April & May Update

Russell and I, well mostly me, really wanted to go on one last trip together before baby got here. We both wanted to go somewhere warm so we decided we would go to Las Vegas. It was cheaper than Mexico and it was nice and toasty. :) 

 Laying out at the pool. 

 Eating all you can eat crab legs. So frustrating to eat crab with out one of those tiny forks to dig all the meat out. 

 In the Forum Shops there is a restaurant called Max Brenner. He specializes in chocolate desserts so we decided we would eat dinner to share and save lots of room for a yummy dessert. These were some serious fish tacos but man they were sooooo tasty! 

 Then we got chocolate fondue! So yummy! 

 Walking on the strip

 We stayed at the Flamingo. 

 Russ has never been to the Hoover Dam and I haven't seen it since they finished the bridge. So we decided we would take a detour before we drove home. 

 A few weeks later Russ and I got to play "Mom and Dad" and watched the girls I nanny for a few days while their parents went to Mexico. I have so much fun with these two! 

 This is Amelia. I decided I would try french braiding her hair. It turned out so dang cute! I don't know what I am going to do with a boy! I will just grow his hair out and dress him up :) Totally kidding! 

 We got sushi with Sheri and Sophie one afternoon and Savvy was braved enough to try a bite of Tuna Tataki. She didn't like it but at least she tried it. 

 I had to get proof that they both were eating their dinner! It was a miracle!

 The last day before their parents came home. We decided we would take them to the Zoo with my nieces. It was a lot of fun. The news was there so we got to see them feeding the elephants and alligators. It was very entertaining. 

 Then came mother's day. I knew Russ had something up his sleeve but I had no idea what it was. Since last year I have been wanting a sewing machine. I always have to use my moms and I thought I might get one for Christmas. I didn't. I wasn't too sad about it. I just figured maybe I would get one next year. Nope, Russ completely surprised me and got it for me for Mother's Day! I am so excited to use it! 

 We made breakfast for my mom for Mother's Day. It was fun to have the family all come visit while my dad was in town for a little bit. 

 I decided I would make a crib sheet as my first project with my new sewing machine. It was actually pretty easy! I will defiantly make more in the future. 

 His crib is all ready for him! :) Now we just need baby here to sleep in it :) 

 My sisters threw me a baby shower and it was so dang cute! I am so grateful for all they do for me! 

 stinking cute lemonade stand 

 we voted for names for baby. I think Sterling ended up being the most popular. (That doesn't mean that's what we are naming him :) 

 Me and my niece Aubrey 

 I'm not a big fan of opening presents in front of everyone. But I am still so appreciative of everything we got! We are so loved! 

 My mother and sister in law

 My Grandma 

Here are the newest pages of my maternity book 

Book Catch Up & Egg Dying

Here a few more pages of my maternity book!

Russ and I colored eggs with my sister and her family. It was a lot of fun. This is my niece Taylor with one of her eggs.

And my other niece Aubrey with one of her eggs. :)

We decided to have egg wars with the eggs I made with the baby names on them to see what we should name our baby. I think in the end the egg with Tanner on it won everything. That still doesn't mean I'm picking tanner as his name. I wish it was that easy for me :)

And I thought this would entertain a few people. I think it's hilarious. Enjoy!

March Update!

March turned out to be quite the month! My baby sister got married! It still seems so unreal! I am so happy for her though. Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Treu! (pronounced True) ;)

Russell and I took a quick weekend trip to St. George with our friends Charlotte and Matt. It was a great weekend of relaxing and eating out :)

Don't mess with the pregnant lady :)

This pregnancy I have had very few cravings. Usually I've had NO appetite but one day Strawberries sounded good. Thank goodness Costco sells strawberries that are on steroids! They were just as tasty as my mind made them sound.

One thing I don't think I could live with out while being pregnant is my bath tub. I take a bath EVERY-SINGLE-NIGHT. By the end of the day I start to feel rather uncomfortable and sitting in the bath is the only time I truly feel comfortable. If I could, I would sleep in there every night!

One day I woke up to this text message from Russ. This is a regular thing for us. I am asleep when he leaves for work so if there is anything he needs to ask me he just sends me a text and I give him a call when I am awake. So I called him thinking he would tell me he was staying late at work or he needed me to bring him something.

It wasn't quite that simple. He actually had gotten hit on the scooter while driving to work that morning! I sat right up and asked if he was ok and what had happened. I hope my drawing can give a better visual to what happened :) When you are getting in the freeway at Center St. in Provo the lane ALWAYS gets backed up and people think they can be sneaky and get in the left turn only lane and cut off the people going straight and get on the freeway faster. Well Russ actually turns left in the left turn only lane. This time some girl( that I am sure is a sweetheart in real life but for this story I will call her dumb) thought she would be sneaky and got in the left lane as Russ was driving up to the light. He honked and swerved and still got hit. The scooter slid and he hopped up and it started just fine. He was wearing his helmet (that doesn't have one scratch on it still) and because it was a cold day (thank goodness!) long pants and a jacket and gloves.

He got a few scratches but the one on his knee is the worst of it. He was most mad about the hole it tore in the jeans he was wearing that day. But don't doubt that he lived up the drama of "I am emotionally unstable, I was hit by a car" for the entire week following. :) Gotta love his humor.

The scoot scoot got pretty scratched and dumb girl (sweet girl in real life) is paying to have it all fixed. I am so grateful it wasn't worse!

Last but defiantly not least, Russell's brother and sister-in-law had their second baby girl! She is so darling and makes me very VERY antsy to meet my little babe!

The Crib!

It's offical, we have a crib...very sureal. Every time I catch a glimpse into the nursery I always have to take a second look and take in what it will be like to have a little person living in there. :) I can't wait!

We got our crib from Walmart. I originally wanted this one, but decided I would save a few HUNDRED dollars and get this one instead and I couldn't be happier with saving my pennies and finding something I still really like. :)
I enjoyed sitting while Russ put the entire thing together by himself. I helped a little but he did all the hard stuff.

Proud of his work :)

Feb. Update

The last week in January Russell had the opportunity to travel to China for his job! He got to visit all the factories where they make the tape and paper and adhesive for all of KT Tape. He had a lot of fun. I would have been very sad with out Skype! I was happy we still got to talk to each other even though he was so far away.

For Valentine's day we decided to save a little money and make dinner at home together. It wasn't anything special. We bought steaks and went to Farr's for ice cream and then watched Money Ball. It was a great day.

The last few weeks we have been spending time budgeting for baby and planning what we need to purchase. (Basically everything) We decided to go to Ikea on the hunt for a dresser. We found one that we think will work great! I can't wait!

Russ putting the dresser together! :)

All put together! The nursery is all coming together! I will do a post on everything once it is all the way done!

Then my fabulous friend Jen put together a breakfast for all of our friends to get together and catch up on each of our lives! It was way fun! We were sad that a few of our friends couldn't make it! Gotta love growing up and staying in touch with all our high school buddies!

Last but not least here are the latest pages of my maternity book! I love how it's coming together! I can't wait to see it all put together and on paper!

January 2012

I've been reading this book.

I love it! It is like a Law and Order: SVU episode on CRACK! If you can't handle reading about rape then do not read this book! It's a tough one! I really liked it though! I will deffinately be reading the rest from the series.

The highlight of this month was our anniversary. Russ and I went to Fetal Fotos and found out the sex of our baby! Such a fun anniversary present for ourselves! Our little guy is a mover! He was posing for the camera like crazy! He already knows that I will make him pose for pictures if he likes it or not!

Then we went to Ruth's Chris in Salt Lake and man is that food AMAZING! If you have the $ to spare, then go there! I absolutely loved it and so did Russ :) Don't worry, this is the ONLY picture we took all day! :( I am crazy! I need to be better about taking pictures of my personal life!

After finding out the sex of our baby, Russ and I decided it would be fun to have a gender reveal party at our apartment. We figured it would be a good way to let people see where we live now and a fun way to tell everyone the news of what we are having! It was so fun cramming everyone into our tiny apartment! We had so many people come support us! It was a blast!

I made cake pops! I was a little nervous to take on the challenge, but they turned out pretty good!

Its a boy!

Here are the latest pages from my maternity book :)