Chad and Nikki's Wedding Reception

A couple weekends ago we went to my friend's Nikki and Chad's Wedding Reception. They had a very small wedding ceremony at home with immediate family and then a reception after with more family and friends. It was so good to see them so happy and was great to see some old friends from highschool! Congrats Nikki and Chad, we love you guys!

The Bride and me!

The Groom and Me!

Margaret, Me and Ben

The Group

It's another BOY!

On Monday we had our 19 week ultrasound. Everything went well and the baby looked healthy and we also found out the sex and its going to be a Boy! We were totally surprised as I thought it was for sure going to be a girl as this pregnancy has been totally different from my first. Last time I craved sweets and this time it was salty things. Last time I got sick about 5 times a day for the first 4 months and this time, only about once every third day for the 1st trimester. Everything was just totally different. But I now know that it doesn't matter at all! It does make sense though that everything has been different as it is a different human growing inside me! : ). We are so glad that Jack will have a little brother to play with and it will be a wonderful change for our family. Here our a couple pictures of the ultrasound.

Baby Profile

It's a Boy!

# 2 is on the way!

Yes, we are having another baby! I am 15 weeks along already and the baby is due, June 19! We are so excited and anticipating the baby to come. I have had a touch of morning sickness, but nothing compared to when I was pregnant with Jack. That was morning, noon and night! Over Christmas, we told the entire family and it was so fun to see everyone get so excited. I already feel more at ease with this pregnancy as I kind of know what to expect now. Our ultrasound is scheduled for January 25. We will hopefully find out if its a boy or a girl. We will keep everyone updated as to how the pregnancy is going and the babies sex. We are so excited!

Christmas is here!

Wow! We had a busy Christmas this year. Lots of places to go and many family members to see! It started with Ben's parents celebration on Christmas Eve in the afternoon, then the Ford side of the family Christmas Eve night. We got home and planned to have my brother, Jeremy and Mom stay over at our house to wake up Christmas morning with us. That was fun a but late night. I didn't get to bed until around 2am! My brother, as usual, keeps us up laughing at the most stupid things. Christmas morning came and the 5 of us had a yummy breakfast and then opened gifts. Jack actually enjoyed opening gifts this year! He would get all smiley and say, "whoah!" when he got a present. It was very cute. He had the most presents under the tree this year! :). Then Christmas night we went over to the Walker side at my Grandma's house and it was a mad house over there. Around 35 people in all celebrating Christmas in one house!

Above all, I can say that God has blessed us greatly this year with keeping us healthy, sustaining us and reminding us what Christmas is really about! JESUS! We thank him and praise God for his birth!


Kate and Derek at Ben's parents in their annual "Ugly Christmas Sweaters"
Me, Jack and "Santa"

Gift opening at Ford celebration, Christmas Eve

Uncle Jeremy and Jack, Christmas morning

Mom opening her gift from us, a nice set of dishes!

Texas!

The weekend before Christmas we flew to Houston, TX to visit my Dad, Step-Mom Barb, lil bro Blake, and sis Kayla. My dad flew us down there for Christmas so we could celebrate with them as they would not be coming to MN this year. It was Jack's first trip on an airplane, so we weren't exactly sure how the trip down would go, but it went just fine as the ride was only about 2 1/2 hours long. The whole 4 days we were there was jam packed. We took lots of rides on the motorcycles as the weather was in the 70's, ate lots of yummy food (mexican! and my favorite, King Crab Leg night :)), relaxed in the hot tub and enjoyed a fun-filled weekend spent with family!

The fam

Jack and his Harley trike from Grandpa and Grandma

Dad and Blake reading Jack a new story

Ben and I on the motorcycle, getting ready to go to Galveston

Dad and I in Galveston on Sea Wall Avenue

Jack and Grandpa in the hot tub