Tara's Surprise Party

I decided to throw Tara a surprise party for her birthday on June 16.  While I'm pretty sure she smelled something fishy (mostly because I can't keep a secret to save my life), she was still surprised at how many people were there.  Altogether we had 20 plus people show up throughout the night. A good time was had by all and everyone got to admire Tara's growing baby bump.  Happy Birthday Baby!

20wk belly pic

Here it is!! Seems to get bigger everyday :) Haylee Grace weights over 12 ounces and is 10.5" long! Every thing at my 20 wk dr. appt went great. She is moving around all the time, especially right after I eat :)

16 week Doctor appt.

Today we went to the doctor for our 16 week check up. The baby looked great and she was measuring a bit ahead for size....already up to 5 0z! When the ultrasound was first turned on the baby had the hiccups! It was SO cute and then for a while she was sucking her thumb or rubbing her eye, couldn't really tell, but it was cute too! Our next appt is the first week in June and they will do an anatomy scan to check and make sure all her organs are forming correctly!

12 week Dr. appt

This appointment we got to hear the baby's heart beat and see a more in depth sonogram. They took measurements of the fluid behind the neck to check for Downsyndrome or Trisomy 18 and our measurements can back great! The baby more than tripled in size and it is really looking more like a human baby now! They couldn't tell the sex of the baby yet, but at our next appt on May 2nd we'll know for sure! I also started taking belly pix, as it is sure to start growing here very soon!

Ryan moved to Austin!!

Stockton has suffered a great loss when Ryan Pottichen decided to move to the much cooler city of Austin! Hopefully we will be good hosts and he will enjoy this city as much as we do. As an official welcome to Texas we took Ryan to a Pat Green concert at Nutty Brown's with some friends. Good Times!

8 week Dr. Appt

Everything is looking good. They took blood, answered lots of questions, and we got to see our little baby's heart beat! It was so amazing to see that there is something really in there!

Janet's Visit

Janet came to Austin for the 1st time and we really enjoyed showing her around! We love you Mom!

Aaron's 29th Birthday...almost the big 30!

To celebrate Aaron's last 20 something birthday we had friends over and enjoyed a dinner/sunset at The Oasis restaurant. Thanks for celebrating with us!

Cat's out of the bag!

We told our TX friends about the upcoming arrival. Also, BIG CONGRATS to John & Lauren on their engagement!!

Valentines Day!!

Aaron and I had very simple plans for this years V-day. It was a work day for Aaron and my day off, so I stayed home cleaned the house and unpacked boxes. I took a pregnancy test in the morning because "aunt flow" was a few days late and we were hoping that we were preggers....well it was negative, so we went about our day as usual. Around 4pm I started getting ready and before I jumped in the shower I decided to take another test (thanks to my friend Stacie convincing me to!!). To my complete shock it came up PREGNANT!! I was SO excited, but it definitely didn't sink in right away, even though we were trying. I had already gotten Aaron a present for Valentines, but decided that it would be cute to decorate a little box and put the test in the box and give it to him after he got home from work. I had to pick Aaron up from work on this day, so on the way home I didn't say anything and we stopped and got some things to cook for dinner. He got home and saw his other present (a new TV) and was very excited and then I handed him the other little box. He unwrapped it looked puzzled for a second and then screamed "WE'RE HAVING A BABY!! ARE YOU SERIOUS??" he picked me up and twirled me around and we both cried! We are so excited! What a wonderful and memorable Valentines Day!