Merry Christmas!!

Baby Bowen is a.....

BOY!

Here's a recap of my pregnancy (and other fun things) so far...

August 2014
Mandie took a pregnancy test on the first day possible. She had a feeling that she was pregnant, and knew that if she was, she wanted to do something special to surprise Jonathan. It was positive! She waited until the next day to tell him. We couldn't believe it and were so excited!

September 2014
We're so bad at keeping secrets. We just wanted to tell everyone our news! Luckily, we were headed to Utah over Labor Day weekend. Even though Mandie was only 6 weeks along at that point, we knew that it would be the last time before Christmas that we would see all of our family again. We really wanted to tell them in person, so we gave each of our parents this little gift.

They were SO excited.

Jonathan spent the majority of Labor Day weekend with his brothers and dad on a fishing trip in Montana. They had a great time!

A few weeks later Jonathan headed out to Michigan for the Utah game in the big house. Though it was a quick trip that involved some crazy weather, they had a great time!

October 2014
We decided it was time to let the social media world know about our good news. We went to the pumpkin patch (a yearly tradition) with our friends Carson and Anne. They helped us take a picture to share the good news!

Jonathan also scored some World Series tickets through work this month and had a great time cheering on the Giants to victory!

Jonathan and I headed down to Yosemite for the weekend. It was GORGEOUS. We absolutely loved being out in the mountains and seeing everything in person. Plus, Jonathan was able to perfect his cross-dog (polish dog wrapped in a croissant roll), so it was a win-win for everyone.

We also snapped a pre-baby bump photo this month, since I haven't really started showing.

November 2014
We took a quick weekend trip to Disneyland with the Haskell's. I cheated and rode Big Thunder Mountain and the Radiator Springs Racers even though they're technically not pregnant friendly. I couldn't help myself! Even though I couldn't ride some of my favorite rides, I made up for it with plenty of shopping and dole whips. We had a blast!

We hosted our first ever Thanksgiving this year, with my family. It was a small group, but we had a lot of fun. The food was delicious! We kept up with all the normal traditions (decorating for Christmas afterwards, and making gingerbread houses) and added a new one as well. Jonathan and I cut down our very first live Christmas tree this year. It was really cool!