St. Patrick's Day

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's day. Things are chugging along out here. I am feeling well and so is Ryan (he he...don't want him to feel left out). I must say I am over the Vegas spring winds (but it was 80 today!). I think LOTS of people, not only myself, are suffering from allergy & sinus symptoms. Hope it goes away soon.

Lately, we've been spending a lot of time with Nicole & Tim (not that, that is out of the ordinary). Noah is already over a month old! He is such a good baby! Keeping my fingers crossed baby Morris is as chill as he is. With both Kendra & April getting married, Nicole & I have been joining in on the wedding planning stuff. Ryan & I are waiting for our crazy month of April. Work is really picking up for us both.

As you can see we put up some more names for people to vote on. We've pretty much narrowed it down to about 7 or 8 names, but might not choose her name until she's born. So, if you want to keep giving us your opinions we'll listen.

Well, that's about it. Sorry we're kind of boring this week.... Hopefully we'll have more to report on in the next few days.

- Here is the latest picture of Angela -

Mood Swings

So, the mood swings have hit! Poor Ryan has to deal with me. I think this is the worst symptom I am experiencing in my pregnancy. I sometimes feel like a different person...thank goodness Ryan is SOOO wonderful to put up with me!

We have the crib all set up. I love it and it is beautiful. It is cherry wood, sleigh style. It actually converts into a toddler bed, too. Ryan repainted some of my old bedroom furniture that we had in our guest room and put new drawer handles on them. They match the crib pretty good. They look great. I am now trying to accumulate black frames to put pictures in. We decided that all the wall decor will be black (it sounds bad but it will look good once you see it). We are also, looking to get a tall book case for little knick knacks and children books. Ryan painted the walls a pale yellow. The color scheme will be yellow and purple (all shades). The bed set I like has greens, blues, yellows and purples in it...I am so anxious to get it so I can put it on our crib. It has little butterflies and lady bugs on it. I was excited to find something cute and girlie that wasn't pink. I went browsing this weekend and almost drowned in all the pink. We will be sure to post pictures of the nursery, once its closer to being ready.

As you can see we've decided to put a new Name Game together. Since the choosing name is driving us crazy we will probably keep changing the poll every couple weeks. We want to see what everyone's thoughts are on the names we keep throwing out there. Also, since many people are asking, we decided to get registered at Babies R Us. That's about it for now. Hope everyone has a great week and we look forward to seeing which name you choose now.

Talk Soon

March Update

Latest update on the baby name selection: NO DECISION YET. Lately we’ve taken a break from talking about it. Not that we don't agree on any, but we can’t seem to find the perfect one. It’s a lot of pressure choosing a name. And yes, we are still accepting suggestion. By the way, I’m little curious on who suggested Jean Marie & Sara Marie...are those family names that we don’t know about or just names that you like?

Everything was moving so slow until we found out the gender of our baby, and now it seems like everything is happening at mock speed. I may take this all back when I am within a month of delivering and have a belly tipping me over...ha-ha. But, gosh only four more months to go and baby Morris will be here. Right now we’re trying to relax as much as possible because once April sneaks up on us we’ll be NON stop. Lots of traveling, visitors, work, plus the nice weather will be here and that means plenty of BBQ's to host and attend (YEAH!)

Now for the medical talk. I had a check up appointment on March 4 and the baby looks great. I can definitely feel her moving around a lot more. From what Dr. Burns advised I will definitely start feeling the baby's movements more. My uterus is measuring where it should and after her review of the ultrasound the baby is doing fabulous. Dr. Burns checked her heartbeat and it sounds good. The baby was sitting head up in my belly, which is pretty normal for this time of the pregnancy since there is so much room for her to constantly be moving. It was a really, really tough appointment for me personally though. The doctor is concerned about my weight gain. She was super nice about it but, it must be bad for her to say something. On Tuesday after the appointment I had waterfall eyes for the majority of the day (I looked really pretty). For those of you who know me well enough, it really takes a lot for me to cry, especially for that long (guess I can blame it on the hormones). The reason I didn't write sooner is that I was pretty embarrassed. I’ve really, really been concerned about the whole weight issue anyway, so being told that I am gaining too much was no fun! I have struggled with my weight since, fourth grade...I guess I was being a bit naive by thinking anything would be different with pregnancy. The good thing is that I already maintain a fairly healthy diet. Granted where I never allowed snacks before, I’ve allowed myself some now, but that has come to a screeching halt. I just am going to workout more and cut back a bit. Obviously, still maintaining good nutrition for the baby. I need to not gain anymore weight between now and my next appointment which is April 1st. The baby will still be growing and getting bigger - I just can't let my butt and thighs do the same...ha-ha. I’m glad the doctor warned me now so I can take the appropriate precautions because I don't want to harm myself or the baby. Drill Sergeant RY RY is helping me out and being a wonderful support.

Anyways, take care and we’ll update everyone soon enough

~ Angela