May Adventures :)

So I know I promised to be better at blogging, but hey, at least my last post wasn't 8 months ago this time! This month has definitely been a crazy one. It was full of a ton of birthdays, our anniversary, finding out we are having a boy, school, work, softball, and tons of other crazy stuff! SO! Here is the rundown:)

Here is my hot hubby playing softball:) His intramural games are so so fun to watch! It's hard sometimes cause I would just love to be out there on the field as well, but it's okay, because I have Katie and Kenzie (wives of other players on the team) to keep me company and to keep my mind thinking about other things than how much I want to be playing:) Michael's team is in the tournament this week! Cheer him on!





This is me at the classic 19 week bump stage. I'm a little bigger now, but I think I was sticking out my tummy in this one to make it look bigger than it was:) I'm just too excited!!!! I'm at 22 weeks now, and more pictures will follow...just not really sure when:)



OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!! Can you believe it has already been an entire year?!! I honestly can't. Michael and I have been so so happy together and love every minute that we have to spend by each other's side. He really is so amazing to me and treats me like a queen. I don't think I deserve everything he does for me. He really is my everything and I'm so blessed to be able to be with him for eternity:)

For our anniversary, I got Michael the Wii Sports Resort! Every spare minute he has, he is on that thing:) Man I'm good! haha But...I'm nothing compared to my hubby. Look at the amazing wedding band he got me!!!!!! Ah! Yes, I cried. I would attribute that to the pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure that would be a lie. Yup. It would. I love him so so so much!!!!!!




Finally, (but not really cause this was at the beginning of the month) Michael's birthday!!!!! Michael basically had a birthweek, not a birthday. Starting on the Saturday before his birthday and ending on the Friday after, we celebrated him:) On Saturday, we had our "us" party where we went to Ihop for breakfast and he was able to open his presents:) As you can see in the slideshow, he was pretty excited:) Then on Wednesday (his real b-day) all of his side of the family came over! It was so fun to finally have everyone in our apartment:) We did dinner, cake and ice cream, and presents! It was so fun to have them here:) On Friday, my side of the family all came down to celebrate Michael as well! My dad took us all to Fuddrucker's and ate until we were too full to breathe! Then, everyone came back to the apartment and we did presents and watched "The Blind Side". How fun is that?! I love family! Thank you to everyone who made Michael's birthday a great one!!!

It's a.....

Meet our little baby BOY!!!!!! How exciting is that?! I couldn't be more excited :) I'm just starting to realize how blessed I am. So many things have happened in the last year and I really can't believe that Michael and I are going to be parents. We really are so blessed and love our baby boy already! Michael is so excited that the day after we found out we were having a boy, he went on eBay and was looking for little Mariner's onesies :) How adorable is that?! We are just going to make sure he gets a Yankees onesie as well to even things up! We are still looking for a name but we will keep everyone posted!!!

Movement!!!!

You know when you're all worried cause you haven't felt the baby move yet? Especially when your doctor asks, "So how has the baby's movement been?" and you have to answer with, "uh...am I supposed to feel something yet?". Well, I no longer have to answer like that!!! I felt the baby move on Thursday! It was so cool! Like little butterflies in one small part of my tummy :) Yes, I'm already using "tummy". I figure it would be good to get a head start on all of the "mommy words". :) I have felt the baby move a little bit every day since, but today has been the most yet! I think it's because I haven't been feeling the best and have been taking it easy all day. I actually get to focus on it :) *tear*

Anyway! Also another "movement" going on in our lives. We just barely finished moving into our new apartment and couldn't be more happy about it! I've been deep cleaning all weekend (explains why I don't feel too well today) and still have a ton to do, but I love it! It's all ours :) Don't get me wrong, we are so grateful to have lived in Alpine with my family for the last four months, but it's really nice to have a place to ourselves. Well! I better get going! Lots of homework left to do!

-Trisha

Finally an update! And some pretty exciting news :)

Okay, so I figured since I just finished my last final for this semester that I should probably blog about our lives! Crazy idea right? I mean, who blogs? Apparently, not me. Anyway! Here is just a quick rundown of the last almost 8 months...ready, set, go!

- We are now living at my parent's house and have been for the last 4 months. They have been so generous and we can't thank them enough!

- I cut my hair a while ago...craziest thing ever! It's normal length for me now, but great adventure!

- We are moving into my aunt and uncle's condo in about a week and can't handle our excitement!! :)

- Michael is going to UVU and studying International Business. Until he finds something else that he wants to do, that is his path for now.

- I just finished Winter semester and will be going to school through Spring and Summer semesters as a full time student and part time employee.

- We gained another niece on April 9th! Peyton is so adorable and I can't wait to meet her!

- My youngest sister got baptized on April 10th and it was beautiful! She got to fast for the first time and couldn't believe it was TWO ENTIRE MEALS she wasn't supposed to eat.

And lastly....

I'm having a baby!!!!!! :)

How crazy is that?! I am about 17 1/2 weeks along (not counting) and the baby is due October 2nd. I was pretty sick at the beginning and school was close to impossible! I'm much better now, but I haven't really gained any weight....just inches. Gotta love it! I can't wait for a cute preggo belly and to get away from this whole, "Wait, you're pregnant?!" thing.

I don't think I have any excuse not to blog now! As I get more updates on the baby, I will update this blog and hopefully figure out how this whole blogging thing works!

Our apartment as promised! And an update of our lives :)

My favorite part of our apartment :)
Here is the unorganized mess of this corner :)

The long view from family room to bedroom. i.e. The whole apartment


Beautiful kitchen that I am actually very pleased with

Our decorated kitchen table. Fake flowers! Definite favorite.

So I'm still getting the hang of this blogging thing and realized that you have to put the pictures on after the text if you really want the pictures at the end of your post.....ya I'm smart!

I realized just a little bit ago that I'm not allowed to get irritated when other people haven't posted anything especially when I haven't posted anything in almost 2 months!!!! So here ya go!

Anyway! Michael and I are now started in school and everything is as crazy as ever! I'm working 20 hours and have 15 credits and Michael is working full time and has 2 classes (swimming and Spanish). Talk about busy huh? We both got grants to support us in school so that is definitely a huge blessing.

I'm no longer a teenager and love it! People still say "Wow! You're so young! I can't believe you're married!" But now I feel okay about my age and being married :) It's great!

We are still waiting to hear back from the FAA about air traffic control for Michael and I think I'm more ancy about it than he is! He has so much patience and I just wish I had a little bit of that! Once we hear back, he is going to be studying like mad for this test...hopefully he will have time to hang out with me!

Anyway, I have to run to class, but that is just a short summary of what has been going on with us:) Love you all!

Oh Canada!

So after 3 months of being extremely excited to get tan on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Viarta, and Mazatlan, our trip took a literal 180. Because of the wonderful swine flu going on down in Mexico, our cruise was re-routed to...can you guess it?.....CANADA! Well, even though we were excited that our cruise was still on and not cancelled, you can imagine how slighted we felt.

We then decided we were going to go with the best attitudes we could muster up and still have fun. And we did....oh so much fun! Everything on the ship was amazing! The ship was beautiful and there really was so much to do! I got to beat Michael in Mini-golf (he won a few times too) and we ate to our heart's content :) (we are now paying for that, but it was....worth it?)

We ended up stopping in Astoria, Victoria, and Vancouver. Vancouver was actually warmer than Long Beach, CA! Can you imagine that? We couldn't! Hence the many sweatshirts you see us wearing.

Anyway, of course I thought the best part was the show during dinner! Our Maitre'd would sing a different song every night while each of the waiters danced on tables. They were actually pretty good! The hard thing though was that we were smack dab in the center of the restaurant and since the Maitre'd announced that we were "honeymooners" on the very first day of the cruise, all eyes were on us!!! Michael really enjoyed that (sarcasm).

The other shows on the ship were great as well! The singers were amazing and the dancers (though a little on the slutty side) were awesome.

All in all, the trip was a 10 and we enjoyed every minute of it. :)