Crazy but beautiful!

Quick post this morning to share something new! Jason and I have been able to feel Cora moving around for a few weeks now... it has mostly been at night when I am laying very still, of course! The first time I was sure it was her I was feeling and not... other things ;) was pretty amazing! Just a few flutters here and there has been about it ... until this morning!

As I was getting ready for work.. just walking around the house I felt like there was a dance going on in there! If this is child is a product of Jason I have no doubt in my mind she will be pretty active! As I was eating breakfast... I had a first! I looked down and sure enough I could see my stomach moving... so strange but pretty amazing at the same time! I couldn't help but laugh!

SO! Long story short... I have a little monster inside of me... and she is beautiful! :)

Next post will include LOTS of pictures and updates with the nursery progress! Jason and I are having so much fun with the nursery.. Until then!

Cora Elizabeth

Well... I warned everyone that when I started a blog I was terrible at keeping up with it! A lot has happened since my last post including our Gender Reveal Party! Yes I know OLD NEWS! However, I wanted to post some pictures and just give a summary of that wonderful weekend!

Throughout each twist and turn of this pregnancy... Jason and I have felt blessed to have so much support! We invited our families to the party... much to my surprise this turned into some extended family as well! My Nana's 80th birthday was the same weekend so she flew in along with my two aunts, uncle and cousin. What a blessing it was to see everyone and celebrate our bundle of joy!

I thought for a LONG time about how I wanted to reveal the gender to everyone (I'm pretty sure Jason was so sick of hearing about it!)... Jordan and my sister in law Jeris did a cupcake reveal with my sweet nephews so even though I'm not very creative I wanted to try something different! So happy I got this on video!

Yes! It's a girl! :)

Jason and I went in for the anatomy scan on Sept 18th and had to wait til the 21st to tell anyone! It was a tough week.. however living in a different city made it much easier! I was so nervous the day of our doctor's appointment. I have been this way since day one. You might think it gets easier but there is so much built up emotion each time! Jason wore a blue shirt and I wore pink scrubs that day... not exactly planned! As we were waiting... A guy that works with Jason at the fire department and his wife came out and said they were having a girl! Jason just laughed... knowing what that meant! We walked in with the ultrasound tech ... the same one we had when we found out we were preggo! And almost immediately as soon as we saw sweet Cora Elizabeth on the screen she blurted "it's a girl!" I of course started bawling... and Jason so sweetly said "Guess we should start saving for a wedding!" Haha! We are both VERY excited to meet our sweet girl in February! 

Anyway! I'm just going to share a few pictures from the gender reveal night! 

Nana with sweet Graham! 

Jason and I getting a little baby practice in!

I did some simple decorations for the party... a little pink and a little blue! We also played a game guessing how many pink/blue kisses were in the glass bowl. My Uncle Doug won a gift card for guessing the closest!

My brother Zach and my Aunt Laura and Julia were getting in late friday night and we couldn't wait for them to tell everyone! So when they arrived at the house they bit into these AMAZING cupcakes and the inside was pink! 

Couldn't do this party without this lady! Sweet friend Erin. We have known each other for a LONG time!

TEAM BLUE!

TEAM PINK! We were few.. but we were right! ;)

My sweet parents! Love the shirts!

Sweet hubby! He was such a sport in this whole pink/blue craziness!

As soon as the family found out it was a girl, my mom and Jason's mom showered us with girly gifts! This is Cora's first dress... one of MANY!

This last picture may seem random... BUT! These have been our children for the last few years! Jonah (aka Kitty) is 4 years old and Dash is 2 1/2 now! Dash just wants a friend to play with... so needless to say she was VERY excited when she found out she was getting a sister! She already has a moody brother to deal with :)