Maternity Shots

A very sweet woman in my ward offered to take my maternity pictures.

So yesterday we went to Old Town Orange and snapped some photos.

I love how they turned out.

Here are a few of my favorites.

(I'll post more on facebook)

I'm 33 weeks, only 7 more to go!

Happy 4

Yesterday was our 4 year anniversary!

After we got off work we went to dinner at Lazy Dog Cafe.

(One of our favorites.)

It was simple.

It was sweet.

And it was our last anniversary with just the two of us.

For the last 4 years it's just been us.

We've traveled to many places.

Seen numerous movies.

Enjoyed quiet time alone in our home.

Did whatever we wanted when we wanted to.

That's about to all change.

And we can't wait.

It's hard to believe it's been 4 whole years.

It's gone by way too fast and we know when baby boy comes it's only going to go faster. 

I'm so lucky to have my best friend by my side.

I'm looking forward to making many more happy memories together as a family of three.

Nesting

In the middle of July Jono and I walked out of our apartment one day and saw this up above in the roof. We got very excited and every time we would go in and out of our apartment mama bird would fly away. We waited patiently as she finished making her nest and wondered how long it would be before she laid her eggs.

Building the nest

About a week ago while I was inside the apartment, I heard little chirps coming from outside. I got excited and ran to the window to look outside and sure enough, the little birds hatched and mama bird was busy feeding her little ones. I called Jono and told him the news and then I tried snapping a few pictures through the window. We counted 4 baby birds in the nest.

The white stripe is from our blinds.

I took these pictures today. You can see 3 of the 4 little fuzzy heads.

They're getting bigger!

I read that a couple weeks after the birds hatch they take flight and make their way into the world. So right now we are enjoying their chirps and presence outside our door.

I was hoping that while mama bird was nesting it would give me a little inspiration and motivation to do the same. Jono and I have started cleaning things and throwing things away to make room for baby boy and all his things, but we still have a long way to go. Hopefully that instinct will kick in soon cause baby will be here in 8 weeks!!