~ The Healds ~

Thursday, November 27, 2008

It's a Girl!!!

Josh and I found out Wednesday that we're having a baby girl. :) The ultrasound showed that she is developing perfectly and everything looks great. She weighs approx. 10 ounces and is very active. :) I am five months along now and feeling great. The 2nd trimester is sooooo much better than the 1st! Now that we know what we're having we get to begin shopping for bedding and all the fun things for her room. She's already been spoiled with gifts from family and friends. We are so excited to meet her. April 24th is going to be here before we know it!

The shot that proved we're having a girl

Side profile

She's looking at the camera (we call this the alien shot) :)

Excited mom and dad holding up one of her 1st outfits that we picked out for her

after finding out we were having a girl

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Our book club is addicted!

Last spring a group of my girl friends and I decided to form a book club. We all love to read and thought it would be fun to all read the same book and discuss it with each other. (Plus it gave us an excuse to get together, drink wine and chat!) We decided to take turns picking the book and hosting the meeting. We typically only discuss the book for 15 minutes and then proceed to eat lots of tasty food and chat. Over the past 8 months we read many books including 3 Cups of Tea, Eat Pray Love, The Innocent Man and Are You There Vodka It's Me Chelsea. Recently we were all completely drawn into Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. I'll have to admit that back in Aug. when Tracy first chose Twilight as our next book I was not very excited. A young adult vampire/romance novel is typically not my cup of tea. :) However once I got started I couldn't stop! Twilight is unique in a way that I did not expect. I recently heard Twilight described as a "vampire book for people who don't like vampires"....so true. It's an easy read, filled with romance and suspense. The book is over 500 pages, yet many of us read it in less than a week. Last week there was an article on Twilight that took up the entire 2nd page of the Press Democrat! Teen girls everywhere have fallen in love with Edward, it's a craze that's swept the nation. After our last book club meeting we decided to go ahead and read books 2, 3 and 4 for the next meeting because we were all so anxious to finish the series. This weekend we are going to see the premiere of Twilight the movie (we even pre-bought our tickets). :) I'm currently on book 3, Eclipse and can't read it fast enough!

Monday, November 3, 2008

October Happenings

Well, October has flown by so incredibly fast!!! I can't believe November is already here. Things are going well as we are slowly getting things ready for baby. Right now we're in the process of combining the guest room and computer room, a not so simple project! I'm trying to be good about letting go of things, knowing that we will be gaining so many baby items. I have been feeling so much better! Nausea has gone away and my energy level is increasing. (thank goodness!!) Below are pics ranging from Josh's birthday to Halloween last weekend.

Happy Birthday Josh! Enjoying a beautiful Saturday evening on our deck with friends and family.

Dustin and our beautiful niece Mazzy

Enjoying some sparkling apple cider with my old roomie Lindsey :)

Good friends Scott and Josh

All bundled up and ready to hit the corn maze at night!!! If you thought it was hard during the day, try going at night!

Weekend visit from Amy and Jared

Amy and I were ready to escape out the side

Halloween 2008

~Greek God and Goddess~

Josh painting a "happy tree" on Bob Ross :)

With some of the girls (Mandy, Michelle and Lindsay)

Jenn and me

Tuck all ready for Halloween :) (he was so good about his costume!)

Probably the only year Josh will agree to do it

Monday, October 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Dad!

This year my mom, sis and I planned a suprise party to celebrate my dad's 75th birthday. My dad is not an easy person to keep a secret from, however we managed to take him completely by suprise. :) We celebrated at Curleys with some of my dad's closest family & friends and had a great time!

The look of suprise as he entered

Opening presents

One of his best buddies Craig

Faith, Nicole, Sarah and Jenny (dad has known them since they were little girls)

Cake time!

We love you dad!!!

My two favorite men :)

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Exciting News!!!

Josh and I are excited to announce that we're expecting a new addition to our family! No not another puppy :)...a baby this time. Seems like life has been moving at a fast pace over the past 6 months.... first house, then puppy, now baby. I'm exactly 3 months tomorrow and am due April 24th. We didn't expect this to happen so quickly and are very happy. Below are the first pics of baby Heald. He/She was moving around so much it was hard to get a still shot! The ultrasound was pretty amazing. The pictures below don't do it justice. At one point we could see it pulling on it's own ear. :) We could also see it wiggling it's fingers and it's tiny heart beating.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Afternoon at the Beach

Last weekend we took Tuck on his first trip to the ocean. We were so excited to see how he'd react to the sand and ocean. He absolutely loved running around in the sand. He did really well being off his leash and following along beside us as we walked along the water's edge. He ran up to every person that walked by us, licking them uncontrollably. He wasn't quite sure what to think of the ocean. He'd run up to Josh when the water was out, but as soon as the waves came rolling back in he'd high tail it back to me. It was pretty funny!