Baby on the Way!

I know, I haven't blogged since Christmas... but for good reason. We're going to have a baby boy!!! That's right! After 5 amazing years of marriage, God has finally blessed us with a baby!

His due date is June 18, 2011, so I'm almost 21 weeks today. AJ has told everyone I'm the easiest pregnant woman because I've had little to NO side effects of pregnancy! Other than some neasea in the 1st trimeseter. I don't crave any weird foods or there is nothing I can't eat either. I haven't really been more tired than usual at all either. I do wish I was bigger though! When you find out your pregnant you want to see results and changes right away, but 9 months is a long wait to get as big as you will ever be!

AJ went to Australia 2 weeks back, he was only gone for a week and when he came home he was so excited to see my belly, but partly dissapointed that I hadn't quadrupled in size in a week! HA! He can't wait for me to get bigger... it's really funny! He loves rubbing my belly all the time! I know we are both looking forward to this blessing God has honored us with the new responcibility in our marriage!

I'll be posting some pictures of me soon but for now, here are some baby pictures over the last 5 months of pregnancy!

And NO... NO ONE should assume we're having an Albert the 4th! (Just wanted to clear that up...) The name will be a secret revealled when baby Bachmann arrives in June!

9 Weeks Old!

16 Weeks Old

20 Weeks Old

20 Weeks Old

I'm High on Shutterfly!!!

Hello everyone! I just have to spread the holiday cheer about the holiday specials going on at my favorite online photo shop! They have a great selection of photo cards this year to spread the Christmas cheer with friends and family.

My husband and I have great news this year, We’re PREGNANT!! It will be our first baby and first Christmas as 2.5!! So we thought there is no better way to pass on our news then using a Shutterfly Christmas card! There are over 500 Holiday card options at Shutterfly (http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards)! I’m still deciding on the final version but for this one I picked a Christmas card below that has a classic modern look with our red and green outfits on too! The quality image on the card looks tremendous and I know will always turn out exactly the way I see it on the screen. No guessing if it will look ok, which is great! We order our Christmas cards from Shutterfly EVERY year!

AJ and I have about 8 different Shutterfly photo books (http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books) over the last 4.5 years of our marriage. We get one for EVERY vacation we take. They are a great product that we get to add caption to all the pages so we so we can remember the order and fun events and memories we created! And the whole family enjoys reading them without us having to tell the story over and over again!
The third product I have ordered from Shutterfly are their calendars (http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars). It’s perfect for my large extended family! There are 5 siblings, all are married and there are 9 grand children as a result and 2 on the way! So capturing the best family pictures into a yearly calendar makes all of my sisters and brothers smile every time they look at it! It’s perfect since we’re all kind of far away from each other.

Thank you shutterfly! You’ve made a lasting impression on our family life!

DC BBQ Fun!

After watching food network and perfecting his ribs recipe, AJ just had to go to the National BBQ Battle in Washington, DC!

We took the metro, spoke to some contestants about their smokers and rib rubs and stood in a hot, long line for 30 free samples (again frugel Bachmann's of course) as our lunch!

Oh, AJ got to stand with a few pigs too!

Free Meal Once Again

And the Bachmann's do the frugel move once again! We dress up like cows (2nd annual family thing... ) and get a WHOLE free meal, not just a sandwich but any full meal we want! We went on the way to work. Awesome!

YIKES It's Been a While...

Sorry everyone... so busy and then getting the pictures from the camera to the computer, then to the blog... anyway, most recent thing I'd like to share! My new found spare time fun... saving a BOAT LOAD on groceries! Yes, that's right, I'm slow converting to a coupon krazy woman, thanks to the encouragement of my sister-in-law, JEN!

I actually did my first sucessful trip to Safeway doing the coupon thing! See picture...

I got $106.81 worth of stuff, but I only paid $36.31 for it! It was so much fun! This first time did take me A LOT of prep time in and out of the store. But now I know how it works at the store so I will have things more organized and set up better.

I'm going to try CVS tomorrow where I should barely pay anything at all for a lot of items!

Now it's a contest to see how much better I can get at this! What fun!

I encourage all of you to be good stewards of the money God's blessed you with! It's a great feeling!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AJ!!!!

Happy 27th Birthday My Darling Husband!

You're just as young, even more wise, and 10x more handsome as the first day I barrowed your perfect solids lab exam Junior year!

I thank God every day I get to wake up with the "snuggle king!" You have been nothing short of an adventure since the day I met you! Always challenging, always giggling, always making sense of every situation you're in, and every situation I'm in... even when you weren't even there! God has really blessed you with success, happiness, a good job, a new car, a beautiful house, and much, much more! What is your secret to deserving so much of God's favor??!

I want you to know I'm praying for you every moment you cross my mind, that God would give you the patience in your every day life, the strength to endure the frustrations of this world (mainly traffic ;o), and the will to always do your best! Where ever you are, whatever you're doing, however you're feeling, God is with you and I'm thinking of you always!

I look forward to many more birthdays with you as I watch you get more gray hairs, pickup more words of wisdom, and expand your heart as God works in only His mysterious ways!

Have a great day my Love! Remember you have a loving Proverbs 31 woman behind you at all times!

Love,
Your Own Personal Cheerleader,
~cw girl

The Famous Cow

We finally got out of the snow and decided to go to Chick-Fil-A since I had cooked for like 12 meals straight! The Cow happened to be out and about cheering people up who actually made it out of their homes.

As we were in line AJ kept saying "go get your picture taken,... go stand next to him!" I was so embarressed and just tried to laugh him off... and said "no, it's ok, save it for the kids." He kept pushing me over to him and I was so mad and embarressed but I couldn't stop laughing... so he thought I wouldn't be mad.... so finally AJ walks up to the cow and says, "Can she have her picture taken with you?" AH! He tricked me so now I HAD to stand next to this stupid teenage boy dressed up in a cow costume. I was so mad... but I smiled...

So to include him in the fun, here is a picture of him from the time we dressed up as cows ourselves to get a free meal! Doesn't he looked cute with a snout?!

Next time we're at Hershey park I will make sure to get AJ's picture with EVERY dressed up Candy bar I see!!!!