Its summer... FINALLY.

So I am sure you all know, and if you don't you will now, that I truly despise living in Idaho, and in particular Rexburg. But today I had my first glimmer of hope, that all is well. It was absolutely beautiful. I am loving summer. I feel particularly inclined to enjoy it for two reasons.
One, we have waited, might I add semi patiently, for a long time.
Two, it is very possible that this could be the last weekend to enjoy a sunny filled saturday like we did today, as a couple with no children and no distractions.

Let me recap the wonderful day for you.

1. Sleep In- A little tidbit of info about us that you may not have known, we don't know how to sleep in. In fact if we make it to 7 o'clock on a saturday we consider that sleeping in. But 9:15 was a record for us. And I will admit although I really do enjoy the longer days and seeing the morning sun, sleeping in for once was nice, also something we may never have the opportunity to do really soon.

2. Watch The Office- HAHA. We love the office.

3. Go to the park- It was way to nice to stay inside all day. So we went to shoot some hoops and lay in the wonderful sunshine.

4. Eat Ice cream cones- Does this really need an explanation of how blissful it was. Just know that it was good.

5. Wash the Car- Well Jared washed the car, there are few things that he loves more than his clean shinny car, don't worry, I do make that list.

I did this while he washed the car...
So it was a wonderfully beautiful day that we thoroughly enjoyed.

As I said before, this could be our last weekend without a baby. I don't think that I have officially said on the blog yet that the doctor moved our due date to the 24th, apparently that is what he has been going off of the whole time. That is next Saturday, as in 7 days from now. I think he is right though, I have gradually been noticing different things that would lead me to believe it is all really happening, and soon. I am pretty sure that he has dropped, my hips hurt, and I can breath!!! The contractions have been getting stronger, and even painful at times. They are still pretty irregular so were not in labor yet, but soon. So as for this beautiful weekend, we have been so blessed to spend it together, what a perfect way to end the honeymoon ;). I think Heavenly Father knew that I really needed a sunny day with my husband before he sent us this bundle of joy.

Thanks Bill...I'm not scared anymore.

There are so many things to think about, and for a while I had myself all worked up and nervous for it all. This video has really helped to calm my nerves about the whole thing. You have to watch this video for a good laugh. I feel much better about everything.

The dream to top all dreams.

So last night I had by far the weirdest dream of my whole pregnancy. It was so creepy. In this dream, I was rubbing my belly and I felt a hand. Like all 5 fingers... so I looked down and there was his hand, his arm was sticking out of my belly button and his hand was resting on my tummy. We went to the doctor and he said it was normal, sometimes they just slip out, kinda like your foot falls out of the covers when your sleeping. He told us that the baby will pull it back in soon and that it is completely normal. I know weird!! I am not sure how to interpret this dream. The only thing that I can come up with is that I am so ready for him to come out. It is getting pretty exciting.

Our "Romantic" Anniversary Weekend ;)

For our two year anniversary, Jared was taking me to Boise for a fruit festival. I thought this was an excellent idea since I have been craving fruit like crazy. When we got to the hotel we were staying at, I was confused at the sign outside the room that said "family sweet." Upon entering the room, I was surprised with a baby shower, and some of my favorite people in the whole world. WOW, what an amazing present. This was especially wonderful, because I was sure that I was not going to get a shower with this particular crowd. I am so blessed, and so grateful for bestest friends and a wonderful husband. Sammy J planned it and is the greatest best friend a girl could ask for.

This whole bottle thing is a lot harder than it looks, no wonder babies are always crabby. This is one of the games we played, Karie Cheated! :)


Ok, so it wasn't romantic, and there wasn't a festival with fruit, but it was great. And I can't believe how loved I am, this is going to be the luckiest most loved baby ever. I think he enjoyed all the belly rubbing!

Jared's Contributions.

I can't take all the credit for this pregnancy, although I have done a lot of work ;). So I will give a big shout out to how wonderful Jared is. He is so supportive, he helps me out of the car, and off of the couch, he even lets me sleep when I am tired. He is eager to satisfy my cravings, every time I say something sounds good, he says, lets go get it. He tells me that I am pretty and that he loves me. I can tell that he appreciates me carrying this volleyball around. He is probably more excited about this baby than I am, and it is so wonderful to have such a supportive husband. So since all the baby update pictures have been of me, I decided it is time to put one of Jared's contribution pictures up. Last week he set up the crib. It is beautiful, and I am so grateful to have a handy man around the house.

Our new addition.

Our lives were so blessed on monday when our new baby (1 of 2) arrived. You could say the stork brought him. We couldn't be happier with the outcome. We are so excited to have this new blessing in our home. We truly are so blessed. We named him Henry. (Jared doesn't know that yet.)

















Stork... UPS man, same thing!

8 1/2 Months Prego!!

I do this everytime. I dont think I am that big, and then we take a picture and I realize that I am huge. I cannot believe he is getting so big. It's almost time. We are getting so excited, and I just cant wait to get this beach ball out of me. Is it normal to just want to feel normal again? Were down to just under a month and a half left, feels like eternity, but I know it will go fast. Jared is taking a trigonomitry class that gets over at the same time the baby is due, and he is excited cause maybe because of the baby this class will go fast. HA... we'll see!

WHOO...

Alot has happened in the last two weeks, so sorry about the throw up effect with all the posting. It all started with Finals week, WOW was that a week. After all the stressing and my many to do lists, it was finished. My proudest accomplishment was the 105% I got on my Bio final. It was on my list of 50 things to do before I die to get 100% on a test, so to get 105%, on a final, and bio none the less, I am pretty proud!! We got excellent grades this semester. I am so proud of both of us, I was taking 18 credits, so for that amount of stress,I did pretty well. But the credit should go to my amazing husband. Between taking care of my emotions and cravings, working 30+ hours and holding down some pretty hard classes, Jared did Awesome on his grades.
So after finals, we hopped on a plane and went to Missouri. We had tons of fun, see next post:)

And something super exciting happened... We are getting a new computer. The Laptop has been giving us more hardware problems then it is worth, and luckily Jared insisted on buying the service warranty from best buy. So after them fixing it 5 times, they had to give us a new computer. GUESS WHAT COMPUTER IT IS... yep that is right, it is my Apple. So now I can design announcements from home!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! It is being shipped to our home as we speak. Expect some great advances to the blog since I will now have better capabilities!! I AM ELATED!

Missouri

We went to visit Jared's family in Missouri this past week. It was nice to finish up finals and get out of rexburg. It was such a relaxing week that I was actually OK with coming back to Rexburg. We had tons of fun,food, and family. We celebrated Carols, Jared's and my B-days in one swoop. We went Shopping and hiking, and to lots of soccer games.It was so cold and windy at Carol's Soccer games. We had to bundle up just to survive. Carol the rock star was aw some with her feet.
Ali went to the prom and looked gorgeous. Then Carol got a pedicure from her mom and brother. The bottom two pictures are the very pregnant me and my mother-in-law shopping, and Jared in KB toys. It is kind of a stipulation, if we go shopping, we have to go in the toy store. Its a sanity thing, for Jared's sake. This Dino actually growled and walked, unfortunately the cord to the remote was only three feet long. Birthday Party fun. Jared and I got Carol a cool Bathrobe/towel thing, and Jared got Baseball stuff, you should have seen how ecstatic he was. Our Hiking trip was so much fun, There was a river, frogs, caves, swings and clovers. It was actually a nice day, we even got a little sun burned. It was a great hike, even though I am ginormous.

Dreams... Make em go away.

My sister in law told me about a dream that she had when she was pregnant. It was about a pet dog or pig or something and she was taking care of it like the baby. We all laughed and I cringed a little, becuase of the thought that these dreams would soon start. It has been slow going, a baby dream here and a baby dream there, but I swear now I have one every night. They usually consist of me not taking care of the baby and then feeling bad so I start trying but I dont know how. for example last night in my dream, I didnt know where the diapers were. IT WAS A NITEMARE, pun intended. But the second part of last nights dream was terrible. If I am not dreaming about my inadequecies as a mother, I am dreaming about the child being disformed in someway. In my biology class we learned about a disorder that causes the child to physically develope way too fast. Like on that movie Jack. Well in the second part of last nights dream the kid had that. He was 10 days old and could talk and walk and he was already in school. And the doctors kept telling me "he has a disability" and I was screaming in there face, I KNOW THAT!!! But none of them would do anything about it.
Jared even had a dream the other day that the baby was sitting in his lap and it reached out and grabbed the cat. (no we dont have a cat.) And than the baby just held the cat all day. I am not sure what subconcious thing this is communicating, but I think jared wants a cat.

Overall, I HATE these dreams. None of them are sweet, cute baby, lovey dovey dreams, they are all terrible your going to be a bad mom dreams. I can't wait till my hormones are back to normal!