Christmas 2015

Our Christmas 1,000 miles from home. It was a white Christmas, with about 6" of snow. But it was sunny and warm.

We woke up early to watch my younger siblings unwrap presents over Skype. Little Dylan saying afterwards "Sorry we woke you up early. We were just excited." 

Afterwards we got up and made breakfast, and then went shooting at the range.

I made dinner (first meal I've home cooked in months) 

This would have been a chicken twin! Too bad we ate him... Them. Lol

Then we enjoyed the last day to wear our Santa hats and watched Netflix all evening.

It was a lovely 2nd Christmas together. And we can't wait to go home and visit our family's we missed very much this Holliday season.

Our First Anniversary

Today marks 365 days of marital bliss. 

Our first year together was full of amazing moments and perfect days. There were some really hard struggles and decisions as well. But it all brought us closer together and made us stronger together.

When you find the other half that makes you whole your whole life makes sense. It has a new and better purpose. I can't imagine what my life would be like without my sweet husband. He brings me up, makes me a better person, and puts a smile on my face every single day. I cannot thank God enough for him. And I hope our future is as bright and beautiful as our life right now.

Amber's 21st Birthday

For my 21st birthday Michael bought me this beautiful necklace. The blue topaz are my birth stone.

He also got me new charms for my charm bracelet. The blue one is also my birth stone. The snowflake is because Winter is my favorite season. And the paw print is because he also got me something else for my birthday/Christmas...

 We got a puppy! He was born last week! We wont be able to bring him home until January though. He is a pure schnauzer, salt a pepper. I am SO excited to get him!!!

It has been a wonderful birthday. Its my "Fun" year, and I cant wait to see what it brings.

Our puppy was born

Our puppy was born November 20th 2015.
There was only 1 boy and 1 female in the liter. If both had been girls we wouldn't have gotten a puppy.
Thankfully we got lucky and he was born.
We get to bring him home January 15th 2016. And we are incredibly excited!

Thanksgiving 2015

This was our first Thanksgiving together as a married couple.
It was odd to not be surrounded by family on the Holliday that is ment for gathering and spending time with the people you love.
We still had a good day though.
We had some friends over for dinner, and then played board games for awhile.
And we took some cute pictures while we were all dressed up and matching.
It was a good day, but we can't wait to go home and see our family soon. Wesley even got dressed up in his bow tie for dinner. His friend Jarvis came over for dinner as well and they played the entire time we had dinner.

The Secret is Out

Some exciting news...

It's about time we announce our big secret.

Today marks 10 weeks 6 days

Ignore the negative test, it was dumb. We are due June 3rd 2016

I started to wonder if something was off when I wanted fast food Cheese Burgers, like ALL the time. I rarely eat fast food, and I NEVER eat meat from a fast food restaurant, so this was very odd. Assuming I was late because of the stress of the move, I didn't worry about taking a test until over a week. I took one (the left one) and it was faint, so I took another the next morning and it said negative. I decided to go with that answer and not worry about it.

A few days later I started to worry so we got some more tests, I took one, and then made Michael go in and check it. After a minute he calls from the bathroom "what does 2 lines mean?" And I said "your just giving me crap" so I went in and sure enough 2. So then I took 2 more tests, and all 3 said positive. Determined they were defective, I insisted that Michael take one. He is not pregnant. Lol

We will get to know the gender in January. And our estimated due date is June 3rd.

UPDATE: November 17th 2015

There is no gentle way to break the news- but we are going through a miscarriage.

It is never a good idea to share your pregnancy before the first trimester is over as 1 in 4 pregnancies fail. I am posting an update rather than removing this post because it was something exciting that we don't want to forget.

We're getting a new Baby!!

We are excited to bring home a new puppy in the next few weeks!

We have put a deposit down on a new puppy. He will be born around Thanksgiving. And will get to come home with us in January! 

The mom is a silver miniature schnauzer, and the dad is platinum. So fingers crossed we get a white one! So excited for Smith Schnauzer #2. We love this breed! 😄