Birthday

Oh boy! Here I am behind again. So...remember those days when you were 3 and you got your first bike for your birthday? You were so excited that you ran straight outside and rode it around the neighborhood with the biggest grin?

That was me on my birthday!! I was so excited that I went out and rode my new bike before work.

Thanks Mark!! I love my bike. Yes...my birthday was in March and this was in March and I am just blogging about it and I was still 30 weeks pregnant :).

Really?!

We have officially become "those people." Sadly, I'll admit, I am not a pet person but somehow we now have 3 adorable little chickens at my house. Not only are they at my house but living in my garage. It's funny because Mark has really taken a liking, or should I say loving, to these little chicks. He talks to them and holds them when he naps inside :). It is stinking adorable! At least it's a preview to how he's gonna be as a papa....CUTE!!! We can't wait to have yummy fresh eggs, right from our back yard. One chick lays green eggs and the other two lay brown. MMMmmmmm...

These yoga pants have saved my life!! Yes, they are yoga pants and yes I wear them almost every day to everything :). They are thick enough that you can't see through them and stretchy in the waste and just super comfy. Thank you Nordstrom, I'll love you forever!

Quick recap, mainly for memory, here I am at 25 weeks

28 weeks

30 weeks

33 weeks

I seriously can't believe that on Saturday I will be 36 weeks. Where the heck has the time gone? We can't wait to meet this little muchkin but still have a ton to do to get ready for him.

This baby has been so nice to me. My biggest enemies, during this pregnancy, has been acid reflux/heart burn and fatigue. The first trimester, I literally could have slept for 24 hours a day. I have never been so tired in my life. I have been tired lately too but not near as bad as in the beginning. I'm definitely not complaining though. We'll see how the last few weeks go. Wish us luck!!!

Oh boy!

This is our little munchkin and I may be a bit biased but dang he is cuuuuute!!! Looking at this picture just makes me belly laugh though. Do you see his cute little head/face on the right? Do you see what kind of looks like his arm above his face and touching his eye brow? Nope....that's his foot!! hahahaha he sat the entire ultrasound with both feet touching his eye brows, wow! I must say that he doesn't get that gene from me!

Baby Update!!!

It's a.....

BOY!!!!!!!

hahaha, I know this is a little late :), but better late than never, right?

This is my little tummy at 19 weeks!!

21 Weeks


23 Weeks!!!

I can't believe how fast it is going. This little boy will be here before we know it. I have been really lucky and haven't had morning sickness but I have been really really tired. I swear that I could pass out at 8:00 pm every night. I probably should because when May comes, the sleep is going to almost nothing.

News

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!! Our family of 2 will be growing to a family of 3 with a little munchkin on May 20th!!! We couldn't be happier.

Party!!

I went rock climbing with these studs at the Quarry and it was so much fun! It was hard but I really liked it. These guys are sooo good at it too, it was just as much fun as it was to climb! This could be the beginning of a new love :)

Here were the lights at the Riverwoods. Mark and I went and it was fun walking around and seeing the lights!

John Schmidt was there and Mark heard him play for the first time. He is great!

One Saturday, we decided to go to "The Raspberry Patch." It's this place in Payson where you go and pick your own raspberries. They charge $2.00 per pound, which is incredible. It was fun picking the berries. We ended up picking 5 pounds. I came home and made my first raspberry jam and we froze a bunch to use later.

I did not see this little cutie for almost the whole summer because he was in the Academy for firefighting. He is officially a fireman and I think this picture is the coolest!! The Academy is the craziest thing every. He had class from 5-10 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and class on Saturday from 7-4. He was also working full time, what a hard worker. I am grateful for him. He's hott!!

This was his class photo, cool!

He also did a lot of this! Is he amazing or what? I am biased but thought this photo was fun.

I made my first wedding cake!! I volunteered to make my sister McKenna's wedding cake and tried to take a cake decorating class like 15 times but they kept cancelling it. Finally, the night before her wedding, I make this until 3 am. Not smart for pictures. I probably looked like a bum. Fondant is harder than I thought, but for my first cake, I was pleased.

These little cuties got married. It was such a beautiful day and I love them so much!! Proud of my sister for getting married in the temple!

Randomness in no particular order

I realized that I am the worst blogger, but I have finally accepted why. Each week I think of all these things that I want to blog about, and when I finally get the time to sit down to blog, too much time has passed and there is too much to blog about. At that point, I get overwhelmed and then I just don't blog. Until a day like today comes along and I decide to blog a years worth of stuff in one sitting and then I'm blogged out for the entire year. Whew, just thinking about it makes me tired. So, here we go...

So, we moved into our house in December (2010) and we have our very own pear tree. I was super excited and decided to try to can my very own pears. I came home from work one day and just decided that I was going to can all of them that night.

Word to the wise, canning takes longer than you think.

You have to de-core and peel each fruit and then make the juice, process it, etc. After I finished, I went to bed and all night I heard them popping and making these terrible noises and I was so sad because I thought that none of them were going to work and we would have to eat a million pears in a few days so they wouldn't go rotten. Apparently, the lids pop and it all worked but here is the product of my hard work. 12 cans, probably lame, but I was happy!!

Nursery is the best calling EVER!! Here are some of our cute nursery kids from my parents ward. I miss them. What calling can you hop around to music and eat Bugles? Loved it!

I am a couponer. I have actually really gotten into couponing. I am not one of those crazies, no offense, with their huge binder and 10 carts but I use coupons and I love it! This was something like $175 worth of groceries for $35. How cool is that?

So, Mark and I were parents for a weekend and we took my brother Nathan to Vegas for a soccer tournament. We realized that we are terrible parents. We reserved the cheapest hotel, "The Golden Spike," need I say more? My brother was scared for his life the whole time. I don't recommend it.

We decided to go to IHOP for breakfast the morning of his championship game and by the time we got the food, ate it, and finished, it was only 30 mins before he needed to be at the game. He ate somewhere around 7 pancakes, hashbrowns, bacon, sausage, eggs....he was soooo sick. I felt bad.

He took first though and we were sooooo proud!!

Side note: The Run for Lindsey was such a success and we raised over $10,000. Thanks for all of those who helped and participated!