Two Years of Wedded Bliss

Chris and I met almost three years ago in singles ward. One Sunday we had a combined Relief Society/Priesthood lesson. I was sitting with my girls and about 3 rows ahead of us sat Chris all by himself. We all naturally began talking about this mysterious, lonely (so I thought), cute guy. I'll be honest, I had never noticed Chris before that Sunday, but after that I started paying attention. I discovered that Chris was paying a bit of attention to me too. He would never talk to me, but I caught him staring at me a number of times in church. I couldn't figure out why this handsome guy was sitting all by himself every Sunday. I felt sorry for him, he looked like he was in bad need of some friends. The next Sunday I decided I would sit next to him in church and ask him to come over to dinner with my room mates and I. I did and he gladly accepted. Later, I learned that Chris was in fact not lonely. He had TONS of friends, he was just apparently too cool for anyone in our singles ward. Lucky for him I didn't know that tidbit of information. . .

Chris before we met:

The rest is pretty much history. . .

We dated.

Fell in Love.

Got Married.

And thankfully now after two years of marriage we are expecting our first baby.

We feel so blessed!

Booties

The other day I found this cute pattern for baby booties. I've made a couple and boy are they EASY and FUN to make, not to mention CHEAP. Needless to say, I don't think our little guy will be going with out some sweet foot apparel when he gets here.

This is just how we roll....

Johnna ordered a baby stroller last week that required some minor assembly...which waited on the living room floor all week for my day off today. We are pretty sure that Skippy is pretty sure that all the new baby stuff is really for him so he was more than willing to try out once I put it together:

hormones

We're really starting to see a pretty wide gamut of emotions from Johnna as she gets more and more prego every minute. 10 minutes ago we were watching "Web Soup" on the E! channel where they show a bunch of funny and or shocking web videos
First watch this video:


and now watch Johnna's reaction to it:

22 Weeks

Here is a shot of me at 22 weeks. We are trucking right along. Our little guy has been checking in with me each day with some good wiggles to let me know everything's okay in there. So considerate of him!

Early Retirement

For the past 3 1/2 years I have worked in special education as a instructional assistant in an autistic classroom working with kids ages 12-17 years old. My work streak has come to an end now so I can prepare for my next venture in life; being a Mommy. Chris teasingly says I have officially begun my early retirement.

I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to truly work amongst angels on earth. I moved down here in 2006 in the midst of one of the biggest trials of my life. Thankfully I was able to get that job right away and my life has been blessed because of it ever since. Working with those sweet kids each day who bravely face life's challenges with a smile on their face was an incredible example to me. Going to work helped me to forget myself and focus on making their day the best it can be. Any trials I have had the past 3 1/2 years were quickly put out of my mind as I spent time with them.

I'll take with me some of the sweetest memories of my life that I will always cherish. I feel so much more confident going into this next chapter of my life thanks to what they have taught me.

I love you kiddos!!! I can't wait til we meet on the other side and I can tell you how much you blessed my life on earth.

Idaho Trip | Day Four & Five

Day four of our trip was a Saturday so we were able to check out Moscow's farmers market. We had a good time walking around and checking out all the random fun things for sell. I have to say, either Moscow has more hippies or I forgot how many they had.

After that we went to NRS. It's a business that started up in the Palouse. They sell anything you could ever possibly need/want related to rafting and canoeing.

Later that day we walked over to Hordman's Pond. It's just right around the corner from my parents home. I have a lot of good memories of catching fish, snakes, frogs and turtles if you were really skilled. They have a little park there so we hung out and let the kids play, that includes Chris of course.

My Mom with John and Brian.

I think Chris is ready for this Dad stuff don't you?

Day Five
This was a sad day for me, I did NOT want to go back home to Arizona. Other than missing Skippy (our dog), there was really nothing I cared to come back home too. I cried before we even left the house. We drove on up to Spokane and off we went. Now we are back. . . here. . . and HOT.