My Sweet Wife

To my lovely wife,

I know that this has been hard for you and that you ask me to cook you something and then when i am done cooking it to feed you, you don't want it any more you want some thing else oh the joys of being a soon to be father. Amanda I just want you to know that i LOVE you and i will do any thing for you even now when you can be a little crazier then normal i love you and i will help you through what ever you need me to help you with. Amanda you ARE THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME. I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH.....

Suprise!

So....as you can tell things have been pretty interesting in our lives. Beau and I decided that life never stops throwing us curve balls but we have learned to go with the flow. Last Saturday, the day before mothers day, I had been feeling really sick and REALLY tired. I slept almost the entire day and when I would wake up I was still exhausted. We could not figure out what the heck was going on and I was not about to take a pregnancy test. Sunday morning, mothers day, I woke up and threw up. I was so sick still. I thought I had food poisoning so I just stayed in bed and Beau went to church. When he came home he said "Amanda I have a feeling you need to take a test." I was not about to get out of bed to do something I did not want to do so we decided to wait until Monday. Monday afternoon after work Beau and I went to the dollar store to get a test. I decided that a dollar store test would do the trick if I was really pregnant. Well, you obviously know the answer to that. Both Beau and I were totally shocked. The look on Beau's face was priceless when I came running out of the bathroom to show him.

A week later, after being sick and tired and sick some more, we went to our first doctors appointment. I thought that MAYBE I was a month a long but I did not thing it was possible that I could be more than that. The doctor did some tests and said "well, you are 8 1/2 weeks along...how did you not know you were pregnant and you are 8 1/2 weeks?" I don't know lady I was not expecting it!! Hello! So then she told us that our due date and I was more shocked...December 25th!! WHAT!! So...I guess we are not going anywhere for Christmas! Anyway we are really excited, shocked, happy, etc. We can't believe this and we are so grateful for this wonderful blessing in our lives. I just want everyone in the family to know that even though I am fat and pregnant I will still stand and smile in the family picture in July :D.

A picture is worth a THOUSAND words!

:)

Graduation 2009!

Well, It's over. I finally did it! Who ever thought that this day would come? This semester was insane! Between 21 credit hours, working, and being in the relief society presidency I did not think I would make it. Thank goodness I did because I am ready to be done. Graduation was wonderful. I had my wonderful family on both sides come and celebrate with me! My dad and step mom even drove down from South Dakota. It was so wonderful to have everyone there. The day was long and crazy but really great and I am very glad that is is over. CONGRATS CLASS OF 2009!

You are all invited!

SORRY!!

OK SO I POSTED WAYYYY TOO MANY BLOGS SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN THE ARCHIVES AND LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE OF THE PA TRIP!!! DON'T JUST SKIP IT, IT'S A GOOD ONE!!

All good things must come to an end

By the end of the week we had done the following things:
*eaten about 3 pounds of sugar each
*played Zarahemla three times (I won twice Andy dominated the third time)
*completely re-framed, drywalled, mudded, and sanded the attic- pictures will follow
*threw away three water bottles full of pee
*boxed numerous times with Zane
*cuddled with the cutest baby boy on the planet
*had many good hours of talks with Jamie and Andy
*Met the entire Coy Clan (miss you guys!! Anya, call me)
*ate the best fried chicken I have ever had
*ate the many different Peanut Butter things that Pennsylvania has to offer
*had the best chocolate chip cookies of my life (thanks mel!) (have you noticed our trip involved lots of food? My favorite type of trip!)
*decided never to have 8 children...ever
*laughed until our sides hurt
*And loads of other things

We were so sad when the day came to say goodbye. By the last day though, I was sick. Sick from all the sugar we expect but we headed off to Baltimore anyway. It was so great! I am slightly obsessed with the show Ace of Cakes and so we hunted down Charm City Cakes and had to take a few glamor shots! We also went to the Inner Harbor and just took in a little more beautiful history before it was time to head home. We miss Jamie, Andy, and the boys like crazy and we can't WAIT to see them in a couple of weeks. We love you guys so much! Thanks for the laughter, the fun, and the hard work!