Week 19

Feeling that first kick was the most amazing feeling in the world. Actually, realizing it was more than just food digesting was pretty cool. Those of you reading this who have experienced pregnancy know just how magical that first kick really is.

 

Baby Smith is still a mango this week. Although you can't see it in the photo below, we added a special picture of Mango (Chris Kattan from SNL) to commemorate week 19.

 

 

We still struggle with getting the perfect light in his room to take these photos, so although it looks like I just got back from Cancun, it's really just that fancy Instagram hoopla. :)

 

I also realized that I look like a Packer's fan in this photo. Not the case.

 

All I can say is... Da Bears.

 

It's A .....

Special Thanks to Erica Bushong at Erica Lee Photo for her amazing photography. Erica is Adam's incredibly talented cousin and she helped us to capture these moments to share with the world. :)
These are just some of my favorites. If you live in Ohio, or want to travel to Ohio to have the opportunity to be photographed by her, check out one of her pages!

http://www.ericaleephoto.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ericaleephoto

Weekly Photo Shoots :)

I saw this idea on Pinterest, except the mom-to-be used a chalkboard. I am a terrible artist, so I relied on my Microsoft Word skills and found two cute frames at Hobby Lobby that I could change out the pictures every week. To catch you up on our progress, here are the latest photos.

 

We're Having a Baby!

After four long months of secrets, we can finally announce that we're having a baby!

The past two years have had ups and downs that brought us to this moment, and we know the true meaning of "good things come to those who wait."

Back in November, I thought I'd never see this, but we jumped for joy when we did!

It was incredibly hard to keep it a secret, but we had to until we knew everything would be okay.

Mid-July is when Baby Smith will arrive.

Happy New Year!

I haven't blogged in quite some time. Grad school has taken over my life, as well as those kindergarteners.

2011 was quite a year. We have a new house and couldn't be more happy.

Adam and I are finally at the stage in our life where we are almost ready to increase our family size. :)

BUT FIRST We figured we need one last trip to our favorite vacation spot... MeXiCo!

We just LOVE the company, Real Resorts. (pronounced "Reee-allll")  We stayed at the Gran Porto Real in Playa Del Carmen for our honeymoon. Best.vacation.ever.

Today we booked our vacation to the Gran Caribe Real in Cancun. We're going during Spring Break for 5 days! I am almost counting down the minutes because I'm so excited! :)

There's no place like HOME!

Our house is finished (minus a hallway or two needing painted). It's an amazing feeling to finally have a home and not an apartment. More photos to come soon!

Building a House

I haven't blogged in forever, so I figured now would be a good time to get back in the swing of it!

Adam and I are building a house! It's something we never thought was possible, because we thought we would be renting forever. As it turns out, we can own a home for just a little more than what we pay in rent. Rent is RIDICULOUS here in Centerville, Ohio. By moving about 10 miles South to Middletown, we were able to not only buy a house.... BUILD a house that represents what we want and what we like! Back in November we signed all the paperwork and made all our housing selections.

 Here's the progress so far.

They don't have all the windows cut out yet, but we were able to go upstairs and everything yesterday!