Merry Christmas!

We moved to Fresno on Friday and it's been so crazy here till Christmas Eve on Tuesday. Everything is mostly unpacked and put away. We couldnt be happier for where we chose to live. It feels right, i found a chargers fan and everyone is so friendly. A few Christmas miracles have come to our aid as well. First, my last check came direct deposit instead of us having to wait till after Christmas for snail mail. On top of that we went out tonight (Christmas eve) for dinner and got Japanese food and decided to go shop and see if we could get a fake or real discounted tree somewhere. We lucked out and found a kind gentleman who gave us our Christmas tree for free. It's a humble 5 foot tree and we love it. Tomorrow is Christmas with Shae's Mom and Grandparents. No baby news yet! Shhhhhh!!! (????) We are so excited and feel so blessed everything is falling together.

Our Pseudo vegan transformation

As if having a baby, moving, and starting a new school wasn't enough change for one lifetime, we've also decided to drastically change our eating habits and become pseudo vegan. Why pseudo you ask? Well, first let's start with why we've decided to make such a drastic change...

1. Health benefits-meat consumption, especially in large amounts, has been proven to be linked to many diseases including cancer and heart disease.

2. Pregnant lady (with already existing meat aversions) watches random PETA videos then a documentary called 'Earthlings' and can hardly breathe through the sobbing.

I guess that sums it up. What more reason do you need? Any who, back to why it is pseudo. We received an awesome suggestion to raise quail once we move into our new place. They would provide us with eggs and meat if ever we chose to have it. This way we know exactly what is going in to our meat as well as their quality of life and even how they would be killed. We also thought that once our child/children were old enough it would be a great learning experience and give them the opportunity to understand how meat is made and if they wanted to continue to consume it.

Tonight's dinner we had sweet potato and kale soup with a baby greens, pear, and quinoa with a homemade champagne vinaigrette. Super delicious. We are so excited to test our cooking skills in thus foreign territory.

My letter to you

From Momma to Poppy...

My little seed, how you have grown. To love something so small and delicate is the most overwhelming sensation. I want to let you in on a little secret: dads have it easy, at least this far. He has gotten to hear your heartbeat and see you on big screens and that's how he knows you're safe and sound. I feel you. Even if right now you are merely bubbles in my belly. I think that's something we will always share. I will feel the drop of your first tear. Your first laugh will be more than just sound. When I don't feel you, that's when my whole world is put on pause. 

When you get here, you will start to create your own life, your own independence and sense of self. It will be hard for me to let you go, but I know as long as we give you the power of knowledge and curiosity you will be just fine. Every day I will try to fill your head with ideas big and small. Some days you won't want to listen and that's fine but know I will try my best to have answers when you are ready to ask your own questions. 

Today, there are a million things I could tell you, but I will start with ten. These ten things may be of little or great importance but they may serve you some use one day.

10. There is a great debate on whether or not money can buy happiness, I say that's up to you to decide. Right now, we have very little but I cannot picture a time I have been more content. 

9. A smile can turn the darkest of days around.

8. Fear can be a good thing as long as you don't let it control your life. Listen to your fear but turn around and prove it unnecessary.

7. Parents don't always know best. We will fight you tooth and nail on anything but we are all just people of equal value and can be wrong.  

6. I cannot stress enough that ALL people are equal. ALL people are beautiful. 

5. Finding your own faith and testimony might not be easy and we will always be here for guidance but YOUR faith is just that; yours. Your relationship with God will be a personal one that no one else can force upon you or take away. 

4. Some people are cat people and some people are dog people and that's okay. 

3. Use your voice, it is arguably your most powerful weapon. Speaking of... speaking, your father and I are loud and obnoxious and will embarrass you. I promise you will appreciate it some day

2. All you need is love. And I don't mean that you need the love of someone else. Love yourself, be your own best friend and the rest will follow. 

1. Being number one is too definitive, I will leave this for you to discover. 


I am a part of you, you are a part of me and forever we will be. 

New adventures await!

Haha, oh man. Here we go! It's Sunday, I'm watching football. Shae is looking at whatever she looks at, and we are moving to Fresno in a week! Less than a week! Friday! Last month we went and looked at apartments, not really expecting to really decide on one but just to get a feel and then go from there. Well we found one that we really really liked, and they were awesome with us. They waved our application fees so we figured we might as well apply and see if they would accept us. They did and then we went back to the bay this a lease ready to be signed when we move in! Not too bad! Well, here we are now. Thankfully, we can be lazy because most of our boxes are packed up anyways in the garage and so we will just put it on a moving truck and head out. But we still have to pack up all of our clothes, and our bathroom, bedding, and stuff. Unfortunately, there isn't anything to really pack up until the actual day that we move. It's pretty wild! Pretty great! I'm Excited. We start school on January 16th. In that time, we will try to live off the little money we have saved until our student loans go through. Hopefully that's not an issue. We are really excited

-Will

Here we are!

Here we are! Starting a new blog as a family. If you're reading this, you may or may not already know we are expecting a baby on June 19th! (Shae's birthday). Presently, we are excited to tell you all the big news and we are trying to keep a lid on it until we know the sex but this is proving difficult! Thank you for your love and blessings and we hope to bring a lot more joy and news! This is our first post and here are the pictures of baby (AKA Poppy) McKnight. Right now we are 13 weeks, so from top to bottom, you're looking at 12 weeks, 7 weeks, 6 weeks, and 5 weeks. We took a trip to the Emergency room at 6 weeks because we got a bit of a scare. Spotting can be spooky for first time parents! 

This blog is for all of friends and family that can't live right next door to us, but still want an excuse to snoop around our lives: Welcome! We will post pictures, stories, and updates on our lives so all our fine folks across the family have something to chew on. 

Love,

Pleshae and Will