He's Here!

Ethan was born on Wednesday, October 14th. He was 7 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. We are all doing good, tired, but good. More to come later!

Baby Room

The box the crib came in was huge! They told us at the store we would need a truck and they weren't joking.


I had no idea how one person could carry the box alone, but Sam wouldn't let me help him. At least he was nice enough to stop for a picture.


Just more proof that the box was huge (I'm 5'7"). We had to take out the pieces and carry them separately down stairs.

Out of the box and all put together.

This is the way cute bedding my mom gave me at the family shower.

Here's another shot of the crib with matching curtains. We have a rocking chair about the same color as the crib that I'm planning on putting underneath the window.

We were having a hard time deciding on what to do with all the baby clothes and stuff. But, we randomly went into Shopko one day and found this closet/organizer; it normally costs $140 but we hit a great sale and got it for $50. I would have preferred a darker color (closer to the color of the crib), but I'm okay with lighter wood since we got such a great deal.

He just doesn't understand

When Sam came inside after turning the sprinklers on he was so shocked by what I was eating that he had to take a picture. But he doesn't understand, this is not just a pregnancy craving, I used to have this all the time, just never when he was home because I knew he'd get grossed out.



What was I eating? Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter, jet puff, and raisins. The jet puff was a new add, but I thought it would be good and it was.

Sam was thoroughly grossed out by the raisins; to him I defiled ice cream, but I love it.

Dr Pepper

I absolutely love Dr Pepper, but you aren't supposed to have caffeine when you are pregnant so I gave it up. I have been dying for a Dr Pepper for over 7 months but haven't been able to find any of the caffeine free stuff but this Saturday when we came home there was a box of Caffeine Free Dr Pepper on our doorstep. It's not the diet stuff either, which (despite what anyone says) tastes different; it's all the Dr Pepper goodness without the caffeine and it tastes just the same! A couple in our ward found it when they were grocery shopping and got some for me. I was so excited when I saw it that I nearly cried (nearly, I was too busy trying to open the box and get a can out). This was seriously one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me! Thank you!

Baby Bump

I have had a few requests to post a picture of my pregnant stomach, so here you go. Don't mind the hair, it has been too hot to use a blow dryer, so most days it just gets to do whatever it wants.

It's a...

For anyone who doesn't know...we are having a boy! We have known for a while, I just haven't been into blogging. Anyways, we are way excited because we both secretly wanted our oldest to be a boy. I hadn't really felt one way or another about what I thought we were having but kind of wondered if it was a boy because the pregnancy has been pretty easy (besides for the whole not liking Cafe Rio thing).

The bookstore, what a ripoff!

I went to the university bookstore today to sell back my books and try to salvage some of the money I spent for them. This semester I spent $350 on books and the bookstore wanted to buy them back for $27. I was so shocked that I had to ask if that was a total. Then, to top it off, when I said that I would just keep them, the lady looked at me as if I had personally offended her. How rude!