baby girl

so-as we are having a baby i thought this was as good as any time to just post some little pictures. they printed me a thousand copies of her arms and booty and then burned them onto a cd for me. i felt a little guilty thinking, "really-already i have to start the baby book?" call me a turd but i'm not too excited about little scraps of paper and hours upon hours of stickers and scissors just for one page in a book. something to get used to i guess. but i am excited that our AdaMarie is as healthy as she could be. i loved feeling her kick and seeing the movement on a screen. that was very cool and something that only i get to experience. sometimes i feel bad that andy will never know what its like to have odd and, at first disturbing, feelings of her moving around. it's very endearing now and i wouldn't part with her for the world.

isn't her little foot awesome!!!

pregnant

so.....i guess i can come right out and say i'm pregnant now. it's time to face the music and just own up to all my crazy mood swings, bloating body, and odd eating habits. i am 17 weeks along it feels like it was just two weeks ago i was up at 3am thinking about the pregnancy test i was going to take when i woke up. i guess andy was up at the same time so we just decided to do it at 3am. there was no doubt about that little plus sign. it was the moment we had been waiting 10 months for...or was it? about oct of 2009 i was having horrible headaches and wasn't sleeping well. andy had given me a blessing to help me cop and during that blessing he said something about praying more often. i will admit i hadn't been very good about my personal prayers so i decided to try it out. one day while in the middle of a migraine i decided to say a little prayer. the image that came to my mind is still ingrained into my memory. it was a little girl with huge brown eye and cute brown curls. the next words were "you want me to have a baby?" the next moment a huge warm confirmation came over me and i knew that was what heavenly father was trying to tell me.

immediately following this manifestation of the spirit, i burst into tears. i didn't want to get pregnant yet. no where in my being did i want to be "that mormon girl" who gets knocked up before their first year anniversary. i got myself under control (i thought) and went to tell andy what had happened. i sat down on the couch and told him something horrible had happened. i then burst into another long stream of tears that lasted 10m or so. i couldn't speak or even show my face. andy at this point was concerned for my life and started asking questions about what happened and to see if he could guess what my concern was. about 20m later i managed to blubber something about prayer, baby, not ready, and then began sobbing once more. andy sat back and said, "you think we are supposed to have a baby?" i nodded and he replied "IS THAT IT? i thought you were DYING or something. a baby isn't that bad". he obviously wasn't as concerned as i was. :) come to find out, during the blessing he gave me a few days previous, he ALSO had a similar impression about a little girl but didn't want to tell me about it...i wonder why? hehe

after that there was a lot of prayer and temple going and we both felt like it was what needed to happen. it wasn't until july that we got pregnant and we were so excited to have the wait over with. then it hit me-I'M PREGNANT!

10 weeks later, lots of prayer and support from family i am happy to say that i am pregnant and excited about it. we think we are having girl but we are having the ultrasound Dec 3. i think i needed a year to get used to the idea of having a kid and i sure am grateful that i have had another 4 months to let the fact sink in.

we don't know where we will be living as of yet-andy is done with school and we are trying to get hired on somewhere. we have applied to alaska, iowa, ohio, texas, idaho, washington, and nevada. we'll see what comes from it.

we are excited for the changes that are coming. i must admit that i am excited about this thanksgiving. i'm already wearing stretchy pants, i have the appetite of a hippo, and if anyone mentions the fact that i have eaten twice as much as anyone there, i will pull out the classic "eating for two" card. LOVE IT!!!!!!

summer comes to a close

as i recall, summers in south eastern idaho never last long due to the fact that it is a frozen hell. :) with that i would like to officially say goodbye to our dear, sweet summer as we will not see the sun or feel its warm rays upon our faces for another nine months.
let's recap all the wonderful things that we were able to do this summer:



as you can see bear lake...


a little chilly to get it but just a toe was ok


hank came home and wiped us into shape


Shoshone falls



our first trip to west yellowstone. lots of fun-hikes and animals and great friends!


Andy was able to go muddin and LOVED it



andy had a surprise pirate party for the big 27

showing his new straight pearly whites


we climbed "r" mountain


straight up



hiked around mesa falls

west trip #2 with some fun new places


we swam in the fire hole-not as warm as fire but it wasn't bad


huge elk

horse back riding in west yellowstone


andy all ready to go


we had such a good crew and it was sooo fun


hobo pool the warmest funnest warm river around


cave falls we were able to go behind it and it was massive and breath taking
we were so lucky to be able to do this one


fun times at lava hot springs


family went to bar j wranglers


andy's family was here so we took them to mesa falls


the big graduate




going to the swimming hole


free water park


caving


sand dunes


eating at the montage-trip to portland



adult night out-too much fun in portland


frog legs-we loved these. we also had alligator tail yum yum


chilled-literally-at the beach


and to sum it all up we saw the most beautiful rainbow ever right in our front yard



it was a complete end to end bright and beautiful rainbow.
it made my summer

so as it comes to an end, i can truly say that we did not waste a single day. we went camping, hiking, horseback riding, saw scenery like none other, saw friends and family and ate some awesome food. who could ask for anything more.

so long summer. we will miss you. until next year

escape

how many of you would like to come away

somewhere where the breeze is filled with excitement

the ocean mist can find your face

but worries fly on by

run away to a personal wonderland

where excitement is around but not needed

relaxation is a part of your mission statement

and money doesn't exist

where books multiply on shelves

sofas are grown fluffy

and nature creates it's own music

where does this place exist?

oh my goodness

we have been busy busy.
andy graduated and his two sisters, a bother in law, 5 kids and his mom were all staying with us in our 2 bedroom apt. it was really good to see them all. enjoy the very cute pics below of some awesome things we did. going to the sand dunes, checking out the caves, ice cream eating, swimming in the river, parade and picnic in st anthony and best of all andy graduating. my family also came up and we went to bar j and lava hot springs. too much fun!!


story time with all my little friends


Caves


ice cream that makes me want to be a kid again


swimming


Sand Dunes


waiting for the parade


my big graduate


andy me and his mama


matt, kris, bess, andy and his mom


ernie, sam, hank, me, andy. my mom and dad


family at bar j wranglers




andy jumping off the high dive at lava hot springs


climbing wall at lava