It's a...

BOY!!!

Adam and I are the soon-to-be proud parents of a finger-sucking, adorable baby boy!!! We are so happy and excited!

Here we are at the OBGYN waiting for my Dr. to come in and perform the ultrasound:

I was excited...



Adam was a little nervous...

(he said he couldn't handle a girl because the boys would be all over her... lol). Here are some ultrasound pictures. He was sucking on his fingers for a good part of the exam (not Adam, the baby...) It was SO cute! I have even more pictures, but I'll just post a few.


This picture is kind of blurry, but I had to take an after shot with Adam holding the ultrasound picture of the baby's wee wee. HA!

Congrats to the 64% of you that voted 'boy' on my little poll! You were right!

Weekend Getaway

Last weekend Adam and I decided to take a trip down to Colorado Springs and Denver to visit with friends and see a Cubs game. Our friends Matt and Becca just got stationed in Colorado Springs, so we were able to bring their dog down to be with them, since they left him in Rapid City while they house hunted. Saturday we drove the 7 hours down to Colorado Springs, toured the town, ate at PF Chang's :), then headed up to Denver for the Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies game.

It was kind of freaky at first because we were sitting waaaay in the back of the stadium (about 6 rows from the very top). The cubbies won though, so it was worth it!

Sunday we ate some French toast w/ fried apples and whipped cream at Cracker Barrel. I forgot how delicious the food is there. Adam said his favorite parts of the trip were the Cubs game and French toast. My mouth is watering just thinking about it...although I must say that these days my mouth waters when I think about pretty much any food...or object that reminds me of food. Adam said he wanted to go to the Apple store, and I was thinking, "Ooo a store full of different kinds of apples..that sounds SO good." I didn't realize he was talking about the Apple computer store. Boring! Also, on the road we saw huge mounds of dirt covered with white plastic and black tires to hold the plastic down. I immediately thought of chocolate donuts in a field of powdered sugar. Hmm...I think I need a snack!

Here are some pictures of us at Cracker Barrel with Matt and Becca. Becca is due to have a boy in October, so we're pretty close together!

Before we headed back to Rapid City Sunday afternoon, we stopped by the Air Force Academy, where Adam went to school and wrestled during his first two years of college before he transferred to BYU. It was a very beautiful campus set up against the mountains. It was fun to be given the VIP tour by Adam.

We ended up arriving back home around 10p.m. Sunday night. It was a quick trip full of driving, but all-in-all a very enjoyable weekend!

Summer Happenin's

Here is a quick summary of some of the things we've been up to this summer. I've been such a slacker when it comes to keeping up with my blog that I feel like I need to get it all in here, or it will never be seen! Back in June, my BFF Sara came to visit from West Virginia for a week. It was so awesome to hang out with my best buddy just like the old days! Some of our activities included canoeing with Heidi at Pactola Reservoir, hiking to the face of the Crazy Horse Memorial at the annual Volksmarch, hiking to the top of Harney Peak, touring Custer State Park, hanging out in Deadwood, and cheering Adam on during his first marathon!



I was so proud of my hubby for finishing a full marathon! He ran with his training/running partner Carl, and they met up with their squadron commander near the end of the race. I have pictures of Adam and Carl collapsed on the pavement afterwards, which was pretty humorous to me and Sara...We were pretty tired too though - trying to keep up in a car with two guys while they run 26.2 miles is exhausting! ; )

This last picture is of Heidi in her self-made fort under our bed. She enjoys ripping up the fabric from underneath the boxspring and climbing inside. It took me forever to find her one day because she was sleeping in there and wouldn't come when I called her. I thought it was so funny, I just had to take a picture (or 5)! I love that dog! haha.

I'm Halfway There!

I figure since I haven't posted since MAY, I should probably give some kind of update on how we're doing! My pregnancy has been going really well. I found out I have a negative blood type (I know...I'm 24, and I just found that out), which means I get to have the peanut butter shot in my hiney here pretty soon...so that's exciting. I am now 20 weeks along, so I'm super excited to be halfway through! We'll find out if the baby is a boy or a girl on August 10th (this Monday!!!). Hmm...speaking of, I'll make a little poll to the right of this post, and you let me know what you think we're having! I'm pretty convinced that it's a girl, although I keep referring to the baby as a "he" without thinking. I've also been feeling the baby kicking and moving around every day, which is really cool and reassuring. Adam has felt the baby kick twice, but both times were pretty subtle. The following are my bump pictures at 15 weeks (green shirt), 18 weeks (red shirt), and 20 weeks (pink shirt).
Be sure to vote!!!

Big News

Oh my goodness...I haven't written a post in forever! I apologize. A lot has happened since I wrote last, so I might as well break it down!

First of all, I turned 24 on March 30th (yes it's been that long since I've posted). The night before my birthday we had a huge blizzard, which was bad because everything was closed on my birthday, but good because Adam and I both got out of work! The first pic is of me and Heidi getting ready to play in the snow.


Here's Adam after making me my "blizzard birthday snowman." It was decorated with dog treats so Heidi could eat them when the snowman melted, but all she did was sit outside and bark at it. The treats didn't last til the end of the day.
Adam's family came into town in February, and we visited the Jewel Cave National Monument for the first time. It was a pretty neat cave full of geodes.
Other things have happened too, but I think the most exciting thing is that after 2 years of unsuccessful trying, Adam and I are having a baby! Here it is at almost 11 weeks (where I am now) waving "hello."We call it our miracle baby because we didn't think we were going to be able to get pregnant without medical assistance. However, this little one came as a big, wonderful surprise, and we're very happy!

Peer Pressure

We finally gave in...although I still think I prefer our little TV (pictured in my previous blog posting). Adam's argument was, "I can't see the TV without my glasses. We need a new one." Pshh. LoL.

Our New House!

Adam and I are finally all settled into our new home. To avoid a long story, I'll just say that closing on a home is NOT a fun process. However, everything is all said and done, so we're both really happy!

I forced Adam to smile while I took a picture of him signing our closing papers. You can tell he's really happy signing his name to a whole lot of debt!
Here are some pictures of our new bedroom set. The bedroom is really small, so it's a pretty tight squeeze. We won't be living in a tiny place forever though! Heidi decided to be our bed model at the last second.

The following pictures are of the living room, bathroom, 2nd bedroom/office, and kitchen:

Even Heidi is happy about the new place!

Adam and I installed the hand towel rack and the bath towel rack in the bathroom. We're pretty proud of ourselves. haha. More blogs and pictures to come, as I'm trying to get caught up on what's been going on here in blizzardville! Stay tuned...