Fun at the Pool!

It is hot! So we decided to escape the heat by going to the pool. These two cuties had a great time splashing around and cooling down.

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Baby MIchael has arrived

Our friends welcomed their son Michael recently. He is absolutely adorable! Check out that face!

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Mommy is doing great and looking amazing only a week after delivery!! I hope the same happens for me! =)

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Just practicing.....

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4th of July - 27 Weeks Prego!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! On July 3rd we brought some of our friends dinner and had a great time hanging out with them and their new little baby. On the way we stopped at the Town Center where they were launching fireworks. We had perfect timing... got there 10 minutes before they started, got awesome seats, and had fun watching the fireworks. On the 4th of July, we got to hang out with friends, eat yummy food and launch fireworks in their neighborhood with all the kids. It was such a great weekend!!

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My baby bump is growing bigger by the week! His kicks are getting stronger and he loves to move around in there. We might have a soccer player on our hands! Its been warm but not too hot, thankfully, so I have had the chance to spend some relaxing days in the pool. Summer is great!

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June Birthdays

Both my mom and Clint celebrated birthdays this month. We had lots of fun for each of their celebrations!

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Patrick's First Father's Day

We got to celebrate Patrick's first Father's Day (although next year will be the official one!). He has been working on his garden and it is growing like crazy. So for his special day we worked in the garden putting up fencing for his tomatoes.

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He is growing tomatoes, corn, carrots, lettuce, onions, peppers, basil thyme, squash and melons. We have been eating the lettuce and using the basil so far. Patrick got to cut his first squash yesterday. So we are hoping for lots of yummy treats throughout the summer!



We are now 25 weeks prego! We are moving right along. It has been wonderful weather - not too hot, so I am very thankful! Our little guy is growing each week. We both get to feel him kicking and moving around in there. He is quite active! So we'll see what he is like when he arrives! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going. We have 3 more months before we get to meet our little guy. We are so excited!!

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Clint's Graduation

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We had a terrific time celebrating Clint's graduation from UC San Diego. We spent the weekend going to 3 different graduation ceremonies. Some were for all graduations and one was for engineers. Clint graduates with a degree in Aerospace Engineering... Pretty impressive!!

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I was 24 weeks prego when we in San Diego! There is no doubt that we are growing a baby now!! =)

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Michelle's Shower

I helped to throw my friend Michelle a shower. She is expecting twin girls! It was a group effort and Kellie made the cakes - how cute are they! She was inspired by the invitations that Jennifer and I made - Jennifer is the brains behind the operation, I just helped! It was a fun time and Michelle got lots of cute girly things!

21 Weeks Prego!

We are officially half way there! I can't believe how fast it is going by. I have a little bump that keeps growing bigger each week. I can now feel him moving around and kicking all over the place. We got to do our baby registry at Babies R Us and Restoration Hardware Baby & Child. It is amazing how much stuff this little baby needs! It was pretty overwhelming to begin with, but I have great friends who helped us out to figure out what we really need.

We had an ultrasound and he is measuring perfect - right on schedule. Our due date is September 29th. I couldn't believe how much he moves around in there. While we were getting our ultrasound he was sucking his thumb, he did a few flips and would not stay still. It was amazing. He has grown so much. He now weighs 15 oz. We got to see his arms and legs and his strong heart. I still can't believe that there is this little one inside. God is amazing!

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This is his profile shot while trying to suck his thumb!

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This is his face.

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And there is no doubt that we are having a boy!! =)

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16 Weeks - Its a BOY!!

We are now 16 weeks pregnant and made an appointment at an ultrasound place to find out if we were having a boy or girl! We couldn't wait until our scheduled doctor visit at 20 weeks to find out!! The entire day I was so nervous and anxious. Patrick and I drove to the place and I could barely focus. We ended up having to wait about half an hour before they saw us. And I don't know if I have ever been that nervous in my entire life! But once we got to see our little guy moving around and see how much he had grown it was priceless. They were 100% positive that it is a boy. We couldn't be happier!!!

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April Fools

Yesterday Patrick gets a phone call, and all I heard was "wow, really, are you sure, ok, well I'll tell her." So of course I asked who it was, Patrick said it was my doctor and she had some news for us. My heart started racing thinking of all sorts of things (I had just had my blood work done, did they find something, etc) and Patrick says "She looked at our sonogram again and saw that we are really having twins!"

Of course I freak out, saying "are you serious???" over and over again. By this time I am standing on the couch looking at Patrick. And Patrick has the best poker face ever. Then says "April Fools!"

He totally got me!!

Big News . . .

The big news is that we are expecting our first baby!! Currently we are 14 weeks preggo. Our due date is Sept. 29th. I had a lot of morning sickness during the first trimester but thank goodness that is now over. I am feeling good and have a little belly. We are so excited!! We should find out if we are having a boy or a girl in a few weeks. We can't wait!

The sonogram is from our nine week appointment. Our little one looks like a little bean, but is growing and has a strong heart beat.

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Hooray for a new oven!!

Our oven was original to the house, so it had seen better days. Only one of the ovens worked and not all the time. So it was time for a new one. Patrick decided that he should paint the cabinets at the same time, since they were going to have to cut the cabinets to make room for the new one. After months of ordering and reordering ovens - a long story, we finally got our new oven and microwave installed!! Yeah!!

Check out the before and after pics - what a difference!

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From Kitchen

Caitlin's Shower for baby Dean

My girlfriends and I threw a baby shower for Caitlin. We had a Saturday morning brunch. It was so much fun and all the girls in our small group pitched in to help. Caitlin got all sorts of great things for baby Dean!

Past Christmas'

I got some old photos from Patrick's family and my family of Christmas pictures. It is so fun to look back at the memories. Merry Christmas!

Snow in December!

Yeah for snow!! It snowed today, probably about 3 to 5 inches at our house! There was enough snow that I got a snow day and got to stay home! Sadly, Patrick had to go to work. It snowed a little last year (just a dusting) in El Dorado Hills, but not at our house. We were so excited to have snow, Patrick woke up at 5 am just to see it.

This is our street and house!

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And us playing in the snow!

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