May, June, and July

Ok, before I post all the fun, exciting things with the new baby, I have to finish off where I left off because there were too many fun things in May and June for me not to blog about them.


MAY


We started off May with Tony's Aunt, Teresa's wedding on May 2nd. It was beautiful and so was she! We are so happy for her and Dave!

Their very cute, unique cake!



Next was Tony's birthday. We started off the day bright and early running errands. Then, he wanted to go golfing but I got a horrible, pregnancy headache. Luckily I got to go home and take a nice long nap with Georgie while he golfed, and by the time he got done I was able to wake up pain free and get ready. Then we went to Market Street Grill for dinner with my mom and sister. We ate some AMAZING crab and had a great dinner! Here we are - me very pregnant at 7 months.

I also graduated!!! First was my Speech & Hearing Science graduation. As soon as we got to the school I realized I had forgotten my tassles!!! I couldn't believe it and my mom had to race back to my house to get them. There was so much traffic and we didn't know if she'd be back in time. Out of the whole college of Health, my department was first to receive our diplomas, so unfortunately she didn't get back in time to see me walk, but luckily I had my Psychology graduation the next day, on her birthday, and we made sure we remembered my tassle this time!



I also gave my mom my stole of gratitude (pictured here around her neck). You give this to someone you want to thank for getting you through college. I wanted to give one to Tony and my Grandma too, since I lived with my grandma my first two years of college and she was always there to help me with providing me free food and rent, and to Tony for just always supporting me and encouraging me. But hands down, the most thanks had to go to my mom who has always talked to me about going to college ever since I was little, and has always been there to support me through it financially and emotionally. She also helped me write a great letter of accomplishments and intent which I'm sure was my greatest strength getting me into Grad school. So thanks so much to Tony, my family, my classmates which have become great friends, and most of all, to my Mom :)

Here are all of my great friends from class. Congrats girls, we did it!!!



JUNE


June was the baby shower month :) I had 4 amazing showers. First was my friend shower, thrown by Amee and Carly. We all got together at my house to open presents and have yummy ice cream sundays. It was so much fun and I got many needed supplies.








Then Tony's mom threw me a shower for his side of the family. We all had lunch and opened presents at Red Robin. I got so many cute clothes, books, a bouncer, and many other things from his mom, grandma, aunts, and sisters.
Next, was my family shower. My mom, aunt Kari, and Grandma threw me a beautiful shower at my aunt Kari's house. We had the best food and again, so many cute gifts.


My aunt Sarah was also pregnant at the same time, and only a couple weeks behind me. It is not fair at all that her ankles and face aren't swollen like mine are! She gave me one of the greatest gifts I received - a gift certificate to get a pedicure with her and my grandma, which you can tell my swollen feet were in desperate need of, and I will post about that later :)

My showers wrapped up with my work shower. Again, we had GREAT food and tons of people from my job. It was great to sit and chat with all the doctors, nurses, therapists, and other coworkers who I usually don't have time to have long conversations with. Everyone was so generous and brought yummy food and great gifts and I can't thank everyone enough for all the love and support!

Also in June, Tony and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary! First I came home to this HUGE boquet of beautiful flowers and a sweet card

Then we were off to spend the weekend at the Homestead Resort in Midway. We started off the evening golfing (well, Tony golfed and I rode in the car - which by the time we were done I was amazed the bumpy ride didn't put me into labor!)

Then we checked in to our cute little cottage, which you can tell Tony is really excited about haha

Then we got ready and went to a great restaurant called Jean Louis on Main Street in Park City for dinner. After, we realized we didn't have forks to eat our wedding cake with, so we had to stop at 7-eleven and get some. Then it was back to eat our wedding cake (which was still really good), watch our wedding video, and read our sign in book. The next morning we wrapped things up with massages at the spa there. It definitely wasn't as enjoyable to get massages when I was pregnant since I had to lay on my side and try to ignore the pain this caused in my chest. But overall it was a great, relaxing weekend.

Finally in June was Father's day. I had to work so Tony took his parents out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, but when I got home I surprised him with this gift and card

He always talks about how our kids are going to love golfing and I always joke with him that they wont, so this was the perfect present :)

JULY

The last exciting thing that happened before the baby came was getting pedicures with my Aunt Sarah and Grandma. Like I said before, Sarah was also pregnant and it was my grandma's first time ever even getting paint on her toenails. We also got great foot treatments - all while sitting in great massage chairs.


Well, that wraps up some exciting things that happened this summer before the most exciting thing of all. (soon to come) :)

Month by Month Update: April

Well, since my last post was at the end of March, I have decided to do an update of our monthly adventures


April:


April was SUPER busy for me a I finished up school. I basically didn't have a life outside of school because I was finishing up projects, papers, and finals for my last semester of my undergrad. On April 8th I had an open house for my graduate school program, and I am so excited to start and feel so blessed that I got in. Despite all the craziness with school, we still found time for some fun things towards the end of the month. With my sister's, mom's, and Tony's birthdays all being within about 2 weeks of each other's, they decided to celebrate by going SKYDIVING!!! I was jealous I didn't get to go with them for obvious reasons, but I did get to go through all the training and everything with them and watch from the ground, so now I know what to expect when I do get to go. They started off by watching a video all about what to expect and all the risks involved. That made us all pretty nervous, especially when they talked about the actual jumping out of the plane. Then they got all suited up.






Practicing "Belly Button, Breathe, Banana"





Telling his baby goodbye, we were both pretty nervous for him :)





On the plane - they all said that Tony was the most nervous :)





Right out of the plane





They fell from 2 miles above the ground for a little over a minute, meaning they fell at over 120 mph!!!






Haha, Tony's face kills me, but they have to breathe through their teeth like that, otherwise it's like "trying to drink out of a firehose." Tony and my sister both said the worst part was not being able to breathe that well and that's how people pass out during it haha. Luckily none of them passed out, but as you can tell by the next couple of pictures after Tony lands, he was pretty close :)






Happy to have them all back on the ground



Tony still pale from the not being able to breathe and all the spinning, which is the only part he didn't like. But other than that, they all had a blast and I think I have the coolest mom ever for doing it with them - it was actually her idea in the first place! I can't wait to do it myself!!!






Also in April, I discovered Tanner Park - the best place to walk your dog in Salt Lake! Unlike a regular "dog park" where the dogs are all confined to a small area, this is literally a whole trail with lots of different paths along a river and ends up at the perfect swimming hole for the dogs to swim and drink. The dogs can be off the leash for most of the trail and because they are not all confined to a small area they can all run and play together without fighting or getting territorial. We love it and usually go on a walk there every Sunday evening.

Recent Holiday Celebrations

I absolutely love Valentine's Day! I think we need more holidays that just celebrate love! Instead of just buying Tony a present this year, I decided to make him something too like my mom always did. Not only did he get a way-too-expensive new pair of basketball shoes (he saved up and paid for most of it), I made 2 delicious kinds of brownies - the frosted, sprinkled hearts, and the even better strawberry shortcake brownies. I also am really getting into making cards and I made this one all by myself without any starter ideas or anything. I think it turned out pretty good :)





Oh, and this is what Tony and Georgie did while I was making it all





I thought I took a picture of what Tony gave me too but I can't find it. He surprised me with beautiful flowers - an arrangement of my favorites: gerber daisies and stargazer lillies, and a super cute workout suit. My mom also gave us Valentine's presents. She gave me a super cute red maternity shirt and heart necklace, and Tony some red and black plaid shorts perfect for golfing :) We spent the day having an amazing prime rib sunday dinner at my Grandma's with my family, and played apples to apples with them afterwards.


I was also feeling like cooking for St. Patrick's Day. (I had to make up for forgetting to wear green! Luckily the kids at my work couldn't pinch me!) I made this green-themed dinner of stuffed bell peppers with shamrocks, green beans, raspberry limeaid, and "taste the rainbow" cupcakes complete with a "pot of gold." Tony loved it and even ate the leftovers the next day (which he rarely does)!








I love celebrating holidays, especially being married and surprising Tony and making our own traditions together :) And we really can't wait to celebrate them all with the baby soon!

One spoiled dog!

So we took Georgie to Petsmart just to get her nails trimmed and ears cleaned, and ended up getting talked into a whole spa package that came complete with nails, ears, exfoliating shampoo and conditioner, teeth cleaned...and oh yeah her nails painted :)






When I picked her up 3 hours later, they explained that she was a very good dog and couldn't believe it was her first time getting something like this done. Unlike other dogs who are usually barking and trying to get loose the whole time, they said the only problem they had with her was that she was lazy and didn't want to stand up the whole time! After her bath she was so relaxed that all she would do is plop down and wouldn't stand up until they forced her too! Haha, that's our girl! She was stll exhausted when we got home as you can see here - she could barely keep her eyes open for a quick pic :)





Oh yeah, this is what Tony and Georgie did while I wrote yet another APA research paper. 5 hours and 11 pages later, they decided they couldn't wait up for me any longer. We have gone from them spooning together to now Tony using her as a pillow, and she doesn't seem to mind :)

This past week was a GREAT week...

because:


This is what I woke up to thursday morning:



Also on Thursday, I got to school and most of the people in my class had already gotten their letters about Grad School. I started worrying because I hadn't gotten mine yet. I couldn't concentrate on the rest of my classes and rushed home early to check the mail...nope...still not there! I was freaking out, I was wondering if they put me on the waitlist which almost would have been worse than getting rejected because it would have meant more waiting. Then, on Friday after work, I checked my mail again, and there it was sitting in my mailbox!

I practically skipped back to my house but couldn't bring myselt to open it because I was so scared! This year they had more applicants to my program than they had ever had before - over 150 people applying for 30 spots! I finally ripped it open and I was ACCEPTED! I called my mom almost crying and it was just so exciting - this is our future and the next two years of my life! I am so happy to have the opportunity to make myself better for my daughter and my husband! My mom wanted to go to a movie and dinner to celebrate. Since I am basically obsessed with Thai food right now, we went to a place called A Taste of Thai at Jordan Commons for dinner which was so yummy! Then Tony got off work just in time and came and met us for a movie and dessert at IHOP after :)


We also saw two GREAT movies this weekend! Like I said, Tony, my mom, and I went and saw this movie on Friday night

It was one of the BEST movies I have seen in a while - right up there with 500 days of summer! Tony really like it too because it isn't just a chick flick, there are a lot of funny parts and it has a good, completely unexpected ending too! I am definitely buying it when it comes out and if you haven't see it, DO it :)


Then, yesterday Tony and I got to babysit my friend Lara's ADORABLE kids - Jackson who is 8 and her daughter Bella who is 10 months! It was so much fun and good practice for us to babysit Bella especially. She is all over the place and never stops smiling! Tony loved her too and he was SO good with her


It was also Georgie's first time around a baby, and she loved her! She was so excited and kept licking her face and ears, so we are definitely gonna have to do some teaching about not licking so much, but we were relieved that she wasn't mean or anything.


Then, that night, we went to dinner at Red Robin and finally got to see this with Lance and Malena

I loved it! It is just as good as everyone says it is, and if you haven't seen it 3D and on an IMAX screen, you definitely should :)


Oh, and while we were getting ready to go to dinner and the movie, Tony told me to look behind me, and this is what I saw

She usually pouts like this on the floor when she sees us getting ready, because it usually means we are going to leave her, but this time it was on the bed like this haha!


Well, hopefully everyone had a great week as well :)