10 Years Ago

When I was a Beehive in YW we made a Time Capsule to be opened in 10 years! I remember the activity and thinking, "Oh my gosh, I will be 22 when I open this thing!!" and wondering what my life would be like. Who would have thought when I was 12...

1. I would be marrying a boy from my ward & lived down the street from me that was 17 at the time

2. I would get married to this boy at 19....

3. I would settle back in my hometown of Sugar Land and have a house

4. I would be preparing to have my 2nd baby when opening my capsule!

Realistically I always thought it would get lost in the shuffle of life, but my mom found it when she moved here last year and handed it to me to open. I waited until the 10 year mark and had a little glimpse into my life....

our Christmas picture that year. Don't you love the big bangs?? I still remember going to the bathroom in middle school and hair spraying them in place- sick.

a sweet letter from our leader. I loved the last part on a temple marriage and it meant so much that I had accomplished that goal when reading it.

our amazing dog Zoe that we bought as a puppy and had our whole lives. She was the best! Did awesome tricks, always caught food in her mouth and would even leave the room after she farted because she knew how bad they smelt. ...Then she got old and my mom put her to sleep. Thanks for killing our dog Mom.

my report card that year...

My best friend Kellie wrote this letter and I loved reading it.

us girls at church

I guess these are brands I liked.. I remember when Abercrombie and Fitch was soo cool. Now I won't even walk in there- it's too loud.

I have more ty babies than I can count..

I am so glad our leaders did this activity with us and I hope someday I can do the same with my YW!

Prego Catch-Up

I feel like I have been hiding from my blog because I had a big secret to share but wanted to wait to let it all out! If you didn't catch the last post




I'M PREGNANT!

that felt good.

For the past 2 months this pregnancy has taken over my life physically and emotionally and I just didn't have any extra energy to give to the blog. But let's start from the beginning....


Nick has wanted this baby for quite some time, "I'm ready when you are!" for the last 9 months...but I wanted to take my sweet time. I wanted to wait until that strong desire to have a baby & not just based on the schedule we had set. Originally we thought get pregnant June/July (of last year!) and have them be 2 and 1/2 years apart..but when July came around I just wasn't feeling ready.

So we waited a few more months and then one day in Sept I woke up and just felt it was time to try. Never a hesitation. Never a second thought. Never a...'are we sure about this'. And me being the naive girl I can be, I thought if I just consider having a baby, it would just happen based on our experience getting pregnant the first time.


Well we had no such luck in September. Then in October we had success and were so thrilled...but the enthusiasm was short lived and we had a miscarriage right before 6 weeks. I was pretty devastated. It was so early in the pregnancy I didn't let myself dwell on it for too long and tried to busy myself with the crazy upcoming holidays. Looking back I am grateful for the experience because it taught me many lessons of appreciation and gratitude for our amazing bodies and having a healthy baby- things I took for granted.


After a few months of my body getting back on track we tried again and had success in January!! We were thrilled and both just felt like it was time. 3 months in and 3 ultrasounds later, I am ready to tell everyone one! Here are some pictures to share..

Here I am at 4 weeks and Valentine's Day. What a nice present :)
 

again at 6 weeks

here is the baby at 11 weeks

I started feeling kinda sick at 8 weeks and really sick at 10 weeks. For about a week I couldn't hold down much of any food...but things have gotten better and my belly is starting to poke out. I need to get a picture- I am now 13 weeks along!

Expected to arrive October 24th!

Inspiration Room

I have been in the transition of getting Austin's new room ready for when we move him out of the crib. As you know, he turned 2 about a month ago and I think I want to make the transition early this summer so the nursery can be free for whenever a new baby joins the family and Austin isn't so devastated. All I have to say is that I hope child #2 is a boy so I don't have to change a thing in that room. I am so used to the boyish feel it has and the blue color, it would just make me sad to paint over it (because you know any girl of mine with be surrounded with everything pink and plush!) Here are a few pics of his room taken a forever ago....

see those unfilled picture frames? They still are blank...I am kinda bad at that!

My favorite parts of the nursery- the handmade crib made by my talented father-in-law and the wall shelf that Nick and his dad put together.

the only thing my nursery is missing is this chair with matching ottoman...

I told Nick it is a non-optional purchase if I get prego again :) I even donated the rocker chair that I used with Austin to ensure it would become a necessity.

For Austin's new room I found this picture in the Pottery Barn magazine (oh how I love that place) that I am using as my "inspiration" picture. Austin is in love with anything cars or truck related and this room is so perfect.

I found a big old fashion red truck to hang on his wall that I picked up from Hobby Lobby and got some cute car sheets to go on the bunk beds from Target (since we all can't afford Pottery Barn!) I also want to try out bead board on the wall and paint the upper half a warm coco color. Now if I can get Nick on board....

I also LOVE this picture and wish I could use it, but the rooms in this house are just a little too small. Maybe for house #2!

Little Vacation

Today I am off for a little vacation until Saturday to the beautiful San Diego with my friend Chelsea and without my rugrat Austin!!!!!! The plan is to have no plan. Beaches- all day. Restaurants- whenever we are up for eating & NO highchairs. Malls...well no comment cause Nick peeks at my posts every so often. I will also see a few old friends and I just can't wait.

If you're thinking how I can talk Nick into this, you just need to be married to a husband that is beyond obsessed with golf. He takes a yearly trip to Utah with his brothers for 5+ days and play 2 rounds a day...not to mention he plays every, single Saturday morning. Someone please tell me that is isn't normal to have your husband take 5 hrs out of your Saturday (the one day with them) to play golf. He makes it sound like every man does this......

So we have a little arrangement that I can go on a little getaway every year he goes to Utah- only fair, right?

Have a great week, I know I will!

Funny little Boy

Austin has been so much fun lately and showing off his little personality. Of course, at times he makes me feel a little crazy. But it is the moments like these that I catch that always make me smile and forget whatever argument we just had. (maybe I am the child sometimes, but Austin and I do argue- we are both so stubborn!) Here is what he has been up to...

Piling his trucks on my bed one by one to play

climbing up on the couch to nap with Daddy, who he doesn't see too much lately because our family is enduring the "busy season" for accountants.

showing me his food when I ask for a smile! Seriously, who teaches him these things?

randomly putting on his crocks with no pants, grabbing blue blankey and climbing on my bed to prop his feet up to stare at the wall...? I must be really boring.

practicing his golf swing- Daddy loves this.

and this picture has an awesome story. My good friend Chelsea is pregnant and I wanted to take a 'belly shot' of her growing little tummy. Well as I took 2 or 3 I look to my left and there is Austin, patiently waiting his turn for a belly shot. So cute!

I love my little guy!!!

Latest Obsession

I don't really consider myself a healthy person; I think chips, salsa and a Diet Coke is a perfectly great dinner! But I do have one of these every morning and just can't get enough. It was made for me for the first time on our anniversary trip at the resort and have been obsessed ever since.

It is an egg white omelet with spinach and mushrooms and a little cheese in the middle. YUM!

If this makes me look like a health freak- don't be fooled!