He always has the best dates...

So a few weeks ago Kevin took me on such a fun date. We drove up the canyon and just looked around. It was gorgeous and such a nice day. Families were fishing, people were having parties at parks, and everyone was just having so much fun. Including us. On our way up to where Kevin was taking me I saw this:

The pony was sooooooooooooo cute and I made Kevin stop so I can take a picture of it!! :)
Then he took me to this park:

It was perfect! There werent many people and it was sooo gorgeous!

He even packed a picnic... yummy sandwiches and fruit!



A small creek ran through the park and so we had to go down and put our feet in it!



Kevin reallys loves taking pictures and he is way good at it! I think hes a natural:)


We bought a frisbee, played a little bit, then laid out a blanket, laid down and talked. I always love when we can just sit and talk:)


On the way home we saw the most gorgeous home. It had a kazebo, two LARGE ponds that connected and a bridge going right through the middle; all in the front yard. It was so green and lusch. Ahhh.. I would love to have that in my yard; to just be able to go out and read a book. Now I just have to figure out how to incorporate that and the beach. :)

My dream home:



Kevin treats me amazing and always plans the most fun things to do! I am sooo glad that we did this!! It was sooooo fun and pretty!!!

Soo cute commercial...

I love this commercial!! Kevin and I saw it at one of our Dr. appts and I have been in love with it ever since... I seriously could watch it over and over all day long!!! I told Kevin that he has to be a dad like this!!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2iWSae5HE

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Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!

It was my amazing husband's Birthday yesterday!!!

Kevin is the most amazing person ever and I love him sooooooooooooo much. He is the most giving, patient, loving person I have ever met. He is always so willing to help anyone at anytime. He never complains about anything!!! He is going to be the best dad and during his year of practice he was amazing. The two kids loved playing with him and would run up to him every time he got home from work! I cant wait to have that again! He is soo selfless that he bought me flowers on his Birthday! I love him sooooo much and am so excited to be able to spend forever with him. Thank you Kevin for all that you have done and continue to do!


So what happened that day:

He had to go school for a bit, but we started the day off with some breakfast. It was pretty good, but Ive never made hashbrowns form scratch before and those turned out kind of oily :) Then when I picked him up from school, we had lunch, he opened his presents, and we went to the movies. We havent been to a real movie theater ( a nice theater that costs more than a dollar to watch a movie:)) since I cant remember and I loved sitting in the nice seats as opposed to the rock hard uncomfy seats!!! We saw Robin Hood and I totally recommend it. After I made Kevin a nice steak dinner (well, I think it was nice).
Then we did his birthday cake. It was the huge choc. cake from Costco. It's his favorite kind of cake and he is always walking by them when we go. lol. So I started singing 'Happy Birthday' to him, he joined in :) After, I started cutting the cake!

(Kevin, blowing out his candles)


He decided to wipe choc icing on my face so naturally I grabbed some to put on his. He ran but my excercise ball was right in the hall. He had nowhere to go, so he was going to pick the ball up and throw it behind him to stop me but decided that it wouldnt be a good idea just in case it hurt the pregnant girl. So in the midst of it he tumbled over the ball doing a flip, landed on his back and gave himself two charley horses. Im laughing so hard just typing it. He got up and ran to the bathroom, but I was laughing too hard to wipe the frosting on his face right then anyways. I got him a little later since he was okay, of course. He said I was 'banished' from the rest of his birthday. HAHA It was sooooooooooooo fun!!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!!

WOW!!!!

So Kevin and I played the blood pressure game again!! This time we did it once while we were bugging eachother and the second while being calm. HOLY COW!!!! My blood pressure was soooooooooo bad. I definately lost at the one where Kevin was bugging me but won the calm one:) While I was bugging Kevin he was totally doing breathing techniques that we learned in Lamaze. lol... SOOOOOO funny... I guess I need to practice my lamaze more... :) but OH MAN!!!! lol.. I never would have imagined mine to be soo high... We are gunna do this again... but next time wait until the baby is here:)

Learning to sew!

So here is a cool website for sewing!!! :)

http://www.quicktipssewing.blogspot.com/

Carseat cover...

So I have been on a sewing/ crochet kick... I have been loving learning new things! I have finally taken out my sewing machine manual and all of the feet to try new things!! I sit and read the manual when I eat breakfast.. lol... It has been so fun.. And Kevin has been such a trooper listening to me talk on and on about what new things I have learned! lol We dont need any clothes for the baby right not (thanks to all the many generous friends and family we have.. Thank you!!) But when she is bigger Im hoping that all of the new things I learn will come in handy so that I can sew her clothes... and save money:)

But here is something fun I was working on and finished... It was super simple but way fun:)

33 weeks...

33 weeks... (I know there is alot of writing, but I use this blog as our family Journal in a way so the writing is mostly for me.. lol.. sorry)

The pregnancy has been good... uncomfy but good... I am having early labor signs, and girls in the same situation usually have their babies within 3 weeks, but there are girls in this same situation that go full term (37 + weeks)... So I really shouldnt be stressing so much lol ... but Im hoping that ours wont come until Ive hit 37 weeks. But Im also hoping to not go over that by too much either:) Im sure every pregnant girl thinks that way. Im trying not to stress about her possibly coming early because I know that she will most likely still be okay, but I cant help but feel nervous. Kevin has been soo nice and rubbing my back for hours on end the last couple days. Ive been not feeling very good and my back has been feeling horribly.

So I talked to my dr about an epidural...I was afraid of one because it can slow your labor down which then you would have to get pitocin, and then the pitocin can cause fetal distress ending in a C-Section. Yea Im not for pitocin at all so I was really afraid of the epidural. So he said that an epidural will slow your labor down if you are not in active labor, but if you are in active labor you should be fine. He did say with epidurals there are always chances that there could be side effects so to try and do it natural but to know that if I can hold off on it until my labor is progressing alot, than it shouldnt slow it down... So Im not sure what Im gunna do. Ill definately go in wanting natural but we will see... :)

Kevin and I think we have a name... but Im not posting it until she is here:)lol

I have the baby stuff finally washed and put away. Im just finishing off some recieving blankets and then Ill have everything for her (I think). But I feel like I have soooo much more to do. My little sister said that she will come over soon and help me organize everything.. Kevin thinks its funny because I am always organizing and than reorganizing. I cant figure out how exactly I want everything:) But hopefully with my sis's help we can get that figured out!

So for the past 4 years I have been a little bit sick and not getting better. SO I now go to a specialist that has put me on a pretty restrictive diet... I have a weird condition that cant be treated until after we have the baby so the best way to deal with it is through food. Obviously because I am pregnant I cant be so strict about it because our little girl still needs nutrients but here is just a taste of what i cant have...

No chocolate, yogurt, fruit (I can have melons- not cantulope-, blueberries, and pears), no preservatives(MSG- did u know its in almost everything- ARGH), artificial food coloring, cheese, sour cream, most nuts, any drinks but water and some herbal tea, onions, mayo, salad dressing, tomatoes... and lots more...

Its been kinda hard to figure out stuff to eat... I lived off of peanut butter and bannana sandwiches and now I cant... I know it doesnt seem like alot but those are all foods that I eat a TON of.. expecially the fruit!!! but only a little bit longer:)

So there's 33 weeksin a nutshell... :)

We already love her so much and cant wait to meet her!

Date Day...

Kevin was nice enough to stay home from school one day to hang out with me! I LOVED it! and know how much of a sacrafice it was for him because he is so incredibly busy with school. But this is what we did...

First we went to Sav-Ons to pick up some medicine. Everytime there is a blood pressure machine, Kevin and I will take our blood pressure and see whose is better. But this is a process. We will sit completely still and try to be sooo calm so that we can have a lower blood pressure than eachother. Kevin said that next time we do it, we will have to try to bug eachother and see who can get the lowest blood pressure then. I dont know why this is soo fun for us but it is..lol

Kevin won!!! :)



Then we went to Costco. I dont even know why we went? I dont think we bought anything, but we did go around and get all the sample foods. We like to always look at the books/ clothes/ tools (kevin)/ just everyhting. But we must have come at the perfect time because there were lots of yummy samples:)



After that... I needed to return something at the mall but we were still a little hungry. So we went to the food court and got a burrito at Taco bell. I was craving an ice cream sandwich and so we went to Yummies and got one. Not worth the $3. By then I was soooooo tired and hurting so Kevin and I rented this movie:



But of course I fell asleep during it. I always fall asleep on Kevin's lap during movies and he always expects it:) But I did watch it the next day while he was at school. and it was cute!

So here was our amazing date on a student budget:) I had soo much fun. Kevin is amazing and I love how much fun we have together:)

Date night...

So Kevin and I went on a date! and it was the first date in a long time... He made it really special:)

He made homemade noodles and made an amazing garlic/basil sauce to go over it! So YUMMY!!!

After dinner, Kevin took me to see a dance performance on BYU. It was really fun to do something different! :) It was a dance group of little to older ages... It was soo fun!!! :)

Just having fun!

So Kevin and I got a camera, but we havent really gotten around to playing with it. So we decided that we would try and use it more.

We are ametuers but we hope to be really good at it one day! :) Kevin is definately alot better at it than I am. But I try:)

So here are some photos we took for fun:

Don't get me wrong, I love missionaries, but they were all sooooooooooo noisy and climbing the temple fences. It really, really bothered me. I know that they are young but the temple is a place of reverence and that definately was not being shown that day. It made me sad but also made me realize how we need to teach our children the respect and reverence that belongs with us when we visit the temple. Even if we are just standing outside of it.

Kevin really likes this picture and I REALLY dont:

Me annoyed that Kevin wants to keep taking my picture when I look and feel like poo. lol

We saw this as we went for our walk:

30 Weeks

Only 10 weeks to go... well we are hoping only 10... we are soo anxious :)

Nothing much has changed with the pregnancy. I now take like 10 minutes to put on shoes because I cant breath when I bend over:)
I have a hard time reaching over to unlock Kevin's door, so space is really running out for her. I feel like she is getting bigger but my tummy isnt. Im sure it is but she is just so squiched in there. Its fun being able to see and feel her limbs.
Kevin and I will just sit there and watch her move. It looks like big fingers are running against my skin:) Kevin said she was doing it alot in a spot that I couldnt see because the top of my belly was in the way. She is very, very active all the time. Makes me a little nervous to think she might not be a good sleeper:) She's definately making it so I cant sleep:) If you cant tell from the sleepiness in my face.. haha... not too attractive. Im sure itll be even more distinct when she is here:) I havent gotten too swollen. I have had swollen feet and calves but that goes down usually while im sleeping, and its not even that bad for me yet... knock on wood. I know people say the third trimester is bad and so uncomfortable but this has been the best for me! I guess that goes to show how bad the first two were:)
My weight gain is on track:) so thats good. Hopefully it wont get too much worse until she comes. I never realized how hard it would be for me to see my weight go up when i am not doing anything...lol. They say that right now her brain is devoloping really fast so im trying to stay really healthy. Im trying to eat well. Kevin and I go to the gym 3 times a week and I try to do alot of walking and some weights. Im trying to strengthen the muscles ill be using most for labor... well see how it goes, but it has definatley helped with the back pain. So if thats all it helps... im totally ok with that. And for all of you who think Im not going ot do it natural, lol, I am. I have alot of reasons for it. But ill def get drugs if i have to have a c-section.
I think I am doing the whole 'nesting' thing. I know I already like things really organized but now its even worse!! lol.. Ive been stressing about our book shelf lately because I have already organized everything. I just keep redoing things or go through drawers and refold everything. lol I dont know what it is but i am getting obsessed with everything being PERFECT before I go into the hospital to have her:) and I still have a some time to go :)
Still no name:(... so sad! Kevin asked me "If we name her and after a couple of weeks of calling her that name, we dont like it, would you be willing to change it?" What the heck? NOOO!! lol i think at this point i want a name for her so badly im willing to call her any of the names that we have agreed on. Im not gunna go as far as to say Id name her anything. I dont know about leaving that all in Kevin's hands... lol.. But I think Kevin wants to wait to name her.. ARGH!! Kevin likes how the indians had it; I guess they wouldnt name their kid until they were 8 years old :)

Lamaze Class

Kevin and I had our first Lamaze class and Kevin thought we should watch this video before we went to the class... I think its way funny... there is a second part to it on youtube:)

So, I was suppose to start them at 24 weeks but I kinda procrastinated. :) So it was Lamaze- Prepared Child Birthing. So basically it is a class that is meant to prepare the couple for a labor without drugs. The teacher doesnt like the term 'natural'. I will have to be hooked up to an IV, but beyond that I hope that we wont have to use anything else:) The teacher was great!!! This class, we worked on relaxation techniques and next week is about the delivery! It is making me a little bit nervous because now I can see an end to being pregnant... I knew that being pregnant meant that we would be having a baby but the whole having a baby part wasnt real to me until now.. haha

So we dont have a name for her but we do know for sure that her middle name will be Ray... we are naming her after her great-grandpas, my Grandpa Perez and Kevin's Grandpa Willmore!!!They are such great people and I wanted our first to be named after them. So now we just need to agree on a first name:)

Oh Kevin....

Kevin was shaving his head while I was on the phone with my little sis. I walked around the corner and Kevin came out of the bathroom saying, "Would you still love me?" I started cracking up and couldnt stop laughing. And then he asked, "How much would you give me to keep it like this for a day?" lol. Oh man!!!! Yes hunny, Id still love you but i am glad that thats not the haircut you decided to keep. But you do make me laugh ALL the time and I love it!!! Thank you for being so fun:)

The real haircut:

No me gusta the diabetes test!!!

So I kinda prolonged the diabetes test and just took it yesterday. The drink really wasnt that bad! But after we were done with that test we headed over to Target to do a little baby shopping:) My arm was really hurting so when we were about to leave I decided to take off the bandage. I just thought maybe it was the tape that was hurting it. When I took it off there was a bump, about the size of a small marble, where the blood had been drawn. So we decided to go back to the lab and make sure that it was okay. Turns out they had poked through my vein and the vein was bleeding out under the skin. All they had to do was wrap it tighter and sent me on my way. But now i have a yucky arm:)

My drs appt was this morning and I dont have gest diabetes. Woot woot! Ive heard its not very fun. But everything is okay with the baby. I have definately gained alot of weight and cant wait til I can lose it, but Im enjoying being pregnant. The drs finally gave my a due date today. July 22. I know it is always a guestimation but I didnt have one before because I was measuring small but she was measuring big. But I guess everything is measuring for the 22nd:) I feel like I have been pregnant forever and cant wait for her to be here:)

Baby showers!!!

So we went home this past weekend for our baby showers. Kevin and my sisters were soo nice and threw them for us.

Brooklynn, my niece, was soo funny. She of course helped me unwrap the presents and in one present there was a snickers bar, that kevin registered for, right on top. She took it and ran. :) Kevin was nice enough to share! She was soooooooo cute:)
These are all out of order and it is taking too long to figure out how to put them in order! :)
But we got so many cute things. Everyone was so generous!!!
My two little helpers. they helped open the presents while I read the cards:) I couldnt read fast enough:)

The photographer and Kaitlynn:

just enjoying the shower and company of everone!

We got so many cute things. Here is just some of many:

I grew up with these two, Caitie and Tiffany. It was seriously sooo fun seeing everyone! We are all growing up:)

This was such a quick trip. We never get to go home so it was nice seeing everyone. We were all so busy so I only got to really see friends and family at our showers :( I wish I could have spent more time with everyone! Hopefully we can come down for Christmas (cross our fingers)

Sewing Fun

So When Kevin takes the computer to school, which is alot, I cant crochette (I cheat and use youtube to teach me:)) and so I try and sew when I get time. This is the first dress I made for our baby!! I know its not great but to be honest I am really proud of myself lol. Im soooo excited for her to be here!!!

First crochet project

So I have been practicing my crochet these past couple of weeks and all I have to show for it is this:
I kept crocheting things, then taking it out and restarting. But this one I think Ill keep. I am gunna do a way cute hat that my friend in the ward made... I just need to do it:) Itll probably take me forever!!! But I am glad I am finally learning something new!!

Happy Easter

For Easter Kevin and I both had the flu... AGAIN! ARGH!!
But we did decorate eggs:

lol.. I know they look like kids made them!! :)

SO....

So I was just wondering... I know there are probably a ton of fun stuff for babies out there that I totally dont know about and was wondering what people recomend!? I already know about the basics that we need (diapers/ bed/ stroller/ carseat/ onesies type of thing) but does anyone recommend anything else that they feel they had to have!!!!And maybe things (like brands) that you totally dont recommend?! If so let me know!! Im totally interested! Thanks everyone!!!!

23 weeks

I know I have been soo bad at blogging!! Sorry! But here is a prego update. Things have gotten better. I havent had any contractions since Monday!!! YAY!! and I have been able to do small things like I walked to Kevin's school to eat lunch with him, did a lil laundry, sewed a lil bit, and just stuff around the home! Yesterday night wasnt so hot though! I feel like my side muscles are tearing apart!! She is definately growing and thats not very fun to feel! When I bend over to pick things up I can barely breathe. I think she squishes up into my lungs! And the achy back and feet have started which makes my nights super uncomfy:) But I love being able to feel her kick and to just sit and watch my tummy move! Its fun seeing her little who knows what poking out! :) She's pretty active allllll the time!! I dont know how much weight ive gained, nor do I want to know!! lol but I dont feel like Ive gained too much! I think I am on track and I try not to eat too too much:) but am definately eating alot more than I used to! I always wanted to wear a bakinni with a prego belly but the other day I tried on bathing suits and now dont want to be anywhere near one, even though I know when we go home Ill break.

(I feel like my tummy is huge!! lol... Kevin was looking at it the other day and asked if having a belly feels weird... lol... It doesnt.. to me it feels the same until I look/touch it!)

I am soooooooooo excited to have this little girl but feel overwhelmed at the same time. I will be home with her for the most part and the responsibility that comes with that makes me soo... ummm... anxious? I am not nervous about the physical things like waking up with her, feeding, changing, comforting her when she cries, I just feel such a responsibility to teach her about our Heavenly Father and why we are here that I sometimes feel like going nuts just thinking about how I am going to do that. I know we played the parent role for a year with Kirsten and Torben, but they were 3 and 5... I feel like I can do the 3 and 5 yr old thing... but our baby is going to be brand new! I just dont know where to start. SOOO nerve racking! I just hope that we can help her learn how to make good decisions and that shell know that we will be there for her through anything and everything!!:)

Moving on... I am sooooo proud of myself!! I have not bought anything for the baby yet!!! :) I totally thought that i would go nuts buying stuff as soon as we found out what we were having. But everytime I go the store to pick something out I cant bring myself to buy it. Maybe its cuz I know with Kevin's schooling come alot of expenses. But Kevin's sister has been so nice and is letting us use some of her baby things!!! :) So that i think helps me to not buy anything as well. But i have alot of material that I got for free so I decided to make a few things...
Nothing grand I know, but for me its an accomplishment:)So I am gunna start simple! I am going to make her skirts and other easy things because I am not great at sewing!! :) and a friend is going to show me how to crochet the cutest hats with crochet flowers!! Im soo excited!!!

Kevin is doing sooooo good in school... I am soo proud of how hard he works!! He even got a scholarship which is such a blessing! And he totally isnt doing it for himself! I know that there are other things hed rather be doing but he still continues to put himself last!!! :) He is the most amazing person whom I love sooooooooooooo much! He is gunna be such an amazing dad!!!

Going Private

So we decided to set our blog as private because we are getting some crazy on facebook who keeps changing their name and leaving threatening messages... so because we have a baby on the way I dont think its a good idea for this certain person to know whats going on in our lives!!! If you know someone that reads this I can add their email!!! Just let me know!

Thanks!!!

20 week update

The past week has not been fun! Kevin had the flu and his only lasted 12 hours. I got it and I am just now starting to feel better. I had to go get hooked up to an IV twice becuase Iwas so dehydrated. And it totally sucked for Kevin because he had a test in all of his hard classes. Luckily, one teacher was nice enough to let Kevin skip the test since he was in the hospital with me.
I ended up getting a few contractions and because dehydration can put you into early labor the Dr put me on bedrest. I see him tomorrow and am hoping that I can go back to regular life :) I have been soo bored of being sick!!! But Im definately feeling better and am hoping to go back to work tomorrow:) Cross your fingers for me I really dont want to have to lay down for 20 more weeks!! I want to go shop for our baby girl already!!!!


So here is a recent picture.. FYI I look soo gross.. Sorry.. I have been sick and didnt feel like getting ready.. so here I am totally not ready!! :) I dont know why this is hyperlinking and what its linked to?



Thanks to everyone who has called or stopped by to see if we needed anything!!! We really really really appreciate it!!!!!I didnt realize that it was announced at church... a lil bit embarrassing but soo nice to see how much the ward cares.. Thank you soo much! :)

Pregnancy update!

So I have been pretty sick with the a virus and havent been able to keep anything down. So we ended up in ER twice because I was soo dehydrated. They hooked me up to an IV both times and the first time they also Ultra Sounded me to make sure everything was ok. I asked the Tech if she could check the gender. So she did but it took a couple of minutes because the baby was moving soo much!! The tech and Kevin were laughing because the baby was not slowing down! Finally they got the shot they needed and it's definately a GIRL!!!

Kevin and I are expecting a little girl! YAY!!!! We are sooo excited. I wasnt so sure at first because I was such a hard kid for my parents and I didnt want a girl like me! lol. But I am so excited to see Kevin with his little girl. I know our daughter is gunna be such a Daddy's girl :)
I cant wait to feel better so that I can start making things for her!! And Kevin is less picky with what I want to get her!! HAHA He definately has more oppinions about boy stuff than girl stuff. lol... We already have names but i am constantly hearing other cute names!!! So I think ill have to wait before we officially name her... I change my mind all the time and Kevin hasnt been set on one!! :) AWWW Im soooo excited!!!