Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wow I cannot believe that 2009 is upon us already! Its amazing how quickly the year went by and how many wonderful blessings God showered upon our lives. A small recap for David and I this year: We bought a house, experienced our house being built, got a beautiful dog (Sadie),got pregnant!! (yay we are expecting in May!!), moved into our new house, David received a promotion at work and finished his class, I unfortunately moved to first grade (but I am surviving), and we found out we are having a boy which we are naming Matthew Gianni (which means God's gift, calm believer in God's grace.. which he truly is a gift from God to us!). So there it is a very small recap on the amazing things God has been up to in our lives.

This Christmas was wonderful.. our first Christmas in our house. David and I spent it here in warm sunny Florida. Its crazy when the day of Christmas we are wearing shorts, t-shirts and tanktops while the rest of our family spent it bundled up in the snow! We did have a good morning opening presents and eating our Christmas breakfast of biscuits and gravy (yum!). We cleaned our house (really a three day job we accomplished in a few hours) and got ready for my mom and brother to spend the day with us. It was wonderful we ate lunch which mom and I cooked. She brought the sides and I actually baked a ham... yes my first ham ever and I must say it turned out pretty good! We opened presents from mom. Yes she is very excited about being a grandma because Christmas was all about Matthew. David and I got some stuff but the majority was for the baby.

Our New Year's was pretty quiet, we stayed home. David had to work so that was stinky. By the time he came home I was already in my PJ's. After a delicious pizza dinner, he played some of his new Playstation games and then fell asleep. Yes my hubby who loves to stay up late actually fell asleep before the New Year came. At 11:30 pm he was completely knocked out so me and Matthew welcomed 2009 by ourselves reading a book.. ( I know very exciting life we lead!)

New Year's Day we spent painting the nursery! All we have to do now is pick up our furniture which will be sometime this week! (Photos of this will be posted at a later time) We also hung out with our friends Pete and Melissa. They have a beautiful baby girl so it was kind of neat hanging out with them and seeing what life would be for us in just a few months. I also got to play Wii for the first time and that was pretty neat. I think I want one of those for my birthday!

On Monday I start work again and I am not really looking forward to it. I like staying home and doing things around here. But the reality of it all is that we need to work. Good thing the kids will not be there on Monday so at least I get some time to clean up and get things settled before they arrive. We will see how things go this next half of the year.

Until then enjoy the photos of our Christmas!

One more week until Christmas Break!!

I cannot wait until Christmas break! I have not started Christmas shopping but I need to soon! On Friday we went to mom's church for her Christmas musical and it was great! We took some photos while we were there so I thought I would share! I'm also posting some photos of the baby! So I hope you enjoy!!

4th Doctor's Appointment

Today we found out what the baby is!!! David and I will be the proud parents of a baby boy come May 1st. We are very excited! As soon as I can scan the photos I will post them. It was so cool to see the baby move and see his little body. Everything is looking good and baby is growing perfectly! David and I went to the store and bought the baby some of his first outfits! I can't wait to meet him! Stay posted for the sonogram photos coming soon! I have to go to bed the excitement has tired me out and now I am ready to rest!

3rd Doctor's Appointment...

Well today I had my third doctor's appointment. Everything was smooth and went pretty quick!I have not gained any weight but the doctor is not worried about it, he said to eat just like I have been. He said everything looks good and the baby's heartbeat sounds nice and strong. My throat started getting scratchy last night so when he checked it and did a culture I have strep throat, so I had to get some antibiotics. The next appointment will be the one that we hopefully find out what Baby Deffenbaugh will be!!! That will take place on December 10th at 3pm!!! This is so exciting we cant wait. I am dying to go shopping!!! This will be a great Christmas! Well here are a few photos of my growing belly...

The House...

Okay some people have been asking about photos of the house and although I am ultra crazy tired and sick most of the time (thanks to the wonderful baby growing inside!) I actually somewhat cleaned my living room and took some photos of it. This is the only room that is somewhat fully furnished and painted. I still have to purchase nesting tables for in between the couch and the oversized chair. I already know which ones I want is just a matter of fitting them into the budget and also a mount for the television so it can hang on the wall! The other rooms will take a bit more time now that David's schedule will change due to the upcoming holidays! Longer hours and less days off is what awaits him. Yay for both of us!

Catching up...

Well I had my second baby appointment! Just a check up this time but I got to hear the baby's heartbeat! That was cool. Its hard to imagine that a tiny little thing is growing inside. God is awesome! I am 12 weeks pregnant and according to the doctor everything is great. I have not gained any weight but she wasn't too worried yet since I have been getting so sick in the mornings. This past weekend I have actually been okay in the mornings which is a plus. I have somewhat more energy in the mornings but I still crash in the evenings and sometimes I take naps and that helps me keep going. If only I could take naps at school! My next appointment is in November 14th and we will fins out what the baby is on our 20th week which by my calculations will be sometime before Christmas! We can't wait and I can't wait to start shopping!

In other news, school for me is going okay. I am managing with first grade but I have lost my love for teaching. I hope I regain the love back next year when I will hopefully transfer to a kindergarten unit. Kindergarten is where my heart truly is. David's job is going pretty well. We are always praying for new sales to come into his path. Overall everything is going well.

The house is slowly coming along. David started and is almost done painting the living room. As soon as he is finished I will post some photos. I just can't bear taking photos while my house is a total mess. I have made slow progress in unpacking boxes. It helps when I have days off that I can work on it. My goal is to have everything unpacked before Thanksgiving... so we shall see if I can accomplish that.

Lastly I wanted to share with all of you my beautiful new niece. She was born on Tuesday and she is so cute. Here is my favorite pic of Isabella and Ramsey Michael (our nephew). I know you can't really see her but this pic is so cute!

We're IN!!!!

Well we are finally in the new house! It has been great. Unpacking has been interesting. Things are everywhere so we are unpacking little by little. Besides moving into the new house we also received some other news! David and I are HAVING A BABY!!! WE are so excited. The estimated arrival for Baby Deffenbaugh is May 1. This is another reason I have not made progress unpacking. I am so tired all the time. When I come home from school all I want to do is shower and go to bed. We did have our first sonogram and we have a pic of the baby which looks more like a tadpole right now and as soon as the scanner is set up I will post the pic. As I unpack different rooms I will also post photos of that. Right now I am not ready to take any photos of this messy house! But hopefully very soon I will! Until then keep coming back to visit!