Category: Surprise!

  • A change in the winds…

    *Disclaimer: Yes, I have been extremely negligent in this blog. But with all of the drama around Liam’s birth, then surgery 3 weeks later… mommyhood has taken its toll. Oh.. and the news below too… I am a huge Julie Andrews fan. Like, huge huge. One of my favorite movies she starred in is Mary…

  • Feeling a little blue today …

    We are SO excited to find out it is a baby BOY on the way in January. You can ask Oliver, I’ve had an inkling it was a boy from the very day we found out *smile* The party was a HUGE success, and turned out just as we’d hoped. Low key, people we love…

  • We’ve Been Revealed

      We’re so excited! *smile* <3 Oliver and Tara

  • LIVE link for gender reveal!

    Live video up now! Go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSp6vno10o&feature=player_embedded Thanks! -Oliver

  • Ok Baby, REVEAL yourself!

    People ask us frequently if we are going to find out the gender of Squishy. When we began this journey over 2 years before this blessing, we were adament against finding out. We wanted to be surprised! Fast-forward over two years and we began to rethink this plan. You see, most couple have to wait…

  • The Facebook Announcement

    Today we announced it to facebook that… YES! We’re expecting! You’re probably here because you saw that announcement or got our e-mail blast about baby. But we want to let you know that this will be our only “Baby update” via social media. Although we will sometime talk about a new “post” going up –…

  • Nana and Papa McKinney

    My parents were both in town at the same time, so we could FINALLY break the news to them! Now, you know I couldn’t just say it – we had the benefit of seeing them eye-to-eye and watching their reactions (unlike the majority of our family). They are some of the few people who knew…

  • Oliver finds out …

    This morning I couldn’t believe it still.. so I took the 3rd (and last) test in the box. Yup. Still said pregnant.   Time to begin operation “Tell Oliver”. I’d been planning this for years.   The fortune inside the cookie says “You’re a father” What I love about this: He looks like I’ve just played…

  • Today…

    I hadn’t been feeling well all week. After a long weekend at Maker Faire, I figured I’d just overdone myself and that a seizure was on the way. But as the week went on the exhaustion just wouldn’t subside, no seizure came, and I was weirdly adversive to some of my favorite foods.   ….…