babymoon

Jake and I decided that we needed one last trip before our bundle of joy makes his appearance in March. My two qualifications for the trip was that it would not be a long flight (bad ears+no meds=no bueno)  and it needed to be a place where I could relax...so for our "babymoon" Jake and I decided to vacation in beautiful San Diego. The weather was perfect! We hung out at the beach, relaxed at the resort, and even went to a NFL game.

 

For the game, Jake bought himself a San Diego Chargers shirt and an Oakland Raiders shirt for me. "Raider nation" turned out to be quite a rowdy crowd but we had a lot of fun cheering for both teams until the game was over and we walked back to our rental car which had been towed....

When we first found out we were prego, I decided that we would not find out the sex of the baby until birth and make it a surprise! Sounds fun right?!? Jake was not too fond of this idea however...so after months of debating/compromising the date of our ultrasound came. We had our doctor put our big news in an envelope and we decided to open it on christmas. Well, having that envelope laying around for weeks was very tempting for the man of the house so being the nice wife, I brought the envelope with us on our trip where we opened it at coronado beach!

preparing for christmas

This past week we set up for our first christmas in our home.  Bringing up the tree from the basement was the easy part...  hanging christmas lights on the house proved to be slightly more difficult than the twenty minute activity we thought it would be.  After 4 hours and 5 trips to home depot, our home was lit and ready for the season!!

happy december!

in case you haven't heard...

Yeah, it's been awhile. I could say that my absence has because we've been busy with our jobs and life, or that our busy summer lead into an even more exciting fall...and well all of that IS true, but usually such business would be a good reason to blog. The truth is the little guy pictured above has been absorbing every last bit of energy I possess, and I couldn't be more thrilled about it!

Here is picture taken a week or so ago. We are currently 24 weeks along. We feel SO blessed to be pregnant!

3 cheers for us

 Prince Albert said to Queen Victoria: "You're the only wife I've got or ever will have. You are my whole existence, and I will love you until my very last breath."

 

Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary.

The past three years married to this man have honestly been the best years of my life.

I love this man more and more everyday....

it's almost scary to even think we were "in love" when we got married, because compared to what we have now-that was just silly talk.

sprinkling system

When I think of summer, I think of sprinklers.  I have a lot of good memories that involve sprinklers. When I was little kid my friends and I made up creative games to avoid the water, or be the quickest to get through it, or stand in the stream of water the longest. I used to think it was magic water sprouting from the ground. As I grew older and hung out with the neighborhood gang, I always had an encounter with the sprinklers late at night as I tried to run home. I knew the exact timing and route I had to take from our back gate to the door as to avoid getting wet.
This summer however, the term "sprinkler" has taken on a new meaning...

As you can see, I've learned that sprinklers are not magic, but instead a lot of hard work.

 So in celebration of sprinklers everywhere, I hope you all find a sprinkler to run through on this hot July weekend!

we like fireworks during the day too!

jackson hole

                         road trip pictures part 2...

yellowstone

road trip pictures part 1

looks like old faithful is still pretty faithful, even if she is smaller than we remembered...

*we get giddy about geysers*

 (and clearly my jump is way better)

road trip

Husband and I just got a new car...so we decided to take a road trip, and cruised up to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole.  It was a quick trip that consisted almost entirely of driving, but it was way fun! As for our new car...it is a Kia Soul-also known as the Hamster car.  Jake talked me into getting one because it is bigger than a car but still gets awesome gas mileage. I love it!

fourth of july

Happy 4th of July! We had a great day celebrating america.

We slept in late,

 made waffles,

 went to a movie,

 BBQ'd with friends and family,

 and topped it all off with fireworks! 

god bless america.