8 weeks!!

So I went and got my first ultrasound today! It was so fun and so cool to see the little flutter of our baby's heart! Our baby is 7 weeks 5 days and is 1.48 centimeters long (the size of a kidney bean) and my due date is June 16th, 2010. The nurse doing the ultrasound came in and was getting things ready and as she's doing that she's telling us how she's never used that machine before and she didn't really know how to work it. Needless to say she was NOT building much confidence haha everything ended up being fine though and she was able to find the baby and the heartbeat. She didn't know how to print out the picture so when Dr. Meridith came in I got a second ultrasound so he could print it out which was really fun and exciting! Right now our baby has little arms and legs and little paddles for hands and feet, indentations where the eyes, nose, and ears will be, and the upper lip is developing. My mother-in-law was so sweet and sent me this necklace and said to let her know when the baby gets as big as the necklace, which he's about half that size. Here are the 3 pictures from the ultrasound I know its not much and that its hard to tell what everything is but the little dark spot is the amniotic fluid, and the thing in the middle is the baby! On the left is the head and the right is the bum! You can't see it but in the first ultrasound you could see the yolk sac perfectly which is what supplies the baby with nutrients during the pregnancy and its a perfect little ball which was even smaller than the actual baby!!

California

Since Brians out of school and I dont start my job till the 10th we decided to go to California for a week and a half to surprise both our parents.

Bubblegum Alley in SLO

Elephant seals in San Simeon

Brian and I went on top of this rock on our first date

Pismo Beach

Avila Beach

Brians 1 year anniversary present. He treated me to my first ever 1 hour full body massage, an hour and a half in our own private hot springs hot tub, and lots of sushi! It was so much fun plus we went wakeboarding earlier that day.

Oh just my husband being a stud

Sylvesters!!

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Brian and I were able to go to Moses Lake, WA for Memorial Day weekend this to visit Brian's side of the family. It was so fun to be with his parents and both sibling's families.

Brian next to his good friend at the Aquatic Center

The whole gang

Brian, T.J., Aubrey and I

Everyone who ran the 5K plus Scott who did the 10K

Snowboarding

So for Brian's 23rd birthday I decided to take him snowboarding since he hadn't been since before his mission and he had been doing it since he was 8. Unfortunately, on his birthday, January 27th, he went golfing with a bunch of his dad's friends and ended up straining his back (we all know how strenuous golfing can be, especially when trying to keep up with men in their 50's). So my birthday present seemed a little ruined but it was too late to do anything about it. He was such a sweetheart though and just walked up and down the bunny hill with me as I learned for that first day. I wasn't so good at first but we still had a good time!

Robert & Marty went too they are so amazing!! This one was at Sierra Summit

Kirkwood

Yeah my husband's a stud....

My attempt at snowboarding

Married!!! July 30th, 2008

Brian & I were married on July 30th, 2008 in the Oakland temple. Once again, my amazing sister-in-law, Lynn Watkins, took the pictures and did absolutely amazing!

Oakland, CA Temple

This picture is hillarious! T.J. started crying and my mom figured that since Brian was already holding one screaming child it wouldn't hurt to put another one on!

Getting engaged March 29th, 2008

Brian and I got engaged on March 29th, 2008 and I'm sure this doesn't happen a lot but I was COMPLETELY surprised! He took me to a coffee house in Santa Maria, CA where his friend Rhett was playing a show (Rhett is an amazing singer/songwriter). On the second to last song he had Brian go up on stage to sing the song he wrote for me the month earlier for Valentine's Day and Brian acted all surprised so I didn't think anything of it. Afterwards he got on one knee in front of everybody there and asked me to marry him and, of course, I said yes! He even picked out the ring completely by himself! What a great catch.....

Here are just a few of our favorite engagement pictures, compliments of our amazing photographer, Lynn Watkins!