A few pics of the fam

These are my cute kids waiting at the top of the stairs for their slow parents. They always run up before us and then turn around and wait. They are cute little suckers most of the time.
This is the standard belly picture. I am 22 weeks and definitely showing now. It felt like an overnight thing, that all of a sudden my co-workers were saying they could tell.

Monday the 23rd was our 2 year anniversary. We both had to work and Bryce had school until almost seven so we went to Ruby River and had an awesome dinner. Nothing too fancy.

This is a cute picture of when Bryce stayed out until 2 am hunting with Ben and then slept in for a while. Bella jumped up on the bed and was cuddling with Bryce. Cleaning up a little dog hair was worth it.

I am grateful for my cute little family that is about to add one more member in a few months.

After hours and hours of searching through online stores and going to fabric stores, this is what we finally decided on for Jayda's bedding. We found the perfect material at Sew n Save in Layton, but they didn't have it in stock and said that once it is gone it is gone. So this was second best. We are taking a chance with these three materials but I hope they work out. Our plan is for her bedding to be a little bright and a few pops of color in her room but the rest of it will be pretty neutral and plain to make the bed and the colors stand out. Hopefully soon we will have a house and a room that we can decorate and get ready for her.

Thought for the day

So these don't occur often, in fact, I don't know if I have posted any profound thoughts on the entire history of this blog, but here is what is on my mind....

I have decided to stay out of the fast lane as much as possible, especially in the drive to and from work. All it does is make me mad. No matter how fast I go there is always someone impatient that feels the need to ride my butt. I have also been flashed by brights a few times. This just makes me angry because I am not a slow driver, I am going WELL over the speed limit. I say that butt riding should be reserved for those going UNDER or at the speed limit in the fast lane, no one else deserves it, and flashing is just flat out piggish and unnecessary.

Anyways, there is my thought for the day and my new resolution to just stay out of the fast lane, even if it makes me drive a little slower than I want to. It isn't worth the stress. So there you go butt riders, you win.

One more thought....
Boo to impatient people! :(

One Word

Give one word answers and then tag 5 bloggers...

1. Where is you cell phone...post-its
2. Where is your significant other...school
3. Your hair color...brown
4. Your mother...stressed
5. Your father...stressed
6. Your favorite thing...Jayda
7. Your dream last night...forgotten
8. Your dream goal...skinny
9. Room you're in...work
10. Your hobby...running
11. Your fear...addiction
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years...home
13. Where were you last night...bed
14. What you're not...petite
15. One of your wish-list items...home
16. Where you grew up...EVERYWHERE
17. The last thing you ate...yogurt
18. What are you wearing...mascara
19. Your tv...pointless
20. Your pet...2
21. Your computer...helpful
22. Your mood...optimistic
23. Missing someone...Bryce
24. Your car...salty
25. Something you're not wearing...socks ( I hate them, I do)
26. Favorite store...Target
27. Your summer...coming!
28. Love someone...you
29. Your favorite color...green
30. Last time you laughed...morning
31. Last time you cried...forgot

I don't tag anyone unless they want to be. That is my exception to the rule.

Jayda's ultrasound pictures

Here are a few of the ultrasound pictures we took home with us.

This on is Jayda yawning. She was doing this a lot!

Profile pic with her mouth open and her hand up to her face.

She was holding both of her hands up by her face here.

And another cute little profile picture.

And the monkey is......

This is the Coldstone cake we bought to give to my family. It tasted yummy, but let me just say that our girl is not a fan of sugar. Maybe she will stay that way, she would be better off!

The ultrasound was such an amazing experience. We love the tech that does them so it was really fun to have her there to talk to and to explain what we were looking at. At first baby's legs were crossed so the tech would go to other views and look at the stomach which said that she is 19 weeks and one day, then she measured the femur which said she is 19 weeks and 2 days and then she measured a few things in the brain that said she is 19 weeks and 6 days. From our first ultrasound we thought that I was 18 weeks and four days, so I am about a week more than I thought. Then she came back to a view that looked like absolutely nothing to me and all of a sudden she said " it's a girl". It was so sudden and so matter-of-fact that it threw me off. I had to ask what?! and how are you seeing that?!

The cute little thing kept yawning and we could see her little heart beating about 145 bpm which is right where it should be. Bryce was asking the tech how soon babies could suck their thumbs. She told him that they could at this point. Within a few minutes of him asking she started sucking her thumb as if to say, " look daddy, I can do it!"

We are both so excited and were hoping for a little girl first. Only a little more than 4 months and she will be a part of our family. Crazy. It is such a weird, indescribable feeling to be going through this.

As far as her name goes, we are pretty set on Jada Michelle Schow. We have had this name picked out for a while now and it feels right. We might play with the spelling a bit, but we love the name.

This was us at my parent's house with the cake. I hate this pic of me (cute of Bryce) but it is necessary for documentation I guess. I don't look pregnant, I just look chubby and shiny. I can't say that pregnancy has done good things for my looks. My skin is like a 16 year old's going through puberty. I have acne, bacne, frontne, you name it... I have it. Instead of the cute little bump I thought I would have, it is more like love handles and a muffin top. But who cares right? I am having a girl!!!!!
This is the first little blanket we bought for her. Now that we know she is a girl, we can start buying cute little things for her.
This is the cake that we bought at Target to take to my work. No matter what I did, I could not get this picture to post the right way, so for now it is sideways.
I will upload the ultrasound pics on my computer at home ( I am at work right now) and post those later. They are so much fun!

Last Sunday we set up our crib that we ordered. We wanted to make sure that everything looked good and that it would be a sturdy, safe crib for the little bugger. We had fun working on it together while we listened to Taylor Swift's new CD "Fearless". Which by the way, I adore that girl. She writes a lot of her own music, she is talented and she has great morals and hasn't given in to the sleaziness of Hollywood yet. I will support her any day.

So, here it is. We also bought a mattress and a mattress pad that are in it now, but they didn't arrive till a few days later so I don't have a picture yet. I have to say that I like seeing it in our spare bedroom. Every once in a while I will walk in there and look at it, but it doesn't seem real yet.

We find out what we are having in less than three weeks!