My Eggo is......

PREGO!

For those of you who haven't read my mom's blog already and figured it out... I am pregnant. I am 11 weeks and sicker than I have ever been in my entire life. Good times.

I thought that telling everyone would be exciting and fun but I have been putting off this post for a little while because it is kind of a sad subject for me. I have so many friends and family members that are either struggling to have a baby, have lost a baby or babies or have not been able to have one at all. How do you tell someone in that situation that you are pregnant and expect them to be happy for you? I love these people so dearly and it makes me feel guilty. Why should I be able to have a child?

So I am writing this post not to brag or ask anyone to be excited for me, but just to tell everyone. We are very excited and just trying to prepare for the future the best we know how. So we are definitely open for suggestions, tips, pointers, anything!

The New Year

For New Years Eve Bryce and I went to my cousin's house for a nerd party. I knew all we would have to do is rummage through my little brother Jason's closet and we could find something to wear. One of his favorite things to do is shop at DI for wacky clothes. Sometimes he wears them as normal clothing and sometimes he goes all out if he is going to a stomp. My cousin Kim came out from California and it was really nice to see her.

It is physically impossible for these two to look bad, even when dressed up as nerds.

We also went up to Idaho to spend some time with Bryce's sister and her family. We haven't seen them in a while so it was fun to catch up and spend some time with them. They taught us how to play the Wii and kicked our butts in every game.

Ashtyn and Jensen rockin the wii

Ansleigh took great care of Bella while we were up there. She even tucked her into bed and cuddled her to sleep.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while (Chrissy :P ) Here are some pics from the past month or so.

Below are pics of my family on Black Friday. This is a favorite holiday of ours, we mostly go for the experience and it is only my second year. This year we shopped from 5 am to 12:30 pm. Gotta love it! It's a requirement to look gross when you have been up since 4:30 am so don't look too closely. Unfortunately Bryce had to work so he didn't get to come this year. The dogs also had a fun time hanging out for a few days. I think Max enjoyed it the most. ;)

The happy Shoppers

And here are some of the Christmas pictures we took.

A few odds and ends

Since I haven't updated in a while here are a few random things from the past few weeks:



First and scariest is that I found four different charges on my credit card that I had no idea what they were. I had paid off the card and made only one purchase on it since then and had been keeping it in a box, but last month there were charges on it from Nevada. I called the card company and they gave me a phone number that was the same for all four charges. When I called it, it was an automated system talking about account updates, but it didn't say the name of the company and there were no options to speak to anyone. It just hung up on me. I called twice just to make sure and then called my credit card company back. They cancelled the card, took the charges off my account, notified the three major credit companies and they are investigating the charges. I am so scared! If anyone has experience or advice let me know. I don't know if there is more that I should be doing or not. And I am clueless as to how they got my account information which is even more scary.



On a lighter note, here is a picture of the two brain dead dogs. We put these craft button things on their noses and they didn't even notice they were there! He He! We like to find different ways to torture the poor things and laugh at them. What else are dogs for? jk


Here is a picture of our thankful jar that we made. Jennifer invited us over one night for FHE and this is what they were doing. We weren't able to go but I liked the idea and thought I would copy her. I guarantee theirs looed professional and not 2nd grade-homemade like mine but it's what's inside that counts right?

These are a few of the things we wrote down during the month. It was fun to go back through them and find out what each other had written. Some were funny and some were serious, but there is a story behind all of them. It is nice to have a holiday every year centered around being grateful.

Husband of the year awards

My co-worker sent me this e-mail with pictures including the ones below of "husbands of the year" and it reminded me of my own husband....

Ha! Don't worry, he is the opposite of these men! This e-mail reminded me of how grateful I am for my husband. I don't know if these pictures could possibly be real or if they are staged, I sure hope they are fake.

I am such an independent person that I always said that I didn't want anyone to open the doors for me and I still have to tell myself to quit being so headstrong and just let him take the heavier bag of groceries. He knows I can handle them, but he is being sweet and respectful. And now I love that he gets all of my doors for me, I am definitely spoiled. I have to give his parents credit for teaching him so well and him even more credit for sticking to it.

The view from our window

My friend Jennifer has a blog listed on her blog that is dedicated to people's view out of their window at home. I thought that was a cool idea and it is fun to see the different sceneries in different parts of the world.

Here is the view from our window in the spare bedroom. I love this view. When we sell our house it is one of the things I will miss. One of my favorite memories was when we had just moved in and were looking out of our window and all of a sudden Weber High's fireworks started. We had the perfect view so we layed on the floor and watched the whole show, just the two of us .

Here is a picture of the dogs on their favorite couch. They love to sit here and watch the cars and people pass by. They can be entertained for quite a while doing this. I am sure they will miss this window too. :)

Funny Story

Friday while I was driving to work I heard a loud noise and assumed I had run over something. But my car seemed to run smoothly and then on the way home from work my car started acting weird. Then it got louder and louder and louder....next thing I know I see smoke and little pieces of rubber so I pull over to the side of the road and call Bryce. Then I get out to start attempting to change my tire that is completely shredded.
I look up and there is a green van that has pulled up in front of me. The lady that got out is dressed from head to toe like an angel :) Halo, wings and all. She looks at me with a shrug and hands out her cell phone. All I could do was laugh! How ironic is that?
What a cute lady! I wish I had a camera on me and I would have taken a picture.
A UDOT guy ended up stopping to help me and all was well. I will always remember that lady and her willingness to at least stop and offer her phone if nothing else. She truly was an angel.