Baby Troge as a gummy bear

On January 13th we went for our first ultrasound at our new doctor's office. This time if you look REAL closely you can actually see a little person instead of just a black dot. However my uncle says it looks like a little gummy bear...which it really does!!

10 weeks

Julie's Shower

In January I went to a shower for my friend Julie. I have been friends with Julie and her husband Chris since we met in our freshman dorm. It's been so fun to go through so many years and life changing events together...this being another one along the way.

Julie didn't want to do the typical baby shower so instead it was a Saturday night cocktail/appetizer party. This is Julie (baby belly covered) me, Hudson, and Brooke (Hudson's mommy)

I know Julie loves to open stuff so I wrapped EVERYTHING in the basket

Chris is a BIG hunter so the little camo outfit was a big hit.

here's the belly...sooooo cute!

AND...since I am soooooo behind on my blog I now have pics of baby girl Jungman (as she was known) as well!!

Cora Kathleen Jungman

born 2/16

And telling friends begins!!

We went to our friends the Fudges house for New Year's Eve this year and kicked off the telling of our friends that I am pregnant. Brittni was SO excited and she said she knew and she is so bummed she didn't say anything because there is no proof she knew. :)

We kicked off the new year talking to some of our friends in South Africa (hello Carlmans!!) and they were able to celebrate again with us at midnight.

From there we just told friends and family as we saw them or talked to them.

One of the best stories of friends finding out is the story of my friend Brooke. If you remember back to the earliest people I told you will remember that my friend Brea was one of the first to know because I had to tell her I could not go to DC with her. Well Brea and my friend Brooke used to work together (which is how I met Brea in the first place) but also means they have some mutual friends. It just so happens that Brea went out for happy hour with this friend on a Thursday night after not seeing her for a few months. They talk about her upcoming trip to DC, etc. Brea mentions that it is now just her and Joy going since I couldn't go. Well Brooke then just happens to go to lunch with this same friend the very next day after also not seeing her for a few months and the friend happens to mention Brea's friend that is pregnant that lives in the area. She didn't say names but the wheels were turning for Brooke. So Brooke calls me after her lunch and says hey can you run a quick errand with me. We had planned to do lunch on Monday, when I was going to tell her, but I decided to go run the errand with her on my lunch hour. So I get in her car and she says, "hey...I heard this rumor that one of Brea's friends over in this area is pregnant..." and just leaves it hanging. So I said, "that would be me..." Brooke was SO excited because she has a little guy and now we can do mom stuff together. Anyway we gave Brea a hard time for spilling the beans but it is such a funny story...what are the odds?!

Christmas!!

We headed up to Loveland on Christmas Eve to go to the Christmas Eve service and watch the dude (my brother, we've called him "the dude" for years) drum...here he is rocking out

and a video of their opening song

then back to the house for the first of what would be MANY games of Ticket to Ride

Then Christmas morning...which as you'll see in this photo and the next few is really a time to harass the dogs!

David forgot Jack's fancy collar so we made him a fancy coat instead. Meet Jack...Jack Russell :)

and Dank getting into the festivities

In our family we draw names and buy just one gift for whoever we draw. My dad had me this year and wrapped up this map which sent me downstairs to...

THIS map!! They have a map of the US that we grew up putting pins in for all of the places we went and I had always said I wanted one like it of the world...it is hard to see but Sam and I have already been busy putting pins in our new map!

Time for Christmas dinner (we thought this ham looked like it had a face)

A full house as usual! My uncle Jim, aunt Tammy, sister Kate, cousins Tara and Greg, sister Lindsey, her friend Jennifer, friend Melissa, brother Scott, cousin Landon, uncle David, me, and Sam...NO idea where mom and dad were for this photo!

not sure why anyone thinks we look alike!? :)the first of our baby gifts...some Seuss books from Jim and Tammy

First dr. appt

We went for our first baby appointment on December 19th...Sam had NO idea what he was getting into! :) Here is the very first pic of our little one!

the baby is the dark spot in the upper right hand corner

and in this one more in the lower right hand corner

Flying with the boss...

While in LA I went flying with my boss...who chose of all places to fly to in California CHINO! Ha! We made a quick trip to Chino to eat at the airport diner.

the view leaving from the Torrance airport Rob checking everything out

on our way...
and the CHINO airport!pretty sure this plane and the next few haven't seen any airtime for a while!!

and good old Flo's diner (located directly behind the middle building in the picture) where I got some great biscuits and gravy...probably one of the lightest things on the menu! :)

I'm going to DISNEYLAND...

RIGHT after I found out about being pregnant I headed to California for our office Christmas party...which is at Disneyland.

Here is the office crew at Rainforest Cafe (serious)
and goofy...not much change for some folks you'll notice!!

Mandy in her Merry Christmas shirt- which if you can't see it, it is a tree chopping down a human and dragging it away!

The Haunted Mansion goes ALL out with Nightmare Before Christmas decorations

Small World adds just a few lights to the front

I can't see this saying and NOT think of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation!

the little carolers singing Christmas carols even in the predominantly non-Christmas countries....

Who and How and When??!!

Of course family was on our list to tell early on...but because we were waiting for the Russell family get together a few other folks found out first.

Brea- I had to tell my friend Brea early on that I was pregnant because I had to back out of going to DC for the inauguration because I was sooooo tired and knew I would want to do everything and would wear myself out.

Joelle- I was texting with the little (well not so little anymore but she'll always be little to me!!) girl I used to nanny for and spilled the beans to her. She is very excited because the due date is her birthday...August 12th.

Then...our families! We were going up to Loveland to celebrate the sibling December birthdays (the 3rd-Scott, the 10th- Lindsey, the 16th- Kate) so on our way to Loveland we called mom and dad Troge. We got Arlyss on the phone who was working hard on her Christmas program for church and was stressed out. Sam didn't tell her while he was on the phone the first time because he thought she was too busy. I told him to call back and let her know because she would be so excited the stress would not seem so bad...and she was!! She then told Eric...and we talked more to them that evening when they got home from the concert.

My family...how do you announce the news to a room full of Russells?! In birthday cards of course!! I waited to give the cards to the 3 of them until all other presents were open saying the gift was the same so they could open them at the same time.

I had stamped their names on the outside...which they are showing off... then they all started to read the cards...

which said "to celebrate" on the outside
and "becoming an auntie/unlce" in and 8 cents and $20.09 for 08/09
they all read their cards for a minute or so before it clicked then at just about the exact same time they all started screaming and ran over to hug me...it was really funny because everyone else in the room was trying to figure out what the heck Sam and I had given them as a present. Eventually the whole room knew the news...my cousin Landon already planning how he would tell friends at school the next day..."do I say my cousin is having another cousin?!"

the birthday 3 with their cards

and the parents to be!

Sorry for the delay...

Well some of you already know the reason for the delay on the blog...but if not the big news is there is a baby Troge on the way!!! I have been SOOOOO tired and have fallen WAY behind on the blog, but will spend some time catching everyone up on the details now.

I found out during the day on Tuesday December 2nd but didn't want to tell Sam over the phone so I made this sign and got some sparkling cider to celebrate...
as you can see I didn't quite believe the first...or the second test...We had our "supper club" that night so I didn't tell Sam when I picked him up from work and luckily he fell asleep in the car on the way home so he was a little out of it. I ran into the house first telling him I had to go to the bathroom (which I really did) so I could be ready with the camera to catch his reaction (which you can see above). As many of you know Sam is loud...quite loud...and went nuts!! Here were are toasting...we are very excited for the little one to arrive!!

Groundhog Day

Today is always an exciting day for two reasons:

One- we get to see if a giant rodent sees its shadow which will determine how much longer we have to suffer through winter...thanks Phil for another SIX weeks!

(PS. It did take me a while to find the official site and I would have had NO idea Punxsutawney is how you spell it!!)

Two- and to my family the much more exciting event associated with today is that groundhog day is the day our sister Lindsey came home to live with us!

(Love you Lin!!)

SLACKER!!

Sorry to my faithful blog viewers that I have not been updating it rececntly!! I will get on that...but for the time being here is a little entertainment:

Here is the original...to give you an idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

And a few spoofs:




single ladies...!?- SNL w/ Beyonce (feat. Justin Timberlake)