Good Bye Christmas!

I guess you could say we had an interesting Christmas this year. It started off with me catching my first pregnant cold. Of course this happened while I was away from the 22 sick kids that I have been around for the past month (and managed not to catch any of their colds). To me it did not make sense that I would get sick while having more rest and being in a less germ infested environment. Anyways, it happened, and by Christmas night I felt terrible. So, of course with all the scare of the swine flu I called my doctor on Christmas. He said not to go to the emergency room but to just stay home and get some rest. So I did and felt much better the next day. :)

My dad on the other hand did go to the emergency room on Christmas :( due to a bite on his hand from my parents sweet little kitten. It really is a good cat. He just got scared while my dad was holding him and chose to bite so he could be released. Now what seemed like a little cat bite that you could wash at home became a four day stay in the hospital bc apparently cat bites are a BIG deal... So we are all thankful that things are going to be ok, and realize that they could have been but also glad that this Christmas is over and hoping that next year will be much better! My dad is recovering nicely and should be home tomorrow, but please keep him and my mom in your prayers for a speedy recovery!

With Christmas behind us, we are now focusing on preparation for our growing baby boy. We have decided that his name will be Grady Layton Klovstad. For those of you who don't know Layton is actually Buddy's (real) first name and it is a family tradition for the first son to have his father's name as his middle name. We have all of Grady's furniture and are now working on painting the room so we (Buddy) can put it together. Here is a 6 month picture of my growing belly in front of our Christmas tree.

Thanksgiving :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We started the holiday with our 2nd annual Friends Thanksgiving. We had our friends Andy and Kellie, and Jeff and Amy come over so we could enjoy yummy food and many laughs together. Kellie is a great cook and thankfully has been able to come early for the past 2 years to help me cook the turkey. I paid close attention this year so I can possibly handle it on my own next year.

On Thanksgiving, we started the day at Buddy's parents for our first meal. While there we got to spend time with Grandpa and Grandma Sargent, Buddy's sister Madison ad her fiance Jason, Buddy's parents of course, some of their neighbors, and my parents and brother also joined us. We even got a quick visit from my Grandy and Del. After spending some time there, we went over to my cousin's house for Thanksgiving dinner #2. Here we got to see most of my dad's side of the family. We had lots of fun and as usual left with many fun memories!

Over the weekend we went out to Riverside to see Buddy's Auntie Jane and Uncle Rick, and spend time with the cousins. They had a great idea to go see the Mission Inn all decorated for Christmas. So we spent some time walking around and enjoying the joyful atmosphere. We are very Thankful for all of the time we got to spend with family and friends during this Thanksgiving holiday!

Uncle John, Aunt Corliss, and cousin Cheryl preparing our yummy meal!

Me with my mom and Grandy

This is a picture of me (with baby Klovstad) and 2 of his 4 Great Grandmas!

Buddy's dad carving the gigantic turkey!

Buddy and Jason ready to eat!

Friends Thanksgiving

We're having a BOY!

Yesterday Buddy and I went with the Grandmas to have our anatomy ultrasound. It was really neat to see all of the parts of our little ones body! Almost right away she asked if we were sure we wanted to know, and of course we said "yes!" So, she pointed out the legs and the extra little part in between them showing us that baby Klovstad is a boy! Buddy did a little dance around the room and I shed a few tears of excitement knowing that we were going to be blessed with our little guy! It is so nice to know and start planning, and cut our list of possible names in half as we put the girl ones away for now. The ultrasound tech said that our little boy looked like he was growing right on schedule! Here is a 19 week belly pic and some pics of our little guy! I wore blue with a little pin that said, "It's a boy" to let everyone at school know what we were having.

He kept sucking his thumb (we think)

If you look close you can see 2 legs and his little boy parts in the middle :)

Our growing little one at 19 weeks

After announcing that we are having a boy, we got some pretty funny comments from friends that I thought I would share:

Brandon Meyer:

Awesome! Hopefully he doesn't take after his dad... Haha! Tell Allison congrats!

Kevin Brown:

Congrats! Are you guys going to name him KB?

Stephen Torres:

That just made my day! Everyone please welcome little Klovstad!

Matt Graves:

Congrats! Tie his right hand behind his back.

Andrew Krueger:

Congrats! Yeah! Time to get him some Angels gear!

Brett Swenson:

It looks like your going to get that All Star pitcher after all.

Eric Dole:

Congrats! Hopefully he's a lefty! Future Angels starter!

Greg Solorio:

Nice... looks like I am going to the left handed store.

Billy Sulentor:

Congrats! It looks like he will be born with a baseball in his hand.

Derek Fitch:

Awesome! You just saved yourself so much money having a boy!

Steve Harold:

Awesome! Do you know who the dad is yet?

Kurt Angier:

I'm just throwing a name out there... don't know if you two have discussed possible name options but "Kurt" would be an AMAZING name. Just throwing it out there. I mean it's a powerful 1 syllable name, sexy athletic beasts are named Kurt and it rhymes with dirt. What more could you want in a name?

Clint Blevins:

Maddux (his baby) is super stoked... so much so that he was speechless.

Happy Halloween!

On Friday Buddy and I went to a great Halloween party with our cousins Cheryl and Dave. Our friends Mike and Jen always host their annual Halloween party and every year it gets better and better! They decorate their whole house floor to ceiling and think of every little detail! Not to mention there is always a costume contest. Unfortunately, the parrot didn't win it for Buddy this year so next year we'll have to think of something great!

Cheryl and I

Dave and Cheryl

Kirsten, Dave & Me

Me & Kirsten

Kirsten, Buddy & Me

19 Weeks...

On Saturday I got to go to my good friend Amy's baby shower. It was so fun to share the day with her and watch her prepare for her sweet baby girl! She is 30 weeks and we are all super excited to welcome their little one into the world! Here is one of those fun prego back to back pics!

Ready to Ride!

I just had to upload a picture of the present Grandma Klovstad got for our little growing baby! This saddle is ready to go with cute little stirrups! Grandma and Grandpa Klovstad just can't wait to get our little one on one of their horses! Just please don't put him or her on Aggie :)

Let's go Angels!

On Tuesday night Buddy and I got tickets to the Angels game. We were hoping to bring them luck, but as you know they didn't do so well. Let's hope they can pull it out on Thursday and have a big come back!

A weekend in Arizona...

Last weekend we took a trip to Arizona to visit my brother for family weekend at ASU. We also got to visit Amanda and Ross. They were so sweet to open their guest room to us and give us a place to stay. We had a very fun time catching up with Amanda, and of course seeing my brother. I really enjoyed the little old town feeling that surrounds ASU, and they even beat Washington at the football game!!! Which USC was not able to do. Sorry Amanda, I had to say it for Buddy :) Here are some pics from the game and touring the campus. We miss you Kevin, Amanda, & Ross! Can't wait to see you this weekend too!

4 Months and Growing!

We are now 4 months and counting with our growing little baby Klovstad. So far everything is going pretty well and right on schedule. I am getting used to not feeling 100% like my regular self and know that it will all be more than worth it when we have this beautiful little baby in our arms! Each day I am just amazed as I try to understand what an amazing miracle having a baby truly is. We love our little baby Klovstad and ask you to help us pray for a healthy pregnancy and birth!

Hailey and Eric's Wedding

Last night Buddy and I went to a beautiful wedding! Eric and Hailey Dole are two of our friends from high school and we are so happy for them! They are a very fun couple to spend time with and we were so happy to be a part of their special day! We also enjoyed the time we spent with some of our other friends that we just don't see enough now that we're all "grown up." Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Dole!!! Here are some fun pics from the night :)

Buddy found a hat!

Brittany and I :)
The happy couple after their cake fight :)
Four great friends from high school!
Some of our fun group members!
Buddy and Stephen. We miss you Stephen!
Brittany and I with Stephen.
Buddy and I with the Dole's.
The happy couple entering into the ball room.

365 Days of Marriage! Woo Hoo!

Last weekend Buddy and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! We spent a lot of time thinking about some of our favorite times together and how blessed we have been throughout this past year. We are so happy to have one another!!!

Buddy started the weekend by cleaning out our garage. I thought the reason was so that as my tummy continues to grow... I will be able to get out of my car more easily. But, I quickly figured out the next day that it was for our new beach cruisers! We talked about getting them awhile ago, and thought they would be something fun to ride down to the Orange Circle with now and even after the baby is born. However, we hadn't talked about it in months so I kind of thought we would just get them another time. So I was totally surprised, and LOVED the pretty pink one with a basket that he picked out for me :)

That night Buddy made reservations at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and it was yummy!!! While we were at dinner I gave Buddy my gift. I found out that the theme for the one year wedding anniversary is either paper or something that goes with time. So I went with the paper idea (thanks to the Mangiafico's) and got Buddy two tickets to the Redskin's/Charger game on January 3rd in San Diego. Those of you who know Buddy know that he is a HUGE Redskin's fan. So he was very excited too!

On Sunday morning (our actual anniversary) Buddy had a championship baseball game with his Men's League Team. They won and Buddy hit a homerun! Yay! He said he did it for me :) We followed up the game with a small dinner and of course our one year anniversary cake. I got Buddy a cheesecake because that was what he really wanted at our wedding :)

Our Anniversary dinner :)

My new pretty bike :)

Buddy's team after they won the Championship!

Buddy's personal cheesecake :)

Our 1 year anniversary cake. At least this one didn't end up on my face :)

Fun Weekend in Laughlin!

This past weekend Buddy and I went to Laughlin with a couple that has become good friends of ours. Their names are Jeff and Amy. We met at church and truly enjoy spending time with them! Jeff's uncle has a vacation house in Laughlin so we decided to hitch up the boat and spend the weekend there. On Friday, the water was so beautiful! Perfectly smooth and lots of time for relaxing. On Saturday, the wind picked up a little and it got a little choppy, but we still had a great time! We left early Sunday morning in order to make it back in time for Buddy to pitch at his Men's Baseball League finals. They won so they will play again this Sunday, on our anniversary :). 

After Buddy's game we met his parents and sister Madison with her fiance Jason for dinner to spend some quality time with his Dad before he left to go to Kosovo for 2 weeks. Bill is currently building a water park there and has been splitting his time between here and there for the past 5 months. It's been a great opportunity, but we are definitely keeping him in our prayers with all his traveling and living in  country where nobody speaks his language... 

Buddy and I with the baby belly:)

The two pregers sun bathing on the boat.

Baby Klovstad at 14 weeks (31/2 months) pregnant.

Baby Sophia Dressendorfer at 24 weeks (6 months) pregnant.

The Klovstad family at dinner.