telling the family!

bry and i have known about our little one since mid-february. neither of us are very good secret-keepers, so we really struggled with keeping our news to ourselves {especially because we live in bry's parents' in-law apartment, we whispered quite a bit!}

 we were waiting on a job offer for bry, and it came along at the right time... just as we were going to tell our families. it was a great excuse to visit our families and "celebrate"!

we told everyone on march 30. we wanted to be able to tell all the parents in the same day, because we knew once the news got to one set of parentals, that they would want to share it as well. 

we didn't get any pictures with my dad, but we told him at breakfast. i had a baby picture of my dad in my wallet and i said, "hey, i have some pictures i wanna show you". i pulled out the baby pic of him and handed it to him, and then after a second, i laid down the picture of our ultrasound. he looked at it for a minute and said "...what is this? what IS this?! are you pregnant?!" we both smiled and he was so so excited for us!

next, we went over to my mom and stepdad's house. bry talked about his job for a few minutes and my mom was getting out cannolis that she picked up. bry and i picked up a cake and wrote on it saying "Surprise! Baby Johnston coming October 2012". i went and opened the cake and laid it down in front of my mom, stepdad, and brother, who were all sitting at the dining table. there was a few confused looks and my stepdad had to get his glasses, but they all realized at the same time. my mom started jumping up and down like a bunny rabbit, my brother started sobbing immediately, and my stepdad started yelling excitedly like the italian he is. they were overjoyed! it was great!

bry thinks the cake looks anti-climactic because there's no punctuation on it- that's what you get from stop&shop i guess :)

lastly, we headed home to casa de johnston and we shared our news with the cake. this cake we decorated a little bit more and had the artist, brad, do the writing on the cake. i walked out holding the cake and there was more jumping, yelling, and tears. they are thrilled for baby j!

it was a day of excitement and sheer happiness. it couldn't have been any better! 

hubby's look-a-likes

i have myself a fine husband.

i mean he's quite the cutie if i do say so myself... 

but there are a few people that we've been told he looks like... 

my grandmother raves that bry looks just like

steve mcqueen

{via}

and then we've gotten this one...
chad michael murray

{via}

but this is most recent.. hunger games anyone?
bry gets this a lot from strangers

liam hemsworth

{via}

 votes?
  {my opinion is liam hemsworth is pretty dang close}

regardless, i prefer my bryan to any of these other studs :)

a 13.5 week bump

the bump has emerged. 

and i'm starting to feel a bit better. 

hooray!

more about baby j

here's our little bug at 8 weeks, for all who want to see :)

so yes, it's true. we shared our pregnancy news on april fools day and caused quite the excitement. believers, skeptics, all the like. it was so fun to know others were going to do an "i'm pregnant" post but we were actually telling the truth! so here's the scoop...

almost 11 weeks

due date: october 29

it wasn't planned but it also wasn't a surprise

not feeling terrible, some days are better than others

yes, we're finding out the sex. don't try to convince us otherwise :)
{we're not hoping for either or, just a happy healthy baby}

yes, we have names picked out! but we're not telling!

God's timing, man.. He knows what's best for us

...oh and there's no bump yet {just flab from eating a lot}... but hopefully in the next few weeks!

in awe

while i could sit here all day and chat about my pregnancy {which i will write a post to update all of you soonish}... today, i am in awe. i'm in awe of many things...

> how powerful the Lord is

> how much of a sacrifice Jesus made for taking on the sins of the world so he could one day live in heaven with us {i can't even really wrap my mind around this}

> how he keeps his promises to us always. 

i am moved and eternally grateful for his death on the cross. he is worthy of so much praise for just the little things he's doing in our lives. and we're just two people.

God is so good. and he deserves our very best. even though he loves us unconditionally when we're at our worst. 

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead"

1 peter 1:3

no april fooling here...

we're expecting!

due in late october!

and we're thrilled!

he's a workin man!

hubby got a job last week!

he's working at l'oreal in nyc starting next week!!

he has worked so hard for this and he's finally got his big break.

proud wife over here.

and i don't mind the free loot :)

we are so thankful to the Lord for all he has done for us. bry's career is something we've been praying about for quite a while. God is so good!