its gonna be just fine....

So, sister & ave took off this week to live on another continent...needless to say, its been a weird few day, not being able to pick up the phone and just call or text when i want. BUT, Lis kept saying that it was going to be just fine, and indeed it will be...thanks to modern technology that allows us to video chat and such. It will be a grand adventure for them i'm sure. its pretty hard not to miss those cute faces though....

Brasil is lucky to have them, and i'm certain they will be put to good use within the next week or two and have ward callings and such.

I however, will still be counting down the days till their next visit in August (maybe if their lucky i'll save baby J's arrival for when their here) Note: that would be lucky for them, not so much for me...making me slightly overdue.

until then sis, enjoy the beach and the sun. loves!

lately....

Last weekend lis and ave came to stay with us for the weekend to spend some quality time before the big move =(. can i just say how much i am going to miss them. I've already had one minor breakdown, and i can only imagine several more coming especially as i prep for the little babe without my sis's help. can't even get started on little ave.....anyways, we had a great weekend, full of thrifting, crafting, eating and etc. Saturday night we met my parents for dinner and picked syd up. Everyone at church was quite confused and having to take triple looks at us. And all the boys in my ward drooled over cute syd....Ave even went for a lawn mower ride with uncle chase (she love's him and smiles whenever she see's him...adorable), even though we don't have a lawn to mow yet.

I'm going to logan tomorrow to help lis get packed up a bit. The ONLY bonus for her moving is that she is keeping all of her stuff in our basement while their gone, which means i get new clothes/new home decor while their gone. That is however the only good thing i have thought of thus far.

It is super crazy to think the we have just over 3 months before baby J makes his arrival. We are so very very unprepared at this point, but still extremely excited. We got our garden planted this week... {we love gardening}. We are prepping for the Trek that we will be going on in June. Call me crazy for going and being 7 months pregnant, but i just keep thinking all the pioneer women did it, why can't i. We will be going 18 miles total, 6 each day. I've been super lucky and have felt so good that i've been able to keep active and exercising, i'm just praying that i will continue to fill that way for the next few months. Other than that, not much has been going on. enjoying the spring weather when we get it, getting very excited for summer.

on growing....

i decided it was time to show the belly...its been kinda strange having a belly start to pop out, but quite honestly, i love it and it makes me so excited. Most of the time i just feel/look fat and as if i've just put on some extra lbs, but here is proof that there actually is a little babe sprouting inside. He is getting quite active which is so fun...last night he was having a little dance party right when i was trying to go to sleep, but i'll take the punches and kicks whenever i can! it makes it so real and fun. only have roughly 17 weeks left...holy crap, feeling very unprepared right now, ok i take that back, i AM very unprepared at this point...but i'm workin on it.

I seriously feel amazing great...like as good as when i wasn't preg...so i'm feelin lucky. hopefully that feeling will last for a while longer, cuz i'm enjoying it.

The first pic is @ 20 weeks and the other two are @ 23 weeks.
changes are happening daily. and i love it.

and.....

The results are in, and we're having a......

And we're so HAPPY!

busy busy busy

....i'm still here, busy, but here. We just returned this morning from our latest trip to NYC and Connecticut to visit our ever so adorable new niece Adalynn (in which i'm missing now). We had a great time and are happy to be home, for 5 days...then were off to San Diego for the week with my family. And then, i've vowed to not take another trip for the rest of the year because i am truly SPENT. most likely it won't really happen, but my home needs some seriouse TLC and my bed is desperetly calling my name, so hopefully we can stay put for a while (plus our poor church callings have been seriously neglected, i really do feel bad about that). I have been an awful photographer on all our latest adventures, i might be able to round a few up here and there. I am just so grateful that i've been able to travel around with Chase this winter, so much better than being apart.
....as far as my pregnancy goes....i seriously could not be feeling better. i feel great and we are just so excited to find out what were having (in 2 weeks)! its still a crazy crazy feeling to think i'm about to be a parent, but i couldn't be happier....

i almost forgot...

I almost forgot to post my FAVORITE picture from mexico.....

yep...its true.

i'm about 16 weeks, and we couldn't be happier!

mexico 2009-2010

Wow, apologies for it taking me practically two months to post about our mexico trip. here is proof that we really did go, and we really did have a wonderful time. It was so nice to be able to relax and have nothing on our agenda. i should describe all our pics, but i won't bore you with that. just know that we had a great time, and feel so blessed and lucky to have such awesome in-laws who have such an awesome beach house they take us to each year. its seriously pretty awesome. until next year....