10Apr | 2012
2 years a go…
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…I married the love of my life. WOW! it’s crazy how fast time has pass because it still feels like it was just yesterday, I am so blessed to have him in my life and even more blessed now =]
First two images by the awesome Next Exit Photography
I am so happy to finally reveal the real reason why this place has been so quiet and why I’ve been so sick =] We have a little one on the way! So at least is a happy sickness. 2012 has been pretty crazy for us, so far we have a new house, new car (mine) and a baby on the way! talk about excitement and stress. We could not erase the smile off our faces, we are beyond excited and we feel so blessed, it’s kind of funny how everything just happened at once, but some times things are just meant to happen like this! It feels like it’s Christmas, we got it all packed in a few weeks.
So far this pregnancy has been kicking my butt pretty bad, I always get car-sick and my Mom suffered from pretty bad morning sickness when she was pregnant, so it was not a surprise to me when I started to feel sick, but it got to a point where I could not do anything or eat anything, because in less than I could walk to the bathroom I was hugging the toilet. Everything made me dizzy and I could not even walk to the kitchen without stopping because I felt I was fainting. My Doctor gave me medicine that helped me a lot and now at least I’m eating normally but I am still dizzy and super tired most of the day (specially in front of the screen) The first trimester is officially over, so I am hoping things will eventually get better, but even if they don’t – I don’t care much, I am so happy to have this little one growing inside that I would take this kind of morning-all-day sickness for the whole 9 months as long as he/she is healthy =]
Because the stress of the move-house-sickness was really getting to me I decided to close my Design Studio, that way I can slowly catch up with all the clients that are in my wait-list right now and hopefully I will also catch up with my Inbox (right now it’s a nightmare). I am still selling Blogger and WordPress premades but only on Etsy. So I am not completely out of the Design picture =]
Our house is still a huge mess because I just don’t have the energy to do much, and that’s kind of frustrating, but I know that we will slowly get there =] I try to clean and organize whenever I am too dizzy for the computer but most times I just end up in bed =[ I get dizzy even with my phone so that's why I've been so silent on Twitter and absent on Instagram. I hope to feel better soon, so I can catch up with everything (including this blog).
Last week I was lucky to finally have a normal day, one of those where I didn't look like crap so I took my first weekly pictures, I really wanted to start taking them sooner but at least I started =]
I am not planning on posting weekly updates here just because I want to keep the blog as it is now, I am keeping a side blog where I plan to post all my baby stuff but of course (as everything else in my TO-DO list) it’s not done yet, so I will share it once I get to it =] I am planning on sharing ALL the projects and stuff I want to make here – but other than that I want to keep all my baby-talk over on the other blog, because I don’t want to get you all tired with my pregnancy-issues (because I know I get tired of hearing myself) LOL.
I am so happy to finally share the news and feel free to talk about it with everyone =]
I hope you all have a bright and sunny day!
XOXO
Joy Kelley is a Chilean Designer. Wife. Crafter. IMac dependent. Pattern lover. Color obsessed. The girl behind the HowJoyful Design Studio. Mrs Poodle at Weddingbee.
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Congratulations!!!
Happy Anniversary! & CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Happy Anniversary! And Congratulations!
Ah! Happy anniversary and CONGRATULATIONS! Such exciting news
Ahhh!!! Congrats!!! Curly will be a big brother!
Felicidades!!!! I think your morning sickness and general tiredness will get much, much better come second trimester. So don’t get discouraged: there’s lots of time and energy for projects ahead.
O M G!!!!! That is so exciting! Congrats!!!!! YAY!
I should add you look gorgeous even if the pregnancy is rough! Rock that baby bump girl!
Happy anniversary and congratulations!!
Congratulations! I followed you over from Weddingbee, and I’m so excited to hear that you are expecting.
So beautiful! I love this pictures! Congratulations for you and for your husband!
Congratulations! How exciting! I have followed you since weddingbee so I feel like I know you guys, and I’m so happy for you both! Yay!
Happy 2nd Anniversary & congrats on the joyful addition!
Happy Anniversary! I’m so excited for the three of you!!! You are going to be such a fantastic mom
how sweet!!! congrats!!!
I haven’t commented here before, but I read all of your posts on Weddingbee when I was planning my wedding. Happy anniversary and CONGRATS! What exciting news!
Hola Joy!
I found your blog just the day before yesterday and I already read the whole wedding blog. So AMAZING! So I was just thinking “Hmmm… will she get pregnant soon?” I knwo weird, haha, but you both seemed so in love, that I just thought a little kid would fit perfectly in the picture…
Anyways, Congratulations to you both and get well soon!
Chau!
Congrats!!!!!!!!
Congrats Joy! You guys are going to be amazing parents
So excited for you!!
Congratulations! I’ve been following you since Weddingbee. I’m pregnant with my first myself and not too far ahead of you. Hopefully the morning sickness will start to subside as you get farther into the 2nd trimester!
A huge congrats! You guys are so cute!
Congratulations Joy!! And happy anniversary!
Congratulations Joy!!! I’m very happy with this new!!! \o/
You have a husband, a little baby and a house…Now it’s a home!!
Big and huge congrats!!!
Big hugs
Congratulations! That’s fantastic news!
Joy, I LOVE your reveal
So creative and you’re looking super cute! I for one wouldn’t mind seeing and hearing your pregnancy updates here but I understand keeping it all separate. Will you share the new blog with us?
Felicidadessssssssssssssss!!!!! Que hermosa noticia Joy!!!!!
Deseo que pasen pronto tus malestares y disfrutes a pleno esta nueva etapa!!!
Cuantas buenas nuevas noticias!!! Toda la felicidad!!!!
Besotes!!!
Happy 2nd anniversary and congratulations on baby!!! I am so happy for you. I follow you on Pinterest too and I already knew that an announcement was on its way because of all the baby stuff and nurseries you have been pinning!
Congrats! That’s so exciting! Hope the sickness subsides. Can’t wait to hear your updates!
Felicidades amiga chilena!!!! asumo que vendrás a Chile antes o despues???, me alegra que tu vida se llene de bendiciones…ya tendrás tiempo para poner orden en tu nueva casa…. recibe muchos besos…y ahora a confeccionar ropita de guagua!!!!…´qué es niña o niño??? lo principal que sea sanito…. bye…. have a nice day!!!
Congratulations! I had it bad too for about the first 4 months then the morning sickness and dizziness all went away. You look beautiful.
Congratulations for all the good things Joy!
Congratulations!
I am so happy for you guys! And your baby bump is so cute! Can’t wait to start following your new blog 
Congrats on every thing but mostly on your pregnancy. I like you had morning sickness and I was working at the time and it was a strugle but oh so worth it! I would go through it 1,000 times over cause I wanted my little one so much. My advice to you is take as good care of yourself now before the baby comes. Never refuse help after the baby comes. Right now enjoy all of the love and attention you will recieve. This is your time! I hope you start to feel better soon. Do not worry about your house it will all get done in due time. Enjoy every stage your baby goes through because it all goes so fast! I feel like it was just yesterday but my beautiful baby girl just turned 21! I wish you and your husband many blessings and it sounds like you are well on your way.
Congratulations!!! Such wonderful news!!
This is amazing, congratulations to you and your hubby
Happy anniversary u two and congrats on the babe to be! Two years eh? You’ve really only just begun. Take it from a long time married lady, it gets even better with age!
Aww, congrats Joy! I was wondering if you might be because you’ve been posting lots of fun nursery stuff on pinterest.
I am expecting too, and I found the second trimester to be the best of all, so I hope you are feeling much better again VERY soon!!
Oh, that’s great news! Congratulations
Happy Anniversary and Congratulations on your upcoming of a new arrival.
ColleenB.
oh yay!!! congrats to you and the hubby! you look so fantastic. hope the second trimester is a little more calm!
Congratulations! Exciting times….new baby, new house, and anniversary! You look wonderful. Hopefully you will feel better soon.
Lo sabia!! I follow your Pinterest boards… hehehe. Felicitaciones por el chiquitin/la chiquitina. And everything else that is making you oh so joyful =) The morning sickness will get better
Happy Anniversary y felicidades en tu bebe!
Muchas felicidades!!!!
I’m not sure I remember how I stumbled across your blog, but I found your blog a few weeks ago…which led me to your weddingbee site. I have to admit that I actually read EVERY SINGLE ONE of your weddingbee posts! (Soy loca?? Jajaja!) I love your blog, love the story of how you and Ken met and now reading this news, wow- that’s so wonderful!!
Many congratulations from a stranger in Miami,
-Kerry
Stumbled across your blog because I wanted to see if you could redesign mine and your is simply adorable! Love the announcement and happy anniversary. You’ve got a new reader
That’s exciting news! Congrats…and happy anniversary!
Joy!!! Congratulations!!!! I’m so happy for you and your husband!! I hope your child will grow up to be as talented and as creative as you! It’s such a crazy roller coaster having a child, but I wish you two the best of luck! Life will change and be a little crazy at times, but I hope that the two of you will receive more and more blessings every day of it! I’m so happy for you two!
a house and a baby!!
Congratulations!! I am so happy for you and your hubs talk about blessings. Wishing you to feel better soon and take it slow with the house, baby comes first
Oh and Feliz aniversario!!
So exciting!! Congrats!!
So happy for you Joy! And I hope you start feeling better soon!!
Many congrats! Hope the morning sickness subsides sooner than soon.
Huge congratulations to you!! I just recently started following your website and you seem like the sweetest person so you definitely deserve all of these great things happening to you (minus the morning sickness!) ! Happy anniversary & congrats on the little one!
YAY!!! Congratulations Joy! I’m so excited for you! You are absolutely adorable in your 14 weeks photo! Hope the morning sickness subsides!! We love ya!!
Oh my gosh, Congratulations!! And I love this post!
♡ Lexi
ohh youre so pretty and congratutalions !
Congratulations, Joy!!! How exciting!!
Congratulations! My little guy turned 4 months old yesterday, it’s the best thing ever having a baby!
Felicidades Joy! Me alegro por ti y tu marido. Espero te encuentres mejor muy pronto. Cuídate
Congratulations Joy!!! very, very wonderful news!
FELICIDADES! I am so happy for you. I’ve been following you since you were Miss Poodle! I can’t believe how time flies. Hopefully, the nausea will get better as you progress… that doesn’t sound fun. Worth it though, of course! Again, congrats
Hi..
Be happy foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr………
Hugs
Happy anniversary & many congratulations on your new little one!
AWWWWWW!!!!!!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! I’ve been away from blogging for the longest period ever since I started because we just bought a house and moved too! This post makes me so JOYFUL for you and Ken! So happy for you guys!
Muchas felicidades y bendiciones por el bebe en camino!
Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations and felicitations!
I’m so happy for you guys! Congrats! You guys totally deserve it.
I can’t wait to see your new baby blog.
Congrats!
So excited for you!!
OH MY GOODNESS…I can’t believe I’m just seeing this now! First off, happy anniversary and second, a BIG gigantic congratulations on the new addition on the way. That’s fantastic! I’m so happy for you
I’m looking forward to seeing all the baby things I know you’re going to make!
Meus parabéns!!! Deus abençoe essa família. Ser mãe é maravilhoso, aproveite cada momento. Beijos!!!
AWWW!!! I found your Pinterest before your blog and noticed all the maternity clothing pins and thought, “I wonder..” Congrats!!
Congratulations to you both on both counts! Sending you every blessing heaven has on offer.
OMG! I can’t believe you’re from weddingbee!, I just found out after silently following your blog from a while, wich I found via Pinterest. Now I feel dumb cuz in your bio sais that you’re Mrs Poodle, but as soon as I saw this wedding pics I remmebered your wedding:) I remember because people were telling you need to be american to be a bee and I was freaking out because I’m not, until an adm told me about you!
Congratulations on your pregnancy and can[t wait to see the nursery.
Love from Colombia
Wow, happy anniversary… N congratulations on your pregnancy… We both will become mummy
¡¡¡Felicitacionse a Los Tres ¡¡¡ Miles de Bendiciones y que sigan tan Dichosos como ahora¡¡¡ Desde Venezuela, con Gran Cariño.
Sos muy linda y te felicito por tu hermosa familia, yo también me case, solo que hacen casi 12 años, jajajaj y tengo 29 =) Tenemos dos hijos muy lindos, y también me gusta coser y diseñar, estoy estudiando diseño gráfico =) Dios te bendiga ricamente…desde Argentina
Thank you so much everyone for the lovely comments =] it really made my day to read all of them! XOXO
Oh my gosh, I remember following you on weddingbee. So glad I stumbled upon your blog today – can’t wait to catch up on all the crafts you’ve been up to!
Gosh! When I saw your face I said, where have I seen this girl before, i sure know her froem somewhere else but hello?? I live in Dom Rep!! So it was not around here… It was on weddingbee!!! loved your posts there!!!!!