Congratulations!!

I have to post how proud I am of Tristan. He just got the results back from taking his boards and he "nailed" them. (You may all tell me how funny and witty that was.) ;)
After months of studying and late nights and hard work, finally it is over and he did so well! I am so proud of all the hard work he does for us. Congrats to you, Honey!

Boy, Oh Boy!

That's right, it's a BOY!

After months of secrets, we finally surprised our friends and family in Utah that we are expecting! They couldn't believe my little tummy, even though I feel that at 5 months there is nothing little about it, or will be for quite a while.

We had a lot of friends keeping the secret with us, and I don't think I want to keep it that long again. It is SO hard to watch what you post and what you let others post. :) But thanks to everyone who shared with us...it was WELL worth the look on all their faces.

Here are some tummy pictures that have been held back over the months. I'll get up some ultrasound pictures too.

The day we found out and I surprised Tristan with the little hat....it says "Future Cougar".

About 8 weeks....the before pictures. (note: I cropped my goofy expressions out...I hope you didn't want to see my face.) :)

About 15 weeks.
About 18 weeks.
Our Halloween costumes! No, we weren't Chef Boyardee and his stove, as was the popular guess.
My surprised mom in the middle of a grocery store. It was priceless!!

The day we found out it was a boy we bought some little blue outfits.

We call our little one Snoopy until we have a name. I happened to see this car in Utah. It looks EXACTLY like my car!

How I look today at 20 weeks and the shirt I surprised my family with.

Tis the Season

Since I will be gone early for Christmas Tristan and I have tried to do as many things as possible to get into the Christmas spirit. 

 

We went with our friends Chris and Bri to Chickasha to see the lights display there.  It was sooo much fun.  They did a really good job with it.

 

 

We also went with Beau and Paola to a place called Dry Gultch.  

It is a recreated old timey western town north of Tulsa.

  

They have an old steam 

train that you get to take a ride on and have many neat shops and things. 

 

O' Christmas Tree

We have almost completed putting up our Christmas tree. Being newlyweds and not having any traditions or money for anything, we decided that for Christmas decorations we would get a pine cone from everywhere we visit together.  We have gathered pine cones from Mississippi to Austria and from Croatia to the Grand Canyon.  Every year the number of places and pine cones increase a little.  We love our little Christmas tree, simple and beautiful but with so much meaning behind it.

Trip to Missouri

I spent the last week in Missouri while Tristan studied for the boards. On the drive I ate lunch at the world's largest McDonald's in Vinita, OK. :) It sits right over the freeway. (Yes, those are trucks driving underneath.)My brother, Jake and his wife Jen at Shakespeare's Pizza in Columbia. We had so much fun, but I have to say that I'm glad that this whole test is over with!! Tristan studied so hard ad has put so much effort into doing well. I am so proud of him!