San Diego

Last weekend Corey and I took a long weekend to enjoy some time together in San Diego!!! We had lots to celebrate....new baby on the way, anniversary (5 years in July), and Corey just finished his semester! We had a great time just being together and it was great to get some cool weather and spend some time at the beach. We stayed in Vista, CA but spent most of our time in La Jolla. I'm already looking forward to going back!




We went to Coronado Island and spent some time walking around the Hotel Del Coronado.




Another great thing about San Diego...fresh Seafood. Corey and I headed downtown and ate on the water at Anthony's Fish Grotto. Ymmmm!


We stayed here in Vista. It was a great place....kind of like a bed and breakfast minus the breakfast. We actually ended up staying in the guest house which wasn't as nice as the main house but great to have our own place.




Ahhhh...the BEACH!! It was a little cool for beach weather but with the temps in the 110's here in Phoenix we weren't complaining!

Baby had lots of firsts on this trip (we've been keeping track of some of "baby's first"). Baby's first trip to CA, baby's first lobster dinner, baby's first time kayaking with the sharks (I know..doesn't sound like an overly safe activity, but don't worry the sharks were perfectly harmless!) and more!!


I'll leave you with this picture as I think it pretty well sums things up, don't you? Haha. Corey and I somehow got in the tradition or capturing this "pose" on camera everytime we go somewhere! I'm sure you'll see this pose show up in many more posts! :)

11 week ultrasound

I had my first MD appointment 8/11/09. It was my first time to this practice so most of the time was spent going over my medical history, etc. Anyways, we saw the NP and being new to this practice I asked if they were going to do an ultrasound. She said they are pretty conservative when it comes to ultrasounds and typically will do one the entire pregnancy at 18-20 weeks to make sure everything looks good and determine the sex. (Oh, and by the way, we will be finding out the sex) Anyways, she told me that if I wanted to she could bring the ultrasound machine in and we could take a quick peek at the baby. To make a long story short...she couldn't find the baby or hear the heartbeat. She kept reassuring us that it was just her (as she doesn't typically do the ultrasounds) and that I was definitely pregnant. BUT, needless to say, after that she scheduled for a "real" ultrasound 2 days later.

So, here are a few pics of the baby at 11 weeks. When we first started the ultrasound the baby was sleeping but the tech tapped my stomach and woke the baby up so we got to see him/her moving around! What a miracle!!!

(Left click to enlarge images)

At 11 weeks the baby was 2 inches (not counting the legs), the little baby feet were 7 mm, and the heart rate was 158 bpm.

Baby Kugle on the way......

I've been wanting to start a blog for a while....and now I finally have a reason too! Many (well, most) of you know by now that we are expecting our first baby in March. We are SO excited and awed at the miracle of this new life. I"ll do my best to keep you updated along the way!!

Here's a pic of the positive pregnancy tests!!! We did 3 tests just to make sure that it was really positive! June 23rd I had the suspicion (well, I guess at that time it was still just a hope) that I was pregnant. However, I didn't want to get too excited so I waited one more night. Wednesday night (June 24th) after work I decided to run to Target and get a pregnancy test. I really wanted to be able to tell Corey in a special way but I was too excited to wait so I just yelled for him and showed him the pregnancy test!!!

Like I said, we thank God daily for this blessing and pray that God will give us the wisdom to be Godly parents and raise this child to know and love Him! What greater privilege and responsibility could we be given!