I'd Rather Be Barefoot

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Joy

Jess comes home today!!!!!!!!!!!! He should be here in a few hours!!

Ohh joy :)

Monday, September 8, 2008

So I have been reading alot this summer which has been fantastic. I used to be the biggest book worm, but once I went to college I just never had time; I always would rather go play and do things rather than read. So I'm finally getting back to my good habits of reading! I've read alot of book this summer, some good, and some TERRIBLE. One actually gave me nightmares so I could no longer read it. I wanted to be like Joey from that one episode of 'Friends' when he was reading the Shining and got scared so he put it in the freezer, but I decided to just give it away, so to DI it's going!!

My most recent read was a book called "Marley and Me" by John Grogan. I am such a huge dog lover and this book appealed to me as soon as I saw it on the shelf in Target. I'd heard some things about it and I know they're currently filming a movie after it but I wanted to see what it was like for myself. Can I just tell you that I am in LOVE with this dog and never knew him? If you have ever owned a cute pooch ,so much of what this lovably awful dog does in this book will just make you laugh out loud!

So I highly recommend this book! I thorougly enjoyed it and it makes me so excited for when Jess and I get our next dog. Obviously we're going to have to wait a while, probably until our son is at least one, but I still can't wait! And although I loved Mr. Higgins, (for those of you who don't know who he was, he was a Pug/Boston Terrier we adopted who was CRAZY. I had to sell him when I got pregnant because I was too afraid of what he would do to a baby!) , we will definitely be researching our next dog alot more before we get one! We want a dog who's going to fit our lifestyle and unfortunately Mr. Higgins just didn't.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Update

So just to update on the craziness that has been my life of recent.

First of all, my Mom is doing so much better! She had a rough go for a while, and we were all horribly upset when her doctor told her she had to stay in Salt Lake again for the duration of her treatments. So starting the third week in August I booked us a hotel room at the Residence Inn in downtown Salt Lake which was so much nicer than that cave of a place the Marriott turned out to be before. This room actually had a full kitchen, dishwasher, washer/dryer, a kitchen table, and a living room with pull out bed (which is where I slept). So, I mostly went up during the weeks, and Aly came up when she could get off of work, and Dad on the weekends. We were all ready for the long haul.
The treatments did not go as well this time, and Mom got really sick. And by saying really sick, it's actually an understatement, but I'm not going to go into the specifics. We had several very scary nights and Mom got two blessings, one from her Bishop and one from my cousin Melissa's husband Cory. Both were much appreciated and so heartfelt that it brought so much peace into the room, as well as the very prominent spirit letting us know it was going to be alright.
But reguardless, my Mom is such a tough lady. She roughed it out, all the horrible side effects and all, and was actually able to finally come home this past Saturday night!! Her numbers were finally high enough that she could be home and didn't have to be within 15 mins of the hospital, and we all are so grateful.

The weekend she came home I came home a day early because my Dad was there with her, and I wanted to get the house ready and clean, because it was kind of a pig stye, (oops!). I also went to go get her dog Scooter out of the kennel we had boarded him in during the weeks when no one was home. I was so happy to see him, and I brought him home. No sooner had I opened the door and put his food in his bowl and gave him some water did he walk right over to the freshly cleaned carpets and made that sound that all you dog owners out there know quite well: Gaaaaaak!! I didn't even need to turn around to know that he had just puked all over the carpet. But I did anyway, and there he was standing next to a pile of chartreuse colored vomit wagging his tail just pleased as punch with himself. Great. Reguardless, I figured he had had just as bad a week as I had being cooped up in a kennel, so I wasn't mad for long.

But Mom is now home, and we just need to go up to Salt Lake every few days to see her doctors, which is so much better than staying in the hotel room! She's getting better and stronger everyday, so we are all very very optimistic at this point.

I am also so grateful that my summer away from Jess is almost OVER! He flew to Baltimore on Labor day and will be there until next Wednesday, but then he flies back to Kansas and comes home!!!! I never ever ever want to be away from him again..EVER! I have had so many horrible days missing him so badly, and could not count on my fingers how many nights I have cried myself to sleep. But it all worked out miraculously somehow, because I was able to be here and take care of my Mom. I was mostly the only one who had the time to be with her and take care of her, because Dad now works in Bonanza, which is 3 hours away, and Aly has a job and just started school again. So although this summer has been probably one of the hardest of my life, I'm so grateful that everything worked out perfectly. And now I actually have days when Jess will be home and not weeks or months...DAYS!

Me and the baby are also doing quite well. I just hit my 30 week mark..ahh! I'm feeling really great besides getting tired doing the simplest tasks. And I can no longer sleep at night because I cannot get comfortable, but my new best friend is now Tylenol PM..works great. It's fun for me to just lay there and watch my stomach ripple and move with every wiggle, kick, punch, and somersault the little guy does in there! I am simply amazed that I actually am carrying a human inside of me, we women are amazing creatures, and the blessing of being able to carry our children inside astounds me. I am so grateful for this experience and cannot wait for the adventure motherhood will bring in November!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hot Mama!

My very talented friend Elise was awesome enough to help me take some pregnancy shots yesterday. I've been feeling kind of well...HUGE lately and it felt really good to feel pretty! Some guy in Salt Lake the other day at the hotel my Mom and I are staying at for the duration of her treatments asked me if I was having twins...sad!! But for the time being I'm just going to embrace my huge-ness and love it! Anyway, Elise took some amazing pictures and we drove all over south Utah county to find cool outdoorsy spots and we found some pretty sweet ones! These are not all of the pics, but some of my favorites!
Corn!!
LOVE those mountains!!
You can't see him, but there was a TINY baby deer about 30 feet from where I stood! So cute

This one is probably one of my absolute favorites :)

Thanks Elise!! You're the best :)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Anny's Wedding

One of my dearest friends and a former roommmate Anny got married on 8-8-08 in the Salt Lake Temple. Besides the scorching heat while waiting for them outside the temple that day I had such a blast! At the ceremony Aly and I were reunited with Melissa and Stacey, two of our other roommates from our "VH house" in Logan where we lived with 10 girls. Only 8 of us still keep in touch and are super close now! We had fun taking pics around the temple while we waited for the attractive couple to come out! Then after taking some group shots at the temple the four of us headed to Gateway to have lunch and shop! We then had about 4 hours until the ring ceremony and reception at Anny's parents's house. Aly and I ended up going to Target for a while and then to a pet store to hold some cute puppies ( we were pretty bored!) and then eventually just headed to Anny's to see if we could help out. Luckily, they REALLY did need some help so they were more than happy to see us!

The ring ceremony was a traditional roman one which was pretty interesting to see, but not unlike a normal ceremony. Some of the differences- BOTH of Anny's parents walk her down the aisle, they said some things in Latin to one another, we threw crushed walnuts at them as they came down the aisle again for fertility, OH and Anny's Dad wore a sweet toga while he ran the ceremony! It was really awesome!
Once the dinner started all of Anny's former VH girls were pretty rowdy I must say. We were by far the loudest table there and could not stop laughing. I thought I was going to pass out from hunger so we decided to butt in line for the buffet style dinner to which alot of people were quite unhappy with us, but hey, are you going to starve a pregnant woman?? Didn't think so! haha
I had such a good time and was especially glad to be with some of my closest girlfriends from our VH house! We were missing one key girl, (Elise :( ) but we still had fun regardless!
Aly, me, Melissa, and Stacey outside the temple

Still waiting...and dying of heat!!

Desperate Housewives! haha

Aly, Mel, and big HUGE me! My belly is ALL up in Melissa's business!

Anny, her husband Chris, and her family. Isn't Anny gorgeous??

We thought this would be a hilarious pic since guys usually do it!

Anny and I decided to get personal under her veil!

Flashing our VH gang sign! I love these girls so so much!!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Baby Shower!!!

So my wonderful beautiful sister Aly put together a friend baby shower for me! She put alot into it with help from our mom and it turned out so cute! Not everyone came, but pretty much everyone who really matters to me did! I got tons of adorable gifts and we ate and played some silly games and had a blast! I am so grateful for my wonderful friends who I know I'll have forever, and especially for my best friend, my sister Aly who means more than words to me! She is already being such a big help to me and I know my little boy's favorite aunt is going to be her hands down!!

Me and the lovely lady who put it all together!

The adorable cake!!

It was a jungle-themed shower which is also the theme of my nursery in progress! It was so cute!

the cute monkey pinata we got

So, I had some problems hitting it, and eventually hit the thing so hard I broke the bat!!

So I resorted to ripping the thing opened! That's how I roll.

The Mommy-to-be sash Aly got me to wear

We attempted to play this game where you freeze a baby and everyone guesses the delivery time..well the thing took forever! It ended up being born like an hour after everyone left..but Rachel congrats you won!!! haha

I am so mad because I didn't even take a group shot!! But here are Jamie and Abbie who I did manage to snag a pic with before they left.

So thanks to Aly for putting this together for me, and also to all my wonderful girlfriends who came out for it!! You girls are my rock of love haha.

Trip to Idaho

I picked up my sis-in-law mary and her daughter Mia at the SLC airport and we road tripped up to Rexburg to see our in-laws as well as Jake and Jacie and their kids. It was such a fun trip! We went to a pioneer day parade, played outside on the 4 wheelers, went to the splash park and the park, played lots of card games, had a cookout in the firepit, and just hung out and had a great time with each other! I am so grateful that Jess and I are both so blessed with amazing families. When I had told my good friend that I was going up to Idaho to see Jess' family and my in-laws, she said "Oh wow, you're nice!" and all I said was "...but I love my in-laws!" which I really truly do! I guess I never realized that some people really have problems getting along with their spouse's family but I have never had that problem and for that am so grateful! They have always made me feel welcome from the very beginning and I really truly love going up to Idaho to see everyone!