Ransom Matthew... July 1, 2011!!!

Ransom was born July 1 in Seattle. We had a great experience with Swedish and wish we could have all our future children there.

Ejoying our first snuggles!

7 lbs 13 oz. 20 in!

He is growing so fast and is precious. He has been such a joyful addition and we are so blessed with a baby that is easy to take care of. He is super happy and content. His new milestone is smiling and he is quickly learning how to giggle. He makes silly noises and just loves to be snuggled.

He sleeps great too. He would sleep through the night if I let him, but nursing I have to wake him up. Sometimes I sleep through my alarm, like last night he slept right through 7 hours because I didn't wake up, oops!

Ransom had a great time at his first visit to the beach:)

Ransom also loves to be in the Bumbo. He looks like such a big boy in it!

Ransom at 6 weeks old:)

We are missing our friends back in Seattle but are excited to be back at a Mars Hill. We are trying our new community group this Tuesday and are hoping for a half as good community group because the one we left back in Seattle was absolutely amazing!

Our little Family:)

Ransom's Practice Run.

So last week we experienced a little preterm labor action. I had no idea this was occurring while it was. I first threw up and thought I had just waited too long to take my vitamins after dinner but was feeling really dizzy and seeing little stars. I called Justin up at work to let him know in case something were to happen. So he races home and convinces me we need to go to the hospital. I am so thankful for his discernment. God has definitely blessed him with this. 


So we went and found out I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. These contractions weren't labor contractions quite yet because they weren't painful at all. In fact I didn't even know I was having contractions until they hooked me up to the contraction monitor. As we sat there for a few hours I started to feel them more and more. So they gave me an IV thinking I may have been dehydrated (which I knew I wasn't because I am OCD when it comes to drinking water). But that didn't stop the contractions or slow them down. So the midwife decided to give me a little pill that would stop later. That started working and we were out of there within 5 or 6 hours. It was a long night and took a while to recover from not sleeping for over 24 hours. 


But I LOVE the hospital we will be delivering at and the midwives. They were so calm and helpful. I'm hoping we have a similarly wonderful experience when it's the real deal:)


So lately I have been trying to take it easy until the big day. But I am still doing my daily walking and just finished my last week of work which was very bitter-sweet...

 however, I am so excited to be a stay home wife to such a marvelous godly man and be a momma to such a handsome and adorable son. 

Now we are approaching 36 weeks and counting down the days until we can meet our boy. 

Justin is quickly approaching his finals and is registered for Biola University. We are so excited to start our next adventure in California. But will be sad to say good-bye to such a wonderful community of people. But I won't talk about that yet because it makes me too emotional. :/

So here we are at 36 weeks almost to the finish line. We cannnnnnotttt wait to meet Ransom but I am trying to take advantage of all the resting and nesting time I will have over the next couple of weeks before his arrival. We are already so in love with our son. 

Getting Anxious and Oh SOO Excited:)

We are now 33 weeks pregnant with our Ransom duders and waiting for his arrival. We are to the point where we are so close yet so far away. We have another Doctors appointment this week. They will be measuring our boy to see how much he has grown. And if he continues to grow the way he has been we'll have to get another ultrasound. I would be so happy to see my little man again but I hope he is healthy and normal size (especially come delivery).

My great friend Katy is awaiting her boy's arrival! She's been a trooper, 39 weeks and still waiting for Owen:) 

Life has been flying by. Justin is busy working at Regal and working hard to find another job to replace his job coaching job. He is such a godly man, Ransom and I are so blessed to have him as my husband and his father. We have been very good about making sure we have a date night because of our busy schedule. I LOVE date nights. I look forward to our dates every week and I still get butterflies while I'm getting ready for our dates. 

For now we are trying to SAVE SAVE SAVE for our big move back to Cali. We have an apartment that we are pretty sure we'll move in to. It is less than 5 minutes from Biola University and has a pool. Oh how we miss swimming! 

The weather has been better here but is still bleh. It'll be sunny and then an hour later get freezing cold with rain. I am thankful to not be in the heat with my growing size but I am ready for a real summer. God has been so good to us and we are praying that he continues to provide for us and to pave the way back to Cali. 

Please be praying for us that we can be financially ready to move down as well as physically ready to move down (because we will have our little newborn Ransom along with us). Thanks friends.  

Time Flies!

Time has flown by these past couple weeks. Every day Ransom gets bigger and so does my belly. We had such a great time in California and were so blessed with our baby shower. I am so thankful for the family and friends we have. I don't know what we'd do without them. My mom, sister, and mom in law threw us an amazing shower. It was so much fun. We already miss everyone and can't wait to see you all again!

 Kristy, Brinna, Bryce n' Me 

 Ransom's awesome cake!

 My favorite part of the cake... lil' red head baby:)

 My best friend and my most amazing mama. (Oma and Auntie)

I am so blessed with an awesome mom in law! Gramma

Mee Ma:)

We got to see everyone and catch up with friends and family. While we were down in Cali we were able to get a 3D ultrasound. It was so fun because I was able to go with my great friend Katy and my cousin Kristy. They're both adorably pregnant!

 Justin hangin' out with Bryce:)

 Owen and Ransom are gonna be buds.

 Bryce, Baby Ellis #2, and Ransom:)

 Katy checkin' out OWEN

Me checkin' out RANSOM:)

Then when we got back our good friends Sarah and Heather threw us another shower for our friends here in Seattle. It was so sweet of them and we had a lot of fun! It was pretty funny with all the 

games. We had delicious italian soda and trophy cupcakes! YUM! 

All the Girlies! 

Drawing Ransom's future face;)

The hostesses! Thanks girls!

Now we are just getting through this quarter of school and work for Justin. He got a job at Regal which is such a blessing because with this job he is able to transfer to one in Cali. He is so excited to be working there not only for the amazing idea of transferring but also because we get to see movies for free. It's been pretty sweet and we have been seeing movies for most our date nights! haha. 

We are so excited to meet our little man and can't wait to get to see his face. We have such a big boy growing! Now we are 29 weeks with only 11 to go! It seems so far away but I know it'll come up soon. 

It's crazy how much he moves around now. He is always kicking and squirming. It's such a blessing to feel him move around. So far this pregnancy has been great. The only thing I am not so fond of is the extreme HEART BURN. Ouch. It's no matter what I eat, that heart burn sneaks up on me. So being the preggo lady I am I carry around my Tums and keep them handy!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN! 24 years old!

We got to enjoy Red Robin and it was mighty delicious! I learned (somewhat) how to play a coldplay song on his guitar. I also got him a bike computer (it tells how far and how long you ride). Unfortunately I wasn't able to play him the guitar because I was cooking him breakfast and burned my fingers on the stove. I'm so clumsy, and being pregnant makes that even worse haha. I am so thankful to have him in my life. He is the best man in the world.

Baby Excitement

This week has been extremely eventful. Finals, papers, papers and more papers due. But today at 2:00 PM I was done! And tomorrow at 3:00 PM Justin will be done until next quarter. It's such a weird feeling knowing I don't have to go back to school any time in the near future. Praise God. I haven't not been in school since Pre-school, so we'll see how I cope:) I really do not think it will be a problem. Ransom is moving all around and kickin' like crazy. He loves hearing his daddy's voice and I love seeing Justin talk to him. 

My belly button is starting is looking like an outy now days:)

I was in class today and all of a sudden felt really light headed and flushed. I was in the middle of a final and was not allowed to leave the classroom. I didn't know what to do and then my teacher came and asked me if I was okay because I looked flushed. I started crying (because I cry at anything) and had to put my head between my legs. I called the midwife and she said my blood sugar and blood pressure fell really low causing my body to react that way. So now I have to make sure I eat regularly and drink plenty of water. It was scary feeling like that, so I will definitely take her suggestions, especially because it means I get to eat more snacks:) I call the midwife probably too much, but being pregnant for the first time I always want to make sure there's no problems. 


On a lighter note:
Me and Justin have a weekly date night. We hope to keep this going when Ransom's born. Maybe we'll make it every-other week. But this last week my honey took me out to Sezoni. This was the first restaurant we went to when we visited Seattle. 

What a handsome man.

 Ransom was excited to have some pizza and hot wings!

 Justin showing off my belly.

We are leaving for California on Saturday and booked a hotel on Saturday night so we will be arriving later Sunday. I am so thankful because we found a place with an indoor pool. Me and Justin have been wanting to swim for the past 10 months. Pools aren't easy to come by here in Seattle and we truly are two fishes:)

He's missing the beach, as am I:)

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.