Anniversary, Kicks, & Baby Clothes

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today is my parents 30th wedding anniversary! Sadly they weren't able to spend it together since my Dad is in Africa right now for work but once he is back in June they will celebrate hopefully with a trip somewhere new. They set a very good example for us kids, thanks for that!

As of last Tuesday, the 4th of May, I was able to feel Aubrie kick and since then she hasn't stopped. It is a very cool feeling! Gil finally gets home tomorrow and I am excited for him to feel it and I think he is pretty excited as well! We have another appointment on the 14th and I am excited to see how much she has grown since our last appointment.

I got my first 2 baby packages this weekend. One came on Saturday from Gil's parents but I was ordered to not open it till Gil got home so it has been torturing me since Saturday! It is such a big box I can't wait to find out what it is! Then today I got a package from my Grandma of the things she has bought since we found out we were pregnant. They are all such cute things! I can't wait to have little Aubrie to put in all the clothes.

Oh, I also got my package of bumgenius diapers! There was a promotion on a website if you ordered one you got the second one free. They are so tiny and cute! I hope they work well!

And last but definitely not least, a picture of my adorable Kai. I made cupcakes last weekend and was taking some pictures when Kai wanted to get involved...a little too involved! This is the furthest I could get her from the cupcakes!

Busy Week

Well Gil and I had a very busy week while he was home. We found out we are having a girl, we found our stroller/car seat, crib and changing table, I registered at 3 different places (had way to much fun looking at all the adorable girly things!), we had fancy hot dogs at Hanks Haute Dogs (VERY good by the way), we golfed twice (Gil golfing, me driving the cart), decided on the spelling of our baby girls name, took Kai for a swim, had great healthy dinners every night...and I am sure there is something I am missing. Oh yeah, bought our awesome new pots at Williams Sonoma which we have been planning for almost a year.

I think we did a pretty good job of not only getting stuff done but getting out of the house and enjoying ourselves for the short time that Gil was home. He is now gone again to the big island for training. He will be back in May and will have a little more time before he has to leave for more training. We find it funny how much I change he time he leaves. When he left in March I had no baby bump and by the time he returned I was starting to show and this time I think I will be doubling in size again by the time he comes home. I am looking forward to him getting back home and going to the doctor again to see how much our baby girl has grown.

Check out our baby blog I just updated it with a few pictures.

Lastly, I would like to share a photo from this past weekend of baby shopping.

Gil is very excited about getting a BabyBjorn or as we call it a baby bouncer. One of the stores we went to they had all the different kinds to try and compare and they even had a 10 lbs doll to help make it more realistic.

Birthday Surprise!

So imagine being 3 months pregnant, asleep for an hour when you get a phone call from a friend (3 days before your birthday) asking you to come to your front door because she has something for you.

That is exactly what happened to me last month. I was thoroughly confused but crawled out of bed and headed to the door. I opened and and guess who was there!?

None other than my Momma!

Apparently this trip had been planned since last October! It ended up working out well cause not only was Gil gone but my Dad is in Germany so we got to keep each other company and celebrate my 25th birthday.

We really didn't do much. She helped/did a lot of the cleaning of my house which was very helpful and my house has never looked better. She helped deal with a housing situation we have been working on for a while now and we went out and celebrate my birthday with a few friends.

She got to meet a new friend of mine and get to know my friends a little better over dinner.

We started my birthday with a few presents and then went to dinner at my favorite restaurant, Framaggio's. My friends, Meredith, Pat, Genevieve & Lane joined us for dinner and we had a great time. After dinner we stopped by our favorite frozen yogurt place, YoGurt Momma's as dessert. It was a really great night and I got some great gifts from my friends.

Sadly the next day I got a really bad headache which didn't go away before my mom left so we just spend the time taking Kai on walks and hanging out in the sun outback.

It was a really great time and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect gift for my birthday. It will be a birthday to remember for sure!

This is a picture of my mom and I on my birthday after dinner

Lastly I would like to announce a new blog I have created just for Baby D. So if you are interested, check it out. I will try and be good about updating it. http://baby-desroches.blogspot.com

Hope you are all doing well. Come back later this week because we will be announcing the sex of our baby!

Big News!

We are having a baby!!!

I would like to introduce you to Baby D!

I haven't posted in forever because every time I thought about it I just wanted to share the news but we were waiting for the three month mark and now we are almost at the four month mark and I still haven't posted.

I had an appointment at 11 weeks and we got to see the baby for the first time. Sadly Gil was in Georgia but a friend went with me for support. We got to hear the heartbeat as well as see Baby D. Our next appointment is on the 12th of April and I am very excited because Gil will have just gotten home from Georgia and will be able to go to this appointment. We plan to go to Honolulu later in the week to find out the gender. I don't know about Gil but I am very excited to find out because I have been holding off buying things until I know if it will be a boy or a girl.

Baby D is due the end of September and my mom will be flying out to help us in the beginning then when Gil deploys I will fly home with her for a couple of months.

Next up Birthday post, which included a big surprise which had been planned since October!