Since Christmas is here in a matter of hours and our cards are yet to be mailed we just wanted to wish all our friends and family a truly Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year! We love you all and hope that you know that we are so grateful for all your love and friendships!
You are all in our thoughts and prayers as this new year begins. We hope that this last year and the year to come brings you all the blessings and happiness that they have brought to us! We are all so lucky to have the love of true friends and family! For those of you who we won't be able to see over the holiday's due to distance, we are thinking of and missing you!
We hope that you have a terrific holiday season!
Much Love - Dominic, Adrianne, Sadie and Baby
This is my life and I love it!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
30 week pictures. These are truely awful!!
These were done with the cell phone and I am obviously not wearing any make-up. I know that always makes for such wonderful pictures!Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
So once again almost a month has passed and I have failed to keep everyone updated. Shame on me!!! I really have great intentions, but some how I get busy, lazy, or forgetful. We have been having a fairly good month. We have been trying to get our house organized for the baby and somehow nothing seems to be working. We started out with great intentions...
1 - We moved all the furniture out of our room and the baby's room.
2 - Tried to clean the carpets (by try I mean our carpet cleaner didn't work after Dom spent two hours working on our bedroom just to end up with wet carpet).
3- Borrowing my mom's carpet cleaner the next day and things looking NO better!
4- Trying to sort through and get rid of things. We have way to much CRAP!!!
5- Going through closets and getting rid of clothes as well as boxing up summer clothes.
Now here is where we stand....
1 - Sleeping in our guest room for the last month, which also has all the baby furniture stuck in the corner.
2- Our living room is currently housing our bed.
3- We have more of our clothes in laundry baskets in the basement than we have in closets or dressers.
4- Carpet still not cleaned to my satisfaction due to the fact that Dom has worked every weekend since we started this project and I can't rent a good carpet cleaner that I can lift myself.
5- My life is utter chaos and now Dom wants to start our bathroom remodel.
Do you see me pulling my hair out and screaming?
I do have to give my sweet husband credit, for the last couple of weeks he has gotten up and made me breakfast. I don't just mean cereal or yogurt. I'm talking french toast, omelets, and egg mcmuffins. He is like a thirty-five year old, expectant father, with a little Martha Stewart thrown in(I do have a picture to add here, be patient). He is always so sweet to make sure that I have my glass of chocolate milk in the mornings (only way I can gag it down) so that I don't starve the baby. By the way did you know I have his baby in here? Really?
We had our last appointment on the 23rd and things seem to be going well. I am getting rounder by the day (picture here as well, patience). The baby is moving around a bunch and the heart rate is right where it should be. We have our f/u ultrasound scheduled for next Friday and we are really excited. I will be doing my glucose testing next Friday as well, so keep your fingers crossed that all goes well!
1 - We moved all the furniture out of our room and the baby's room.
2 - Tried to clean the carpets (by try I mean our carpet cleaner didn't work after Dom spent two hours working on our bedroom just to end up with wet carpet).
3- Borrowing my mom's carpet cleaner the next day and things looking NO better!
4- Trying to sort through and get rid of things. We have way to much CRAP!!!
5- Going through closets and getting rid of clothes as well as boxing up summer clothes.
Now here is where we stand....
1 - Sleeping in our guest room for the last month, which also has all the baby furniture stuck in the corner.
2- Our living room is currently housing our bed.
3- We have more of our clothes in laundry baskets in the basement than we have in closets or dressers.
4- Carpet still not cleaned to my satisfaction due to the fact that Dom has worked every weekend since we started this project and I can't rent a good carpet cleaner that I can lift myself.
5- My life is utter chaos and now Dom wants to start our bathroom remodel.
Do you see me pulling my hair out and screaming?
I do have to give my sweet husband credit, for the last couple of weeks he has gotten up and made me breakfast. I don't just mean cereal or yogurt. I'm talking french toast, omelets, and egg mcmuffins. He is like a thirty-five year old, expectant father, with a little Martha Stewart thrown in(I do have a picture to add here, be patient). He is always so sweet to make sure that I have my glass of chocolate milk in the mornings (only way I can gag it down) so that I don't starve the baby. By the way did you know I have his baby in here? Really?
We had our last appointment on the 23rd and things seem to be going well. I am getting rounder by the day (picture here as well, patience). The baby is moving around a bunch and the heart rate is right where it should be. We have our f/u ultrasound scheduled for next Friday and we are really excited. I will be doing my glucose testing next Friday as well, so keep your fingers crossed that all goes well!
Monday, September 29, 2008
5 Wonderful Years!!!
On Saturday we celebrated our 5 year Anniversary! Woo hoo! I am more in love with him now than I could ever dream of being then! I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful husband.
I know that over those nine years we have had our ups and downs, and life hasn't always been easy, but it has soooo been worth it!
Dominic,
I love you with all my heart! Your are my partner, friend, and true love! As we start this new and important adventure together, we must remember to always count on each other, that life is challenging but oh so rewarding and that our love and family is more important than anything else! I love you soooo much! Thanks you for sharing my life and being my husband!
I know that over those nine years we have had our ups and downs, and life hasn't always been easy, but it has soooo been worth it!
Dominic,
I love you with all my heart! Your are my partner, friend, and true love! As we start this new and important adventure together, we must remember to always count on each other, that life is challenging but oh so rewarding and that our love and family is more important than anything else! I love you soooo much! Thanks you for sharing my life and being my husband!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
10 Years
I can't believe that it has been ten years that Dustin has been gone. I miss him so much! I think now more than ever I am really saddened by the fact that there are so many things that he is missing, so many people that he will never know. I look at all the things that have happened in the last ten years, the joys and the pain, and wish that he was still here! He never got the chance to meet my husband, or Brandon's wife. He will never get to play with our babies. He will never experience the joys of being a husband, father or uncle. I regret that he won't know the joy of watching little D grow up, go through his crazy teenage years and turn into a man. I regret that he never got to watch Josh drum his heart out. I regret that he will never know that bond with his brothers that changes as they age. I wish that he were here so that he could go on surfing trips to Costa Rica with Brandon and lil D, I wish that he and lil D could spend time together teaching Dominic to snowboard. I wish he were here! I miss him so very much and my heart aches with sadness!I know that I will see my brothers again. I know that Dustin and Josh are hanging out together (probably getting in trouble) and missing us too. I love them both so much!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
It's a BOY!!!
We are so excited! We can now start to pick out names and decide on all the other fun things like colors for the nursery.
Our ultrasound was last night and let me tell you I am a total cry baby! It was so amazing to me to be able to see all the wonderful little movements and to realize that this is all happening inside my body! The ultrasound tech was great! She spent almost an hour with us explaining all the different things she was measuring and what each little part was. Who knew that you could see the little bladder, kidneys, adrenal glands, and the diaphragm. Of course we got to see his wonderful little heart beating. This really brought tears to my eyes! She asked us just prior to revealing the sex of the baby what we were hoping for. We were holding hands and at the same time we both said healthy! After waiting five long years for this it was a moment full of anticipation! Of course when she told us it was a boy we were both overjoyed! I just kept thinking to myself how wonderful this feeling was, we were having a baby boy! I just kept squeezing Dominic's hand and in that moment I have never felt more love for him or such a connection to him! Tears were just running down my face and I couldn't stop laughing!
Our little boy it about seven inches long from head to butt. She said that he probably weighs about nine to eleven ounces. Not quite a can of pop. She also said that his heart rate was right on target at 156. The tech also said that my due date is right about 2/20/09. So a little bit of a change there. She said that everything looks wonderful and he seems really healthy. The only thing that she was unable to measure was his nose and mouth which they need to check for cleft lip and palate. By this point in the ultrasound he was tired and was hiding his face in my placenta. We tried to jiggle him free or wake him up but after about ten to fifteen minutes we decided that we would give it a pass. She said not to worry, but she will have us schedule a follow up ultrasound for about 4-6 weeks. This will be really interesting to see how much he has changed. We also follow up with the doctor on 9/25 so I will post an update then.
I will also post some pictures of the ultrasound later this evening so stay tuned!
Our ultrasound was last night and let me tell you I am a total cry baby! It was so amazing to me to be able to see all the wonderful little movements and to realize that this is all happening inside my body! The ultrasound tech was great! She spent almost an hour with us explaining all the different things she was measuring and what each little part was. Who knew that you could see the little bladder, kidneys, adrenal glands, and the diaphragm. Of course we got to see his wonderful little heart beating. This really brought tears to my eyes! She asked us just prior to revealing the sex of the baby what we were hoping for. We were holding hands and at the same time we both said healthy! After waiting five long years for this it was a moment full of anticipation! Of course when she told us it was a boy we were both overjoyed! I just kept thinking to myself how wonderful this feeling was, we were having a baby boy! I just kept squeezing Dominic's hand and in that moment I have never felt more love for him or such a connection to him! Tears were just running down my face and I couldn't stop laughing!
Our little boy it about seven inches long from head to butt. She said that he probably weighs about nine to eleven ounces. Not quite a can of pop. She also said that his heart rate was right on target at 156. The tech also said that my due date is right about 2/20/09. So a little bit of a change there. She said that everything looks wonderful and he seems really healthy. The only thing that she was unable to measure was his nose and mouth which they need to check for cleft lip and palate. By this point in the ultrasound he was tired and was hiding his face in my placenta. We tried to jiggle him free or wake him up but after about ten to fifteen minutes we decided that we would give it a pass. She said not to worry, but she will have us schedule a follow up ultrasound for about 4-6 weeks. This will be really interesting to see how much he has changed. We also follow up with the doctor on 9/25 so I will post an update then.
I will also post some pictures of the ultrasound later this evening so stay tuned!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
O.k., alright! I know that I am a slacker!!! I haven't been keeping the blog up to date. The thing is ... I think of all these cute things to post about and then what happens, I forget! Holy crap I swear that I am getting stupider or is it more stupid by the minute. Besides the fact that I have realized that I can no longer type. I am not kidding!!! It has taken me ten minutes to type this much and that is with multiple corrections!
So here is the latest news in our family. I had a doctors appointment on 8/25/08 and the doc said that everything looked, sounded, and felt great! Dominic was with me and was able to hear the heart beat which was really exciting for him. I couldn't help myself but when I heard that little whooshing heart beat I just started to giggle. This baby is starting to feel like more of a reality everyday! We are scheduled for our ultrasound on 9/22/08 and then another doctors appointment on 9/25/08. We can't wait to find out if our little baby is a boy or girl! Now if we can just get our butts in gear and start our remodeling so that our house will be somewhat ready for the baby!
I also have some very exciting news coming from my brother Brandon and sister-in-law Ashley.
They are also going to be having a baby!!!! Both of our pregnancies came as quite the surprise!They are due just a few weeks later than we are! We are all so excited!!!! Our babies will be the same age and can be little buddies! I am so very lucky to have such a fun sister-in-law to share in this wonderful experience. I am a little jealous of her though, she hasn't had any morning sickness! Where as I am just now starting to feel a little better. We have both been super tired and with all of Ashley's dancing I imagine she is a little more tired than I am!!
This has been a really busy summer for our whole family. My mom and little brother Dom decided to move out of Rexburg (the devils armpit!). Thank the Lord!!! My mom also had back surgery and had to have her L5-S1 fused. We spent a lot of time in Idaho helping her get things packed, recouping her from surgery, and loading up a moving van. Brandon and lil D (as we like to call my brother, or baby duck as I sometimes call him) were able to spend 2 1/2 weeks in Costa Rica surfing as well. What a bunch of brats!!! We were all very jealous! Finally my mom was able to buy a house and we got her moved just in the nick of time. She just started working at a new school here in SLC and we are all really excited to have her here!
Sorry, I know that I have been all over the place with this post, but there are so many things to mention now that my brain seems to be up and running!
One thing that I really want to mention is how grateful I am to have my whole family close together now! It has been really great just being able to stop by and say hi or do fun things together without all the rushing around when you know someone is just there for the weekend. I love my family so much! They mean the world to me and I don't know what I would do without them!
A special Thanks to my mom for being a great mom, for loving us all so much, and putting up with all our crap over the years! Also a little thanks in advance for all the help you are going to be with the newest family members! Love ya - A
So here is the latest news in our family. I had a doctors appointment on 8/25/08 and the doc said that everything looked, sounded, and felt great! Dominic was with me and was able to hear the heart beat which was really exciting for him. I couldn't help myself but when I heard that little whooshing heart beat I just started to giggle. This baby is starting to feel like more of a reality everyday! We are scheduled for our ultrasound on 9/22/08 and then another doctors appointment on 9/25/08. We can't wait to find out if our little baby is a boy or girl! Now if we can just get our butts in gear and start our remodeling so that our house will be somewhat ready for the baby!
I also have some very exciting news coming from my brother Brandon and sister-in-law Ashley.
They are also going to be having a baby!!!! Both of our pregnancies came as quite the surprise!They are due just a few weeks later than we are! We are all so excited!!!! Our babies will be the same age and can be little buddies! I am so very lucky to have such a fun sister-in-law to share in this wonderful experience. I am a little jealous of her though, she hasn't had any morning sickness! Where as I am just now starting to feel a little better. We have both been super tired and with all of Ashley's dancing I imagine she is a little more tired than I am!!
This has been a really busy summer for our whole family. My mom and little brother Dom decided to move out of Rexburg (the devils armpit!). Thank the Lord!!! My mom also had back surgery and had to have her L5-S1 fused. We spent a lot of time in Idaho helping her get things packed, recouping her from surgery, and loading up a moving van. Brandon and lil D (as we like to call my brother, or baby duck as I sometimes call him) were able to spend 2 1/2 weeks in Costa Rica surfing as well. What a bunch of brats!!! We were all very jealous! Finally my mom was able to buy a house and we got her moved just in the nick of time. She just started working at a new school here in SLC and we are all really excited to have her here!
Sorry, I know that I have been all over the place with this post, but there are so many things to mention now that my brain seems to be up and running!
One thing that I really want to mention is how grateful I am to have my whole family close together now! It has been really great just being able to stop by and say hi or do fun things together without all the rushing around when you know someone is just there for the weekend. I love my family so much! They mean the world to me and I don't know what I would do without them!
A special Thanks to my mom for being a great mom, for loving us all so much, and putting up with all our crap over the years! Also a little thanks in advance for all the help you are going to be with the newest family members! Love ya - A
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sooooooo......
As Paula pointed out to me Sunday night I am starting to show. I just feel pudgy and fat! It's not as if I am slim. I was ONCE! In like the 7th,8th, and starting of 9th grade. But since then I have had more than enough to hold on to! It seems that every year I make these promises to myself that I will get in better shape, move more, eat better, yadda, yadda, yadda!
So it seems really kind of weird with all my extra baggage that I would all of a sudden feel self conscious when someone points out that I am starting to show. This is a good thing! A great thing! This baby is something that Dominic and I have worked and prayed really hard for. The last five years have been a lot of stress and me not always being the nicest(I know that this is a shocker for you all!) person to be around.
So, what is my freaking problem? You would think that I could get over myself or realize that showing is actually a good sign! But no, what am I worried about? All those people who pass me in a store, or while I am driving or people that don't know I am pregnant and they look over and see this gushy blob of a stomach that I have and think, "Gee, that chic is fat!"
O.k. I just needed to vent, everyone please forgive me for my extreme shallowness and just tell me to shut the hell up. I know I am crazy as well!!! No comments on my complete retardedness from the peanut gallery!
As Paula pointed out to me Sunday night I am starting to show. I just feel pudgy and fat! It's not as if I am slim. I was ONCE! In like the 7th,8th, and starting of 9th grade. But since then I have had more than enough to hold on to! It seems that every year I make these promises to myself that I will get in better shape, move more, eat better, yadda, yadda, yadda!
So it seems really kind of weird with all my extra baggage that I would all of a sudden feel self conscious when someone points out that I am starting to show. This is a good thing! A great thing! This baby is something that Dominic and I have worked and prayed really hard for. The last five years have been a lot of stress and me not always being the nicest(I know that this is a shocker for you all!) person to be around.
So, what is my freaking problem? You would think that I could get over myself or realize that showing is actually a good sign! But no, what am I worried about? All those people who pass me in a store, or while I am driving or people that don't know I am pregnant and they look over and see this gushy blob of a stomach that I have and think, "Gee, that chic is fat!"
O.k. I just needed to vent, everyone please forgive me for my extreme shallowness and just tell me to shut the hell up. I know I am crazy as well!!! No comments on my complete retardedness from the peanut gallery!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
We Have a Surprise!!!
So for all of you who didn't catch the hint from the last post........
WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!
It has been extremly hard for me to post and not talk about it so that is part of the reason that we have had such a boring blog. We are due at the end of February. We are both very excited and scared at the same time. Wish us luck on this new and strange trip we are embarking apon!
WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!
It has been extremly hard for me to post and not talk about it so that is part of the reason that we have had such a boring blog. We are due at the end of February. We are both very excited and scared at the same time. Wish us luck on this new and strange trip we are embarking apon!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
FOOD
I LOVE CANTALOUPE!!!!
I know that this is kind of weird, But I just had to let everyone know. I have just now finished my second cantaloupe in two days. As my friend Fae tells me... "Your going to have the diarrhea!" Sorry I know that was gross!
I may very well be sick as a dog tonight or tomorrow but for the last two days nothing has ever tasted better! There are just some foods that so hit the spot. I swear that these have been the best cantaloupe that I have ever eaten in my life! O.k. I will stop now, I know nobody really cares that this is my new favorite food but I would like you all to go out and get a cantaloupe, chill it, and enjoy!
I know that this is kind of weird, But I just had to let everyone know. I have just now finished my second cantaloupe in two days. As my friend Fae tells me... "Your going to have the diarrhea!" Sorry I know that was gross!
I may very well be sick as a dog tonight or tomorrow but for the last two days nothing has ever tasted better! There are just some foods that so hit the spot. I swear that these have been the best cantaloupe that I have ever eaten in my life! O.k. I will stop now, I know nobody really cares that this is my new favorite food but I would like you all to go out and get a cantaloupe, chill it, and enjoy!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
One of the things I love....
I love Idaho(I know Paula, I'm sure you can't believe it!) when you are trying to sleep, relax, unwind from a stressful day! As I lay in bed over the weekend in Idaho, I remembered how much I love the smell of the water, coming through an opened window, as the sound of the sprinklers hypnotize me, with a cool breeze sliding over my skin. This is one of the many things that I love!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
So I have gotten a little blog spankin from my best pal Megan. Yes, I know that I have not been a good blogger! The sad thing is that I have come to realize my life has nothing going on worth blogging about. O.k., I could talk about how dang hot it has been in the last week or how I really hate repair shops and how they assume all women are bumbling idiots or how no matter how many times you ask your husband to hang up his wet towel it still ends up on your nice clean comforter, wait here's another one. Why can I make a sandwich and my kitchen still be clean but the love of my life spreads condiments all over the counter and leaves crumbs everywhere? .... but wouldn't that just be considered bitching? So, the question that I pose to all you worldly bloggers is ...
What is the true definition of blogging? Is there more than one answer? Who decides? Is bitching really just venting or the broadcasting of information? Help me out kids!
P.S. I know I pick on Dom alot, but you all know that I love him to death, so take it with a grain or two of salt and some limes as well as tequila and a little triple sec!
What is the true definition of blogging? Is there more than one answer? Who decides? Is bitching really just venting or the broadcasting of information? Help me out kids!
P.S. I know I pick on Dom alot, but you all know that I love him to death, so take it with a grain or two of salt and some limes as well as tequila and a little triple sec!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
New to the blogging world!!
O.k., I am really going to give this a try! I am new to this so no comments from the peanut gallery! I decided today that enough is enough. I need to get it together. Every morning part of my routine is to get on-line and look at every one's blogs. I am always so impressed by what everyone has to say and how nice all your blogs look with new pictures and entries all the time. You are all such a clever bunch of people that I spend half my time laughing and the other half crying. So, anyone who has any pointers on how to make this blog great drop me a note! I will sign off with a shout out to my best friends and their wonderful blogs! Megan and Paula, you both totally rock and are my inspiration!
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