If our Brody boy is as cute as this boy.... than I'm in big big trouble. How will I ever say no???!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Too cute for words!
If our Brody boy is as cute as this boy.... than I'm in big big trouble. How will I ever say no???!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
To the boys in my life
Jacob,
(cue tears)
Well your all time goal in life is a truth now. You're super man.... because you put up with ME every single day. It has been a crazy couple of months and an extremely stressful couple of weeks for sure. Thank you for being so strong for me and so happy and smiley all the time. I love your big heart, and the sweetness that you have about you. I don't know how you do it and I'm SO jealous of you because you are never not upbeat and fun to be around. I have so many days where I feel absolutely awful about myself and without saying a word about it to you, you just seem to know, and say exactly what is going to make me feel better and reassure me that I'm not going to be pregnant forever. I've noticed something change in you recently, as I've seen it change in myself. I think it's instinct and we know and can feel that we are so close to having the most important role that we will ever play. We are going to be responsible for a life. We are going to be in charge of the happiness and well being of a child. I feel like we're ready. And I feel like we will be good at this. Wanna know how I know? I see things like this all the time...
I am SO grateful that I'm going through all of this with you. I'm CRAZY about you and I cannot imagine my life without you in it. You're my blessing and I love you so much.
To my sweet Baby Boy,
You are almost here. I love you so much already and can't wait to meet you. I'm turning into such a different and better person because of you and I love that. Your Dad and I talk about you constantly and about what we think you'll be like. We have big hopes and dreams for you and us as a little family. I'm hoping you're silly like your dad. I'm hoping your not a super picky eater, because I'm no Rachel Rae in the kitchen. I know you'll be beautiful, I know you'll instantly become my best little buddy. You should know that mom can't stop shopping for you. Since your a boy you probably won't ever care how I dress you, but I will care. I've been thinking lately that you might be a soccer player, or maybe enjoy something like kick boxing because you are really doing a number on my ribs! I'm in a little pain sure, but mostly impressed. We've been scrambling getting things all ready for you. It's going to be one amazing summer baby boy. We'll be busy, I'm going to cry a lot I'm sure, but I know how blessed I am. And this job that I'm about to take on is truly what I've wanted to do my entire life. By the way we've picked a name for you. How do you feel about Brody Neil Denison? Pretty cute huh. We are so excited for you that 25 days just seems too long. Whenever you're ready, I'm ready. I'm so ready.
We'll see you soon sweet boy.
I Love you so much, Too the moon and back.
Mom
(cue tears)
Well your all time goal in life is a truth now. You're super man.... because you put up with ME every single day. It has been a crazy couple of months and an extremely stressful couple of weeks for sure. Thank you for being so strong for me and so happy and smiley all the time. I love your big heart, and the sweetness that you have about you. I don't know how you do it and I'm SO jealous of you because you are never not upbeat and fun to be around. I have so many days where I feel absolutely awful about myself and without saying a word about it to you, you just seem to know, and say exactly what is going to make me feel better and reassure me that I'm not going to be pregnant forever. I've noticed something change in you recently, as I've seen it change in myself. I think it's instinct and we know and can feel that we are so close to having the most important role that we will ever play. We are going to be responsible for a life. We are going to be in charge of the happiness and well being of a child. I feel like we're ready. And I feel like we will be good at this. Wanna know how I know? I see things like this all the time...
I am SO grateful that I'm going through all of this with you. I'm CRAZY about you and I cannot imagine my life without you in it. You're my blessing and I love you so much.
To my sweet Baby Boy,
You are almost here. I love you so much already and can't wait to meet you. I'm turning into such a different and better person because of you and I love that. Your Dad and I talk about you constantly and about what we think you'll be like. We have big hopes and dreams for you and us as a little family. I'm hoping you're silly like your dad. I'm hoping your not a super picky eater, because I'm no Rachel Rae in the kitchen. I know you'll be beautiful, I know you'll instantly become my best little buddy. You should know that mom can't stop shopping for you. Since your a boy you probably won't ever care how I dress you, but I will care. I've been thinking lately that you might be a soccer player, or maybe enjoy something like kick boxing because you are really doing a number on my ribs! I'm in a little pain sure, but mostly impressed. We've been scrambling getting things all ready for you. It's going to be one amazing summer baby boy. We'll be busy, I'm going to cry a lot I'm sure, but I know how blessed I am. And this job that I'm about to take on is truly what I've wanted to do my entire life. By the way we've picked a name for you. How do you feel about Brody Neil Denison? Pretty cute huh. We are so excited for you that 25 days just seems too long. Whenever you're ready, I'm ready. I'm so ready.
We'll see you soon sweet boy.
I Love you so much, Too the moon and back.
Mom
Some April Fun
I've officially hit a wall. I'm constantly tired. It was so bad at one point that I would sleep for like 11 hours during the night, wake up and try and get a few things done, and then have to take a nap in the afternoon. Atleast a 2 and a half hour nap. Turns out there was a reason why this was happening. I'm anemic. So I now take one more horse pill daily, but it helps so I'm happy.
My lovely cousin Stacy and Aunt Kaye were sweet enough to throw a family baby shower for me and it was so much fun and baby boy got some amazing things. My cousin has 8 month old twins and they are just precious and so silly. Playing with them just got me so excited to have a little bambino of my own. Not only that, but seeing Stac handle two little ones like it's a walk in the park, is reassuring to me that I'll be okay and will be able to handle one okay.
How cute are they?
Last weekend Jake and I took a birthing class at the hospital. We didn't really know what to expect going in but it ended up being a really good time. It was long though, started at 9 am and ended at 4:30. But we learned A LOT. The class started out with intros and some videos. And I swear to you right off the bat I was telling Jake to get me out of there. These videos were scary. They were of women laboring without any type of medication or anesthesia. (CRAZY) I don't know where they found these women but they were pretty rough and not so easy on the eyes if ya know what I'm sayin. Once that was all over then they showed a video of a women giving birth with the help of the ever-so-wonderful epidural.& It was a VERY different experience for her and I felt a lot better after watching it. My favorite part of this class was watching Jake wear the "Empathy Belly".... oh yeah. He was the first daddy in the class to man up and put it on.
Excuse my squinty eyes and non showered self. We were a little rushed that morning and it was an early wake up time for me. How cute is Jake though?
My second favorite part of the class was the multiple massage techniques that we practiced. Foot massages, scalp massages, neck, back, hips, and hands. It was wonderful. We walked out of there so extremely excited and definitely a little better prepared.
House update: The house we had in the works is no longer in the works. It was pretty traumatic for me at first but now I'm seeing that it was probably a blessing in disguise. THAT house, even though we loved it, was not for us and we are meant to be somewhere else. So we've started the process of looking for a new house and I've come to terms with the fact that we are not going to be in our new place by the time little man arrives. I can't tell you how long and hard I cried to Jake about this one. I'm starting to hit my "nesting phase" I think. I'm doing what I can to prepare and pack and get ready for this baby.... which is a little more difficult when you don't exactly have a place to live. ha. We won't be out on the street so it'll be okay. Mom and Dad have offered to shelter us if we need... depending on what we find in the next few weeks, we might take them up on that.
My lovely cousin Stacy and Aunt Kaye were sweet enough to throw a family baby shower for me and it was so much fun and baby boy got some amazing things. My cousin has 8 month old twins and they are just precious and so silly. Playing with them just got me so excited to have a little bambino of my own. Not only that, but seeing Stac handle two little ones like it's a walk in the park, is reassuring to me that I'll be okay and will be able to handle one okay.
How cute are they?
Last weekend Jake and I took a birthing class at the hospital. We didn't really know what to expect going in but it ended up being a really good time. It was long though, started at 9 am and ended at 4:30. But we learned A LOT. The class started out with intros and some videos. And I swear to you right off the bat I was telling Jake to get me out of there. These videos were scary. They were of women laboring without any type of medication or anesthesia. (CRAZY) I don't know where they found these women but they were pretty rough and not so easy on the eyes if ya know what I'm sayin. Once that was all over then they showed a video of a women giving birth with the help of the ever-so-wonderful epidural.& It was a VERY different experience for her and I felt a lot better after watching it. My favorite part of this class was watching Jake wear the "Empathy Belly".... oh yeah. He was the first daddy in the class to man up and put it on.
Excuse my squinty eyes and non showered self. We were a little rushed that morning and it was an early wake up time for me. How cute is Jake though?
My second favorite part of the class was the multiple massage techniques that we practiced. Foot massages, scalp massages, neck, back, hips, and hands. It was wonderful. We walked out of there so extremely excited and definitely a little better prepared.
House update: The house we had in the works is no longer in the works. It was pretty traumatic for me at first but now I'm seeing that it was probably a blessing in disguise. THAT house, even though we loved it, was not for us and we are meant to be somewhere else. So we've started the process of looking for a new house and I've come to terms with the fact that we are not going to be in our new place by the time little man arrives. I can't tell you how long and hard I cried to Jake about this one. I'm starting to hit my "nesting phase" I think. I'm doing what I can to prepare and pack and get ready for this baby.... which is a little more difficult when you don't exactly have a place to live. ha. We won't be out on the street so it'll be okay. Mom and Dad have offered to shelter us if we need... depending on what we find in the next few weeks, we might take them up on that.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Only 8 more weeks to go!
31 Weeks and feeling HUGE. Sleep is getting a bit harder. I get heart burn at really random times.... once after eating just a banana. And I will say this... Mom you were right about the whole belly button piercing thing... not so cute when you have babies. The ONLY thing that is stretching on my belly is the scar tissue from where I had gotten it pierced in high school. NOT SO CUTE AT ALL. Lesson learned.
Jake and I had a big fat realization today. We are having a baby. Weird right? But seriously it's become real today. Jake's oldest brother, Justin and his Wife Megan welcomed beautiful Alexa into the world today. 6 lbs. 9 oz. and 22 inches long. And so much gorgeous hair. She's just precious. We was watching Justin hold her and she's just so tiny and I was in Aw. After Meg and I have been going through pregnancy together up until this point, she is now a beautiful mother. Wow. So that means in just 8 weeks the same will be of me. A mom. She rocked labor like a champ and I hope I can do the same.
Not much longer now sweet boy. Can't wait to finally see you and snug on you and just love you to pieces.
Here's my precious new little niece on her birthday.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
A Big Fat Update.
Jake and I are so addicted that it's just disgusting. Too many of our evenings are spent being bums on the couch watching episode after episode until one of us falls asleep. Most of the time it's me. I love that he's just as addicted as I am and one episode will end and we'll look at each other and laugh because we just HAVE to watch one more. We just started season 4. We are saving the final season to watch while I'm in the hospital...hopefully it will distract me. If you have started it yet, Netflix streams it instantly online and through X box for $8 a month. Jake and I canceled cable and replaced it with Netflix. Such a beautiful thing it is.
We are starting to pack up are apartment. And by started I mean we literally have a box with 2 things in it. Ha. We have A LOT of work to do. You'd think I'd be super stressed about packing, moving, putting a nursery together, putting a new place together all in such a short amount of time. 2 months until we're expecting baby. I'm not stressed at all. I will be I'm sure. I'll be a mess when the time comes. But I know I'll have lots of help so that's comforting to me. As far as our house goes... we are meeting with our lender a couple times a week signing documents and getting her paperwork. We don't have a for sure YES quite yet, but we are sure crossing our fingers. And I'm still continuing to plan. I very well could get my hopes up and we end up not getting this house, but it's too late now. Jake keeps telling me not to get emotionally involved quite yet but what he doesn't understand is that I'm emotional already and yeah... I'm attached. But we will be where we are supposed to be. I just want to be settled and safe and at least a little bit prepared for this boy.
We haven't decided on a name quite yet. We've got it narrowed down to a few though. We will probably decide officially the day we give birth. I'm hoping one of them will just stick out and FEEL right because I love them all.
I made a fun Ebay phurchase a few months back and got baby boy a very cute bedding set. It's very Jake. I was concerned at first that it wasn't "baby" enough, but now I think it's perfect and I can't wait to set up that crib and see it all put together.
Jake has decided to enroll in Summer school. He starts the week I'm due. Yikes. But he's only taking 2 classes so hopefully it won't be too bad. He's excited to get back into it and get a couple of classes out of the way. He works so hard. I'm real proud of him.
We are starting to pack up are apartment. And by started I mean we literally have a box with 2 things in it. Ha. We have A LOT of work to do. You'd think I'd be super stressed about packing, moving, putting a nursery together, putting a new place together all in such a short amount of time. 2 months until we're expecting baby. I'm not stressed at all. I will be I'm sure. I'll be a mess when the time comes. But I know I'll have lots of help so that's comforting to me. As far as our house goes... we are meeting with our lender a couple times a week signing documents and getting her paperwork. We don't have a for sure YES quite yet, but we are sure crossing our fingers. And I'm still continuing to plan. I very well could get my hopes up and we end up not getting this house, but it's too late now. Jake keeps telling me not to get emotionally involved quite yet but what he doesn't understand is that I'm emotional already and yeah... I'm attached. But we will be where we are supposed to be. I just want to be settled and safe and at least a little bit prepared for this boy.
We haven't decided on a name quite yet. We've got it narrowed down to a few though. We will probably decide officially the day we give birth. I'm hoping one of them will just stick out and FEEL right because I love them all.
I made a fun Ebay phurchase a few months back and got baby boy a very cute bedding set. It's very Jake. I was concerned at first that it wasn't "baby" enough, but now I think it's perfect and I can't wait to set up that crib and see it all put together.
Jake has decided to enroll in Summer school. He starts the week I'm due. Yikes. But he's only taking 2 classes so hopefully it won't be too bad. He's excited to get back into it and get a couple of classes out of the way. He works so hard. I'm real proud of him.
Monday, March 21, 2011
WE FOUND OUR HOUSE!
Woo hoo! We put an offer on this wonderful house in Meridian. Then had to up our offer because of other offers. WE WON and got an awesome deal. We could not be more thrilled! I cannot stop flipping through decor magazines, blogs & websites. I search it all. So far I have some pretty exciting things planned for our new place. Last week we were in Salt Lake visiting Jake's family and scored an awesome couch for $250 on KSL.com It's perfect and in awesome condition... looks brand new. We also stopped by Ikea as well and found these wardrobe frames that we can use along with our closet. I'm thinking this will let us get rid of our dresser and we can gain a lot more space in our bedroom. The plan is to Close on this house in about 3 weeks. Just enough time to get things set up and ready for Little Mr. to come! I'M SO EXCITED!
Right at this moment Jake and I are right smack in the middle of the LOST series. We just started season 3 and we're so addicted that it's just ridiculous. I say this because It's on now and it's getting intense!!!
Pictures coming soon!
Right at this moment Jake and I are right smack in the middle of the LOST series. We just started season 3 and we're so addicted that it's just ridiculous. I say this because It's on now and it's getting intense!!!
Pictures coming soon!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
A few things I've loved these last six months...
L'occitane Almond Supple Skin Oil. It wasn't cheap... but I'm convinced It's working. No stretch marks yet.
Bare Minerals foundation. I started using it when I first began losing my tan and my normal foundation no longer matched my skin color. My skin has been clear ever since. Love Love Love.
Carmelized onions... particularly on a hot dog, but wonderful by themselves. Definitely a weird pregnancy craving.
IcyHot. I seriously carry it in my purse. I don't know what I'd do without it.
Heating Pad. This and my Icy-hot cream has been the only cure for my awful back pain that I've had basically my entire pregnancy. Temporary relief but such a blessing.
Tootie Fruities. Breakfast of Champions.
My beloved Bella Band. Maternity Jeans are so not something I love. With this I wear comfortable regular person jeans, a size bigger than normal, completely unzipped and unbuttoned and it's wonderful.
Last but certainly not least...I love my Jakester too. He rubs my back, rubs my feet, and we've conquered a couple different TV series now.. when we're feeling lazy and/or I'm not feeling good.
As promised... here's momma. 25 weeks and growing.
Sweet baby boy is now kicking so hard that I can see it from time to time. I think he especially loves water. Every time I take a bath he moves. And every night right as I'm going to sleep he kicks lots. It's the best way to end my day and helps me get to sleep.. I feel like it's his way of checking in with me so I won't worry and when I tell him I love him it's how he says he loves me too.
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