J & M: 3rd Anniversary!

J & M 3rd Anniversary Video 

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To my husband on our 3rd anniversary- I look back on our wedding day fondly. It was by far one of the best days of my life. I'm pretty sure I never stopped smiling that day even when it rained (more like poured). While I reflect on the last three years one word comes to mind: busy!  We have since had a baby, moved to the burbs, you started a new job, started school, sold my condo, put yours on the market and are now expecting a precious baby girl. Wow!!! Maybe busy is an understatement.  I am not sure we could have packed much more in. Regardless of what is going on and what life decision we are making at the time my favorite part of it all is I have the best partner to share these adventures with. We make such a great team and I'm always impressed on how well we handle what comes our way. I love you and can't wait to see what the next year has in store for us. 

Love,

Jenn

Gender Reveal #2

                                

We had so much fun during our first gender reveal party we thought we had to do it again! I called up my good friends at Pops by Kristina to see what we could do this time around; and quickly decided on cupcakes filled with either pink or blue frosting. We sent out email invites, picked up some blue and pink party essentials and waited till August 6th for my ultrasound. Baby Murray #2 was extremely cooperative during the measurement process (unlike Mason who the tech called stubborn) until it was time to determine the sex of the baby. After some time the tech wrote the sex in a envelope and sealed it up saying she was 95% certain she was correct. Whoa whoa whoa, we are having a party based on what's in that envelope not to mention decorating a nursery around it. I went back in the waiting room waiting for the doctor portion of the appointment and the tech came back out.  She said she wanted to take another peak...just to see if she could get a better look. Long story short the sealed envelope wasn't unsealed until I dropped it off at the baker. 

As Saturday got closer my excitement for the reveal grew stronger. We kept it simple with pizza and salad and hung outside with our guests and the ever growing kiddos running around. After we all rushed through our dinners it was time for Mason to eat the first cupcake and reveal the gender of his sibling.  

Gender be revealed we are having a girl (totally had a hunch we were)! Matt was absolutely thrilled, all our guests cheered and Mason thought we were celebrating him. A big old yay!!!  Here are some pictures of the big reveal. A big thanks to those who came and celebrated with us.                                                                      

Yay, its a girl!

       

                

               

Auntie Mimi and Marc

Oh and I'm 20 weeks! That means I'm 1/2 there. The hardest part about being pregnant this time around (besides chasing after Mason) is that there isn't much unknown and I am fully aware that I'm just going to get bigger, slower and more uncomfortable. I find myself cherishing my time with Mason (snuggling him a bit more at night) and feeling blessed about our healthy growing baby girl in my belly.  I started feeling some flutters right after I hit 19 weeks and I was happy when the doctor announced the baby was moving around a lot in there.  I'm looking forward to sharing baby kicks with Matt and Mason as the baby grows and the flutters become stronger.   It is hard to remember what's it's like to have a baby in the house and it will be all new to us with a girl this time around. We plan on taking the next 4 months to prepare ourselves and our house for the changes in store for us.

1/2 way there|Size of an banana