Happy Halloween

Utah Football Game

Yesterday the Utes played Colorado State at home. Cory and I each have two season tickets and I finally took Jackie to a game, and I sure chose the wrong game to take her to. It rained all morning and then the sun came out and we thought maybe it won't be so bad, but as we drove up to the stadium it started raining. We sat in the rain for the whole first half. Luckily Jackie had this sweet poncho that was lined with a fleece blanket inside to keep her warm. We were able to keep dry for the most part. The Utes played great again and that made the rain a little easier to tolerate.

At half time the sun peaked through just a tiny bit and then it got somewhat cold the rest of the game.
The Utes won 59 to 6. Here is us with Cory and July at the very end of the game when most of the people had left.
Here is our view from our seats.
Yesterday was also a fun day for me. I was awake and out on the couch reading and Jackie yelled from the bedroom, C.J. hurry come here, I went to see what was wrong, and she was all excited because she could feel the baby and wanted to see if I could too. Sure enough I could feel the little guy as well. He was kicking really hard. Jackie has been able to feel him for a few weeks but this was my first time. It's getting closer and closer. More than half way.

My Belly

14 weeks along in the above picture and I look back and think, I felt huge, but there really isn't much sticking out quite yet. You will notice in this picture and the other two posted that I am in the same black pants. They are the only pair of pants that are comfy to me and so I wear them everyday when I get home from work and I usually stay in them all weekend long! I will sometimes change if we leave the house, but only sometimes.

The first three and a half months I would get sick if I didn't eat every two hours. If I waited even 30 minutes too long, when I finally did eat I would end up throwing it all up and have to eat again. It was always worse in the morning if I waited too long to eat breakfast since I hadn't eaten all night. I would keep snacks and water on my bed table so if I woke up in the night I could eat something. I was usually good all night, but around 4 a.m. I would wake up hungry and I would have to eat. Then it seemed to be every morning at 4 I was getting up to eat and then again at 6. I didn't like that it seemed to be happening every morning instead of just once in a while. Poor C.J. would listen to me crinkling wrappers and crunching on my food. He was such a good sport to let me eat in bed!

Here I am at 18 weeks along. My pants can't be done up all the way without making me feel very uncomfortable. We purchased a belly band so I can still wear my pants somewhat undone and have that covering it. I was feeling pretty good at 18 weeks. On occasion I would get dizzy if I hadn't eaten for a while, but for the most part am doing really well!

This picture is me at 22 weeks. I still have some people say "Oh, you are just starting to show!" or "You aren't showing at all." People! There is a belly there and to me it pokes out rather far! I know I really don't look that big, but I feel much larger then it looks. I can't do my pants up at all now. Thank heavens for the belly band and for a desk job that I can leave my pants undone all day and no one knows!

I am feeling great. I haven't been sick at all lately and for the most part have plenty of energy. I still struggle getting out of bed in the morning, every morning, to go to work, but everyone does that even when they aren't pregnant, right? I can feel our little boy moving around every day now and it just puts a smile on my face every time I feel him. I can't wait for C.J. to finally be able to feel him. I have had him try a couple times and he couldn't feel him. I think another week or two and he should be able to. There was one night that we were sitting on the couch and I was watching my belly and I saw part of my belly poke out. I was so excited to see our baby doing that. After a minute, I thought that he might not be strong enough to push that hard on me. Gas bubble? I like to think that it really was our baby. We will need to upload shots of our ultra sounds that we have had, but that will take some time. So this is all for now.

Retiring of the Love Sac

We have this great Love Sac, but it just didn't fit in our living room so we had been storing it in one of the spare bedrooms, but with the baby on the way we needed to do something with the Love Sac. I saw online you could shrink them back to the original size and store it. So that is what we tried and it was hard to do.
After many tries and neighbors helping us beat it down we finally were able to get the cover around the end. We thought there was no way we were going to be able to fit the rest of the sac in the cover. We had to have my mom had 8 inches of fabric to it to see if we could get it after that. After a few more tries we we were able to move it up a little at a time.
Finally we were able to get it in the bag and for now we are able to store our Love Sac. Pretty amazing you can vacuum pack a 8 foot Love Sac.

We bought one of these . . . . .

And some of these . . . . . . .
Because we are having one of these . . . . .
And it's a boy. . . .
Coming February . . . . . .

Grand Canyon

In my Mom's ward there is a lady, Annette Webster, who Kelly was visit teaching and they were talking about the Grand Canyon and how she had never been there before. Annette has a cabin just East of Cedar City that is about 45 minutes away from the Grand Canyon so she told Kelly that she would take her. Well the trip really got planned and I was invited to go since I hadn't been either and of course because it would be more fun for Kelly instead of just going with my Mom and this sweet old lady who had offered her cabin to us! We got dinner in Cedar City and drove to the cabin to eat. It was a cute little cabin that Annette's husband and his family share. We woke up the next morning and Annette cooked us breakfast and then we headed off to the Grand Canyon. 

Yes, we are really smelling this tree. It is a Maple Tree and it really smelled like syrup. It was so crazy and smelled good.

We went to the North Rim where Grand Canyon Lodge is. Annette used to work here when she was younger. It is where she met her husband and she came here every year with him. Now that he has passed, she still comes every year and does the same thing that they used to do when her and her husband came together. It is the sweetest thing.

Annette volunteered here every Summer for a long time. She is in the above picture, the fourth from the left, waiting for guests to arrive.
We walked to Angel's Point and on a clear day you can see South Rim buildings! That is so crazy to me that you can see that far. It was a beautiful sight and we loved just sitting and looking. At the Lodge, there was an area that you could go outside and sit in a chair and just hang out with this beautiful backdrop.

While ate lunch here and met this cute girl and her Father who were from France, they joined us for lunch. They were here touring America. They were so fun to talk to. I loved the accents. I can't remember her name, but she was so sweet. We talked for probably an hour.

After lunch we headed to Angel's Window. It was a short drive from where we were. A short walk and you can walk right onto this part that juts out into the canyon. It was so cool!

Woodpecker holes!

This is the Colorado River that you can see from Angel's Window.

A little lizard on our trail. They were all over at Angel's Window.

The pictures below are of a plateau that you can see while at Angel's Window. It was so cool to see. Completely flat and so different then looking at the Grand Canyon.

After Angel's Window, we headed back to the Grand Canyon Lodge and ate dinner. It isn't a very big restaurant so we got reservations, but it sure was good. We had great seating right next to the window so we could still view the Grand Canyon while we ate.

Pretty sunset as we were driving away. We stayed the night in Kamas.

Before we headed home, we at at Houston's Trail's End. It was really good. It was a great trip and I am so glad I was able to go and spend that time with my Mom and Kelly.