Some photos

Taken of the niece and nephew over Christmas.

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Here are updated pictures of me great with child. I guess it's hard for me to smile in them because I'm concentrating really hard on getting the right angle!

It seems as if my belly just blossomed over night a few weeks ago. I work at an Elementary school, and I don't know what it was, whether I was wearing a tighter shirt than normal or what, but one day, about a month ago, all of a sudden like 5 kids throughout the day came up to me and asked me if I was pregnant.

I had to explain to them that yes, I am pregnant, and yes, I am married, and NO I'm NOT 17 years old like you thought I was.

I work in a special needs classroom and I told two of the kids in there that I was pregnant a while ago. Every day they ask, you got a baby in your tummy again?! (Yep.) And they say, not again!!

I wonder if they think I have 50 babies at home or something, since I keep showing up pregnant over and over again.

Our baby continues to have a strong heart beat at every doctor's visit. For which I'm thankful. He has started doing barrel rolls in my stomach every night. In fact, if I'm close enough to Ross in bed at night the baby keeps him up too.

I've discovered that I can no longer eat all I want any more. I have to eat less food at a time, and more often. Which is kind of a pain when I have to work, but oh well.

I'm starting to hyperventilate every time I think about the fact we're going to have a baby in 2 1/2 months! I have a ton of projects left to do, I would really like to finish my 4 independent study classes, and basically, I'm just a little nervous about the 'having the baby' part. But then I'm also extremely excited and time can't move fast enough!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY

Joy.. Joy...

You are a wonderful friend and I'm so happy to have you in my life. Even though most of our friendship has been long distance. Sad for us.

I love you and hope you have a fabulous birthday!

A little break from routine

As many of you may have heard the Midwest has recently been hit by a big ol' ice storm! While Manhattan did not get it as bad as parts of Oklahoma, most of Manhattan lost power for a couple of days. In fact, my parents live in a neighborhood that still does not have power after losing it on Tuesday! The school that I work in is also in that neighborhood, and so I have had the last three days off. Kinda nice. For some reason the little neighborhood that Ross and I live in hasn't lost power once. It's kind of strange. We've been host to a few freezing souls-- which has been fun.

Well even though it's extremely inconvenient to many, it really is beautiful. We are enjoying a beautiful blue sky today with the sun shining brightly, and it makes all of the ice-laden trees just glow. It's incredible. I wish I had had my camera this morning when I took Ross to work. The sky was still pink and we passed by rows of trees that looked like they came from a winter wonderland! (Sorry for the cheesiness, but it was really cool!)

So I at least took a little walk around the corner and took a couple pictures from there.

Onward, ever onward!

Well. Sam's gone. We're pretty sad to see him go, but we're super excited for what he has to look forward to. We've already gotten a letter and an email from him. New thing- I guess missionaries can email from the MTC now! Who knew? He seems to be doing well, is confident, but humble. I know he's a fabulous missionary!

I have here a few pictures of the him at the airport, and then my cute Aunt Clydie, who took him to the MTC, took a few pictures of him there. Along with some extra family. We're so greatful that she could do that for him, and that my grandparents and cousins could see him as well. I'm afraid most of the pictures don't do Sam justice- he didn't smile naturally in any of them! I think he may have been a little too nervous and excited.

Way to go Elder Honey!

I've been tagged!

Rules which must be posted on your blog if you are tagged:
Link to your tagger and post these rules.
Share 7 facts about yourself.
Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names - link to them
Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

I was tagged by Mikel and here are 7 facts about me.

1. I love music. LOVE music. I love lots of different kinds of music, but my favorite stuff, the really good stuff, it hits me at a completely different level and dimension than almost anything else in life does. It sounds cheesy- but it reaches my soul. Anyway... one of the coolest experiences I've ever had was in London, in the Tate Modern, by myself, listening to my favorite band, and soaking in Rothko.

2. It's almost impossible for me to take a less than 15 minute shower. Is that a long time? Well compared to Ross it is. Actually, probably compared to most guys. But anyway, I've tried to take a faster shower, and it almost always ends up being exactly 15 minutes and no shorter.

3. So I know that this isn't really about me, but... I married the luckiest person on earth. He's not only lucky because he married me (haha), but also because he always seems to be in the right place at the right time. For instance. As a junior in high school Ross had perfect attendance. (I think that's really funny, especially when I look back at my attendance during Junior and Senior year.) Anyway, so he was put in a drawing. For a CAR. Our of 25 other people there, Ross' keys started the car. So he got to take it home! How crazy is that? Who wins a car? And then he ALWAYS gets a good deal on everything. We got our 17" (one generation old) iMac for $375, we got $300 off my camera, etc... And then just a couple weeks ago he was in a drawing at a computer store and won the grand prize- an iPod nano! So I don't know how he does it-- but I'm most definitely enjoying reaping the benefits!

4. My perfect job in the world would be illustration for children's literature. I love art, and I love children's books. But I didn't pursue it because I'm not very artistically talented, and I felt intimidated by the competitiveness at BYU. Lame. I know. Oh well, I really love Psychology too.

5. I really admire my mom. I want to be more like her than just about any other person. She's a kind, genuine, easy-going, intelligent, fashionable, down-to-earth (and lots of other things) person. Hardly anything ever offends, irritates, or bothers her. Everything just rolls right off her back. Now that's what I need to work on. I get annoyed a little too easily.

6. I'm with Mikel on this one. I've always wanted to live overseas at some point in my life. It doesn't have to be too long, (maybe a year) and I could even handle Russia.

7. I love hot fudge sundaes. Mostly it's the hot fudge part of the sundae that I love. But it has to be thick and rich-- none of the crappy Dairy Queen stuff. Oooh...I'm just swooning thinking about rich and creamy hot fudge... If you live in the Manhattan area, Vista (on Tuttle Creek Blvd) has some GREAT hot fudge. Their ice cream is mediocre, but the hot fudge makes it all worthwhile.

I tag:
Joy
Katy
Shannon
Shauna
Aunt Syl
Nicole
Rik

Exploring Kansas

So Ross, a friend Brandon, and I all went to the....



It's an obstacle course at Kansas State. And while it was closed and we couldn't do much obstacling, we enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery. Ross attempted a couple of the more mild obstacles.









Pregnancy Update: He's kicking like crazy! I felt him for the first time about 3 weeks ago, and Ross felt him for the first time a couple of days ago. It's really fun. And...I feel fantastic, but I'm HUNGRY all the time! I can never get enough to eat. I'm going to try to enjoy this part of the pregnancy, because I know I won't always feel this good!