meet benjamin.

today we went in for our 4d ultrasound & it was absolutely amazing & worth every penny. of course benjamin decided to be uncooperative & buried his face in the placenta a ton of the time, but we were still able to get a lot of good pictures. 

his cute little face. half of it is hidden by the placenta.

he started to move around a bit & put his arm in front of his face.

another one with his arm in front of his face. i love his little puckered lips & chubby cheeks.

this one makes me melt. i love his little open mouth. 

we tired another angle, we're now looking through the placenta at him. it looks like he's sucking on his lip.

his little nose is adorable.  

we were finally able to get a semi good shot of him straight on. 

at the end he posed for some profile shots. 

his stubborn side totally came out & we tried over & over to get him to move some more. i even tried getting up & moving around, which helped a little. it was amazing to see his mouth & eyes open & close. we even got to see him throw a little tantrum...we were tapping him trying to get him to move when he arched his back & then moved so his face was completely away from us. he has a little stubbornness in him already. we definitely made confirmation that he is a boy, too, which we were very relieved about. haha. 

we can't wait to see him & hold him & get to see his little personality. only about 10 weeks left till he's due so technically it can be anytime now. 

crazy month.

we hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving, christmas & great new years eve! we've had a busy month hanging out with family & friends & really enjoyed the holiday's this year.

alysia is 29 weeks along, only 11 weeks to go! time is just flying by & everyday we get more & more excited about benjamin coming. he is quite the mover, alysia's not sure if he even sleeps during the day he's been moving so much. last doctor appointment everything looked great, alysia & benjamin are doing awesome. we go back in about a week & a half for their next check up.

nate is starting school in about a week & a half at saddleback college in mission viejo. he's using his time between jobs to take some computer classes to better his design skills. he'll have a busy schedule, taking classes 4 nights a week.

as you may have guessed, with nate going to school in mission viejo, we'll be moving to mission viejo within the next few weeks. we'll be living with nate's parents & are really excited to be near our friends & their new little ones.

please keep us in prayer...we are trusting in god's plan for us & even though it's hard to move again so close to benjamin coming we really feel that god has a plan for us in orange county even though we can't make out what is coming around the corner. please pray that god provides nate with a job & a place for us to live. we are so thankful for the opportunities that we have been blessed with in living with our families, but we are looking forward to having our own place again to raise benjamin & have our davy jones with us.

we'll have pictures up soon...

november.

time for a little update...

alysia is 24 weeks along, about 5.5 months, and is feeling great. her morning sickness is completely gone & benjamin seems to be growing larger & larger every day. he is moving a lot now & is already making it very clear what positions he likes alysia to be in.

nate is currently looking for a job and we're continuing to pray that god opens doors wherever he wants us to be.

we've been enjoying our "free time" getting to hang out with friends & family. this week we went to LA on the metrolink & had so much fun hanging out with our friend itsa. here's some photos that we took wasting some time in union station before our train left:

we're really trying to work on updating so we'll have another one soon...

*new* e-mail address

we have a new joint e-mail address you can contact us at: casaboland@gmail.com

we'll still be checking our personal e-mail addresses, so if you e-mail us there we'll still get it, but we'll be using this one for a lot of stuff.

always expect the unexpected

your prayers would be greatly appreciated. last week nate was let go from his construction job that he's been working at for the past few months. now we're both unemployed, looking for work, & seeking out what god has in store for us next. we have a lot of options & want to be sure we're making the right decision about what to do next. 

please pray that we'd continue to seek god & that he'd provide a job for nate or for both of us if that's what he wants for us.

thanks!

It's a Boy!!

Yesterday we went in for an ultrasound &  little Benjamin Patrick Boland will be here next March! We were super excited to find out the sex and very excited about the upcoming birth of our little boy.

Our Mexico Cruise

We went on a Mexican Riviera cruise from September 21-28. It was so much fun & so beautiful. Here are a few pictures...