I'm pretty sure that I felt baby kick on Saturday the 23rd. I'm still not sure if what I felt was a kick, but I've felt the same little thing since Saturday. I'm excited to feel baby move a whole lot more and even more excited for when Eric can feel it too.
That's all. Happy Monday!
I was going to take a picture of my belly every month after 12 weeks, but then decided to do every other week. I missed week 14, but have week 16 and 18. I feel like the pictures make me look bigger than I really am, or it could be the fact that I'm not used to seeing a bump on my belly. I better get used to it though because it's not going to get any smaller...
Here you go:
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| Just for fun, here's week 12 again |
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| Week 16 |
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| Week 18 close-up |
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| Week 18 |
I started this post weeks ago, but have been too lazy to finish it, until now.
For all of my dedicated readers out there, you may remember me writing this when posting about the BYU Basketball team, "I just might have a little crush on Jackson Emery. Don't worry, Eric is fully aware. He might have a crush on Jimmer and that's OK." Obviously that was a joke, right? I wrote that fully anticipating that none of the people mentioned would EVER read my blog.
Let's move forward a few days to the day after I wrote about being pregnant. I posted a link on Facebook for people to come read it. My little brother saw that link on Facebook and decided to read the blog post and then some more. There's no harm in that right? Well, I got a phone call from him on my lunch break that day. He told me that he decided to read my blog while meeting with one of his school groups (sounds like an effective group meeting huh?) As soon as he told me that, I knew there was a problem and turned bright red. I only knew of one group that he was in this semester, and it just so happened that Jackson Emery was in that group. Yes, the same Jackson Emery that I had mentioned that I had a crush on. Well, my brother found this to be humorous and decided to share that little part of my blog with Jackson. According to him it went a little something like this, "Hey Jackson, do you want to know what my married sister thinks of you?" He then proceeded to read that part to him. Apparently Jackson just laughed. I'm sure he gets that a lot.
Anyways, it was a little embarrassing, especially to someone who gets embarrassed easily. Looking back now it is pretty funny though. Thanks Jason for sharing my blog with him, haha!
On a similar note, that same day when driving back from lunch, I saw someone. I posted about it on Facebook. This is what it said: "JIMMER FREDETTE. He looked at me as I stared at him. I quickly, and awkwardly, looked away and drove past him. Good thing I slowed down or I would have ended his NBA career too soon. Needless to say, I was a little star struck. That was the closest I have ever been to him. (Eric thinks I am ridiculous)." It was just funny that these two events happened in the same day.
OK, that's all. Have a great day!
As many of you may already know, I love the month of September. You may be wondering why I'm blogging about something that is still 5 months away, but if you bear with me for a little while you will understand. Promise. There are three reasons why I love this month, and I want to share them with you. Well, I mostly want to share one with you :) My top three reasons are:
3. This month marks the beginning of fall. The leaves start to change colors and the weather starts to get cooler. I love going on walks and hearing the crunch of leaves under my feet. Seriously, who doesn't love the start of fall??
2. It's my Birthday!!! September 22nd is possibly the best day ever. I really really love birthdays!
1. This reason is a new one this year. On September 14th (give or take a few days) Eric and I will become parents! That's right, we are going to have a baby!! That is definitely going to make this September an extra special one for the two of us. We are super excited! We get to find out on May 3 (our anniversary) what we are having. How sweet is that?! I'm so excited to see Eric as a dad. Little kids just adore him.
Here are some pictures to prove it, minus the pregnancy test. I will spare all of you that image:)
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| The night we found out I was pregnant. Excuse the nasty face. I just got home from working out. |
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| Me at 12 weeks. I don't like being in pictures alone, hence the awkward smile! |
If any of you don't know who Jimmer Fredette is, then I suggest you stop living in a cave and turn on the news:) Well, if you don't live in Utah, then watch ESPN or any other sports station. He is one of the most, if not THE most talked about college basketball players this year and he happens to play for my Alma Mater and employer, BYU!! Yeah he's pretty awesome. He shoots an average 26 points per game or something like that. He scored 52 points against New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference Tournament. That's crazy. He is up for the College Basketball Player of the Year. No big deal. Let's just say that even President Obama is a fan of him and so is most of the country.
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| JIMMER |
Last night our friends Mike and Lisa invited us to go with them to the Aerial Ski Jumping World Championships. It was up at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City. The event started at 7:30. We got up there around that time and I was surprised at how many people were there. The jump was just a little ways up the mountain, so we took a lift up there and stood and watched for about an hour and a half. They were doing both the mens and womens finals. The jumps were pretty impressive. I could never do what they do. I would be too scared of breaking my neck. A couple of people didn't land their jumps perfectly. Mostly the would land, fall back and hit their backs/necks on the snow and then stand back up. It looked painful. One woman had a little fall where she kinda landed on her shoulder. You could tell she was in pain.
The jumps were crazy. I can't even tell you the jumps that they were doing because I had no idea. They kept saying things like: full, full, full or full, double full, full. I couldn't tell the difference. They all looked cool. The men would get so much air and then spin like crazy. I loved it! There were contestants from the U.S., Canada, China, Switzerland, and Belarus. I'm sure there were more, but that's all I can remember.
Also, the weather was pretty nice considering we were on a ski slope in Park City at night. I would say it was in the 20's. That is definitely bearable.
We stayed ad watched most of the jumps. We left a little early so we would beat the traffic. It really was fun to go to. Thanks for inviting us Mike and Lisa!
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| Mike and Lisa. How cute! |
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| Me and Eric with the jump behind us. You can also see the mogul course on the left. |
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| The ski jump |
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| If you look closely you can see a jumper upside down |
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| Another jumper. My camera isn't that great at zooming in super far. |
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| Eric and I bundled up. He's so handsome. |
It has become a tradition to go with our friends Kirsten and Aaron to the Utah Auto Expo. We usually go eat at Five Guys before going to the show. Unfortunately we couldn't go to dinner beforehand because I had to pick Eric up at the airport at 7:45PM. We grabbed a bite to eat really fast and then met Kirsten and Aaron at the Expo. It's always fun to sit inside of all kinds of different cars and figure out the ones that you like. Sitting in expensive ones is always fun too, because you know you won't be driving a car like that for a long time! The car I still want currently is a Toyota Highlander. They added some features this year that I really like! We really want one, but I don't know if we'll actually buy one anytime soon. We do need to replace our little Neon. That car has seen better days!
The Expo never disappoints. If you have an auto show nearby, you should definitely go
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| Me and Lincoln taking a ride on the handicap lift/chair. It was a pretty cool feature to the Sienna. |
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| Lincoln standing by the Lincoln sign. He thought it was awesome that there were cars with his name! |
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| Aaron by a Ford Flex (I think). He likes them. They actually were pretty cool inside. |
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| Eric and I inside of a car. I can't remember what kind though... |
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| Kirsten and her dream car |
It's been quite awhile since I had a sleepover. About two years ago I slept over at my friends Ryan and Amber's house when Eric was out of town. That was the last time. Well, in January Eric had to go out of town for a week-end and one of my friends just moved back to UT from CA. So what did we do? We had a sleepover! After going to dinner we went to her place, watched a girly movie (naturally) and then chatted and giggled. It was great to catch up with Megan again. I'm glad she moved back here so I can hang out with her more often. It was a fun little sleepover!
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| We had to take some pictures to remember the night. I'll spare everyone the silly ones... Aren't we cute? |
It's pretty sad that I've had my blog for 2.5 years and I am only now reaching 100 posts. Someday I will be a good blogger, but let's face it, that probably won't happen for awhile!
When thinking about what to write about for my 100th post, I was trying to be creative and do something exciting. Well, I'm just not that creative, so I decided that I should probably give you all a little update about our life. I probably should have done this back in December but we were busy... Well, Eric got a job! A real big person job. It all happened really fast. He applied on a Tuesday evening, he got called on Wednesday for an interview that day, then again for an interview on Friday, and then offered the job Friday afternoon. He is now the Director of PR and Marketing for the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce. Yes, that's right, we are still living in Utah, and it looks like we will be for at least a little while longer. Apparently there is something in Utah that we still need to do:) For now it's working out well. I was able to keep my job, so we are now a double income family and we like it. Eric likes his job so far. The good thing about it is that the title is Director so it's not entry level. That will definitely look good on his resume. We feel very blessed that Eric was able to get a job during this time. We also are happy that we get to stay around our friends for awhile. We have some great friends here. Now we just need to find a bigger place to live OUTSIDE of Provo and get a dog. Eric is dieing to get a dog!
So there you go. That's what's been going on with us lately.
Happy 100 Posts!
I know that Christmas was almost a month ago, but since my blog is kinda my journal, I figured I should still write something about it. While in Colorado, we did the following:
*drove down to Broomfield to play games with our good friends the Walton's. Charlotte had made her famous cinnamon rolls that I ate far too many of. The girls chatted while the boys watched the Broncos game. Afterward we played a game that I can't remember the title of now. All I know is that you had to know famous people's names. I was bad at this game...
*while in Broomfield we took Eric to Tincup Circle. There is this house that goes all out for Christmas that we used to always go to growing up. Eric had to see it. Here are some pictures:
