Exciting News....

So this past April, Jeff and I found out that we are expecting our first baby!! We couldn't be happier! Maybe slightly terrified...but very happy :-) The first couple weeks were a breeze, i didn't notice a difference, and sometimes wondered if i really was pregnant. About the middle of May I started getting really sick. Let me just say, that i had NO idea how much the first trimester SUCKS! Holy cow. Anytime a fast food commercial came on the TV i wanted to vomit. Anytime i smelled food, i wanted to vomit. Anytime i saw meat...i wanted to vomit!!! Also anytime my stomach was empty, or taking my prenatal pills, i would throw up. I know this isn't what anyone wants to read, so to sum it all up, it was AWFUL! Enough said, i am at 17 1/2 weeks, and feeling MUCH better, although, i still can't eat or smell chicken...

Last week Jeff and I went to my 16 week appointment. They did an ultrasound and a gender check to reveal that we are having a baby boy! We are so excited! I always wanted a boy first, and cannot wait to meet him and see what he looks like! Ah!!! I am so curious. He was so cute during the ultrasound, he did NOT want to cooperate with the technician. He started out facing my spine, so we weren't able to see his profile, so the technician kept pushing on my stomach trying to get him to flip around, and he didn't like that very much :-) At one point, he stretched all the way out, showing us just how tall he is (his legs are so long! he'll be tall like his dad :-)) and then curled right back up almost doing a sommersalt. He definitly won't be getting his flexibility from me, that's for sure!! Seeing him on the ultrasound made up for everything i went through the first trimester, it made me so happy! Totally made up for everything i went through in the beginning.

As for our future plans, everything is still up in the air...i plan on working right up until i can't stand to move my large body around ;) Jeff has accepted an internship teaching math at Mountain View High School in Orem, and will start next month. Our lease here at Willow Cove it up on Halloween, so we're trying to figure out what to do after that! We have a few ideas, but nothing set in stone yet. So much to think about, and while all this is going on, i'm trying not to go crazy buying baby clothes! I guess we'll see how that goes ;) Ultrasound pictures coming soon!! :-)

Weddings, weddings...and more weddings!!!

3 weddings for 3 different siblings in the last 5 months was....well, CRAZY!!!! My little brother Jordan was married in March, my sister-in-law Ashley was married in May, and my baby sister Ashley was just married earlier this month. As much fun as they are to help and plan for, I am really grateful for no more weddings....hopefully for awhile! :-) I already posted pictures from Jordan's weddings, but here are a few from the Ashley's :