A New Addition to Our New Family

As most of you know we recently just got married on July 12, 2008 at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, NE. It was a beautiful ceremony with our family and friends and we could not have asked for a better wedding! We just got our photos back from the wedding and reception so please feel free to check them out at www.pictage.com/397427 You can order whatever pictures you like in whatever size you want and they will ship them directly to your house!

After the wedding we jetted off to Las Vegas for some relaxation ... and well gambling :) Cortney's dad's friend Bill Novak, who is a travel agent, got us the most amazing room at Mandalay Bay. We had views of the Strip AND of the mountains. It was perfect. Here are some pictures of the room we stayed in:

We spent most of the days relaxing in the room and walking around the Strip like tourists. Our highlights included seeing the MGM lions, going to the show Zumanity at New York New York, the Bellagio water show, eating at Cortney's favorite Italian restaurant in New York New York, the Shark Reef at Mandalay bay, and of course the yardsticks of margaritas ... which were most often purchased at Coyote Ugly (Dustin preferred their flavors ... hmm)

A few weeks after we got back from the trip we found out we were expecting our first child! Yep, a Las Vegas baby! Here are a couple of pictures from the first ultrasound at 8 weeks along:

We have all been teasing Jim that the baby's profile looks like him so shoot him an email letting him know the baby does look like him lol. We already had a second visit with the doctor as well which was at our 12 week checkup. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat only for a few second because the doctor said the baby was moving around a lot. When she finally found the heartbeat again there was this loud noise and the doctor said, "Your baby just kicked the microphone!" The baby did this several times so we gave up on any more attempts on trying to hear the heartbeat. (Dustin insists the baby is a boy and that he'll be a soccer player or a field goal kicker)

We do want to find out the sex of the baby before the baby is born. The 20 week ultrasound where we find out the sex of the baby will be scheduled sometime in late November so we will keep you posted. We do have some names picked out but we want to narrow down the list before sharing them. But we are open to suggestions!

Hopefully we can continue to update this blog as much as possible to keep you all in the loop with the pregnancy and our new life together!