Week 37 and Counting

I have not been very good at taking any pictures of my belly growth or posting anything to the blog so I thought I would do a quick update for anyone who reads this. Looking at the last post, this is a very dramatic change, but this is me week 37. I remember feeling big at the last post but now that belly looks so small and comfortable compared to what I have now. As you can see I am not having any trouble growing this little guy. This is what James and I call the torpedo belly. It just seems to be sticking straight out and growing by the day. We are getting very excited to meet our little guy soon and hope he comes sooner than later (I know every mom's dream right?) but we will take him whenever he decides it is his time. I still feel like I have some stuff to get done to prepare so I can wait a while longer. As of now, I am still feeling pretty good but starting to get a little more tired and uncomfortable. I think I will be very ready to leave pregnancy behind for a while soon...

As for other good news. I successfully finished everything for my masters' degree a few weeks ago and am officially done! I am supposed to get my bound copy of my thesis back on March 13th from the USU library so that will be exciting to actually hold the book in my hands. I assure you that I am probably never going to read it again, but at least I have a printed book to prove I did it right? It feels really good to have finished the degree and I am happy that my professors helped push me to the finish line.

James is still working at Conservice doing utility billing and hoping to some time soon find another job. In the mean time he just continues with his current sport passion of the year, tennis, which he plays like a mad man usually several hours a week. It really does the trick when it comes to letting off extra energy. To bad it will be a while 'til our son can play with him but I bet we will have some fun family tennis matches some day.

The Belly has Arrived

Well, my pregnancy belly has officially arrived. I am not big on belly pics but I thought that there are some people who I don't see very much who want to see how I am growing. I am feeling more and more like a pregnant lady every day. I can't complain at this point as I have felt pretty good through the pregnancy so far. I am now 23 weeks along. It feels crazy to be over half way there! It has gone by really fast. Honestly, I really have not focused too much on pregnancy cause I just have been focused on getting my school done. I am defending my masters thesis on December 14th and have been crazy busy working and preparing for that. I still have a lot to do before then but I will be so happy to get it over with. Wahoo! I have definitely been in school way toooo long and I am ready to say asta la vista to that!

For those of you who don't know, we found out a few weeks ago our little nub is going to be a boy! We are so excited! Before we went for the ultrasound are thoughts were that we would be having a girl but we are perfectly happy knowing we won't have to worry about any head bows this time around. It may sound crazy but in the 3D pictures our baby kind of looks like he has James' profile. It made us excited to see what he is going to look like. I guess only time will tell...

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Halloween at Azkaban

So I was the Prisoner of Azkaban for Halloween. Here are a few of the pics.
These are the pants we bought to use for my prison bottoms. They were women's plus size 5xl that we just tailored for my purposes.

Anniversary

I wanted to post some pictures of our anniversary adventure we had back in August. It was our three year celebration. Because we are poor, we decided to do something in Logan that we had never done before instead of going anywhere. We rented some sit-on-top kayaks from the USU outdoor rec center, strapped them on top of the Oldsmobile (seabiscuit), and went on a journey for the day. We had a great time just paddling around and feeling so outdoorsy and adventurous!

Just some nice legs chillin' on the kayak. Doesn't this look serene?

We call this the danielson (from karate kid).

We pulled our kayaks together for a quick pic on the lake. You can tell how much we get out in the sun wearing swim suits by our lovely coats of white!

This picture is at first dam. After paddling around for a while in the marsh (location of the first pictures) we tried to find some cleaner water to try paddling. Although it looks nice in the pictures, the marsh was really murky and I was slightly scared that I was going to row up a dead animal carcass at any second... First dam was much clearer and cleaner but man it was freezing! So I guess take your pick, warm and murky or cold and clear. Not really sure what I prefer...hmm

We had a great time and got some awesome leg burns which I wish I had pictures of to share. The tops of our legs were bright red from the sun. James' actually looked quite hilarious! I had some sunscreen on mine but missed a few spots so I looked like I had a birthmark on my legs for a few months. It is just barely fading. Hope you enjoy the pictures of our fun day!

New Favorite Music Video

I saw this the other day and decided it was my new favorite music video. I just love the song and the dancing cracks me up. I also really love the whole Mexican store theme. I bet they had so much fun making this. Sara Bareilles has really grown on me over the past few years. She does have some kinda random stuff but also some really good songs. This is from her new CD. Enjoy!

Click on the link to see the video or paste it into your browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUe3oVlxLSA&ob=av2e

Sunday Walks

We like to go on Sunday walks these days. The weather is lovely and James loves to look for things to take pictures of. Here is one great one he took at the temple.

Free Time

James has been having tuns of fun with no school to (as he says) "cut into his free time". With plenty of free time on his hands, he decided to re-do our bookshelf. He built it right after we got married but did not have to much time to make it nice so he decided he wanted to try again. We love the new look!

Above is the old one.

This is the in-between stages.

The new, the best part was getting all of those books off the floor again! We decided it will look great when we have white walls (instead of wood paneling) someday.

Weddings

We have been going to a bunch of weddings lately. It has been fun to see some of James' best buddies tie the knot! We are sooo happy for them!

This is a pic of the boys at Ryan's Wedding.

Here is some pictures at Manti's Wedding. James and Manti, buddy-o-pals.

It was a rockin' party. James was able to lay out some of his famous dance moves! Too bad I did not get any pictures of that.

The boys again. Look at how sharp they look! Ohh!

The boys with Manti and Rachel.

Us, the not so newly weds. We love our lives!

Longing for Logan Summer

Logan summer is the best time of year! All of the students leave, the weather is not too hot, the hikes are awesome, and it is just plain peaceful and beautiful! We have had a few glimpses of summer that have made me excited for the few months of warmth we get here! Just a few weeks ago it was about 75 so we took a hike to the wind caves with James' brother Dan who was visiting. Here are a few pics we took at the top.

Seven years...can really give you a crick in the neck!

Yes! We made it! After many long years (okay so not really 7, more like 6.5) of changing majors and taking loads of credits James finished his Bachelors degree in Accounting May 7th! We are both so excited that he is done and can take a break from school hopefully forever, but you never know. I thought I would quit with my Bachelors but here I am still in school...I too will be done soon though. I only have one more class and writing my thesis to finish so I should be done by December! Wahoo!

Some family came up for the graduation and we had a fun time visiting and eating some delicious white chili, rolls and hummus with veggies! Thanks for all who came! It was fun to visit.

James is enjoying having free time with no homework and just applying for jobs like crazy. We are hoping to get one and move from Logan soon (hopefully somewhere warmer!). We are open to anywhere in the USA but are leaning toward Salt Lake area or somewhere in Texas. So far we have not had much more than an interview so we are still applying and hoping something good will work out soon!