Ransom, California, and love:)

I am currently sitting in a coffee shop taking a break from my never ending paper. It is a somewhat fun paper because I am talking about my family and their influences on my life. It is pretty intense what family has to offer. Especially my family. I know my family is by no means perfect but hey they're pretty close. I love everyone's excitement over Ransom. I am so thankful that we get to have the baby shower with our families and celebrate the gift of life. If their is a family that knows how to celebrate it is our family!

Missin my momma!

Missing our days spent together at the beach...

 Missin these beautiful faces!

 My sweet family!

 My lovely mom-in-law!

 A few of my favorite people that always make me laugh!

This is the last week of school until finals. Then after finals Justin and I will make our way down the 5 headin' home. We planned our stops to In N' Out, El Pollo Loco and Del Taco. That is the only food I will be eating on this trip... okay maybe I'll try and eat some salads and fruit every now and then. We have been so crazy busy with school that I keep forgetting I will be done soon. Justin has been working hard providing for the family.

And we get to see this little guy!!!!! :)

A Sun Break.

Sunday is Justin and my day to take a walk together and enjoy being outside. This Sunday we went to Discovery Park which is my favorite place in Seattle because it makes you feel like you're in Mexico walking down to the beach at La Fonda. Oh how I miss those days:) It's a bummer Mexico is in such a mess still. But any who... Really feeling Ransom move and Justin felt him pushing on my tummy yesterday. 

 Discovery Park has a view of the sound that smells like the beach back home:)

LoVe

We are half way there. 20 weeks passed, about 20 weeks to go! I am so close to being done with school and I have major senioritis. I haven't done my homework this lazily in my life before. But somehow when I don't care as much I get better grades. This might be because usually I stress about all my assignments and maybe the stress doesn't help. But I am pushing through. 

20 Weeks along, and so thankful.

We are so excited to head down to California for our baby shower. We are missing the sun so much! We were dreaming about swimming the other day. I'm in some dire need of Vitamin D. 

Well I have to get started on my homework, the usual story:) I'm sorry if this was a complainy blog... it's been a rough day. 

Oh Boy!

We are so happy and blessed to announce that our Baby Davie is a BOY!  We couldn't believe it at first but it was definitely noticeable. 

We were praying that we would have a happy ultrasound technician and God totally answered our prayers. Our last lady was not nice and we ended up switching doctors in general because of the terrible atmosphere. But this time it was sooooo enjoyable to see little Ransom practicing his punches. No ultrasound tech could beat my mom though, I hope she gets to do my next baby by God's grace.  I was so happy it is a boy because now we'll have the older brother for our next kids. I love his name Ransom Matthew and hope that he will make a difference in this world in Jesus' name. He's already so handsome and we love him soooo much!

He's such a cutie!

Being pregnant has already been such an incredible experience. I am so thankful that I get to share this experience with my man. He's been so encouraging when I feel like a tub, he's so patient when I get into a mood, and he is the most loving man I know. He's already such a great dad. He's working hard to provide so that I can have the blessing of being a stay home mama. He's been praying over our little boy and talking to him. It's so fun! We are going to go on friday to finish registering for the stuff we needed to wait on until we found out if the baby was a boy or girl. And for those of you that know Justin he is loving registering haha. 
We went to get real caffeinated coffee before hand so Ransom would move around and find out what he was:) It looks like it worked! (I ate a delicious cinnamon roll before too!)

 We celebrated finding out by going out to breakfast. We found this little place that reminded me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding the restaurant was owned by a Greek family and they were all so sweet. It was so yummy! 

Right after we found out IT IS A BOY!

Hopefully this post didn't babble too much, I am just so excited to learn a little more about our baby. It's fun knowing because I feel that much closer to the baby:) We are so blessed and thankful for God's grace.

18 weeks and counting.

I cannot believe we are 18 weeks pregnant... Even though it seems way longer ago when we found out we were pregnant. I'm supposed to be doing my homework (of course) however, I feel this is more important haha.

 18 Weeks, The size of a sweet potato!

 Justin got a second job working with a man from our church demolishing. This is such an amazing blessing and has already been extremely helpful. To celebrate him getting the job I surprised him with pizza and buffalo wings when he was in class. He was so happy. I love surprising him with the little things. He works so hard for his family. And look at his cute smile. 

 Justin and I are being good about me exercising. We take walks on the weekends and I walk during the week up and down hills. My mom told me that exercising is very important while pregnant and can help with delivery. Being that she's a mother of 4 I take her advice for a lot of pregnancy info:)  I walk to all my classes and take the stairs instead of elevators. 

Here is us on our walk. It was FREEZING. We are looking forward to our California visit to get some warm air and the ocean. 

Being that we get home sick sometimes we beat it by getting nostalgic.  We go to Red Robin, YUMMY!  We always went there in California for our date nights or with our family. 

So there is our life in a nutshell the past week. I've been good with writing on the blog and am kinda impressed by my commitment haha. Well back to preparing for my debate... I love you all and miss you family and cali friends!

Procrastination.

Being the procrastinator that I am I seem to procrastinate even more being that I am a married, pregnant college student. I am supposed to be writing my 3 page paper on my values and goals of money but all I want to do is go to sleep or look at everyone's pregnancy updates of Facebook. I counted today and I know at least 12 girls that are pregnant! It's completely awesome.

After we took our 16 week pic my tummy popped out:)

Yesterday marks 17 weeks and for the first time I recognized the baby's movements. At first I was told that it felt like a "gas bubble" maybe it's just me but my gas bubbles are much stronger and super loud. My baby's movements are less strong. It's such a subtle feeling that I can only feel it when I'm sitting in the quiet and waiting for the baby to move. Hopefully by next week it will feel stronger. So I figured out we won't be finding out the sex on wednesday it may be a bit later... which is definitely a bummer. We are clearing out the office and making it into a nursery slowly but surely. I can't wait to see the baby's room all put together. I love to decorate my house and I can't wait to find out what our little onion is so we can prepare!
Justin has been working so hard on his side job that he literally comes home with drywall and dirt all over.

This is him after an 8 hour day!

He's so manly, it amazes me. He went in on saturday for almost the whole day. I couldn't imagine how life would be without him. He brings me such joy and laughter. Well I need to get back to my homework but I had fun:)

BABY DAVIE

Sorry we have not blogged in a while.  Justin and I have been super crazy busy with school and work, if it wasn't for Justin I think I would forget to breathe.  He slows me down even though he's busier than I am, it's a gift he has.  

We are now 16 weeks and 3 days pregnant and find out what our little avocado is next wednesday January 26. We are so excited to find out. From what my mom saw at the 13 week ultrasound she thinks it's a girl but didn't want to say 100%. 

 This is the ultrasound my momma took, isn't she talented? It was an incredible experience, both grandmas (and Gpa Don) were able to see our little avocado!

First day of Maternity clothes:) Thanks Momma and Gail!!!

We are dreaming about our little girl (or perhaps boy) and are so excited to see who she (or he) looks like.  Justin and I decided this will be my last quarter of school because I don't want to be too busy to enjoy my last trimester and be stressed all the time.  Not being in school will give me more time to prepare and nest.  I see my calling as a mom so much more clear now.  Being at our school sometimes I wonder if being a full-time mom is the right decision but the more I pray the more I know that is who God created me to be. I love that Justin understands and encourages me in that.  

We are planning on visiting California in March. March 21-28 to be exact for our baby shower. I am so excited that I get to be there with family for that. We are counting down the days. It'll be a fun road trip and we are going to visit Biola University to see if that's the school Justin wants to transfer to.  We are also planning on moving back to California sometime next December.  It seems so far away but in reality it's way sooner than we think! 
The thing me and Justin miss most is family of course, the beach, the warm sun and pools! HAHA we are true Californians.  

But we are so thankful to be here in Seattle, we love our doctors office. It's in a brand new building so it feels super extravagant hehe.  Justin is really enjoying his classes too. He's so close to being done, sorta. He is loving his job. He's so great at what he does and he works so hard to be the provider.  He makes my life so much easier, and I am so thankful for his manliness. 

Finally Getting Settled.

Moving to Seattle is exciting and fresh. We have already been here 5 months! The great news is we are starting to build our lives up here a little more everyday. Starting work, school, and most awesomely our community group. We are at Mars Hill Church, learning and growing. The day my mom and sister left, Justin and I were bummed and really missing home. So we decided to go to the 5 o'clock service when we usually go to the 11 AM service. So we get there and the message was on JOY. Having JOY. It couldn't have been more clear what God was teaching us. Then during the time we are supposed to meet and greet we turn around and met Jared and Sarah. They invited us for drinks and appetizers. We hit it off. We have been going to the community group ever since (the end of august). We have had a lot of fun times and are excited to keep making friends.

Our school has been a little discouraging in the theology department. TheDIScouragement is ENcouraging us to stay in the Word. Being here in Seattle, seeing what they teach in public schools and what our school is believing, it reminds me to take the bible and Jesus seriously. There are so many skewed beliefs. Rather than building up there students they seem to think little of those that have faith. We hope to be a light to this dark city. Even though we are not in full-time ministry we are still responsible for the flock given to us. Me and Justin are excited and thankful to be at a University, especially in beautiful Seattle. The colors of the leaves are changing and we are experiencing a "real fall". It is cold and crisp. It rained today, so refreshing.

On a lighter note we put our zoo passes to good use and had a great time together. Here are some pictures: