Week 34!

Since pretty much everyone I know has been pregnant this year and I've followed the growth of their belly's through pictures, I decided to give a visual update of my belly! Right now I am 34 weeks along and "the boy" is measuring at 36 weeks. The dr thinks he is going to be big. Yikes! I'm excited that I only have 6 more weeks! Being pregnant is awesome, I love watching and feeling him move and knowing that I helped create him. It's going to be even more awesome when he is....OUT! I'm so excited to see him and hold him.

This is a picture of me in my "uniform". Every night when I get home from work I put on my one pair of PJ pants that fit and Andy's sweatshirt!

Veteran's day

Yesterday was indeed Veteran's day. I believe this is my dad's fourth year being a veteran. He and my mom celebrated by going out to breakfast! They lead an exciting life! Then because of our crazy life, Andy and I ended up in SLC last night and were able to go to the Huntsman center for a concert. It was so good. All the high school choirs in granite district sing as well as guest soloists, including Alex Boye who has an incredible voice! It was a lot of fun and we're both glad we went. Here are a couple pictures of the orchestra that was made up of vets and those currently serving and the choir of high school students and also of my cute brother and dad.

I just wanted to mention how proud I am to have a dad that has served and continues to serve our country. I know it's people like him who protect our freedoms and allow us to live as we do. I am so grateful for him and all his hard work. I know he wishes he was going out again but I'm glad he isn't. :) Call me selfish but I like my dad home and safe. I'm also really happy he'll be around for the birth of his grandson. I love you dad!

Also, Andy and I are really lucky and proud to have so many family members who currently serve or who have served our country. Thank you all!

Good times!

We decided to get in the spirit of halloween this week and carve pumpkins! Andy did a great job of picking out 2 super pumpkins. This is our 2nd Halloween together as a married couple! Where does the time go? We wanted to be creative with our pumpkins but well...they are pretty normal. Andy's is goofy and mine is girly! We like them! Enjoy the pics and Happy Halloween!

Pregnancy...

Ok so this is kind of a random post but it's something to help me remember some of the strange things that I crave or have craved. The first was in my 1st trimester and it was purely for comfort and its stomach settling abilities. Good ol' chicken noodle soup, only Campbell's. :)

Next, and not all that surprising considering I LOVE and have loved my whole life, bubble gum ice cream! Sweet Andy went to at least 2 different grocery stores to track this treat down!

Oh my love for bubble gum...I craved big, huge mouthfuls of any bubble gum I could get my hands on! I had packages and packages of it, in all flavors. I still have a stash of quarters in my purse so any time we pass a gumball machine I can get one!

Last and not least, in fact all the other cravings only lasted a short period but this one continues. I want mexican food!!! I love, love, love it! I can't get enough. I could eat it everyday, twice a day. I'll eat any kind from a restaurant or homemade. In Provo, I can fulfill this by Taco bell but when we are in SLC and I'm lucky I get to go to BARBACOA! Oh just thinking about it makes me happy!

Andy has been so good about it. Luckily he isn't too picky and his motto is "Happy wife, Happy life!" Woohoo! I'll be in SLC a few times this week and so I need to devise a plan as to which day I'll get to indulge my mexican food loving baby boy!

On a side note, we have a doctor's appointment next week. Then we start our every 2 weeks appointments. We're excited. Also, last time I was measuring big so we'll see what this week brings. Also, the baby has found a new trick...it is to stick his head or some other body part under the right side of my rib cage and stretch. Let me tell you, it's not the most comfortable thing and the only way to avoid it is to sit up super straight. The little stinker, full of attitude already!

Photos

So, we want some pregnancy photos, but kinda don't want to pay for them. This is our attempt at free pregnancy photos with a cheap camera and blankets hanging in the doorway. Her belly is very cute, but.......maybe we'll pay.

Yes, this is a real update!

Ok so it's been forever...Andy is a slacker! In his defense he has a lot going on. This is his last semester and he is taking 18 credits and working and so he's super busy. This past weekend we had a birthday party for me, it was so not my idea but it was really fun. We held it at my parents house and just had some hamburgers and brats. It's always fun to get family and a few friends together. Here are a few pictures from that night.

This is the friends table...us, twinings, Ariel, min and Mckell.
The Sevies and Mary chatting under the carport thing.

The parents all sat together and chatted. Don't they look happy?

My 2 best girls! I'm so glad that Minda and Mckell were able to be there. I love them and it's just like old times with the 3 of us together. We're all at different places in our lives(my stage being HUGE) but we have so much fun together. I love you both!

For my birthday Andy cropped this picture for me and blew it up to 11x14 and got a really pretty black wood frame with a double black matte and gave it to me. I love it! It's now hanging in our family room. I love you honey! Thanks for making my birthday special. I especially love the inside jokes that were present in your gifts...fairly odd parents, stick boy and pirates!

I put a couple of bridals on here because we celebrated our 1 year anniversary in August! Also because we actually just picked them up and have been looking at them. I just want to say that Matt Christensen did them and he is an amazing photographer!! The final and maybe main reason I'm putting them on here is because pretty is the last thing I feel about myself these days. I love these pictures and I loved my wedding day, it was perfect.

We've had a couple of scary moments in the past month. The first being that this stubborn little boy who is currently dwelling in my uterus decided to stop moving for 24 hrs. SCARY. We called the doctor, and he had us come in and gave us a quick ultrasound to check everything. Of course he was fine, just turned weird so I couldn't feel him. Just because of how my life is, the second we left the dr's office, he was squirming and moving all around. Then this week, i had sudden shortness of breath and a racing heart and once again called the dr and this time they instructed us to go to the ER. We were there for 7 hours! I had to have an EKG and a CT scan to make sure I didn't have a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in my lungs). I did not, thankfully. It was still a semi traumatic day. Everything is good now, I go to the doctor next week for my 7 month appointment. It's getting close. Ok this post is super long so I'm done. We'll be better at posting I promise. One last thing, I'm making a quilt for my baby and I've got everything I need. I'm just a little nervous so if you have any tips, feel free to tell me. Thanks!

I don't know why there is this huge gap butI can't get rid of it!

An update?...No, just two pictures!

Here are a couple of pictures of "the belly"! I'm 25 weeks right now and getting super excited! Andy is blogging tomorrow for an update on everything that has happened in the last month.