Pink or Blue? A Baby Was Due!

On November 30, 2010, at 18 weeks pregnant, we had an ultrasound and found out if we were going to have a boy or a girl.  We decided to have the ultrasound tech put the picture of "the parts" in an envelope so we could be surprised.  When the ultrasound was over we took the envelope to Sweet Life Bakery to have them make a cake to help us reveal the gender of our baby.  The bakery made a wonderful Poppyseed cake since we have been calling the baby Poppyseed.  They filled the cake with the correct color of frosting in the middle and frosted the outside with tan colored frosting.  On December 3, 2010 we had our family and some friends over to help us reveal the gender of our baby.  For some reason I was so nervous!  I kept wondering if our house would be filled with barbies or dump trucks?  We cut the first piece of cake and found out that the filling was PINK!  We are having a GIRL!  Below is the video of the unveiling.

Touchdown!  

I love sucking on my hand!

Gluten free poppyseed cake with pink cream cheese frosting.

And Baby Makes 3

After 6 years of being a family of 2, Nate and I decided to become a family of 3!  On August 27, 2010 we found out we were expecting our first child.  I was 5 weeks along at this point and we were both excited and nervous at the same time.  The next 35 weeks were quite the adventure for us with half of them being filled with sickness for me.  But, the experience of being pregnant was an amazing gift.  We never wanted to forget what it was like for me to be pregnant so we had maternity photos taken by Stacey Anderson and Little Avocado Photography.  We took the pictures at the Oregon State University campus because that is where we met 10 years ago!  I was 36 weeks along when the pictures were taken.  Below are a few pictures from the session.  

Nate's fraternity house, Simga Phi Epsilon.  We met there in January of 2001 so we thought it would be fun to go back.  Although it was a little awkward to be pregnant at a fraternity house!  

Kristin's sorority house, Alpha Phi.  We wanted a picture on the swing and we were disappointed that it wasn't there anymore.  

Baby's first initial on my belly!

Baby's middle initial on my belly!

Baby's last initial on my belly!