April 18, 2010

OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY! 

Today is a special day. Grant and I have been officially married one year! I can't believe how fast time has flown by! I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful caring husband and always thinks of me and our relationship first. I thank God everyday for the love and opportunities that have presented themselves to us as individuals and as a couple. Thank you to our family that made our wonderful Boise weekend special, and our family and friends that made the travels to see us walk down the aisle together to make our commitment to each other in front of God. 

Here are some pictures from our wedding last year. 

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday! Also, today is Grant's Mom's birthday as well! Vicki, we wish you a very happy birthday... we miss you very much! 

Love,

Brooke

19 weeks

And here is my new belly picture! My clothes are now fitting tight and my pants need the Bella band! But, I just got a pair of True Religion maternity jeans! They're awesome! So cute and VERY comfortable!! Looks like this is just the beginning of  the growing belly... All I can say is that I'm always hungry and this baby is growing! :)

We got to see our baby on Tuesday... My test results came back negative and the anatomy scan looked great! Now... it's time for Jake Bowman Stone to grow.

We have our 20 week appointment on the 27th. I will update with more photos (if we have an ultrasound).

In other news... Our first anniversary as a married couple is this Sunday, April 18th! Can you believe it's already been a year? This time last year I was already in Boise, in full wedding mode. A full year later I couldn't be happier and we are expecting our first baby! God is good. And I'm thankful for His continued blessings. 

Here is an early anniversary present Grant bought be last weekend at A Pea in The Pod:

I will post pictures from our anniversary this weekend or next Monday!

Love,

Brooke

Registering for Jake.

I'm so confused and overwhelmed with trying to figure out where to register. I have narrowed down my decision to the following:

Babies R Us
Baby and Child: Restoration Hardware

What are your thoughts or must haves?

Might have found another baby nursery as well (click on to enlarge):

~Brooke~

18 weeks today.

YAY! I'm almost at the half way point in my pregnancy! Seems like time is going by a lot faster now. Today thebump.com said I'm the size of a sweet potato. I wasn't satisfied with that... So, I went searching. I came across this website: http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/... Very funny website designed for a man... clearly! It tells the fathers here that at 18 weeks the baby is the size of an electric razor!

or:

Too funny!

I'll post a belly picture later. I was asleep when Grant left this morning. :)

~ Brooke ~

I die...

I die (as Rachel Zoe would say).

I follow my friend Dawn's blog: http://spontaneousclapping.blogspot.com/ and she posted baby beanies from Esty. I've never looked at Etsy until recently. This is what I found...

Addicted. Must buy all 3!

Love,

Brooke

Easter in Boise, Idaho.

Grant, Marty, Ashley and I went to Idaho for Easter weekend this year. Dylan turned 7 on April 3rd, so we were all there for his birthday as well! About twelve 7 year olds came out for Dylan's birthday. We went to a place like Dave and Busters for children. My parents were very grateful for Grant and Marty to be there to run around with the kids. They played laser tag, water bumper cars, and TONS of arcade games! Dylan ended up with over 2,000 tickets for gifts because his older brother and brother in law got very into the games as well! ;) It was so nice to have my whole family together for the holiday. And what a wonderful holiday... Christ has risen! We are so fortunate for all that we have and our continued blessings. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

Here are some pictures from our holiday. Can you believe my camera died and I couldn't take pictures of the holiday set up? Or even a group picture? I totally forgot to bring my charger! Brookarazi failed on the pictures this weekend... I think they call this pregnancy memory? ;)

Love,

Brooke

Our baby boy name is….

I new before I even had kids that I wanted a little boy… I have had a name picked out since I was 6 years old. Not kidding!

The first time I watched Sixteen Candles I was 6 (I know… a little young… but none the less true). My Mom remembers me telling her that I wanted to Marry Jake Ryan. Since my Mom said I was a little young to get married, I told my Mom that I would name my son Jake. :) Now years later… I mean… years later… I still LOVE that name!

Grant knew if we had a boy that I wasn’t going to budge on this one. The good news is that Grant loves the name as well! I wanted the name to be very similar to his Daddy's so we kept Grant's middle name. Grant looks a lot like his Grandmother and Mother so we thought it was very appropriate to use there Maiden names.

Grant Bowman Stone and Brooke Ashley Stone will be the parents of:

Jake Bowman Stone

We are so very excited! I can’t wait to meet my little man…

Love,

Brooke