Bird is 26

Ryan turned 26 last week. It was a fun weekend. Friday night we went to dinner with friends and fam in Salt Lake at an authentic pizza place that Ryan loves. Then we had a delicious strawberry cake that I prepared. I was so excited to make it all week, I bought all the stuff like 2 days ahead, and searched EVERYWHERE for the perfect pans that my mom uses. The pans were no where to be found (not Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Wal-mart, Macy's and not even Williams and Sonoma), so it ended up being in a regular old 13 x 9. But I took my sweet time on friday, enjoying every minute of making the cake.

Sat we spent the night up at his parents house, went to church with the rents, and ate a delicious steak dinner which Pam prepared. My doctor told me that being pregnant I was going to crave light foods and lots of chicken. He was wrong. All I want, all the time, is red meat. I think Ryan is enjoying my desires for red meat every day even more than I am.

Anyway, here's a blog to say that I'm grateful that my dear husband was born. I love being married to him.

The Rumors are True

We are having a baby in June, and its a boy! Some members of Ryan's family discovered the surprise earlier, but the official announcement to my family (none of whom had any idea) was christmas day. I tried posting the video we took catching everyone's reaction, but couldn't get it to work. We made the announcement on the Vellinga side when we came back from Seattle.

My brother's girlfriend's mom is an ultrasound tech, so we went in after hours and found out that it was a boy at only 15 weeks. Lucky, I know. I was convinced it was a girl from day one, but Ryan had 3 dreams that it was a boy. He would always say, "Well, this will determine who receives revelation for our family."

We are very excited. Going on 17 weeks come monday, and feeling much better in general.