So Close......

39 Weeks

Almost there....

37 1/2 Weeks

Too Much

I don't think we were the only ones that ate too much turkey this year....

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was as great as ours!!

Update

So a lot has happened since my last post. What a crazy month we have had! Adam and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary, my birthday, halloween and moved into our new house all within 1 week. I thought there could be a slight chance that week would send me into labor! But no worries-baby is still cookin and kickin!! We don't have the internet set up yet so here I sit on my lunch break on my work computer with the no way to post any pictures-sorry about that! I will post pictures of our new house as soon as I am able to. We brought our sweet little puppy, Sophie, home and we absolutely love her! She is already potty trained (except for the few minor mishaps when she has gotten REALLY excited and has lost control of her insides) and Adam already has her trained on how to sit and lay down. I can't believe how smart she is for still being so little. We can both already tell what a great family dog she is going to be. My pregnancy is going great-33 weeks and only 7 more to go! I've definitely hit the "uncomfortable" stage and I think my body is just about ready to be done! I can't believe that in 1 1/2 months we will have our sweet litle boy here-finally! I envy the women who say that their pregnancies go by fast cause I don't feel that way at all! I feel like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!! I'm just happy that I'm nearing the end. Again, sorry I have no pictures so to show but I'll get them posted as soon as I can. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Introducing....

The newest member to the Wall Family! We're still debating on a name for this sweet little girl but we'll have one for her by the time she's ready to come home with us. She's absolutely adorable and already LOVES her new daddy! Everyone thinks I'm completely out of my mind for having a puppy right at the same time as having a new born baby but come on people-how can you resist this innocent little face?! And I can't even explain how much I have missed having a dog around. She's the sweetest thing ever and we can't wait to take her home soon!

If anyone is interested in any of these puppies, let me know! We've got 9 of them to spare!!!

Happy Birthday To You!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my FAVORITE (and only) nephew and sister!!! Max turned 3 today and Morgan will be 25 tomorrow. I love you guys!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Max was really busy stuffing his mouth with birthday cake-he didn't have time for pictures.

Baby Shower!!

This weekend my sister and my mom threw me the most ADORABLE shower I've ever seen!! It was the cutest carnival shower with darling decorations, great food, more sugar than a candy store, and amazing guests! Thanks so much to everyone that came to support me and Adam and our little Baby Kingston and especially to my sweet mom and sister for all their hard work. I love you guys!! Thanks for an unforgettable shower!!!!
Warning: Picture Overload! I had to take pictures of EVERYTHING because it was sooooo stinkin cute!!!

Baby's first book! Thanks grandma Julie!!!

Michelle is so creative and an incredible sewer! Thanks for EVERYTHING!!!

My hand-crocheted burp cloth and blanket-Thanks Haylee!!!

Kingstons personalized robe-Thanks cousin Max!!!

The 3 pregnant cousins: Shelby, 35 Weeks Me, 27 Weeks Haylee, 11 weeks

The amazing Hosts: Thanks again Mom and Morgan!!!

Lucky Girl

I know that most people hate the mushy-gushy blog posts so I'll try my best not to make anyone sick. I just want to let everyone know how much I love my husband and how incredible he is to me. He is such a hard worker and puts in so many long hours at his job. I know how much he absolutely hates school (hey who doesn't?) and I'm so proud of him for taking classes regardless. I've been home sick this week and the poor guy, I woke him up at the crack of dawn before I left for work the other morning and asked him for a priesthood blessing. Without grunting of groaning he rolled right out of bed and gave me an amazing blessing. He then went and worked a full 10 hour day, stopped at the store on his way home to get me juice and peaches (pregnancy craving) came home, fixed me dinner and took care of me all night long. Not one complaint came out of his mouth. I can't even imagine how tired and worn out he must have been but it just goes to show what a selfless person I married. I'm so grateful for his determination, his hard work and most of all the worthy priesthood holder that he is. I already know what an amazing husband he is to me and I can't wait to see what in incredible dad he is going to be to out little Kingston. I love you hunny!!! Thanks for all you do for me and our family!!!

21 Weeks

Lookin beat and tired at 10:00 at night. Sorry-its not glamour shot people.

It's a........

BOY!!!!!

For those of you who haven't already heard, Adam and I found out last week that we are expecting a baby boy and we couldn't be more excited for baby Kingston! (Or "Baby Chicken" as Jake likes to call him) Between little Max and baby Grayson, he'll have plenty of boy cousins to play around with. We've been so blessed by this pregnancy and we can't wait for the next 20 weeks until he gets here!

17 Weeks

Like Mom or Like Dad?

So Adam and I went to the Dr last Tuesday to find out what we are having and needless to say, our little bundle of joy decided that it wanted to make us wait it out one more month. It would not, and I mean NOT roll over and when it finally did, it had it's knees locked completely together. Thanks a lot baby! As we were driving home, Adam and I were trying to figure out if the baby was being stubborn like me, or was being a big tease like it's dad and got a good laugh at giving us a hard time? One way or the other, I think we're in trouble! Stay posted till next month!!

Wake Up San Francisco!

(Yes, I know that you all remember that famous show) This weekend Adam and I had the chance to go to San Francisco for his mission president's homecoming. He actually lives in Oakland but we stayed in San Fransisco with Adam's cousin and her husband so we were lucky enough to see both sides of the bay area. Saturday we toured around the city and the highlight of my tour was going to the Full House house!! It looks a little different (no red door) and it's so much smaller than what they make it look like on TV!! We walked around Pier 39 and of course we had to make a stop at Ghiradelli's Chocolate. We then went to dinner at President and Sister Gingery's house where I was finally able to meet them. It was so much fun being able to meet other missionaries that Adam served with. I honestly felt like I was at EFY the whole weekend. The spirit was so strong being around all the missionaries and my testimony of missionary work is stronger than it has ever been. I wish every weekend could be like that! The rest of the weekend was filled with lots of crazy mission stories (you can only imagine the things that go on in Jamaica), never-ending fun activities, homecomings, firesides, and lots and lots of food. The only thing missing was sleep. Needless to say, I slept like a rock last night. Thanks Kristen and Aaron for letting us stay with you and being such wonderful hosts! We miss you already!!

The Full House house

My little belly is starting to pop out

Oakland Temple

View of Oakland City

All the missionaries after the homecoming

President and Sister Gingery

Mmmmmm.....

What's the first thing you think of when you think of San Francisco?

Full House and trolleys!!

Baby's First Pictures

Sorry I am sooooo late posting but here is our first official ultrasound picture!! If you look closely at the top picture, you can see a little foot print and little tiny toes. It's kind of hard to see in the second picture, but the baby has it's arm sitting on top of it's stomach with it's little hand in a fist. I think our Dr. got a really good facial profile. I don't like to brag but I think our baby is pretty stinkin cute already! I'm now 13 weeks and heading into my second trimester. Hopefully these next few months brings less nausea and less trips to the bathroom! We have our next Dr's appt on July 14th and we'll found out for sure what we're having then. We'll let ya'll know as soon as we find out!

May Madness

Where do I begin?! This last month has been completely chaotic around the Wall house. I know these pictures seem really random so I'll give the shortened version on what we've been up to lately. First, Adam and I decided we could use a weekend of fun in the sun so we packed up and drove down to good old St. George. It was so nice to spend time with just the two of us. Adam has been really busy the past couple of months working long hours while they have been getting the store up and running. I honestly felt like I lost my husband there for a while but it's all been worth the sacrifice. I didn't take hardly any pictures cause really all we did down there was lay out at the pool. We took our temple clothes with the intention of doing a session while we were down there. We were unloading the car when we got to our hotel and Adam realized he forgot to pack his church shoes. Oops!! We didn't really think it would be appropriate to trot into the temple with his flip flops so instead we just walked around the temple grounds and took the only pictures of the weekend.
We also celebrated me moms birthday on May 21st. I can honestly say this (and yes, I'm totally bragging) I think that I have the BEST mom in the world. She's the most amazing woman I've ever known. She's beautiful inside and out and if any of you know my mom, you know why it's not hard completely adoring her. Love you Mom!! You're the BEST!!!
This past weekend was total madness. Saturday morning Rachael, Nicole and I had the chance to go to Emily's shower. I know you're probably wondering which one is the 6 month pregnant girl and she's the one in the purple dress sitting behind me. She's so tiny you wouldn't even look at her and think that she's having a baby in August. It was so much fun to see her again. Emily and her husband were the friends that took us down to Mexico last August when Adam proposed to me. I'm so glad they were there for it! We miss you Emily and Tanner!! Come back SOON!!!!
After the shower we packed up the boat and headed up to the lake for the rest of the afternoon. We took Adam's brothers and my cousin, Kyle, who left for the MTC today. It felt sooooo good to be back out on the lake again. I've missed the sunshine! I forgot how much I miss watching my husband wakeboard. I also forgot that being pregnant you're bound to get a little bit of motion sickness from the boat. Yuck!! Needless to say, I was done for by the time we got home. Sunday was my cousins farewell so you can imagine the family festivities that went on that day.
My family has started getting together once a week so that the men can get together and duke it out on the volleyball court. All of my girl cousins and aunts hang out while we watch our "tough" husbands. (Well, we like to let them think that, anyways) The random picture is of my 3 cousins, Shelby, Cortnie and Haylee while we were being the best cheerleaders EVER!!
I guess that "shortened" version wasn't as short as I thought it was going to be but hopefully now I'm mostly caught up. To update on the pregnancy: so far, so good. I've been feeling a little bit better, but I still have my moments during the day. Tonight I went to the grocery store and cooked dinner AND dessert for Adam for the first time in 3 WEEKS!!! I know most of you are probably rolling your eyes but I'm extremely excited that I felt good enough to get to the store, cook diner and clean it up afterwards. I have felt like kind of a bum lately when all I do is come home from work and pass out on the bed. Good thing my husband is patient with me! I'm more tired than anything but I would much rather be tired than dry heaving my guts out. We go back to the Dr. in a week and 1/2 so I'll update more after our visit and hopefully will have our first baby pictures to post.

Surprise Surprise!

So some you might have already heard but Adam and I are officially expecting the newest addition to our family on January 4th, 2010. That's right everyone, I'm pregnant!! (Not to mention a little sick, too) We couldn't be more excited and to top it all off, Adam's brother Spencer and his wife Jenny are pregnant, too. And get this, she's due January 1st!! Whoo Whoo twin babies in the Wall family! Our little baby is going to be so blessed with TWO amazing cousins, cousin Wall and cousin Max! Adam and I have both been blessed with such great cousins and thanks to our grandparents for keeping our families so close. Two of my cousins are also pregnant and both due this year so we're just keeping that Whiting family growin as fast as we can!! Growing up, I loved having sleepovers with my cousins and going on family vacations. I couldn't be more happy that our baby will be able to grow up with the closeness and love that cousins bring.

Adam and I had our first dr's appt today, and even though I'm only 7 weeks and our baby is only the size of a blueberry, they did a sonogram and we got to see little baby wall's tiny heart just beatin away. When we go back next month, it'll actually be looking more like a baby so I'll post more pictures when it doesn't look like such a little tadpole. I couldn't be more excited to be a mom, despite the constant nausea and lack of appetite. Everyone keeps telling me the worst is yet to come so I would highly appreciate everyones prayers!! I have always loved these Willow Trees and wanted to collect them so Adam bought me this one for my first "kind-of "Mothers Day. What a perfect one to start off my collection! Thanks babe!!! And thanks to our families who have been such a great strength and support to us. We Love You!!