Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Pregnancy

































We found out we were expecting on January 15th and now pregnancy is nearing an end with only 18 days left before the official due date, September 26th. We found out we were having a boy in May and knew we would be having a little Carter after his daddy, Jared Carter. The middle name took time to decide on, but now he is officially Carter Andrew Childs! I have always liked the name Andrew and we both love that it is a biblical name.
I have had a very smooth pregnancy, with healthy checkups and NO nausea! What a blessing! This year has flown by and we still can't believe we are going to be bringing home a baby any day now. I am getting anxious and thinking he will arrive any minute and Jared thinks he will come on his due date. As the weeks have passed, we have just watched in amazement at the miracle growing in my belly. Jared loves to talk to him and Carter loves to hear his daddy's voice, he always starts kicking when Jared talks to him and he has his given him a few good kicks in the nose, it's so funny! Soon enough we will be letting everyone know Carter is on his way. We can't wait to meet him and for him to meet all of our wonderful family and friends!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Just the two of us!







It is still just the two of us, but not for long now! Jared and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary and after planning on having kids after about 2 years of marriage, here we are just now expecting our first. We have spent the past 5 years growing up together, settling into our careers and home, and traveling to some amazing places! The pictures above are a short recap of some of our favorite travels. In order, our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic, our 2 year anniversary in Playa del Carmen, watching the sunset in Florence, Italy, and our last big trip last summer to the island of Kauai. After all the waiting and saying "next year" or "let's go here first", we are finally ready to take on the challenge and huge life change of having a baby and we couldn't be more excited! We are blessed and thank God for all the love He has provided us.