8 Weeks

xo, beth-ann

7 Weeks

xo, beth-ann

The 4th and a Few of My Favorite Boys

our festive nest

keith's chalk art

silly nephew number one

silly nephew number two

best buds

my brother is such a good dad

hill rolls

wild child dance

just realized how itchy his back is. rolling down the hill shirtless. bad idea.

scratching

good thing uncle keith is there to assist

my love

obsessed with the muppets and i love it

could not resist purchasing this for their visits

annual flag cake made with strawberries blueberries and mom showed me how to make really cream this year. yum!

we are so lucky to live in an area where we can see the local fireworks from our porch. not all of them, but all the high ones and the sound travels from the bay (the launch point) up the hills (where we live). 

keith and i are lucky enough to live close to most of our family. we get to spend lots of time with our nephews. we are totally head over heals for them. they are so lovable and funny. despite the heat it was a great day.

xo, beth-ann

6 Weeks

3 Positive Blood Tests 

2 Ultrasounds 

and 1 VERY happy couple!

6 week ultrasound

2 weeks later

xo, beth-ann

The Beginning

first, let me share the biggest news of our year. i am so excited i can not even contain myself. ready...... keith and i are excepting our first BABY! it has been a long road for us. we have been trying to conceive a little munchkin for 4+ years. i can not believe it is finally happening.

at the end of 2010 we finally decided to see a fertility doctor. it was hard for me to admit something might be wrong or maybe it was just my stubbornness. i don't know i just really wanted things to happen naturally. the subject came up with a good friend and after i expressed how i felt about it he turned to me and said well if your leg was broken would you not go to the hospital. this was a very good point and my perspective started to change. i felt so much better about getting help and it was the best thing we could have done. our doctor and his office were so amazing. the most compassionate group of people. we can not thank them enough. after a year of poking, prodding, procedures and disappointment we decided to take a break and enjoy a baby free life as keith always put it. he kept my spirt up by never doubting that we would one day be parents. he was so confident before and after this last procedure, i am so happy to have such a supportive partner.

since we are not sure if this will be are only chance to be pregnant i want to remember as much as possible so we decided to keep a journal. i am a little behind posting, but i will do my best to catch up with the journal entries here.

this is the first entry.

xoxo, beth-ann a.k.a super excited mommy to be

Hello!

hello again. i know i have been gone for so so long. things have been crazy. work was insane. lots of late night and working weekends the whole finally half of last year. we never even got to go on our planned holiday. however, since the new year i/we have recovered. keith and i took a road trip to visit family friends in maine, enjoyed an amazing trip to paris (post to follow) and i am so excited to be back on my tiny piece of the web. we have lots going on around here and so much to share.

this is one of my favorite mill images from our little city. i hope you like it. 

xo, beth-ann

Crickets. I know.

it has been very quite around here lately, sorry about that. however, work has finally hit a normal pace and i have been looking forward to posting again. here is a post that i intended to share quite a while ago, but never got around to it.  

on one of our days off this summer, since it was not a beach day, keith and i decided to head to providence for a beer and some culture. 

we wanted to enjoy a drink outside so we started off at the WHISKEY REPUBLIC. we had only been there at night, but the location is pretty cool and they have a beautiful deck.

with a cool view of the city there is lots to checkout.

supporting local as usual

i love the sunglasses reflection shot. keith always wear large frames which are perfect for it.

nachos!!! and of course the sun started to shine when we were getting ready to move on.

next stop the RISD museum to checkout the Cocktail Culture exhibit. the museum offers quite the experience from an amazing collection, exhibits, historic buildings and student works. also the east side of providence is quite dreamy and fun to walk through.   

love this rooftop view

Benson's Summer was appropriate at the time this was post was intended for

i really want a home projector. so fun!

super cute green bicycle <3 

sometimes i wish all days could be like this.      

xo, beth-ann