TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR...

...How we wonder what you are:)

Yesterday Sam and I had a gender reveal party with our families!

We found out the gender of our sweet little babe earlier last week but we kept it a secret so we could surprise everyone at the same time!:)

We are thrilled to announce,

BABY CANNON IS A GIRL!!!

We are SO excited and feel so very blessed that a little baby girl will be joining our family in August:)

Sam and I were 99.9% sure we were having a little boy from the time we found out we were expecting!

Up until the day of our appointment I was feeling all the boy vibes we even had the name picked out and everything

(sorry baby girl, ha!).

Before we went into the ultrasound I drank a bottle of orange juice

Hoping it would get the baby moving around,

And our babe was being so shy!

She was waving her hands all over the place but wouldn't uncross her legs!

The ultrasound tech was able to finally get baby to move around a bit and got a clear shot!

I wish I could have recorded Sam's face when the ultrasound tech exclaimed,

"BABY IS A GIRL!"

We got a lot of cute pictures of our babe,

Most of which are her with her hands all over the place, haha!

She is not afraid to wave and say hello:)

Yesterday we had a party with our families and it was so fun to share the news with everyone!:)

Sam and I made some cupcakes with pink baked into the middle and had our cute baby outfit wrapped!

It was pretty evenly divided of who thought baby was going to be a girl or boy!

Everyone was so surprised to bite into their cupcakes and see PINK!!

It was such a fun evening celebrating Baby Cannon!:)

We can't wait for August!!!

We love our little babe so much and feel so blessed to have this sweet spirit joining our family:)

WE LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!!

- Chelsie C.

HAPPY LOVE DAY

Today after church as I was waiting for Sam, I was standing at the front doors looking out and noticed a house across the street.

It appeared they had been "heart attacked" by someone,

You know, someone had anonymously decorated their door with hearts to make them feel loved:)

My thoughts instantly turned to my little babe growing big and strong inside of me and I thought of a tradition I wanted to begin!

Sam finally found his way to the door and as we were walking to the car I pointed out the door across the street.

I told Sam that every Valentines Eve we should heart attack our children's doors while they are sleeping so they can wake up feeling so loved:)

Even when they are teenagers and think they are too cool for dad and mom,

There doors will be heart attacked:)

I've also had another thought running through my head ever since 

We found out about our little babe.

Sam and I are experiencing our "lasts" as just a family of two.

All of the holidays ahead will be spent as a family of three and that just puts a smile on my face!:)

Sam and I have felt like a little someone has been missing from our lives for so long that we can hardly wait for August to get here and meet our little babe!

Today I am 14 weeks on the 14th,

BEST VALENTINES EVER!:)
Six months from today we will be meeting our little babe (HOPEFULLY!)

Baby Cannon is the size of a lemon and I'm anxiously awaiting feeling those first kicks!

Sam and I are so excited to find out the gender in the next couple of weeks and are defiantly feeling boy vibes...which probably means were having a girl, haha!

We love our sweet little love bug!:)

And to my FORVER VALENTINE,

I love you so much.

I can't imagine a single day without you and I'm so grateful to have you as

My friend, husband, and eternal companion:)

I'm usually one to be on the go all the time but this pregnancy has slowed me way down

Because I'm tired ALL the time!

I had heard about people being tired during pregnancy and just didn't understand,

NOW I understand, haha! You can always find me on the couch snoozing!

Sam has been so great doing everything around our apartment and everything for me,

He is a real sweetheart and I am so appreciative for everything he does for me!:)

I am so lucky to have such a patient, loving, and kind husband like Sam,

Forever has only begun:)

Happy Love Day Lovers!:)

Sam and I are sharing a heart baker pizza...

And by share I mean we ate the entire thing in one sitting!

It was delicious and being in the shape of a heart only made it more delicious!;)

I hope you are spending this day with those you love most!:)

- Chelsie C.

OUR BABY CANNON

We are so excited to finally have this secret out,

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!:)

Sam and I have talked about starting a family since day one of our  marriage,

Having little babies running around our home has always been a dream of ours!

For our honeymoon we drove to Las Vegas and during the drive the highlight of our conversation was talking about our future family!:)

Traditions we wanted to carry over from each of our families and new traditions we wanted to establish right away.

We can hardly believe that we have been given the wonderful blessing to be parents and are excited to start this new adventure together as a family of three:)

We found out we were expecting the night of December 14, 2015:)

And finding out I was pregnant didn't go the way I had planned AT ALL!!

Does it ever?? Haha!

I was sitting at work and had just been feeling off the past couple of days.

I was honestly sitting at work thinking, "It's a Monday" and tried not to dwell on how I was feeling.

The longer I sat at work the more the thought came into my head, "TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST!"

When Sam picked me up from work I told him I needed to make a quick stop at Family Dollar and buy a pregnancy test.

He laughed and drove me to Family Dollar and even came inside to buy the tests with me:)

When we got home I immediately ran to the bathroom,

We were supposed to be painting with our neighbors in about 15 minutes and I hoped I would be able to find out before I spent the rest of the night smelling paint fumes!

When took the test though...

The two pink lines appeared IMMEDIATELY and I busted out of the bathroom screaming and jumping with joy to show Sam!:)

A little backstory: I've always wanted to be the first to find out Sam and I were expecting and then surprise Sam in some creative way!:)

I've seriously had this planned in my head since day one but here I came running out of the bathroom waving the test!

I could hardly believe it, THERE WAS A BABY GROWING INSIDE OF ME!!

Sam's face was priceless and we were so excited, it's a moment I'll remember forever:)

The only thing we could think to do in that moment was fall on our knees and pray,

We thanked our Heavenly Father for this blessing in our lives and were so grateful:)

This little babe came exactly when our Heavenly Father and Savior saw fit,

And we couldn't feel more loved.

We told each of our family members around Christmas time

And it was so fun to see their reactions!:)

I think the most nerve racking thing I did was call the doctors office for my first appointment,

I WAS SHAKING SO BAD, I was just so excited and wanted to be seen that day, haha!

Our first appointment went great, it was so great so see our little peanut waving hello!!

Sam was smiling from ear to ear, he held on to these pictures the entire appointment:)

We were able to see our baby's head, body, a little eye, and literally their hand waving hello!!

At our second appointment we heard the little heartbeat and our Doctor just kept saying,

"Oh that's so adorable, your baby has an adorable heartbeat!"

We are so grateful that our little babe is continuing to grow big and strong and look forward to every appointment we have:)

We honestly can't believe we are going to be parents and we are so excited for this new adventure!!

AUGUST 14, 2016 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH!:)

We love you little peanut and can't wait to meet you soon!:)

Keep growing big and strong!!

- Chelsie C.

SURPRISE!

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!

BABY CANNON

DUE TO ARRIVE AUGUST 14, 2016

We are so excited and can't wait to meet our little love bug:)

- Chelsie C.

SWEET SIXTEEN

HAPPY 2016 LOVERS!!!

LIFE AS USUAL HAS BEEN CRAZY,

BUT HUSBAND AND ARE ARE STAYING ALIVE AND ARE LOVING LIFE!

SINCE WE LAST CHATTED THINGS HAVE HAPPENED,

SO LETS START FROM THE BEGINNING!

FALL SEMESTER ENDED AND I WAS SO EXCITED FOR A BREAK!

THIS LAST SEMESTER WAS CHALLENGING, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

I WAS SITTING IN THE MAIN BUILDING THE LAST DAY AND WATCHED AS ALL THE GRADUATES WERE PICKING UP THEIR GOWNS AND I KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF,

"THAT'S ME NEXT SEMESTER!"

IT'S WEIRD TO THINK MY TIME IS ALMOST OVER AT BYU-IDAHO AND THEN I HAVE TO BECOME AN ADULT OR SOMETHING;)

CHRISTMAS BREAK WAS AWESOME, IT WAS SO GREAT TO BE WITH FAMILY AND EAT LOTS OF FOOD:)

THIS YEAR WE SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH THE CANNON'S AND IT WAS A BLAST!

ALTHOUGH WE WERE MISSING A FEW PEOPLE, WE STILL HAD A LOT OF FUN AND MADE LOTS OF MEMORIES!

WE ALSO GOT TO CELEBRATE OUR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY, WHAT?!

I CANT BELIEVE SAM AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR TWO YEARS!

I LOVE MY LIFE AS MRS. CANNON AND WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR THE WORLD OR ALL THE CAFE RIO IN THE WORLD;)

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I WAS LEAD STRAIGHT TO MY SWEET SAM AND THAT TOGETHER WE HAVE FOREVER TO LEARN AND GROW FROM EACH OTHER:)

YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND SAM AND FOREVER HAS JUST BEGUN!

OUR BROTHER IN LAW JOE MADE US THIS PICTURE,

WE LOVE IT AND THESE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN THE ABSOLUTE BEST!

I STARTED MY LAST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE AT THE

BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH!

IT'S BOTH EXCITING AND TERRIFYING AT THE SAME TIME!

BUT MOSTLY EXCITING;)

SAM TOOK THIS PHOTO AS I WAS RUNNING OUT THE DOOR ON MY LAST FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE. NOT THE BEST PICTURE BUT AT LEAST IT WAS DOCUMENTED!;)

SAM AND I ARE EXCITED FOR 2016 AND THE MANY ADVENTURES THAT LAY AHEAD OF US:) WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR FAMILIES AND THE LOVE AND LAUGHTER THEY BRING TO US:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVERS!!

- CHELS

DECEMBER

I love the month of December,
Although it's very chilly here in Idaho,
I can't help but feel warm the entire season within my heart!:)
The month of November was a tough one,
Sam and I had some hard days,
But within those hard days we found so much happiness and gratitude!
I know the Lord is mindful of each of us, And I am so grateful that the Christmas season is centered around our Savior and His birth:)
Sam and I pulled out a calendar and realized we have something going on everyday,
Why are Decembers so busy?!

I hope this holiday season doesn't pass too quickly though,
Because us Cannons have a fireplace and I have plans to sit next to it with my lover and drink hot chocolate:)
Oh, and egg nog!!
This month us Cannons get to celebrate our TWO year anniversary!:)
I love that I get to share this life with Sam, He works so hard, Makes life an adventure, And makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world:)
He bought our anniversary trip And gave it to me for my birthday, I can't wait to go and celebrate!! We bought our first christmas tree, And I'm in love with it, Especially when it's plugged in And I have a good book to read:)
This post had some intention behind it, I think it was mostly to get me out of doing the dirty dishes in my sink!;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS!!:)

I hope you have a wonderful December!

- Chelsie C.

OUR SUNDAY DRIVE

Sam loves being outside and taking pictures:)

He has been wanting to find a spot to take pictures for weeks,

So we decided after church we would just drive

Until we found the perfect place!

We hit the jackpot and found the best place for pictures:)

We are no professionals,

But we sure had fun:)

 Setting up shop!:)

We have made plans to come back Saturday!

There was a small hiking trail and a little stream that went on for a bit,

If I wasn't in heels we may have explored some more, ha!

 This pose was kind of a fail, haha!

Sam had to jump over the small stream

And my heels were sinking into the ground,

We were laughing pretty hard!

I love October,

I loved our adventure today,

And I love my sweet Sam:)

- Chelsie C.