anni+georgetown

Here are some recent pics that I needed to get blogged away. some are from our anniversary..we went to ruths chris at 10:00pm, and that was about it:)What are you suppose to do with a job like this. haha! the other pics are from a girls day out in georgetown in DC. Gosh that place in awesome. We had such a good time eating and shopping. Cant wait to go back...especially to do a photoshoot of ivy. So many cool buildings and textures!

last month...

we took a little trip. We went to az for miss kippy's shower, stopped off in cali to see johnny's fam, and finally made our way back to baltimore. We had such a fun time in both places. We had kippy's shower at my mom's and it was the cutest shower of 2009, we are so glad that we didn't have to miss out on this event!We did have a little bump in the road while we were there though. Ivy had a cough for 6 weeks, and the doc in balt told me it was bronchitis and put her on antibiotics. It did absolutely nothing for her, so I decided to take her to our pediatrician in az. When we met with him he decided that it would be best for her to go get chest xrays as well as blood tests, to see what the deal was. After a whole day of appointments, the doctor called me with the results. He said that she had a really bad case of pneumonia, and that we needed to take her to the pulminary specialist right away. We then met with the specialist and he said that she would need surgery. So, next day she went in, they put her out and went down with a camera to see if they could find any sort of object that was blocking her airway. It was so hard to see them take her away:( They werent able to find anything but they were able to suck out a ton of junk that was obstructing her ability to breathe normally. After the sugery, and being put on a heavier antibiotic, she made a quick recovery. In cali we did alot of playing. Jamie and Ivy are bff's and I cannot even imagine what it would be like if ivy didn't have her. It is SO nice that johnny has a little sis close to ivy since she doesn't have any other cousins on his side. We had a great time at disneyland...we had to go one more time before ivy turns 3 next month and we have to pay for her. such a bummer! Maybe its time for us to get season passes, or maybe just move there. That sounds nice:)

and the results are in!

we are having a....



















BOY! just as we thought :)

Tomorrow...

We find out what we are having!! I cannot wait. Today I am having major boy vibes. I then asked ivy what she thinks (bc she would be the person to ask) and she told me a boy 3 separate times, and when I asked her the last time she said "mom, the baby is a boy and don't ask me again!" haha she kills me! So what do YOU think!?

my newest most cutest niece EVER!!!

Look who's here!!!! Is she the cutest thing you have EVER seen! Who knew she would come out with all of that hair! I love her already and I cannot wait to meet her in person!!!

good fortunes

So this week has been very good:)

1. As I went to pack up my little black box full of my life, I decided to try it one last time before I spent a but load in trying to recover my pics. I plug it in and MIRACLE! It works. Happy Day. And holy cow I had a lot more pics on there than I had thought. In fact most of my photo shoots of YOU and your family were on there. FEW!! I promise it will never happen again. I have learned my lesson.

2. Johnny and I have been married for 4 years now:) I can honestly say that it keeps getting better and better. I am so grateful to be married to him. The only thing that is missing is my pretty little wedding band that I lost 3 weeks ago. I am so sad. I loved my ring so much. If you happen to see this little beauty in a pawn shop or antique shop in az, please do let me know. I am pretty sure it was stolen:(

3. LITTLE MISS KIPPY IS IN LABOR!!!!! The plane tickets are booked, and we will be on our way to see her and the little babe in 1 week. I don't think that it could come any sooner. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

ya RIGHT!!!!!

I wish you were reading the happy fun post I am suppose to be publishing right now, but instead you will get something different. As Ivy is taking her daily nap, I am trying to enjoy a little alone time and decide to organize and add the pics on my external hd, I go and plug it in and CLICK CLICK!!! It is not booting correctly and is my computer is not recognizing. Seriously I am letting my frustrations out on my computer so that I don't commit suicide. Okay I really shouldn't talk like that, but this is the 2nd time this has happened in 6 months! I want to curl up in a ball and KICK!!!!!! HARD!!! What is the deal with these things! I feel like I cannot trust anything anymore. To make the matter worse, johnny got me a new comp and I haven't gotten around to backing my lovely pictures up in another place besides my little faulty ex hard rive!! Kill me now. What to do? I feel like my life is trapped up in this little black box. Someone help! I really do not want to pay a couple grand to get my files recovered, I just want things to work the way they should. I have guarded this thing with my freaking life. Nothing has happened to it at. all. If anyone has any advice on what to do or things to try I would love it. Here is my face right now: my "ammon face" (as johhny would call it) Apparently we look like twinners when I make this face. pretty cute eh? And my " I am going to kill someone" face:)

And here is an attempt at making myself happy again. oh photo booth how I love you:)

our little baby...

is not so little anymore:( Recently she has hit some major monuments.

1. Fully Potty trained. well except for at night..how do you do that anyway!??
2. Sleeping in her own bed at night. I will blame this one on her daddy who couldn't bare not to be cuddling with her all night.
3. Has finally gained weight!!! She weighs 35lbs and is finally eating like a human rather than a bird!
4. She can count to 19:) and can count to 5 in spanish--thanks dora!

She is talking up a storm, in fact she hardly stops talking. She asks a million questions and has to know answers to everything in FULL detail.

We got these fam pics taken a couple months by jill thomas. I am so happy with them, but we will already need an update come november. Yup. after my crazy episode in march and after all of tests, one test came back conclusive: we've got a baby on the way! Yes, some of you already heard as it wasn't very easy to keep it under wraps! I had half of my concerned family in the er with me who heard the news before I did. Ashley had already called johnny, and andrew had already called my mom to let them know of the news. It was pretty weird to have all of that happen, and at the same time finding out that I was pregnant. I had taken a test the night before,and it was negetivo!It may seem like a long pregnancy considering everyone found out when I was 3 weeks along, but nonetheless we are sooooo excited!!

Ivy and the babe will be a little over 3 years apart. I am thinkin that the age gap will perfect for us. Ivy will be the perfect little helper, at least that is what she is training for in boot camp this summer.

We got our first ultra-sound last week, and thankfully, everything looked great! In 4 weeks we will find out what we are having... we cannot wait!

and here we go again...

Well... we are here and finally settled in. Ivy and I had a blast with our family and friends in az...but what's new.I also got to celebrate my birthday with my family, which I haven't been able to do for a while! We were sad to leave az but we really love it out here, it is GORGEOUS! I remember it being pretty but I must have forgotten how pretty. It feels like we live in a jungle..the trees are ginormous. The weather here has been pretty good so far except for it has rained for the past 4 days straight. No wonder it so green here! We haven't really gotten out too much bc I have had to help out in the office, but the oa just got here so we are ready to venture out! Last weekend went and walked around DC.. it has been a while since we have both been there, so it was really fun to see it again. Ivy has already made new best friends here, she is having a ball! Our apartments are really nice, but we are having major problems with fire alarms...again. Worst thing ever... Our 2nd day here the fire alarm (which is by far the loudest most piercing alarm you have EVER heard) went off at 5am! No joke. It was the rudest awakening I have ever had...and poor ivy was freaking out! When it went off johnny was like "oh aim they are just doing a drill"... uh huh, right running a drill at 5am, I don't think so! I told him he had better get dressed quick bc we are going outside! Ever since our little fire in milwaukee, I don't mess around with fire alarms. So we go out our door, and one by one all of the boys poke their heads out of the door to see if anyone else was going outside. So there we all were standing outside in our pj's at 5am. We waited for 30 min while the fireman went through all of the buildings, and of course it is a false alarm. So we go back in and finally got back to sleep and at 7:30 am it goes off again. I was livid! Oh and dont worry it went off at midnight 3 nights ago and then went off 18 times a couple mornings ago. I cannot tell you how much I HATE fire alarms.. well I shouldn't hate them bc they might save our life one day, but fr reals! Bad thing is, if there happens to be a real fire here, we are all going to burn bc we now ignore them. Then, yesterday we woke up to water pouring out of our bathroom ceiling! Not just water,soapy water. We were getting the shower water of the apt above us. Good thing my cousin lives above us.. i would have been so grossed out. Anyway, we finally got that problem under control. I really do love where we live but I am thinkin they just moved us in a little too early bc they definitely don't have their shiz together:) But you know what, I dont have mine completely together either. I do really stupid things...like everyday. Like today for example, I went to target and was walking up the stairs ( bc the elevator is broken:) and I was trying to carry a million groceries as well as help ivy up the stairs, and I dropped one of my bags, so I go down to pick it up and forgot about my icee that I had placed upright in my purse bc I didnt have a hand to hold it. When I bent down, it definitely fell out of my purse and landed on my head and went down my shirt. awesome. I never laughed so hard at myself. seriously it was hilarious. An pile of icee on my head, just picture it.

here are some pics from az and here!

these two cannot get enough of eachother!
My b-day!
I wasnt feeling like cake so me mama made ma a fruit pizza!
johnny stuffin his face at the greatest place EVER
Potbelly's!!! Oh how we have missed you! I cannot tell you how in love I am with this joint. When we went there I got a sandwhich, 2 giant pickes, their oatmeal cookie, and a strawberry shake!! Sure made up for lost time quick:) I am so in love with you potbelly's!!!!