furniture for sale.

Well folks, we are selling some of our lovely furniture! It has all been so good to us but we were lucky enough to move into a furnished condo and no longer need it.  

 This dining table has a leaf and two extra chairs that aren't pictured here. It is bar height.

We are also selling our sofa, love-seat, and chair.  They are black leather originally from RC Willey.

Leave a comment or e-mail me for pricing or any other questions. :)

Fourth of July Festivities

Fourth of July is one of my FAVORITE holidays.  I love that the weather is always so nice, people are out and about everywhere, there is always good food, etc. etc. The list goes on! Our fourth this year was awesome.  We started the day off with floating the Provo river with the Gee's.

It was so relaxing and not to mention beautiful.  Lately I have really been appreciating Utah's beauty.  We aren't usually around for the summer months so it's been awesome. 

After the river float we grabbed some food, took naps, and then got ready for the night.

Sadly I don't have any other pictures from the night, but we went to the BYU soccer game with the Gee's and Cosgraves.  {they won, of course!} We stayed after and watched the stadium of fire fireworks on the field.  After we went to Sonic for some dessert.  It was a great day!

The weekend before the 4th, B and I headed up to Idaho to celebrate with his family.  The Huntsman's put on a big event/carnival every year and B's mom has been wanting us to come up for it for a while now.  This was the year :) It was a short trip but we did a lot of relaxing in the p.e.r.f.e.c.t. Idaho weather {summer months only, might I add} and had a fun filled day at the carnival.

This chair was my best friend over the weekend.  It was so comfy for naps and just enjoying the nice weather.  It really is SO beautiful up there in the summer.

We hung out with these two adorable girls for the day- Kendra and Kassie

We walked to town one of the nights for dinner..

Carnival day!

There was a hypnotist show there and B got called up on stage.  He wanted to be hypnotized so bad! They had about 25 people go up on stage and about 10 minutes in, the lady told B to go back to his seat. Only him and one other girl got sent back. He was so bummed :( Guess he just doesn't have what it takes to get hypnotized?

They went all out with this event...

 Then that night we came back for the BEST fireworks show I have ever seen. Blew Stadium of Fire out of the water. It was AWESOME!

[Sorry these photos are horrible quality- I forgot my camera so these were all taken on phones.]

Hope your Fourth of July's were as fun-filled as ours :)

Skype.

Man, we are so lucky to have the technology that we do these days.  Last night B and I got to Skype with our friends that moved to Texas- Britt, Trav, and our favorite little girl Annabelle! It was so fun to catch up and be able to see their faces when we talked to them.

Giving us kisses!

We love and miss you both and can't wait to come visit! :)

21 weeks.

I am officially 21 weeks and 1 day today!

Every day my belly just gets bigger and bigger!

This morning was the first time Branson was able to feel him kick. It was awesome! He sure is starting to squirm a lot...mostly at night or after I eat.  

He obviously takes after me if food is making him happy :)

I just recently got back from California where I had some doctor appointments.  We had our big 20 week ultrasound which was where we were originally supposed to find out if baby was a he or a she.  We couldn't quite wait so we found out early.  But the ultrasound took about 45 minutes and they check all the organs and what not to make sure baby is healthy.  

Well, I get a voicemail from the genetics department of Kaiser saying they need me to contact them.

My heart basically jumped out of my chest.  

That's never a good sign....

So, I call the number back and they inform me that they didn't find any major problems on the ultrasound (phew) but they did find a problem with the umbilical cord. Apparently most umbilical cords have 2 arteries and one vein....mine only has one artery and one vein, known as a 2-vessel cord. Ummm...sounds like a big problem to me!! The dr. informed me that this happens in about 1-2% of pregnancies (lucky me!) and that they want to do an echocardiogram (basically a more intense ultrasound) of the baby to check and see if there are any other problems that were missed on the first ultrasound.  I guess sometimes this 2-vessel cord can signify other problems, but the doctor informed me that I shouldn't worry because they didn't see anything on the first ultrasound.  DON'T WORRY!? SERIOUSLY!? Impossible.

I called Branson (worst part is that he was in Chicago when I got the call) and started balling so hard I couldn't get a single word out.  He probably thought we lost the baby the way I reacted...but I couldn't help it.  At that moment I realized how much I already loved this little boy more than anything...

The dr. called me back and told me the soonest he could get me in for an echo was the 27th of June...that means I would have to worry and fret for 2 weeks before I could get any peace of mind. Plus I would have had to fly out to CA again in two weeks and I just couldn't handle that.  Well, Heavenly Father was definitely looking out for me because somehow the dr. squeezed me in for that week, just two days after I got the news.  I was so relieved.

Since Branson was out of town my mom came with me to the echo.  She's a nurse and used to work in the NICU so she knows a lot about this stuff. It was comforting having my mama with me.

 Well, the echo went really well and took off SO much stress on B and I and our family.  The Dr. spent about an hour looking at every organ and every possible complication that there could be.  He did notice that there was some fluid in baby boy's kidneys but he said that is the most common thing they see with 2-vessel cords.  I have to go in at 32 weeks to do another echo just to make sure that the fluid has gone down, but he reassured me that 97% of the time the fluid goes away.  Other than that the baby is perfect.  He has such a strong little heart and I was even told he is measuring a week ahead! That was great news too because they say small babies are common with a 2-vessel cord.  Nope, not our little trooper! He is growing big and strong and is super healthy.  We just keep praying every day that the fluid will go down and that there won't be any more problems along the way.  

It was honestly one of the scariest most emotional weeks I have ever gone through.  So many thoughts go through your head when you hear news like that.  It was especially hard not having Branson there to comfort me and hold me.  But somehow, even though he was thousands of miles away, he was still able to give me that comfort.  He is seriously my rock.  He is so strong and faithful and has such a good attitude ALL the time.  He was so positive through the whole thing and made me feel so much better about it all. I love him so much! 

  OH! The best part about the echo was that at the very end when the dr. was just about to wrap it up, we get a clear picture of the baby's hand and this is what we saw...

It looks more like his pointer finger in the photo but on the actual screen it was so clear that was his little thumb!  It was seriously a little message from God just letting me know that everything is fine.  It almost brought me to tears and I will never forget it.

Wow, that was long winded.  All in all we feel very blessed and just know without a doubt that this baby is going to come out strong and healthy. 

We are so excited to meet him!

Skydive SD

For a Christmas gift last year, my sister bought Branson and I tickets to go skydiving together in San Diego.  Branson had never been and we had talked about going together for a long time.  We were super excited to experience that amazing thrill together.  BUT...i got pregnant soon after which kinda changed the plans a bit.  I didn't think it was the best idea to jump out of an airplane with a baby growing inside of me, so I told my sister to go with B instead.  Branson was down in California for work so he and Jenee decided to jump last minute.  I was SO bummed I wasn't there (and a little worried to say the least) but I am so glad he finally got to go skydiving...and that he and my sister made it out alive!

Such goobers.

Branson LOVES a good thrill.

He was so excited on the plane that he literally gave knuckles (aka pound it... whatever you call it) to himself and didn't even realize it.  He thought it was the guys hand behind him until my sister said "You just pounded your own hand!" haha! You could say his adrenaline was definitely pumping.

Bump.

It's probably time to post another baby bump picture...as requested.

I am 18 weeks plus a few days.  The bump has popped literally over night! It's so fun to wake up in the morning and see how much our little one has grown.

Onesies.

I have had so many projects I have wanted to start on recently and yesterday I decided to do just that.  I've seen so many pinterest photos and blog posts about decorating onesies so I wanted to do some of my own!  Especially now that we know baby is a boy! And I have to say I love how they turned out! 

 Crafts are much more fun with a friend so I had Lynds join me.  Hers turned out so adorable!

The striped onesie and the pinwheel aren't 100% complete in this picture.  I actually ended up rearranging the stripes and like it much better now! I can't wait to see our little one in these adorable outfits.

Here is what I used:

- Onesies -- Make sure to wash them before you add on your design. 

- Felt

- Heat and Bond Lite (Michaels)

- Scissors

- Iron

- We added stitching for an extra touch! It made them look much less DIY.

There are so many different things you can do with these.  It's such a fun, easy project!