The Reidhead Family: June 2013

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

Well, here we go again!!! That's right, we are PREGNANT!

I found out on Tues. April 23rd. Even though I was not exactly sure, I felt like I was a little late. Silly to jump to a pregnancy test, but i though,what the heck. I really didn't actually THINK i was pregnant. Instant POSITIVE on the test. Oh.my.gosh. I was stunned. I spent the entire night thinking about what this meant, how to tell Paul, what this meant for our family.
We knew that their was a 3rd child meant to come to our home. That was made clear to me only a few days after we arrived home after giving birth to Peyton. The thought that I had still brings me to tears... I vividly 'felt' a small voice say, "please don't give up yet, i'm supposed to be in your family". Gosh that is hard to ignore. So, we knew there was another, we just weren't sure on when or why....
Because Paul and I had talked of Peyton being our last. We have no desire to have a huge family. We have always said 2, maybe 3 kids. Well, just before I found out about baby #3, Paul had just said, lets wait 6 months before we try to get pregnant. We had a large Disneyland trip planned for the fall, Peyton is still little, and B is starting Pre-school this yr. A lot going on, and i totally agreed with this plan. Funny, that conversation occurred 2 days prior to me taking the pregnancy test.
So, I woke up Wed. morning and headed off to the doughnut shop before heading over to Paul's work. I got lucky that right when arrived one of Paul's co-workers whom i recognized with about to walk in. I handed her the box of doughnuts, and asked her to deliver it to Paul. This is what it said:

Cute huh? Anyways, a few minutes later, out walks Paul. He was so surprised...he asked me if i was joking. I started to tear up and told him, "I'm serious, I'm pregnant!" He hugged me, and hugged me some more, and really didn't have anything to say, except that he needed some time to process this. :) haha! He later called me from work and said he couldn't concentrate. Oh, my dear hubby.

Long story short, he came around. He is happy. I am happy. We are terrified, anxious, nervous, and happy. I am pretty sick, as usual. I've dropped 10 lbs. in 5 weeks. I throw up nearly everyday, if not multiple times. Everyone hopes it is a boy. Everyone but me. I would love another girl. Paul says he'll be happy either way, whatever the Lord sends us is fine :)

Above is the 1st ultra-sound picture! We are excited to find out what gender Baby #3 will be. My first appt. with Dr. Beck was on May 21st, and everything looks healthy. Strong heart beat. Only one baby. My due date is technically Dec. 20th, but we are already planning on an early induction on Dec. 13th. Life is good!!!!

The month of May, pt. 2

OUR CRUISE!!!!!

So, to celebrate our 5th Anniversary (4/4/2013) we decided to book our very 1st cruise!!!! It was so much fun, and certainly a new adventure! Of course we took lots of pictures, to tell our story!

We departed from Long Beach, CA on May 13th!

Here we are, about to walk on our ship!

The ship is massive! I've never seen anything like it.

This one is called the Carnival Inspiration.

Me and my sexy man! Ready for some sun!

Tues. we docked at the 1st port, Catalina Island.

Catalina Island!

We rented bikes & toured the island. It was so much fun!!!

This is us at lunch, and at delicious little Italian restaurant.

What a beautiful sunny day, with great scenery!

For our excursion on Catalina Island, we decided to try something new-

we went kayaking! We even saw quite a few sand sharks in the water,

which freaked me out, but we survived!

Each night, we would come back to a clean room

with an awesome towel decoration! It was so fun!

On Wed., we docked in MEXICO, and spent the day in Ensenada!!!

We got to see Ensenada's famous tourist attraction, a blow-hole right

on the coast, called "La Bufadora"

Then we went to a flee/swap market, where my favorite part

was the huge pina colada drinks!! YUM!

We ended our day with a guided horseback ride along the beach!

My first good experience with a horse- thank goodness!

MEXICO!!!!

My first time ever to leave the USA.

Our trip would not have been complete without the making of some fun friends!

We spent lots of time with these 4 awesome people, and were so glad to meet

such nice, fun people to share the experience with!

Overall, all though we had fun, Paul and I decided we are NOT cruise people. The rocking of the ship

made me super sick, and i did spend a good deal of time barfing. Paul and I agree that it was a great adventure though, and it was great to have a vacation without the kiddos, where we could just focus on

us. Happy 5 years!!!!

The month of May, part 1!

Oh my gosh, i've gotten so far behind!!!! OK, where to begin....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!

So, I turned 27. Quite sad for me, only 3 away from 30- yikes! Anyways, I had a great day. I went out to lunch with my 2 best friends, Elisha & Tiffany. We had a great time eating at Oreganos- Pizza, salads, deep dish cookie w/ ice cream. Amazing. Then Elisha and I spent a few ours at the mall shopping, where she convinced me to get my first "real" sunglasses. (Real meaning they cost more than $10). Paul was sweet and bought me a great gift- a Sony Camera! I love it, and it is perfect for all the pictures i love to take of the girls and our family. I'm excited to see what this year holds, and excited to see what adventures happen while i am still in my "20's".