It's A Girl!!!

Well, it is now official. Pretty much everyone we talked to suspected that it was a girl, but we got the results on December 18 that we are expecting a daughter. We are very excited, as are the grandparents, since both sides already have a grandson. No doubt she will be very spoiled. We are already having fun picking out clothes and nursery accessories. I felt her first move inside my tummy on Christmas Day which was a great present, but she is definitely getting bigger and stronger since I can feel her on the outside now as well. I hit 21 weeks last Wednesday so it is nice to know that we are on the down slope of being pregnant. We know it will be a lot of hard work, but we most certainly look forward to seeing our baby girl and all of the fun times ahead. We hope you all have a wonderful year and look forward to the upcoming months.

Wake-up Call

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to stay overnight with our nephew Winston. Colby couldn't make it because of his allergies to their dogs. Anyway, it was brought to my attention that we have a baby coming in six months and I absolutely have no idea what to do with them. It's fine when they are happy and playful (refer to the above picture), but he was teething and was in pain and crying during the night. I was lying in bed hearing him and it hit me that taking care of a baby seems a little bit scary. Hopefully the mothering instincts will kick in and I won't be so paranoid when our own child gets sick during the night. At least I got a little taste of what is to come before it actually comes!

On the other hand, we are still very excited to have our own little angel coming. I'm finally starting to show and it's fun to tell everyone that we are having a baby. This pregnancy seems like it has lasted forever and I'm only 4 months along. At the same time, I can't believe we only have about 5 months until we are parents. I know it will go by a lot more quickly than we expect.

Time to start a family

Well, I can officially announce that Colby and I are expecting a baby. We waited to tell people until I was through the first trimester just to make sure that things were progressing the way they should. We found out on September 7th and the baby is due on May 20th. We are very excited to welcome a little one into our family. We were able to hear the heartbeat a couple days ago and it was the most amazing sound. Now I can actually believe that there is something growing inside of me! We look forward to the coming months and hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.

Time Flies

It sure seems like it was just the other day that I posted a blog, but here it is almost a month and a half later. Time does go by very quickly during these months that we are working ten hour days and also Saturdays. We receive all of our holiday orders at this time of year so we always brace ourselves for the busy production schedule that will follow. Hopefully things will start to settle down a little bit in the coming weeks.

We were able to squeeze in a birthday for Colby and our two-year anniversary amidst the chaos. Colby had to travel to Texas on his birthday for a big meeting with a popular grocery store chain. It was a very successful meeting so we are grateful for that and the business we will receive in the coming years. Our anniversary was last Saturday and we enjoyed the day at the zoo even though it rained all day, but that meant we were one of the few who attended. Then we just relaxed and went to dinner and a movie. I also have to mention it was our nephew's birthday that same day. We are lucky to share it with him. And I included a picture because he is just so darn cute!

Follow-Up

Well I am finally writing again. Blogging reminds me of writing in my journal, it seems I don't get around to doing it very often. We did get back from our trip to Chicago just over a month ago and it went pretty well for our first show ever. I put up a picture of what our booth looked like. We got lucky with our neighbor to the left of us who was called Cookwell and Company. They make salsas and sauces that were unbelievable. We ate a lot of his samples during the show and were able to take some bottles home with us. That's one of my favorite things about those shows. Everyone has samples, but when the show is over, no one wants to take it all back with them and we get to try a whole variety of delicious products. We generated a lot of new clients and we hope that this holiday season will be successful. We are entering into our busiest time of the year once we get into September and October, but it sure makes time go by very quickly. We just moved up to South Mountain and it's beautiful up here, but we are not quite looking forward to all of the snow.

We are coming up on our two year anniversary and I cannot believe it's already here. Time always seems to fly by when you are looking back on the past. We hope that in the near future we can start a family and I'm sure time will only go faster when that happens. We look forward to sharing news and events with everyone through this blog and staying connected.

First Post

I finally got around to setting up a blog for Colby and I. I'm not sure how often we will get around to actually posting on it, but I will try to keep it updated as best as possible. Work is definitely keeping us busy and we are preparing to go to Chicago in about 2 weeks where we will be participating in a Holiday Foods Show. It will be the first show that we have done and we hope it is successful. The main reason I wanted to start the blog, is so when we start having kids, I will already be familiar with the setup and can post some pictures and videos that will allow family and friends to keep in touch. Thanks for reading!