Baby showers and more

The past couple of weeks has been so incredibly fun. I had three of my baby showers the first week of August. It was so fun to see all of my family and friends. Monday I had my family shower. My mom did such a great job on putting everything together. She got all the food catered from my favorite restaurant (Plates and Palates)and had everything decorated so cute. I am so sad because I forgot to take a picture of everything. I have the best mother in the world and I appreciate all of her help in helping me get everything ready for the baby. Thank you SO SO much mother dear!

Hillary and I at my shower

That following Wednesday my wonderful mother in law and sister in laws threw me another shower. They are so creative and made everything look so cute! I took quite a few pictures of all their crafty decorations. I am so grateful I married into such a wonderful family. I truly have the best mother and sister in laws! I have so much fun hanging out with them and we all get along so perfect!

The way cute cakes they made

They made these darling balls to hang from the ceiling in my nursery that they displayed at the shower

They also made this WAY cute rocking chair to go in the nursery. Can you believe how stinkin cute??

The whole display all put together. They did such a great job!

The following Saturday (the 8th) my best friends put on another way fun shower. It was so good to get together with everyone I hadn't seen in awhile. We had so much fun catching up and hanging out together. Thanks to my amazing friends for putting together such a fun shower. I love your faces to death!

All my BF's!



Aanni and Whit showing how much they already love my baby!

Jayson and I also went to the demolition durby this past week. It was my first demolition durby and I can't believe how much fun it was. We had 4th row seats and dirt was flying everywhere. We went with our good friends Dave & Beth and Chance & Shanna. I had never been to the Weber County Fair before so it was quite the treat to go and walk around. I must say I think I enjoyed just sitting and watching all the different kinds of people all night long.

Watching the demolition durby



Funny story...Jayson caught one of those cheap Weber County Shirts that they were throwing out to the crowd that are probably worth like $2.00. He had to basically fight this really big lady for it which was a funny story in itself, but after he got the shirt and sat down this drunk guy yelled over to him and said with his toothless smile, "I'll give you $20.00 for that shirt!" So of course Jayson made the trade! It was a way ugly cheap shirt that neither of us would have worn anyways. haha I can just see that poor drunk man the next day wondering where in the world his twenty dollar bill went. haha I think we definitely came on top on that one!

Vacations, Vacations, Vacations!

Well it has been far too long since the last time I post something new on our blog. The month of July has been CRAZY busy. We have gone on some very fun camping trips this month and thankfully I have still felt great through all of them. Everyone warned me that summer would be miserable with being almost ready to pop and all, but I have had such a fun summer and for the most part have felt pretty dang good. Two weeks ago we went with Jayson's family and two other families to Bear Lake. They have an annual Bear Lake trip every year which consists of AMAZING food (they keep you pretty much stuffed the entire trip), playing at the beach, playing games, sitting around the fire and boating/jetskiing. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures the entire trip. I did take our video camera and document everything, but no pictures.... Bummer! It was way fun to spend time with Jayson's family and all of our good friends.
Vacation #2 Fish Lake 2009!!
Every year my family goes to Fish Lake. I look forward to this trip more than I do any other trips we have planned all year. Even if it's a cruise or a big trip like that. Yes, that seems hard to believe that a camping trip could get me so incredibly excited... but its true! The day before we left I went in for my 34 week appointment. The appointment went great, up until the second he said these words... "You are not allowed to go to Fish Lake" I about peed my pants when he told me this. I tried talking him into letting me go by saying things like "What if I just go for a one or two days? Instead of three or four?" or "Richfield has a clinic and is only 40 minutes away.." but no matter what I said he emphasized three or four times, "DON'T GO!!!" I left the appointment heart broken. I have always been one of those people who HAS to follow the rules and be obedient in any scenario. So the thought of going against my own Doctor's orders made me sick to think about... But then I thought to myself (and with the help of my husband talking me out of staying back) "You only live once!!" So I disobeyed my Doctor and went... Yes, I broke the rules, but it was worth it! We went and had such a fun time and I was just super careful the entire week. I just hope my Dr. doesn't find out.... haha

We would spend the entire morning fishing on the boat, eating lots of junk food and having Yahtzee tournaments.

Me waiting to catch my first fish of the trip

Jayson in his gear getting ready to go spear fishing

Preparing himself to jump into the freezing cold lake

My first fish of the trip!

In the evenings we would go fourwheeling, motorcycling and skeet shooting. Unfortunately I had to stay back from the intense motorcyle riding since that would definitely be something that would put me into labor, but I was able to join in on the skeet shooting fun.

We always try to make a trip to Capitol Reef while we are at Fish Lake. We spend the afternoon jumping into the waterfalls, floating down the skinny stream and eating milk shakes.

Jayson lost his wedding ring in this picture! It slipped off his finger cause his hands were so cold his fingers had shrunk. At least he lost it somewhere memorable!

We have had such a fun month of July. Thanks Rich and Janae for making Bear Lake so fun! Thank you mom and dad for always making Fish Lake so memorable and extremely fun every single year. We can hardly wait for next July to come!

Belly Photos/Third Trimester here I come!!!

Well it is just crazy to me that we are in the final trimester. Holy crap time has flown by so fast! I truly can't believe we are only a couple months away. It has been so fun to see my belly grow and to experience everything involved in pregnancy. I truly have been blessed thus far to have had an enjoyable pregnancy. I love reading each week on the babies new developments. I already feel such a huge bond between our little girl and I. Sometimes I just sit and talk to her as if I were holding her in my arms already (maybe thats weird, but I highly enjoy it!). I love feeling her rythmic movements when she gets the hiccups (at least once a day) and I even love when she kicks me up in my ribs, only because it makes it more of a reality that there is a little human inside of me. I love laying down and just watching my stomach and seeing her roll around and move. I feel like she is CONSTANTLY moving. Maybe that means she will be a dancer! haha anyways I look forward to these last few weeks/months I have to have my little buddy inside with me at all times. As much as I love it, I seriously can hardly wait to have my little girl here for me to hold. Oh and p.s. Jayson has been so awesome at helping me and taking care of me while being pregnant. He is so understanding of everything and has made this pregnancy a much more positive experience. He truly amazes me! Thanks honey!

The Best Husband Ever!

So I forgot to tell you about the wonderful gift my husband surprised me with this past Mothers Day. I will tell you about it now since last night we just barely set it up. Mothers Day morning my cute husband gave me a card with a piece of paper along with it. On the piece of paper was a picture of a new chair he had just purchased online for me for our babies nursery. I almost started crying immediately because the whole time I had thought we would just put a hand me down rocking chair in the room. We got it all assembled last night and I LOVE IT! Today I spent like an hour just sitting in the babies room gliding back and forth by myself thinking about how excited I am to have her here. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!






Baby girls new bed! I fell in love with this crib the second I saw it!



I was too excited to wait and put the bedding all together so last night Jayson and I put everything together just to see what it looks like out of the package.



Thank you so so much Jayson for getting me this glider. You are the best husband in the world and I appreciate you surprising me with cute things like this! I love you!

I will make sure to post pictures of the nursery when everything is all set up and decorated. It is a work in progress but she will be here before we know it!

Memorial Day

We went to Lava Hot Springs with my family over Memorial Day weekend and had just a blast. We spent most of our time hanging out, playing card games, fishing, eating and going on scenic drives. I love going to Lava Hot Springs! Luckily it is a place where we get to go often since Jayson's family own's land up there. The pool is getting more and more fun with all the new slides they keep building along with the HUGE diving boards and my ultimate fav is relaxing at the hot pots at night.

Hanging out by the Smith Trout Haven pond

Jayson's lovely catch!

Dad and I with our twinner bellies! For the first time I'm bigger than dad!

Our Anniversary Weekend

On May 15th Jayson and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary!!! Oh how special it was! We ended up taking the whole weekend off and going to St. George to spend some good quality time together. We stayed at our family vacation home that we both absolutely love and wish we could just live there. We woke up Friday morning (the 15th) and began our celebration by going out to breakfast. We came home and got our swimming trunks on and spent a couple hours out by the pool where we spent the majority of the time playing games in the pool (it is amazing how much fun Jayson and I can have with just the two of us playing little kid games such as tag and colored eggs)We came home and took a great nap which we both have been in desperate need of the past couple of weeks and relaxed. We then got ourselves all ready and went to the driving range where Jayson taught me all of his amazing golfing skills. After a romantic dinner at the Pizza Factory (my favorite place to eat in St. George) we went and got our favorite ice cream and cuddled up on our couch and watched our wedding video and reminisced about how great our wedding day was. It was literally the perfect day! Jayson got pretty annoyed of me saying all day long "what were we doing exactly a year ago from this time?" but I enjoyed thinking of every single experience we shared on our wedding day. It was such a fun day and to top it off we had the rest of the weekend to hang out and do whatever we felt like (we slept in late, went to Texas Roadhouse, Fiesta Fun, hiking, swimming etc) It was so nice to get to spend good quality time with just the two of us!


My first experience hiking up Dixie Rock

Jayson doing his famous butt pose while showing me how to golf

Eating our favorite ice cream (Ben & Jerry's Half Baked) while watching a movie

Whoever said Fiesta Fun is just a place for kids is wrong!!

Looking off into the distance at my golf ball that went literally one foot in front of me...

Me celebrating and Jayson mad that I kicked his toosh in mini golfing

Belly Photos!

It has been very exciting each week to take pictures of my belly to see how it changes each week. It is crazy how one week I can feel my stomach growing like crazy then when I compare pictures it is plain to see she is starting to grow super fast! I have absolutely loved being pregnant. I haven't found one negative thing about the whole experience yet. All the things people told me in advance to prepare me for the pregnancy experience got me all worked up for nothing! haha I have been very blessed to feel great and to have had a very positive experience. Each week it just gets more fun as well. Jayson was able to feel her kick for the first time this last Friday which was very exciting. I have been feeling her move since I was about 14 weeks pregnant but within the last week the bubbles and butterfly feelings in my stomach have turned into full on movements and kicks. IT IS AMAZING!!! It is so fun to put my hand on my belly and feel her move around. It makes it seem even more of a reality. I am half way through the pregnancy and I can hardly wait to finally hold her!