Our First Anniversary

Yesterday, October 22, was our one year anniversary. We were married last year on a beautiful beach in Melbourne, Florida. The day was not without its craziness (hello busted wedding dress) but was perfect nontheless. Our first anniversary was just as perfect. I received a beautiful boquet of a dozen multicolored roses at work. They were breathtaking. What a sweet husband I have! Then after a long day of work we got home and got ready for a great dinner at the Butcher Shop. Justin surprised me with a heart necklace with our sweet baby girl's name engraved on it. I couldn't have asked for anything more thoughful or more beautiful. I am so very lucky. We had a great dinner and then came back home to dig into our wedding cake, which once you dug into the center, was surprisingly still tasty. Thank you Misty for traveling all the way from Florida with our cake! All and all it was a wonderful, memorable anniversary and I look forward to many many more. This past year has been the best one of my life. I love you Justin!

20 weeks down 20 more to go...

Tomorrow is our big day...the sex determining ultrasound. Tonight I am so full of hopes and dreams and love. I'm also a big bundle of nerves. My whole life changes tomorrow. I will be able to say for the rest of my life that "I have a beautiful daughter" or "I have an incredible son". I can't wait to know. Justin and I have had our names picked out for weeks now and we have been keeping them a big secret from all of our family and friends. I am just dying to tell someone....EVERYONE! I am so happy that both of our moms are going to join us and share this special moment with us. For four weeks I look forward to our next appoinment. It keeps me going to hear that precious heartbeat. Tomorrow I actually get to see an image of our baby and hear about the growth and progress that he/she is making. My next entry I promise there will be no more he/she. I will be so proud to call Baby Baker by his/her name....out with the /! I can't believe that we are half way through this journey. We only have 20 more weeks to go. It is so funny that Justin and I were talking on the way home from Nashville today about a friend's wedding that we attended this past April. We were saying that it doesn't seem like they have already been married for six months...then we thought how crazy it is that six months from now we will have a 2 month old baby. Wow! Thats an attention grabber. Sometimes I have to remember that I'm not getting whale-sized for nothing...we are actually going to have a baby in four months. FOUR months! We have so much to do. I am so excited to start working on our nursery. I want to make it a perfect spot for our sweet baby. We already have furniture picked out and bedding, I just need to know which set to order...the green or the pink. What a big day tomorrow is! I am so happy and so inlove with my little family.

There is really someONE in there!

FINALLY...after nearly 19 weeks of waiting Baby Baker finally let me know who is boss. I felt his/her first kick today and it was just amazing. I have no words. I am crying and laughing and I don't even know what to say. I have been sitting at my desk working for quite a while and finally I decided I couldn't wait for my potty break any longer so I stood up quickly and I obviously distrubed nap time or something....because I got a nice little kick to the right of my belly button. It stopped me dead in my tracks. I am so thankful for this moment. I cannot wait to meet our little miracle.