My friend

So, my friend Anna Brown from Atlanta has started her own design company that is over the web. So, even though she is in Atlanta, she does everything by email so you can easily access proofs of what she will do for you, etc. She can do Christmas cards, wedding and baby announcements, invitations, programs, photography and much, much more. Please check out her website, www.annabrowndesigns.com, to see some of what she has done and for information on pricing and how it works. It is really beautiful stuff and the pricing is very reasonable. You can also email her with any questions at anna@annabrowndesigns.com. Enjoy!

Go Pack!

Well, we were fortunate enough to witness a winning game of the Packers this season. We went to the game today with Lindsay and her boyfriend, Todd, and it was much fun. Bean got to experience he/she's first game and the only time that it will be free for him or her to go! Perhaps our favorite part was watching Brett Favre run a touchdown in and then proceed to Lambeau Leap for the first time ever, it was great to see him having fun again.

Baby bedding

A lot of people have been asking me what we are doing for baby bedding. I found this picture on the internet of the bedding we registered for. We just love it, the turtles are so cute and it matches the room great!

Registering

So Mike and I both had some time off of work yesterday and decided to dedicate most of that time to accomplishing some baby tasks. Our first stop was to Target to finish the registry that I had gotten us started on. I thought that we would be there about 45 minutes picking out things such as pack and plays and exersaucers, but was I mistaken. It seems as though Mike has a lot of interest in making sure that each and every item is perfect for our first child. It was very cute to see him look intensely into each item to make sure that it made the most sense to register for. He wanted to make sure that our child would benefit developmentally and educationally from anything that it could. So, after a couple hours of debating which high chair would be best or which playmat has the most bells and whistles, we finished our registry. The next stop was USA Baby to register for our bedding and look at cribs. They were having a sale so we wanted to see if we could find anything to our liking. I was secretly praying we would come home with one so I could check another thing off of my list of things to purchase prior to the baby's arrival. So, we start off by registering for the bedding and again I am surprised to see how much Mike has invested in this process. He decides that he can't simply live without the mobile for the bedding set, because "it's just so cute Jill!" It was simply adorable. Anyway, then we were on to the crib selection. Luckily we were both pretty much on the same page and had it narrowed down to two pretty quickly. After several laps back and forth between the two of them, we picked one. We bought it and brought it home and we love it. We are so excited. I am especially excited because I am just so happy to have accomplished so much!!!

One year

Okay, so this isn't the best picture. We don't have a scanner and our pictures from our wedding aren't digital. So this is my attempt at taking a digital picture of a framed picture. If nothing else, you get the idea. (:

It has been one year today since Mike and I said I do. We woke up this morning and couldn't believe that a year had passed since we were married, sometimes it feels like yesterday, sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago. So much has happened in that year. We have continued to grow closer, our love has grown deeper, we've laughed, we've cried, and we've been there each and every day for each other.

We were talking about our favorite moments of the past year as a married couple. Our two favorites were the amazing honeymoon we had and the moment we found out we were going to have a baby. In just a year we've become a married couple and now we are going to become parents, it is the most amazing feeling ever. We both said that we literally could not be more blessed in our lives, we are very thankful each and every day for the wonderful life we have and for how lucky we are. We look forward to many many many more years celebrating our marriage.

We also talked today of the friends we met, Josh and Anna, a year ago when we arrived in Antigua. They also are married one year today and we wish them the happiest of anniversaries. Thank you for the friendship we gained and the year of a long distance friendship, we love you.

So, to all of our friends, thank you to you too for continuing to stand beside us, support us and love us, we are eternally grateful to you all.

The Dump

So, yesterday, Saturday, I am trying to get things done around the house. I am all proud of myself because I am going to attempt to go and find the city dump and get rid of the three bags of yard waste that have been sitting in the garage since I cut them down about two or three weeks ago. So there I am, I have found the dump and am rather proud of myself. I get out the bags and realize that I have to open them up and dump them out onto "the pile" of yard waste because you can't just throw the garbage bags on it. So, I tear open the first bag and realize that leaving that stuff tied up in a trash bag in the garage wasn't the best idea. Bean apparently agreed because I immediately started gagging. That is my new pregnancy issue, a terrible gag reflex. So, I am on to bag number two and bean says, enough of this, and there I go, throwing up at the dump in between two other Port Washington residents who are trying to innocently dump their yard waste. How embarrasing! Anyway, I was telling this story to my friend Becky last night and she told me that I must blog it because it was hilarious. Hope you all enjoy!!!

20 Weeks

The halfway mark! We can't believe it, here we are, halfway to the baby being born. I still feel like a complete idiot taking these side view pictures, but I think our child will someday appreciate them and maybe even I will after the baby is born! Not much is new since the post about the ultrasound, we look at the pictures a couple times a day and are still shocked that that little person is in my stomach! The baby is moving lots and that is still my favorite part. We started to look at bedding for the crib and found a couple that we like. We are going to bring a paint sample to put next to them and see what works best. Mike is painting the baby's room today and that is very exciting. Other than that, it's the same ole same ole!