It's official!

It's official, Justin and I are Idaho Madison County residents. I suppose anyways, we just registered our vehicles and now our license plates say Idaho!! No more Colorado and no more New Mexico. I must admit, it is kind or a strange feeling. I'm not sure now how we will be able to find our vehicles in parking lots. If we forget where we park we just look for the different license plate. It almost feels like we have new cars. :) I think Justin is sad to have to give up his Colorado plates, but he still holds on to that driver's license like his life depended on it. He really tried to avoid at all cost registering his car here. He had his mom try and get his registration renewed in Colorado for him, but it was time for another inspection. We don't have inspections here, so where would he get it done seeing as he is not in Colorado and there were no plans to make it down there in January before the plates expired. So he braced life, probably shed a few tears behind doors, and he registered his vehicle in Idaho. I must admit even for myself it was a different experience. All my life I wanted to be in Idaho and have everything Idaho. So just over a year ago I took the test to get a license and now I have plates that say Idaho. It is a bitter sweet moment though. As much as I admit, New Mexico is not a favorite place of mine, but I feel as though I am growing up too fast and not having all these ties back to that place. Crazy, ugly, and hideous yellow plates I must say goodbye.

Bye Bye Colorado plates

We started birthing classes last week and had our second one last night. I really am enjoying them, mainly because she is teaching us how to relax and what better way than her reading us stories and sitting on comfy seats! I can do whatever I want, even lay down! And last night she taught the daddy's a new way to relax their wives by just running their fingers on our backs! I must say I do enjoy it. We also see lots of birth videos and it makes me laugh cause there is one guy who now and again squirms. Justin doesn't get phased much these days, before we got pregnant I made him watch a few online so he would know what was coming. I love the torture! But it really is a great class and we are learning SO much. Now if I would just learn to relax on my own.

Exercise, exercise, exercise!!! We love it. We have started to work out almost every night. Justin is better at it than I am since he hasn't gotten kicked out for not wearing the "right" shirt. But it is so nice. Hard I must admit since we usually can't go til about 10pm, after he is home from work or done with homework. But it's still nice to go and we feel so much better. Justin is just loving to play basketball so much. Sometimes his friend Dustin goes with him. Cory always says invite me, but he never shows up. What a silly boy.

So a bit of an embarrassing story I suppose. Last week Cory had asked if I would cut his and his roommates hair on Friday. Of course I would, but it was a busy day so it would need to be done late or on Saturday. I guess this didn't fit into their schedule so he wanted to just borrow the clippers. Totally fine, no big deal :) We I had a little extra time on Friday I wasn't expecting so I asked if they wanted to come over than or still just borrow the clippers. They decided to come over! Being pregnant I have to admit my brain is not always there 100% so we had a few exciting moments. Dave, Cory's roommate was super nervous about getting his hair cut by me I guess. So he was just there to watch and if I did a good enough job on Cory's hair he would let me cut his. Too funny, boys make me laugh. I have cut my brother's hair quite a bit and now Justin's so I wasn't worried. So I got dinner on the stove before they arrived so I wouldn't have to worry about it until it needed to go in the oven and by that time we would be done. We are all talking and laughing away. I'm almost done with Cory's hair but needed to get around his ears. With our clippers at home we didn't have the "ear clipper" so I am still trying to get adjusted to that because our set does. Justin loves it so I always use it on his ears. So I just start buzzing around Cory's ear and guess what--it cut SUPER short. How in the world it got that short I have no idea. Seriously it had never happened that way before. So the poor kid has just around his ears super short. Now you would think not a big deal right if it's just around his ears, but guess what it showed and it showed big time. So I had to redo the whole bottom part of his head and do everything I could to make the other side match. I do admit it turned out quite nice and Cory had no complaints. But Dave was not about to let me touch his hair. I have a feeling Cory will be asking for the clippers next time either of them want a haircut. It was humorous but I was kind-of embarrassed. I really don't know how it happened. But it turned out just fine :) I should have taken pictures to show my "masterpiece."

The Baby is still growing and moving around like crazy. Just yesterday at the doctor's he was trying to hear for her heartbeat and he said she just keeps moving! So it's fun, even in the middle of the night when I am trying to sleep! :) She is head down already! So we hope she doesn't flip but just moves so her back is out and not to the side! I can't believe how fast time flies. We still have time to prepare and learn but it still seems so close.

Who's shirt is this anyways?

I am not sure if you can tell from this picture but one shirt is mine and one shirt is Justin's. Now there is a VERY funny story to go with these amazing shirts. Just before Christmas my brother Ryan and his wife Karen and their little guy, Ryder, came for a short visit and to pick me up for a little road trip back to New Mexico. Ryan has his own businesses and makes these shirts for it. They were so kind to bring us each a shirt, of course we were thrilled! I had added them to the laundry pile before I left town so that they would get washed since one landed in someone's plate of food :) While I was gone we skyped with Justin and one day I noticed he was wearing one. No big deal right? After returning back to Rexburg Justin informs me that Ryan must have made a mistake because he gave Justin a size Youth Large. This would be craziness right, Justin does not wear youth sizes. I kind of laughed and said, "No, I remember him giving you a large and me a youth large." Justin was very sure that he got a youth large and informed me it was super tight. I laughed and told him that most likely he had worn my shirt and not his own. As days went by and conversations continued about this shirt I asked him why on earth he would wear it if it didn't fit. He said "well I couldn't get it off so I wore it the rest of the night." :) Oh man my husband is absolutely adorable. After doing the laundry again I found both of the shirts and asked him which one he had worn. And of course as we all can predict, he wore mine and there was still another shirt--HIS! Honestly, I wish he would have taken a picture. But we won't torture him and make him put it on again so I just took pictures of the lovely shirts! The first is of them side by side. The second is one on top of the other to show a difference just for humorous purposes. He must have been SUPER uncomfortable!

Picture #2!! Yes there are two shirts and one is for me and one is for Justin! Poor guy. But as always he never ceases to make me laugh! After finding out Justin had a shirt of his own that would fit he put it on and has worn it many times since. And every time he says, "This fits SO much better!"

This is a "lovely" picture of me at 28 weeks! Justin and I can't believe how fast time really does go by. Pregnancy is great--now don't get me wrong, not all of it is great but it is best not to think about those moments. I love it when our little angel moves. She is always on the move actually so I can only imagine what she will be like when she is here with us. A name still hasn't been picked, but that is always on our mind. I am sure when she arrives we will just know which one is right for her. Only a couple more months and most days I don't feel ready yet so I am glad we have time.

Because my husband is adorable I have to add a picture of him as well! This is his first day of school for the semester! He loves school, though I think he might be rethinking it some days with all the homework he has to do and the little amount of time he has to do it. He is such a trooper!

It's a...GIRL!

The baby's first outfit! After the doctor's appointment we went straight to Walmart to buy the first outfit. Of course I was super excited and Justin thought I was a little crazy buying it so soon. We searched everywhere for a onsie or something that said "It's a girl." No such luck, so we searched for something cute and not pink. Not much could be found, especially what we liked. I found a white onsie and thought it would be perfect to show everyone and make them guess. But than this outfit was hunted down and it did exactly what we wanted. People got confused, which was our plan, makes things more fun. The first person we showed was my mom! And boy did she react JUST like we wanted :) We are mean and showed her the back first so all she saw was blue and so she thought it was a boy but as soon as she said that I turned it around to the front and she said well that's pink...WHAT IS IT!!! We loved it.

As you can see we are having a GIRL!!!!! Yay! :) She is perfect already, and not just according to Justin and I but to the doctor too. She is very healthy and in the 49th percentile for size, so average, and the doctor says that is perfect.

No official name is picked out yet, but we do have some time. I have already been online to a few different sites looking for clothes. Justin says I can't buy anything yet, but it is still SO fun to look. Family has gone crazy with excitement. Girls are rare on my side and this is the first grandchild on Justin's! We are happy everyone is excited with us, it makes it that much more fun.

Is that the baby?

So much has happened in the last few weeks. Justin was of course gone for 3 LONG weeks but we made it through and he is home now. At week 17 I started feeling the baby move! It was a very exciting moment. A couple of days before I realized it I thought there was just something wrong with my tummy. Gas or something I guess. But than I kept feeling it and it felt like just a little poke. So I talked to mom and told her what I was feeling and what I was thinking it was. Because of the expert she is she was able to verify for me that it really was the baby!! I couldn't wait to tell Justin when he got done with training for the day. He got so excited and wanted to be home right away so he could feel too. I had to tell him that it was ok because it would be at least a couple more weeks before he would be able to feel the baby too.

After 3 long weeks Justin arrived home Friday! He kept trying to feel the baby, but no such luck. Sunday morning I felt a stronger kick so I put my hand on my belly and I felt it! I tried to get Justin so he could feel it too, but sadly he was in the bathroom and he missed it. So I had to break the news to him, what a sad face he made :( So for the rest of the day long he kept trying to feel the baby but it was not cooperating. So he went to bed with another day of not feeling our baby. As usual we climbed in bed late and in a matter of just a few short minutes Justin was snoring. I of course could not sleep yet so I just laid there trying to think of all the things I needed and could do the next day. AND much to my surprise and slightly to my dismay(seeing as it was so late and I was tired) the baby was moving lots. At first just little movements and than the bigger ones came. AHHH I was so excited. I sat there debating whether or not to wake up Justin since he had a VERY early morning because of work. But being the GREAT wife I am I woke him up. It took a few nudges and not just the light nice ones, but pretty big shoves :) he finally woke up. And yes you guessed it Justin got to feel our baby for the first time. The baby was finally ready to say hello to daddy! And not just once, but twice and than at least 3 more times. Justin was SO excited. But the poor guy was really struggling to stay awake so he said goodnight again and rolled over and back to snoring:)

So as you see the belly is growing and mommy and daddy are growing with greater excitement everyday!

WEEK 20!!

WEEK 15

1st Ultrasound

Here are some pictures from our first ultrasound. This one is a picture of the baby's arm and head.
This one shows the baby's heartbeat but we're not quite sure what part of the baby is in the picture. lol
This is a picture of the baby's little tiny hand. So cute!!!

The Magic Stick

Yes it is true! We are pregnant!! YAY!! I don't know how well you can see that second line, but trust me it is there. We thought no the first time, but it's yes!