Monday, December 21, 2009

The Blizzard of 2009.....

Well, we had our first big snow storm of the season over the weekend! It was absolutely beautiful and gave us a MUCH needed excuse to stay home and do nothing! With all of our free time, we decided to get creative and have a pregnant belly photo shoot. Ben got really into it....and wants to be a photographer now. :) We have lots of baby stuff planned for this week....touring the hospital....meeting with a pediatrician....and we are super excited for the whole family to be here on Saturday! Can't wait to see everyone!!!









Monday, December 7, 2009

Growing by the minute.....

Well, I seriously feel as though I am getting bigger by the minute! We are at 33 weeks and are getting more and more excited! Adriel is so active these days that sometimes I am sure she is trying to push her way out of my belly! (She may have inherited my tendency to be directionally challenged....uh oh.....) We have been super blessed lately by our church community. Every day in December we have received a package of diapers by a mysterious phenomenon that we refer to as the "diaper fairy". We have also mysteriously received our stroller/car carrier combo, the crib bedding and just today - our glider/ottoman! We are constantly overwhelmed and humbled by how God provides for us and at the amazing love that we receive from our church family. Words do not suffice......

We had our first snow over the weekend! Being snowed in gave us a good excuse to decorate for Christmas and we even got a tree! The last time we got a tree was our first year of marriage when we were living in Florida and it was at least 85 degrees! We were sweating by the time we got it home.....so I was excited to experience it in the colder weather...as it should be experienced. :)


33 weeks and counting......
This is what a "bringing home the tree" picture should look like....

Just a little guy but perfect for us!

Ben and the band he's been playing with at a concert venue

Our small group had a dinner/game night

SNOW!!!!



Our new glider....thanks to our church community.


Sunday, November 22, 2009

31 Weeks and Counting.....

Only 9 more weeks til our due date! We are growing more and more anxious to meet Adriel as the days get closer to her arrival! She is SO active.....rolling around and kicking all the time. I am still feeling good and getting bigger by the minute! So far, I have really been able to enjoy being pregnant! (Not counting the first trimester and the constant nausea....) Ben had an awesome time out in Seattle for the worship leader's conference that he went to. He will be speaking about worship in church next week so that should be fun! We're looking forward to the holidays and getting to spend some time with family as well as taking a break from our jobs! Here are some recent pics......

31 Weeks!

Ben tries to get creative with his picture taking.....

The pumpkins we carved for Halloween!

Ben is super picky when it comes to choosing a pumpkin...

We went pumpkin picking with some of our small group!

The finished products!

Monday, November 9, 2009

The recent life of the MD Ogdens....

Life is a whirlwind these days! Things are super busy with both of our jobs as well as our church and in the midst of it all we are trying to get ready for our baby girl's arrival! Ben is taking off for a worship leader's conference in Seattle this coming Wednesday through Sunday so he is super excited about that! (But 4 nights apart! It will be the longest we've ever gone.....) Things are going well with our pregnancy and I seem to be getting bigger by the minute! My two best friends along with my Mom and my Aunt threw me a baby shower last weekend so that was super fun! It is simply overwhelming how much stuff we got...and how much stuff we still need! All for this little tiny person! Ben and I are minimalists at heart so we are determined to get only what we need...but babies sure do seem to require a lot! We are loving life though and look forward to sharing more with you as the days go by......

Belly at 27 or 28 weeks.....I forget.....

My baby shower cake!

At my baby shower!

Opening presents......

Oooooh....a must! Or so I hear.....

Trying to get organized....

Ben went rock climbing with some guys from church and had a blast!


Putting together the crib! Yay!


He's good. I think I'll keep him. ;-)


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Just a few pics from our recent life. Most of them are from over the summer and since I'm such a blogging slacker, I am just now getting them on here. Things here are going well, but crazy busy. Ben has been having to work some ridiculous hours for his job (can you say 3:30am until 5pm??? Ridiculous!) He is in the process of looking for a new job. :) Naturally. Adriel is like a tiny little acrobat inside my belly so that has been super fun. We seriously cannot wait to meet her! I seem to be getting bigger by the day so we will have to put some more belly pictures up here soon! Until then.......

Me and my nephew Gabriel!

Visiting the Sterners! Cousins!

Having fun at the Italian Film Festival! We can never get Jenn to look normal......


Going out to dinner on our Babymoon!

At a farmer's market the day we found out we were having a girl!

Going on a date!!! He is so handsome....

Friday, September 25, 2009

Finally.....


Okay, wow - seriously - we have not blogged in FOREVER! But - we finally have a lap top and soon we will probably break down and start paying to get internet in our home.....finding coffee shops is becoming more and more annoying..... Anyway...here are some belly pictures!!! Not sure why Ben always cuts off my face.....guess its all about the baby now! The first one has my face in it though....he took that just the other day with his phone. OH - and we have finally decided on her FULL name....Adriel Joy Ogden. Another Ogden girl with the initials A.J.! :) Hope all is well with everyone....and hope that some people actually still check this slacker of a blog!

16 weeks

18 weeks

20 weeks

Us on our 4 year anniversary! Yay!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Long time...

Okay, so I have once again been a serious blogging slacker. I'll be surprised if any of you even still check this thing! But just to keep everyone updated...we're having a GIRL!!!! We are super excited. We have taken a few belly pictures, but don't have a computer right now to be able to upload them. We should be getting one soon though, so I will post some of those soon! :)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

News.....

If you haven't yet heard....we're pregnant!  Ten weeks and counting! Due on January 24th....happy birthday to me!!!  




Sunday, June 7, 2009

The recent life of us....

The days of summer are finally coming (slowly but surely.....MD weather is CRAZY!) and we can hardly wait for them to get here!  I have one more week of teaching left which is intensely exciting!  (All of you fellow teachers know exactly what I'm talking about! )  After that I'll be off for three weeks before I start teaching summer school.  I'll be working at a school for students that have severe disabilities......it's a bit different from what I do throughout the regular school year, so I'm looking forward to the switch.  Ben is busy with work and worship leading and we are still trying to get more involved with playing out at coffee houses.  One of our favorite coffee shops here in town has just started having live music on Saturday nights so we are about to get in on that which will be super fun!  We had our first batch of steamed crabs a few weeks ago which was super exciting!  (If you're not from MD...you probably don't understand....) We even got them for FREE thanks to the generosity of some of our favorite people - Joy and Jon!  And that is a big deal because they are PRIC-Y!!  We had some fun outings with our small group this past weekend....one of which was mini golf...which we were all desperately pitiful at.  You'll see the pictures....so sad.  We are looking forward to a visit from Ben's brother Elijah on Tuesday for almost a whole week!  Then we get to lead worship out at River Valley Ranch which is where we met!  We are looking forward to the weeks ahead and enjoying each passing moment of our life together! 

Our first crabs of the season....yay!

Soooo delicious!

Ben preparing for worship....he looks like this a lot...

Getting ready for our SAD game of mini-golf.
Those are some of our small group peeps...Dan&Jenn, Ross & Rachael...yes those are their actual names.....easy to remember!

We laughed at ourselves a lot....well...and at each other.  Let's just be honest.

Us girls could not get our balls to go through that stupid loopy thing!  Humiliating.

Here is a video of my pathetic attempt at using a chipper.  Golf is definitely not my game.  And if you've been wondering where Ben is in all of this....well...he was the photographer of the night. Sometimes being married to him is like having my own personal paparazzi.