ellen!

kim informed me and a couple of friends that ellen is hosting a mother's day show for first time mommies. kim encouraged us to write in and get tickets. and even though i wrote in for tickets, i didn't even need to...because kim was called the next day and got us 4 tickets to the show!!! we're so excited to be a part of the mother's day show. we're hoping to walk away with a fantastic baby item or two.
what's really cool is that this will be an encore appearance for me on the ellen show. a couple of years ago, leslie bettino and i went with my aunt to a taping of the show, and i was selected to be part of an audience game. the bad news: i was caught dancing AND semi-singing on camera. the good news: i won an XMradio with a years worth of service. the bad news: i never even opened the box. the good news: drew and i went on our first post-college date a week later and i was able to wow him with my appearance on ellen. so glad that it helped catch me the man of my dreams!

bebo is a racker. big surprise!

on sunday, we took a trek up to ultrasound services in costa mesa. we were hoping to find out the gender of bebo [a gender-neutral name]. we had some friends meeting up for dinner, and we were going to have the "big reveal" and open the sealed envelope all together. bebo or beba? HOWEVER, even after a huge glass of orange juice, we looked up at the screen to see our precious little babe sitting cross-legged on his or her little butt. bebo waved and gave us a few hiccups but refused to do much else. then, after some more o.j., a few flights of stairs, a bag of m&ms, a few more jumps and lunges, and 45 minutes, we did 2 more ultrasounds...only to find that bebo was still sleeping peacefully in crisscross applesauce position. clearly, we were not going to get much cooperation! we will now have to wait a few more weeks to know, but bebo's modesty only confirms my gut feeling. to quote a friend on facebook, "usually girls are modest. boys want to show off!" this was further confirmed when kim and dusty went to get their ultrasound and our coming-in-june nephew dillan showed his stuff in the first 30 seconds! :)

so. bebo or beba? stayed tuned for the april 6 ultrasound...and pray that our little one wakes up [and musters up a little courage]!

it comes and goes in waves...and then it's gone!

for those of you who have had been in some sort of contact with me over the past 10 weeks, you know that i have spent much of my days fighting back the urge to vomit [many, many times unsuccessfully], looking green, and hunting every 20 minutes for the next piece of protein to put in my mouth. drew has been the most patient, saintly man - washing dishes, fetching me beverages, doing a deep clean of the house on valentine's day, footing the skyrocketing grocery bill, and overall just being an amazing man! so far i haven't had what most would think of as an easy pregnancy, but praise God that it's a healthy one and that i have a wonderfully supportive husband. and on the day i turned 16 weeks, my luck changed! i have had a blissful few days of not having to eat every 45 minutes and, for the most part, i almost feel like a normal person again...hallelujah! hallelujah!

...16 weeks...

here is a new pic of the belly. look carefully for the rubber banded jeans. i'm pretty sure my booty grew more than my belly! :)

the belly

i'm not sure how i feel about posting these, but what the heck. whit, these are especially for you.

oh baby! oh bebo!

most days go by and i think to myself, "are we crazy??? i'm not old enough to have a baby!" and yet, here we are, 27 and 28 [more than old enough!] and we are getting ready to bring a little life into the world. after only a year and a half of marriage, drew and i couldn't be more excited to enter into this next season. parenthood is something we've always looked forward to, and we're embracing it for all that it promises to be - incredible, difficult, life-changing, and the best thing ever!

we found out we were pregnant on dec. 20...just in time for christmas! drew and i flew home to colorado and were able to surprise my mom, dad and brother with a little gift on christmas morning. they were overjoyed! my dad dubbed the little baby "bebo" on the spot, and the nickname has stuck [and no, that will not be his/her real name!]. :) and while they know what they're calling the babe, we still don't know what the baby is calling them. perhaps p.pa and birdie?

for new years [we celebrated christmas late with drew's family] we surprised dick, crystal, kim, dusty and whit with the surprise of a new grandbaby/cousin/niece or nephew. kimmie is pregnant, and their little boy, dillan, is due in june! papa and yaya will become grandparents to 2 babies in 2 months!

we feel so blessed to be embarking on this baby journey with so many of our close friends. babies, babies, everywhere! over the course of the next few months many of our family and friends will be having kids...and we look forward to meeting each and every one of the sweet little babes! and we're REALLY looking forward to meeting our little one. he/she is due out on august 20!