Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Big Surprise

Well this is kind of a weird post for me. 
Sometimes in life, you plan for things to go a certain way, and wait a few years to come along. And then sometimes someone decides to bless you with a different plan. 

About three months ago Curtis and I got the biggest surprise of our lives. I'm pregnant! At the moment I am 12 weeks along and due in early June.

We are very surprised, but very grateful for our sweet little blessing. This wasn't part of the plan for our lives right now. I was hoping to be finished with/finishing school when this came along but that just isn't the way it worked out. I am terrified, but thrilled that I get to have this blessing. I am so grateful I have such a sweet, hard working, patient husband who feels the same way. It took awhile to get used to, but we wouldn't change this situation for the world. Everything will be just fine :) And we are super excited for our new journey.

So far it hasn't been too easy, but I'm happy to do it. It has been fun and a little weird. I don't really have a noticeable bump yet (my pants that get tighter every day say otherwise), but I can feel something in my way every time I bend over. It's weird, but exciting. I have had terrible morning sickness (all day sickness) that has just left me exhausted and sick all the time. I have also had five colds/flus since being pregnant. I get one pretty much every other week. It's miserable. But good news. I have one of the most amazing men in existence for a husband. He takes such good care of me. He is always feeding me and pushing fluids on me. He has basically taken over all my household chores and cooking and he does such a wonderful job at it. I know it hasn't been easy on him but he never complains and always puts me first. He is so sweet. I am continually blown away by what a lucky girl I am to have found such an amazing person to take care of me and our little one. He is such an amazing daddy already. 

I am starting to feel a bit better with the morning sickness and I am praying I'll be back to normal fairly soon. Curtis deserves a break from all the extra things he has to do all the time. 

Our families have both been wonderful through this and we always have an extra meal or two in the fridge waiting for us. 

We had our second appointment today with the doctor and everything looks great. We have a cutie already. Heartbeat was perfect and things are great. I am so grateful for that. I have put this kid through a lot already. 

Again, we are very surprised, but so grateful for our little (big) blessing. I am so grateful to be blessed with such a wonderful husband who would do anything for me and our baby. I am scared but super excited for this new journey. I have the best companion to go through this with and an amazing support team of family and friends. 

More updates to come soon :)  

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

About Us

Hello!
Welcome to our blog! (Mostly Abby's blog, Curtis will probably never care to do anything with this).

Curtis and I met through my older brother in 2007. They were really good friends in high school. We became friends but I was younger than he was so we did our own thing for awhile. In September of 2008 Curtis left on an LDS mission to Washington and we ended up writing back and forth to each other. We became good friends. He got home in September of 2010 and we started hanging out a lot with each other and after awhile started dating. We were married in March of 2012 and we have loved being married! It is so much fun!

Curtis and I live in a little town in Utah while we go to school. He is studying mechanical engineering and I am studying nursing (probably). Right now school is basically our lives and it is hard to get in a lot of the activities we enjoy, but we still find ways to have fun and relax (maybe a little too much).  We enjoy traveling, hiking, camping, playing outside, reading, doing puzzles, watching movies, and just having fun together and with family and friends :)

Since we've been married we have been to Disneyland twice (once for our honeymoon, because we are awesome, and once with my family last month) and over the summer we got to go to New York City for a couple weeks to visit Curtis's sister and his family! It was so much fun!

Well that is a very brief summary of us. Expect more exciting posts soon :)