First Announcement

Chris told me that we would tell pastor on Friday after service. By this time, I was tired of arguing so I didn't object. And sure enough when service was over, he walked to pastor and asked if we could meet with his wife and him. Pastor said that he needed to get his daughter but it's ok. I quickly intercepted and said, "It's alright pastor, we can meet with you later". But that didn't work and he said oh no, come on. So we all walked to his office and we sat in front of the two of them. And then pastor asked what was going on. I can't remember verbatim what my husband said but it was along the lines of, "my wife is expecting!". Pastor and First Lady both congratulated us and my husband quickly added, "but we are not telling anyone else yet".  So they agreed to not say anything and my husband said, "she's 4 weeks". And I corrected him (in hindsight I don't think I should have) and said, "actually I'm 5 weeks. Our first appointment is on Feb 1 and then we will get an ultrasound done and make sure baby is doing good". We also told them that we hadn't even told our parents yet.

Some how, I mentioned to First Lady that I didn't want to work after the baby was born. And she added that if you can do that, it will be so fulfilling and it's a wonderful thing. And pastor hurried and added but the two of you need to discuss it because finances are the number one reason for break-ups. He was totally right by adding that in it. So hubby and I've been talking about that a lot lately. I've wanted to be a stay-at-home mom to my children since before I can remember. Not indefinitely, but ideally until they start Preschool. At that age, they can tell mommy and daddy if someone hurt them whereas if they are small, they cannot voice it. And I want nothing more than to be able to protect my children. 

So anyway, this subject has definitely been up for quite a lot of discussion. We both have valid reasons and I pray that the Lord will lead us in this decision.

Time spent...

So hubby and I decided about a week prior to Thanksgiving that we wanted to have our own Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday. Similar to when we were dating. So we ordered our cajun fried turkey from Kroger and it came with pumpkin pie, dressing, broccoli and rice casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy and rolls. Christian made yams from scratch and I made the mac and cheese and potato salad (recipe from my mom-in-law), and I made a lemon cake (recipe from one of the mothers in our former church). We had a ton of food and it was all delicious! I told him I would love to make this a tradition, have our own intimate family dinner and then we meet with the extended family members on Thanksgiving.

Anniversary

Today was hubby and I's 3rd anniversary and it was so much fun. We are actually celebrating it over a course of two weekends. So today we had an appointment at Portraits Innovations at 9am to take anniversary/family/Christmas portraits.

Rewind: On Thursday I bought a black dress, red pumps, red lipstick, red nail polish and red earrings- hubby's favorite color. So Friday night, after church I stayed up to do my hair.

So I woke up at 8am and showered, and put my make-up on. I was kind of mad at myself that I didn't practice putting the red lipstick on the day before because I had no idea what I was doing (I don't wear make-up. But since I've been mistaken as 15 year-olds so much lately, I'm definitely wearing it in hopes that it makes me look much older).

*Side note* I walked into a clothing store the other day and the sales associate said to me, "Are you looking for your mom?" I laughed and said no, I'm 25 years old. 

Well hubby thought I looked very nice so I felt pretty good about myself. We were like 20 minutes late to our appointment but they were generous to squeeze us in.

New addition...

So every since Chris and I have been married, I've wanted a dog. I think it mainly had to do with the fact that I didn't grow up with a dog and I've always wanted my children to grow up with dogs (given that none of them will be allergic). Anyways, so only recently has Chris and I diligently researched the type of dog that we would be willing to adopt.We've both agreed that the dog needs to be small (since we live in an apartment), not a yapper, and something that isn't too active (the truth of the matter is that we are kind of lazy lol). So the dog must meet those 3 characteristics alone with being kid-friendly.

Are you ready?

Hubby: So are you ready for a baby?

Me: Yes!

Hubby: Well what does a baby become?

Me: A child.

Hubby: So you're ready for a child and not just a baby.

Me: Yes

Hubby: O.k. I wanted to make sure that you just didn't want the baby but you wanted the whole package.

Us...

So we don't have any children...and I'm not pregnant yet but one day if the Lord says the same, I will like to have 5-6 children. People think I'm insane when I tell them but I guess I'm a little old-fashioned in a kind of way. I'm pursuing my Masters in Elementary Education and last year around this time I knew for sure that I wanted to be a physician.