...And Baby Makes Three

On Sunday April 19th our little family grew to 3. At 4:12pm Katelyn Melodie Darby was born weighing in at 6lbs 13oz. Ryan and I are so excited to have our new little addition. It is amazing how much you can love someone the instant you meet them. Our little Kate has Ryan and I mesmerized. We cannot stop staring at her beautiful little face. We could not imagine a more perfect child and thank Heavenly Father every day for sending her to us.

Food Fight!!!!!

This last Saturday we went to an awesome birthday party. It was a combined birthday party for our friend who was turning 26 and for another friend's son who turned 3 (a little bit of an age gap). Well, what made this party so incredibly awesome was that it ended with a food fight (planned, but a surprise to the birthday boy) that Ryan had the pleasure of starting. Here are some shots of the excitement. (I was able to stay out of the line of fire by being photographer)
























Birthday boy Mark and his wife Jenn




















Ryan about to get decked with a piece of cake













Time for a shower!

Ryan Sean Darby

Yesterday was the 29th birthday of my sweetheart. I thought that we could take look at Ryan though the ages and see how he became such a handsome man 29 years down the road.












































































































































Happy Birthday my honey!!! I love you with all my heart! Thanks for being so good looking!

Baby Showers

I have been so lucky to have 3 wonderful baby showers. The first shower was with my coworkers, thrown by my friend Connie. It was a lot of fun. Everyone at work has been so sweet to me throughout my pregnancy. I am the only one of 6 pregnant ladies at work who is having a girl, so I get a little special treatment. Who doesn't like to buy cute frilly girl stuff right?

Shower number 2 was given by my mom, my sister Jaymie, and my sister-in-law Marisa. My sweet sister even flew down from Portland just for the day to be there for the shower. Isn't she the best? There were people at the shower who I hadn't seen since my wedding, so it was really nice to catch up. I got so many great things, but my favorite of all was the stroller/car seat combo. I had so much fun pushing it around the house, pretending there was a baby in it. I really felt like a mom.

And the last but definitely not least was last Saturday at my wonderful friend Maren's home. She also threw me my bridal shower. You could not ask for a kinder, better friend than Maren. And this shower was with all the girlfriends. So much fun! We had a blast eating, playing games, and just chatting.

Thank you everyone for your love and kindness. Our little Kate would be naked and Ryan and I would be in the poor house without your generosity. I had no idea babies needed so much stuff.

Sorry I only have pictures of the shower at my mom's. She is a picture taking fiend.

Making sure it fits















I love pretending to be a mom















Our belly bumps (my about to pop belly and Jaymie's tiny 14wk belly)















Love my Marisa















The Lillenberg Girls

The Best Day of Your Life

Hello fellow bloggers, I got this from my friend's blog and I thought it was super fun. I want all of you to post your favorite wedding and engagement photos! Answer the following questions and pair them with a photo if possible. Please share your cute lovey dovey pictures. We'd love to see them.

1. Wedding Date
2. Where did you get married
3. How long did you date / were engaged
4. Were you a Bridezilla
5. Wedding colors
6. How many bridesmaids
7. Where did you honeymoon
8. Where was your reception
9. Is there anything you regret or would like to redo
10. Did you save your cake top and eat it on your first anniversary
11. How long have you been married NOW

1. Married July 14, 2007



















2. San Diego Temple




















3. Ryan and I dated for 6 months and were engaged for 3 1/2. This is a picture of Ryan and I the week we met.
















4. I dont think I was a bridezilla. By the time it came to us getting married, I just wanted to be married to Ryan and didnt care that much about the rest.














5. My wedding color was sage green and I guess there was a hint of pink in the flowers, but the wedding party mostly wore black. I just wanted it to be simple.



















6. I had 6 beautiful bridesmaides.
















7. Ryan and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon to Catalina and Ensenada. We didnt go far but we had a blast. It was perfect.
















8. Our reception was at the Coronado Marriott. It was beautiful. We also had a ring ceremony before the reception with our families on the Marriott grounds just at the waters edge. I just love San Diego!
















9. Not a single thing. I loved my wedding day. It could not have been more prefect.















10. No. Everyone told us that it gets freezer burned and tastes disgusting. So we ordered a fresh wedding cake top on our 1 yr anniversary.



























11. We have been married now for 1 year, 7 months, and 16 days. And it has been the best 1 year, 7 months, and 16 days of my life!

Welcome 3rd Trimester

Six months down, three to go. We cannot wait to see our little girl. I have had many requests for baby bump pictures, so here they are. I don't think the pictures do much bump justice though. I think I look bigger than the pictures.

3rd Annual Monster Truck Rally

It is that time of year again. Last Saturday Ryan and I got to attend the San Diego Monster Truck Rally for the third year in a row. It is quite the experience. We dress up in our finest white trash apparel, tailgate in the parking lot before the big event, and then heading in and screaming as loud as you can for your favorite monster truck (Grave Digger, Tropical Thunder, El Toro Loco, Shocker, etc). Between the monster truck competitions they have a demolition derby, a mini motocross competition, and even little remote control cars flying in the air off of the monster truck jumps. We had a blast and are looking forward to next year.

Jason grilling us some delicious burgers before the rally


Nothing is more white trash than a pregnant belly hanging out of a shirt that doesn't fit anymore (and no I did not walk around all night like this)




El Toro Rocks!!!


Come join us next year, you'll have a blast

Much Belated Christmas

I know we are about a month late, but yes we did celebrate Christmas this year. We had about a week full of festivities. Certain people could only celebrate Christmas on certain days so we basically had Christmas 5 times over. I'm not complaining. We had a wonderful time with my family and we even managed to have everyone together at the same time (for a few hour block).

Ryan and my cousin Erin competing to see who could spin an M&M the longest...



My nieces (Ashley and Ella) eagerly awaiting to open Christmas presents...



I think our unborn baby got more presents than we did...




...and of course it wouldn't be Christmas without my mom's famous cinnamon rolls



Merry Belated Christmas everyone!!!

My Wife Doesn't Eat Rotten Food

At least, that is what she tells me. I offered her a banana today. She took one look at it and said, "those bananas are only good now for banana bread and pancakes. I can't eat those." Apparently, bananas have a really short shelf life. As in, 3 seconds. If you want to use them for anything but cooking, you'd better eat them in the store. Here are the suspects in question.

Christmas Time Is Here

In the world of Sarah (Lillenberg) Darby the Christmas season starts the day after Halloween, November 1st. So now that we are a few days in, I am just loving it. I just fills my heart with joy to see all the candy and decorations on sale at the store. Now don't get me wrong, I am not an all year round Christmas light hanger, decorations don't go up until the day after Thanksgiving. Nov. 1st is the day that I can "officially" start listening to Christmas music and start doing Christmas things (although in reality I listen the joyful carols all year round). This is definitely my favorite time of year and Halloween is included in the "this time of year" category because it is the big bang that kicks it off the whole season.

This year we enjoyed passing out candy to the cute trick-or-treaters, carving pumpkins, finding our way through a corn maze, haunted houses, making caramel apples, etc. Each holiday must be enjoyed in its own right.