It's A BOY!!!!

Last Friday we had a small gathering for the big announcement; we had our 20 week ultrasound a few days before and had them seal Baby Murray's Gender in an envelope.  I handed off the envelope to Kristina from Pops By Kristina to make some gender reveal cake pops (it took all of our will power not to rip open the envelope but we successfully handed it off without taking a peak).  

Friends and family guessed baby Murray's gender; and Matt and I were the first to take a bite out of the cake pops revealing... BLUE cake!  I had a feeling we were having a boy but I think Matt was pleasantly surprised (he totally thought we we having a girl).  Matt and I are thrilled and can't wait to welcome the little guy into our lives.  Gosh, this is going to be an adventure for all of us...all things boy and all things blue.  Matt & dad are already talking about buying Baby Murray his first set of golf clubs; luckily they will be in charge of teaching him how to play as well.

Jenn guessed blue & Matt guessed pink!

Grandparents to be ECSTATIC about the news <3

Moving On Up!

We had our 20 week ultrasound this week and we couldn't have been more anxious about it!  It has been two months since I was diagnosed with placenta previa and told to lay low.  We were all keeping our fingers crossed that I could resume normal activity once again and start taking out the garbage for the love of God!  Today, we finally got the news we were waiting for....the placenta moved up! I am no longer a high risk pregnancy & I can start working out and being a bit more active.   That being said in the last week or so my baby bump has really popped (people are actually starting to ask me when I'm due); so we'll see how active I am able to be!

During the ultrasound baby Murray was being a bit stubborn (I wonder which one of us that comes from)!?!?!  The ultrasound tech was unable to get the baby in a position to see it's face; she poked my belly and tried talking to the baby but both tactics were unsuccessful!  While this was going on I was laughing to myself and telling the baby "I know, I don't like her either."

5 Months & Getting Bigger....

We want to thank all our family friends for sending positive thoughts our way and for all the extra help we received.  We feel so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives who are there for us always.

House Hunting & Repairs

Matt & I have been causally house hunting and in the meantime we have been looking to fix up our place; either with the intention of selling or making it ready for Baby Murray.  In our place we have to re-tile the bathroom, fix our closet doors (they are off track & have been for the last 6 years), and fix some lighting issues.  So overall, nothing too major (thankful for that)!  This past week we did come across a house we both liked and after taking my family to see it, we placed an offer!  We aren't getting too excited about moving forward because the house is a short sale and it could be a LONG time before we are able to close on the house (if they except our offer).  We like to keep it interesting over here in the Murray Household; never a dull moment... We might be burbs bound sooner rather then later so stay tuned!

This week my energy officially came back and I totally took advantage of that!  Matt and I hit up RPM Italian (owner's Giuliana/Bill Rancic), one of the new hot spots in Chicago for dinner then headed to Taylor Street for some Italian Ice.  We met good friends out to dinner Friday night at Cantina Laredo and met up with some other friends back at RPM for "drinks."  It was great to catch up with friends and stay awake long enough to do so!

Katie, Meredith, Bridget, Melissa & Jenn