Baby Update

I am now 17 weeks pregnant and still not really showing. Luis and I can tell that I'm getting fatter but we're pretty much the only two. I had Luis take a profile picture of me a few days ago, and you can't tell I'm pregnant at all so I decided not to post it. But oh well. Haha the most exciting news this week is that we felt the baby kick on Monday! We were getting ready to have family home evening and I thought that I felt it kick so I told Luis. Amazingly, he could feel it too! The baby kept kicking me in the same spot hard! We were both tickled pink. Now that I know what it feels like, I can feel it kick more often, but Luis hasn't felt it, and it hasn't kicked as hard since then. We're both really excited, and it's fun to know that there really is a baby in there haha. We've been trying to get a lot of the big stuff that we need for the baby before school starts and so we've been going to a lot of garage sales and looking on KSL. My mom has helped us out a lot and she found us a car seat, swing, and a pack 'n play. Then we went last weekend with her and we found a baby carrier, bouncy seat, video monitor and a high chair for really cheap. She also gave us an old stroller that she's had for awhile. Luis and I were looking on KSL this week and we found a guy who was selling a matching crib, changing table, and a dresser all for $100 dollars. Luis and I were lucky enough to be the first people to call him and we went up and looked at it. It looked almost brand new and really good quality, so we bought it!! I feel like we've been so blessed to find all of this big stuff that we need for really cheap. I feel kind of weird buying baby stuff before I'm even showing, but I figure that we're going to be in school until December. Then we have to move because Luis graduates, and then January or February the baby is coming. So we just figured if we could find all this stuff for cheap now, then we won't have to stress about it later when we're trying to deal with school and move. We find out the sex of the baby in about 3 weeks and we are so excited. We both kind of want a girl because they're so cute and we can dress them up all adorable. I'd be more than happy with a boy too though because I loved having older brothers. We'll see though, I'm just excited to be a mom.

Fish Lake

Every year my dad and mom rent a cabin up at Fish Lake and our family spends a weekend relaxing, four-wheeling, and fishing!! I look forward to it every year. It's so much fun to just hang out and spend time with my family. Unfortunately, it rained a lot this year so me, Luis, Mandi, Nate, and Danae were the only ones who were able to go on a four-wheeler ride. Mandi was so excited to be reunited with her little viper haha. She was such a good sport. It had a hard time getting up the hills but as soon as we were at the top, she sure could cruise!!

Here we are in the middle of our four-wheeler ride. Fish lake is so beautiful:)

Nate and Danae, it was so fun to hang out with them again!

Niels being all gangsta.

Luis and I had so much fun fishing. My dad and Ken taught Luis how to worm a hook and to take the hook out of the fishes mouth. He's a real fisherman now!!

This is a picture of the fish I caught, I was pretty excited haha.

Shaylie was really cute, she kept telling me and Mandi to come downstairs and then she would chase after us and tickle us haha. We made a fort and then played a little dress-up.

We had so much fun!!

The only thing that I wanted to do while we were at Fish Lake was to go look at the Beavers. Finally on the last night me, Luis, Niels, Kayla and my mom made the trip to the beaver dam. Oh, and Sophie and Jazzie:D We saw a few beavers but I wasn't able to get a good picture of them because they were so far away. They were really cute though, and a lot smaller than I thought they would be. It was a lot of fun to relax and enjoy nature for a few days.

I'm so thankful for families:)

Our First Anniversary + Exciting News!

It's been awhile since I've posted so I thought I'd try and catch up. June 20th was our first anniversary and it was great! We broke up our anniversary into a few different days because I was having serious morning sickness. Yes, that's right, I'm pregnant again! And I'm so excited that I can finally start telling people. Anyway, since I was so sick, we split up our anniversary into a few different days. On Friday we went and saw the Karate Kid in the theater and it was really good! I didn't think I would like it but I actually did! Then Saturday afternoon we went to Thanksgiving Point and walked through the gardens. I was a little nervous because I didn't think that Luis would like it very much but he's a good sport:) It was fun to see all of the flowers and crazy stuff that they come up with.
These are some lilly pads with flowers on them that I thought were pretty cool:)

Luis really likes to chase birds and other animals haha.

Us chilllin in the secret garden haha.

I needed a breather after awhile.

Luis next to the flower marry-go-round.

The waterfalls were Luis' favorite part. We popped a squat underneath a tree and watched them for awhile.

The view from on top of the waterfalls.

I was really tired by the end haha. It was a really good day. Unfortunately, I was too sick to do anything after that and so we picked up some Taco Bell and went home to watch a movie. The next week Luis took me to Olive Garden because I really wanted to go. It was a good anniversary, not exactly what I pictured but still great!! My morning sickness has gotten a lot better lately though. I finally called the doctor because I couldn't keep anything down and was losing a lot of weight. She told me to take Unisom with Vitamin B and that has pretty much cleared up all of my nausea:) I'm now 13 weeks and so we're not as worried about miscarrying as we were but I really hope everything goes ok this time. We're both really excited to start our family, it should be an adventure!!

Karli and Garret's Wedding!

Karli and I have been best friends forever! Even when I moved away from Salina when I was six, we visited each other every summer. During the year we would write or send emails to each other. When I came to college, I moved in below her and she took care of me when I was having a hard time adjusting to being away from home. In fact, she even introduced me to Luis, which I am very thankful for!! Last week I had the opportunity to see my best friend get married!! I am so happy for her and her new husband and I think they are the cutest couple:) Garret is such a great guy and I know that he will make her happy. They got married in the Manti Temple and Luis and I got to attend the ceremony which I was really excited about. The Manti Temple is beautiful!! It was way fun to see my friend so happy, Garret is a lucky guy!
Here are the bridesmaid's, I loved the dresses Karli picked out for us:) So cute! Unfortunately the flowers didn't last very long...

Me and my two best friends:) Karli is beautiful!
The whole wedding party. The men looked very spiffy in their tuxes.

After the wedding, we came back to Provo for the luncheon. The food was AMAZING!!! The caterer was the same one we used for my wedding reception and my brother's wedding luncheon. I love her wedding punch!! We then watched a movie of Karli and Garret and then watched them cut the cake. Of course Garret stuffed the cake in Karli's face and she stuffed it right back! Atta girl!! It was such a beautiful wedding and I was so glad that I could be apart of it. Best of luck Karli and Garret! We love you!!

Hike the Y

We finally hiked the Y!! Since I didn't move into the dorms when I first came to BYU, or participate in any of the freshman activities, I never got to hike the Y. I've wanted to do it for a long time but we never had the time. On Monday for FHE, we finally bucked up and did it. It was awesome!! Haha the hike was just as bad as people have told me, but it was all worth it when we got to the top. Unfortunately, it was way too dark to take pictures of anything so this is the only one we took. It's my proof that we finally did it! For some reason this summer I have really wanted to get outside and hike! I want to go to St George and take Luis to Zion's and Red Cliffs. I think I've just been tired of the gloomy weather here and want to get out!! I have missed summer...

Luis is 24!!

Yesterday Luis had his 24th Birthday!!! He had to go to work from 7 to 11 and then it was all play for the rest of the day!! He came home and opened presents and then we went and saw Clash of the Titans at the movie theater. It was a good movie, but kind of freaky. I had to look away at a few parts. After the movie, we went and got Cafe Rio and then had a group of friends come over for cake and ice cream.
Yes, I got Luis a Wii. My mom talked me into it. Luis got 2nd place in the Biggest Loser competition at work and so they gave him a digital camera. I took the camera back and used that money and some from my parents to get him his Wii. I think he's pretty excited!!

This is his Birthday outfit I got him. Unfortunately the neck is too high on the shirt so we're going to take it back...but I still think I did a pretty good job:)
Luis posing in his new outfit. He said I couldn't post this anywhere but I couldn't help it!!
This is the beautiful cake I decorated. The picture in the corner is not a clown, it's Luis. I only had four colors to work with.

For some reason he's plugging his nose while he blows them out...I'm not really sure why though. Anyway, I hope Luis enjoyed his birthday!! I sure did!

California!

Last weekend, Luis and I went to California for his brother, Anthony's, graduation. It's kind of weird, even though I hate driving for 11 hours, I still kinda like it because it's 11 hours stuck in a car with Luis. We have a lot of fun talking and spending time together:) On Friday we woke up and babysat Anthony and Kira's two little kids Ellie and James. It was a lot of fun, they are too cute! We jumped on the trampoline, drew with chalk, and played in their "castle". After that, we went to see the rest of Luis' family and hung out with them for awhile. That night, Luis went to the father and son's with Anthony and James, while I stayed and had a girl's night with Kira, Ellie, and Luis' sister, Kathryn. It has been so long since I have had a girl's night. We painted our toe nails and Ellie picked out sparkly pink for me haha. Luis is still weirded out by the fact that my nails are painted. I haven't painted them since before we were married! Then we went and got ice cream from Baskin Robins, came back, and Ellie and I baked a birthday cake for Luis. I was surprised at how well she did for a 4 year-old!! Then we watched A Knight's Tale and waited for the guys to get home. Saturday was the graduation and it was a really good ceremony. I was loving how nice the weather was!! Anthony graduated!! Yay Anthony!! Haha I was way bummed because I forgot my camera and so I didn't get any pictures of this weekend. After the graduation, we went to dinner at El Toritos for Luis' birthday dinner and had cake and ice cream. The cake was pretty sweet, Kira decorated it into a half graduation, half birthday cake. It looked good!! Then they both opened presents. Luis got some workout shorts and a gift card and Anthony got a pull-up bar and some dumb bells so he can do P90X. All-in-all it was a great weekend!! I really enjoyed staying at Anthony and Kira's house and playing with Ellie and James. They are such a great family and it was fun to see them again:)