Jude's new talent...

While I'm thinking of it, I wanted to share with you how amazingly talented my husband is! Since we're working on putting our backyard together, he got inspired to carve a tiki. He researched it online a little bit, got a palm tree to work with from the landfill, and borrowed some tools, and in TWO days had this amazing tiki, all finished. I think it's awesome! We're thinking about maybe renting a booth at our local farmers market, and showing off his work. Let me know what you think! Here are some pictures of Jude's tiki, taken by Will Parris (www.parris-studios.com)... This tiki, is approximately 3 1/2 feet tall, 16 inches across in diameter, and weighs a whole lot!
we'll be taking orders, if you're interested!

Joshua King, 4D Ultrasound

I'm SO glad we decided to get the 4D ultrasound! It was so amazing! Our baby boy is so precious, and I just think he's the cutest baby I've ever seen! I can totally see Jude in him, and i love that he has chubby cheeks! It was so fun, and I definitely recommend it to all expectant parents. We went to First Look Sonogram in Redondo Beach. It was such a beautiful day, and it is literally RIGHT by the ocean. I really wanted to bring our camera with us, to capture the day, but we ran out of the house, forgetting the camera... bummer. But we got so many cute pictures of our baby boy! I loved every second of it! He was moving pretty constantly, and always had his hands at his mouth and ears. He even brought his little foot up to his mouth as well. He was swallowing and sucking his thumb too! ADORABLE! It's so amazing what you can see! Even the umbilical chord and placenta! So, without further ado... Here's Joshua!

Sausage Toes

Well, this week... I've had to wear flip flops to work, because my feet are too swollen to fit into my shoes comfortably! eek! Can you believe it? I swear, my toes look like sausages, and last night, when I put my foot on the floor, my toes didn't touch the ground! hahaha! So funny to me!

This week went by fast for me, which I always like... because I really look forward to sleeping in on Saturdays. And I know that sleeping in won't be an option pretty soon.

I'm getting really excited for my baby showers, I still can't really believe that they are going to be for me! So surreal! Everyone asks me if I'm anxious for the baby to be here etc... and honestly, no. I'm not anxious for that at all... I'm really enjoying being pregnant, and being able to experience all of his movement and stuff like that. When he's here I'm going to have to share him with everybody else! I think I'm really going to miss being able to feel the baby move, because I love that so much. Most moms that I talk to say the same thing... they miss feeling them move. However, I have had day dreams about laying on my stomach! ha! I do miss that very much!

I changed up my profile, since we are having a boy, I thought that the pink background should probably be replaced with something more 'boy.' :)

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

I have the cutest Husband...

I just love this picture! We were at the Parris', hanging out, and Jude was telling everybody how he could hear inside my belly by putting his ear up to it. So Will brought out their stethoscope... and of course, being the fabulous photographer that he is, Will got this on camera! Just wanted to share with everybody, because I think it's so cute! This is the belly at 29 weeks.

I love you Jude :)

30 weeks!!

Holy Cow! Only 10 more weeks to go (if that)! Last week, Jude and I were driving somewhere, and he said, 'so you're 30 weeks this Sunday right?' And I said, 'yep! doesn't that sound big?' and he thought about it for a second, and replied, 'sure does.' Ha! It is INSANE to think about what the next couple of months has in store for us. It's exciting and nerve racking at the same time. I think I said this before, but every week that goes by I feel better and better about the heath and safety of our baby. I finally sent in my paperwork to St. Jude to pre-register, and we can go take a tour any time now. Lamaze class hasn't been decided upon yet... it's kind of expensive, and honestly we just don't know if it's worth it. I guess the only reason I wanted to take it was because of the experience, and I just feel a little ignorant when it comes to all of that stuff... but we'll see. Jude and I are going to talk about it tonight.

I scheduled my 4D ultrasound appointment!! I am really excited about it! It's set for next Sunday. I'll be 31 weeks, and they said the VERY latest to get one done is at 32 weeks, just because the baby is too smashed inside by then to be able to get any good pictures. The package we're getting comes with a DVD, and we get to pick the song to put on it! We'll have to come up with something good. It's so exciting to get a glimpse of what he looks like!

Easter was fun, and hot! We went to my sister's house for Easter, and my mom and sister put together a really cute little basket for Joshua! And I colored an egg for him as well. When we got home, I took pictures of it. I was bummed, because I got a cute outfit for Easter, and after i changed (because I was sweating) I realized that we didn't take a picture :( So sad... i guess i could put the outfit on again... but you know, it's just not the same. Oh well.

It's really fun now, because I'm obviously pregnant, so everyone is friendly! Almost everywhere we go, somebody asks me what I'm having, or when I'm due. It's a lot of fun.

Only about 5 more weeks of work! How exciting is THAT!? I'm really looking forward to being able to be at home, and not feel so uncomfortable at work or in work clothes. It'll be very nice! By then Tyquon will be out from under our care as well, which will also be nice for me to just focus on the baby and that task at hand. It has been a VERY long 3 months, and we have another very long month ahead of us. But I'm really hoping that something good comes from all this. I hope that down the road, I can look back and see some benefit to this situation. Who knows, maybe we learned something? :)

Next week we are going to Monterey, which I'm really looking forward to! It'll be nice to get away for a long weekend!

Anyway, I wish I had more pictures to post, but I don't :) Sorry!

Hawaiian Blues

So, I'm just here at work, sitting at my desk... listening to "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz (if you haven't heard it, it's amazing!), and feeling so sad that I'm not on vacation! ha! Not only am I not on vacation, but it's going to be a very long time for us to take another vacation to Hawaii, seeing as our bundle of joy will be here in approximately 10 1/2 weeks! The song by Jason Mraz really reminds me of Hawaii, and being on vacation... and plus, I was looking at my photos, and found pictures from our Hawaiian vacation last July. So much fun, and so relaxing... and my skin wasn't breaking out like crazy!! I'm so glad that Jude and I were able to go on vacation about once a year before we had a baby. We had a great time together, anywhere we went! And I am looking forward to Monterey at the beginning of April! That will be TONS of fun... I'll just be humongous! :)

Here are some fun photos... taken by none other, than Will Parris:

There's a funny story behind this one... So Serious... :)

This one makes me laugh :)

It's so weird to see pictures of myself before pregnancy. And how I love taking vacations!

Yesterday, Jude and I stayed home from work... and it was so nice to just be the two of us. We went out to breakfast, and just hung out for a while! I had forgotten how much I miss that. When we got home, Jude had to study, so I started hanging things up in our bedroom (Jude painted our bedroom while I was at the women's retreat... what a sweetie!) and organizing more stuff that we had stacked in the baby's room. There's still a lot to do, but at least now I feel like I'm making some kind of progress. I'm really looking forward to it just being the two of us again... for about a month anyway, before Joshua decides to join us! I'm so looking forward to being parents with Jude... I know it's not always going to be easy, but I'm definitely looking forward to this new chapter in our lives. I can't wait to see what Joshua looks like, and it is SO amazing to me that we made him, with God's help of course ;) I just think it's miraculous.

Anyway, that's all for now!

Hello Belly, Goodbye Feet

I can't tell you the last time I've seen my feet while standing up.... ha! It's so weird! Some friends of mine got me a 'belly book' for my birthday, and it says 'hello belly, goodbye feet' on the cover. Very appropriate don't you think? I'm now at 29 weeks, and every week that goes by, I feel better and better about making it through the whole pregnancy. It's so scary to think of how many things can actually go wrong, that I have no control over.

I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable, especially at work... where I have to sit pretty much all day. Today especially, I took a couple breaks to just get up and walk around outside, because my back was killing me. I know it's only going to get worse, so I better just suck it up! But, because I sit still all day, I feel Joshua move around SO much. I've really noticed it in the last week or so, he's a mover and a shaker for sure! I love that I get to experience this, and I'm the only one that gets to! One night last week, Jude pressed his ear against my belly, to see if he could hear anything... he was SO excited and amazed! It kind of made me jealous that I can't bend my ear down to my stomach! He said he heard swooshing, and it was like someone swimming. It was really cute to see how excited he got about it. He's going to be such a great dad. We're looking forward to the 4D ultrasound too! I think that will be so fun to see what he looks like in there :)

I've pretty much lost my ankles, which my friend Jessica is THRILLED about! :) Only because I made fun of her non-existent ankles when we went to Hawaii with them last summer. So i guess you could say I deserve it! I've been getting charlie horses in my leg muscles like crazy too! Even now, when I flex my foot, my muscles are sore. So strange! I remember reading a while back on baby center, and they said that's common, because I'm carrying around so much extra weight. That's not fun to wake up to in the middle of the night... let me tell you! I've been taking a double dose of iron supplements, and I was really worried about constipation... however, I think it's actually having the opposite effect on me! Sorry if that's too much information, but it's true! Oh, the joys of pregnancy! :)

Here's a picture of my friend Angela and me at the women's retreat! Give me your feedback on what you think about my hair! I'm 28 weeks in this photo :)

A little while ago, I was moving around my belly, and when I stopped, he kicked me! And that happened twice! So cute! I giggled to myself! He's probably trying to tell me to knock it off :)

Alright, thanks for reading!

Love,
Sarah