Mike and Nike

My funny husband.

2011-07-26T09:24:00.000-06:00

I had to blog about this so I could remember it years down the road. I have such a loving and caring husband.

So last night Kirby and I are watching TV on the sofa. “Uhho” I say with NO panic what so ever in my voice.

Kirby shoots up with a horrified expression on his face and stares at me.

“Oh it’s fine, we just may want to bring the towels in from outside.” I say. Again with no panic.

He sits there still just staring at me in horror and panic.

I point out the window and say, “It looks like rain. I don't want the towels to get wet.”

He lets out this huge sigh and says, “You scared the crap out of me!! I thought your water was breaking or something! I was so freaked out. All I could think about was that I wasn’t ready. We have so much to do!”

Then he sat back down and kept watching TV.

He is so funny and I love that he was so concerned. I'm also now aware that when the time does come I will have to be the calm one.

Now Entering the Third Trimester.

2011-05-19T09:47:00.000-06:00

It's here! The third trimester!

So far my pregnancy has been fairly easy and uncomplicated. My morning sickness was basically non-existent. Well the vomiting part of it was. I still felt really ill and eating was the only thing that kept me from loosing it. In my first trimester I was having a very annoying problem where my hip would slip out of place unexpectedly. That made standing up more of a "standing up then falling down situation". Super fun.

My second trimester flew by with out me even noticing. Obviously, rolling over in bed wasn't as easy as it used to be and the heartburn was enough to make Tums sound delicious, but really it wasn't that bad. Everyone keeps asking me about what I have been craving. Sorry to disappoint. No pickles and ice cream for this girl. My everlasting cravings have been for anything potato related and WATERMELON! I shutter to think how much money I have spent on watermelon. But it is just SO good. One very good reason I'm not 100 pounds heavier is because almost everything else I have been craving is available only in Salt Lake. And, while Wasatch Broiler sounds like heaven right now, the four hour drive puts me back in my place and I eventually just give up.

This picture was taken around Easter and my belly has grown since then but I don't have a good picture of it.

Maybe I can get a few good ones while we are in Hawaii.

IT'S A BOY!

2011-03-19T09:12:00.001-06:00

I know most of you out there already know this from face book but I thought I would share the whole experience of the ultra sound. Or at least the highlights...

I was super nervous about having to have a full bladder for the ultrasound. I hate the feeling of having to pee. I did as instructed and when I get there they informed me that an emergency had come in before me and they were about 20 minutes behind. Yikes!

But once we got back to ultrasound room I couldn't have cared less about it. Getting to see the baby floating around in there was awesome! The ultra sound tech was showing us different things here and there (And how she knew what they were I have no idea.) At one point we were looking at a picture that appeared to be the baby with the hands right up by his face. Almost like he wanted to suck his thumb. My mom pointed it out, and we were all cooing and caaing except the ultra sound tech (she was spunky, I liked her). "What in the world are you looking at?" she asked. My mom pointed it out on the screen and the tech just giggled and said, "Ya those are the kidneys...." Not even a full minute after that happened she freeze framed a picture, "Well, now we know what we're having!" I stared at the screen for a second. I still thought it was boy but with what had just happened to my mom I didn't want to be wrong. "And that would beeeee???" I questioned. She happily says, "right there it is!" NOT HELPING! "A boy???" I said timidly. And then the rejoicing began!

Kirby was cracking off jokes left and right and it was SO hard to keep my belly still while the tech was trying to get the rest of the pictures she needed. And if I wasn't moving Gerbs was! (We nicknamed him Gerbs until we find a real name...and if we keep moving at the current rate, that is what will be going on his birth certificate.) We have to go in and get about ultra sound done at 23 weeks because they couldn't get a great picture of the heart. But I'm not complaining. any chance to see him again I'll take it!

The most wonderful time of year...

2011-03-08T11:36:00.001-07:00

I know what you thinking, "Christmas is way over! Don't even talk about it for another 8 months!" But while Christmas holds the rights to the song, St. Patrick's Day is my favorite time of the year.

What?!?! you may be asking. St. Patrick's is like a non-holiday. You don't even get time off work for that one. But who wouldn't love a holiday based around cheer, beer, and short people? It is also the holiday that starts spring off. And, being the "non-holiday" that it is, there is absolutely NO PRESSURE! I mean besides finding some sort of green to wear around, the holiday is as easy as dying your milk green.

My mom always did a good job of making every holiday fun. For instance, what kid doesn't love Green eggs and ham for breakfast? It's Dr. Seuss and St. Patrick's day all rolled into one. And, while some might cringe at the thought of Corned Beef and Cabbage, it was like a delicacy at our house.

But back to basics... The number one reason I love St. Patrick's day is because after a slew of holidays full of stress and planning comes the one holiday about relaxing and enjoying life. No stress, no planning, no expectation, no expensive gifts to buy, or romantic evenings to plan. It's just fun.

So Merry Spring! And Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Could it be a boy?!?!

2011-02-09T12:23:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was my 14 week appointment. It was a pretty fast and easy one. All we did was listen to the heart beat and he answered some questions. When we were listening to the heart beat the Dr. commented that it sounded like its a boy. I have been thinking it was a boy from about 8 weeks and Kirby thinks it is a girl. I sort of giggled and asked the Dr. why he thought it was a boy. He told me that, in his experience, when the heart beat is a little slower it is usually a boy. He also said that he is rarely wrong about that. We can find out at 18 weeks what the gender is but I'm taking bets right now I have 3 for a girl and 1 (Well me) for a boy. I suppose only time will tell but I am getting excited to know...

Our one problem is that Kirby and I can't come up with any boy names we really like... we've found some that I like well enough but he is on the fence about all of them. The good news is that we have a girls name pick out and almost ready to go AND I have a few back up's.

Were having baby!

2011-01-31T16:28:00.001-07:00

Alright friends. It has been killing me not to share but Mike and I are expecting a baby August 9th!

We have been telling people in waves. We wanted our immediate family to know... well immediately. So they were first. Then we told close friends and our jobs (In case of morning sickness and time off for Dr. Appointments). We waited until I was 12 weeks to announce it to extended family and 13 weeks to announce it to the general world.

We are SO SO excited. We, also, have NO idea what we are doing. People are constantly asking me questions and I have no idea what they're saying. It's like learning a whole new job with it's own language.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T19:50:00.000-07:00

This year Mike and I were fortunate enough to have both of our families at Thanksgiving dinner at our house. The whole dinner I kept thinking, "How cool is it that families get along so well!" It really makes the holidays special for us to see them all gathered together. Can you believe we fit 11 people in our dinning room? And it is great to know that our kitchen is able to to handle a full Thanksgiving dinner... Tightly... but it made it!

Tonight I am going black friday shopping!!!! EEEEKKKKK! I'm sort of nearvous. I really wouldn't have even been tempted but I'm hopeful that being in St. George and living close to a Walmart that is NEVER busy I will have an ok experience. Wish me luck!

Disneyland 10/9/2010

2010-11-02T10:34:00.001-06:00

The Happiest Place On Earth

The Place: Disneyland and Califonia Adventure, Aneheim, CA.

The Group:

Mama Debbie and Rusty

Kristopher and Jessica

Jenny

Sonia and Ryan

Mike (Kirby) and me

The Objective: Have a fantastic time celebrating Kris's 30th birthday.

The Festivies: It's Disneyland! There is always something fun happening. Here are a few fun pictures.

With it being such a big group we didn't get to hangout together all that much. :( And it seems that when we did, we were having so much fun, we didn't think about the cameras.

The Results: It was an amazing time!

Utah VS UNLV

2009-11-23T09:05:00.001-07:00

For the U of U vs UNLV game a group of us went to Las Vegas for the game. Sonia and I rode the New York New York roller coaster which was actually pretty painful. Its a rough coaster! The Utes of course won so it was a fun game.

I finally made it into the M and M store and the Coca-cola store. I have been to Vegas a ton of times and have never made my way over there.

Halloween

2009-11-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

This Halloween we went up to Salt Lake City and had a great weekend with family and friends. Halloween night we went to party at my mom and Rusty's house.

Kirby and Me as Captain Hook and Tinkerbell

Things I haven't blogged about but really should have...

2009-06-16T08:47:00.000-06:00

Since my last blog a lot of fun things have happened. Here is the rundown.

-My birthday-I had a really great birthday this year. YAY 25! Sonia and Ryan drove down to me and we partied hardy. The best Birthday present was getting to spend time with my crazy family and insane friends.

-Kristopher graduated- Kris graduated with his Bachelors degree in Economics. We are all so proud of him!

- Trip to Carlsbad- as a celebration of Kris' graduation, Mothers day, and Kirby and my 5th wedding anniversary we flew out to San Diego/ Carlsbad CA. It was a VERY fun trip. I love my family and am SO glad we can spend time like that together without any fuss.

-The interior design business is finally making headway and almost making me money. It has been a long Long road but doing what you love is worth a little trouble.

-Kirby got a job at Enterprise Car Rental. He is a Manager Trainee right now with lots of space to move upward and onward.

Lets see I think those are the major highlights of the last couple of months. We have been fortunate enough to attend many spring time parties, travel to Salt Lake, and Spend time with family and friends.

Sunrise Hike

2009-03-20T15:18:00.001-06:00

Yesterday we went on a sunrise hike on a trail near our house. Here a few of the pics I took while up there.

Mia in her element. She was SO happy running around up there.

Mike with Louie and Mia.

View of Ivins/Santa Clara

Weekend in Salt Lake

2009-03-20T15:02:00.000-06:00

Last week we planned a spontaneous trip to Salt Lake. Once our friends and families got word of our trip our time was quickly filled. We had an amazing time with everyone. It was so nice to catch up with our loved ones.

I carried my camera everywhere with me while I was there and only got one picture.

The first signs of spring

2009-03-03T13:47:00.000-07:00

I am sitting here chewing a piece of egg shaped bubble gum sent, via mail, to me by my oldest friend (basically sister) Cami.

The excitement of Spring, the warming air, the beautiful flowers, and the aroma of sage. BTW the flavor of my gum is already gone. Anyway, I love spring and getting those yummy bubble gum eggs today was awesome nostalgia. It took me back to Easter baskets, Cadbury Eggs, chocolate bunnies, dying eggs, jump rope, bike riding ,and the best part... School was almost out for summer!!

As an adult with no kids the simple things that make spring.. well.. spring can easily be forgone without another thought. So this year, with the help of some inspiration by Cami, I've decided to just go ahead and do all the little things. Today Kirby and I planted flowers and herbs. Who knows what we'll do next.

Golf Day

2009-03-01T11:09:00.001-07:00

Yesterday my mom, kirby and I went golfing at Dixie Red Hills. We had a great time. Both my mom and Kirby are used to playing the Entrada course which is extremely difficult so for them it was a nice change. For me it was just as frustrating as ever! I really need to practice much more than I do.

The Parade of Homes

2009-02-25T17:53:00.000-07:00

Last week was the Parade of Homes down here in good ol' Saint George. With the economy suffering the homes were more modest this year with the exception of a One. This home seems as though it was built for royal children.
here are some pics of that one.

This is the pool and inside was a very neat surprise!

This sitting area is only accessible but way of the pool. A swim up T.V. How cool is that!
There is also a separate spa area included in this "pool house".

And yes folks there was a Basket ball court in the basement. Not to mention the three whole putting green and weight room, aerobics room AND full size racquetball court.

This house also included a nail salon and a complete Harry Potter area that had a Platform 9 3/4 and sectioned reading areas for all the kids.

We had a great time.

Las Vegas

2009-02-16T14:19:00.000-07:00

On February 9th Mike and I drove to the ever so fabulous Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Furniture Market. My mom flew in from Salt Lake to meet us there for three days of walking, networking, and a little fun. The Market is comprised of three, inter-connected buildings totaling 5 million square feet!! We saw about 25 % of it. With floor after floor of furniture and accessories it is quite a sight to behold. For an interior designer it is just as good, if not a little better than Disneyland.

The drive to Las Vegas for us is only about 2 hours. We stayed in the Excalibur hotel and weren't necessarily happy with it. It is old and slightly stinky. But for $60 a night I guess I can't complain... not to mention, who goes to Vegas to sit in the room anyways.

We made a lot of really great contacts and got set up to sell their furniture and accessories. If you are ever going to buy furniture CALL ME first!!! Most of the time I can get it at a better price. :)

As if there aren't enough ways to keep in touch...

2009-02-04T17:18:00.000-07:00

I'm excited to announce that on top of myspace and Facebook and our website we have adopted another way to keep intouch with our friends and family scattered around the world. I hope I can keep this up to date and thus all of you up to date. For a recap of the last 6 years see our "About Me" area.