One year ago...

Yesterday marked exactly one year since we found out we were going to be parents! It is hard to believe this little nugget will be FOUR MONTHS old at the end of the week.

It's hard to imagine life before the projectile poop,  all the smiles, laughs and snuggles she has brought to our lives. Time flies (generic yet so true)!

Love you punk.

The word is officially out!

The word is officially out! Halloween was such a perfect time to reveal. I wore this shirt to work for Halloween and posted pictures on Facebook. I got a full range of reactions from tears to squeals to jumping up and down and even a "Is your costume fake?"

It was one of the first times I wore a tight shirt that really showed off the bump...the bump that seemed to get larger as the day passed thanks to a delicious potluck and all that candy...oh.yes.

Some co-workers have begun to take on the role of body guard lol. They are very protective of this "mummy to-be" and it's adorable and hilarious. 

It feels good to share the excitement with everyone. One thing is for sure this little one is going to have so much love in her life. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!

Happy Halloween!

Telling My D-Riv Ladies

Although the circumstances of our trip to Michigan were unfortunate, it truly was wonderful to have the opportunity to spend time with family and friends...we got to share the big pregnancy announcement with many of our friends IN PERSON, something we didn't think would be possible!

We decided we would tell these lovely ladies while we were sitting for our annual photo op.

So as we were getting ready to say "cheese" Tim yelled "Erin's pregnant!!!"......and no one said a thing. Seriously.

Guess that's what happens when you have a husband who constantly jokes around, LOL.

Then about 5 minutes later Ashley goes "Wait...are you REALLY pregnant?"

Needless to say, the rest of the evening was spent talking about all things baby. And Corrine apologized for sharing traumatizing c-section stories earlier in the evening, LOL.

Love you girls!

Telling the management team at work...

Today I announced to the rest of the management team at work that I'm pregnant. Because I'm awkward and was nervous for some reason, I had to enlist the help of others (thank you Su!).

Su had the fun idea to cut up strips of pink and blue paper and have each person pick one as part of a "team building exercise."Then she said "okay now you have to tell us if you think Erin is having a boy or girl." There was a pause and then the outburst of "You're pregnant?!!?" It was really fun and my Operations Manager brought in cupcakes from Hello Cupcake to celebrate (I had shared the news with her last week).

                                                      

It was really nice to feel so supported and to have fun with it. I'm lucky to have such wonderful coworkers.

And I have the sneaking suspicion that another one of my coworkers may be up to some shenanigans when it comes to spreading the word to the rest of the staff ;-)

xoxo

Erin

The beginning

We figured since we're on the opposite side of the country from most of our family and friends a blog would be a good way to keep everyone in the loop!

We found out I was pregnant on July 28th. It was important to find out that day because we were planning to celebrate our birthdays the following day, and well, I needed to know what kind of drink I could order. That margarita will just have to wait until next year.

We wanted to wait to announce the pregnancy until we felt we were in the "safe zone." Currently I'm a little over 14 weeks along and things are going well. We got to hear the bean's heartbeat August 28th and September 25th and it was perfect <3

I'll make sure to do a separate post about symptoms and cravings but overall I think I've had it pretty easy so far!

Love you all,

Erin and Tim