JACK SULLIVAN

Meet our son Jack! We are so excited to announce to the world that we are having a baby boy. We think he looks like his father. We cannot wait to meet our little buddy. But, of course, we have to wait. There are 19 weeks and 6 days until our due date (Oct. 21)


Jack's full name is John Ernest Sullivan. Ryan's dad and grandpa are both Johns. Ernest is my father's middle name. Since there are already two Johns, we would use the nickname for John, Jack. Jack is also very meaningful as it is my Opa's name/nickname (Opa's given name is Joachim.)

We are so thrilled and look forward to sharing our excitement with everyone!

Love you all,

Callie and Ryan

Callie Lue Who (19 Weeks Pregnant)

I have lovingly started referring to my body as a who-ville body. Thus the title, Callie Lue Who. Everything looks fairly normal and then WHAM there's the belly. I have attached a picture just to show everyone what they are missing. I was waiting in Brooklyn for the F train and after having had my first full day of belly rubs I decided to take this picture. One belly rub came from a student I have never met (very strange). I never, pregnant or not, would have touched a teacher's belly. The girl giggled and said "Congratulations." All I could muster to say was "Well that was awkward." I guess my belly better get used to all the attention. It is, after all, only going to get bigger.

...then comes a baby in a baby carriage!!!

Our little family is leaving NYC and headed back to Michigan. Ryan and I came here alone and are coming back to the mitten with a puppy and a baby :)

We are almost 15 weeks along. That means the baby is the size of a large navel orange and weighs about 2 ounces. When we got our 12 week sonogram, the baby was moving like crazy. Ryan kept laughing and I had to hold it in because every time I laughed, the technician would lose the picture of the baby.

I have a mini bump and am told I will have a full blown belly in about 4-6 weeks. Baby Sullivan is Due Oct. 21 and we find out the sex June 3. Most people said boy at first, but now that my belly is growing, I am hearing more people say girl.

Although we will miss NY, we are so excited to be close to family and friends again. Especially with a baby on the way. Love you all.

Ryan, Callie, Lola and Baby

MEXICO

We had a great time in Rirviera Maya. We had a room overlooking the ocean, chairs everyday by the ocean and pool and plenty to eat and drink. My favorite part of the trip was getting plenty of Vitamin D :)

New Years Eve, Ryan went to go reserve a table for the special dinner. While waiting in line, he met a couple and when Ryan returned to the beach I was surprised to find out we would all be eating dinner together. It was nice meeting new people and we had a lot of fun. After dinner, we purchased cigars and enjoyed them out by the pool. We were there so early that we got front row seats for the fire show.

Finally, it was time to head to the countdown party. They turned the ballroom into a club/lounge. There was live music, champagne and dancing. We had a blast.

It was rumored that Gretchen from the Real Housewives of the OC was staying at our resort, but we never saw her. Ryan was really upset he missed her as he is a huge fan of the show (J/K).

I hope the New Year has been good to everyone. We love you and miss you.

Ryan and Callie

Christmas Party

Ryan and I love the Holidays. So we spruced up the apt. and invited our friends over to gather round our faux fire and enjoy some seasonal sangria. We did not take a ton of photos but here are a couple :)

Tis the Season

Happy Holidays to all. I recently heard about a restaurant in NYC that is COMPLETELY decorated like a Christmas Tree. People have said it looks like Santa's Workshop or the inside of a Christmas tree. Of course, I had to go and see for myself. Above are the pics from the restaurant.

Thanksgiving with our Famlies

And it isn't even April!!! (read previous post)

Wow, that was a crazy, crowded and fantastic week. It was so nice having the Sullivan and Clausntizer crew together for our first Holiday. We went to dinner, the parade, the park and museums. Everyone kind of did there own things during the day. Then we all got together at night.

The actual feast was a success. There was an empty apartment on my floor and I used their stove :) I was panicked that not all the food would come out on time, but it did and it looked/tasted great (if I do say so myself.) It wasn't all my doing. A lot of people were in the kitchen helping. Which is pretty funny considering our kitchen is a 3x4 space.

My favorite memory from the week would have to be playing Catch Phrase with everyone. We did not know the meaning of all the words and it lead to some very funny moments.