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I'm blessed. I consider myself very fortunate because I married the love of my life, and because he is who he is. I think I sometimes get caught up in so much of the what ifs of life and the uncertainties of our future, that I forget to enjoy the present. There is much to enjoy in our small little BIG world right now. Aaron and I are living in Wymount Terrace -BYU Family Housing. Its very small accommodations, but its quite comfortable.
While I'm on the subject of Wymount, might I just say that I didn't understand what was meant by "rabbit hutches" until I was pregnant and while in Motherhood Maternity a presumptuous short woman who was checking us out asked our address and upon hearing "Wymount Terrace" commented "Oh, the rabbit hutches" Right… ok, so I was a little naive, but I get it, and I must say, ---How rude!
Thank you.
I'll post some pictures of our apartment when I can finally get it clean again. Life really is good. I have an amazing job with an amazing office, and I'm doing something that has nothing to do with my degree, but I love it. Aaron is in his final year of undergrad at BYU. Poor guy has been going strait since he got off his mission. Its been tough since school has consumed us, but we do see the light at the end of the tunnel. And we do have a lot of decisions to make starting next year, namely where to go after BYU and really that depends on where Aaron gets into PA school. Aaron and I both agree that Utah kind of feels like home… so we'll see :).
Anyway, Aaron's birthday is coming up and he is going to be 25. It kind of cheeses me out that when Aaron and I were Juniors in high school we made a deal that when we turned 25 if neither of us were married, that we would marry each other. In December we will have been married for 3 years! It's really gone by so fast! I just wanted to publicly express my love to Aaron. He has been the most amazing husband a girl could ever ask for. He's handsome, helpful, and healthy. Not to mention he is a terrific father. And he treats me pretty good too ;) Thanks for being so great Aaron, I love you!

The Babe!

Without further delay, here it is... finally!

Sam is already almost 2 1/2 months, but here is picture video from month 1-2. He is growing so fast! At his 2 month appointment he weighed in at a whopping 13.8lbs and was 23.5 inches long. I'll post more of an update on the fam in another post, but for now enjoy this babe :).

For Grandmas

Sam is quite the photogenic baby! ;)

Baby Sam

A month ago today, our newest addition was born into our family. He is such a blessing --- a very time consuming one, but we love him so much and love every part of having him. When he was born Aaron and I both were like - "Who does he look like?" Neither of us thought he looked like the other, but I believe we're settling more and more on that he looks like his dad. I'm getting more and more used to the mom business :) and Aaron is such a natural dad. We know Sam was sent special to our family, and we look forward to all the great times to come with him in the picture.
I made this first month movie to show everyone Sam's pictures- hope you enjoy them, he's been a busy boy!

NOTE: The adorable first pictures of my Sammy when he was first born were not taken when he was being born... just so everyone knows- they were taken by Aaron as the nurses were checking him over after he was born :) I've had some interesting first reactions to these!

Practicing announcements

This is my niece Kaia

LOST night, asado and another year older...

I need to get on the ball with this blogging thing... even though I'm not sure who is reading this. Sorry for the long drought, I just get to spend 10 hrs a day working with technology... it's nice to have a break ;). Here we go!


So LOST, it's only our favorite show although it is frustrating how there still is so much we don't understand about the island... We are so happy that Beau and Esther moved into our ward/apt complex as we've got to hang out with them tons, and they just happen to be LOST enthusiasts as well. They came over one night dressed as their favorite characters and really got into character :). Beau as Charlie and Esther as Russeau. I dressed as pregnant Claire, but there will be no pics of that thanks. Aaron dressed as Ben... (just kidding!) Good times!

I also made asado for the first time last month. It actually turned out quite well, considering my mom wasn't here to coach me (OK, I called her like 10 times but she still wasn't _here_ to coach me).I turned 24 on March 31st. My best friend Heather and I were reminiscing of the night I turned 20. We stayed up drinking apple beer and I cried because I didn't want 19 to end. Time really does go by fast! I'm sure I've said this already, but I still can't believe I'm going to be a mom! I'm so excited... and so intimidated!

One of my good friends Irene has a bday just a few days before mine, so we had a little bday get together and had a blast. Irene is also a PL (pregnant lady) and she's due at the end of this month or the beginning of next. I love talking with Irene about being pregnant! She helps me feel normal when I feel anything but.

Yum, that sure was great cake ;)! Esther is a great cook as well!

*Disclaimer: We did not eat the cake by ourselves...

Another Pregnant Post

Today was my day off, so since Aaron's been asking me to come to class with him all semester, I finally went. I took the camera because I wanted to do a photo shoot of him, but he didn't really like that idea, so most of the pictures I did manage to take of him didn't come out great as he was eating jelly beans and making weird faces on purpose-
After this, Aaron insisted on taking pictures of me. I know my family wants to see me get huge, but to be honest, I've been trying to avoid the camera on purpose.

Don't get me wrong, I love my baby bump... I don't love all the other changes ;). When I see pictures of myself lately it always looks to me like I am pushing my stomach forward, and my butt out. I'm not, I promise! Needless to say, I no longer fit into any of my old jeans so they've been put away until after the baby is born.