29 January 2012

2 years down, forever to go

Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary. It really does feel like we have been married much longer. We spent most of the day working, but then Brent planned a fun surprise date for us. I was instructed to burn a cd of "our songs" that would last for the 45 minute drive (I was not given a location).

Here is our mix cd featuring our love songs.
Our official song: You and I by Ingrid Michaelson
http://youtu.be/OvMVCHhwTPs

Before we left the house we took a couple of pictures to mark the day. (the spots on Brent's shirt are from the camera flash).

A close up
with the bump

So we got in the car and we went on one of my favorite drives, up Logan Canyon. Some of my favorite dates with Brent have been up the canyon to take pictures, go hiking, look at leaves and my favorite, get Raspberry shakes at Bear Lake. Which was our destination! (It took me awhile to guess).

Brent's excited face as we head out of town.

To explain our date I have to give a little back story-- We spent our wedding night in Cache Valley then got up the next day and drove to Jackson Hole. Our hotel's restaurant did not serve breakfast and we did not want to run into people we knew in Logan so we waited until we got to Bear Lake to eat. We stopped at a little diner and had the best sandwiches and soup! So Brent's surprise was to take me back to the diner. Unfortunately they were closed this winter :( so we had an adventure driving around Bear Lake and this time we ended up eating at Cafe Sabor (delicious Mexican food!)

On top of a sweet date Brent got me a new pair of shoes (my anniversary/valentine's gift).

seriously love the blue.

After our date we stopped by Macey's for some quick shopping. They must have known it was our anniversary weekend and so they put my favorite ice cream on sale :)


It was a great anniversary weekend! I am grateful for Brent and everything he does as a husband. I am glad that I married my best friend.

Love you babe.

26 January 2012

nesting

I mentioned in my blog yesterday that the nesting phase is starting for me. So after cleaning and reorganizing the whole house I decided it was time to do some projects. Brent and I have been talking a lot about how we can improve before the baby comes. The scripture that has become our motto for the year is D&C 88:119 which says: Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God

I thought it would be nice to have a reminder of our goals in our bedroom. I had a canvas sitting around from an old project, picked up some gray paint, letter stencils and scrapbook paper at walmart. I didn't take pictures of the whole process, but here are a couple of pictures.

Cut out circles from scrapbook paper and made a border

Close up on the lettering-- $3 letter stencils at Wal-mart
Worked really well.

Here is the final product on my wall.
Yay :)

Now I am planning on making a baby quilt. I have been plotting and am going to hit the fabric store this week. I'll be sure to post pictures.

25 January 2012

baby love, my baby love

We are 23 weeks pregnant! It feels like things are really starting to move quickly. Brent has a lot going on this semester and is doing a great job of balancing all of his responsibilities. After a crazy first trimester I am thrilled to have a much looser schedule. Whoever invented online classes is a genius--- class in my pj's rocks.

So after a few requests here are some pictures of my growing belly:

21 weeks pregnant
23 weeks pregnant
Can't believe how much I grew in just 2 weeks!

I am feeling much better this trimester. I have energy (well more than I used to) and have started using that energy for nesting. I have been reorganizing our entire house and have started lots of projects for the house and the baby. Speaking of baby, here is a pic of our handsome little guy:

baby Pickett 18 weeks
(totally looks like Brent)

My favorite thing in the world right now is laying still so I can feel him kick. I think he is a bit of a night owl, he kicks a lot after midnight. I'm pretty smitten already and have not even met the little guy yet. May cannot come soon enough!

My cravings of the week: Strawberry Julius, marshmallows and chocolate milk-- this baby has a sweet tooth.

I finally got maternity pants this past week- they are so comfortable, I may never go back. :)