Here comes the Bride...

So I had a chance a couple of weekends ago to go down to Utah for my sister's bridal shower, and luckily Katie had her final dress fitting. She's so beautiful and so is her dress! Here's a few pictures of the bride to be, don't mind her facial expressions, she didn't get a chance to smile ;)

The finished product with the bolero (sp?) jacket
The train: they had a unique way of french bustling it by placing ties underneath, so you just have to tie it up! (don't know if that makes sense)

Sassy! Look how beautiful she is! I can't believe she's getting married next weekend!!!

Abrie Genae

I'm not going to lie, I was worried that we'd go to this ultrasound today, and our little girl would be too shy to show us her little lady parts! But, she humored her mother and very definitely showed us who she was...already a good girl ;). We had Abrie's (pronounced Ah-brie) named picked out even before we had Landen's. We knew she was supposed to come, just weren't sure when. She's weighing about 1 pound, and is measuring exactly at her due date. She loves to keep her hands up by her face, which made this profile shot kind of hard to get! She's already calmer than Landen was at this age which makes me feel a lot better, but I'm sure she'll catch up to his "enthusiasm" eventually. So, now it's time to find all things pink, girly and frilly! I'm looking forward to having a little more estrogen in the house ;).

Christmas 2010/Turning the big 3-0!

I blame my lack of blogging lately due to having family in town and being sick. I have not pulled the camera out in forever, so I have no picture evidence of our holidays! We're heading down to Utah tomorrow, and I will bring my camera with to try to remember to take pictures...should be fun! Anyway, Brian's family came in town the weekend before Christmas and stayed until the following Tuesday. By then, we were all sick! So, by the 23rd, Landen started getting fevers and his snot changed colors so I was able to get him into the doctor and get him started on antibiotics for his double ear infection. I've been battling bronchitis, which is hard when you're pregnant and limited to what medications you can take and Brian...well he's just had a cold, he doesn't really get sick (I blame this on the military since they vaccinate him with everything).



So, by Christmas Eve, I finally had enough energy to cook all day so we could have a nice dinner before Brian went to work. Of course we opened our traditional Christmas Eve present (PJ's), and Landen and I wrote a note to Santa and left him some milk and cake to eat. After getting Landen to bed, I had the pleasure of setting up his 101 piece Thomas train set, but I was only up until midnight, so not too bad!



The next morning I got the Christmas breakfast casserole in the oven and tried to keep Landen from seeing what Santa brought until Brian got home to open presents. I was lucky enough to get exactly what I wanted...a Kindle! It's so awesome, and I've been able to download a bunch of free books already! Brian got his Under Armor he wanted for running outside, and Santa also surprised him with a Blu Ray player he'd been wanting. Landen could not have been more excited about his train set! He's barely been able to put down Thomas and James since! It was nice to have a lazy day, then we went over to have Christmas dinner with the Gierke's and meet Liz and Dave's new baby Emmitt...he is so adorable! You forget how small newborns are! We had a little birthday party for me there before I headed off to work. I'd also had a little surprise party when Brian's family had been in town.

Turning 30 really was anticlimactic. When my brother asked if I felt any different, I told him no, and that I hadn't woken up with any new creaks in my body. I've been told it's the new 20 lately, and really, I don't feel any older than I did when I was 20! (except that I like going to bed early when I get the chance). Anyway, I've gone on long enough, but the holidays were great, and it was so fun having Landen be so excited this year! Looking forward to some more family time this week to celebrate the New Year!

Santa Came to Town...

At Landen's PAT (Parent's as teacher's) group meeting last night, not only were the usual games, stories and pizza involved, but we also got a visit from the jolly man himself. I was under the assumption that Landen wouldn't want to go see him because at Halloween he wasn't such a huge fan of people with beards on their face...he thought they we "scary". But boy was I wrong! Not only did he want to see Santa, but he almost tackled him as he ran to get on his lap! He even told him what he wanted for Christmas! It these little adorable moments like this that make me ALMOST forget his wonderful 2 year old antics he does throughout the day. I love his enthusiasm for EVERYTHING!

P.S. Sorry about the picture, forgot my camera, so this is from my cell phone that I enlarged enough so you could get the gist!

ROTC Ball

We got to go to Brian's last ROTC ball here at BYU-Idaho on Friday. It was kinda bittersweet! We're excited that he's graduating and we'll actually be living "normal" lives (that don't include school...at least for a few years), but we're also sad about leaving all the friends we've made up here. It was so much fun to get dressed up, get a babysitter and enjoy just the 2 of us for a whole 5 hours! I even got Brian out on the dance floor with me most of the time we were there!

This is the best picture we could get. The flash kept glaring off Brian's glasses or he would pull a "Popeye" face with one eye shut...pretty funny!

Our Thanksgiving Drama

This is where we spent Thanksgiving...well some of it. Landen had been sick for a couple of days (and we were in Utah), and by Thanksgiving it had gotten to the point where the rash that had started on his tummy was spreading to his armpits and legs. Also, he was having high fevers that medicine could no longer keep down. So, off the to E.R. we went (at least I had started my Sweet Potato Casserole and thanks to Katie for finishing it...she did a good job!). It took FOREVER to be seen because apparently we came in at the same time everyone else did and the E.R. was full. The doctor was going to check him for a urinary tract infection (weird we thought) and for strep, but he informed us that Landen was still a little too young to have strep. Well he proved them wrong! It came back VERY strongly positive! Easy enough fix though since antibiotics can cure it! Bad news it that it had taken 2 1/2 hours to get in and out plus we had to get his prescription filled, so we missed Thanksgiving dinner with my family down at my brother's house. We didn't really want to go spread Landen's germs with all the other grand kids anyway, so we went back to my parents house and Landen and I took a nap on the couch since we'd been up a lot the night before. We did however get to eat a bunch of left-overs that my parents brought back for us. So, not the ideal Thanksgiving, but what can ya do? At least Brian and I never got strep...crossing my fingers still!

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 6th wedding Anniversary! I can't believe how time has FLOWN by! Granted either 1 or both of us has been in school those 6 years, but it's been fun to experience this together. Brian is my rock, my sounding board, my voice of reason, and of coarse my hunk of burning love (yes, I'm that cheesy). It' s amazing to go through so many ups and downs with 1 person (other than your family you're born into), and to KNOW that no matter how angry, upset, sad or lonely you get, you are ALWAYS to have that person there for you! Very reassuring! I remember after we were first married and Brian was in Iraq how much being married in the Temple not only for this time here on earth, but also being able to be with him again after death got me through so many nights of worry...I KNEW I would see and be with him again! Brian is very much my opposite, but in the ways that matter, my perfect match! Our balance is amazing and can be very helpful in the "big" decisions. I love my sweet, kind, gentle, rough military man! Such a contradiction, but perfect! So, here's to an ETERNITY with my love. Happy anniversary babe!

On a side note we went to Park City, UT while down there for the Thanksgiving break (we just got back today) on Monday to celebrate our anniversary early. We're both supposed to work tonight. No, I did not take this picture, we forgot our cameras...genius!

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