Mother's Day

I had to work Saturday and Sunday night (therefore I slept most of the day on Sunday) and didn't get a chance to post on mothers day.

I am so lucky to have the mom that I do. She is such a caring and kind person, who has always been there for me. She has supported me in everything! I remember her coming to almost every swim meet, and basketball game to cheer me on! She is someone I can always turn to and rely on. I have never doubted how much she loves me, because she has always shown me, and told me. I am sad to not live close enough to see her on a regular basis. I can't wait for when she comes to help me with the baby, and then a few month's later when I can go home and visit for several weeks. She is such a great mom, and I am so blessed to have such a wonderful example. I only hope that I can use her example and be as good of a mom to my own kids.

As I get closer to actually becoming a mom myself, I can't help but think about what a great respinsibility it is. It is exciting and overwhelming all at the same time. I already feel like I know the little baby growing inside me, and cannot wait till he gets here. Devry spoiled me on mothers day, and said I deserve it since I am almost a mom. I came home from work to the smell of breakfast cooking (that means Devry got up around 6am on the only day he gets to sleep in, to make me eggs, bacon, pankcakes and hashbrowns!). He gave me the most thoughtful card, and some gifts that I have been asking for. I have such a thoughtful and wonderful husband! His mom did a wonderful job raising him, and is another great example to me of an amazing mom!

Pictures

Here are a few pictures. The first two are of the nursery all painted. The white in the middle will be a chair rail once we get it up. I really like the colors and can't wait to have carpet and start setting up his room!

And....some belly pictures. 28 weeks! This baby is growing....which means I am too. The past few weeks I have popped quite a bit. Only 12 more weeks to go! Crazy. He is more active then ever, and I love it.

Less than 3 months!

I am finally in my 3rd trimester! I am 27 weeks along! My three months to go mark was on May 1st. I am finally looking pregnant. And feeling it too. This little boy has been moving more then ever! He is getting so active at certain times of the day...I can set a clock by him! We are still undecided on a name. Payton and Owen are the two we seem to like the best. Parker and Jayden are also some options. I never realized how difficult it would be to name a child! We are still not set on any, and love getting suggestions!

We are busy getting ready for him. We took a weekend trip to Utah in April and got a ton of stuff for him! We visited the Brooksby's (the family I nannied for), and had so much fun with them! All the kids are getting so big, and I love being able to go visit them from time to time. Their youngest is over a year, and they are done having kids....so I lucked out and got a ton of clothes and baby things! I also bought some stuff. (Rexburg doesn't have a Babies R us....and they should!!) Slowly we are getting ready for this baby! Hopefully the next three months go buy as quick as the last three.

Painting is almost done! We just have to put another coat on the baseboards and trim. The colors look great! I love the nursery! I will post some pictures soon.

House updates

We are well on our way to finishing our house renovations. Thanks to Devry's cousin Scott!! He sheetrocked, mudded, taped, sanded and textured everything!! Not to mention all the problem solving and improvising he had to do. He did an AMAZING job! His part of the work is just about done...and ours (and by ours, I mostly mean Devry's) is about to begin! We will start priming and painting everything next week, and then hopefully get the laminant floor layed. The new carpet will have to wait a bit until Devry's dad can come help us with it. I can't wait till its done! Here are some pictures before and after pictures of what has been done so far.

These are pictures of the nursery. Here is when we first started. The carpet was being pulled up and I realized I hadn't taken a before picture.

nursery After the carpet and trim has been removed.

The Nursery Now. All sheetrocked, and textured. It is going to look sooo good!!!

While Im on the topic of the nursery I thought I would post a picture of the crib bedding I got in the mail two days ago! We bought it on ebay for 1/4 of what it costs! It is so cute and will go with the room so well!.

I will be painting the top half of the nursery the medium color blue from the bedding, and then the bottom part with the darker blue color. I'll use brown as accent in the room. Im soo excited to see it finished!!

Here is the archway Scott build between the kitchen and the family room. It looks so much different! We love it.

Sheetrocked and textured. The windows are gone!

The archway from the other side. The family room now.

This is the family room before any of the new sheet rock went up.

This is the front room before we started.

The same view of the front room now.

The front room looking the other way.

The same view now. It looks completely different!!

I can't wait to see everything painted and new floors. School is out for the semester and we are enjoying a small break! We are headed to utah this weekend to visit friends and family and shop for baby stuff. I can't beleive rexburg doesn't have a babies R US. Oh well it gives us an excuse to take a trip. I'll post pictures again when everything is done.

Hurray for Devry!

I'm so excited for and proud of Devry! He is in his second last semester of the auto technician program at school. One of the classes he is taking is an engine rebuild class. In order to pass the class he and a partner have to completely rebuild an engine, and the car has to start and run before the end of the semester. They have been working so hard all semester, and yesterday, with 2 weeks in the semester to spare they were the first group to start their car!! Their teacher said less than 10% of rebuilds start with no problems, and theirs had no problems! They did all the tests they needed to in the shop and everything worked great. They will take it for a test drive on Monday so hopefully everything continues to work great. Devry is such a hard worker! It was so nice to see him so excited yesterday, and with some of the stress of his classes gone.

It's a BOY!!!!

Its official! Our baby is a boy! My appointment yesterday went really well. We saw his boy parts right away on the ultrasound! The ultrasound tech went through all his body parts and organs to make sure everything looked normal. His looks perfectly healthy! She said he is probably about 10 inches long now. I have a DVD of the entire ultrasound but I can't figure out how to load it! If I figure it out, it will be on here. The baby was in a difficult position to get a good profile picture. He seemed to be asleep for most of the ultrasound, and didn't move around a ton, so he never got in a great position for a picture. This one is what the ultrasound tech was able to get.

This next picture is one I took when I ultrasounded myself at work. Our machine is not a very good one, but if you look close you can see his head with his hand up by it. He has been head down every time I have looked, and his hands are always up by his face. What a cutie!

And finally...I will post some belly pictures. I had to take them myself cuz Devry wasn't home and I wanted to post about the baby. This is me at 20 weeks and 5 days! I am starting to look a little pregnant! I am feeling him move all the time now! I am noticing he is always awake and very active in the afteroon, around 1-3, and then again from 8pm to 11pm every night. Other then that he's pretty quiet, with a few kicks here and there.

Now that we know he is a he...its time to pick out a name. Devry and I really like Payton. Next on the list is Jayden. Another option could be Denver. There aren't very many boys names that we agree on that aren't taken by a relative. We'd love some suggestions! So far Payton is the most likely choice, but it still could change if we find something we like more. His middle name will be Clark (my maiden name). Its so fun to know its a boy so we can start picking out names, clothes, and nursery stuff!

We are starting the renovations on our house next week. I am so excited to get going on it! Ill post pictures when its done!

2 Years!

Today Is our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe its been two years already. It seems like our wedding day was not too long ago. Although, I feel like I've been with Devry forever. He is such a wonderful husband. I am so lucky to have found him. He treats me so well, and spoils me rotten. We are both so excited to be taking the next step in our life and starting a family. We will find out for sure on Thursday if we are having a boy or girl. Anyways....heres a few pictures from when we were dating and our wedding day.