Faceless for a Year

My one and only new year's resolution is to quit facebook. I have discovered that I waste an enormous amount of time dilly-dallying around on FB and find it necessary to see if I can live without it. My friend Megan is the only one who knows the new password to my account. She holds the key to facebook and says she must be heavily bribed before she gives me my password.

The idea occurred to me when I saw that another friend of mine was signing off for the year. I thought I'd give it a shot and see if in fact I am more productive. We'll see how it goes and I'll def. update the blog as to how I am fairing without facebook.

Ta ta for now!

17 Weeks...

Still not much of a baby bump has filled up my clothes but nonetheless, Ryan and I are still preparing and having a good time before the little one gets here. Over Christmas break, my mom and dad (Gramms and Gramps) ordered the nursery furniture we liked for the baby's room and it made it here quickly. We thought, what the heck, might as well assemble it now! Here is what the green room looks like for now. We are hoping to add some beach-like touches to fit in with the overall ambience of our home and help little Jonah fit into our laid back life style. :)

Aside from baby talk, Ryan is desperate to try out his new kite board bindings I got him for Christmas. It seems the days he is on shift are the days the wind is good around here. The wind'o'meter is predicting strong winds this Saturday. I hope for his sake he can make it out!

Happy New Year to you all!

~Jona Lily~

Finally Thursday, December 23rd has made it here and we made it to our doctor appointment. As most of you know, little Jonah is a girl!! Here are a few snapshots of her during our gender determination sonogram.

This is the shot at the dr.'s office we got when the tech asked if we were ready to know! I was thinking, 'Are you kidding me?! Yes!!"

Here is a picture of her facing towards you with her arm next to her head.

This is the baby trying to sit on her head. She is already a comedian. Last sonogram she was sticking her tongue out at us the whole time and this sonogram she was performing acrobatics. The most interesting thing she did was a little somersault-like maneuver at the beginning of the sonogram. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do the 3D/4D sonogram later on but I'm thinking I'll want to see what this silly fetus is up to!

Next up, we have a anatomy sonogram scheduled for two weeks to make sure all her parts are the right size. As for this appointment, the doctor was very happy with her heart beat! That's the latest and greatest for now. Love to you all!

Missy, Ryan and baby :)

Happy Holidays Everyone!

This past Friday night Ryan and I hosted an ugly sweater party at our house to celebrate the holidays with friends. It was also the last day of school for winter break, so you know I was ready to party! Our house is getting pulled together more and more and I'll post soon with all the projects we do over the break. I love having our friends over and hearing their reactions when they come over at how different our house looks! Here a few snapshots from the night...

Preggo ladies! A week apart!

My best friends Megan and Vicki!

Well, hope you all are having a good time over your holiday breaks... lots of love to you all!

Missy and Ryan :)

The Smith Family Explosion

As most of you know, Ryan and I are expecting our first little one this June! Not only are we exciting for our little baby to get here but we are also that our little one will have so many cousins. Taylor will be here very soon and will be 6 months older than our nugget. Dave and Dani's baby will be here just a few short weeks after our due date! I'm so happy that our kids will have the opportunity to grow up with lots of cousins and family around. I was not fortunate enough to have all our family around when I was growing up and I'm so happy our kids will have the chance to grow up with their big, crazy family around.

Here is our latest picture of the baby. This was at 11weeks, 5 days. If you look really closely, you can see the little booger sticking out its tongue!

So, today I am 14 weeks along. On December 23rd, we have our gender determination sonogram!!! This has been the topic of conversation between the two of us for quite some time. So as most of you know, our sonogram technician believes from our sonogram at 11 weeks that this baby is a girl. Now, after talking with medically seasoned family members, this seems a little early to make such a declaration. So, we hope to finalize this crazy ladies and her determination in two weeks. Ryan and I also have a bet about the babies gender and if this woman is right I am on baby duty the first month while my husband sleeps. ( I don't think this is gonna hold up when the baby gets here, but we will see!) Also, although I am 14 weeks along I literally have no baby bump! Ryan and I are visiting Dave and Dani this weekend and it's funny to compare our bellies because Dani has one!! But I guess mine will be here soon enough :)

Take care everyone and love you all!

PS..

Miss you mom and dad!!! Love you :)