Enough of the Silence...

Well, I'm back from my fantastic vacation to Colorado, and I decided it was finally time to update the blog. I started out in Colorado just hanging out with my parents. It was SUPER fun and my mom and I got a few things done :) My mom made curtains for little Michael's room (which turned out AMAZING!!!) and I cooked 10 pounds of Sloppy Joe meat for our family reunion. We got to watch a lot of Bones and The Mentalist, not to mention our Classic Period Piece of the trip: Wives and Daughters. My mom and I were so excited to watch it-- there were 3 DVDs which equal 6 hours of viewing fun, or so we thought. It turns out that the last DVD was just extra features, so we were pretty confused when the show was wrapping up on the 2nd DVD and didn't clue in that it was over until the credits rolled. Wow, we are so on top of things! We just looked at each other and said, "That's it?" But in retrospect, we both really enjoyed it. There were some pretty amazing parts in it :)


After hanging out in Colorado for a few days, we made the drive to Provo to pick up Sara. (My lil' Sis.) It was SO fun to see her (considering I haven't seen her since April when she went to London. It's weird knowing that she's home and not having our Sister Nights once a week.... dang moving!) We helped her make an amazing dinner for her dinner group and I got presents from London! I'm totally in love with the scarf she gave me and can't wait to wear it in November! Then we headed up Idaho to our family reunion in Island Park.

My favorite part of the whole trip was the WEATHER! It was so cool (in the 70's) the entire time. Ahhh, such relief from the 115 that I despise in Glendale. I guess it was pretty fun to see my family too :) I got to see Megan and her family for the first time in a year and a half... and I got to bond with my new niece, who is absolutely adorable! So, it was a GREAT trip.

My ridiculously cute cousin (of some sort...) Olivia.

My stinking cute nephew, Luke :)

My cousin Amy holding my adorable niece, Emily.

After getting home from the reunion, I practiced a skill that I learned from my cousin-in-law, Katie. I learned all about Mod Podge and used it to my advantage to make a cute name plate for Michael. I feel so crafty! So, that's the update for today :)

It's Time....

Ok, so I've had a lot of people hounding me to put up pictures of my big tummy. So, to please those of you who have an insatiable appetite to see people in their state of fat-ness, here ya go! (And yes, I know that I'm only going to get bigger.... so let's try not to focus on that too much. It's a hard enough adjustment as it is!)


Here was shot #1... but Brett said that I covered the tummy too much, so we had to try again.

Shot #2-- now you can see Little Mikey's bump a bit better.

And here's the full frontal look! Why I am making that face is beyond me. I was really hot-- is that an excuse?

My favorite new thing is feeling the kicks and punches of our active little boy. Brett is jealous that he can't feel it yet, but it's only a matter of time. It makes me incredibly happy to know that Michael is alive and well.... and is letting me know that fact ALL the time. I have a feeling I'm going to be a very tired Mommy, chasing this little guy around. Hopefully he'll calm down a little bit when he comes out into the real world.... or I'm in trouble :)

PS- While I don't really enjoy seeing myself with a ginormous tummy, I do enjoy the beautiful tan that I've obtained from being out in the sun so much. I am SO glad we have a pool!

Celebrate Good Times, Come on!

So, after getting our wonderful news yesterday (that we're having a boy... if you missed that fact) Brett and I decided to paint the town "blue" last night! We started off with a great dinner at Olive Garden (which took us about 20 minutes to find.... dang being in a new place!) Then we walked on over to Target to buy Michael's 1st outfit! I was SO excited! Then after our time in Target, we headed over to our favorite ice cream shop... Cold Stone and both got our new favorite treat there. The Strawberry Milkshake. Holy Cow! Now, normally, I would be all about the chocolate shake, or the oreo shake, etc. But last time we came, Brett got the strawberry shake and it's unbelievable! I have been craving them ever since. So, after a great dessert, we headed home to watch Ocean's Eleven. Great movie.... too bad I couldn't stay awake for it! But to give you a little glimpse of our fun outing last night, here's a picture of Michael's 1st outfit!

Ok, seriously... is this not the cutest little thing you've ever seen??

And the verdict is.....

We're having a BOY!! Michael Chris Waite will be joining us on November 4th! We're soooooo ridiculously excited!

Toto, we're not in Provo anymore....

Yes, Toto, this is what we're dealing with out here in Arizona. We got an e-mail from campus a few days ago, telling us that a family of Javelina Pigs had been located on campus, and had been spotted by the on-campus housing. Ahhh, lovely thought, isn't it?

Brett and I did a little research on our good friends last night, and boy, what amazing things we discovered! Did you know that every time they open and close their mouths, they sharpen their lovely tusks? Yes. They can also run VERY quickly. Meaning that my little pregnant frame could not outrun one of these suckers. Luckily, they tend to avoid humans, unless you try to stare one down, like our friend Adam did. Then you better pray you have the strength and the speed to outrun this sucker.

So, not only is Brett getting a great medical education, we are learning new things about our world on a daily basis. Thank you Arizona, for introducing us to the wonderful world of crazy little javelinas!

Update #4..... Arizona!

Ok! Well, we are all officially moved in and really loving our new place of residence. I was very skeptical at first because we seemed to have a lot more stuff than our new apartment could hold. However, we have made it all fit, and are very proud of the outcome. We're also excited because we (hopefully.... if all goes as planned, and our baby isn't shy....) get to find out what gender our baby is!! Woo! Friday morning, we will hopefully know if we're having a Michael or a Brooklyn. So, I took these pictures so my mom could "visualize" us in our new apartment. I'm putting them up now, because I think our house is stinking cute :) So, here's your virtual tour of our new house.

Here's a shot of the front door/living room area.

Here's our kitchen. It looks pretty big, right? Well, when you walk in the front door, this is what you see. PRESSURE! That means I have to keep my kitchen clean at all times, because it's the first thing you see when you walk in my house.....

Here's the hallway leading to the rest of our apartment. The bathroom in the door on the left, Baby's room is the door on the right. The door straight back is our bedroom.

What a cute bathroom!

Here's a shot of Baby's room. I am actually sitting in this room right now, at that very computer :) Can you just visualize me there??

Another shot of baby's room. There's the crib (and yes, that's a carseat in the crib.... but it will be out in the car by the time Lil' Baby arrives.) Don't worry, we've got our priorities straight!

Here's a shot of our great bedroom. We're so excited to be able to WALK around in this room! Our room at our old apartment was a TON smaller. We love Arizona!

Another quick shot of our room.

So, all in all, that is our little apartment! Brett has officially made it through his first week of classes, and while drained, he made it! He's done a great job of having motiviation to study, and trying to make time for me :) We had a great weekend filled with swimming, ping pong (and yes, I am now the Arizona Champion as well as the Idaho and Utah Champion of Ping Pong!! Who knew I had such a great talent hidden away like that??) and a lot of vegging out and relaxing to get him ready for another week!

We also had the chance to speak in our new ward yesterday. While I felt like I was going to have a severe heart attack the whole morning, I was able to make it through the talk, and even throw a little humor in there once in a while :) Brett did a fantastic job talking about sharing the gospel. But he said now that he's talked on it, we actually have to start doing it. What is that about? Just kidding, we're having the Sisters over for dinner next week, so that will be a start. We love our new ward, people have been SO friendly and welcoming.... we're starting to feel really at home here! So, until Friday, and the news of Lil' Baby.... have a great week!

Update #3..... The Olympics!

Ahhh, the Olympics! Brett and I decided to host an Olympics Event. We had about 10 different events and invited the Haydens, and Alexanders over to be a part of it. Brett and I were representing Brazil, Kori and Derek represented Mozambique, and Christine and Nick were Jamaica. After much stress, strain, and determined hard work, Team Brazil was able to conquer :)

Here was one event (the bubble blowing contest, I think) where Brett took the gold, Nick took silver, and yours truly with the bronze.

Here's Brett and I at the end of the Olympics, winning our All- Around win. Notice how many medals Brett has..... he was like Super Man! I only had my 3 medals, but it was a gold, silver, and bronze, so I was happy.
Brett showing off his amazing spread of medals. Did I mention he seemed like Super Man?
Someday, when I am cool enough, I'm going to figure out how to download videos, I will download the amazing video footage of this event. (hopefully, that day will be sometime soon.)
What a fun, fun, night. Thanks for making memories with us!