Eleanor's Christening

Yesterday our baby girl Eleanor Marie Page was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Klein, Texas. She was mostly wonderful with the exception of a little fussiness. Casey's Grandma says that's just the devil leaving the church - haha. After her baptism we headed back to our house for a small reception and Ellie was showered with so many wonderful, sweet gifts. Who knew you got gifts for a baptism?!

Here are some pictures from the big day:

OMG OMG OMG I WON!!!!

I WON A DRAWING!!!

Go here, read the first line!! That's MY name!
http://www.projectbabyblog.com/post/10275329831/friday-blog-iversary-giveaway

If you haven't checked out the Project Baby Blog - GO NOW! Even if you are not pregnant or trying to conceive or a mommy, you will love it. Kristin is ADORABLE and her blog is filled with great first time mom information as well as funny stories and the best part:her daughter Tinsley is PRECIOUS. I have been stalking her blog for a few months now and this week is her "Blogiversary" so she's been doing giveaways every day. I have been putting my name in the hat daily (while also finding out about some really cool products) and I guess yesterday was my lucky day because I won! Go check out the awesome products that I won on her Thursday post:

http://www.projectbabyblog.com/post/10237994215/thursday-blog-iversary-giveaway-closed

I am SO excited about every single one of these products. I'll let you know when they arrive!

...and Baby Makes Three!

Yes it's true! No April Fool's this time!

We found out on Easter weekend that we are expecting our first child and we are due on Christmas!
How crazy that the two holiest days of the year will bring/have brought us so much joy!?

I have been bursting at the seams to share this joyous news, but alas I have been told several times to "be careful" and not to get too excited because "anything could happen". I hate that I haven't felt comfortable enough to scream it from the rooftop, but at this stage in the game, I've decided that it's our life and what happens happens. Having said that I am still very afraid of the big "M".

So far I have been experiencing some pretty intense morning sickness (aka "all day sickness"), serious exhaustion, and an overall icky feeling. My face has exploded with blemishes making me look like an adolescent meth addict and my entire head region is an oil factory. Delightful. I'm still waiting for this "pregnancy glow" that everyone talks about. Hopefully I will feel better soon because I want to be full of energy and life to prepare for the next 8 months.

We had our first sonogram on May 23rd and it was incredible. As soon as I saw the heartbeat I started crying. What an incredible blessing. Casey and his mom were there as well and it was such a cool moment that we got to experience together. I love love love our obstetrician and I am looking forward to working with her (plus she's a fellow blogger so that's cool). Baby Page's heartbeat was 160 and it was even moving around and waving at us. It was a truly incredible experience.. I just can't say that enough. We're going to be parents... WOW!

Christmastime in NYC

This post will mostly be pictures from our NYC trip! All I can say is that this was by far the best trip I have ever taken!

On our way to and arriving in NYC:

First night out, we went to an amazing Tapas restaurant with Katie & Bryan:







Walking around the city on Sunday with Aunt Lorie and Uncle Ed:





Grand Central Station, Times Square and the Marriott:






Walking around the city with Katie, on the subway, and Ground Zero:





Library, Macy's, Union Square, and Flat Iron District:





Ice Skating in Central Park & Yummy Italian food!





New York City Fire Department and yummy Chocolate Store!





On our way out to Long Island and dinner with the family at Irish Coffee Pub!







Shopping in the Italian Market and in the cute little towns on Long Island:







Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes:

This show was INCREDIBLE! We got a great deal on awesome orchestra seats and I am so glad we decided to do this. It was the perfect cap to our trip. I recommend anyone going to see this if you are in New York around Christmas - the music, the dancing, the 3D Santa show - it was all ..well... spectacular!

Top of Rockefeller Center:

Casey and I decided to go to the top of "The Rock" after getting out of the Christmas Spectacular and again, I'm so glad we did. For $21 we got to go up 69 stories to see amazing views of the city. Here are some pictures from the top!

Finally in the Newark airport at our terminal, ready to head home:

Finally home and we had a GREAT Christmas with the family. My dad came down to Houston and we had Christmas over at Casey's parents' house and got wayyy too many gifts. :) We are truly blessed. Merry Christmas everyone!