Meredith's baby shower

Myself, my mother-in-law Pam, and sister-in-law Alison flew up to Michigan for Matt's cousin Meredith's baby shower. We don't get to see Matt's extended family much so it was nice to be together for a little while. What was neat was that there were 4 of us in the family that were all pregnant at the same time. Two due in August, one in November and me in December.

Here are some pictures from the shower:

Watch Me Grow!

The first trimester flew by and I wasn't too sick, thank goodness! The first couple of weeks after we found out I didn't feel great, and was nauseous off and on throughout the day. By the end of the first trimester I felt back to normal and the bump was really starting to grow.

Beach Trip

Over Memorial Day we took our annual trip to Panama City Beach. It is a yearly tradition for our family. We have been going ever since Tyler and I were very little. This was also Kayden's first beach trip- well sort of :)

We had a great time just relaxing and sittin' on the beach. We had our usual dinner out and a round of putt putt- also a tradition of ours. This year we made it down to Captain Anderson's marina and watched the boats come in from their daily fishing trips, and unload their catch.

It was a good trip and I can't wait for next year to bring Kayden to the beach for the first time!

Goin' to the Chapel

Dusty and Brian got married on May 15th at Rosewood. Rosewood is a big antebellum type home, with very pretty grounds. They got married in the outdoor space under the canopy and everything turned out so nice.

It was a fun day spent getting ready and hanging out with Dusty and the other bridesmaids. Dusty had someone come to do our make-up which was a nice treat.

We took pictures before the ceremony and there were so many great spots for outdoor pictures.

The reception was great with lots of good food, and a fun time hanging out with our old group and catching up. After the reception it was off to St. Lucia for the newlyweds!

Wedding Festivities

April was a busy month for wedding festivities. Dusty had her bridal tea and bachelorette party both in April. It was fun to get together with the girls and have some time to hang out and catch up. The night of the bachelorette party I shared the news that I was pregnant. It was fun to have my closest friends together to be able to tell them at the same time. It just happened to work out well that we were all going to be together for the party the same weekend that we started sharing the news with extended family and friends.

Surprise!

Matt and I got the best news of our lives on April 9, 2010.

We had just returned home from our trip to NYC the day before.

The last couple of days of the trip I had felt sort of strange, but didn't really suspect anything.

I was feeling a little bit nauseous and if I didn't eat right when I got hungry then I felt worse.

Again, I didn't think too much about it. We went to bed pretty early, as Matt was going with his dad to the Master's the next day. He was also feeling a little under the weather due to allergies caused by the full fledged onset of spring.

I woke up about 5:00 in the morning, and something in my head told me to take a pregnancy test. I had one at home and went and found it and took it. Matt was still sound asleep in the bed and had no idea.

I waited the few minutes and couldn't believe what I saw when I picked up the test, it was positive, I was pregnant!

I really did not believe it at first, and thought it must be a false positive. I decided I had to wake Matt up to have him take a look at it to confirm. Poor guy had taken allergy meds and was so out of it. I took him in the bathroom, showed him the test and asked him if I was reading it right. He was still half asleep, gave this big grin and gave me a hug. He could barely keep his eyes open and headed back to bed. Not the most fun, creative way to tell him, but i just couldn't wait until later in the morning. I got up when the store opened and went and bought another test to confirm, and again positive!

When Matt woke up we were both still trying to let it sink in. I called the Dr. to see if I could be seen that day, and we were in luck, they had an opening. We went to the Dr. and they did a test and the Dr. decided to do an ultrasound. Wow, what a moment, he scrolled over the tiny little spot on the screen, and said "there's your baby!", I was about 6 1/2 weeks along.

We were excited, surprised and every other emotion you feel in that moment. We couldn't wait to share the news with our families!

NYC!

Matt and I have discussed and said this is the best trip we have taken together, with the exception of Jamaica.

Neither of us had ever been to NYC before, and had always wanted to go. After seeing much of NYC in various movies and hearing stories of other people who had been, I knew I wanted to go someday. We decided to go over Matt's spring break and planned the trip in just a couple of months.

I had a long list of all of the sites I wanted to see, so we planned out the days so we could try to fit in as much as we could. We were able to see all of the big landmarks and most things on our list. It was an incredible trip with so many lasting memories. It was a trip we will not soon forget.

Little did we know that we would get a big surprise when we got back. :)