the big reveal

I'm going to let the pictures speak in this one :)

So, as you can tell, we will be welcoming a sweet baby GIRL to our family in October!  We're over the moon excited & can't wait to meet this sweet little princess!  Eden Anne is due October 23rd :)

Let the pink buying begin!!!

Random photo dump

of my little love :)

I've been posting a lot about the new baby, but trust me this little dude is still #1 in mommy's eyes right now.  He's going to have to share that spotlight once pumpkin arrives & sometimes it makes me sad.  Like, when we just lay around doing nothing, having tickle fights on and off for hours, then going outside to give the puppies a bath, just because he wants to.  All of this is going to be a little different & he won't have all of me anymore.

I'm trying to soak in all of the mommy-logan time I can right now & that I love.  He is such a special little boy & will be such an amazing big brother!  I know it will all come with bits of jealousy, fighting over toys & more meltdowns than I can imagine.  But in the middle of it all I'm sure understanding, sharing, love & friendship will bloom.  That, I really look forward to!

Logan is so fun these days!  He loves baseball & basketball SO much that he literally woke up Justin this morning at 7:30am asking for "bees ball daddy?!" :)  His vocabulary is through the roof, he knows his ABC's & counts everything!

I'm so proud this little person, his spirit is undeniable & he is pure joy to be around.  Even when we have a terrible two's moment (& you best believe we have those!) I can't help but smile knowing it's all a learning process & through the fits, time-outs & scowls we are both growing.  I smile knowing it's not always going to be about this, that one day he is going to have bigger problems then the fact that he can't have pizza for breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks.  I smile & soak it in, that he is little & these sweet little moments will be the things that we talk about when HE has kids (okay, I'm going to stop because I really don't even want to think about that yet, lol).

He has lots of favorites, Elmo, baseball, basketball, coloring, being outside, playing with his puppies, watching Alvin & the Chipmunks, singing songs off the radio in the car with mommy, playdates with his Mimi, Mr. Potato Head, anything to do with daddy, playing at the playground, his Pop, his Nana, his Uncle Kyle & Aunt Natnanee, dear goodness...his darling BFF Christian.  Lots of favorites this little boy has!  I want to remember it all, because one day snuggling with mommy or hanging with daddy isn't going to be near as cool as it is now.

I'm swooning

Seriously people, yesterday my heart grew double its size.

I've always said that it would have to, that I had no earthly idea how I could possibly love any more than what I already love.  I love my precious little Logan so much that he takes up my whole heart.  Now, I obviously love my wonderful hubby, baby sister, mom, family & friends...but Logan takes the cake!

But it happened, my heart grew & I now have much more room to love.  I give you one guess who is taking up this new big piece of empty property in my love muscle...

Yep, you guessed it.  Only the most perfect little baby pumpkin ever!  We got to sneak a peek at our sweet new baby & my goodness is he/she just PRECIOUS!  I'm not biased either, it's a fact that Justin & I make gorgeous babies  (see child #1 if you need a reference) & this one is no exception!

3 more days & we will know for sure if we will be welcoming a new little boy or girl into our family & I'm itching to know!!  I'm so excited!

Any guesses before the big day?

& just had to add another picture that is sweet as pie.  Our big brother loving on pumpkin :)

seven pounds

Yeah buddy s.e.v.e.n lbs up from pre-pregnancy!

I was lingering at the 2-3lb mark for weeks and weeks, but apparently I boomed up to 7 recently :)  At 17 weeks & 3 days I weighed in at 131.something pounds!  Grow pumpkin grow!  We have our anatomy scan in 5 days, where we will get to see every little part of our sweet baby & they will be able to tell us the gender.  Instead of finding out at the appointment, we are getting the ultrasound technician to put the results in an envelope for us.  We then, are going to take the secret results to a bakery & they are going to make us a cake, white on the outside, two layers & in-between the 2 layers will either be pink icing (if said results are a baby girl) or blue icing (if said results are a baby boy).

Then, on the following Sunday (the 29th), our closest friends and family will join us for snacks & cake at our gender reveal party.  We will cut the cake in front of everyone & all find out the gender together!!  I'm so excited & very very ready to buy some baby clothes!  I am not one of those gender neutral buyers, I need pink if it's a girl & lots of blues if it's a boy.  So, snuggly sweet newborn size clothes await me at Babies R Us & this mama can't wait to go nuts!

Look at how much our pumpkin (& me) have grown!!

{9 weeks}

{17 weeks}

Holy bumpage, batman!!

Here's what pumpkin is up to in mommy's tummy these days at almost 18 weeks

Just 9 more days to know for sure if baby on board is a Gavin Reid or an Eden Anne, stay tuned people! It's super exciting...just ask Logan, he loves his "bebe" already & is very ready to know if he will have a little brother or sister!

2 years.

"Two hearts are better than one, So much better than none.  Dear, wait for me will you.  You make days become one, you make rain become shine" 
-Katie Herzig

It's hard for me to believe that I have been married to my hunky hubby for two entire years already!  It's hard for me to believe that we are coming up on being together for four years.  It's even harder for me to believe that I ever lived a day without him before that.

I really am convinced that I can't live without him.  It's like we aren't even two people.  It's like we were both walking around with huge gaping holes in our bodies shaped like the other person.  That when we met all of the stars aligned & we were whole...and that's how we've been ever since.  WHOLE.

And we are good looking when we are whole, ya know?

He's my best friend.  I could, and do, spend a lot of days doing nothing with him.  We can do a whole lot of nothing & still manage to have a whole lot of fun.  He gets me, I get him & our love is effortless.  I've never been happier in my entire life.

Our wedding day was completely perfect.  The clouds were out in the morning & the angels sprinkled rain drops as I walked down the isle, but the sun came out & it all cleared away as we were saying our vows.  I was 32 weeks pregnant with Logan, so he was very much there, but that day was about us.  It was about a love that flourished before our eyes, quicker than gas can catch fire.

I could go on and on.  The day was perfect.  It was our day & I will forever look back on May 7th, 2009 as my 2nd favorite day ever in my life (the first being the day Logan was born, duh people).  But I won't go on, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.  Some old, some new, some from our day, some from random days...all special.

Our love has gone from the puppy stage to the serious to stage.  From the serious stage to the madly in love stage.  From the newly engaged to the newly married.  From the 'it's only us, babe' to the '3's a perfect number' & now our family is growing even more.  I've loved you in so many ways, but seeing the way you love our babies make me love you to a whole new level.  The way you always know what to say & do, and if you don't you do one heck of a "wing it".  The way Logan adores you & you adore him, that bond that is so different & special.  I do, I love you more today than I ever did before.  Watching our family grow makes my love for you grow.

I love you Justin, as I've said many times, you make my days brighter & my nights sweeter.  You always do & always will.  I'm so happy to be yours & for you to be mine.  Thank you for making me who I am today, the wife I am, the mother I am...you have played such a big part in it all.  You were made for me & I'm so blessed that I found you so soon in my life!

& a quick shout out to this lady, who started all this magic & introduced us.  She didn't know what she was starting, did she? :)  Thanks for hooking us up Nat!!