First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Then comes a baby in a baby carriage!!!

Well 9 months of pregnancy, but then a baby!!

That's right, hubby and I are PREGNANT!!!

Still quite early right now, only about 5 weeks, but we are very excited. 

I found out a week ago today, I was 3 days late for my period but spotting, so I was expecting it to be coming soon. 

When all of a sudden, a TV show spiked my interest in taking a test

(Worse thing was it would say no, right!?)

This had been the first month we actually tried and although my hopes were up, I was remaining realistic!!

So I ran walked calmly  to the bathroom, grabbed the little stick and crossed my fingers. 

About 30 seconds after the control line popped up I saw this:

  Excitedly, I called my mom freaking out. 

(Husband was at work) 

So this was all around 7:30 8pm at night. 

I tried to wait until he got home from work to surprise him. 
But I am the WORST secret keeper ever, so called him at work

& when he did he was under attack by all of these:

 I had to be sure. 

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I then had to go get blood drawn the next day & this is where the anxiety began. 

I was still spotting & the first blood test told me that my HCG level was only 60. Pretty low. 

This can mean 1 of 2 things. 

1. I could be super early in the pregnancy. 

or 

2. Something is wrong with the pregnancy. 

Well nervous, but staying positive, I went for a blood test in 2 days on Friday where we should see the numbers at least double.

Well what did mine do!!!??

They quadrupled!!

YAY!!

 So in about 2 weeks, I go in for my first ultrasound to make sure everything looks good. 

I am praying every night that all is well!!

But we are over the moon happy about this!!

As you can tell this weekend we picked up some neutral things:

Week 5:

Symptoms: Very few

Minor headaches

Minor bloating (wedding rings get tight)

Peeing more frequently. 

No weight gain

No nausea

More to come as we find out more!!

End of Summer without Technology!!

So I accidentally feel off the internet world for a while. 

That includes twitter, pinterest, bloggers and facebook. 

It all started out with going on vacation. 

Hubby & I headed out on a small camping vacation around early August for the weekend and had no cell phone service. 

When I got back I just wasn't all into technology. 

Then hubby and I wait to our yearly summerly trip to Maine!!

Again super little service so not much technologying. 

& here we are. 

Back. 

Missing my blog work. 

Missing my blog friends 

& supper excited!!

Here are some of our summer pictures:

 Babysitting niece and friends for a long weekend!!

Camping with hubby!!

 Buying brother who had surgery a cute build a bear with a band-aid on where he had surgery!

 New cute summer church clothes!

 Fun times in Maine with Marsh mellows & Sparklers

 Newww Naked Palette<3 br="br">

New beautiful car

AND

A HUGE SURPRISE

which will be on tomorrow's post ♥

Our Honeymoon In....

St. Lucia

Originally when we were planning out Honeymoon we planned on going to Antigua, 

after some careful consideration we decided to go even further south & head to the beautiful Island of St. Lucia

We were there for 7 days and 6 nights. Monday to Monday. 

We flew out of Boston, as it ended up being a couple hundred dollars cheaper flying from there!!

We left at about 5am and landed in St. Lucia at 1:30pm. 

This was my first time out of the Country excluding Canada which I really don't count because it was so close to where I went to college. 

Their airport was TINY. 

One floor, and when you first walk in you literally are in customs!

They even have a whole entire room dedicated for sandals cuntomers, since that is pretty much all who comes. 

When you get past customs there are a TON of men in red hats asking to help you with your bags. 

If you ever go, DON'T LET THEM take your bags. 

They will literally walk it 25 feet down the hallway and drop it off and expect a tip!!

hahahah!!

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Fast Forward to our Resort.

St. Lucia Regency La Toc Golf & Spa

We ended up in our hotel room and I was UNHAPPY. 

Our air conditioner was super loud and hardly cooled, our shower was dirty and the curtain was half pulled down and we were right by the pool.

So I did what I do best. 

Complain and become very assertive, and thankfully got upgraded to an even better room for free overlooking the ocean!!

We did everything we could, snorkeling, kayaking, beach volleyball, paddle boarding, hobby catting, headed to the other resorts, went to EVERY restaurant, had a candle lit dinner in a gazebo over a waterfall and laid out and got some suuuun!!

 Here are some of our amazing pictures!!

(WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD)

 

First day there, quick stop off the shuttle that drove us from the airport to the resort, they have no speed limits or really rules of the road at all.

Our room

Night view of the pool at dinner on our first night

Our breakfast view every morning, the skies were 87 and sunny everyday!

They take pictures of our throughout the trip, these were a few.

Dinner our second night.

Some restaurants had dress codes.

Bikini by day, dressed up by night!

No make up! No Judging!

My favorite picture!!

Private candlelit dinner!

Our last night at the street party!!

I had the best time of my life on my honeymoon, it was sooo perfect, weather, food, temperature. 

PERFECT

On our last day we had to leave at around 11am to head back to the airport. 

It DOWNPOURED. 

I felt like it was preparing us for coming back to NY where it was SNOWING!! hahaha

This is my last wedding related post & I am somewhat sad!!

Hope you enjoyyyyed!!

 

Nail Files

Ahhh, Nail Files Finally!! 

       I have been following some pinterest ideas this week.

And am very happy with the turn out. 

If you are new, link up with Tara here & snap a fancy picture of your nails!!

 I was very happy with the turn out!!

Colors

Tan: Essie- Master Plan

Shiny Teal: Sinful Colors- Gorgeous

Matte Teal: Sally Hansen- Fairy Teal

Black: Sinful Colors- What's Your Name

Bottom picture in the car before work.

Top right picture after work at home. 

Don't drink & Drive!!!

Buffalo Chicken Bake- Amazing Easy Dinner!

Pinterest, you are one of my favorite things in the world. 

I am actually unsure how I previously lived without you. 

Since you have been in my life, I have been so much more creative & a much better cook!!

One particular recipe I found on Pinterest is the Buffalo Chicken Bake:

So easy & soooo yummy!!!

Ingredients: 

• 1 1/4lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch strips
• 1/3cup buffalo wing sauce (More depending on how hot you like things)
• 6cups frozen (thawed) southern-style hash brown potatoes (we bought any hash browns we could find)
• 1cup ranch or blue cheese dressing
• 1/2cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 oz)
• 1can (10 oz) condensed cream of celery soup
• 1/2cup corn flake crumbs
• 2tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
• 1/4cup chopped green onions (3 to 4 medium) 

  

Directions: 

• 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray.
• 2 In medium bowl, stir together chicken strips and wing sauce.
• 3 In large bowl, stir together potatoes, dressing, cheese and soup. Spoon into baking dish. Place chicken strips in single layer over potato mixture.
• 4 In small bowl, stir together crumbs and butter. Sprinkle in baking dish.
• 5 Cover with foil. Bake 30 minutes; uncover and bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Sprinkle with green onions.

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  Sooo sooo soooo good & hubby loved it! 

I tend to not like left overs that much & I am on the 2nd day of leftovers for it and just find it still soooo yummy and can't wait to eat it for lunch again tomorrow!!

Def. try!!