What's Up Wednesday

Happy Hump Day! I'm linking up with Shay, Sheaffer, and Mel for What's Up Wednesday today!

1. What we're eating this week...

We are eating Mix and Match Mama's Turkey Spinach Lasagna. So easy to make and delicious too. I even made a couple of these as freezer meals before Judah was born. They tasted great even from being frozen as well.


2. What I'm reminiscing about....

10 years ago I was coming home from studying abroad in Spain and we made a stop in London on the way home. I knew I loved London before I went there because HISTORY but once I was there, I was smitten. My love affair with England/London had begun. Oh to be back across the pond today...

3. What I'm loving..

That the Kate Spade multi glitter stud earrings are going to be coming to me in the mail really soon. When Sheaffer announced on Facebook last week that these earrings were back in stock, I jumped on it. I can't wait to get them!

4. What we've been up to...

We just got back from a week vacation in Denver visiting family and relaxing in the cooler weather. I'm kind of sad to be back in the sweltering heat of DFW. Give me the mountains any day.







5. What I'm dreading...

Nothing really. I'll keep it that way =). 

6. What I'm working on...

This little girl has a birthday party coming up in a couple of weeks. She decided she wanted a Cinderella party, and I finally decided on invitations today. Nothing like waiting to the last minute, right? I've been scouring Pinterest for cute decoration ideas, and I'm going to get started on them this weekend.

7. What I'm excited about..

The month of August..Lots of fun things happening and big celebrations in our family happen next month. I can't wait.

8. What I'm watching/reading..

I just finished reading Go Set a Watchmen by Harper Lee. It. Was. Awful. If you haven't read it yet, just don't. Live in the bubble that Atticus is a great person. Mine has officially been burst.

9. What I'm listening to...

My daughter loves the music from Teen Beach 2. I let her watch some of the dance numbers from the movie, and she loves it. This music has been on repeat on our house. She loves a good musical - I've done something right.

10. What I'm wearing....

I just ordered some maxi dresses from Target during one of their sales. They are super cute and bonus: nursing friendly! I'm excited because they will transition great into the fall with a cute jean jacket as well.

11. What I'm doing this weekend...

Nothing major planned. I know a certain little one who would be happy playing in the backyard pool all weekend. We may just make that happen.

12. What I'm looking forward to next month...

Celebrating 8 years with this guy and 

celebrating this little girl turning 3! How did that happen? 

13. What else is new...

Well, today I go to my post op appointment with my surgeon for my surgery 2 weeks ago. Oh wait, you didn't know? I had an emergency surgery to remove my appendix. Two weeks ago on a Thursday, I woke up to feed Judah at one in the morning and noticed that my stomach was hurting. I didn't think anything of it until I woke up again at 5 to feed him and the pain was still there. I thought I was coming down with the stomach bug. However by noon that day no other symptoms had shown up except the ever increasing pain underneath my belly button. I called Jason to come home from work later that afternoon and we went to the urgent care. They proceeded to check me out and said I needed to go the ER. Several hours and a CT scan later, the doctor came in and said you have an appendicitis, you are having surgery tonight. Just what a mother with a 7 week old and a 2 year old wants to hear!! The surgery went fine and I'm feeling much better. I'm also happy to say that J was just fine with our little glitch in our breastfeeding journey. I had plenty of pumped milk, and he took the bottles like a champ but is now happily back to nursing from his momma.

14. What will you miss most about summer? 

Honestly, my kids are so small that the summer is the same as every other season. I am not a fan of hot temperatures so I won't be missing that at all.

Weeks 22-27!

I will be caught up sometime this week and will be keeping up from now on! I even have an alarm on my phone that will go off each week to remind me =).

How far long: 22 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: All the time. Fun cute sweaters and jeans and leggings are my go to right now. 

Sleep: When I get sleep I sleep pretty well

Best moment of the week: One more month down (end of January) before this little boy arrives. This pregnancy is going by so fast and I can't believe it. We bought our first outfit for him this weekend. A cute little short and shirt outfit that is blue/turquoise with a little truck on it. So cute! 

Movement: All the time!!

Food cravings: I may or may not have eaten a ridiculous amount of chips and salsa this week. 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: We have a doctor appointment later this week. Love getting to check on him and listen to his little heartbeat. E loves to listen to his heart beat too. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Getting winded when going up stairs (really?) I just laugh at myself. My pregnancy brain is starting to make me forget to do important things (like plug in a crockpot). 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 23 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: This dress is a regular dress (got to love the maxi dresses) but mainly I wear shirts and jeans that are both maternity. 

Sleep: I got a good night sleep because I spent the night away from the house!

Best moment of the week: We got to listen to his heartbeat at our appointment this week. He is doing well and growing right on schedule. I also got a full uninterrupted sleep because I had a girls night after the If:gathering where we stayed at a cabin on Eagle Mountain Lake. It was awesome!!

Movement: Oh yes, and some of his movements are starting to hurt.

Food cravings: Nothing major this week. 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to:  We are having a family night later this week to celebrate Valentine's Day. I can't wait until he is here to join us! 

Pregnancy Symptoms: This week I have some upset stomach problems that I haven't had since the Zofran pump came off. I didn't throw up but my stomach felt off. The only thing that calmed it down was my flavored carbonated water I had in the refrigerator that I have on hand for this type of thing. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 24 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: Yes just because they are just comfortable.

Sleep: Sleep is going well. I am having some weird pregnancy dreams lately. Very vivid and just weird. 

Best moment of the week: We went and registered this weekend. We added a few things to the registry just to have some boyish things. No major big items since we have those already but I'm sure he would rather have blue blankets or sleep sacks instead of the girlie pink ones his sister has =)

Movement: Oh yes and this week he mad me gasp and Elyanah asked me if I was ok. I just told her that her little brother kicked me really hard. Ha!

Food cravings: I really was craving fruit this week. You know like blueberries and strawberries which are not in season so I had to use some frozen variety. 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: My birthday is this week and I'm looking forward to going to the Cheesecake Factory. I am sure this little boy will enjoy all the yumminess I will eat there. I am also going to a consignment sale next weekend so hopefully I will get some cute clothes for him. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Still having some stomach issues on and off throughout the week. It only lasted a 2 days but it was annoying. I tried to have scrambled eggs for breakfast one day and he wanted none of that. So for the record, still can't eat eggs or enjoy the smell of them. Also coffee is still bothering me if I get a good whiff of it. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 25 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: Yep!

Sleep: Sleeping ok but my hips are starting to really bother me if I stay on one side too long. So I will wake up several times a night because of the aching and have to switch sides. 

Best moment of the week: I bought some more clothes for our little boy this week at the consignment sale. They are so cute. I keep looking at them and think "surely, they aren't this small!" I think I forget how tiny E was at the beginning too. 

Movement: All the time!!

Food cravings: I really wanted avocados this week. I went to B.J.'s with some friends and ordered some avocado egg rolls and they were amazing. Avocados are the best. 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: Going to Canton with my college roommate next weekend! I can't wait to get a lovey there. I got one for E at the same place before she was born and I love that they will both have a lovey from there. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: It's getting hard to pick things up the floor! Ha! Not too bad but it just takes a little more effort. I still don't like the smell of coffee. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 26 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: This shirt in this picture is not maternity but long enough that I could still wear it. 

Sleep: Weird dreams. Just weird, crazy dreams. 

Best moment of the week: WE DECIDED ON A NAME!!! Well a first name at least. We are still working on a middle name but that will come eventually. I'm just excited that we have a name that we can call him now. Baby brother just wasn't cutting it. Although, E still wants to call him baby brother but hopefully she will catch on soon. 

Movement: He moves all the time. He has his active times (around 10 pm and the middle of the afternoon) but he rarely goes an hour without moving. 

Food cravings: Avocados, yogurt, and cookies

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to:  Well we didn't get to go to Canton because of the snow so we rescheduled for April! I have my gestational diabetes test this week and we get an ultrasound too since I'm starting my 3rd trimester. 

Pregnancy Symptoms:  I feel like he had a growth spurt this week. I feel bigger and heavier and it takes more of an effort to put on pants and socks and shoes. =)

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 27 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: This shirt isn't maternity but I do rock my maternity jeans like no other. 

Sleep: I am still having weird dreams. This week I vividly remember that I decided to become Amish and I milked a cow and lived on a farm. (What?!)

Best moment of the week: No appointment happened this week because of snow again so we rescheduled for next week. I went to another sale this week and got more clothes for him! I am so excited for him to wear them. Plus we had one of Jason's co-workers gift us there clothes from their son so it's been fun organizing those too. I started working on some burp clothes for him too!

Movement: He moves all the time!

Food cravings:  I wanted to drink all the water this week but nothing really in the food department this week. 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: Gestational diabetes appointment this week. We are visiting Jason's brother and family next weekend so it will be nice to see them. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: My stomach was upset again this week but this time I had it for 3 days this week. Carbonated water was my friend. Indigestion is also starting to come back but drinking a glass of milk seems to help it. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

Weeks 14-21

Oh goodness! Long time no blog!! I have been wanting to get back into it and then every night when I sit down on the couch and have no energy to even think about writing =). Anyways, let's just jump right in shall we?! The biggest news of all is we are expecting again!!! We are due at the end of May and we are very excited.

Here's how it happened: Jason and I had thought about trying again around Christmas 2013, and I went to see my fertility specialist. At that time, he said that I would need to wean E (she was still breastfeeding) before we could start trying. I really didn't want to wean E because I wanted her to wean herself and so we decided to wait until that time before setting another appointment with the doctor. Fast forward 10 months....E was still breastfeeding in the morning and evening before bed which I was completely fine with and had really resolved to being ok with my timeline of when our next child came (if we were to even have another one) to being a lot farther out. It was October 1st and E and I had planned going to the zoo with some friends from MOPs. I woke up that morning and had breakfast and felt a little nauseous. I had been feeling nauseous for the past couple of days so I thought I may have been coming down with something, but then it would go away and I would think nothing of it. We went to the zoo that day and had a lot of fun. I had decided after feeling nauseous after lunch that day that I would take a pregnancy test the next morning just so I could get it out of the way. I really didn't think I was pregnant. How could I be when it took us so long to have E and I didn't ovulate on my own?





The next morning I woke up and took the test and then walked out of the bathroom to get E out of bed. After changing her diaper, I went back in to the bathroom to grab something and grabbed the test so I could look at it and throw it away since clearly it was going to have one line. Imagine my surprise when I looked at it and saw two lines!!! I was in complete shock! I called my doctor that morning when they opened to get started on my Lovenox shots and set up an appointment to see how far along I was since I had no clue! The next week we went in and saw a beautiful heart beat. Not only that, but there were two sacs in there which meant that I had ovulated two eggs! Sadly, one of them didn't make it but I am still praising God because this little baby is a miracle.

Once I found out I was pregnant, my symptoms came in full force. I was throwing up A LOT. Like A LOT. And I was tired and miserable pretty much the whole time. Good times with a very active 2 year old =). After several weeks of severe vomiting and losing a ton of weight, I was finally diagnosed with hyperemesis graviderum (Kate Middleton had it). I had to be hooked up to IV fluids for 2 weeks in my home continuously because I couldn't even keep water down and then also wore a Zoran pump for 5 weeks. It was an eventful first 16 weeks =).

Anyways, I'm officially 26 almost 27 weeks! Crazy right? I'm going to play catch up with my weekly updates for now and then hopefully by Monday when I'm officially 27 weeks, I will do them weekly. These are really just so I can have them for later when I make the little one a baby book because clearly my memory is shot now!

Here is week 14-21!

 Week 14

How far long: 14 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: I'm still wearing my normal clothes but this baby is sitting really low so a lot of my jeans are starting to get really uncomfortable

Sleep: I'm sleeping ok. I just welcome sleep because then I don't have to feel nauseous anymore. 

Best moment of the week: I'm starting to not feel as nauseous anymore. I was able to decrease my medicine on my zofran pump without any increase in symptoms so that is a good sign! I was actually able to eat some Thanksgiving lunch last week and keep it down!! I also gained 3 pounds from my last doctor appointment - still not up to my pre pregnancy weight but getting there. 

Movement: I'm starting to feel little movements right above my bladder. I wasn't sure at first but I'm pretty sure it's the baby. 

Food cravings: I wouldn't call it cravings but I'm really liking baked potatoes right now. It's one of the only things my stomach will tolerate. 

What I miss: Eating normal meals 

What I'm looking forward to: Getting rid of the zofran pump at some point. Getting to eat normal food and not throw it up. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Still nauseous but thanks to my zofran pump I haven't thrown up in 2 weeks. My sense of smell is through the roof and I still can't stand the smell of coffee brewing or eggs. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

Week 15

How far long: 15 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: None yet but my jeans are getting uncomfortable

Sleep: I got my Snoogle out of storage this week so I'm sleeping good

Best moment of the week: I got to eat an actual meal that was a normal size and not feel like puking afterwards!!! Big step people! My medicine is continuing to be lowered on the pump so I'm hoping it will be gone for good soon! 

Movement: I'm definitely feeling little quivers right above my bladder. There is no mistake now that it is baby. 

Food cravings: None really this week. 

What I miss: Having a normal meal

What I'm looking forward to: Getting rid of my zofran pump!! Also, Christmas is coming soon and I'm excited to celebrate with family. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Less nausea (yay!) and sense of smell is still going strong

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 16 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: None yet but I'm having to use rubber bands to hold my jeans together because it's just too much to button them. 

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good

Best moment of the week: I got the zofran pump off!! I am feeling pretty good now and nausea and vomiting isn't there anymore! Praise the Lord!! I'm excited to eat normal food - come on Christmas yummies!! Also looking forward to traveling to visit family this week for Christmas. 

Movement: Fun little quivers and punches - it's so fun. Probably one of my favorite parts of pregnancy

Food cravings: Ha! I'm just excited to eat normal food right now! Let's just call that my craving. I do like sweet potato chips right now - delicious!

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the sex of the baby in a couple of weeks! 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Sense of smell is still really strong and poor Jason can't make a cup of coffee in my presence. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far long: 18 weeks!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: Starting to wear a couple of maternity clothes just because my sweaters and long sleeve shirts don't cover the mid section very well. I'm starting to wear some maternity jeans as well although I'm holding on to a couple pairs of non maternity jeans and leggings are my friend right now. 

Sleep: Sleeping well!

Best moment of the week: Being back home from Christmas festivities and feeling better after the stomach bug hit our house earlier this week. We came home on a Saturday night and Sunday morning, Jason woke up sick and two days later, I had it. It was miserable. Luckily,  didn't catch it. 

Movement: Feeling lots of movement. Punches, back or bottom pushes, this one is letting it's presence be known

Food cravings: Fried cheese sticks and sweet potato chips 

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the sex of the baby next week!! Eek!

Pregnancy Symptoms: Little stings when I sneeze where my ligaments are so I know they are stretching and my acne is starting to appear. 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In 

Week 20 - It's official.  I'm huge! 

How far long: 20 weeks! I feel like my belly "popped" this week! Holy cow!

Baby size:

Maternity clothes: Definitely wearing maternity jeans and leggings. They are just more comfortable now. I got some new long sleeve maternity shirts too so they have been nice. 

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good still!

Best moment of the week: We found out the sex of the baby last week!! IT'S A BOY!!!!! We are excited and it will be fun to have one of each. We have no idea on a name so right now baby brother is working just fine. 

Movement: Lots of movements - kicks, punches, and I think even some rolls. 

Food cravings: Cookies, sweet potato chips, nothing major right now

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: I get to shake the rattle at MOPs this week so that's pretty exciting. I wasn't past the first trimester the last time they had a regular meeting. I'm starting to think of ideas for the nursery. I know he won't be sleeping in his room for the first few months but it's still fun to plan!

Pregnancy Symptoms: My sense of smell has diminished a bit (Jason is thrilled), still some little stings at my ligament areas

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

How far along: 21 weeks!

Maternity clothes: Loving my maternity clothes. This time around there seems to be a lot more pressure between my hip bones so anything tight around that area is extremely uncomfortable. 

Sleep: When I get sleep, it is great. My hips ache when I wake up so I just have to switch sides when that happens. My Snoogle is my best friend. 

Best moment of the week: We told our families this past week that it was a boy and they are all excited! 

Movement: Oh this little boy is a mover. All the time. I love all of it and never get tired of it.  

Food cravings: I had a craving for Thai food this week. I haven't had Thai food in ages. There is a place right down the road from our house so we picked some up on the way home from church on Sunday. It was delicious!!!

What I miss: Nothing really. 

What I'm looking forward to: We are starting the process of picking out names that we like so that is really exciting!

Pregnancy Symptoms: Indigestion is starting to creep in at night after dinner. It's not terribly bad right now but is definitely starting way earlier than when I was pregnant with E. Maybe this means he will have even more hair than she did?? 

Stretch Marks: None

Belly button: In

Six on Saturday!

1.  E  started dance class this week. I may be biased but she is just the cutest adorable thing in the entire world in her little tights and leotard. It's a Mommy and Me class at a studio in town, and she really enjoyed it. We will see how the next 8 weeks go!

2.  Father's Day is tomorrow and we are going to keep it pretty low key. We are thinking about going to Sea Life Aquarium because dads get in free for the day but we will see! All I know is that I'll be spending it with my wonderful family.

3. I have a new love for Jane.com. I have known about this website for several years but have stayed away from it because its dangerous for my wallet. However, some one I know talked about it a couple of weeks ago and I decided to just browse the website. BIG MISTAKE. I have already bought several items (one is E's outfit for her birthday party) and I have several items in my basket that I'm waiting to push the purchase button. But don't you think I need these things???

4. I have put a laminator on my wish list. Yes, a laminator. My cool factor has dropped into the negative numbers. I really want one though. I have so many things that I use with E during learning time that would be so nice to have laminated so they don't get torn up. It would save me from having to make the same thing over and over again.


This was a game of letters, numbers, and shapes, and we would point the flashlight on the one I asked her to find.

5.  E's new favorite thing to do at the park it so "swing" on objects. She will lift her body up by her arms and then swing her legs up. She thinks its so great and I try not to be so overprotective and freak out. Ha!

6.  Today is Flag Day!! I love Flag Day!! I don't know why but I've always loved it. I like seeing all of the flags everywhere. I know all the other holidays do that too but there is just something about Flag Day that makes me happy. Ironically though, I don't even own a flag. I need to remedy that one. =)

Happy Saturday everyone!

Big Things...

Big things have been happening over at the our household lately.

1) Jason has been working for another clinic one weekend every month for the last 3 years. He's always had a good relationship with them, and they have asked him to come work for them full time at their outpatient clinic several times, but we never felt like it was the right time. Several months back, Jason approached me and told me that he felt like it was time for him to move over to that company at their outpatient clinic. After a few weeks of prayer, we both decided it was a good time for him to take that job. So Jason turned in his notice at the physical therapy place he was working and last Friday was his last day! He started his new job today! I would have taken a picture this morning but he had to leave at 5:45, and I wasn't very coherent at the time. We are very excited about this new adventure for him!

2) The next big and major thing is we bought a house!!!! It's so exciting! We close at the beginning of June and I can't wait to paint and make it our home. The house is a little bit closer to his new job and it has 4 bedrooms so it will definitely grow with us over the next few years. Plus, Jason's brother is coming to live with us since he is going to be studying Audiology at UTD in the fall. Here are a few pics of the house when I went to go look at it. I will definitely post pics once we are settled and moved in!

The study

The hallway to the kitchen and living room

Breakfast area in the kitchen

 Living room

Back patio and backyard

Elyanah's birth story

*This is really for me and one day for Elyanah to read so just a warning that it will be pretty detailed and LONG! I won't be offended if you don't want to read it. *

I will start at my last doctor appointment on Thursday, August 23rd. We had an ultrasound that appointment to make sure that Elyanah had turned head down and thankfully she had!! So my doctor decided to move my induction to Tuesday instead of Monday with the plan to come in on Monday night to start medication since my cervix was still very high and completely closed (TMI I know). Jason and I left that appointment excited for the following week and talking about how the next time we saw our baby girl's face would be when she was here. We could hardly wait!

Fast forward to Sunday, August 26:
Jason and I went to church that Sunday morning knowing that it would probably be one of the last times we would go for awhile. We headed home to have lunch and then decided to watch Footloose that we had rented from Red Box the day before. We were about 30 minutes in to the movie( I think when they were racing the school buses if you have seen the new one) when I had a pretty big contraction. Contractions are nothing new to me so I just let it ride its way out but then right afterwards I started "leaking". I thought surely I didn't just go to the bathroom because I had just gone to the bathroom 20 minutes before. I went to the restroom and continued to "leak" what I thought at the time was urine. I went back out into the living room and said to Jason either my water just broke or I just peed my pants. He got this huge grin on his face and said call the doctor. I called my doctor even though at this point I was still in complete denial and kept saying that I had just wet my pants. Mind you, I was continuing to slowly "wet my pants" as we awaited a phone call back from the doctor.

My doctor called me back and told me to head up to the hospital. We put our bags in the car and headed that direction. When we were about 5 minutes from the hospital, the trickle of fluid became a huge gush (you know the kind that they show in the movies) and it went all over me and Jason's passenger seat. At this point, I am laughing so hard because no matter how hard I try I can't hold it in and then kept I apologizing that I had just wet myself all over Jason's front seat. I'm glad that I can at least laugh at the situation.

We got up to the labor and delivery floor where they put us in a room and I changed into the lovely hospital clothes. Then for the next 2 and half hours I had the nurse from Hades. I had had her before when I had gone to L&D for pre-term contractions and didn't like her then. She was just very brass and unsympathetic and would talk over me when she would ask me questions. Oh my goodness those hours couldn't go by fast enough. (Don't worry we requested her to not be my nurse the next day at the day shift because there was no way I was going to labor with her - the one time I decided to let my opinion and voice be heard). Once we had the shift change, my nurses were much better.

Here I am texting people to let them know it's go time. The contractions weren't really bad at this point. They had to start me on pitocin to speed up labor since I wasn't dilated very far and my water had broke. That stuff is no joke.

By one o'clock, I had had enough and was begging for the epidural. I was only dilated to a two and thought I need sleep and I can't sleep with contractions every 4 minutes. Once I got the epidural, I felt great and was able to get a few winks of sleep. Although the beeping of the machines, the stupid blood pressure cuff going off every 10 minutes, and the nurse coming to check on me kept me from getting too much =).

Monday morning came another shift change with the most amazing labor and delivery nurse a girl could ask for! I am so thankful that God is even in the little details and gave me such a great nurse! If it wasn't for her I probably would have ended up having a c-section. She was so encouraging and we got along so well. She also had struggled with infertility and used the same fertility specialist as we did so we bonded over our "fun" stories.

When my doctor came to check on me in the morning I was only dilated to a 4 (bummer). She told me that if I wasn't dilated to a 6 in two hours when she came to check on me again that we would have to have a c-section. My nurse made it her mission for that not to happen and put me in all sorts of positions. Even on hands and knees - which when you don't have the use of your legs can be very comical and difficult position to maneuver. All those positions did the trick and I was dilated to a 6 two hours later! My labor progressed from there and by 3:00 that afternoon I was ready to push. I pushed for an almost an hour and half and then the most beautiful and precious little girl arrived and changed our lives forever!!!

Our precious Elyanah

First family picture

Proud daddy

On our way to our post delivery room - even Elyanah was all smiles

Our families were waiting to meet our precious little girl once we arrived to our room. 

 My mom holding Elyanah

 Jason's dad holding his granddaughter

Ms. Angie holding Elyanah

Uncle Jordan

Uncle Jared

Once everyone left, my mom went and got me a strawberry milkshake from Chick-Fil-A. I hadn't eaten anything solid in over 24 hours, and I had talked about having a milkshake after I was done. I downed that thing in five minutes! I joked that it was my push present - ha!

*I do need to mention that Jason was beyond the most helpful, encouraging, and ever present partner through this whole thing. I could not have asked for anything better. I have the most amazing husband ever and now I get to watch him be the most amazing dad to our daughter*

Weekly updates coming soon!

Anniversary #5

Jason and I celebrated our fifth anniversary on August 18. I can't believe five years have gone by. I feel like it was yesterday that I was walking down the aisle to the love of my life. And now here we are five years later with our lives changing in a completely different way.

That Saturday we just spent the day together. We didn't have any extra money lying around since I had just quit my job, but it didn't matter. My only request was to hang out and enjoy each other's company.

We started the day having breakfast at one of my favorite breakfast places, Le Peep. So so yum!

My yummy breakfast: potatoes, eggs with cream cheese and spinach and an English muffin

Jason's breakfast 

Later that afternoon, we went and saw The Bourne Legacy. I thought it was pretty good movie - very action packed and suspenseful. After the movie, we walked across the street and ate at Cheesecake Factory. Probably one of my favorite restaurants. I was so excited to get my usual blackened chicken sandwich and had been craving it all day, BUT Cheesecake Factory decided to change up their menu and remove some menu items and guess what menu item they removed?!?! Yep, my sandwich! Bad move Cheesecake Factory, bad move. I was so so sad. Oh well, I got some yummy red velvet cheesecake to take home to make up for it. Now if they ever got rid of that cheesecake my love relationship might be forever severed =).

The menu WITHOUT my sandwich listed =(

Who knew this would be the last picture of us together before our little one arrived!!