...best thing ever...

honestly, could i be any more excited? i don't think i'll sleep all week [and not just because my belly's poppin']. a REALLY big giveaway AND ryan seacrest? what more could an expectant mother hope for? beba's kicking with glee.

...celebrating life...

dillan is almost here, and we had a great time on saturday celebrating his upcoming arrival and his great mama kim!



pretty much everywhere i go these days, i am surrounded by pretty prego ladies. on may 7, steph, les, kim and i will head up to LA to be "showered" on ellen's first-time moms show! we're just hoping for a year's worth of diapers, and we couldn't be more excited!

...havilah...

after months and months and months of waiting, erik and leslie finally welcomed their little girl into the world yesterday.
havilah blair williams. 9 lbs. 21 inches. pure bundle of joy.

drew and i were able to go up and visit them last night, and i definitely cried when i walked into the room and saw les holding her daughter. erik and les are very special friends to us, and we are so, so happy for them!

we're just excited for beba to be born so that she and havilah can be playmates!

...beba...

it's a girl!
there's really no better way to say it than that. :)

on this street corner in seattle, i surprised drew with the news that he has a daughter on the way!

everywhere we went on our babymoon, we found PINK!
this is outside an amazing restaurant called [appropriately] The Pink Door.
mmm. delicious!

we had some time at the sutherland's cabin to hang and reflect on all the upcoming changes...we honestly feel so privileged to have the blessings of our family, friends, God's provisions, and a little one on the way...

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!