34 weeks!

Well it is Saturday morning and I am way behind on belly pics and posting so here I am in all my glory, pajamas and all! I can't believe that we have less than six weeks left. I am so excited and ready to meet our little man!

Baby Showers

I have amazing co-workers and friends. Here are some pictures from my baby showers. The first is from my school shower. I feel completely lucky and blessed to work with such an amazing staff. I can't wait for Ryan to meet everyone and someday go to school there.

My second shower was thrown by a group of friends. It was incredible! I don't even know how to say thanks to everyone who made the shower possible and all the people who came to honor Ryan!

Three ladies who are very near and dear to me! What would I do without friends like you! Wendy, Robyn, and Brooke.

My besties from Lubbock and Dallas, Amanda Wooten and Lisa Goolsby! Thank you for traveling to come share in the excitement.

We will always be Austin Raiders in my mind. Darla Lorenz, Marilyn Long and myself.The best sister ever! Thank you for everything!Melissa Brown and her sweet boys, Zane and Vander, came from Dallas. Thank you for coming and helping unload everything at my house. You are the greatest. I guess we will have to wait until next year to go chill at Hawaiian Falls!Me with Dave and Julia Galloway's sweet baby girls, Ellie and Gracelyn. Watch out Ryan!!!

28 weeks

Well time is flying and we will be welcoming Ryan in no time! I am actually almost 30 weeks now but my camera was having issues downloading pics. So here is the most recent belly shot at 28 weeks.

My Easter Egg

Well I have finally caved in and posted some belly shots. The first is at about 20 weeks. The day we found out it was a boy!

Easter morning. 24 weeks. We are getting very excited and are eagerly waiting Ryan's arrival this July! I am working on paint color for the nursery and am hoping to have it done soon. I will definitely post pics once it is finished.

HAPPY EASTER

It's a BOY!

We are so excited to be having a baby boy. Matt will now have a forever fishing partner! We can't wait to have Ryan Matthew join us at the end of July. Sorry no pics!

A baby is brewing!!!!

Matt and I are expecting our first baby on July 31st! We are so excited. I am 16 1/2 weeks along and I feel great. I feel very lucky to have been blessed with a great pregnancy so far. The best thing about this is that I have an appetite for the first time! It is great and comical to those who know me. Here is our journey thus far.

Baby at about 8 weeks. Baby at about 9 or so weeks.

Baby at a little over 11 weeks. I love the sweet nose! Above the nose you can see his/her fingers!

Now we don't get to see the baby until March 16th when we find out the sex. However, yesterday we listened to the heartbeat and it was in the upper 147-151 range. Such a beautiful noise! I think I may have felt the baby move the other night but who really knows at this stage. Thank you to all have who have prayed for Matt and I and this sweet baby. Continue to pray that all goes well. Look for a post on March 16th to find out what we are having!!

26.2 again, but this time not alone!

Yes, I ran another marathon, but this time it was with my sister! We ran the Nike Women's Marathon in you guessed it San Francisco. I took this picture while on a boat tour that went around Alcatraz and over to Pier 39 where all the sea lions hang out. I thought this was a great pic and is worthy of framing!

The first evening we rode the trolley down to Fisherman's Wharf. Here we are being the typical tourists taking our picture with the pirate statues. The traditional Trolley picture. That was a neat experience riding on the trolley and smelling the burning wood from the brakes. I was also way impressed with how they manually turn the trolleys around on this wheel thing in the ground. Definitely a much see when in San Fran.Matt and I went to a superb restaurant called Scoma's and had some delicious crab cakes and fish. After dinner we walked around the wharf some more and then saw the Ghiradelli sign and could not resist taking a bite out of it!! Yummy.Race day was very chilly! Note: I still have my long sleeve. Usually I never run in long sleeves, but I was cold. At the end of the race you are given a Tiffany necklace handed to you by a fireman in a tuxedo. A great way to end a race! Here are me and Kristin. Sisters and best friends. I am so glad we got to experience this together.A good group shot of everyone on the trip. Matt, me, Kristin, Mom, and sweet Sydney. She was amazing the whole weekend and I am for sure loved by her! And of course, my biggest fan!! I love him so much! He probably completed at least a half marathon while supporting us! Thanks!!!!After the Marathon we drove to Sausalito to have lunch. My uncle went to seminary here and it was beautiful. Then on to Napa to tour the wineries. We went to Roche Winery, a small winery that only sells there wine from there. It was neat getting to taste different flavors.
And last we ventured down Lombard Street. Matt and my mom drove while Kristin and I walked. We had on our marathon shirts and people were yelling at us that we were crazy to be walking right after. Oh well, it was something I wanted to do, crazy or not!
It was a super weekend with lots of great memories! Yeah for another 26.2 done!