Introducing........

.............ZION MILES DERTON!!!!! He stuck his little tongue out at us at the very end of the ultrasound... you can kindof tell in this picture!

Zion's perfect little profile!

A Perfect little ear!

And an amazingly perfect little spine, legs and feet all tucked up!!!

And his little hand waving to us!!! And his whole little legs!

Our perfect little boy! :) We could not be any more excited!!! Brandon has truely not stopped grinning since the ultrasound! lol. The ultrasound was just the most amazing experience EVER and we already feel like we know a little bit about his little personality! The tech said that he was the most stubborn/ shy little guy that she's ever seen. It took an hour and a half to see his face and to see for sure that he's a little guy... he very stubbornly kept his legs tightly closed and his perfect little hands right there, lol. It was very funny and amazing to see how truly perfect God has created him in there! AND that night Brandon was able to feel him moving( more like flipping) aroung in there! It was awesome! And we just sat there and actually watched my tummy move as he kicked and sprawled around in there! He is definately an active little guy! :) Especially b/c he still only weighs a half a pound and is only 6 inches long!!! Just amazing! In the next 2 week he will be doubling in size!!! That's CRAZY!!! Alrighty... well enjoy these AWESOME pictures of our little Zion Miles! Much love and blessings to each of you! xoxo ~Cortney, Brandon, AND little Zion! :)

Here is another, but with our pretty Christmas tree in the background! :) Merry Christmas! And remember that Jesus is the reason for this whole joyous season!

15 Weeks Already!!!

Here I am! Just thought I'd share a quick picture with you all! I am now officially 15 weeks along! Wow how time flies! AND I can now say that I am FINALLY feeling like a functional human being again! PRAISE GOD!!!Last week at the Dr.'s it was officially confirmed that I had lost 20 lbs since becoming pregnant... yikes! But now that I am feeling better they aren't too concerned and all is well! We finally got to hear our baby's heartbeat... and it was amazing!!! It was beating at 160 beats/minute! It was awesome, and it's finally getting to the point where it (kinda) seems like all this is real. :) But we are so happy and just thrilled that soon we will have a cutie patootie running around our home.

Hope everyone is having a joyous CHRISTmas season! We are really missing all of our family... but we do know that God has placed us here for a reason! We have our wonderful church family here and we will b joingin some of our very close friends for an Italian themed Christmas dinner! We are looking forward to it! Well, We love you all so much! I'll pop up more pictures soon... sorry it's been so long! Merry CHRISTMAS! xoxoxoxox

~Cortney, Brandon, and Baby Jellybean!

Watch This Video Before it Gets Deleted!!!

This is a scary video that needs to be distributed around our country before it gets deleted!!! Watch and share with others!


http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

We're Having a Baby!!!

Yup, yup... it's true! So I hope that everyone has heard by now that our lives are forever changed! On October 5th, the morning that I was leaving to visit familia in Arizona, we made the surprising discovery that we were pregnant! Wow, what a surprise it was. lol. It has already been quite an exciting journey, and we couldn't be any happier to expecting a little bundle of joy into our happy and blessed little family! Yesterday we had our first ultrasound (which was amazing!!!) and found out for sure that I am 9 weeks and one day along today! Lil jellybean is 23.5 mm long with a really strong heartbeat and the Dr. said it is really surprisingly active for such a little one. Brandon just had the BIGGEST grin the whole time, it was so special! And it really makes it all much more real to have an actual visual of the little blessing forming perfectly inside of me! Wow. Still feels crazy. I have been battling some horrid morning (hah- all day) sickness and have lost quite a bit of weight, but am praying that it will go away soon! And hey, research says that the sicker I am the healthier the baby is, some say it will have a higher IQ too... so I'm thankful for it -kinda. Well, we're so excited to be going on the new journey into (ahh) ...parenthood! :) And can't wait to share it with you all! We love and miss you! Have a blessed day, and I promise I'll be updating this more often! (This is the first day I've been able to look at the computer without puking... ug) Feel free to call anytime, I'm not doing much. Ok, God Bless you today! xoxo ~Cortney, Brandon.... and lil baby bean!

Kodiak Fall!

Happy Fall Ya'll!!! Hope everyone is having a great start to this fall season! Here are just a couple of our our recent fun photos! Enjoy! Love and blessings to all!