The Birthday Boy

I am a little late on my blogs, for good reason. I started this post 2 days before I went into labor, so I wanted to finish this before I move on to the next one.

On Saturday, January 24th my adorable husband turned 33! Fortunately for him, his birthday has turned into a three week celebration. We celebrated with friends the weekend before. Our friend Chris took him golfing on his birthday, and then I got him the rest of the weekend. This Sunday, after he runs his 6th Huntington Beach 1/2 marathon along with his dad, Rick, mom, Sherry, sister, Carrie and my mom, we are celebrating again with family and watching the Super Bowl. (which is when I went into labor)
I love celebrating his birthday, because I get to spoil the heck out of him, and he is so deserving.
Jason is:
supportive husband
smart
the hardest working man that I know
dedicated to his job
makes sure that his family always comes first
compassionate
caring
funny as heck
great with kids of all ages - including our new baby girl
passionate about running and keeping good health
great cook
handsome
sexy
great writer
The only thing he asked for this year was guitar lessons. He has had a guitar for years, but never really learned how to play, and now he wants to be able to play for Grace. Did I mention how adorable he his? This is going to be such an amazing year.

Dinner at Roman Cucina, on the night of his birthday

Our favorite dessert after dinner.

Happy Brithday Jason! I love you.

What's so amazing about Grace?

This post is dedicated to my Grams, Grace Schioppi!

The woman in the picture above, my grandmother, is by far the most amazing woman I know, Grace. Throughout my life she has been there for me and has taught me so much. It is an honor to name our daughter after her. Below are a few things I want to share about my grams

Grace is:
*A mother of six, grandmother of 17, great grandmother of 14 (15 in a few short weeks)
*warm
*kind hearted
*loving
*dedicated to God and her family
*strong, after having a stroke and still caring for her youngest son with MS.
*hard working
*patient
*a great teacher
*funny
*beautiful
*the best cook I know
*thoughtful
*loyal

My favorite memories with grams:
*cooking with her in the kitchen
*playing cards with her
*listening to stories about her childhood
*spending the night at her house (3-4 nights a week while growing up)
*singing songs
*calling each other up and singing our rendition of Stevie Wonder's - "I just called....to say...I love you"
*teaching me how to sew
*our walks in the morning
*going to church
*making me split pea soup when I was sick
*making me laugh

I might add more to this post later, but for now I wanted to write down a few things...

I love my grams and don't know what I would do without her.

Christmas 2008

This picture was taken on Christmas morning and there is a story behind it. Jason and I did not send out a Christmas card this year, so we were going to send a New Year's card instead. We took so many pictures on Christmas morning, trying to get the right one. He was so over it, and the picture above is me trying to explain how important it is that we get a good picture...it was funny. Who knows, this might be the picture I end up sending to everyone!

We had such an amazing Christmas this year. It was filled with lots of time with both of our families and us realizing that next year is going to be so different with a child. Next year we will be starting our own family traditions, teaching Grace about the meaning of Christmas (she won't quite understand next year, but none the less, we'll explain), and enjoy being her parents.

Below are a few pictures of our day.

Jack and Jason with their new motorcycles

My brother with his two sisters

My mom (always making Christmas morning special) and Krista

Carrie, mom, me and Bethany with our Turtle Fur's on.

Momma G. always has the best stuff in our stockings. This year there was so much great stuff that she had to put all of our stocking stuffers into a grocery bag instead of a stocking.

Uncle J and Gavin

EZ (Gavin took this picture)

Carrie and Violet (so cute)

If you know me, you know that I love shoes. It doesn't matter what kind. Below you will see my cute slippers from Jason, new Tom's from Dan & Betty, and my adorable kicks from Momma G.

We're off to Mammoth for New Year's. I'll post more when we return! Happy New Year.

32 Weeks

I am now at 32 weeks and I can't belive how fast my pregnancy has gone. I have loved every moment of it. Jason and I have been spending the last six months preparing ourselves (if that's possible), getting our house ready for her arrival, and realizing that everything we do from now until she's here will be our last has a couple, without child, without Grace. More to come...

Me and my belly at 31 weeks

8 Weeks

We found out on June 7 that we are expecting our first child. To say that J and I are excited is an understatement. It's a wierd time right now...8 weeks along. Do we tell anyone? Who do we tell? How long should we wait until blabbing our fantastic news to the world? We've told our family and most of our friends. Can't help it!
It is hard to believe that I have a child growing inside of me. Except the fact that I am sick every morning, beginning at 1 or 2 am. Wierd time to get morning sickness...so I stay awake for 2-3 hours every night. I shouldn't blame my lack of sleep to the queezieness that I feel, because I have had a rough time with my sleep pattern the past 3 years.
I am relishing in the fact that my body is the house for one of God's miracles for the next 32 more weeks.