5 Women and A Man!

Well, Drew survived being on a trip with the 5 crazy Bertagnolli girls, and my feet survived 5 days of walking through San Diego! I only had to move my wedding ring to my pinky one day :) This trip was much needed! I LOVED having a whole week off of work, and I re-energized my family battery!! I love being around my mom and sisters, we feed off of each other's energy so much. I wish I could see them more than a weekend every month or so. Poor Drew was such a trooper through it all, he had a great time being the designated navigator, protector from the bums once it got dark, and representative of the men in our family.

We spent as much time as we could just going, GOING, and going. Our days were spent at Sea World, the beach and pier, the HUGE Zoo, then the temple and a Padre's game. Yes, there was plenty of eating, sun burning, and calorie burning (WALKING) in between.




The day we went to the beach I just could NOT get comfortable laying on a towel on the flat, hard sand. I tried not to get frustrated or be a downer but I ended up getting a little frazzled and my emotions started to take over. Luckily it was about this time that Drew was coming back from boogie boarding. He decided we should venture out and find a chair. Wait, back up, he offered to build one out of sand first. Ha ha. Anyways, we found one in a not so likely place and he was my super hero once again! I love him to death and I'm so SO glad he is my partner for life... and a little longer too ;) I can't wait for him to learn about and experience more from this sweet little baby that is on his way. I have a feeling he's going to be just like Daddy. Ha ha yikes!

Only 9 1/2 weeks or so to go! We're hoping for a little less though.

What I've learned...

So far I have learned/observed a few things that go along with being pregnant...here goes...

• (I'm still in the "is she fat or pregnant" stage) When I am approached by someone they look at my face, at my belly, then back at my face. Without fail!
  
• Heartburn phased me before I got pregnant...didn't know it could get SO MUCH WORSE!!
• Zantac doesn't work as well as Prilosec :) Love me some prilosec.
• Sometimes when little LB moves I laugh out loud because it tickles! And I'm not even ticklish.
  
• Pregnant skin is 10 x's more sensitive to the sun than normal...found that out the hard way...let the peeling begin!
• If I only had a brain...holy crap dumb blonde should be changed to dumb prego!
• Even though I know I'm supposed to gain weight it doesn't make it any easier to see the numbers on the scale go up so fast! Yikes!
  
• Baby shoes have gotta be the cutest things ever...and they don't even need shoes.
  
• If all these "parts" on the front of me keep growing won't I fall over?
• I went to see Brian Regan's comedy show at SUU the other day...guarantee I was the ONLY one in that whole building to have to go to the bathroom twice!
• Sitting on bleachers is probably one of the most uncomfortable things EVER!!
• I still get nervous butterflies when I go to my doc appointments.
• Choosing a name for our little guy may just kill us both. Seriously.
  
• I panic a bit when I don't feel him move around 9 a.m. That's when he's at his wildest.
• It cracks me up when Drew has only seen me in scrubs for a few days, and then when I'm in normal clothes, sees how much my belly has grown...priceless!
• Now that I think about it, baby FEET are probably the cutest thing ever, rather than the shoes.
  

Well I guess that's all for now. I think of about ten a day but now that I'm sitting here to type it I've got that prego brain again. Happy Easter!

We've got a little BOY on the way!! I'll admit it, all along I thought I was carrying a girl but I couldn't have been any more wrong. When we went into our ultrasound we weren't hoping for a certain one, just VERY curious as to what he was! This little video of him is so precious. It's the most still he was the whole appointment, maybe he was asleep? I love his cute little mouth looking like its chewing some gum/sucking an invisible binky. Not to mention his little heart working hard. We love him! Drew calls him his little LB...(linebacker).



Let's admit it, this little GUY won me over a long time ago! But I loved that the day he decided to show me he has kicking legs was my BIRTHDAY! It was the coolest feeling ever! My whole body knew that it hadn't felt something like that before. Ever since then I've been feeling him like crazy. The ultrasound tech said he is a wiggler, she even showed me his feet bouncing on my bladder :) I'm so grateful that everything looks good and healthy! The day we found out what he was I was 18 weeks, 1 day and he was measuring 18 weeks, 5 days. Lucky for us, he's already bigger than expected. Ha ha, I guess that's "lucky."

Now the tricky part is finding a name for him! We agreed on a girl name a few weeks ago, but never even considered what we would name a boy...guess we have a few months left to figure it out...ha! Any suggestions would be great...I found one that I LOVE but can't seem to talk Drew into it. Anybody had to do that before? And did it work?

Needless to say, this has already been such an awesome experience, I don't know if I deserve these blessings but I will take them. We're almost halfway! Lots of work to do and I can't wait to get started :)

It's Baby Time!

That's our little one that we are already getting so anxious to meet!!! We are having a baby!! Yay! The due date is August 21, 2011...mark your calendars for the arrival of our little one. Ha ha. No baby bump to show off yet dang it, just a little pudge. I was lucky enough to not get any morning sickness, just some high doses of nausea every now and then. I'm in the 13th week now and hoping we're past that stage by now :) We have an awesome doctor and I'm counting down the days til we get to go and see more updates again. My next appointment is actually on the 5 year anniversary of my dad's passing. I'd like to think that was his little gift to us, telling us that life should be celebrated and not mourned. I miss him like crazy but when I told my aunt (his sister) that I was pregnant she said he once told her he would be throwing the grandbabies down from heaven. He loved the sports metaphors! Ha ha.
Well, here's to celebrating life everyone!! Have a great weekend and an even better Valentine's day!!

Misc...Misc...Misc...

This past weekend I headed up to Roy to hang out with my mom and have my second Scentsy party at her house--thanks to everyone who came, it was such a fun night! The next day I went up to the old stomping grounds...LOGAN! Oh it was fun! My sisters Tawny and Kailee go to USU and love it. I'm glad I got to go spend some time with them, it SUCKS living so far away from them. I also miss having three closets to choose my outfits from. I'm so glad my siblings and I can stay so close, we have so much fun together!
I also got to go be with my BFF, Jessica, who went to Utah State with me (best roomies ever). She goes to Weber State now and USU just happened to be playing Weber so we took advantage of a fun game. It was as if those 3 years away from the Spectrum never even existed-Utah State, hey, Aggies all the way...go Aggies, go Aggies, hey, hey, hey! I will be a USU fan for life!-I am also glad I can stay so close to this gorgeous girl, even with our lives spinning in opposite directions. Love you Jessica!

We celebrated Drew's 24th birthday on November 3rd, yes, that's right, I said 24...two dozen years!! I can't believe we have spent three of his birthdays married! It's also weird to think that he just reminded me of the time I bought him a Mrs. Potato Head for his 16th birthday (dumb sophomore girl), I don't even remember doing that or why but I love that our memories together go that far back. I love this boy more and more everyday. He keeps me on my toes and can always put a smile on my face. He puts so much time into being the best at everything he does, he's such a hard worker and I love him for it. He always makes me want to be a better person. I love you Drew! Here's to many, many more birthdays together.
Drew's high school football coach and his wife came down for one of his games, Drew loved having him there to support him! Coach B claims that he is the one that brought Drew and I together way back in 10th grade. I don't know about that, but I'm glad it happened, either way.
It was a fun season this year. The t-birds played some tough bigger schools in the preseason and put up a good fight, which sure led into a great regular season. They went undefeated in their conference and took the trophy home. Such a fun season, we'll be sad to see the seniors go. Specially Drew's friends Nick (#79 below). He's happy to have the holidays off now, but looks forward to next season too!

Love me some Amber time! The boys play on defense together and they kick butt! Glad she'll be by my side next year. Go birds :)

For Bunko in September we decided to do it Halloween style, so Brittany found these awesome ninja turtles costumes. Love them! Thanks for the great idea Britt! Loved it :) And I love bunko, even though all I do is win the prize for the most ZEROS!! Ha but it's always a good time, love you bunko girls!
I vow to be better at blogging...sorry fellow bloggers. Don't cut me from your friend list just yet!!

SummerTime!!

This summer has been so much fun so far! I can't believe July is almost over :( so sad because Drew doesn't get August as part of his summer, football starts August 1st. So I'm happy we've been able to do the things that we have done. We started it all out with the summer games fireworks and then Bailey and Taylor's wedding, which was so much fun. We were so happy to be able to be a part of everything. And now they live in St. George so they're not too far away! Last weekend we were able to get up to Navajo Lake, which is only a half hour away. It was so much fun, our first time camping on our own. We fished, made Hobo dinners, and the yummiest s'mores ever!! Our campsite was right by the lake and we just had a blast. Hopefully we can get away like that again soon. I think I'm repeating myself but I've LOVED our summer so far! Happy Summer everyone!

My Amazingly Talented Husband...oh and Graduation too!

So I would just like to take a few seconds and brag about my talented husband! My mom has had this armour for her tv in her front room for about five years now and she has always wanted bookshelves to go on either side of it. She ordered it from a lady who ordered it from a guy who seems to have fell off the face of the earth. Lucky for us (or my mom) we have an amazingly talented Drewby right at our finger tips. So these pictures are of Drew's hard work, he built and painted the book cases on either side of the armour. It was a little bit stressful at times because the paint-stain mixture were very, VERY hard to match. It took a while but they are finally finished. I'm so proud of Drew, he worked so hard to make these babies match to a "T" I can't wait til we have a house and he can start building all our fun furniture!

Crafty?

I FINALLY got my graduation announcements finished. I know there aren't too many but I didn't really know who to send them to and those ELEVEN were a lot of work!! I decided to make them because SUU's announcements were UGLY!! And I didn't want to waste my money on ugly! Me and my sisters got a cricut for Christmas and I love it! It helped so much, too bad I have to share with my two sisters that are at the other end of the state ;) that's ok though! I never really got into scrapbooking, but making cards is fun! I also love that no two cards are exactly alike!
Only three more days of class, can't believe it! It is so surreal. But I still haven't found a job so keep your fingers crossed for me guys. See ya!

School...school...and some more school!

I am 17 days in class, 8 assignments, 1 research paper, ZERO logs, 1 presentation, 1 portfolio, 2 tests, and 2 finals away from THE BIG DAY!! No, not that big day, the big GRADUATION day! I can’t even explain how excited I am to be done and I don’t even know what I’ll be doing after May 1st, but I just can’t wait! This semester has actually been one of my easiest and I’m so happy for that because I have got some serious SENIOR-ITIS! It’s so hard to force myself to go to class, so lucky for me, I can skip every now and then!! For those of you who don’t know I am graduating in the Family Life and Human Development department with an emphasis in Family Services. So it’s a little bit like social work, except I can’t do social work without a Masters (that’s not gonna happen anytime soon!).
I would also like to say, “HOLY COW” about all the school stuff going on between mine and Drew’s families. Here goes…Drew’s older brother, Nick is accepted to Portland for Nurse Anesthetist school, his mom is accepted to U of U’s Master of social work program, his sister Karlie got accepted to Weber State’s dental hygiene program, his other sister Alissa is trying to decide which school to accept a basketball scholarship to, and my brother, Shayden is going to attend Auburn University in Alabama to get a Masters (and maybe a PhD) in Marriage and Family Counseling, I’m graduating, and my little sister Kailee will be going to USU in the fall with my other sister, Tawny. Together now…”HOLY COW.” I feel like my Bachelor’s degree is nothing compared to all of them. Congrats family, that is so awesome!! I’m proud to call you my family :)