The Secret is out!!!

It's a GIRL!!! Another little princess! We are so excited! We had our sonogram on the 17th and it was so hard to keep a secret!! Our little princess had her legs crossed the first time we went in, so they wanted us to come back in after my doctor saw me to do another ultrasound. This time you could tell that it was a GIRL!! John was so closed to the monitor... it was really cute. After the news John took Tristyn and I to Kobes to celebrate.

Waiting patiently!

I am a proud mommy! Our little GIRL! (I think I have the picture upside down)

At Kobes to celebrate. Tristyn is eating a birthday cupcake that was given to her by the lady we were sitting with. She loves her cake!!

On Wednesday we told my parents and sister. I had cupcakes made at publix with pink icing. On three cupcakes it spelled out "It's A GIRL!!". My mom was a little confused at first, because she had the cupcake that said GIRL. We had told everyone that we were not getting our sonogram done until the 24th (I had to lie to surprise everyone).

Picture before we anounced the news.

It's A GIRL!

Papa and Nana are so proud!

Today, I threw a surprise party for John's 25th birthday with the family. I had Tristyn bring John a pink gift bag and he read the card out loud. It was from the baby. When he pulled out what was inside, everyone knew!!! It took Meme (John's mom) by surprise though.

It was a pink outfit that said I love my Daddy!

Tristyn with Meme

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Tristyn and her cousin Brandon

I love him!

Me and my sister-in-law. We are 3 months apart. (21 weeks pregnant)

Pictures!

Tristyn at her friend Jenna's 3rd birthday party



My little princess



18 weeks




16 weeks


Tristyn wanted to kiss the baby

Just a short update

Sorry this post will not contain any pictures. Although, I do have a few I will try to put up tonight. We are going to find out the sex of the baby in two weeks! We are so excited! John is literally counting down the days... no joke! Tristyn is completely convinced it is a girl, and of course we know what John thinks. He is ready to paint the room blue and orange (for those of you that have already heard that funny story). Well, tomorrow I will be 19 weeks along. I am half way there! I have felt the baby move a handful of times so far over the last couple weeks. I don't think I sit still long enough to try to feel anything. Always on the go! This weekend we hung out with our friends Tiffany and Bobby and their two boys. They invited us over for dinner on Saturday night, and we joined them on their boat on Sunday for a couple of hours in Mt. Dora. It was Tristyn's first boat ride. She will not stop talking bout it. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I have to get a picture from Tiffany. Saturday John and Tristyn rode around on a 4 wheeler (I could not watch). kept telling myself to go out and take a picture, but of course forgot! We had such a great weekend. We are so blessed to have friends like them. God is good!

4 Months on Tuesday!!!

Okay, so I have been meaning to post a new blog now for a couple of weeks. Still way to busy to keep up with everything. We had 12 people over our house for Christmas this year. It was a lot of fun! I didn't stress at all!! I think my mother stressed for me... like always. John got me a Wii for Christmas. Or should I say he got 'us' a Wii for Christmas. I think he plays it way more than I even think about playing it. But it is a lot of fun! Especially when we have family or friends over. Tristyn's BIG gift from us this year was a doll house, which is almost twice her size. Funny thing is she is barely playing with it. I guess she will grow into it. She is in a stage right now where she wants to do everything mommy is doing. If I am blow drying my hair, so is she!! I do not have my quiet time to myself anymore when I am getting ready. I love every second of it!!! Okay, not always!

Tristyn hanging her ornament on Christmas eve.

Daddy got mommy Christmas pajamas!!!


Tristyn's opening her doll house.

My sister rubbing the baby bump.

Merry Christmas!

I will be 4 months pregnant on Tuesday. I am very excited! We had a sonogram at 14 weeks. I am still very tired, but I am not sick at all so I can;t complain. I still do not like the smell of fish or eggs. Which makes me still wonder why my darling husband decided to cook fish and lobster tail at 9:00 at night a couple nights ago... I still ask why! Our next appointment is on the 27th of this month, and I am going to try to get an appointment for the 13th of February so that we can find out what it is! Tristyn comes into my bedroom every morning now after she gets up and gives my belly a kiss and says "I love my baby". It is adorable!

6 weeks and already showing.

11 weeks

15 weeks and going to the gym

14 weeks sonogram (spine)

14 week sonogram (profile)

14 weeks (tiny face)

We have started a "Biggest Winner" Challenge at our Church this past week. Of course I am not going to loose any weight, but I am trying to eat better and exercise more. I do feel a lot better after going to the gym. It gives me another jump start and I am not as tired as I was before I walked in. John is very determined in this challenge. He has been eating super healthy and is working out every day. And going to school and working on top of that. I am very proud of him!Hopefully I post again soon! Or the next one might be when we find out the sex of the baby! We'll see.

Christmas time is here!

So, am I the only one that feels like this year has flown by entirely too fast? My little girl is going on three and we have another little one on the way, which means these next 6 1/2 months are going to go by super fast! Slow down!!!! I managed to get a few pictures up from the past couple of weeks. I never thought that would happen! Lately I have been so fatigued. I constantly want to sleep, but of course that never happens, so I just feel even more tired. I need a time out... a vacation. That sounds good right now! Tomorrow is my last day at work before Christmas, and then I have off until the 29th. Hopefully I find time to chill.


Christmas card 2008



Tristyn hanging one of her ornaments.



Tristyn and Santa. She looks so grown up!

Family of three... going on four!!!

We are so excited to announce that we are pregnant! I am 9 weeks along... 10 weeks on Tuesday. We are ready for another new chapter in our life. We can't wait! We had our first sonogram last week and everything looked good. Here are a few pictures from when I suprised John and from the sonogram.


We're pregnant!


John opening his first card from Baby Strout. At first he thought it was from Tristyn.


John told Tristyn that she was going to be a big sister! She was excited!

Time to relax...

I finally can relax! These past couple weeks have been so CRAZY!!! So much going on and so little time to sit back and just rest. But, hopefully the craziness is behind us. Everything is settling well in the new house. We are still looking for a breakfast table on Craig's List. I have found some amazing tables lately, but every time I call, I am too late. Someone snatched it up already! I know God has a great "cheap" one waiting for us somewhere. I have to be patient. After getting things together in the house, I am debating on painting. I really want to, but that is a lot to think about. I still have to buy some pretty curtains for a couple rooms. We will see. It will all come together! Pictures of the house will be coming soon. Here are a few pictures that I have not had time to post yet.