me and my blue-eyed boy: March 2015

bryson and i are having a

B A B Y

and we are o v e r t h e m o o n excited about it!

okay okay, where to even start!?

one night in the end of january i was working a night shift at the hospital.

i felt like i had swallowed a snail (or something extremely unsettling) and was going to barf at any given moment. i had been super nauseous that entire week and the week before- but nausea was a normal thing for me when i work graveyard shifts... so i didn't think too much of it.

but this was different.

not only was i nauseous, but my sense of smell was incredible!

i could pick up the smell of tuna fish sandwich remains from across the chapel at church

every time i'd walk past the break room at work, it sent me running for the nearest garbage can.

all the nurses working that night called me out...

"you're totally pregnant!" they all said.

"we're calling it now. go take a test."

nurses. they know wassssup.

so i thought about it. more than once. bry was in nebraska on a hunting trip, and i decided i couldn't wait one more second to at least find out a yes or no. so at 1 am in the morning, while the other nurses were off suctioning out the noses of all our RSV+ babies on the unit (suckers)... i snuck out to outpatient pharmacy.

there, i bought two pregnancy tests.

and then this happened with both of them before i could blink.

+ +

i think was in a state of shock.

at first i just stared in unbelief.

then i started shaking and tearing up.

and soon after, i was having a silent dance party in the bathroom by myself.

i was sooooooooo excited and overwhelmed i just couldn't believe it.

bry and i had been trying, but i think i sort of expected this thing to happen after a much longer time. little did i know i was already 8 weeks along!!

so then the planning began. i knew i had to plan a fun date for when bry got home from nebraska the next night, to reveal to him the news.

i told him i had planned a "graduation" date to celebrate his recent graduation.

i sketched the whole thing out in my journal:

-setting: up the canyon where we had our first date

-i wrote a poem for bry to read to him before he opened his gift

-a present revealing the happy news

-thermos full of hot chocolate

-picnic blankets

-lantern

-candles

...you know, all the good stuff

^^talk about funnest gift to buy/wrap!

i coached a basketball game at the high school that night, and was anxiously awaiting bry's plane to land and for him to get home.

9 pm passed.... 10 pm... and then he got home.

he thought this whole thing was a little strange that i was so insistent on having the date that night even though it was so late. but i was going to explode.

so up the canyon we went to celebrate his "graduation" (hee hee).

i had the camera set up on movie mode, so he had no idea i was filming the entire time.

the video i captured is one of my most favorite videos, and since it's pretty personal to both of us, i am not going to share it here. but it's something we'll treasure forever.

his reaction was one i'll never forget.

in a nutshell, when he opened the gift, he tackled me to the ground and we both started crying as he kept repeating, "are you serious!!?!"

second time i've ever seen him cry :)
this is the guy who has been begging me for a baby since day ONE.

so there you have it! We're expecting this little one September 10th, 2015!

B A B Y U P D A T E

predictions: boy.

how i'm feeling: i feel lucky that my only bad weeks of nausea were weeks 7-9. thank HEAVENS for slurpees because i had one just about every day (or meal) through that time period. other than that, i have felt awesome and only have the occasional morning sickness.

size of baby: baby is the size of a navel orange. my belly hasn't popped yet, but i look like i've eaten a few too many cheeseburgers, that's for sure.

stomach abs are turning into a nice soft muffin top. it's a bit awkward actually.

cravings: anything salty or unhealthy haha. i've really been trying so hard to eat healthy throughout all this, but nothing satisfies my cravings like french fries, a soda, or salty chips.

(i know, horrible!) luckily, i still go running/work-out about every day, so it makes me feel a little better about things.

things that are making me happy right now: finally being able to tell anyone i want (!!!), singing to him/her in the car, dreaming up nursery ideas and sewing projects, hearing bry say "bless our bean" in our prayers every night, and thinking that in a few weeks i'll hopefully feel the baby move!

frustrations: my pants are starting to feel tight at the waist, and i feel like i'm not at the point of being in full maternity clothes... i'm telling ya, this in-between stage is super awkward. also, having to pee every couple hours, not sleeping well throughout the night (my dreams are insane!), having to wait to know the gender (5 more weeks seems SO far away), feeling totally exhausted at the end of every day, and being able to smell everything.

my reads as of late: recommendations from tazas baby essentials guide.

**if you are pregnant, or are planning on being pregnant anytime soon, read that guide! it has some great reviews and suggestions!

on to 16 weeks! can't believe this is finally happening!

xo
m

so longggggg

F E B R U A R Y

bry and i have been a little extra busy this month.

we are selling our condo and are on the lookout for a new place to live.

in the meantime, we'll be in bountiful in bry's parent's basement.

they have been so nice to let us stay there until we find a home.

we have felt for a while like we were out-growing our place and

since interest rates are low and only on the rise, we thought it

was a good time to sell and look to buy.

so, that's been a little crazy but super exciting as well!

despite the craziness, here are some favorite snapshots of our february:

trader joe's opened up right by our house at the start of february!

(i'll have to post my favorite things from there soon.)

i loved getting out to fly fish with bry, even when my hands felt like icicles.

valentines day was simple and perfect.

bry had roses delivered, but the thing i loved most was getting to spend the whole rest of the day together. after breakfast, we got out on our bikes to enjoy the sunshine, and went garage-sale hunting. we had so much fun wandering the streets and looking at houses too. this whole house hunting thing can be so exhausting, but looking at houses and envisioning of how i would fix them up is by far one of my favorite things in this world. i can't wait!

^^that night, he told me to take a nap (best plan ever) while he cooked up the yummiest salmon, mashed potatoes, fresh bread, and artichoke with dip. i felt so spoiled, and was especially impressed with his choice of heart shaped plates + candles. :)

my girls had their first game in the state tourney against bountiful. even though they lost, i was so proud of them and the way they played. i already miss them so much!