Its the Brinley's.. Daniel and I were married on January 30, 2009 and it was perfect! We welcomed Dakota into our lives in April and we have loved being parents every minute. Dakota is the best baby in the whole world and we are very lucky to have him in our lives. I love being a mom and every thing it has to bring, Daniel is a great dad and works very hard for our family. I am sure lucky!!! We love to travel and always are on the go. I love daniel and dakota more than anything in the world. They are my everything! We are so excited for what the future brings..

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Cravings!!

I don't know about you but sometimes I think that it is okay to give into your cravings!! I did just that and bought a bag of these.........














And oh man can I tell you that you can never have enough of these (Even though I don't like chocolate this is white chocolate which isn't really chocolate at least that is what I'm told) which is really bad since I did buy a whole bag of them. I try to limit myself but they are always there tempting me.. I even told myself that I can't buy another bag unless I'm willing to share ;) What about you what is your craving? Since I love these I found a great recipe to enjoy them a little longer. It is Candy Cane Blossoms shown below if these appeal to you, you can find the recipe herehttp://www.hersheys.com/celebrate/holidays/recipes/detail.asp?id=8362&t=recipe#

Try them out and enjoy!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

One last thing for the day. I finally went shopping last weekend after waiting for what seemed like forever and I came out with these! I just love them and I'm sure there will be more to come soon!
Daniel has always loved the little cowboy look and always said that he wanted overalls for his babies so when I saw these I just couldn't pass them up. You should have seen how excited he was when I showed him.. He loved them now all we are missing is the boots and cowboy hat. Which I'm sure we will have soon:)

This boy is going to be Daniels right hand man and I can't wait to see them together it will be perfect!







16 + weeks and counting

So I'm almost 17 weeks on Thursday which to me doesn't seem very far so I hope this goes faster at some point! We found out that we are having a boy and we are super excited for him to come! Our name of choice is Dakota "koda" for short. I'm not sure what I am supposed to feel, do, or think when it comes to being pregnant since I am new at this but I will say it is an experience! Here is what I have learned at 16 weeks maybe someone feels the same as me.

16 weeks and looking back:
1- If at first you don't succeed try try again!
2- When people talk about morning sickness it isn't just in the morning. I was fortunate enough that I didn't get to sick but when I did it wasn't in the morning it was around lunch time so I would wake up some mornings and think I was on top of the world then come to find out at lunch I was at the bottom.
3- There is nothing like a jamba juice to help you get through the tough days.
4- Deciding on how you are going to have labor is a love/hate reaction from those around you. I have chose to have my baby natural which leads to everyone telling me their horror stories which I'm not scared of I just want to hear the good stories as well. I have many classes lined up (which Daniel is excited to be my labor partner for them all haha...) and books to read so if anyone has good advise pertaining to this feel free to share!
5- Even if I wanted to eat for two sometimes when your sick your lucky to eat for one... I'm lucky to be over that point but sometimes it was so hard to keep an appetite at all. Luckily I have the greatest mom and husband if I came up with something I wanted to eat they would do what they could do to make it happen so I stayed healthy
6- I've never seen of so many prenatal vitamins in my life!!! How are you supposed to choose just one when you make them all look appealing in their package..
7- The moment you hear your babies heartbeat is one that you will never forget! I could have listened to it all day. I love ultrasounds I just wish I had one at my house so I could do it when I wanted and not when the doctor says.
8- Being pregnant is amazing I finally was able to feel my baby in the last week and every time I felt it at first I thought my phone was vibrating but every time I checked my phone there wasn't anything and then it happened again and I just smiled realizing that it was my little man twisting and turning inside my stomach :) What a cool feeling.
9- Gaining weight is finally okay!! Wahoo!! Its a girls best day to be told its okay to gain weight every time you go to the doctor. I can't wait to have a belly so I don't just feel pudgy.
10- Knowing that Daniel and I are going through this together and making our eternal family makes every bad day okay and makes this experience one we will never forget. We are so happy and can't wait until we meet our baby!!

Sorry if this is boring but I just wanted to keep everyone up to date and I though this would be a fun way. I will have pictures to follow and I hope to keep it up weekly! Have a great day:)