Thursday, December 30, 2010

Life is like Coffee!

Life is like Coffee Movie:


"Life is like Coffee. Do you know people that just seem to be happier in general? Do you say to yourself, "I want to be more like them"? Often, the happiest people in the world don’t have the best of everything...they just make the best of everything!"

This was a great reminder for me... just wanted to pass it along.
It's a wonderful life!
-Sara

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Christmas!!! Visit from Papa Joe and Nonna :)

Merry Christmas everyone!!!! Hope all is well with you and your family and you are filled with the spirit of the season! Happy Birthday Jesus!

Ok... one early Christmas present came this week! A glider with an ottoman. :) My parents were wanting to get something for baby and we said that we hadn't 'shopped around' or found the brands of things we want. Then I got to thinking....wellll I know we'll be want one of these. We were NOT expecting this at all because we had been pricing them and they're pretty expensive and we weren't sure we had found exactly what we wanted.

Can you tell I love it?!?! Probably will be spending many a late night and early morning in this thing!

Even Ryan loves it... he says in the meantime while we wait for baby - it will be his 'recliner'. haha

Papa Joe and Nonna (Italian for Grandma) came in town Dec. 23 just for the day. We're spending our first Christmas apart and it's a bit weird! Wonderful visit and great dinner with the four of us. I am 17 weeks here.

New tradition Ryan and I are doing - we are getting each other an ornament each year! I was really wanting our Christmas tree to grow with memories when we set it up with ornaments - so this was the best way to do it! I found this at a kiosk in the mall and just personalized it with a thin Sharpie at home. :) Too cute right?! Ryan loves penguins. :)

It's a wonderful life!
-Sara

PS- still taking pics with my camera on my phone...still searching for battery charger for my Canon.

PSS- Dec 25th is my year anniversary for blogging! I wish I was a super cool blogger and had a giveaway or something. hehe

Monday, December 13, 2010

Christmas! 16 wks! White Elephant!

Here are just a few pics of our cute little Christmas tree, Moose (6 month old puppy), and the little peanut starting to make it's (I hate saying 'its') appearance.

I got my sweater @ Old Navy...it was buy one get one FREE! Great deal :)

Look how cute the Moose boy is!

So at my work Christmas Party we did a White Elephant gift exchange. This is the gift I got. A Ballerina Pig Piggy Bank. Everyone thinks it's "telling our future". I thought it was cute, plus I was a ballerina in my former life. ;) We'll know in about a month!
Isn't hubby a cutie?!

Baby is the size of an avocado this week. Crazy to think baby is that big...and I'm also CRAVING avocados like never before! Very fitting for this week. I just wish I could get some good ones at the store - they're all not very good and I guess not in season. Bummer.

It's a wonderful life!
-Sara

Sunday, December 12, 2010

This Kind of Love

This Kind of Love
Sister Hazel

This kind of love makes me feel ten feet tall
It makes all my problems fall
This kind of trust helps me to hold the line
I'll be there every time


This kind of love is what I dreamed about
Yeah it fills me up
Baby it leaves no doubt
This kind of love is why I'm standing here
It's something that we can share
I can't get enough of this kind of love


This kind of hope is what I tried to find
And now I can't deny I believe
And this kind of faith is so unshakeable
It's unmistakable
It's bigger than me


This kind of love is what I dreamed about
Yeah it fills me up
Baby it leaves no doubt
This kind of love is why I'm standing here
It's something that we can share
I can't get enough of this kind of love

Your love can move a mountain
It makes my world go round
It's always there to guide me
I'm so lucky that I've found


This kind of love is what I dreamed about
Yeah it fills me up
Baby it leaves no doubt
This kind of love is why I'm standing here
It's something that we can share
I can't get enough of this kind of love

This Kind of Love




 

Today is our 6 month anniversary! The lyrics throughout the pictures came from our first dance song. The words perfectly describe our love for each other. I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!!

It's a wonderful life!
-Sara

Thursday, December 9, 2010

14 & 15 weeks

Hey all! I tried to upload this picture so many times and I guess today is my lucky day! It's up! I have a little belly now. I'm wearing my new favorite maternity jeans. (Gap Maternity has great jeans. I was told to check out Old Navy and Target too)

This was after Ryan's work Christmas party. It was a neat party (wow that sounded dorky) at a bar on 6th street called SIX. Apparently it's Lance Armstrong's bar...anyways - I wanted something fun to drink besides a water SO I ordered a cherry sprite. As soon as I asked the bar tender for that - I got the WeIrDeSt look from him. He even asked again, "A cherry sprite?" (I guess I felt silly saying Shirley Temple) He goes 'sure'. I'm thinking.."yeah with a cherry on top dude! back off" haha but I didn't.

I heard the heart beat last Tuesday. I wish I was able to put into words all the emotions I felt when I heard that little heart beat. Relief that everything was ok! Excitement for the little life! Love - so much love before I even know Baby Corl. Immediate tears of course...and then there were other noises besides the rhythm of the heart beat. I asked the midwife what that was and she said, "Oh that's movement. The baby is kicking, squirming, moving it's arms and legs." SO AMAZING!

2nd Trimester is sooooooooooooooooooo much kinder than the 1st. My energy is up and my nausea is pretty much gone. I still have moments where I'll get queasy... like making dinner and preparing raw meat. EEK! I'll leave the kitchen and tell Ryan I can't do it. haha I'm still craving tons of water which is good and I seem to always want avocado or chocolate. Gotta watch it! I've gained 3 pounds and they said that was 'good' and 'normal'. I was glad to hear that. I have also read that in the 2nd trimester it's normal to gain one pound per week - yikes! I want to do that slowly and healthily (is that the right word?)

January 11 we are going to find out the gender. I get mixed signals from people about this. Some are surprised we're finding it out and some are like "it's hard to wait isn't it?!"

We really appreciate all your love, support and prayers!

Until next time...It's a wonderful life!
-Sara