25 January 2015

Gender Reveal

It feels like it took a century to find out the gender of our sweet baby, including having a sonogram to see what our baby actually LOOKS like.   When we finally got to experience both we were blow-away to see toes, fingers, and the baby moving all around.  It was worth the wait and the best way to start 2015.  

We had an amazing sonogram tech for our gender reveal.  Before she told us what we were having,  she gave us a good 10 minutes to just watch the baby moving on the screen.  It was such a wonderful experience for the hubby and myself.  

When she finally told us the sex I screamed, accidentally, the baby is exactly what we thought it was, and what we were hoping it would be (besides being healthy of course).  
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Immediately I wanted to get our gender reveal photos done.  I wanted to do a series of photos holding two different bundles of balloons, one pink and one blue, and then slowly release one of the bundles into the air; to be left holding the balloons that would reveal the gender.  They were going to be the cutest photos of the hubby and myself since our wedding day.  

I set-out getting my hair done the morning of, stopped and bought two bundles of balloons, picked out outfits for the hubs and myself, enlisted the help of a friend to take our photos, and found a location to have the photo shoot.  Everything was set-up to be perfect.  Until....the photo shoot went terribly wrong...

It was INCREDIBLY windy everywhere we tried to go.  The balloons were hitting us in the face and trying to fly away; not to mention my hair was attacking me.  Our photographer had to be quick to take a shot whenever the wind would stop for a brief second, therefore not giving it enough time to adjust, so 95% of the photos were a blurry mess.  Then, the hubby got excited thinking the photos were looking good and released the balloons before we were ready to release them.  Typical luck right? 

All that aside, we are beyond thrilled to announce that....

It's a BOY! 

A cute, button-nosed, long-limbed, precious baby boy.
With nothing but the turquoise balloons in hand we had no choice but to move the photo shoot inside and change our photo plans. 
We decided to take pictures inside our brewery.  The place that we spend most of our days and nights, the place that we have devoted our lives to creating for nearly three years now, the place that our sweet baby boy will grow-up in, and the place that will hopefully one day provide us with the means to give our baby all the worldly experiences he deserves.  While I was upset that my photo shoot plans did not go as planned, it seems meant to be that we took the photos where we did.  

Your daddy and mommy love you baby boy!  


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01 January 2015

Looking Forward to 2015

With the crazy busy year of 2014 behind me I am looking forward to all the wonderful things that 2015 holds, as well as its possibilities. 

First, lets take a look back at this past year:  
  • In 2014 I decided to close my five year blog, The Sassy Writer, and went to work on creating a blog that I could be proud of and love, Gin and Pearls.  I worked for two months creating a look that I loved and Voila!  While I don't get a chance to blog as much as I want to, I love my new endeavor in the writing world.  
  • I started the year by closing my Sunday Champagne fashion boutique and took a big financial bite because of the risks I took opening it.  It was a somber, depressing moment for me.  
  • We went on a wonderful three-day vacation to Durango, Colorado to spend time in the mountains with family.  It was peaceful, relaxing, and the perfect excuse to spend time with my husband.  
  • Our brewery, The Collective Brewing Project, finally opened its doors in Fort Worth and is a success. 
  • My wonderful hubs and myself announced that we would be adding a baby to our little family come May. 
My 2015 Goals:
  • Quit my job (and find a new one).
  • Have a successful birth, healthy baby, and be a good mommy/wife. 
  • Take a long vacation outside of Texas for my 30th birthday. 
  • Lose the baby weight I put on (join a group workout class).
  • Pay off debt and move to a new home in our ideal location.  

While I only met one of the six goals I made for 2014,  it was a busy year for us and I know that 2015 holds more.  With the brewery open and a baby on the way, it should be an amazing year, one of our best yet. 
 

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