It's a girl!

It's official: girls rule, boys drool! ....Ok not really, I love boys... but we are having a baby girl! We found out from today's ultrasound. She was so cute on the screen, doing flips and moving her little lips. She even got the hiccups while we were watching her! So cute! She was very active, but I can't really feel anything yet. We are so excited. Seeing her like that really makes us feel like parents now! I have a feeling August will come sooner than we think! So now on to names. We were thinking of combining my mom's and Brandon's mom's names Renee and Deborah to name her Reneborah, what do you think? haha

My Eggo is Prego

So, we have told family and a few close friends, but we are finally officially announcing that I am PREGNANT! YAY! I am 12 weeks along and due in August. We know you have all been waiting for this day, since we are such fine human beings, it only makes sense for us to reproduce! :) We went to the Doctor two weeks ago to hear the heartbeat and I was sort of waiting for that confirmation to really believe it was all real. But the Doctor couldn't find a heartbeat, so of course I was a little worried. But another trip today put my worries to rest. We heard the tiny thumping of our baby's ticker in there. It was pretty cool. So, so long to our carefree newlywed days and Hello to our exciting new life as parents! Wish us luck! We can use all the advice you are willing to share!

Stephenie Meyer???

So we sat down at church today and guess who is sitting in the row in front of us? Well I guess if you read the title, you have already guessed. It was Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series. She was with her husband and three boys. We figured she is probably on vacation doing the Disneyland route since we live in Anaheim and get a lot of vacationers at our ward. I didn't want to bother her because if I was in her shoes I would probably appreciate being left alone, but someone asked her if she really was Stephenie Meyer and she said yes so my friend Marybeth and I just waved and smiled at her and she smiled back...and then of course we giggled like school girls because we are so mature!

Rain

I usually like the rain. That is, I like usually the rain if I am at home in my pjs sipping cocoa. Monday I did not like the rain. I walked out to leave for work at 6:30am and our whole parking lot was flooded. I mean giant rushing river flooded. I hiked up my pants and did my best to tip toe through the puddles, but when I got to my parking spot I realized the worst of it was right in front of my car. Since I had already made it this far, I knew there was no turning back. So I took three giant leaps and made it to the other side. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, my shoes decided not to come with me. I saw my little black flats floating down the river and realized my little black socks with candy canes on them were all I had left. I had no choice, but to dive into the river and get my shoes. So soaking wet, I threw my things in my car, cranked up the heater and headed to work. Luckily the defroster did a good job of drying my socks during my commute. Today, when I got home, I was not looking forward to the battle with the flood again. To my surprise, Brandon was waiting in my parking spot for me. He had come to rescue me from the storm and CARRIED me all the way up to our apartment! What more could a girl ask for?

Photos

Our friend Paige took some pictures of us this past weekend at Huntington Beach. It was super fun, Brandon was making me laugh the whole time! You can see them here: http://thegreenpaigesite.com Click on Client Proofing and Enter the password stewart1122

our life update

So we have totally been slacking on posting, but for those of you who were wondering, we are still alive! Maybe we are too busy, or maybe our lives are just too uneventful! The fact that our camera is broken might be a factor as well. So, what's new with us? Well, Brandon has been riding his new bike a lot. He loves it. He is training to ride the century in Solvang next March. Yes, that's 100 miles... and yes he is crazy. I go with him when I can keep up. I'm sticking to the 50 mile rides, thanks! As for me, I have been super busy with school, just trying to hold on until the end of the semester mercifully comes in three weeks. Hooray! Of course I have to mention that i saw TWILIGHT last night! And it was Awesome! I really thought it would be cheesy and lame based on the previews, but I was so wrong! It was great and I cannot wait to see it again! Next week we are going up to Utah for Thanksgiving and staying with some of Brandon's family. I am so excited! It will be so nice to take some time off work and spend time with family and eat lots of food! My three favorite things to do! Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Another Tough Playoff Exit

So that's it, the Angels are done for the season. Although they completed their most successful year in franchise history, with 100 wins, they failed to get past the Red Sox in the ALDS for the second consequtive year and the third time in five years. No more Angels baseball until March 2009... I hesitate to get excited because Brandon will now be focusing all that free time on football and other things I don't care about. At least baseball I enjoy.

Fortunately, the Waites were kind enough to take Brandon and I to last Wednesday nights game. Although it was a tough loss to the Red Sox, we were able to experience some firsts: First time at a post season game, first time at a Red Sox game, and FIRST TIME ON TV!! Check us out:


When we got there, we were given these red posters that could be folded up like an accordion and whacked against anything to make a loud noise! Brandon liked his a lot! We were excited for the experience, but sad for the loss.

We will miss you Angels.

On another note. Congratulations to Jason for his winning caption of "Drool Master of the Universe" Simple, yet so good. Second place would go to Jessica Bradshaw for her new caption of "And all it took was a little NyQuil" Finally honorable mention goes to Elise Norwood for throwing in past references into her caption. Thanks to everyone for playing, we enjoyed them all.