IT'S A GIRL!!!

Devan and I both were guessing it was going to be a boy, but to our surprise she is a girl!! But I couldn't be more excited!! I literally can not wait to start shopping for clothes, bows and shoes AND to decorate the nursery!! I told Devan before we found out if it is a girl be prepared to go broke because everything is SO much cuter in pink!! :)

Sadly, Devan works WAY too much and couldn't make it to the appointment. Seriously, his work schedule is absolutely crazy right now. But that might be a good thing cause he can take off lots of time when the baby comes! Anyways, since he couldn't go to the appointment I went by myself then surprised him at work with balloons!

Yep, she is gonna be a daddy's girl!!

So I decided to take the weekly belly picture because I didn't with my last pregnancy, and kind of regret not doing it. It would have been nice to know exactly how big I was each week to compare it with this pregnancy, but sadly I didn't take any pictures till the end. 

So I am going to take them with this pregnancy so I can compare them to future pregnancies. Yes, I want even MORE kids one day!

I started off doing it the original way, taking the picture myself with a camera phone in the mirror.

Yes, I know LAME.

 Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Well, then someone introduced me to Pinterest, AKA the coolest website ever that is filled with amazingly creative ideas. I came a cross a blog on the website and am in love with the idea she used. She had a chalk board and tracked the pregnancy by that. I think her pictures turned out way cuter, but this is better the the average mirror picture, right?

Week 15 

Since we found it a little difficult to get everyone together at the same time, we ended up announcing our new expected little one a few different ways! 

 1. My favorite way of announcing it was to my family. We decided to let Titan be the one to share the wonderful news that he was soon to be a big brother. Since he couldn't quite say it himself yet we put it on his shirt and had him wear it to my parents house. Once we got there he still had his jacket on and we asked Grandpa to help him take it off. He did so, and started reading Titan's shirt! It was fun to see the reactions of everyone as they read the bottom of the shirt. 

 "I'm not lion. I'm going to be a big brother."

2. Next we announced it to Devan's family. We had a big BBQ at our house and invited everyone over. Right before we were about to eat, Devan let everyone know he was going to bless the food first. At the end of his prayer he blessed my pregnancy and the baby growing in my belly, then quickly said amen. It totally took everyone by surprise!! 

3. Since there was a few late comers to the BBQ we also set out some custom M&M's that said "WE'RE EXPECTING" "DUE DATE: 04/06/21" "BOY OR GIRL??" then some had pictures of binky's and teddy bears. So when they were getting their food they noticed the strange pink and blue M&M's!

4. Then we decided to let our close friends know before announcing it to everyone else. So we invited everyone over for a Halloween Party. We went dressed as an Oven and The Bun Maker. It would take people a minute or so before actually putting 2 and 2 together but they all got it and were super excited for us!!

"Bun in the Oven & The Bun Maker"

5. Lastly, we of course posted it on Facebook for the rest of the world to see. But not just any way.. We did it with a professional photo shoot with a chalk board announcing the new arrival.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF THE BABY ANNOUNCEMENT PHOTO SHOOT

So the word is finally out and we are pretty sure that everyone knows that we are SUPER excited to be adding a new member to our family!

Announcing a pregnancy is kind of a BIG thing. I wanted to think of something really creative! So here is one of the ways we decided to tell some of our friends and family!

 Baby's Due Date.

Child #1 and child #2.

 We're having baby #2!

 Titan's going to be a BIG BROTHER!

Our family is growing by 2 feet on April 6, 2012!!

I have TONS more super cute and creative things that I plan on doing with this pregnancy. I can hardly wait! Make sure to follow my blog, if you don't already, to see them all! 

You heard right my friends! 

We are expecting a sweet little baby and are more than excited!!!

:)

(for some reason this picture always uploads upside down??)

As of today I am 16 weeks and 2 days pregnant,
That puts the due date at April 6, 2012!! 

We are starting this blog to keep track of my pregnancy as well as post cute ideas and tips!
:)