the half way mark

so we finally have reached the half way mark! 20 more weeks and counting....i decided that im a horrible daughter and have yet to send any pictures of my cute little pregnant self to my mommy who lives a zillion miles away. i think its wrong that a girl cant see her mommy even once while she's pregnant. im still trying to figure out how to fix that problem! however, this will have to do for now. plus, we had to show off our newest "real deal" that we are super excited about. we happened to run into the cutest set of furniture at a really good price, so we decided even though we still have a while to go, we would take the plunge and start the nursery. as jord was setting it up, he kept saying, "this is kinda weird!" anyways, he did a great job getting it all put together. unfortunately until we have an ultrasound that can successfully tell us what we're having, the drawers shall remain empty and the crib shall remain linen free!!















ive decided that the idea of being a mommy myself becomes more and more real every time we take on an endeavor like this! i must say there are a lot of fun and exciting little "firsts" that you never really think about before you get pregant that once you are pregnant are like the best part of your days! just the other day, i was laying in bed and i was able to feel the baby kick on the outside of my tummy and so i was yelling like crazy at jordan to hurry up and get in here....he comes barrelling down the hallway, probably thinking somethings hugely wrong. i told him to hurry and put his hand on my tummy and the baby kicked hard...he yanked his hand back and gave me the cutest look and said, "that was kinda weird." i love being pregnant!

more happy happy birthday

the party continues at home...





and the biggest surprise of all.....

jordan opened these with a note that said,



_______________________________

daddy-

i hope you are having a happy birthday!! mommy has worked really hard to make your day fun and special. please come with her to the hospital and see me! i cant wait for you to find out if im your little boy or your little girl! i love you.

love, your baby

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so my biggest surprise was scheduling a late night ultrasound! jordan had really wanted to find out on his birthday what we're having but they couldnt schedule one in the office because they were short a tech so he was kinda bummed. so, for over a few weeks ive been trying to figure out a way to get one done. which i succeeded and so i was super excited! however, as much as a tried to make things work, our little peanut was not wanting to be as cooperative as we would have liked. therefore, we still dont know for sure what we're having. it was still fun though to go and see the baby. it was pretty exciting to be feeling the kicking inside and seeing it on the screen at the same time. all four little extremities were going at it. i think no matter if its a boy or girl, we already have an active little one on our hands.

happy happy birthday

jordans birthday was quite the experience this year! jordans co-workers and his boss are so wonderful. on top of the surprise party at the office, jim threw in lunch downtown and a few laps of go-karting at nazzkart; not to mention half the day off.....you cant find a better boss! and just because im his wife and its my job to embarrass him, i threw in the kiddo pictures just for kicks. of course the girls in the office loved it and said he hasn't changed a bit!!

our "hike"

jordan and neil decided to become all sportman-like and have taken on the roles of professional fly fisherman!! we had to take a slight hiking trip to check out the river the week before their blessed event! i decided to tag along. the baby likes to hike! i was really glad i went. the river was beautiful and i actually got jordan to take some cute pictures while we were out there!

family tradition

we headed to utah in early september to catch a byu football like we do every year with the whole family. its a fun weekend made up of cafe rio and byu football. of course, the cafe rio was delicious!! the football game?? not so much. it was super hot and i felt like i was going to pass out like every 5 seconds. i spent alot of the second quarter down underneath the bleachers in the shade. we were also treated with an extra special event this trip....brady's first flag football game!




how super cute is he!!









the girls were all there to cheer him on!








casey ray is still the cutest little thing on this planet! him and jordy are "buuuuuddies."






its my favorite when he comes up to me and pats my growing belly and says "baby!" i told jeanne if i have a boy i hope he's exactly like her two!

what happens in vegas....

we were able to go to las vegas over my birthday weekend......which was a while back! we are awesome at keeping up with this whole blogger thing. it had been a while since we were there last. jordan's parents were wondering if we still even loved them! we always have a blast when we go. this time wasnt any different in the fact we had a great time, just in what we found to do. the stratosphere rides arent allowed when you're around 13 weeks pregnant and they are definately not as appealing when you're nauseated all the time anyways!



we got to go to a magic show!! nathan burton was awesome!



we love watching the bellagio water shows



when its like 1000 degrees outside, the swimming pool becomes your bestest friend!!





the funnest things were the most random......there's plenty to do in las vegas!