprise, but we're pretty excited. I think Aaron is even more excited than I am, which is great! I played a fake pregnancy April Fools joke on him last month, and he was SO MAD and acted like it was the worst thing in the world (until I told him it was just a joke), so I'm glad that he had such a change of heart now that it's real!

Around the 3rd of May, Aaron randomly decided while cooking breakfast that getting pregnant right now wouldn't be the end of the world, and might actually be a pretty happy thing. He said that the April Fools joke I played on him really got him thinking, and he realized that it wasn't something to be mad about at all. It was great timing for him to have that realization, because 3 days later I took a test at home and it came out positive! After I took it I FLEW to his work freaking out and interrupted his swim lesson he was teaching to tell him the news! At first he was a little bit apprehensive and nervous, but now he's so excited! He even said the other day that he'd be okay with having a girl, and he'd totally do ballet with her in the living room. We're so excited and can't wait to find out what we're having! It's definitely gonna be a crazy 9 months!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Aaron's 22nd Birthday!

Aaron is officially older than me for 5 more months! He unfortunately had to work all day on his birthday, but I made him his favorite dinner (tuna steaks and asparagus) and a cheesecake (which he ate completely by himself). I love my man sooo much and can't wait for a million more birthdays together!

Enjoying his yummy cheesecake

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New Job!

So in actuality, I'm writing this in May... but since it happened way back in February I changed the date to fake like I'm good at keeping up with this blog. :)

After months of searching, I finally got a new job! It wasn't exactly what I had in mind but I really love it so far! I quit lifeguarding at the gym, and I'm now a Human Resource Assistant at the HR office on Ft. Meade. Basically, I'm an office drone and sit at a desk from 9-5 but I love it so much more than working at Gaffney. I'm definitely still learning what the heck I'm doing, and I really miss seeing Aaron all day, but it's worth the trade-off of more money and actually enjoying being at work! So, if you are looking for a job give me a holler! :)

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