Happy Father's Day!

Brian had his first Father's Day this week! Unfortunately, it fell on a B shift and he had to work. So after we had gone to bed on Saturday night, I snuck out into the garage and created a beautiful aesthetic display of his gifts, with a card artfully placed on top. (Those of you who know me know is wishful thinking because I have absolutely NO artistic abilities whatsoever! Haha, but bottom line I tried to make it pretty!) Well a lot of good that did me, because the next morning as I'm anxiously awaiting a phone call to hear what Brian thought of his gifts...I get a text from Brian saying, "Thanks for the card!" To which I reply, "What about the presents!!?!" Haha...being the gracious wife that I am. Brian asked me what I was talking about...and I told him that I had left his presents, UNDERNEATH the card he picked up from the seat :) He went back to the car, and finally discovered his Father's Day present!


So the moral of the story is, be more observant or habitually keep a tidy car (something I clearly do not do) if you want surprise presents to be found in it...depending on your point of view of course :) Either way, Happy Father's Day to my amazing husband...and soon to be amazing daddy!! The first of many to come :) (Hopefully next one's not a B shift!)

Yep, those are little fire engines and ladders :)

First Ultrsound!

It took me a little while to get this scanned in, but I have our first ultrasound picture!! It's from my first appointment at 8 weeks. It's crazy how small he/she is now, compared to how it'll be in about 6 months! :) I know it's hard to see, but if you look towards the right side of the picture, there a little circular spot that's darker than the rest of the baby's body. That's where we could see the tiny heart beating. :) The nurse said he'/she was only about 1.6 centimeters long!

It was really neat...I'm excited for my next appt. so we can see more. I'm now 11 weeks, and my next appointment is next week. The due date is New Year's Eve, so here's hoping to have the first baby of the New Year so we can get fun prizes from the hospital! Haha...just kidding...kind of :)

First Dance

So I guess I should tell the story of how I broke the news! I happened to find out that I was pregnant the week of our wedding! I knew I wanted to tell Brian in a fun, creative way, and under other circumstances might have had a sign or present for him when he came home from work one morning. However, given the proximity to the BIG DAY, I decided to tell him at the wedding! Might have been sensory overload for some grooms, but I was going to try and find the perfect moment....

The whole week before the wedding, I hardly saw Brian with all the last-minute preparation stuff. So keeping the secret for the rest of the week, wasn't quite as hard as I thought it'd be. I was still debating on when during the night to tell him, when would be the best time. Well, during the ceremony we were obviously preoccupied, then pictures flew by, and all the rush and hurry! get into the reception for your grand entrance!

So...grand entrance comes and cue the first dance (Van Morrison's Someone Like You). Finally, a quiet moment, when it's just the two of us! So I take the opportunity to casually whisper in his ear..."We missed you, Daddy!" (since we hadn't seen him all week). Brian's expression was priceless, with great big smile on his face he said..."Are you serious!?!" I told him I was, and we kissed and laughed, talked about our newest adventure, and danced :)

So when you're checking out the wedding pictures, and you happen to see Brian with a big, goofy grin, maybe looking a little broadsided (haha) that just might have been the moment he found out he's going to be a daddy!

P.S. I'm making an online album of the pictures...I'll post the address as soon as it's up! :)

Post Weding Bliss

So...when I found out the big news I decided it might be fun to start a blog to chronicle the upcoming arrival of Baby Peter! So here goes...who knows if it will be funny and entertaining like some of the other ones I've read (i.e. Holli's :)) but here goes nothing! Hopefully friends and fam will enjoy keeping up with our newest adventure and blessing!! In Brian's words, I have "Baby Fever" so maybe this will be a good creative outlet for me :)