a year ago...

a year ago this weekend i ran a half marathon! still, a year later i can't believe that me (the chunky middle schooler) ran 13.1 miles. i also can't believe that i ran it with a stress fracture! what was i thinking? i was bound and determined to FINISH regardless of my time and that I did.

but after a year i have had time to reflect on my run and myself as i person. it taught me that i can do anything i want to do if i put my mind to it. ANYTHING. i want to remember my half during labor. it was the hardest thing i've ever done and i'm sure that labor will soon take that place.

call me crazy but i loved training for the half. running to me is a wonderful release from life. i put on my ipod and go to my special place. is it hard? does it hurt? absolutely! but after you push through that first little bit you feel wonderful! i miss it! that's why i've decided to do another half-the disney princess half in jan 2013! i know it will be more difficult with a new baby but numerous mothers run-i'll just make it work! i have to do it! BECAUSE I CAN DO ANYTHING!!

a royal wedding!!

so yes, i woke up this morning an hour early to watch the royal wedding! did you? actually, jesse and i both watched it! why? it's a part of history-i can say i remember when prince william and kate middleton got married-i was 16 weeks pregnant and woke up an hour early...blah blah blah! i've also been infatuated with price william since i was alittle girl! there's just something about him...maybe the fact that he's a prince and i'm a hopeless romantic? however, the main reason? I LOVE WEDDINGS! they are amazing-everything about them. i love all the details, the bride and groom, the wedding party, cake, traditions and the meshing of two families to create one! just talking about it makes me excited! :)

i loved my wedding. it was truly a dream and everything was perfect including marring MY prince! it was exactly as i had pictured as i'm sure kate did today! everyone that we have ever loved was there! it was a fairytale!! jes and i will celebrate our 3 year anniversary on tuesday! sometimes i feel like we just got married and other days i feel like we've been married for YEARS! i am so blessed to have such an amazing, caring, strong and fun husband! he always makes me laugh! i'm excited to see what God holds for our future! here's a picture from our wedding....

sweet, sweet girls

are these not the prettiest girls? our sweet nieces(along with jason and amy) came to visit us last week on their spring break and then they headed to myrtle beach for some family time. we had so much fun with them! they are so excited about having a new baby cousin and i hope they will be as close to baby j as i am to my cousins! enjoy these pics of the girls on the beach...makes me hope baby j is a girl :)

15 weeks

so, i'm having issues with uploading pics..i just type an entire post and it deleted it!! ugh!

back to baby j...so i always thought i'd be the preggo lady that would take a billion pics and post them all on facebook to remember my progress. now that i'm here I DO NOT want to! who would want to take pics while your gaining weight?? really? well, here it is! baby j and i at 15 weeks! please disregard the unmade bed...cleaning day at the newsom house!

we're doing great and are so blessed!

baby j

so my goal is to update this blog as much as possible! i feel like i'm already slacking! since we're so far away i want to make sure that ya'll are able to follow us on this exciting journey! :) so, here we go!

this baby has a ton of nicknames already- baby newsom, baby new new, sweet baby, little one and my new fave BABY J! why baby j? well, for those of you who don't know this baby's name WILL begin with a j! it's a newsom tradition you see, my father in law is james, then there's jr, jason, jesse and jennifer. jason and amy have 2 sweet girls and what are their names? jasmyn and jayda! so, i knew good and well on may 3, 2008 that by saying "i do" didn't only mean marriage but i will name all my children j-something! to be honest it's really grown on me! i think it's a sweet tradition and there are quite a few j-names that i'm loving (good thing, right).

since we are NOT fiding out the sex of the baby (please don't ask me why or tell me your opinion on it...it's our decision and we love suprises!) i will refer to this baby as baby j! :)

baby j and i have a dr. appt. tomorrow! i've never been more excited to go the drs! he/she is the size of an apple this week (week 15). i feel GREAT! i'm loving 2nd trimester! i have enough energy to actually walk 30-60 min everyday, i'm not feeling like i could throw up any minute and there really isn't any foods that i don't want (except meat really). i have been getting heartburn at night but that just means baby j will have a lot of hair...right?

enjoy our first pic of baby j...at 6 weeks!

baby newsom

so sorry it's been so long since we've posted but we've been busy making a baby! haha!! baby newsom is due in october! we are beyond excited and are feeling blessed!! i'm about 13 and a 1/2 week right now and am feeling GREAT!! i actually have my energy back and the nausea has subsided. i plan on posting a lot more now that our secret is out and i want to document our journey here!