Heading South. . . .

This is me and the womb nugget 2 weeks ago, at 31 weeks.

I am OFFICALLY 33 weeks...and counting down:)

Yesterday morning, I woke up and noticed that my little pal has dropped south:) He has decided to make his decent into the lower region of my body, and therefore...HE IS OUT OF MY RIBS!!! Hooray! I can breathe and the heart burn is almost gone....however, I visit the ladies room about 3 times an hour now. It is so crazy to see my belly now. It is SOO much lower than it has been, and I am headed straight out. I have decided that come 38 weeks....I am getting him out:) I am going to try every wives tale in the book.

Ready for the plan?

Run to the gym, while eating a spicy burrito, one foot on the crub and one foot on the street. THEN, I am going to jump on the tramp, while drinking that nasty oil everyone talks about. THEN I am going to enjoy a nice long food massage and then guess what I am going to be doing that evening...making sweet ______. (fill in the blank)

For all you dirty minded people out there...the answer is making sweet treats for my neighbors! ;)

I am still working my little tail off...but luckily it helps the time go fast. I am hoping to work up until the day I am standing on a ladder at work and my water breaks. How classic would that be:) Hehehehe....a girl can dream.

Currently, the little womb nugget is quite busy and LOVES to show off for Brian. I love how whenever Brian comes home from work, the little dude goes CRAZY showing off his latest and greatest tricks for his daddy. These two are going to be the best of buddies. I LOVE that Brian talks to him and enjoys feeling him move and kick. He is seriously adorable with my belly and I can't wait for these two boys of mine to meet:)

Let the count down begin.

If you have any tips on how to speed up the cooking time on my little womb nugget...let me know. Come 38 & 39 weeks...i'll try any and everything:) I am SOOO excited to meet him:)

Family Picture 2010

I know this is a little late:) But here is our updated family picture, as of December! This was a last minute, quick thinking shot that Katie's bro in law took for us, and I think it turned out pretty great. Sorry you can't see my little man, but those pictures are coming. I need to have a "dang I look SEXY" day before I can post any pictures:) I only have 8 weeks left!! YAHOO!!! He's a mover and a shaker and I can't wait to finally meet him!

Sorry for the lack of pictures, but my trusty camera finally has hit the dust. Poor little guy.

Alive.

Holy Moly. It has been way to dang long since I have posted. Normally I wouldn't bore you with my lame excuses....but this time, they are far from lame. Ready?
5.Work. Need I say more? I manage a RETAIL store. I live there durning the holidays. Live there. Luckily, 98.5% of the time, I love my job. I LOVE my girls I work with...and love the customers...MOST of the time. :)
4. Busy. I swear I am NEVER home. Just ask my family. I live in my car. I am just a wanted woman, I guess.
3. Sleep. Or lack there of. I haven't been sleeping all that great at night, due to LOVELY lower back spasms. Honestly, they are a gem. I thought I was having a kidney stone...just at night....for weeks. Now the doctor has found I have spasms that are keeping me up. I have been really hesitant to take ANY while prego...however, the muscle relaxers...have worked WONDERS. I am nice again:)
2. Brian is working swing shift. SO, he works from 3pm-midnight and I see him for about 30 minutes in the morning when I head off to work, and 30 minutes at night when I stay up to see him. It sure makes our weekends and days off REALLY special. I Love that boy and I am so grateful for his sacrafice right now. I got myself a keeper:)
1. I'm pregnant. 28 weeks to be exact. HELLO 3rd TRIMESTER!!! I am SOO excited to meet my little jumping bean. This little dude is ONE BUSY FELLOW. I love it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE feeling him swim laps around my belly, do squats on my bladder and pull ups on my ribs. It is so crazy to realize that I am a mommy:) I can't wait to meet him!!!
Pictures coming soon. Me and my camera haven't been getting along lately. I shall post pictures of my big belly soon. It will make you ALL want to rub it:)

22 weeks...and counting

Which one of us is 22 weeks pregnant with a baby and which one of us is 5 seconds pregnant with a halloween pumpkin??

Winner: To be announced later:)

IT'S A BOY!!

What a FUN FUN day!! The ultrasound was SO fun! Guppy had his hands over his head, and then waved his little fingers at us:) Talk about melting our little hearts!!! The doctor did all the measurements and said that everything looks great. Guppy was moving and kicking throughout the whole ultrasound:) It was so fun to see him and feel him move at the same time. It was good for Brian to see it aswell...I think it made it feel more real to him! what a great experince!

Guppy was a little jokester and wouldn't spread his tiny little legs for us. The doctor was moving him all over and finally caught a little glimpse of the goods:) Sure enough... BOY! We are SOOO excited and are off to Park City this weekend to celebrate thanks to a dear friend of ours who is letting us use her condo this weekend! Park city outlets...HERE WE COME!

Draino Test

Durning the course of our pregnancy...Brian and I have taken every test, done all the voo-doo crap we can think of to figure out the sex of our little womb nugget.
The ring over the right hand....says Boy
The energy test (kind of like the ring...but with her own special baby predictor)....says Boy
The Chinese sex calendar...says Boy.
As you can see, clearly we are having a boy.
But wait.
Have you heard about the Draino Test? One of my customers actually went home and got me crystal draino, so that I might test my urine to see what my baby is. She was a perfect stranger by the way...but was SOOO determined that her test NEVER fails...she went home and brought me back, Crystal Draino. (Which in case you are wondering....is kinda hard to find in stores, apparently)
SO. I decided to take, yet another, test.
This one seems...and I say this lightly....a little more accurate. Maybe. This is "science". Kinda. She swears, and a few other people swear that this test NEVER FAILS. Well, in 11 hours and 30 minutes, we will know:)
Because I know the curiousity is KILLING you...here is a step by step guide on the "Draino Test"


Step One: Drink lots of water....until you feel as if you are going to burst.
Step Two: Pee into a plastic cup. (The red "SOLO" cups are best. More sturdy and tall.) Honestly by this time in the pregnancy, you should be used to peeing on things...so this shouldn't be hard.
Step Three: GO OUTSIDE. Honestly don't EVEN mess around with the idea of doing this inside. Find a storm drain. You WILL thank me later.

Step Four: In another Red Solo cup, place your crystal draino. Remember....OVER THE STORM DRAIN!
Step Five: (For some reason I can blog about my deepest darkest secrets on this blog and post pictures about nearly EVERYTHING...however, posting a color picture of my urine...felt wrong. Trust me....that was pee. Fresh pee. Remember the first picture, I really filled that cup.) Slowly pour your "fresh" urine into the draino filled cup. I have no idea the measurements....just start pouring. The magic doesn't take long.
Step Six: Watch and PLUG YOUR NOSE!!! For some reason, this chemical reaction smells like DEATH! (I know, it's just pee...trust me. It is crazy smelling.)

Step Seven: Time to evaulate your results.
If the "mixture" turns brown and foams up...just a little, and kinda begins to separate....You are having a boy.
If the "mixture" turns aqua and nearly foams over the cup....you are a having a girl.
As you can tell by the picture, my mixture turned aqua and almost overflowed. It was WILD the way this little cup foamed, sizzled and stunk. Honestly we thought the cup would melt it got so hot! Such NASTY fun!

Step eight: Do not get too close to subject matter...seriously one smelly cup-o-pee. But, you must remove potent pee somehow and somewhere....Your neighboors lawn is NOT a smart spot.
Step nine: Dispose of evidence

Step ten: Kiss your honey bunz. There is a 50% chance that this test is correct...and you both are so thrilled!

Step Eleven: Call your mother. She is DYING to hear the news.

Step Tweleve: Go Shopping. Who needs a ultrasound? This is high tech science:)

Only 10 hours and 15 minutes until we go to the Doctor....this little womb nugget better get ready to show off all of it's parts and peices....WE CAN'T WAIT!

Time to put these tests and theories to an end!! Spread 'em little peanut!

One Year Down....Eternity to Go!!!

October 16, 2009
Mt. Timpanogos Temple

The faces say....PURE JOY:)

October 16, 2010

One year later...a little family of three:)

Our anniversary marked our 20 week mark! We are half way there!

This year for our anniversary we had plans to head to St. George and spend the weekend basking in the sun. However, due to some technicial difficulties...our plans fell through for friday night and we ended up (SUPER LAST MINUTE) grabbing a hotel friday night Downtown SLC. We stayed in a beautiful room at the Homewood Suites and ate an amazing meal at Biaggi's (AMAMZING italian place) Saturday we headed down to St. George with Brian's cousin Cody and his wife Alycia. We stayed in a condo down there and ate, hiked, ate and ate some more. It was a great weekend!

Happy One Year baby!! Thanks for sticking with me:) I love you!

"We made a baby" Contest

Image from Google Images'

We find out on Friday the 22 whether Guppy is a Boy or Girl!!! The doctors office is making me wait until 21 weeks. Grrr.... I realize that "back in the day" you had to wait until the little thing sprung forth from your womb...but I am a modern day girl, who LOVES modern technology. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT MY BABY IS!! I think boy, Brian thinks girl. Either way, one of us is right:) BUT, we would like to take a poll to see what you think. We are keeping track of peoples guesses...and the closest person will win a little prize, no matter how far away you live.

SO, in the comment box...leave the following information to enter the "We made a Baby" contest.

Gender, Weight, Height, Date, Hair Color, Eye Color.

Just for your guessing info...

I was 6lbs 11 oz and Brian was 8lbs 14 oz.

We are due March 7, 2011

Good luck:)

Boise State vs Virgina Tech Football Game

For those of you who do not know....my husband is the BIGGEST BSU fan. Ever. I think his blood is actually orange and blue. SO, in order to win wife of the year award....I humored him and we threw a wild BSU kick off party. Brian has been planning this for MONTHS, and has been counting down for football season since the second it ended:) Therefore, for BSU's first game of the season vs Virgina Tech, we decided to go all out. (PS...this was on Labor day. I am a wee bit behind)

Here is the set up. EVERYTHING had to be BLUE & ORANGE.
Brian even bought big bag of M&M's and we went through and pulled out
all the blue and orange ones:) Obessed?? Maybe.

Here is the grub. Blue jello, orange jello, Sunkist, Blue Mtn Dew, Blue koolaid, Blue veggie dip, blue corn chips, queso dip, bbq and chessey looking chips, wings, kabobs, sausage...you get the point....all man food, and all BLUE AND ORANGE. I must say, my honey bunz is quite creative.

Brian hugged that football for most of the third quarter and all of the fourth. He was quite stressed. I guess this was a big deal:) Here he is, talking to his family back in Boise. They were nervous and sweating as well. They ALL are HUGE fans!

Throughout the evening we had 30 people show up. It was quite intense. We held the shin dig and my parents house....with a TV upstairs and downstairs.

Here are our good friends Matt and Keri McGhee... we forgot to get pictures with Jake and Suzanne, who are one month behind us in their pregnancy!!!

THANK GOODNESS they won. It was touch and go there in the end. Brian and a bunch of other guys were pacing around the basement...I think they wore a hole in the carpet:) Here is my little bump as of early september...trust me I am MUCH bigger now. I will post a picture soon to prove it. The littlest bronco is growing:)

In case you are dying to know, BSU won 33 to 30....and beat them within the last 2 minutes of the game. Needless to say, my baby nearly cried he was so excited.

Go Broncos:)

In case you were wondering...

Pregnant women should NEVER watch chick flicks. EVER.
Especially alone.



I bawled through P.S. I love you. Seriously.....sobbed.