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We're Expecting!

So I haven't been posting much lately because it's been a secret! But now the secret is out! :)



I absolutely love that all of our immediate family members could take part in our pregnancy announcement! I got this idea one day while thinking about the Brady Bunch and Hollywood Squares. I think it turned out pretty cute!

So now that the secret is a secret no longer I can start sharing the pregnancy pictures with you all. We decided to do weekly pictures, which has now turned into by-weekly pictures. Here they are below:

So we found out that I was pregnant the week of Jeff's birthday! 


This week I went to the beach with some good girlfriends from Sunday School. It was SO difficult trying to keep this a secret from you all!!




You can tell from my face that I'm not feeling too great. Basically we found out this week that I can no longer have dairy! One of the very rare side effects of pregnancy is becoming lactose intolerant...and I love cheese! :(


Those are all of the pictures that I have ready. I'm now officially 14 weeks today and will be 15 weeks in 2 days. This is such an exciting time for Jeff and I and we are looking forward to this next adventure in our lives!

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