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.

Introducing Guppy

Hi, my name is Guppy. I am just over 2 inches long and I weigh 1/2 ounce, I like to compare myself to the size of a lime. I am over 12 weeks old and growing big and strong every day.

When my Mommy first went potty on the stick...and it came out positive, my Daddy couldn't believe it, and made her take another one...2 in 1 hour! Then a couple days later, she had to take another one! My silly daddy. A postive is a postive:) BUT, he is so excited to meet me. He talks to me all the time and rubs my mommy's belly when she is feeling yucky. He's going to be so fun:)

Now that you are all excited to meet me, let me tell you a little bit about my wee self.

I enjoy anything with potatoes, especially mashed. I think I get this from my Daddy; he is from Idaho. I guess I am his little "spud" or "spud-let".

I haven't craved much sugar, but trust me....my time will come. However, don't tell Grandpa Davis, but I do have a hankering for M&M's every once in a while. Especially the Pretzel ones...again, they have salt:)

I am not a fan of Alfredo Sauce or Ham...even the smell puts me over the edge. Honestly, even the look of white sauce on anything looks nasty. Maybe someday i'll like it...but SICK, not now.

I love my mom and dad's bed and enjoy a good nap. However, I do make my Mommy get up 100 times a night to use the little girls room....I find it quite funny. I make her think she needs to go, so she runs in there...and just a wee trickle comes out. Then I throw my teeny little head back and laugh. Someday she'll think its funny too. I just gotta remind her that I am still in there.

I am not a huge fan of car rides, and I let Daddy and Uncle Lance know that last week on our road trip to California. How do I put this tactfully; Mommy barfed her guts out. I was proud of her for not getting it in her hair or all over the inside of the car. However, I don't think Uncle Lance and Daddy enjoyed the show. I felt better, that's for sure.

This past week I decided to pop out a bit and show Mommy and the rest of the world that I am in here and growing. Mommy's not huge yet, just getting a little bit of a belly. However, I don't feel bad. I need the space. I have a lot of work to do in here.

I am waiting until October to spread my tiny legs and show the world what I am made of. I love driving my parents crazy and not exposing myself until then. My daddy swears up and down that I am going to be his little princess, and Mommy thinks I am going to be her big football star. Mommy and Daddy already got a little excited and bought me an outfit...one for each flavor. I love having my own little secret.

I am planning my trip out of this nice warm uterus, sometime early March. The Dr says March 7th....but I have plans of my own. My mommy has her own idea on when she would like me to come...but I'm making the travel plans. This is a big day for me, I want to be fully cooked and ready for this grand entrance.

Today Mommy and Daddy got to hear my tiny heart beat. The Dr was pretty great and didn't make Mommy strip down and put those funny looking gowns on. I for one am not a fan of those....I feel cold and invaded and I am pretty sure my Mommy isn't a huge fan either:)

Well, like I said...I am busy growing, moving and shaking...so I must be headed for bed. I've got a busy agenda this week of developing my reflexes. Do you know that this week I am able to curl my fingers and toes.....that is why I was finally able to get this email out. I no longer have webbed fingers. Aghhh what a relief.

Well this is Guppy signing off. Hope you all feel like you have gotten to know me better.

For those of you who are a little slow....and need a little explanation....
I'M PREGNANT!!!

Hello...anyone home?

Whoops. Where did the time go. I have updates. I have pictures. I don't have time. Sweet cheeks and I are headed to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite on Saturday, and therefore I have swamped. BUT I do feel updates coming. Where has summer gone? I swear I am not lazy, just busy. I know, crappy excuse. Forgive.
Maybe if you all left comments on how much you missed me, loved me, wished you could be me....then I would feel more inclined to blog. :) J/k don't let my head get any bigger, I already know how much I mean to all of you. I am truely amazing.
Unless I get eatten up by bears this weekend, talk to you next week.
:) Me