So two weeks ago, I got the first glimpse of our little baby. It didn’t come a day too soon. Hosting this little thing can be quite scary. You’re just never quite sure if it’s developing right. There is such a lack of control to what your body is doing. All you can do is eat right, take your vitamins, rest and pray. I honestly wish they would make little ultrasound machines that you could rent to just check on your baby for yourself.

Unfortunately since I didn’t know that I was getting an ultrasound that day, Teiler (nor Kelli) was there to experience this with me. But I can say that it was one of the best feelings of my life…

The second the screen showed that tiny human, I fell in love. I have heard people say this all the time, but I really did. And for that second, I wasn’t scared, I wasn’t worried. I even forgot the doctor was there. It was just me and this amazing little human, who was dancing around. No joke, it seemed to be dancing. Moving it’s legs in little kicks and it’s arms in little jabs, and even it’s body seemed to have a beat as it rolled back and forth. The doctor had to tell me to stop laughing so she could take a picture, because everytime I laughed the baby just moved and moved. Babies are truly a miracle. It definitely topped the charts of my life’s greatest moments.

So that’s why I’m excited to share our babies first picture. And I have to say it did pretty well in it’s first photoshoot. Let me know if you have trouble making out where everything is. I’ll give you some clues: The view is from the top as if the baby was laying down on it’s back, belly up, and it’s head is on the left. Hope that helps!

…And no, we still don’t know what it is yet, because it’s still too soon to tell. So you’ll just have to stay tuned.

We are very blessed in California to be near so many natural aspects of beauty. One of which being the mountains and the snow. So we took a day with our family to enjoy the snow and made this little stop motion to share. {Please don’t judge our ugly snowman by his appearance. He had a great personality!} But it was a very fun day in the snow!

At The Beach~Avett Brothers

It seems like this year is the year for Sweet T additions! First it was Mozzy the cat, next came Candis’ baby bump, and now Mattie!

I have been wanting a dog for a while, and weekly started visiting the different animal shelters in Orange County. Mattie was the quiet one in the corner but I could tell that she was a very sweet dog. She wouldn’t go up to anyone, but every time she saw me by her kennel she would walk up. That’s when I knew she was my dog.

She had badly matted hair, about 5 inches too long (hence where the name Mattie came from.) But after we took her to the groomer she turned out to be the cutest dog ever. I am kind of glad she was ugly at the pound, or else she never would have lasted a day there.