Florida Trip 2010

We just returned from a week long trip to St. Augustine, FL with the whole Brozenic/Morales family. We have a wonderful time! Our house was right on the beach and we woke every morning to the waves and coffee. Riley had the best time ever! Her cousins, Blaine and Avery, were both there to play with her the whole time and she couldn't have been happier. They all played together so well. We got lots of sun time and, of course, I burned on the first day. It was bad enough that a few strangers had to point it out to me....as if I didn't feel it! It has turned into a nice tan now and I was careful not to make it worse while we were there. Riley looks perfectly sun kissed and has a tiny tan. She did manage to get her first big boo boo while we were there. We had a week membership to a country club down the street and she fell and skinned her knee. It was quite traumatic. We had to keep the band aid covered at all times so she couldn't see it. Once she got used to it she showed her battle wound off to everyone she could. She is still talking about her boo boo. We got to do lots of shopping (I bought myself a Coach purse thanks to the generosity of my in-laws!) and picked up a few things to bring home. I would like to say that we did a lot of sight seeing (we did some) but we mostly spent all our time at the beach and pool. Personally, I don't think a trip can get much better than that!

Thanks to Cheryl and Ivan who took us all on this trip and covered all the expenses. We had such a great time and will never forget the wonderful family time we got together. I truly have lucked out with the family I gained when I married Dave. Not only do they do so much for us all the time, but taking this trip was the best way to create memories as a group. We love you Grandma and Papa!

Big Girl Room

I finally have some pictures of Riley's new (not so new anymore) room. My sister-in-law, Janae, found this adorable bed set that was exactly what I was looking for. I LOVE the bedroom! Riley moved into this room before we found out we were having another baby, but it couldn't have worked out better. We will now try to decide what to do with her old room for the new baby. It will break my heart to paint over the Dalmatians so I plan on fighting to keep it. Hopefully we can just a few things to make it look a little different.

Big Sister

We are so excited to finally announce that Riley will be a big sister! We are expecting our second baby in November. I am a few days a way from the 2nd trimester. I've been a bit of a nervous wreck for the last 2 months so we decided to wait until I was further along before making any posts or big announcements. We had our second doctors appointment today and heard a healthy heartbeat. It's such a relief to hear that everything is going well! Just like last time we are going to find out what we are having. That won't be until July and it couldn't come soon enough! I am already dying to know if it's a boy or girl. We would truly be happy with both and have already been prepping Riley for a baby brother or sister. She has said every time that she wants a sister. I think she'd be happy with either. I have been experiencing more pregnancy symptoms this time which hasn't been fun, but it's at least made me feel like that means everything is OK. I have feeling sick, tired and had really annoying abdominal pain the first several weeks. It was really hard at first because the stomach pains had me pretty worried. Turns out that's pretty normal and just my bodies way of getting ready for what's to come. The last two weeks I have been feeling pretty tired, but other than that all is great! I'm not showing yet and am hoping I have a few more weeks before I have to wear the dreaded maternity clothes. I was not a fan of maternity clothes and I am actually going to try to avoid them all together this time. Some stretchy pants and shirts should do the trick! Who knows.....I may even let someone take my picture when I am showing this time!!