football, fall, and fun

A week ago today the official NFL season started and in the Francis house this means that Sunday afternoons are spent relaxing and watching football.  For the past few years it has also meant watching Andrew's fantasy football points hopefully go up and up and up. This week also marks the 9 week mark of our baby's life.  Week 9 means that our baby's heart will be fully developed this week and all the muscles in the baby's body are forming this week too.  Through out this past week my sickness and not feeling well has been a little bit worse at times.  I haven't had morning sickness but instead 'evening sickness.'  There are also times when food just doesn't not smell or look good and I make a run for the bathroom.  I keep reminding myself how precious of a gift is inside of me and it makes it all worth it.  Have I mentioned how excited we are to have a baby!  This past weekend Andrew and I took our first trip to Baby's R Us as future parents.  Our mission was to test out some infant car seats in order to see if we would need to get a bigger vehicle or if we could manage with our cars.  We were thankful to find out that with a car seat behind the passenger seat I am more than comfortable in the passenger seat, Andrew is a different story.  We haven't picked out a car seat yet but once we do we know which ones fit and which ones don't.   In thinking about football season it makes me think about next year at this time.  In the past few weeks I have found myself saying to Andrew "at this time next year..."  At this time next year we will have a 5-6 month old baby and I am so excited that we are already prepared for football season for our little one.  This past Christmas a friend of ours sent a little Buffalo Bills onesie our way and now I am so thankful we have it.  It is the perfect size to be able to fit our little one next football season! 

Two weekends ago Tucker and his friend Laura came down to Virginia for an end of the summer road trip.  They had a lot of fun and so did we.  We were able to tour D.C, go to the water park, shop, eat out, and most importantly get Senior Pictures accomplished for Tucker and some for Laura.  Below are just a few of my favorites of Tucker's shots! 

I have started a new job two weeks ago and absolutely love it! I am nannying for a family that has 2 kids (8 and 9) and they are so well behaved and are fun to hang out with.  They are involved in a lot of activities so my job is to get them off the bus, do homework, hang out, and then get them to their activities on time.  It is just enough hours each day to give me something to do, and a little extra money, but is also little enough to have time to relax each day.  This weekend we have another set of guests coming to visit and are so excited for these ones! My parents and niece Lily are heading down tomorrow afternoon to spend the weekend with us.  I have missed my parents so much and can't wait to hang out with them this weekend.  We will be taking a trip to Ikea with them and hopefully touring the Marine Corps Museum one of the days.  Have a great weekend everyone and keep a look out for a new update next week! 

Loving a life so Little

1/2 of an inch.  How can I be so in love with something so small?  Tomorrow marks the 8 week or 2 month mark of our babies growing life.  I am starting this blog as a place to record all of the memories of pregnancy, things we do in life, how to love better, things I'm learning, and everything else.  Hopefully I'll be consistent with posts but my goal to start is to have a post once a week and if I get more in then great! Every day, over and over, I have to wrap my mind around the fact that I have a life inside of me.  It truly is a miracle and a gift from God to be given the opportunity to bring a new life into the world.  When we first found out we were going to be parents it was hard to believe but at the same time the most exciting thing we have experienced in our marriage so far.  This past friday we had our first doctors appointment and were able to see what looked like our little jelly bean.  The most amazing thing about the ultrasound was seeing the heart beating.  We weren't able to hear it yet but just seeing that tiny heart beat made my own heart skip a beat.  Something so small has a heart that is beating faster then mine at times.  Here is our first picture of our little one.  He/she measured at 5.8 cm on 7 weeks 2 days and is right on track looking perfect.  

    
     Life in general has been a blessing, we have been blessed with a wonderful job for Andrew in the D.C area and recently I started a nannying job for a few hours after school every day.  God is providing and it is obvious.  For example on our last leg across the country from Hawaii the air conditioning broke in our car. We thought it might be an easy fix but it ended up costing us a bundle of money.  God came through and money that we weren't expecting at the time came in the mail and covered all of the cost.  We have had a few visitors since being moved into the Northern Virginia area and can't wait to host more in a couple weekends.  Living life together is wonderful and spending time together is what we love the most.  There will be another post toward the end of the week and I really hope you all enjoy reading along as we grow from a 2 person 1 dog family to a 3 person 1 dog family!