Team Boy or Team Girl?

This is the day our ENTIRE family has been waiting for!

We wanted to do something fun and exciting to reveal the gender of our little gummy bear! We thought about doing a photo shoot, but thought a gender reveal party would be more fun because our family could interact with us.

Of course we didn't tell everyone right away..

Team Boy or Team Girl?

Everyone was SUPER excited for a GIRL!!!! 

Miss Payton Bjana Carbonaro

We are half way there! 20 weeks down and 20 more to go!

First Trimester

 Surviving Pregnancy: The First Trimester.

So the first trimester wasn't too bad. I never really had any morning sickness, but I did get that nauseated feeling. The bad part is I completely lost my appetite! Real food did not look good to me at all! I ate mostly sweets, which yes I know its bad.. but that is all I could eat. I had stock in popsicles, and they were the healthy all fruit ones, so what did it hurt! I had a little back pain but nothing I wasn't already used to! I was exhausted all the time! That part I hated! I felt like I couldn't do anything. All I wanted to do is sleep! 

At 8 weeks we got to "confirm" our pregnancy as well as do an ultra sound! We were super excited to see our little gummy bear! And that's exactly what it looked liked, didn't surprise me as I eat them like crazy! We were sad and glad at the same time that it was only one! Even though I would of loved to have twins!! Its crazy how much they grow between weeks!
The difference in ultrasounds are crazy!

8weeks, 0days

12weeks, 3days

Pregnancy Announcement

When it came time to tell my parents we knew we had to do it in a fun way! Keeping the secret for 8 weeks from her has been an adventure in itself!

My sister Brandy called me a few days before we were making the trip to my moms to announce it, that she had called her asking if she knew why we were coming. (I told my mom we were coming up to have lunch with Brandy and Chris and wanted to see if she would like to join us, bc she got mad the last time we didnt invite her!) Brandy told her no, nothing other then lunch! Mom said she thought we were telling her we were pregos, so we had to come up with a better way to surprise her!

At dinner mom mentioned it again, and I told her that we were not pregos in anyway! She was a little upset.. Well after dinner this happened :)

2.9.14

Guess What....

IM PREGNANT!!! OMG!!!

Most of you who know me, know Ive been back and forth for years about getting pregnant! As much as I love kids and have always wanted them, being 30 and getting pregnant was never on my list to do. I've always wanted 2 kids before 25, although 25 came and gone and I was kinda glad I didn't have kids yet! Ive defiantly enjoyed my 20s! I guess in the long run being 30 and having kids is not as bad as I think it is! The question is do I want more?

I know being pregnant would probably be a struggle for me because of my L5 & foot injuries, but here's to having a good pregnancy! :)

Jan.15.14

This kinda took me by surprise but then again it didn't because I was late! haha only by a few hour or so. (Im usually pretty aware of my monthly cycle!) But I knew something was off! So Richard had already left to work, and I peed on a stick! It was taken for ever, so of course I left it on the bathroom shelf and totally forgot about it to the next time I had to pee! Which of course wasn't that long of a wait! About an later I walked in and was like.. o hey look I forgot! And BAM!! There it was... I was pregnant!! I was caught of guard for sure... I jumped in my car and headed to Richards work.. then on the way their I got distracted and went to Burkes Outlet. At that point I decided to wait and tell Richard when he got home in a cute way! But keeping this a secret was gonna be the hard part! It was only 11am and he didn't get off work till 9ish.

Of course I couldn't keep the secret and I told my sister and 2 best friends!! 

Walking around Burkes outlet and trying to decided how I was gonna tell Richard wasn't the easiest thing! Even though it had been about 3 weeks after Christmas, we still had presents coming in late for each other so I decided to wrap this up and tell him he had a present come in late.. which actually worked! LOL. 

Richard was happy, stunned and excited all at one time!! 

Now telling parents / family / and close friends before we announced it to the world!

Ugly Christmas Party

Richard and I decided to have our first Ugly Christmas Party! Wasnt anything big, but we made a photo booth that went well with the few drinks we had! Looking forward to another one next year!

Carbonaro Wedding

Our Wedding Day was an adventure in itself! We were suppose to walk down the aisle at 5pm, but the sky decided to let loose about 4pm! And of course being in Charleston, it floods! I was prepared for this.. as it always rains in Charleston, but it usually doesnt last very long! Sooooo we waited it out! In the mean time we moved cocktail hour before the ceremony, which worked out! People got to mingle and get to know each other so it made the reception more fun! We finally walked down the aisle an hour later. The island we were originally gonna get married on got flooded so we had to move it to the dock. After all said and done, the ceremony turned out great and WE GOT MARRIED!!!

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