Recent Happenings

So things are moving right along. I must say, we are getting more and more excited with each passing day. I think for the most part we are good to go and we have everything to get us by in the beginning. Our daughters room is done, we have diapers/wipes (we have started buying a box every time we go to the store), a car seat, a bed, a stroller and enough clothes to get her by in the first couple months. I have even started on her baby book!!! I figured might as well get going on it now rather than 5 years from now haha. Lately I have been able to feel her more and more. Like everyone has said it is an amazing feeling. It still feels like a little alien swimming around in there and I have not felt a definate kick yet but I'm sure it can't be far away. She even woke me up out of a dead sleep the other night doing what I can only imagine as somersaults and back flips off my uterus. Ryan has even felt her move a few times but it seems like as soon as he puts his hand on my belly she stops moving. I've also had my first crazy baby dreams. In my dream my skin was see through so we could see the baby in my belly and my uterus was removable so we could also take her out. Very strange. Then I had a dream that she came out as a boy...which has me all nervous that she could be a boy...might want to double check on that or my son will hate us for all the pink that will be in his life.


(sorry the video is so long...go to about 15 seconds and watch the left-hand side)

I go in on Thursday for my glucose testing which I hear is tons of fun. I also got Ryan and I signed up for a baby class (labor/delivery, breathing, tour of the facility, etc.). Might as well go in knowing what the heck is going on. Here is a picture at 26 weeks. We are getting so close!

I like this....

Easter Weekend

Ryan's family came out for the weekend. It was so good to see them, it had been since September. This was our first real holiday in the new house so of course I had to dye eggs and bring out all my decorations.




They even got to come to our 20 week appointment with us and we found out..........

IT'S A GIRL!!!!





The ultrasound tech said her legs are already super long (like half her body at 4" long), we found it quite hilarious.



I know Ryan was really looking forward to having a boy and to be honest we thought it was a boy from day 1. Had a boy name picked out and everything. So when she said it was a girl I looked at him not sure what to think and all I saw was a huge smile across his face. It was sweet. Grandma Vickie even went shopping for our little girl and got some adorable outfits!

For the rest of the weekend we just kind of hung out. We went on a drive through the desert so Travis could check out the cacti...I always love doing that. No matter how long I am here I still think that cactus are pretty cool.





And we got to enjoy Easter dinner out on the patio...it was beautiful. Plus our kitchen table is too small to fit all of us. Since it was a holiday and all, I even broke out my pretty red dishes that have never been used before.

Baby Girl's Bedroom

My parents came to town to help us decorate our daughter's bedroom. That sounds so weird so say..."daughter". I had an idea in mind and used the internet to get a few ideas but it turned out so much cuter than I thought it would. Ryan said this was the girliest thing he has ever done in his life, I love it! He is so excited to have a daughter, I can't wait to see them together. Thanks mom and dad for working so hard to make it perfect and thanks for buying the amazing furniture!

Ok, so enough people know....

So here is the story of baby Galloway since enough people know by now. It all started In early November when our neighbors (whom we have become really good friends with) told us they were pregnant. It was really exciting news and I was thrilled for them (not even considering one of our own). Needless to say this got Ryan talking baby and he told me he was ready to be a dad...FINALLY!!! I thought he was kidding at first because he has never been the baby talk kind of guy, it's always been me. SIDE NOTE...at this time I was getting ready to open 2 brand new restaurants. Anyway, so one night we were talking over dinner and all of a sudden Ryan says that he is ready for kids and that he wanted his child to be born in September. I asked him why September and of course if you know Ryan, he says so he'd the older one in his class and therefore bigger for sports purposes. So I started counting the months in my head and I told him that if that was to happen (this year) I would have to get pregnant in December. So he said "ok" and I said “so you’re telling me that I should go off the pill?” he was all “Yeah I guess” “are you sure?” I said because once I’m off it can happen at any time! He said yes and of course I stopped taking the pill that night.

So I figured if we were going to do this let’s do it right…so I downloaded an AP on my phone called “My Days” it’s a period and ovulation tracker. So I type in the day I got my “period” and it will tell me when my fertile time of the month is and the day that I should be ovulating. So a couple says later I get a “period” but I know it was just my body reacting to the lack of hormone from the pill. But we pretend it’s the real thing and we go from there. Nothin. I knew this would happen because I had been on the pill for so long I knew it was going to take a while to get it "out of my system" (I was thinking like 5-6 months) and my body to get back on track and get into a normal cycle.

Anyway, December comes and I get my period on the 8th and I could tell that this was a “normal” period but I didn’t actually think I would ovulate yet. So of course we do our thing according to my phone AP and on my ovulation day Boise State is playing Utah (go figure). I am just going to say this, when you are actually planning on making a baby it is a lot of hard work. So life goes on, we went to MT for Christmas and I was trying to be good and not drink because after all it WAS possible. We come home and celebrated the New Year with friends I only drank a tiny bit of champagne because again it was possible, plus I was super sick and had to work the next day so I used that as my excuse. I ended up getting strep throat, a sinus infection and the on-set of an ear infection…YUCK! So I was put on antibiotics. According to my phone AP I was supposed to get my period January 5th which I didn’t but I just figured it was because of the antibiotics. I read online that antibiotics can mess up your cycle, I might have been somewhat in denial…and so 2 weeks go by and I still haven’t gotten it and I tell Ryan that if I don’t have it by the end of the weekend I will take a test.

He told me that he knew I was pregnant the whole time but I still blamed the antibiotics. I went to work on a Sunday and still no period. I stop on my way home from work to buy a test. I get a 2 pack, you know, just to be sure. I pee and then start eating some dinner (yes I washed my hands haha). I told Ryan he had to be the one to go look. He goes in and says, “Hmmm, interesting” I was all "what’s that supposed to mean" thinking one is positive and one is negative and he says “looks like we are going to be parents” and then he gave me a high-5 haha

I made our Dr. appointment to confirm that all of this was true and that this was actually happening...which it is. We told our parents and brothers right away, all of whom are super excited. We waited until 12 weeks to start sharing the news with everyone. We get to find out what we are having in 2 weeks and I can't wait!!! I am ready to start shopping and buying all the necessities we are going to need in the months to come. I have a couple "bump" pictures but I am still in that "is she pregnant or starting to get fat stage" so no pics...sorry.


And that’s the story of how baby Galloway came about. Lately I have been reading lots of stuff about it and I have learned that less than 20% of couples get pregnant within the first month of stopping the pill and less than 30% of women do not get morning sickness (which I was blessed not to have to go through) so apparently we are pretty good at making babies and he or she will be here September 14th.

Spring Has Sprung!

Not that I am trying to brag or rub it in, but I am LOVING the 80 degree weather we have been having the past few days. It literally feels like mid-June in Boise and I am not mad about that! I am going to enjoy "spring" before hell comes to town. Not gonna lie but I do not miss the snow at all right now! haha

So I had two days off in a row this week and I decided to do a little yard work and plant some flowers. I love planting flowers and do it EVERY year, you know in May or June. It's something that I really enjoy doing, it is kind of relaxing and lately I have definitely needed some relaxation at home. I may have gotten a little carried away, but I don't care. If Ryan can golf every weekend I can buy flowers is the conclusion that I came to. I spent the whole day shopping, planting, digging, pulling, watering and loved every minute of it. I even got a little sunburn!

Here are my pretty pots, full of color! I tried to buy mostly heat and drought tolerant plants so I have a little while to enjoy them while sitting on my patio. The only thing missing is a Bud Light Lime! But more on that later...










Our (stolen) Prickly Pear Cactus is growing baby pears! Awe!

He's so fabulous...

I have the most amazing husband. I have been super busy getting our new store opened up I haven't had time for anything lately. I've been so busy in fact that today is the first day off I have had in 3 weeks. I come home and go straight to bed. Needless to say my hubby has been a little neglected lately. Not that I am complaining, because I am thankful to have a job, but working 13 hour days really starts to ware on a girl. Anyway, back to the fabulousness...I was laying in bed the other night telling (complaining to) Ryan that I need a pedicure, a massage, my eyebrows waxed, my hair cut/colored (I have noticed a LOT of grey hairs lately) and he just kind of played it off. So the next day, Valentines day, I came home from work to flowers and a SPA DAY gift certificate!!!!! What's even better is that he got the gift certificate BEFORE I even talked (complained) to him about wanting the above mentioned luxuries! He's the best! Now I just need another couple of days off so I can go use it. Thanks babe, I love you so much and am so thankful that I get to spend the rest of my Valentines Days with you.



I told Ryan a long time ago that the only day of the whole year that he HAD to buy me flowers was Valentines Day, they didn't even have to be the expensive ones, just plain ol' flowers on Valentines Day. They are so beautiful and made my entire day!