New Baby O'Bryan!

As you can tell by the title of this post, we are pregnant!  It still is pretty weird to say that out loud/type it.  On Wednesday, May 11 I was packing to head back to KC for baby Patrick's baptism.  I had been feeling kinda weird for the past few days, and just had that urge to take a test.  When I start thinking about it, it's inevitable that I'm gonna head to CVS.  This is news that you just have to know.  Problem was, I wasn't late yet...but hey, I'll check anyways.  So, lo and behold, I take the test and there is a super faint second line on the test.  I head straight to google to find out what this means.  Basically it means your newly pregnant...I really didn't believe it though.  Jason came home, and I told him within about 10 seconds of him walking in the door.  I had all of these great plans to tell him in a cute way whenever it did happen...but no.  I am horrible at secrets, and this is one that I couldn't keep!!  I think we both were just kind of in shock.  I don't think that either of us really expected it to happen that quick. We had only been trying for 2 months.

So, I took another test the next day...same result.  Tiny faint line.  I was getting frustrated because I really just wanted to know!!  Couldn't it just have two dark lines like it shows on the package??  We were back in KC by that time, and I am having to keep this from all of my family and friends.  Easier said than done.  So, on Saturday afternoon I bought a digital one.  These are foolproof and either say Yes with a plus sign or No with a negative sign.  Even I can't misjudge that test!  3 minutes later, there's a Yes and a plus sign!  Ya!!  Crazy.  And then..yep I took another one.  Total of 4 tests.  I don't know why I thought that the tests were lying to me....but whatever, it's big news to take in!!

As we always do whenever we are back home, we made plans each night to go out and do stuff with friends.  Friday night, we went to Trezo Vino with a bunch of my friends, and I had to "pretend drink."  That is not fun.  I learned this from my sister in law Courtney, who had to go through a whole bachelorette party drinking virgin margaritas.  Saturday, we went out to dinner with Brett, Courtney, and Christopher, and once again...fake drinking.  This basically entailed me ordering a vanilla vodka diet coke, then finding the waitress and telling them to make it just coke.  Jason is convinced that my little brother saw the bartender making my drink, but we have not told the fam yet, so I still have a month until I can see whether he knows or not.

We are going back to KC at the end of June for a wedding.  We are going to tell our families then.  I found a cute little onesie online that I want to order for Patrick that says something along the lines of "I'm the Big Cousin."  It'll be funny to see people's faces as they figure it out.  Everyone knows we were trying, so I don't know how big of a shock it will be, but it'll still be fun.

Jason and I are thrilled beyond belief.  We had our first sonogram on May 25, and found out I was exactly 5 weeks 6 days.  Making me 6 weeks 1 day today!  We got a little picture from the sonogram, but it pretty much looks like a kidney bean.  Not a whole lot to see.  I still love looking at it though!!

While at the doctor, he informed me that I have a cyst the size of a tennis ball on my uterus.  What?!  It completely freaked me out.  Still does (well, it's only 2 days later).  Dr. Read basically said there wasn't much they would do, and that he would do another sonogram when I go back in June to check and make sure it wasn't any bigger.  Apparently, with all of the hormones going through me with the pregnancy, it is causing this thing to grow.  He said that I would have cramping, and every once in awhile I might have some major pains on the right side of my abdomen.  I can't lift anything heavy, and can't do anything resembling a sit up or a crunch.  I was going to have to quit that anyways since my abs are going to be a thing of the past soon regardless.  I am hoping that it will shrink by June 22, which is my next appointment.  He said that as the baby grows, hopefully the cyst will shrink.  If it doesn't, it can obstruct the delivery...which will mean I will have to have a C-Section.  Really don't want to do that, and I really don't want it to burst, so let's just hope it shrinks!!!

Anyway, that is what is going on with us.  Jason and I are so excited, and I think it is still dawning on me that I am actually pregnant.  We are hoping and praying everything goes well with the pregnancy, and that we will get to meet our little one in January!  :)

Lots of stuff to write about!!

Sooo much stuff has been going on recently it's crazy!  Jason and I just got home to TX after being gone almost a week and a half up to KC/Mexico!  We drove home (with the doggies of course) on Wednesday, January 26th to get home for Jordyn's wedding.  The wedding was great--we had the rehearsal dinner at Brio (of course) and then the wedding was at Club 2000 above the Cashew.  Here's Jordyn and Jeff in their father/daughter dance:

The wedding couldn't have gone better, and then the next day we all got to leave for CANCUN!  We could not have picked a better week to go to Mexico.  The entire United States was pretty much under a giant cold front/massive storm.  Dallas pretty much shut down, and KC was out of commission with 5 foot drifts!  All the while, we were on the beach drinking pina coladas :)  We had perfect weather every day, and really couldn't have asked for a better trip.  Well...take that back.  The Monday of our trip I was SICK. AS. A. DOG.  Came down with the flu that had been going around the previous week.  Big surprise since my immune system is teeny tiny and I catch everything.  And then, of course, Jason came down with it the next day.  I tried telling him to stay away from me, but he came and checked on me throughout the day anyways...sweet but not smart :)  So ya, other than that the trip was great!  The resort was gorgeous, as well as all inclusive.  This is always good when you have a group that wants to drink all day, plus have breakfast, lunch, late lunch, early dinner, late dinner, and midnight snack :)

                                Jason and Will on Jeff and Terry's balcony, not a bad view!!

                                                                
                                                                The ziplining crew

Jeff ready to ATV!!

Everyone was FILTHY after the ATV's, so fun!!

The Wednesday that we were there most of the group went ziplining!  That was an awesome experience, and I would highly recommend it!  It was more fun than scary, so even if you don't like "adventurous" stuff, you'd probably like zip lining.  We got to do 12 different zip lines so you really were able to get comfortable doing it.  I went down upside down on one of the runs...greatness. The guy went behind me and spun me around in circles while we were going down the line, it was so fun.  Tried to peer pressure Jason into doing it, but that did not so much work.  Oh well...maybe next time :)
After the ziplines, we went ATVing.  Another thing I would highly recommend!  We did some MAJOR off-roading...so fun.  We had such a great time on the trip, and can't thank Jason's parents enough for sending us all there.  It was so great to spend time with everyone, and really get a chance to hang out with our nephews Max and Will!  They have the funniest little personalities, and I love the fact that they really know us now!  You just kinda want to eat little Max up when he says "My Jason, My Angie!"  Too cute for words.   We are definitely going to be doing more family trips in the future!


                                    William could not get enough of the water!

Me and the hubs

View of our hotel from the beach

Margaritaville!

"More seashells!!!"

Such a great group

Gran Caribe Real Cancun

Max and us at dinner

The trip was over Saturday, and we were all really sad to say goodbye to Mexico, knowing the weather that we were returning to.  I was however pretty excited to get back home to our house and regular routine.  As soon as we got home, Jason and I lounged the whole night watching the Super Bowl and catching up on our DVR.  Pretty perfect evening I would say!

Another important thing coming up:  Brett's baby!!  I am heading home on the 19th (if not sooner depending on Courtney's progress) and I cannot wait to meet my new little nephew!  There will definitely be a post on that when I get back from visiting the little guy!!  I bet he's gonna be just like Brett and come out wearing a polo and a sweater vest with perfectly combed hair, haha.

On a new, exciting note: Jason and I have OFFICIALLY started trying to get pregnant!  Crazy.  We are so excited/nervous/anxious for this next phase in our life.  Weird to think that at this time next year we could be a little family of 3.  Well....5 really, can't forget about Bailey and Riley :)

Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!

Jason and I got back yesterday evening from our longgggg trip home!  We left to head back to KC on Sunday, December 19.  We went straight to the farm to celebrate my little brother Christopher's 22nd birthday.  The rest of the week was spent relaxing/seeing friends/spending time with family.   Tuesday, Jason's uncle got a lot of his family members tickets to the UNLV vs. KState basketball game at the Sprint Center.  UNLV won!!  Yea!  Then the next night we got to see the Kruger side even more when we went to Silver Lake (right outside of Topeka) for Christmas.  All of the little kids running around was so much fun!  

Christmas Eve Jason's sister Jordyn flew into town and we went to Nordstrom to see her try on her wedding dress.  It was beautiful (of course) then we had lunch with his parents at Nordstrom Cafe.  We then went to my parents for dinner and presents then to COR for Christmas Eve service!  

Christmas day we woke up at the O'Bryans, and Jordyn was surprised by her fiance' Jim who flew in to surprise her from Arizona.  It was really cute, and a great surprise.  We had brunch with everyone, then headed to Topeka for the Gray family Christmas.  So nice to see the whole fam!  

                      

These are blurry, but you can see how surprised she was! :)

Tuesday morning (Dec 28) we woke up bright and early for our flight to New York City.  We REALLY lucked out that we were able to make it out!  We had been hearing reports of flights being cancelled left and right due to 20 inches of snow in the city.  Luckily, we picked the right day to fly out on and got out with no problems!  We had such a great trip.  I had never been, so obviously I wanted to do a lot of sightseeing!  We saw Central Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Plaza. St. Patricks' Cathedral, ate dinner/dessert at Serendipity, saw Ground Zero, and watched the funniest Broadway show ever called Avenue Q.  For New Years Eve, we went to a friend of Jordyn's apartments then headed out to a few bars.  All in all, we had a great trip...lots of laughs and memories that's for sure! :)  We had a 7am flight on New Years Day, so we just stayed out until our flight...great idea let me tell ya!  I was a zombie by the time we got home, but it was nice to have a day to recover before heading back to Texas.  We are back now, Christmas decorations came down today, and now we only have a few weeks before we head BACK to Kansas for Jordyn's wedding and Mexico!  So exciting! Here are some pics from our trip:

Jordyn and Jason in Central Park

                                                              

 Jason being awesome

Central Park

Rockefeller Plaza

St. Patricks Cathedral

Freezing in front of Rockefeller Christmas tree!!

Circle Line Tour in front of the Statue of Liberty

Brooklyn Bridge

Empire State Building

Times Square

Happy New Year!

So Happy New Years 2011!  There are a lot of exciting things that are going to happen this year, and I know that this year is going to be one of the best ones yet!  

Rock Chalk!!!

PERFECT start to the Christmas Break!  Although I had to watch the game by myself (well...with Bailey and Riley) today was Josh Selby's first game!  He definitely lived up to all the hype.  Had an amazing game, and we beat USC by 3.  The game about gave me a heart attack, but those are always fun (as long as we come out on top!)  I am a DIE HARD KU fan....and am in a bad mood the rest of the day, or longer, when we lose.  So, I'm glad we won so I won't be pouty all weekend!!  ROOOCCCCKKKK CHALLLKKKKK JAAAAYYYYHAWWWWWK, KKKKK UUUUUU!!!!

Well, I'm waiting for Jason to get home from work so that we can get packed to go back to KC.  I am super excited because we are actually going to make it back EARLY this year!  My little brother's birthday is December 20, and I haven't been back for it since we've moved.  But Jason got his meetings in early, so we are heading back tomorrow morning (Sunday) for his birthday dinner at the farm.  I'm so excited to get home.  I love our house all decorated at Christmas time, but it's just not the same as heading home to our parents house!  My brothers will already be there obviously, but Jason's sister Jordyn will be heading in next week, and Jayme Mark and the boys will be coming in Sunday after Christmas.   Then the Monday after Christmas we are having a bridal shower for Jordyn at the O'Bryan house...then Tuesday we leave for New York City!  Yaaaa!!  I will write again when we get back to Texas, until then-Merry Christmas!

Very First Blog Post!

Alright, so I absolutely LOVE reading people's blogs.  I decided awhile ago that I wanted to have one for me and Jason when we got pregnant.  Since we are living down here in Texas, I figured it was a great way for everyone to keep updated with what is going on with us down here!  Well...obviously I'm not preggers yet.  I got bored one day and decided to start designing a blog, but not actually writing in it.  Hey, I wanted to reserve our domain name ok??

Jason and I went up to KC this past November for Thanksgiving.  It was so fun to just relax and hang out with our families.  We both get so homesick every time we go home.  We love our life down in TX, but it's just hard when most of our friends and family live within 15 miles of each other!

While enduring the 8 hour drive back down to Dallas, we had a long convo on babies/where our lives were going (we may or may not have taken an adderall to make us super chatty hehe).  We are both definitely in the same place on when we want to start a family.  Jason's sister Jordyn is getting married on January 29, 2011 and the whole O'Bryan clan is going to Mexico the day after the wedding for a week.  I definitely do NOT want to be pregnant on a beach in Mexico (where we plan to go shark diving, zip lining, as well as going out every night).  Our plan is to start trying in February.  So exciting!  I can't wait to have a little Jason or Angie running around.  I know that we will have our hands full if they are anything like us! :)  We can't wait to see what he/she is like.

SO!  We decided to start the blog now so that we can have it to look back on.  It's almost Christmas time and I can't wait to get back up to Kansas to spend it with our families and friends!  Oh!  We also just booked our trip to NYC for New Years Eve!  I have never been so I am pretty excited about seeing it, especially around Christmas time.  Better get my gloves and hat ready...probably not going to be quite like our Texas weather!  :)