Well it HAS been forever!

I'm posting! It's been forever and so much has happened, but I'm posting! All of you that used to read my blog probably don't even check it anymore. But it's ok. I'll still post :)

I had my beautiful baby Jaylee on November 3rd at 11:12 p.m. She was 20 3/4 inches and 8 lbs 12 oz. She is a sweet little angel and we are so glad she's finally here! I can't believe it's been almost a month since she was born! Time goes by WAY too fast! She's already so different from when she was born. It makes me sad. I don't want her to grow up :( As of last Friday she was 10 lbs 15 oz. and 22 1/4"! She's a growing girl and getting more and more beautiful every day! (If that's even possible :)) I would put more info and post some pictures, but all of you that read my blog are also friends with me on facebook. So you've seen it all. That saves me the hassle of being repetitive :)

We went to TEXAS for thanksgiving and it was a blast! It was so much fun seeing all my family meet Jaylee for the first time. They fell in love instantly and were fighting over who got to hold her the whole time. It was very sad to leave. It's much harder being away from home and everyone now than it was before. BUT I'm going back in a couple of weeks, so it's ok! The plan is for me to go home about every 2 1/2 months until next december when Brandon graduates! So time should FLY with me having the milestones to look forward to! I'm so excited!

We're headed down to Utah today! I can't wait to leave! I definitely need a break from Idaho. This is not my favorite place... :) Brandon finished all of his finals yesterday and he did SO great! I'm really proud of him. He kicked butt this semester despite having a 9 month pregnant wife and mother-in-law here the first half and a brand new baby the second half. Good job babe!

We'll be in Utah until January 4th, which is when I fly out to Texas to stay until the 14th! I'm so excited to spend Christmas with Brandon's family!! Although, of course, I will miss mine extremely. (This is my first Christmas away from home... :(.) But I do love Brandon's family and am very excited to be a part of their holiday traditions this year! It will be a blast!

Jaylee is doing so great! She's growing and developing so well! She's really holding her head up alot lately! Every time I lay her on my chest to burp her, she whips her head up and looks around. She definitely likes to be involved in whatever is going on, so she doesn't like her face being down on my chest where her view is obstructed. :) Smart little girl. About 60% of the times that she sneezes, she lets out a little toot too from the pressure. I <3 that. So cute. She's growing so much! None of her clothes really fit her because she's kind of inbetween newborn clothes and 3 months. Neither fit. So she doesn't have much to wear! Good thing she and I don't go out much- it's too cold here to! I think she's growing a little differently than other babies... She's growing more up and down than side to side. So most of her clothes are way too big in the tummy and have to be streeetched around her bum. I hope she's gonna be tall! That's what it's looking like so far! :) But hopefully we don't have this issue with clothes her whole life...

I got 7 hours of sleep last night! It was fabulous! My body woke me up at 6 and I felt great. Guess my required hours of sleep are slowly diminishing. Thus is the life of a mom I guess! I don't really care how many hours it is though, as long as I feel good. And I did today. So no complaints! :)

Alrighty it's time for me to go wake Brandon up so we can get a move on! I can't wait to see all of my family, both sides, within the next few weeks! I love all of you very much! (Friends, too :)) I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Christmas and a wonderful New Year! See you in 2010!

xoxoxo

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Update.

Not that there's too much to update on! We're still waiting! I'm progressing, but nothing monumental yet. I'm getting really ansy for sure. My aunt has a friend that was due a few weeks after me and she had her little guy on Monday! I'm so jealous! I just want my little girl to be here already! :( I'm not a patient person and not good at waiting. So the days are getting a little rough for me. I'm just so ready. But, I shall be patient because she'll come when she's ready! And I am ok with that. I just have to keep reminding myself..... :)

I'll post more when there's news! Say prayers for us! :)

xoxo

Fall <3

I love the fall. It's my favorite season! I love the colors, the smells, the activities.... Too bad Idaho doesn't believe in the 4 seasons. We've kind of jumped straight from summer to winter. We're already getting snow and down in the 20s at night. Not my favorite! But I won't complain too much! I can handle the winter coming this early because of the holidays! I LOVE the holidays! We're headed to Texas for Thanksgiving with my family and then Utah for Christmas with Brandon's. I can NOT wait! I love all the family time and snuggling and yummy food and hot chocolate. Ahhhhhhhhhhh

Fall and the holidays make me so happy :)

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Today I feel tired....

I'm extremely tired today for some reason. Brandon and I got to bed before 11 last night, and I slept until 11 this morning... I guess subtract the potty breaks every hour during the night and the 5 - 10 minutes it takes me to fall back asleep once I'm in bed again, and the 30 minute break I had to take to eat somthing around 7 because I woke up almost vomiting I was so hungry, and that = a pretty restless night. And that last sentence = a pretty long run-on. But you catch my drift. I feel like I don't get any rest at night! It's frustrating. It's gotten worse the last week or so. I used to only be up 2-4 times. Now I am literally up EVERY hour, almost on the dot. What's up with this? Is someone shoving water down my throat while I sleep that I am unaware of? Where is all this liquid coming from?? Wierd. Oh well. Maybe my body is just preparing me to be up feeding at night. Which is good I guess! Hopefully that'll happen soon! :)

So I'll be 38 weeks this weekend. Last Friday at my appointment I was 37 weeks, measuring 39! Doesn't it seem like she should be coming soon??!! I think so my friends! I'm putting my money on next week sometime. Which is SOOOO crazy!! I can't believe it's here already!! I feel like I've been pregnant my whole life and that it is never gonna end! Haha. But the light at the end of the tunnel is coming into view. And I can't wait to get there and meet her! :)

Mom comes in tonight! I'm so excited! Which definitely means Jaylee will be coming soon. With all of Mom's positive and encouraging mind power, she'll probably come TOMORROW!! Haha. :) Which I would be totally fine with. Brandon and I are so excited. You have no idea :)

Anyway, sorry I don't have anything exciting to say! I'm gonna go take a shower and hopefully this terrible headache and sleepyness will leave me alone! :)

xoxo

On How to Be Lovely... A new blog!

Check out this blog in my blog list. It's a project that's just been started by my sister and two of her friends. It's an amazing idea and hopefully will be able to inspire women of all ages all over! I won't go into too much detail because it is explained much better there! Take a minute and check it out ladies!
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Nothing much.

I've obviously been slacking lately. So shoot me. Nothing too exciting to report! Our birthing class is going GREAT and I'm SO excited to have this baby! Shouldn't be too much longer now. I'm 35 weeks this weekend. Can you believe that?? I can't believe it's almost over! I can't even remember what it's like to not be pregnant. Haha. I feel like I've been pregnant FOREVER. Is that wierd? I really can't remember what it's like to be skinny and have energy and not feel sick. :) I am very excited to get skinny again. A few pictures for those of you who have forgotten that I was once smaller and not pregnant! :)

See!! Proof that I used to be skinny!! Haha ok I know I'm crazy. I'm done with that tangent for now... :)

So I love oldies music. Like OLDIES. Like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin... etc. I love this stuff. It makes me so happy! I think it would've been fun to live in the 20's-40's. Really. Not just for the music. How could you not love this fashion??

Sigh... That would be wonderful. I love it.

So we have all baby stuff set up and ready! I think we're as prepared as we possibly could be! Except we still need a video camera... But besides that, she could come tomorrow and we would be READY!! :) We're very excited if you can't tell. It's gonna be so great! She's gonna be beautiful! I made her some little headbands the other day. I did the headbands in neutral colors and then I have like 10 different colored flowers that you clip on. They're SUPER cute! I can't wait to dress her! :)

Anyway, BYU game on this weekend that we are very excited for! We love football season! Can't wait! That's all for now. :)

"Saturday is a special day, it's the day we get ready for Sunday"

For some reason, for the past several weeks, I get that song stuck in my head EVERY Saturday.... Who knows why. That'll probably be one of the annoying mom things I do for my kids. Haha

Anyway. So it's been a while. I'm huge. 32 weeks today! 8 or less weeks left! Hooray! I'm ready to be done and to have our little baby! :) We took some maternity pictures if any of you missed them, but I deleted the post from this blog cause the pics are too big. If you wanna see them you can look on my photography blog.

We made a trip down to Arizona for a big family reunion a few weeks ago and it was great! We had a blast and it was so much fun to see family that I hadn't seen in years, and for Brandon to finally get to meet people. I was so tired/swollen/hot the whole weekend that I really neglected my camera. So not much to show you picture-wise besides these few from the drive down before I was too tired :) Sorry!

Isn't the Arizona landscape beautiful?? Haha :)


My baby shower is this weekend! I'm so excited! We head down to Utah on Wednesday or Thursday to hang out with Martha for a few days, then Mom, Dad, and Beni get in on Friday, then baby shower Saturday! Then the BYU vs. Oklahoma season opener game Saturday night, driving back up to Idaho Sunday morning with Mom, Dad, and Beni and hanging out til Wednesday! Busy, FUN weekend! I can't wait! Then the boys start school that Thursday, the 10th. Time is going to fly by so fast with all that we have going on. Jaylee will be here before you know it.

We start our birthing class next Wednesday and I am VERY excited! I've been a little nervous lately because I don't really know that much about labor and delivery and I'm scared I'm gonna have her early and not know what to do! So I'm really glad this class is starting.

Well we sold Brandon's laptop because we hated the size (it's like a 20" screen. HUGE) and because we figured we didn't need two laptops and we already have mine. And then, of course, my computer starts freaking out. Turning off randomly, beeping, freezing. Awesome. So we dug into financial aid money and come up with some to buy a new laptop. We went with a Macbook and I am super excited! I've been wanting a Mac forever! AND we found a deal that if you're a college student and order a new Mac, you get a free IPOD touch with it! How cool is that! So, needless to say, we jumped on that. They should be here this week. I'm excited.

We love watching the FoodNetwork and there's a new girl on there, I don't remember her name... But her show is called 5 Ingredient Fix. I really like it! She only uses 5 ingredients in each dish, so it's usually pretty do-able! I love watching all the cooking shows, but rarely attempt the things they cook because they're always so complex and detailed. So this show really fits me. I love it. Today she made a YUMMY dessert! It's a frozen lemon whip with blueberry sauce and Brandon and I decided to make it! It turned out great! We aren't huge blueberry fans, so we substituted raspberries instead. And we also added about 1/2 cup more sugar into the lemon curd than the recipe calls for because we didn't think it was sweet enough. You decide how sweet you like it :) But I highly recommend trying it and then making it for dinner parties or when you have company over! It's super easy to do and presents itself BEAUTIFULLY. Take a look:

Try it! You won't regret it!

Anyway, I think I've gone on long enough. There's my little update! Hopefully I'll pick back up and be good about writing soon :)