It's my birthday!!!

Yay for birthdays!  They're the best :)

And today was the royal wedding - can we just say Princess Catherine's dress was

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved it!  

Funny thing - they announced their engagement on my sister Hannah's birthday 

and got married on mine! 

A little fairytale :) 

anyhoo.... hope you have a great last day of April!

kluvyoubye

You know you're pregnant when....

Yes I realize that in my short time of 9.5 weeks of being pregnant I'm not exactly an expert -

but I'll just shed some light on some observations I've noticed so far:

You feel fat all the stinkin time!  Remember back in the good ole days when you had good days and bad days?  Those are all over - just plan on feeling fat, and getting fatter for the next 9 month

Morning sickness doesn't only happen in the morning.  Sad but true. 

{Whoever named it that has definitely never been pregnant}

 

All of a sudden your bosoms have blossomed into something you thought wasn't ever gonna happen 

While this may at first bring great confidence and 'spousal satisfaction' don't get too happy because pretty soon they're going to hurt, and you won't like it so much any more

{also, I heard they get smaller after you stop nursing so yeeeah...}

Hormones are real and they have great power over you.

Sadly, you will have uncontrollable and rather embarrassing break downs that you won't be able to explain resulting in a very confused and distraught husband who just wants to help and make everything ok but all you wanna do is just cry it out.

The old "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach" saying won't really mean anything til you get that positive sign.  You'll be hungry all the time, but when you load up your plate, you can't finish it. 

So you'll graze all day, and feel like even more of a fatty - its ok.... you're not the only fatty in the world and you can break that habit later ;)

 

Naps will become a daily necessity which is nice, but frustrating because 

you feel like a lazy bum all the time

No worries though - there are many upsides:

Like the fact that inside of you right now there is a little person, growing and getting bigger every day and trusting you to be the best parent in the world. 

So far its all been worth it - and you know something, I think it definitely will be when I've been carrying around this little baby for 9 months and then I go through the most excruciating pain and then the little angel gets set on my chest :)  

That's what I can't wait for.

Baby :)

Yes, my friends, its true - 

we are very happy to announce that we are having a baby :)

Do you believe me now??? 

I'll tell you how it all went down

{get your minds out of the gutter - not that info}

Mid January I was convinced I was pregnant

I had all the symptoms! 

I wasn't pregnant...

When we thought we were going to have a baby we were just so excited that we decided 

{After much fasting and praying and going to the Temple}

That starting our family was the right thing to do.

{FYI I've been baby hungry since - uh... forever!

and Jeremy wants a baby too}

We were so excited to find out in February that we were having a baby!

We celebrated by going to the park and having an In-N-Out picnic in downtown Provo

complete with candles and Martinelli's :)

Unfortunately, two days later we found out it wasn't meant to be

- I had a miscarriage

{FYI they are painful and gross...} 

Doctor's orders were to wait a few months to try again - but uh... they didn't tell us that for a few weeks so......

Long story short on St. Patrick's Day we found out that we were given another shot at this whole parenting thing :) 

{Jeremy thought I was joking when I told him.... }

But its true!

I'm sure you can understand why we took so long in telling everybody

But after a 1st doctor's appointment resulting in this:

And this:

{That's a heart beat :) }

And a 2nd doctor's appointment resulting in this:

{Yes we realize its a fuzzy picture but during the ultra sound we got to see its head and arms and it waved at us!!!! happy mommy moment}

We've come to the conclusion that this baby is here to stay!

We are so happy to be bring this precious spirit into our family and can't wait til 

November 26th to meet him/her!!!

Claustrophobic

{Yes husband had to tell me how to spell that, but I think he spelled it on word then spell checked it} 

I am getting way claustrophobic people!

At first I thought we could live in this place, no problemo - but we're about to reach my breaking point.

Its just too small, and I love windows, you know?  Light, and happiness, and the sun!

We only have windows in one window of our house and thats the bedroom, and its really just not quite cutting it for me.

Luckily, we've only got 5 more days 

{including today}

til we go live with our parents who have big houses and dishwashers and windows and we are going to be such bums when we come home in August... :/ 

Hopefully we'll get into Wymount though and have a little more breathing room 

*crosses fingers*

Well ttfn - ta ta for now

I gottah go study

ONLY 3 MORE FINALS!!!!

I got this... :)

LAME-O!

No worries I'm talking about me - not you. 

But if you are doing finals week this week you may include yourself in this post too :)

I haven't showered in two days 

{oooooo - did I just admit that?} 

We literally haven't done dishes in FOREVER!

{I'd show you the picture but that would like document it forever - so we'll pass}

Plus - we don't even have a dishwasher, so you peeps who are laughing at me that have one - just stop 

lol jk

And if you don't have a dishwasher 

The rest of our house could be worse but you know

it is finals week!

And I have to work 25 hours this week, and its just not on my top list of 

'ways to spend me free time' 

yeeeeeah....

"Bad llama" 

{That was a Emperor's New Groove Reverence incase you were wondering}

I also realize I've kind of sucked it up as far as blogging goes haha...

sorry : / 

But a week from today, we'll have packed up for the summer and heading home to Spokane!!!! :)

I love going home!

Maybe my life will come together when we're living with my inlaws, who have a nice house and a dishwasher, and school's out - mmmmm.... :) 

I cannot wait!

Not to be lazy, just... uh... idk what the heck I'm talking about or why the heck I still am.

kluvyoubye

p.s. husband wants you to know he started the dishes the other day haha

HELP!

I am new to blogging.  

Well not super new, but relatively.

I started this as a way to keep a family record, and let our extended family keep up with us.

Since doing that I have had my eyes opened to the world of blogging.

I've been introduced to so many blogs, and people, and experiences and ideas and I'm just dying to let it all out and have what they have!

I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited today when I had

 4 comments 

from people I didn't know! WOW! 

{Seriously guys... Its kind of embarrassing the giddy look that came across my face}

My guess is that all of you fancy bloggers that have hundreds - thousands of followers started out about where I am.  

So I'd like to ask a favor - or rather, some questions.

How did you decide what you wanted to blog about?

How did you get people to follow?

Do you design your own blogs? Or do you have help?

Where does your inspiration come from? 

Any advice would be oh so welcome :) 

I hope to {someday} join the ranks of you guys - maybe not in the immediate future,

but I'd love to start working towards that goal.

Thanks a BILLION!!!

xoxoxox

Sarah

sorry :/

Yes, yes I do realize its been a while... 

A few words for you that will sum the past 5 days up for you:

tired.finals.stress.tired.

Yep... that's pretty much it.  

Sorry, I'm lame I know.

{My journal thinks so too}

But hey, only 9 days til finals are over!!!

I know it will go fast, but I am so dreading it...............

But I'm having a happy attitude :) 

trying ha

kluvyoubye