So, now that there will soon be a third member of our family, I decided it would be a good time to start a family blog so that anyone out there who is interested in our life out here in Seattle, has a place to get all that information. I'm not sure how often I will get on here to post, but I'll try to do so as often as I can.
Life for Danny and I right now is going quite well. He was recently promoted at work to the production manager over all of Pyramide's productions, rather than the producer over just the studio. While he knows this is a good position that will allow him to gain good experience for later, it's also a lot of added work and pressure, so he's still adjusting to it.
I am still nannying for Isobel and Rudie. Isobel just turned 4 and Rudie is 1. I still really enjoy working with them and still love working with their parents, Cindy and Stephen. I've mentioned working for them after we have a baby, but I don't know if that is what will happen or not. We will see at a later time I guess.
As for us together, we have really been enjoying our lives in Seattle. We are involved in a church we LOVE, a community group that provides a great support system for us, and spend a lot of time out and together doing the things we love (going to lots of movies, happy hours with friends, etc). We are especially excited about the arrival of fall! If you follow our facebook posts, you may have heard us talk about "Brown's House of Horror." Each October, we are starting a tradition of showing scary movies every Friday night leading up to Halloween. We pack our living room, drink beer, eat lots of Halloween candy, and enjoy some of the best (and worst) scary movies out there. It's always a really good time! We feel that our time in Seattle has really strengthened our marriage, and we're both in a very good place right now.
We will be honest in saying that we were not planning on getting pregnant when we did. If anything we were still on a 2-5 year plan, but apparently God had other plans for us. :-) Still, we are both super excited about this baby and the joy and challenge of becoming parents! We are currently looking into the cost of buying a house, with Danny's hope of a nice big basement to allow for a theater room! :-) We've found some we really like and will hopefully start the process before the end of the year, though we have our apartment until March, so we don't want to move too quickly. As for Baby Brown, we will be finding out if we are having a boy or girl, and currently we both would really like a boy. Obviously we will be happy either way, but Danny is much more scared to have a girl than a boy. Hopefully in about 8 weeks or so we will know one way or the other. Here on out, until we do know for sure, you will hear me refer to the baby as he, simply because Danny hates for me to say "it" and I don't want to be forced to type he/she every single time.
Pregnancy for me so far hasn't been as bad as it could have been. I have had some weeks where I've been very sick all week, while other weeks I feel great almost the entire time. I've found some small things that work such as eating food every time I wake up in the middle of the night, and sitting down to eat crackers before I do anything else in the morning. I have felt more tired than usual, falling asleep many nights on the couch much earlier than I usually would go to sleep. I feel like both my exhaustion and nausea haven't been as bad as they could have been, so I praise God for that! As for moodiness, I haven't been overly grumpy at all (even Danny agrees with this) but I have been WAY more emotional. I didn't even make it 20 minutes into The Blind Side last night, before I was sobbing (not shedding a few tears but out right sobbing)!
I am officially 11 weeks pregnant today! We found out August 25th that we were expecting, and while I was the one to freak out, Danny was the one who was more excited and happy at the beginning. That is not how I would have expected it to go. Last Friday we got to see Baby Brown for the first time, which was a more moving and joyful experience than I can really explain. I have been so worried this entire pregnancy that something was going to go wrong, so just being able to see and hear a heart beat, and see the tiny baby growing in me helped relieve many of my fears and anxiety. I'm really trying to hand it all over to God right now, knowing that at this point there isn't much I can do to control how this pregnancy goes. In preparation for raising this baby, Danny and I are currently trying to get our lives more focused on God, living with a love for the Gospel ourselves so that our child will see that in us, and hopefully desire to have that as well! We are lucky to be surrounded by some amazing and Godly parents as well as excellent teaching and support for anyone who is raising a family in this church!
I think that should get everyone updated on what's happening with us right now. I will try my best to keep this updated as often as possible so that you can follow us through this journey! I've never done a blog through this sight (well, really at all), so I don't know if you can leave responses/questions. If so, feel free to do so. Otherwise, you can always email me. Okay, I'll post Baby Brown's first pictures and try to get the first few bump shot pictures we've taken up here. We take one ever week to see the progression, so after this time, you should get to see them every weekend.
The first one is where they measured him. He's 3 1/2 centimeters long!
You can see his hand up near the face on this one.
Here you can see his little feet up in the air! So cute!! :-)
