Prepping for baby...

So the other night me and Josh were sitting on the couch talking and it suddenly hit us. In just 12 short weeks (or maybe sooner) we will have a kid! This is my last week in my second trimester before my dr. is going to crack down about travel. We keep saying we just want to run away for the weekend, seeing as how its the last time for the next 18 years that we can just leave for the weekend without having to find a babysitter or taking little Maddox with us. Don't get me wrong, we are so excited to have him!
I do feel unprepared though..I need to finish making his bedding, wash a ton of clothes and organize his room, make curtains, buy the rest of the stuff, etc. It doesn't seem like as much written down, but when I start to think about it all I get overwhelmed.
I did do a little project this weekend. I have this awesome family from my home ward that I just love to death. They were so amazing and as soon as they found out that I was pregnant they offered me a TON of awesome baby stuff. They have seriously saved our lives! There is no way we could have gotten everything they gave us. Little Maddox is one lucky kid! So this weekend I found a really cute piece of fabric that matched his style and I wanted to cover something in it. So I decided to cover a bouncy chair. Here are the before and after pics.

 before

                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                After


Still so much to do, but hopefully it will keep us busy and occupied while we anxiously await his arrival!

Summer sick...

This is my diagnosis for my longing for summer. It's like homesick...but summer sick. My heart aches for summer. I always crave summertime. Days like these in Rexburg (where the snow is so thick floating through the air you can't see 10 feet in front of you and your windshield freezes over before the defroster can catch up) make me wish that we lived in California. Does California appeal to everyone like it appeals to me? I have daydreams about living on the coast of California...where the sun is always shining, you can smell the salt in the air, and it is never to warm or to cold. One day....hopefully... we will be able to live out our dreams in California. This picture is my dream place...walking on the beach and the pier at night....mmm.

Summertime is my favorite time. I love swimming, the snow cones, the shorts and flip flops, and feeling the sunshine on your skin. During summertime all I want is to be outside all day long...on a beach...soaking in the sun. Why does it always have to pass by so fast and take so long to come around again? I guess thats what we get for living in Idaho right? A short...sweet...summer. I close my eyes and remember the summer evenings we would lay on the grass on a blanket and watch the sunset and listen to the crickets chirp...I miss it so much....

I am slowly counting down the days until this next summer begins. I can't wait to have our little baby and be able to take long walks in the evening, go wade in pools, and enjoy the warmth and the sun. Take vacations to Nevada and spend our days out on the lake....And best of all, Josh having the summer off from school to spend even more time with me and Maddox :)


Can you tell how summer sick I am today? Does anyone else have this horrible sickness right now?

2013: Becoming a better woman

Well...2013 will be a big year for me and Josh. We have a baby that will be here in just 16 weeks. Before he comes I really want to work on being a better woman for my husband. Remember my husband project that I posted a few weeks back? Well ya. I promise I didn't procrastinate it for too long. Tomorrow it goes into effect (read about the details below).
On top of the husband project I have a few other New Years resolutions that I want to be held accountable for.
#1- I want to be able to budget us better. We actually stick to our budget really good. But there is always places for cutbacks, and the more cutbacks the more our child has towards college.

#2- I want to get cute every day. This doesn't mean I have to do full on make up every day, but at least some make up, and at least lip stick and perfume.

#3- After the baby is born I want to get back down to 115 pounds. No better time to start your new years work out than 4 months late, right?


I truly am determined to become a better wife for the husband that is so amazing to me that sometimes I honestly don't understand what I did to get so dang lucky!

As for tomorrow's husband project this is what I have planned. I have already asked Josh if he would go on a date with me tomorrow and he said yes. He works until 8:15 but then after that I am going to bring him home to the best date ever.

I am going to have an awesome fort set up in front of our TV (including lights strung through the ceiling on the inside.
I am going to rent a really good action packed intense movie. He really loves these movies, lately i'm not so found of them, but tonight is HIS night.
For dinner I am making slow cooked ribs slathered in gourmet BBQ sauce, Baked potatoes with bits of bacon and butter, and grilled asparagus with parmesan cheese.

And as always, suggestions are always welcome! Any ideas on awesome movies that men just love?

Christmas time is here again...

Christmas is seriously my FAVORITE part of the year. Unfortunately this year the Christmas season seems to have come a little late to our house. For the first part of December we didn't really feel very in the Christmas spirit, but the past few days both me and Josh have really gotten into it. I am so stoked to spend my first birthday with him and our first Christmas together :) This guy is seriously awesome. He is truly selfless and thoughtful. I had to think long and hard about what awesome Christmas gift I could get him, and he already had mine thought out and done. What I really love about my Josh is that he has made this Christmas more about Christ. He has done so amazing at helping me feel the spirit of Christmas and feel more of the importance than the presents.
Because of this this has been one of my favorite Christmas' so far :)

Red solo cup...I fill you up....

Fill you up with Dr. Pepper and then my baby goes wild. Yup. That's right. The other day I was having the worst day and I just needed some caffeine to pull me through. Since I have been pregnant i've tried extremely hard to not drink my Dr. Pepper. But....I just couldn't hold off this time. I drank an XL size from Maverick in about an hour (don't judge me). For the next 15 hours straight Maddox was bouncing off the walls and going wild. I was concerned, but Josh convinced me he was fine. The fun part is Josh has been able to feel little Maddox for the past week :) So it's been really awesome.

A Picture Says A Thousand Words

I was scrolling through my phone and realized I just have way to many awesome pictures that I have yet to share with the world. Enjoy...

So this my friends..... This is what happens at my family reunions when my mom offers to buy beer for all the family members. It's a long story. Short... Uncle Brian was demonstrating the amazing Rebman Weenus. I hope I don't get in trouble putting this up....Uncle Brian...tell me if i'll lose my title as "Favorite Niece" for having this up here. I just love this picture so much!

                                               
 The Jesus snow globe? What is this? And who wants to shake up some dude? Seriously Target?....Seriously?....
                                                 
 "Ooooops....I licked the cupcake.....Do you still want it?....." Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen?

Come One, Come All!

I need someone to come visit my house every 3 days. I LOVE how fast I can get my house clean when I know someone is going to be there in 20 minutes. I do everything that would normally take me a few hours. So i'm inviting you all to come up here to Idaho and visit me.

So. I know that I was so set on the husband project but life apparently thought I wasn't busy enough and threw a little bit more on my load. First Thanksgiving came up, then work got super duper busy, then I got this nasty little cold that has completely weighed me down. BUT I have not given up. After the holidays it is the first thing on my list. And no....I don't procrastinate. I'll show you....Just you wait!

As for the Christmas season. I feel very accomplished. I got the hubby some awesome presents that I am pretty convinced he has no clue about, and i'm excited to see his face on Christmas morning! I'm also really excited that I will be making our first Christmas Eve dinner and waking up with my best friend on Christmas morning! This is going to be the best Christmas of my life....So far :)

I am a little homesick however...I do miss how amazing my mom makes the house look at Christmas time, and I miss the music, and her yummy cooking...and not being responsible of the household.......and she did my laundry........... and I always liked coming home from school to a happy mom asking how my day was........... there was so much food there......and good snacks!
Anyway.... Long story short...I'm homesick! I love our home now :) But life was so much simpler as a kid, right?