Best Valentines Day Ever

I really can't believe that it is a Sunday morning and I am awake already. Todd woke up around 6 to get ready for his Sunday meetings and I just couldn't go back to sleep. Maybe its because I'm pregnant and I had to get up and eat breakfast to satisfy my hunger pains. Or maybe its because I'm pregnant and I had to get up and go to the bathroom. Or MAYBE its because I have the most amazing husband and I was too excited to sleep!

I have spent the last two weeks in Dallas, Texas with my brother Derek, his wife Brianne, and their little boy, Easton. Brianne is pregnant and started having contractions pretty early on so she has been on bed rest and they needed a little extra help taking care of Easton. It was a great experience and I am so glad for the time I was able to spend with their family since I don't get to see them often. Brianne has now hit the 35 week mark which is such a blessing since they never thought they would make it that far. I will miss them!

Anyways, it wasn't that much fun being apart from Todd for two weeks, but the reunion was so much fun!! He was waiting for me at the airport when my plane arrived at 4 in the afternoon...with a beautiful bouquet of roses. We had decided to celebrate our Valentines day then since it just seemed more fitting. We drove home and Todd had totally decked out the house in Valentine decorations- Balloons, heart shaped boxes of chocolates, streamers, paper hearts, and candles! AND the house was spotless. What more could a girl ask for? Well, Todd went beyond the call of duty! He made me the most wonderful dinner with a menu consisting of King Crab legs, cheesy potatoes, salmon, cauliflower and cheese sauce, garlic bread, and sparkling grape juice! Mmm! He set the table all cute too and even played romantic music in the background.

How lucky am I? I just had to brag about my sweetheart for a moment because he really pampered me last night!! I am also grateful that it doesn't take a holiday for my sweetheart to let me know that he loves me. He definitely went all out for Valentines day, but his day-to-day actions always show me that he cares about me and he tells me like a hundred times a day that he loves me. I love you, Todd! Happy Valentines Day!

Here are some random pictures I just uploaded from my camera:

Me at 23 weeks. This is right before I left for Dallas. Two weeks later I still look the same!

Todd tried to fit in my suitcase...lol!

Derek and Easton playing in the snow. They had record breaking snowfall while I was there!

Me and Easton the morning that I left. He is either smiling so big because he got a good night's sleep or because he had a REALLY stinky diaper.

Yet another reunion at the airport! I feel like I am always leaving Todd behind and we have had this scene so many times...next time Todd is definitely coming with me!

Yay for chocolate and flowers! Todd spoiled me rotten!

And last but definitely not least...the amazing dinner Todd prepared for me! He did everything! I don't know how you will ever top this, babe!

Expecting

Yes, its true! WE ARE HAVING A BABY!

The little peanut at 9 weeks...

And then again today at 20+ weeks....

Ultrasounds are so much fun. It was so neat to see our little baby moving all over the place. Not only did we find out that our baby is growing properly, but
we also found out we are having a...

BOY!!!
(This pic shows it all)

We are beyond excited!!

Almost 21 weeks
(Right after my ultrasound)
Notice: I am wearing blue...I knew it was going to be a boy!

We are so happy and excited to welcome this little one into our lives! We waited until 18 weeks to tell most of our family so we could do it on Christmas day. Fall semester was pretty rough because I was taking so many credits and I was SO sick ALL of the time. It wasn't really fun throwing up in the school bathrooms all day long and dragging myself to class (or missing class altogether) but Todd was such a sweetheart and did everything in his power to make life easier for me. Now I just get sick in the mornings which is a TON better than all day long. Anyways, that has been my pregnancy thus far.

I'm due May 28th.
Now we just have to come up with some cute boy names.

Breathe

Someday when I have more time (when school is finally over) I will have a real blog and update it when we actually have cool things to say besides talk about all the school and homework we are doing right now! But for now I will just post another video of Taylor Swift because I love her music!!! This song is so awesome and she is singing it with Colbie Caillat (what could be better???!)

Did I mention I love this song?

P.S. Only four more weeks of class and then finals...that makes me so happy!!! :-)

Thug Story

I love Taylor Swift!

"I was right there beside him all summer long..."

I can't believe that summer is coming to an end! On Monday we will start our final semester at BYU. Todd has already applied for December graduation and he will be taking 15 credit hours and working this semester. I'm signed up for 20 credits (yikes!) including my internship at Utah County Health Department which will leave me with a couple online classes to finish before I officially graduate in April! We will both walk in April for graduation...so cute, I know! Haha, but seriously I cannot wait until we are graduated and some money can finally come rolling in. That is...until Todd goes to grad school which will probably be sometime next year. It has been a little bit stressfull with both of us going to school full time...all the time...but we have been able to take classes together every semester since we have been engaged including History, Humanities, D&C, New Testament, Accounting, Flexibility, English, and we will be taking Marketing Management this fall at 8 in the morning! I have the best study partner ever.

So I have a feeling that with both of us being so busy and with Todd's calling we are not going to see each other very much this semester! But we have done a lot of fun things this summer. We got to go to Priest Lake this year and spend time with my family! It rained every single day but it was still so fun just being with everybody. My least favorite part of the trip was riding in the car for 24+ hours in the backseat between my nephew Max and my sweatheart. Max liked bossing me around the whole trip..."Chris, get my waterbottle, get my shoes, get my color books, can I have a treat?" and so on. But Aaron and Todd made it bearable by reading the 6th Harry Potter book to us. After we got home from the lake we were invited to spend a day at Bear Lake with some of Todd's cousins which was so fun. Tomorrow is Todd's birthday and our last hurrah of summer! Mmmm...Tucanos here we come!!

Fiddle Chick

Recently I have been thinking that I really need to start practicing the fiddle again. I know, I'm a geek but its my hobby. This picture was taken over two and a half years ago when I was in a celtic ensemble at BYU for a semester. It was so much fun! I just think that my life is better when music is a part of it. I have had so many special memories playing music. I'm also going to try and convince Todd to learn an instrument because I think he would really enjoy it. I dug up these videos from forever ago...they aren't the best quality or anything but its just fun to remember when I was apart of the ensemble. And I guess our name was "Corn Beef and Cabbage"? I can't remember but that is a really silly name...oh well. The videos were taken by someone's dad so I'm not the center of attention or anything. I love celtic music! Now I just need to practice and get really good so that I can teach lessons someday. :-) The last clip is an awesome song called David's Jig by Natalie MacMaster. She is my hero.