And the Journey begins!!

11.5.2013.  Let me start out by saying that both Tyler and I have been baby hungry for quite some time now! But we had some goals that we had to reach first so that we could feel happy about all of our decisions. We were very fortunately extremely blessed and didn't have to wait long for our little miracle to start growing. When I realized I was 2 days late I couldn't hold it in. I wanted to find out and tell Tyler in some cute way...nope! I just blurted it out and we found out together...which was fantastic anyways. Next to find out was our best friends, then my parents, then Ty's parents...then my sister. Now we're holding out to tell everyone else until we're into the second trimester for so many reasons. I wasn't going to do this journal thingy...but figured I might want it in the future. But since I'm on the couch 95% of the time I'm home, and paper and pen is so far away...a blog it is!

How far along? 9 Weeks, 3 Days
How big is the peanut? 1 inch long (a grape!)
Total weight gain/loss? Lost 7 lbs
Maternity clothes? I wish, just the comfies I already have. I.e. maxi skirts and leggings!!
Sleep? I could sleep ALL day long! Nights I toss and turn a lot, but still sleep okay.
Best moment this week? I felt well enough on Sunday to eat the baby back ribs our friends cooked...delicious :)
Symptoms? Morning sickness...all day long. Dry mouth, water sounds/tastes disgusting, hungry yet nauseous 90% of the time, heartburn, constipation, and hiccups.
Food cravings? It changes each time I do have a craving, but I've wanted popcorn, a milkshake, smoothies twice and warm water with lemon (something I've NEVER even had before). Luckily I have the worlds sweetest husband who buys anything I that I say sounds good.
Food aversions? Most everything, any strong smell threatens hurling, water, all sweets (super weird for me...I haven't had a candy bar in WEEKS. And yes, Halloween was 5 days ago!!!)
Gender? I have no clue. And we'll be super happy with either.
Belly button in or out? Still in
What I miss? Liking food.
What I'm looking forward to? Liking food again, feeling better and seeing our sweet lil baby's ultrasound and hearing it's <3 beat!
Milestones? Only a few more week until the second tri...woohoo!
Bump? haha I hope not....

Anniversary Numero Trés

Leading up to our 3rd year anniversary, we decided we probably shouldn't do anything too exciting so that we could increase our savings....Then about a week before we decided to do it anyways :) And I'm glad we did. I found a coupon on Groupon for a good deal on a cute lil suite in Ojai, CA. We decided, sure, why not! So last minute road trip was planned to go to Ojai and travel up the coast, hit San Fran and then head home. So here's some pictures of our exciting little adventure!

The first leg was to Mesquite, NE late Wed night after work. Thursday we woke up and went the rest of the way to Ojai.

 



Ojai was cute little town close to Ventura. After driving up quite a distance, it was a sudden dissent into a beautiful green farming town with lots of winding roads. Awesome! We to a Lodge there for dinner and Ty got a stake that was 30+ $$$. But oh my, was it delicious! My dinner was quite alright as well. Then we traveled to Ventura to walk the beach and the pier at nigh. It was their county fair so there ended up being fireworks over the ocean...awesome! The next day we were going to go the fair...but it was quite a bit to just go in. So we walked around and enjoyed the area instead :)

 

 

And we went to the beach...But it was quite chilly so we didn't go in very far...

 

 

 

That afternoon we hit up a Golf Course in Ojai, Soule Park Golf Course. I'm glad that I found out I liked golfing, because this was quite enjoyable indeed. AND after 4 you get a super huge discount and get as many holes in as you can before they close. It was beautiful. I sucked...but Ty sure did good!

 

 

Then we started to head up the coast at sundown, which was of course, gorgeous. And spent the night in a little town along the way. Next stop...San Fran!

 

 

Once again, we didn't really have any plans. So we moseyed around and ate on Fisherman's Warf, rode the Trolley, did some sight-seeing, hit up Chinatown (Where we ended up parking!...Never again) and stopped by Candlestick Park. It was their Red and Gold game, but of course they were sold out of the free tickets, but at least we got to see it and all of their fans before the stadium changes. Then we went across the Golden Gate and started the longest leg of the journey...back to Utah.

 

Oh, and I didn't get any pictures, of course, but we stopped at a Go Car place on the way home. Not your typical Go Car, Super fast go cars and tight corners. OH SO FUN!









Catch Up

So I was going to upload a bunch of pictures from the last little bit, but I got interrupted and now I can't find my SD card! It's gone, lost. Oh well. We'll just have to suffer through with words. As of late a few fun things have happened...I finally graduated! It was a wonderful day, the ceremony was a bit long because we have a HUGE college, but a couple hours later I was finished forever and let me tell you, it feels good :) Also, Charles had her cute lil babe. Cora is seriously the cutest little girl ever. I love her. Just like I love my other niece who just moved to Pennsylvania! Crazy. I'm super jealous of them but I'll miss their little family so much.

Oh, and Trevor and Tanner graduated from high school, which means my mom and dad have no one left in high school. And soon, they won't have anyone left at home! Trevor leaves on July 31st for the San Fernando Mission and Tanner leaves 3 weeks later to Utica New York! Then...9 months later Haden will be home. Lots of missions, but super cool.

For my birthday I went shopping at City Creek with Dawna, my mamma-in-law, & Dawna's mamma-in-law and sis-in-law and their girls. K...so it wasn't really for my birthday, it was a girls day for Dawna before she headed out...but it was still fun! And it was the day before my actual birthday so we're counting it. Also, I got a little treat from the Cheesecake Factory (where we had lunch) and it had a candle in it...yummm. Then Ty came down and we went to Red Lobster and saw Star Trek 2 (AMAZING!!!) I'm not an old treky fan...but these last 2 movies I LOVE.

I quit the library too...ahhh! I've worked there for a few years now so it's weird to think I won't be going there anymore, but I got a full time job at ICON with day hours so I'll actually get to see Tyler, YAYYY. I'm excited to have every night free. The thought of getting home at 5 everyday is super cool because that's usually when Tyler gets home. I usually go in at 5...so we miss each other completely. But no more! Here's to a big girl job.