And baby makes 3

I'm pretty sure Jonathon has called everyone, so I think it's safe to let the cat out of the bag... We're having a baby.

No really, we are. We're in our fifth week and we already have doctor appointments set up.

This was completely unplanned and came as a huge shock to us, but we're welcoming it and glad we get such a great blessing. Jonathon and I both are adjusting to the reality that in 8 months we'll be more tired than we ever have been.

I'm trying to convince him to still go to Colorado for the holidays, but since we just got back from traveling SO much, I think both he and I are still mentally worn out. We're still thinking about it, but with a new baby, how could we not show him/her off?

My mom thinks it's a boy - Jennifer thinks it's a girl - Emilie wants a girl - Matthew wants a boy - Ricky changes his mind - Jon wants a boy and I am now leaning towards a girl. Those are all the predictions so far...but I'm pretty sure there is going to be a pool going.

So far all I want is peperoni pizza - which I have yet to have. Giving up Diet Coke was horrible, but I did it and haven't had one since we found out we have a baby bird. (That's what we call it, for whatever reason)

Jonathon is back to work now, after having so much time off. I was so sad to see him go. I hate sleeping alone, but I'm getting more used to it. I know he likes being back, and that's what matters.

I hope everyone had happy holidays!

Winter

Here are the pictures that our wedding photographer took while we were in Colorado for Christmas. (Steve Glass)

I'm only posting a few because there was like 151 of them or something!

After the holidays

I think I'm still trying to catch up after all of the excitement of the holidays. Jonathon graduated from ALS December 17, and we were off to Omaha on December 18. However, my connecting flight was late resulting in us missing our plane to Nebraska. After spending a VERY long night in the Minneapolis airport we were on our way again. We spent a weekend with Jonathon's family. They had arranged a little Christmas get together with their family so they could celebrate with Jon and I. I enjoyed having little kids around again - as the ones in my family seem so old now.

We took off for Colorado the morning of the 22nd and my dad and little brother, Matthew were at DIA waiting for us. My cute little brother brought me taffy - my favorite. We were so exhausted from the 5 planes or so we were already on (and hours of driving to and from airports) that my parents arranged for my dad's side of the family to come to my parents house for Christmas Eve so that we didn't have to drive to Denver. It was amazing to see everybody and definitely made our night special. As usual, my sister, Jennifer and I wrapped all the gifts together and on Christmas we got to open our own.

I keep getting asked what we got so - - Here's a break down of some of the favorite gifts: Emilie got a new TV, computer games, the DS cooking game thing...Ricky loved his Hulk game, a Wii thing...Matt and Emilie got Guitar Hero World Tour with all those weird instuments...Jon and I got a Sony Handycam. That was my favorite gift for sure. We have already started filming our dog and cat doing funny little things. It's so small and has this touch screen thing. We also got a lot of kitchen items, and some other fun stuff. Thank you!

We truly had an amazing Christmas. It was great so see everyone that we don't get to see too often. (And it was great seeing the people I am so used to being around) I'll be back there in March to get my braces off!