Beginning of baby's room

Okay so I don't know how we are so lucky, but Chris and I haven't had to buy one ounce of what you see so far!! by friends of mine and Chris's family have just given these things to us!! It is so unbelieveable how taken care of we are. I am so grateful to have such nice friends (Angie) Thank you so much and Chris's cousins Phil and Heather (thank you both soo soo much). We truly do not have to buy large furniture items now! So far we have recieved a swing, basanet, crib, dresser shelves, rocking chair, and some brand spaking new if not excellent condition clothes 0-18 months. I mean wow I really feel blessed right now baby is going to have great people in his life! Thank you all again, and for the rest of you enjoy the photos!!! Don't mind the crib Chris needs to put it together still :)

"Suzanne's Baby Shower"

So this is Suzanne and I she is only 4 weeks away from meeting her new baby boy!! Yes I said baby boy, which I must say I am very excited about too. We have already talked how we will get together when we can and let the little guys play :) They should only be a few months a part. Needless to say I think she looks great for being 8 month + along. I am so glad that she is going first on this whole giving birth thing LOL. I figured that way she can give me the down low when it's my time, because I can't lie I am scared out of my mind for it! Just a little summary so we all can know Suzanne. I went to hair school with her almost 6 years ago now, wow Suzanne we have known eachother a while now. She has actually been a really great friend to me for so many reasons. I just love her and am very happy for her and her new bundle of joy! I am just so excited I have this whole baby thing to share with someone. Being that none of my other friends except for one are having babies, and none of my brother's or sister have kids either. I feel all nervous, thank goodness for Chris's family that has a gazillion kids which I love very much! We have got competition that is all I can say. Well Suzanne now that I rambled I loved your shower it was a good time! I hope to see you at mine in March sometime, hopefully the beginning :) take care all!

"Some of my latest cravings"

"Daddy's first kick"

I titled this post this way because as you saw two days prior the little man has been moving ALOT!So last night when I was laying in bed he became very active, and I noticed I could feel it with my hand. So I hurried and told Chris to put his hand in a certain spot so he could feel the baby moving, well I was really hoping that he could anyways. Just then a big one and Chris's hand was right on it perfectly! It was amazing I wish I truly would of had the camera right there, because Chris's face was priceless. He was so excited that he had got to feel that finally! He looked at me with a grin ear to ear. I definately thought this was worth posting for everyone to read about! We are just so excited about every little thing that happens, I mean this is our first pregnancy so what do you expect :) Now I just can't wait until I get around family and friends and they can feel it when it happens too. I know that it has become strong enough for people besides me to feel now! Thank goodness because I was hating the waiting between doctor appointments. I was always worried if he was still in there okay, with not feeling movement yet I wondered. Now daily I am getting movement and know that he is more alive than ever and strong at that :) Well I hope that you all enjoyed this little bit of info. that was special to Chris and I.

"My belly at 23 weeks"

Okay so I cannot believe that it has already been two weeks since the last pic I posted! Well I'm technically 23 weeks on Friday so I'm a little early... I get excited to post it though sorry :) Anyhow this is me and this time I have my little friend with me Dukey!! He is so cute he just has to be everywhere Chris and I are!! I hope you are enjoying the belly pice every two weeks, I figured it would be nice for those of you I don't see all of the time!

"Chris cooking YIKES"

Well okay so he can cook some mean easy mac oh and some macaroni and tomato juice, but dinner LOL!! So tonight he had the itch to cook, because one of our new years deals was to not eat out at all this month. Well so far so good, there was only one problem (WE HAD NO FOOD). So he is the worst to take grocery shopping and I didn't want to go alone, he said to me the rule is you don't go to the store hungry! So he was determined to scrounge up something in our kitchen and well this is what he came up with! It was stir fry and brown rice....

The best part is when he ran upsatairs for a breif moment and said I need help. I knew that would happen :) So when I went downstairs this is what I see bless his heart!!

Pans all over pans on top of eachother! This I had to blog because if any of you know Chris well enough you know that he doesn't do the cooking! So after this yummy meal in fact, we headed to the store. Ofcourse before we went I had to reward him with something for rounding up and cooking a good dinner for me! Don't worry though even when we have no groceries we always have junk lying around to eat ( like chocolate cake) :) Thanks for dinner babe I enjoyed and was quite impressed what you whipped up!

"Little man moved"

I just wanted to take a moment and let everyone know that my little man is kicking and swirling in my belly!!! Okay so I was just sitting at work and bam this jolt. I can't believe it, it was very strong today I haven't felt anything like it yet. The best way I can describe it to you all is just like something that is moving through your intestines. Like little bubbles popping, that is how I described it to Chris anyways :) I just thought I would share that with you all! My little man is growing and kicking up a storm in there I will keep you all updated!!

"Carlyes rockin 80's birthday party"

Okay well Carlye turned 27 on Saturday!!! Hope you don't mind I announced that Car :) Anyhow she decided quite some time ago that she wanted to do an 80's theme party for her birthday. She also to top it off wanted to take it to the bowling alley for some cosmic bowling, what better place to be dressed in 80's! Well you should have seen the look on peoples faces when we all walked in LOL it was priceless. I didn't take the camera in with me to the bowling alley because it was so dark in there it wouldn't have taken good pictures anyhow. For so many reasons I wish I would have though :) Some totally awesome dance moves were going on in there! So the pictures I have to present to you are hilarious. The way that Dave and Car had decorated the house was just so fun, they had a set up like as if we were at 80's prom! We had to all get pictures as couples first in front of it, then girls, then guys in groups. Oh my gosh it was pretty funny to see some of these outfits and hairdo's. All I can say is that we all definately brought the 80's back for sure :) Car I hope you had a great birthday!!! As for everyone else take a look at these TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS pictures!!

"Chris weighing Dukey"

So this was a spur of the moment picture Chris decided to weigh himself, he thinks that he has gained weight right along with me LOL! When doing so he decided to lift Duke up and get his weight as well. I wont tell you Chris's weight because I might get in trouble, but as for Duke he added on an extra 79lbs I believe. He has thinned down and lost weight since we have had him. He was pretty heavy though over a hundred pounds which is not healthy for a lab at all. I just thought this was a cute picture to share with everyone enjoy :)!!!!

"Mom and I cooking"

So this was just something simple and short I wanted to post on the blog! Last week my mom and dad came over to visit. My dad every week since 6 weeks now reads Chris and I what is going on with baby, mommy, and daddy that week! He isn't excited or anything to be a Grandpa do you think :) So when they were there my mommy helped me make some yummy pork chops with mashed potatoes and gravy mmmm all homemade! I can cook alright by myself, but there is nothing like when my mom does it :) Oh also I wanted to show off my new cute apron that I got for christmas. I got an excuse finally to wear it and get some pictures. Nothing fancy on this post just something I wanted to share!