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Amaya is here! Last week my little niece was born and she is beeeeautiful. I miss her right now! We were lucky enough to be the first ones to see them in the hospital =) She makes us soooo excited to meet our little one. I'm so happy for my little sister and her hubby Ryan. They are such great parents and they love her so much. I love to see parents loving their children. It makes my heart melt. Congrats to J & R! I love you guys!!!

17 weeks

It's october already?! For that I am glad. Especially because on halloween...the actual day...we will know if it's a little me or little david. So. excited. I keep seeing things I want to buy, but alas, until we know boy or girl I need to refrain. But David jokes that since we'll get the ultrasound on halloween that they will trick us. But surely not! It will be a treat! a BIG one. I'm 17 weeks now. Strangers are noticing I'm pregnant. Proof it's grown for sure. I am almost positive I can feel baby chinn moving...but then I still am not sure. I seriously don't know what I am supposed to feel. It'll be obvious I'm sure when there is something more substantial than a "boop."

It seems "trendy" now to do gender reveal parties or have some cool way to reveal to the world what you're having. I admit I probably won't go all out, but some ideas intrigue me. Like filling a box with pink or blue balloons (having someone else put them in there) and then you open it up! How fun is that?

Another cute idea I heard about was asking the ultrasound tech to write the gender on a piece of paper. Then take that paper to a baby store and then ask a clerk to pick out an outfit for whichever gender it is...and then wrap it. Then open that present later with friends and family. That would be cool if we were finding out around Christmas time, but I don't think I could wait that long.

15 weeks

A little belly is forming. In this picture...you can't really tell. But I promise it's there =) Baby #1 is the size of a softball according to my "books." Every once and I while I swear I can feel it move. But then I tell myself it was gas or something cause I am not positive really what it is supposed to feel like. I'm sure I'll get where I KNOW that it was the baby and that will be exciting!

I have a doctor's appointment Wednesday. I honestly get very excited about going to the doctor. Although I know he's going to poke me and such, the doctor's office makes it feel real. We'll know in a month if it will be a mini-me or a mini-david. The appointment will be set on Wednesday. YAY! Can't wait to buy some baby clothes!

We got a free crib. Score! A friend of my sister Jessi was getting rid of 2 cribs. She bought bunkbeds for her kids and had 2 awesome cribs with all the fixins that she wanted to get rid of. So my sister got one and I got one =) It's a nice cherry wood, but I desperately want to paint it. David says no...but would it really be mine if I didn't paint it?! I'm thinking painting it yellow or aqua. We might end up staying in our little one bedroom for a little after the baby comes. That means the baby will live in the corner of our living room. But I would love a nursery like these!

13 weeks

Ok 13 weeks along now. Still not much to show for it, although the baby is the size of a peach apparently. For some reason all these last weeks the baby is compared to some sort of fruit. Peach size does help me imagine how big it is. Pants are getting tighter and I'm still sickness free! I guess I have good genes.

I had a goal to work out 4-5 days a week. However the last few weeks I've only worked out 2 days a week. Better than nothing? My little sister jessi gives me hope for lookin' good through pregnancy. She's been working out 4-5 days/week her whole pregnancy! you go girl. I honestly don't think I'll look as good as her, cause she basically had a six pack before being pregnant. I was not blessed with such a feature.

I took some pictures of her a few days ago to try my hand at photography. I'm no professional, but it was so fun! Here are my favs. I posted these on facebook and people thought it was me...I wish! I don't mind people thinking I'm her =)

the BIG enchilada post

This is dubbed the "big enchilada" for a couple reasons. One...hubby and I are expecting baby numero uno! Most people know already, but how could I not mention it here? I'm 12 weeks and according to my weekly emails, baby chinn is probably 2 1/2" long and has little arms and legs, a big difference from 10 weeks when it looked like a gummy bear. They grow so fast! It blows my mind. For now I'm due March 19th and we are so excited! It's absolute perfect timing for the school year. I'll be out on maternity leave and when I have to go back to work, David will be out for the semester to take care of the "himher" fredette (that's what he calls it). Then I'll have the whole summer in a bigger apartment (fingers crossed) with the baby. Awesome.

Also big enchilada because I haven't posted in ages. Once I went back to work...I seldom have the energy or time to sit down and write a post for the blog. It kept me occupied over the summer, but I have a feeling I won't be posting every day. I'll do my best to be frequent and provide baby bump photos once that shows up. I'm full time now teaching art most of the day and two periods of Spanish. Spanish is stretching me to my limit. I've never had to give tests! I admit I am learning a lot of what TO do and what NOT to do.

And now some pictures from recent happenings with my mother dearest and my sister's baby shower. My family is da best.

Jessi and her presents. It decorated with rainbows...David said it looked like I was supporting a different cause, but I love rainbows!

Delicious cake recipe courtesy my sister Erin

our little apartment was kind of packed to the max...I'm glad not everyone could come or we would have had to go outside.

Congrats to jessi again!! I can't say it enough! My sister, my sister-in-law, 2 cousins, and TONS of friends of mine are all pregnant. It's so nice to know my baby will have friends =)

making stuff

invite assemblage

drew an albino moose...watercolor background, acrylic and sharpie on top.

drew/painted one of my new favorite things: painted elephants. same process as moose.

Not sure what to do with these but I like them =)

I start teaching again starting August 22nd. Alas, my summer is almost over. I have to get in my "fun" time making projects while I still have a head to make them.

baby showering

I tried my hand at some "graphic design." I admit I can't remember a lot from my classes in college that taught me how to use the sophisticated programs of indesign, illustrator, and photoshop. Dang I wished I would have paid more attention!

I love those programs and need to get them, but right now I try to make do with my free dinky version of photoshop: gimp. It's a free download and does a lot of what photoshop does, not as user friendly, but once I tinkered around for a while I made sense of it. I managed to make my sister's invites, yay! I know she is into elephants from her pinterest boards...so I put some on there =)

I wish it wasn't pixelated on here and I messed up some things for privacy purposes, but you get the idea. Yay for jessi! She is beautiful and will be such a good mommy.