Austin's Big Day Out

March 27 our good friends Tasha and Maurice got married. Paul went to their wedding at the San Diego LDS temple on Friday and Austin and I tagged along the next day to the ring ceremony. The ring ceremony was at Laguna Beach. Mommy and daddy were so excited to bring Austin to the beach for the first time. Although Austin was asleep most of the time everyone was so excited to see him.

Any man can become a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

First time dad got to hold Austin in his arms, 9 months was worth all the wait.

Home Sweet Home

If you have ever had a baby I am sure this thought has gone through your head: "So we can leave now and take the baby home... it seems so much more difficult to buy a car and take it home than your own child" just a thought that crossed my mind.

Austin's first car ride

At home snuggling with mommy!
Austin loves chest time with daddy because he is so warm :-)

Some of our son's first visitors

Thank you to our family and friends for their supprt during this amazingly wonderful time.

Proud Opa and Oma

Uncle Todd and Aunt Jessica

Labor of Love

Welcome to the world Austin Romney

Born March 18, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Weight: 7 pounds 4 ounces

Height: 18 1/2 inches

Love at first sight

The past few days have been...how can I even describe this? Some moments so tender and sacred they are for my journal and my husband only. Some moments so frustrating and scary and overwhelming it seems like every day is an eternity. One week ago today, it all began. I'm just trying to take in a day at a time.

Check out Daddy and Son's matching Ferrari t-shirts! How cute!

Already a Father

Our son's room is decorated in animals. One day my sweet husband said that he wanted to buy a FEW stuffed animals for his room. So we went to Toys R Us and he grabbed as many stuffed animals as he could. He was so excited when he was picking out which animals and sorting out which ones would be good enough for the room. He picked out a few lined them up on the ground and would walk by now and then to see if they all fit together. After they all met his approval he grabbed the bear, hippo, frog, pig, giraffe, snake, penguin, panda bear, monkey, and cheetah into his arms and brought them to the register.

It was so neat for me to see him so excited to buy all of these things for his son. He is so excited to become a father. I know this life doesn't come without its challenges but one thing that I don't have to worry about is what type of father Paul will be. I am so happy that our family of two is growing to three. What a wonderful blessing we have been given.

Waiting...

The clothes have been washed, his sheets changed, the rocking chair put together, bags are packed and in the car...they are all waiting for the arrival of our son. I thought that this pregnancy has gone pretty fast, but time has seemed to stop. Now that everything is ready, all we have to do is wait... I guess I can't blame him, he is in a temperature controlled environment where he can eat and sleep whenever he wants ( I wouldn't want to leave either). Or maybe this is Heavenly Fathers way of letting us know we aren't in control anymore, its not our lives anymore. We are so excited to welcome our little one, but all we are left with is time, time to wait.

Soon to be Oma and Opa AKA our photographers

Being a little silly at our photo shoot :-)

I don't know if you can see me, but I am the one that is hiding behind the tree.We are 9 1/2 months pregnant
My dad helping Paul TRY to climb a tree (it didn't work)

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Maternity Pictures (thanks Dad and Mom)

My parent's came to La Mirada for the day and my dad took us to the park and took some pictures for us. As you can tell he is a pretty good photographer! Thanks dad for taking the pictures, and thank you mom for lugging around all of dad's stuff and helping. ;-)

Ultrasound

We went for an ultrasound yesterday. We only got a few pictures because our son is a little camera shy (his head always seems to turn when the tech wants to take a picture of him). This is a picture of his face with his little chubby cheeks and Paul thinks that he has my nose. :-)

Getting Ready For Our Son

Paul is carefully putting all of the pieces together. See, he can build things!Dresser and Changing Table

If you look closely in the top right cubby you will see a Ferrari bib and chew toy. After we found out we were having a boy Paul insisted that we go to the Ferrari store and he bought those things and a teddy bear.

Reading the directions, making sure we don't have any left over pieces.

We Also Found Out...

Nine Months Pregnant!!!
Five Months Pregnant
One Month Pregnant

We are having a baby!!! We are so excited to be welcoming a baby boy into our lives. We have been getting busy getting our home and ourselves ready for his arrival. His due date is March 22...only a couple more days.

Catching Up

Our New Home (Thanks Dan and Debbie!) Boxes, so many boxes

I thought I would take this opportunity to catch you up on the lastest that has happened in our lives.

More Honeymoon Pictures

Arriving in Tahiti

Our jeep safari took us all over the island, it was so lush and green. Our bungalow over the water - there was even a removable table that we could move to feed the fish that swam underneath.

Our Honeymoon

After the wedding we went to Tahiti!!! This place was so amazing. I have never seen a more beautiful place. We had so much fun exploring the island, snorkling with the fish, sting rays, and sharks, trying different foods, and mostly spending time with one another as husband and wife.

Our Wedding Day

After getting to know one another we decided to get married! Paul proposed on my birthday, April 20, 2007. What a wonderful day, finding out that I get to be with my best friend forever.

5 months later we got married at the LDS San Degio Temple to be married for "Time and All Eternity". We were joined by friends and family to celebrate this wonderful occassion.

Introduction

Many of you know Paul and I, but few of you know how we got together. Paul and I became friends through mutual friends at church. Our friends had suggested to Paul that he should consider dating me, he dismissed the thought thinking that I was too short to date (Paul is 6' 4"/ Marsha 4' 11"). We became good friends. In fact, we became such good friends that I started to set him up on dates with other girls that I knew. Well none of the them worked out and one day it just hit us, we were meant to be. :-)