Guess what?

I have one of these in my belly right now. . .



Here's a better picture. . .

Mark and I are so excited to be parents starting sometime around July 25, 2011!

Lately...

So I have been majorly slacking here. Part of the reason is that we lost our camera, so I have no pictures! The other reason is that I've just been ridiculously busy. Here's a quick recap:

Thanksgiving:
Mark and I made a big dinner (minus the turkey, but with duck!) and had my brother-in-law Nick over. It was really fun! We had waaay too much food though.

Our Anniversary:
Since it was on a Sunday, we started celebrating the day before. We went to Crackerbarrel for breakfast, and it was wonderful-seriously delicious. Then Mark got me flowers and chocolates! We hung out and then went to a movie later that night. It was perfect.
The next day, our actual anniversary, we exchanged gifts and made a yummy dinner together, oh-and went to church! It's been absolutely the best year of my life. :)
A picture of my flowers after they had already died...

Christmas:
We went to Texas! I was so nervous because it was my first Christmas away from home. I really missed my family, but it was great being with Mark and his family too. We did a lot of boy stuff, but I made Mark do some girl stuff with me too!

And now, the new semester has started and it is a little crazy. We are getting into the swing of it though!

Date Night

Last night Mark and I went on a very fun date. First, we ate dinner at the deli at Sundance. It was delicious. We both got the Turkey-Bacon-Avocado sandwich, except I got a half, and I got the tortilla soup. Once we were done, we headed back to our car to get our jackets because it was getting cold! Then we drove up to find a trail that Brent told us about. We couldn't find it though so we just decided to park somewhere and walk around. We got out and started walking and right in front of us was the trail! We started hiking up and the view was just beautiful. Fall is just starting here in Provo, but the trees on the mountains are already turning all shades of yellow and red. We only went about half way up, but the point we stopped out had a gorgeous view. It was definitely a wonderful date night :)

Birthday

Last weekend was my 20th birthday. I'll admit that it's one of my favorite holidays and that, maybe, I reminded Mark about it for a few months prior. He would never forget though, he loves to spoil me. I woke up last Saturday to birthday decorations in the living room and all my presents from Mark on the couch. He got me a couple of cute little things, but the big ones-and my favorites, were a pink mixer for baking and blue vintage boots! I don't have any pictures of them yet, but I bet I will soon. Both things caught me by surprise because they were things I had mentioned wanting, but I hadn't talked about in a while. The best part of the whole day was that it was the first Saturday that Mark didn't have to work in a couple of months. I loved loved loved getting to spend the whole weekend with him. We got a cake from Coldstone and then we went to Chili's (my sweet in-laws sent me a gift card). Mostly though, we just stayed in and watched conference and spent time together. And while Mark went to Priesthood session, my good friend Abby took me out for a treat and gave me the most adorable scarf. It was a perfect birthday. Thanks everybody!

A great way to spend your Saturday..

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Calling all Justin Bieber fans...

I know you're out there :) Haha so I'm only a little bit embarrassed to admit that all I have listened to this week is Justin Bieber and Usher. Just a phase I'm going through.
So today was the typical Monday and I was so not in the mood for school up until I got out of the car when Mark dropped me off. This kid was just standing there smiling at me...so I smile back. He says "Do you always get dropped off?", Me-"Yep!" Him- "Oh that's cool, I'm jealous" Me-nervous laughter... Him-"So is that one of your family members or something?" Me-"um....my husband" Him-"oh".. and off he runs! Haha I was literally dying but I was trying to hold it in until he was out of sight because he already looked embarrassed enough. He looked about 16, but I guess I looked pretty young to him too! It was so funny and random it made my day to have something to laugh about before class.
Also....my hair is finally getting long.

Saturday night..

Since school has started now, I only have one job. It's somehow much less stressful being in school than it was working 40 hours a week. But poor Mark has started working 40 hours a week as well as school! It works out fine during the week, but on the weekends I miss him, and I feel bad because he comes home so tired!
Last night we decided to go to our ward activity in the canyon. This was a big decision for us because usually we are not the most social people. I think the main reason we went is because it was at Vivian Park-the place Mark proposed to me over a year ago! We mostly hung out with the kids in our Primary class, but it was fun and we are glad we went.
This morning I finally woke up and realized that I was feeling bad for myself when there are other people out there who are going through things that I just could not imagine. I read this blog and cried because I realized how selfish I have been being. So I have just decided to stop being sad. That's all.