The BIG Announcement!

Baby Phillips - 11 weeks  

July 20th, 2011 - The Phillips' family opens their cards with our "special delivery" message...

A double birthday celebration turns into a surprise celebration for THREE! It was Travis & Grandma's birthday, and now we could look forward to the future birthday of one very special baby! Yipee! We are all so very excited...

After a quick Facebook entry to get the word out when we got home, that was it - our secret was out!

Side note: Being the girl that I am, I needed my mommy to talk to as I went through my pregnant girlie stuff... PLUS, I just couldn't keep my mouth shut...So earlier in the weeks I had "leaked" our news to MY parents! My dad opened a very special card on Father's Day announcing that we were pregnant - and of course they were very excited too! I just don't have any pictures to show for it due to long distance. 

First Signs of Life

Baby Phillips- approximately 5 weeks old (in womb years)  

June 7th, 2011 it's confirmed... we are definitely pregnant! We got to see this little precious life and even it's teeny tiny little heart pumping on this day. Totally amazing.

Also totally amazing that this little one was still attached to me even after doing so much scuba diving!!!

Now it begins - the days ahead... daydreaming, planning, worrying, reading, journaling, waiting, saving, eating, wondering, anticipating, laughing, sleeping, sleeping, and sleeping... and holy crap... SLEEPING! Boy was I tired.

In the days ahead, Travis and I decided that, like some couples, we were going to keep this a secret until it was safe to say that everything was healthy and progressing like a normal pregnancy should. We would share with family and friends next month... a long wait ahead to share such amazing news, but we wanted to be sure. So, that we did... let the daydreaming begin!

The Exciting News!

  I KNEW IT! I am sooooo pregnant!  I mean these little sticks you pee on don't really lie do they? June 1st I broke the exciting news to Travis as he woke from sleep... rubbing his eyes, he had a big ol' grin and we shared a dorky, but loving, "high-five" as I skipped across the bedroom. Holy shmoly, WE're gonna be parents! Whut?... SO cool...

A BIG Discovery...

 "Once upon a time, on a little vacation to a fantastic place called Belize..." that's how it all began. A new adventure in our life, a new chapter unfolds...


And I am not just talking about all the wonderful things we experienced on our vacation together. Like all the amazing scuba diving we did... Swimming with gentle nurse sharks, eels, and gigantic sea turtles seemed like heaven, until we topped that with diving down to 130 feet in the Blue Hole only to discover we were swimming with submarine size reef sharks! We took a ride on zip lines through the jungle and inner tubed through underground caves... mingled with the friendly locals while sipping lots of sweet sugary drinks...


And then something started to feel different. With a grin on my face, and a little wink to Travis, I put down my last Pina Colada on May 28th, 2011 and never looked back. I had a hunch that we were in for a very special discovery as soon as we got home...