Sneak Peek

Ever since the baby shower at the beginning of February, this is what our place has looked like (the before). The crib leaning behind baby's gifts has been there since December. It was driving me CRAZY because our light switch is conveniently (more like inconveniently) positioned right behind the mattress. Every time I have to turn on/off the lights, I have to set down whatever is in my hands, lift the mattress, before I can get to the switch. Very frustrating. 

To Robby's defense, he has been so busy studying for the MCAT and working 7am-7pm shifts that I couldn't bear to nag him to build the crib. But with less craziness on his plate now, I finally decided to give him a push. After a few days of gently nudging (or begging?) him to build the crib to no avail, I pulled the toolbox and crib out and started building it myself. I didn't get far before he came home from work and freaked out that I was moving around the heavy crib by myself. I should've started building the crib much, much earlier, because within 45 minutes, he had finished building it. Thank goodness. And I LOVE it. Sometimes, men just need that extra push in the right direction don't ya think?

Our home finally starting to look a little more...well...livable. More pictures to follow!

5 more weeks to go...

Baby Wai's Shower

I am the luckiest girl in the world. And Baby Wai is pretty darn lucky too. Mars, Meags, Missy, Mia, Michelle, and Mom went above and beyond and planned the most fabulous and fun baby shower for me. Missy and Mia flew to Hawaii all the way from Utah for the weekend to put this together amidst their busy schedules. Michelle spearheaded all the decorations and majorly transformed the patio in an "Under the Sea" world.

Meagan+Phill made all the invites for the shower. Cute, huh??

Marly made this amazing diaper cake.

All the amazing, amazing food that Missy made with the help of the fam. Coconut shrimp (my favorite), bruschetta, bacon avocado spring rolls, Winger's chicken, croissant sandwiches...you name it. Definitely one of the highlights of my shower! Just the presentation along is enough to make you swoon...and very hungry. (:

Games put together by Mia, Michelle, and Nani!

 And of course, lots of cute clothes and presents. We are going to have one cute, well-dressed boy on our hands.

 Thank you everyone for coming and making this the best baby shower ever! Thank you especially to my family for all that you do for me. I am SO grateful to be surrounded by such beautiful and talented people! Could never have asked for better in-laws. Love you all so much!

BIG NEWS

...or teeny tiny baby news?

Yes, you heard right. We're having a baby! Can't believe it huh? Well, neither could we. If all goes according to plan (which it rarely does), this little one will be making his or her debut on March 20th of next year just in time for Robby's dad's birthday or 4 days before Robby's birthday.

This next part is all for my own record-keeping, so feel free to skip!

We found out I was pregnant back in July when I started feeling really awful. At first, Robby kept telling me to drink more water because I have a tendency of becoming dehydrated from not drinking any water all day. I really don't know why I do it! Thirst is just not something I feel until I start feeling sick. Anyway, dehydration wasn't the problem. I started feeling nauseous all the time even after drinking cups and cups of water. I seriously thought I had a bad case of the stomach flu. After almost 10 days of feeling icky, Robby finally said it. Maybe you're pregnant. I didn't want to believe him since I was on the pill. He went out and bought a couple pregnancy tests anyway. The first one came back positive. I was still in denial. The test was probably wrong. He told me later that he already knew it wasn't wrong, but decided to let me be for a while. A week later, I took the other pregnancy test and it came back positive again. This time, I cried. I was scared, frustrated, disappointed, shocked, confused, and most of all afraid of how Robby would react. We had talked about when we both wanted to have kids and had decided that a few years after he started med school would be the ideal time. What was happening no doubt changed our plans big time. I'm not sure why I had expected him to react poorly, but he didn't. He was perfect. He held me while I cried for hours and reassured me that this was Heavenly Father's plan and not ours. What made everything so much better was when he told me that he was so excited to be having a baby with me. Then I was mostly just scared. I have no idea what I'm doing! Robby has been such a rock for me these past few months. Despite his busy work and study schedule, he still managed to schedule all my doctor's appointments, cook, clean, and find time to spend with me.

Looking back, those crazy emotional episodes must've been those darn hormones kicking in. We are so, so happy and excited now to have this little stinker join our family! We couldn't be more blessed.

We're currently 18 weeks along, but here's baby at 12 weeks, alive and kickin'!