We’re Having a Baby!

Posted by on February 5, 2012 4 comments

It’s official…we are having a baby! We have been keeping things relatively under wraps…but now that we are safely out of the first trimester, we are thrilled to announce the good news.
As of today, Lil Dubs (as we have been affectionately calling him/her) is 12 weeks and 6 days and everything is going great so far.

We had our first real appointment with Dr. Serden when Lil Dubs was only 8 weeks – we got our first glimpse and saw the heart beat. What an amazing moment. Even though we were considered very “low risk”, we decided to wait to go public with our news until our 12 week appointment. It was at this visit that we got our very first “real” picture of the baby and heard the heartbeat. We were sent to a neighboring office where the “nuchal translucency” test was completed (where they measure the fluid in the baby’s neck for signs of abnormalities) and were told by the Dr. that we have a very cute fetus. I bet she says that to everyone…though I have to admit…this little guy/girl is already looking adorable. I was shocked at how fully formed the baby is – even at this early stage. You can clearly see some of his/her features – cute little nose and lips!

Overall, I would have to say that I have been feeling pretty good – though I do have serious bouts of nausea nearly every day – which started at about 7 weeks and have yet to subside! At first, I didn’t mind the sickness – it was the only thing that really made me “feel” pregnant. Now that its been going on for well over a month, I am definitely ready for my stomach to settle down. I have also noticed that I am ready for bed at 8:30pm – and have to struggle to stay awake after that point. I tried giving in one night but that didn’t work out too well for me either – I was up at 3 in the morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. There is also the constant need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night…a new phenomenon for me.

I’ve been told that you don’t really start showing until 14 or 15 weeks…but I think I’m already starting to form a baby bump…or maybe I’m just looking fat! Either way, I’ve noticed that my regular pants don’t fit me properly – and the pair of maternity pants I bought is the most comfortable piece of clothing I own. I have a couple of events coming up for which I’ll need some nice dresses – but its kind of hard to anticipate what I’ll look like or fit into in a month or two months from now!

January 31st, 2012

More to come next week :-)

Aruba it is!

Posted by on March 30, 2011 2 comments

We’ve finally made a decision! We’re going to Aruba for our honeymoon.
Found a great deal on the flight and Ash had some points that made our hotel stay pretty much free!
I have posted a couple of pics below; I am REALLY excited. The place looks great; the beach looks great; everything looks great!
I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!

Here’s a link to the place to see more pics!
The Westin Resort & Casino, Aruba

Our Grand Entrance!

Posted by on March 8, 2011 No comments

We did it!

Posted by on March 8, 2011 No comments

It’s been just over two weeks since the wedding…hard to believe that we are really married! Life is just starting to get back to normal, and our apartment is finally starting to look more like a home and less like a storage house.

For all of you reading that were at the wedding, we hope you enjoyed yourselves. We certainly had an amazing time – the entire wedding weekend was just perfect and everything we hoped it would be. Of course, there are a few things I would have done differently in retrospect…allot more time for pictures, make sure that the hotel would honor a late checkout, arrange for our meals to be packed up at the end of the night so that we might actually get to try the delicious dinner. Don’t worry, we didn’t go to bed hungry – the caterer picked us up some Kosher Subway meals…not exactly the wedding night meal we had envisioned! Though for everything that didn’t go quite according to plan, something else turned out better than we had expected…all in all…everything worked out great. We can’t wait to start posting pictures and video!

In other news, we received our marriage certificate in the mail today, so I guess it’s official! Now comes the fun part of changing my name…I never thought I’d be attached to “Berger” – but part of me is having a hard time giving it up. Not that “Woodall” isn’t a great last name…it’s just going to take some getting to used to realizing that when someone says “Mrs. Woodall”, they are talking about me!

The FINAL COUNTDOWN!!! (insert music here)

Posted by on February 11, 2011 8 comments

We are fastly approaching the big day! Under ten days to go! Sunday will be just a week left! You could say that it’s all starting to hit me now (not in a bad way).

We’ve done a lot in the past few weeks. Finalized the program, purchased our wedding bands, bought the kippahs, picked up our marriage license — just to name a few.

Benchers should arrive this weekend and the printed programs will be ready on Monday. Not too much to do after that. Finalize seating, prepare the out-of-towner baskets, print out schedules for Shabbos, and finalize the wedding day schedule are about all I can think of. (I’m sure Ash can think of about 50 more things.)

Ash has been awesome in all of this. I don’t know how she does it. She’s been relatively calm (even though I have seen her stress level rise recently) through the whole process. I wasn’t expecting but was preparing for a bride-zilla. She has been nothing of the sort.

We both have a short week next week (only working Monday and Tuesday), but I’m quite certain that the real stress will start to happen then.

My family arrives on Wednesday/Thursday, so that will be nice for me. (Can’t wait to see Olivia!) I’m going to TRY and relax as much as possible on Wednesday and Thursday (don’t know if I will be able to though) and I’m going to try and hit the gym those days, too (to relieve whatever stress may be building up). Dad will be with me, so that will be nice. I’m shipping mom to the Berger’s to help Rachelle and Ash with the final preparations (sorry mom, someone’s got to bite the bullet).

I’ll try to post more as the day approaches (hopefully it will be easier to do so with time off). In the meantime, I leave you with the video/song that has been lodged in my brain ever since we hit the 10 day mark.

a magician named GOB

That’s what she said….

Posted by on January 21, 2011 No comments

As Ash said below, we’re at one month (read: DEFCON 2). The good news is that I am pretty comfortable in where we are. Almost everything is under wraps. The order for Benchers was placed earlier this week and I placed the Kippot order just this morning. We are still finalizing the program but should have that done early next week. The remaining items are all pretty small/under control. I am very glad that we only had a 4 month engagement. I can’t imagine being under this much stress for a whole year. Can’t wait to see everyone next month!
Jeff

PS – Oh, and I suggest fasting the morning of the wedding. Not for any ceremonial/halachic reason, just because the appetizers at the schmorg are awesome. You’ll need the room.

One month?

Posted by on January 20, 2011 1 comment

I can’t believe it…but we have one month to go! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind…sending out invitations, hair trial, finalizing the centerpiece and two bridal showers…but the most important activity was the food tasting! Jeff and I (joined by my parents), met up with the wedding caterer to get a sample of the menu being served at the wedding. It’s unlikely Jeff and I will actually have time to eat that Sunday, but the rest of you are in for a treat! Maybe if we’re lucky…someone will save us a plate :-)

ONES!!!

Posted by on January 12, 2011 1 comment

ONE month, ONE week & ONE day to go!!!
The countdown is starting to speed up now!

Ash had one of her Bridal Showers this past Sunday. We received a lot of great items. I just don’t know where I’m going to put everything. I’m going to have to do a MAJOR spring cleaning of all my old stuff just to fit in all the new stuff.

On other wedding news, Ash has her second Bridal Shower this Sunday.
This coming Monday is also a big day for us. We’ll be meeting with the caterer to try all the food for the wedding. We’re also going to pick out our wedding bands on Monday. There’s something else we have to do on Monday, but I can’t remember now.

We still have a few things to iron out. Programs, Bartenders, final music list, processional. I think that’s it. Not much.

That’s about all for now.
I’ll try and get Ash to post some pics from the shower on here.

Engagement Shoot

Posted by on December 13, 2010 No comments

Ash and I had our engagement shoot earlier this month and had our videographer tag along. See the “Engagement Shoot” tab for the results.

You can also check out his website at Timeline LA.

I think we are still the featured video.

(It’s because Ash is pretty.)

:-)

Updating our wedding website

Posted by on November 25, 2010 No comments

The wedding website is up (http://www.mywedding.com/jeffandashleywoodall/index.html or you can access it from this site by clicking “Our Wedding” at the top) and we are feverishly adding content. Check it out!