Fun Events

So we must have been pretty busy last summer because I never knew Colorado had a moonson season until this summer. Moonson - sounds like something in Africa or the rain forrest, and your very own Colorado. It's crazy. It pretty much means a month full of afternnon rain. I'm not talking little sprinkles like in Utah but rainshowers that remind me of Nicaragua that would come with massive force. The skies are pretty cool these days and I had to take a picture.

Sunday we visited Curtis and Katie Hickman - awesome regionals with PFS that have a cute new week-old baby girl named Josie. We brought them dinner and had a great time just learning to be by a newborn. Tyson was sooo awkard at first. He just froze when she was in his arms. Eventually he relaxed a little bit. We were amazed at how little she was. She also had BRIGHT platinum hair - which Curtis said was a lot like his. It was surreal to think that in less than 90 days we would have a little one like that in our lives - except it was not a pretend, but for reals!!!

We are both thrilled and really nervous. They are so little but so strong. We got home around 10:30 and we were soo tired. Today was my day off and I napped for two hours. I'm just so tired all the time at night. The sun has been hot and so I'm sure it makes me more tired than usual Outside of that things are doing great.

Size 10

I've heard about feet growing during pregnancy - but I did not honestly thing it would happen to me. Before my Utah baby shower I went to Target to buy some new cute flip flops with a gift card. I tried on my size 9 - but to my surprise the flip flops were too small.

What?

I mean I have big enough feet as it is. There were no 9.5 size so I had to go straight to a 10. A 10! Tyson is 10.5 people! I was pretty embarrassed. To make things worse the size 10 fit great :(

Today we headed to Ruby Tuesdays to use our "free burger" coupon we got from Facebook. We were not expecting the food or place to be this nice. I remember going to Ruby Tuesdays in Utah like 5 years ago and I was not impressed. But not this one. It felt so high end - which made me a little sad I was just dressed in my ESS uniform. Tyson looked great though - as always. I had the turkey avocado burger, with a side of rice pilaf and sauteed zucchini. It. Was. Awesome.

I was reading an article in Money magazine and the new popularity of coupons. This being my 3rd year of coupon use I can honestly see what a blessing it has been. I'm grateful I'm not fanatical but there was a day were I bought 30 bottles of body wash and I have bout 3 years worth of toothpaste and toothbrushes in our pantry. I'm really proud that I have been getting really good at getting fresh produce and meat for low prices instead of just getting processed stuff.

Besides that today has been a pretty chill Saturday. Tomorrow we head to Loveland, CO to take dinner to one of PFS peeps who just had a baby girl - Josey. It will be great to come face to face with a newborn and hopefull get some advice from "in the trenches" parents.

25 Week Picture

I am 25 weeks and loving being pregnant. At my last OB appointment I had gained 6 lbs - which scared me at first but the OB said it was still perfectly normal and good for me to gain that much. I still have to say that weight is a worry of mine - after all what you put on you must take off, but I am grateful to know my body is doing what is best for the baby.

My once non-existant sweet tooth has been creeping up on me. Specially with yummy summer treats. It takes alot of self control to not give in to my cravings - as along as I eat well at home I feel like I am under control.

The one thing that has me surprised is how tired I am getting. At night I am once again exhausted and find it hard to acomplish much. It reminds me alot of my first trimester. Last night I even had a small feeling of nausea. I tend to go to bed earlier and my eyes burn if I keep my contacts on passed 9:30 pm.

My latest project has been doing my Blurb Blog Book for 2009-2010. I usually do it every two years but that means each book takes a while to edit and make it the way I want. My goal is to get it done in two weeks so I don't worry about my 2011-2012 book for a while and I can focus on tons and tons of pictures of growing Sydney.

I had a dream last night that Sydney was about 3 months old and we were out and about with her and my family when all of the sudden she pooped. She pooped the poop of ALL poop! It looked like a small boulder. I remember that I wasnt mad or anything - just amazed and kept trying to tell Tyson about it. It was prety funny.

Baby Shower Trip Day 2 & 3

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed. Monday we I went with Jael and Steve to watch Transformers. We ate lunch at Rumbies and went shopping. That night we all headed to watch fireworks. Mom treated us to shakes from Iceberg and we hung out at Murray Park and watched an awesome firework show.

I have to say that I was treated like a queen this weekend. Being pregnant sure has its benefits. My little brothers were crazy about my belly and constantly kept touching it and kissing it. It was really sweet. It was sad to leave family - its always sad, but the fact that we fly back in a month for Julio's wedding makes it better :)

Baby Shower Trip Day 1

Saturday was exhausting! I was so nervous that I woke up at 6 am even though I went to bed at 1:30 am. I got up, took a shower and got ready. We ate breakfast at 8 am and were out the door at 10 am. We picked up balloons and my cake. We were at The Old Spagethi Factory from 12-2:30 and it was a hoot! We had more than 30 people attend and it was great to see old friends and family.

Right after the shower I headed to pick up Melynda and drove 3 hours to the Bear Lake Cabin. We had an amazing time just talking and talking.

The Gerber Shower was so relaxing. They were so generous. I love loved loved being at the Lake and can't wait to take Tyson there in August.

We headed home at 9:40 pm, got home at 12:45 am and headed straight to bed. Wow what a day!

Anxiaty and Haircuts

I'm getting a haircut today in preparation for my trip to Utah this weekend for my baby shower. I'm so excited and yet nervous for my Utah trip. It's been such an interesting month. At the start of June I had this sudden overwhelming anxiaty about all the baby stuff to buy - I just did not see how we could do it. We headed to Atlanta for an amazing PFS convention and we came home with so many new hopes.

As life would have it, our hopes that June was going to be a month of huge growth kinda died. In fact in a weird way Ty and I are starting right back at square one when we got home from the convention rather than the big explosion we though we would have. Here's the weird thing. In the midst of all the chaos and tons of uncertanty which would usually make me freak out - there is a lot of peace.

Last night we met with some great RVP's. We asked their advice. We listen to their powerful story. It put our struggles into perspective. Tyson got up this morning and went out. It sometimes breaks my heart to see him suffer and push past his doubts and fears. His so brave. He wants so much to win and is winning in so many areas already. He is also doing missionary visits today at 1 pm with the Elders.

Having this baby inside me has changed the way I handle trials. It's made me tougher. I believe and hope more in the things that I can't see, but believe can happen. We have been amazed at people's generosity. The world is filled with so many great people. I'm grateful for the gospel, what would I do with out it. We are so blessed.

22 Weeks

Most of the days I feel great. I'm really active. I am most productive in the morning and usually I'm still pretty useless after 9 pm. My current obssesions include cleaning, donating and just creating more white space. I freak out at night about all the baby stuff I want (like a boppy and a dresser) and wonder how the heck all the parents out there make it.

Some days I feel really cute, others I feel just fat. I think my arms and my face look humogous but everyone tells me I'm so small. Sydney still kicks the most at night and in the morning when I lay on my back. Today though I was sitting reading a book at work when all of the sudden a felt two very strong kicks on my upper left side - she usually kicks on the bottom right side.

I leave for Utah next weekend for my baby shower and spending time with teh family. I'm really really excited for it, but at the same time sad that Ty can't come with me.

Convention Day Two

Thrusday I arrived at 11 am and we went back to the hotel for me to change. We drove to downtown GA, found a place to park and then headed to the CNN center for lunch. It was madness with 70,000 agents. Thursday night we had the partnership workshop and we learned so much about working together and just being better spouses. I loved it. We had our hiarchy breakout with Brandon Niel, Jeff Fieldsted and Igor Rocha and we did not leave the dome until 11:45. To make things worse, Aimee's phone died so we had no GPS and we got lost. I'm pretty sure we were in the ghetto to Atlanta. The funniest part was that Tyson kept saying "I know were I'm going ..."

We finally made it back to the freeway and then we were all starving. So found a McDonalds which had the crappiest service ever! We finally made it back to our hotel at 1 am and shoved food down our throats.

The next morning we had our workshops for divison and regional leaders, after we had a 4 hour break so we went back to the hotel and slept. We made it back at 5 pm for the opening ceremony at the dome. It was incredible to listen to so many speakers who beat the odds. We made it back to the hotel around midnight.

Saturday we had an early morning. We were at the dome by 8 am and had our ceremony from 9 - 1 pm. After we had an hour and then Women in Primerica from 2-5, then another break and the closing ceremony from 7-11. By this time my poor body was hatting me. I was running through this huge dome trying to get seats. Poor Sydney must have thought I was doing a marathon.

Sunday morning we all just slept. My body felt like it was hit by a truck and I was sore all over. We finally checked out of our hotel room at 11 am, we headed downtown and went to the Atlanta Underground Mall. We had lunch at Johnny Rockets and then headed the airport. We found out our plane was too full so we asked if we could give up our seats for free vouchers - and sure enough we each got TWO free flights :) This also meant we had to hang out at the airport for 4 more hours. I read and tried to sleep. We finally made it to Denver at 11 pm.

Monday I slept until 10 am. Tyson said I was out! It was such a great convention. It reminded me of the first time Tyson and I went, four years ago, three days after we were married. So many things have changed. We have grown so much because of Primerica. I'm grateful everyday.

Convention Day One

We just got back from a pretty awesome and intense Primerica convention. It. Was. Awesome.

Tyson arrived Tuesday and I flew in two days later. Tyson was able to hang out with his parents and also go see a movie and attend a Braves baseball game with the team. He loved it. He did mentioned that he accidently gave his cell phone to Aimee (one of our agents) and took of in the huge stadium. The result was them looking for each other for about an hour. Tyson said it started to rain so hard that the game was postponed for 2 hours so even thought they got there late - they were able to see a full game. Tyson loved it.

Goodbye Office

Yesterday Tyson started taking apart his office - moving it to our room to make room for the nursery. Slowly things are starting to take shape. It was actually sad. Tyson was such a good sport but he loved his office - it was his little sanctuary. Having a baby changes you. It makes you sacrifice things you never thought you could - also living in a 600 sq apartment helps :)

We took the computer in and then the internet would not work so we called Comcast. They could not figure out the problem so they are coming today to check it out. Tyson leaves for Georgia tomorrow and I will join him 2 days later.

Church was great. We talked alot about adversity and progression - the spirit was strong. We had dinner with Brad Romero's family and their little girls were so cute. They kept touching my belly and saying hello to Sydney. I started feeling really really hot at 8 pm so we came home and got ready for the week.

My focus today is to clean the house so that we can come home to a nice clean home. I love coming home to a clean home. We watched the movie Limitless in bed last night - I lasted 30 minutes and was out. I was really hot last night and had to turn the air super low. Must be hot flashes.

I am loving this time in my pregnancy. I feel really cute and I love my belly. Sydney moves here and there and everytime I am amazed. Our bodies are so amazing to be able to make babies.