Hooray!

We just got our stroller today! I love it. It works perfectly with our car seat. I'm really glad that we found a car seat and a stroller that meet all of our random, picky requirements. I'm so relieved!

Here's our new stroller. It folds up like an umbrella stroller and has a lot of space in the basket underneath. It's exactly like the Maclaren strollers except a lot less expensive! Casey and I didn't want a stroller with a tray in the front and this one only has a bar in the front for the car seat to attach to (and it comes off). The main things that we wanted were a stroller that is light-weight, folds up small, and can be used through the toddler years - and we heard this one is perfect for those things. Hopefully we'll still like it once we actually use it!

Graduation

Graduation was a lot of fun. Although I didn't see anyone I knew that graduated in my major it was a lot of fun to be back in Provo and feel the nostalgia of BYU. Here are some pictures of the University graduation. The pictures of my college's graduation are on my mom's camera so I'll put those up soon.

 

My little but a lot taller 16-year-old brother Jacob.

 

 

My amazing mom and dad!

 

Family shower

My sisters threw me a shower a couple of weeks ago in Utah. It finally feels like I'm going to have the baby soon because now I have some fun baby stuff! It was way fun to have my aunts, cousins, friends and Casey's family there.
Next time we see them we'll have a baby!

Today I went to the doctor and got all the fun 27-28 week tests. I'm one of the lucky few that gets Rhogam shots. I got my first of two shots today. The worst part of it was having to get the shot in my bum; I felt like I was five again! I also got the gestational diabetes/gluclose screening test. I'm sure most everyone knows how fun that is! It's so surreal to me that time has gone by so fast. I can't believe we only have 3 months left and now I'm going to the doctor every other week. I thought this day would never come. I feel like we have so much stuff to do to get ready for the baby to come, and we haven't even narrowed down the names we like yet. Casey and I are way too indecisive. Here are some shower pictures:

My sister Kari's creative diaper cake!

My newest nephew Ethan:

My sweet sisters (Brooke is having a baby girl in a couple weeks):

Ashton's Wedding

The first day I was in Utah I went to my friend Ashton's wedding. Everything was so beautiful and it was so fun to see her get married in the Bountiful temple.

 

 

 

 

Growing pains

Casey is coming to Utah tomorrow! I am so excited. I have never been away from him for longer than 3 days since we've been married. It has seemed like forever. I am so excited! I feel like in the last 3 weeks I've almost doubled in size... Now my belly button is no more. It's so exciting to think that Casey and I only have 3 months left until we get to meet our little girl so I'd better be getting larger. I have been feeling so well the last couple of months that I'm afraid during the 3rd trimester I'll start feeling uncomfortable. Recently my stomach muscles are sore from all the belly growth. Nobody ever told me that I'd have growing pains! I'm sure it's all worth it, we are so excited!

Hola de Utah

I have been in Utah for almost a week now. It has gone by really fast! Casey is still in Milwaukee until next week. He was at scout camp all last week and he had a great time relaxing (kind of) in nature. He's a very dedicated Scoutmaster and never complains about how time-consuming or hard it is. He'll be an amazing dad!

My friend Ashton's wedding was great. I was so happy to be able to see her get married. I took a lot of pictures but I forgot my camera's USB cable so I'll post them when I get home. It was a lot of fun to see my friends that I haven't seen for a long time too.

Since I've been in Utah it's been so fun to be able to hang out with my sisters and their kids and my brother. My brother Jacob welcomed me home by putting a Hannah Montana cardboard stand-up in my bed. I went to go to sleep, turned on a lamp and all I could see was her face on my pillow. It freaked me out. My family loves to play pranks on me. When I was in high school my sister Kari put a real (but dead) lobster in my bed. I came home late and I didn't turn on the light in my room. I got in bed and after a while I could smell something. I looked over and saw antennas coming from something. I was so freaked out that it took me a while to jump out of bed.

Yesterday I finally got a snow cone at Ella Good. It was sooo good. I've also made my rounds to Cafe Rio and Jamba Juice. Now I can finally stop craving them so much hopefully. I'm sure I'll be back to all those places at least a couple more times. I'm really glad that I'm supposed to gain a pound a week or else I'd be really depressed!

My sisters Kari, Brooke and Kristen

My mom and nieces Ashley and Kelsey

My family when they went to Hawaii last month (without Casey, me, and Brooke's kids)
Left: Brad, Brooke, Kari, Aaron (with Ethan), Dad, Mom, Kristen, Craig (with Seth), and Jacob