Happy Two Year Anniversary !!!

Thursday, May 12, 2011

I just wanted to post a quick little HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my sweetheart Joshua. It has already been two years! Wow, it feels like barely a few months is all. We must be having an amazing time, because time is flying! I love you Joshua so much! Our decision to get married two years ago today was the absolute best thing we have ever done. Dispite the devil trying to stop us in the most hurtful of ways, we perservered and did what we knew was God's desire for us. I love you so much! MWAH!

Baby Girl Update

Friday, May 6, 2011

Hey Everyone! Alright, well we are due for an update :) We had an appointment this week, and everything is great! Baby girl is healthy and good, she is still right side up, so the doc is watching that and making sure she turns in the next month or so. I get to start taking classes and going in for a hospital tour over the next couple months. I'm excited and scared for them at the same time. I have no idea what I'm doing, HAHA. But I guess I'll learn, all new moms do. Our baby is 24 weeks, 13 1/2" and 1 1/2 lbs. Her hands are her main excitement right now and she is using them to explore her little world. She is the length of an ear of corn, but since she is all bundled up she is the size of a head of cauliflower. 112 days to go!

Baby Update - April 11

Monday, April 11, 2011

Alright, update for the week. :) We are now 20 weeks and 5 days along. Our baby girl is 10 1/2 inches and 13 oz. big ! 137 days to go! We have a couple of sources for our baby's size this week. The countdown at the top of our blog says a melon. My pregnancy email says she is as long as a banana. and another source said she is as big as a large heirlom tomato. I like all three, so we will have a little fruit basket below :)

And we are having............ A puppy!

Haha. Considering it was April Fools day when we found out, we thought it would be funny to tell everyone we were having a puppy. Well, Heidi and Toni didnt like that much. But we also wanted to tell our parents first. We ended up getting some plastic Easter eggs and a basket. Inside the eggs we hid a newborn bootie that was the right color. We made them go through all the eggs and find the one that had the surprise inside... ITS A GIRL !!! HAHA... so Happy April to everyone.

16 Week Appointment 3.7.2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

This week we went in for our 16 week appointment, wahoo! I didn't think we would be doing an ultra sound, but we did! :) At first he did just the little heartbeat machine, but then decided to do a full ultrasound just to make sure baby is doing good. It was really fun to see. The baby was kicking its legs like crazy and the doc was like "its doing the can-can in there". HAHA. I've got myself a dancin baby! We got a couple of pictures, and he scheduled us for the BIG ultrasound where they do all the big tests and measurements and we get to find out the gender of the baby. I'm so excited, just three weeks!! Okay, and the ticker this week says our baby is 5 oz. and growing fast. Limbs are lengthening, almost reaching birth proportions. 170 days to go!

Baby Update

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Alrighty, we have now officially entered the second trimester - WAHOO!! 15 weeks this week, and my baby is the size of an apple. Considering what I have been craving, this size makes me happy. Now when I see a nice, juicy, lucious green apple I simultaneously salivate and get warm fuzzies thinking of my coming little one. Love it. Other than that, my symptoms have mostly subsided. Still no morning sickness, and smells have to be really strong again to bother me. YAY. On the other hand I'm starting to feel more awkward and bulky, though I'm not hardly showing at all. I have to sleep on my side most the time, with occasionally sleeping a few minutes on my back. Turning over is terrible, it sends sharp pain through the side of my tummy. I have to be careful sometimes. I have also hit the chronically tired stage. I could seriously go to bed at 7pm each night. My nose has also been super over active as well. Stuffy, clogged sinuses, a little bit of pressure through my ear and jaw as well. I was worried it was a sinus infection so I made a quick visit to my doc this past Monday. No infection. After speaking with him and reasearching a bit, IT hink it's regular pregnancy symptoms, especially since they were absolutely terrible three days straight, and now today it's only mucus in the back of my throat. All well. :) We have a regular appointment this coming Monday, and if there are any developments, we will let you know. THis week my countdown says the baby is 5" and 3 1/2 oz. Movements are coordinated and eyebrows and eyelashes appear. 15 weeks and 3 days along! The baby is the size of an apple.

Samuel Curtiss Bingham

Well, of course my last post was done on Feb 16th, and the next day, Feb 17th, Mr. Samuel Bingham entered the world. I haven't seen him yet, but I hear he is such a cutie and a really good baby. Hopefully I will get to meet him in person soon. BTW, my neice/nephew count is now up to 19, then add our three and thats 22 grand kids between our two familes. Whew!

Trent - 3

Rhocki - 2

Ben - 3

Toni - 3

Jamie - 5

Darin - 1 (and 1 on the way)

Heidi - 1

Plus we have Kimberlee, Shaylee and one on the way.

New Baby Developments

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

This week Josh and I made the decision to sign a lease extension on our appartments for anopther 3 months. We are still not quite where we need to be to get into a house, but we are SO CLOSE. A couple more months. This decision will hopefully work well, as long as we find the right house deal :) This way our lease will end at the end of July, and we can move and get settled in right in time for baby to come. Other than that, just to report on our ticker. Today it says our baby is 3 1/2" big, and 1 1/2 oz and it can make sounds (baby giggles anyone?). Its possibly starting to suck it's thumb - which is very common in the womb. Even though the ticker on this blog says its still the size of a plum, my weekly email I get said it was the size of a lime. :) Since my blog is "Raspberries and Limes", I thought that was super fun. So today, it's all about limes.

12 Week Appointment

Well, not too much to report on the baby front. The little squirt seems to be growing great and is getting bigger every day. We went in on February 7th for our 12 week appointment. No ultra sound, but we got to hear the heart beat. It was amazing, it was so fast and cute. In March we will have our 16 week, then in April our 20 week. The 20 week appt. is when we will be able (hopefully) to find out if it is a boy or girl. When I checked the status last week, it said the baby is the size of a plum, the intestines are mostly all formed and moving from the umbellical cord and into the baby's abdomen. Its little hands open and close and it has started swimming and moving around, though I probably wont be able to feel it move for a while. :)

Paisley Marie Bodily

Well, of course I'm behind on my posts, so I'm sorry I didn't get this up earlier. But I wanted to highlight the arrival of Miss Paisley Bodily. She arrived on February 2nd, and is an amazing little girl. Heidi and Jordan couldn't be more proud and awed by her, and the rest of the family adores her. Heidi and I are planning on doing a super cute photo shoot once all of the sicknesses and such calm down. But for now, we have just a few pics. :)

Heidi's Baby Shower

For Heidi's baby shower, the party was held over at the house of the family she nanny's for. The host, Sarah, was amazing and put together a really wonderful party for Heidi. There were two parts to the party, the morning was an open house for friends and neighbors. Myself, Candy, Jamie, Chandra, and Tiff all came to the whole day. We were in charge of helping out, and I of course had photo duty :) Sarah had bagels, quiche, juice and fruit. It was all so good. The second half of the party was more of a sit down lunch for family. Sarah had gotten this amazing pasta and salad. There were also a number of sweets and desserts. Candy and I both made a bunch of mini cheese cakes. Everything was a lot of fun and Heidi was showered with so many helpful gifts. Thanks to everyone for coming!

New Years

For New Years this year we had the party over at Darin and Chandra's house. We did pot luck and all the food was amazing! We spent the evening playing games and having a really good time. It was a very fun holiday.

Christmas 2010

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Yep, I missed updating about Christmas, so I thought I would throw it in here... a month or so late :) Our Christmas was really fun this year. It was the first time we had the girls sincew we have been married, and we did a lot of fun stuff to make this Christmas special for all of us. On Christmas morning the girls had a fun time seeing what Santa had brought for them. The kitties even got a stocking and love thier new little outfits. Josh has spent many hours building a cedar chest for me and it is absolutely beautiful. We decided to show the girls what we were giving to grandma and grandpa this year. It wsa the little wrapped up onesie to announce we were pregnant. The girls were so excited and kept asking us all day if they could say something yet. They did a good job of keeping a secret. (We had done this for my grandparents the night before and they were so excited!) After we got ourselves ready for the day, we headed to my parents house for breakfast and presents. We ate first and then my brother Ben showed up with his family. We visited for a while until after they left. Then we did presents just between Mom and Dad, Toni and Kids, and us. We have always been closer, so doing presents all together is special to us. We decided to give the onesie gift last, and to have the moms open it. When my mom opened hers, she was confused at first, thinking it was for her dog. HAHA It was only about 2 seconds of confusion until she understood, but then she was so excited she couldn't talk. My sister realized this was something big and grabbed the onesie so she could see it. Both of them started freaking out and by then I was crying. It was so fun to announce it this way! A while later my sister Rhocki showed up with her family and we gave my mom permission to show her the gift. She seemed more excited than the first two HAHA. It was really fun to see thier reactions and not have to actually say "Guess what..." The gift said it all. After we got done there, we headed to Josh's families house for Christmas with them. We were there forever before we ended up doing presents. We were waiting for Heidi and Jordan but they finally said they would still be awhile and to start without them. Same thing, we waited until the end of the gift giving to give our one last gift. We had Josh's mom open it and the first thing she asked was if it was a joke. LOL she was so excited she was telling everyone. When Heidi and Jordan got there she had them open it and all Heidi said was "I knew it !!!", and all Jordan said was "I knew it too cause Josh already told me." JOSH - YOU BRAT! mwah mwah. It really was a ton of fun and a great Christmas. We ended the day watching movies at Josh's parents house. Thank you to everyone for such a memorable holiday season!