Hello!!

So today I am working on my computer trying to finish a paper due in Biology tomorrow, minding my own business and thinking the little man is asleep inside me. Well, with the laptop on my belly, a kick from down under sends my laptop off my belly where thankfully I catch it saving it from crashing on the floor below. I think he was sick of my fingers bopping the computer up and down right on top of him. But what do I know?

If I was going to write him a letter today, this is what I would say about being pregnant and what I think of him:

Dear little man,

I desperately want you to come out of me soon. I want to meet you and see if you look like your dad or like me (hopefully your dad :)). I am getting very claustrophic and I feel like a human tank. I struggle to bend over. I badly want a pedicure by a cute Vietnamese woman. I love taking baths and turning over in the tub, the water makes me feel weightless. You move so much in the night you wake me up and then you kick my bladder making me feel like I am going to wet the bed if I don't go to the bathroom immediately. But, even after all of this I still love you and can't wait until I meet you 5-6 weeks from now. I can't believe you are finally going to come. It feels like we have been waiting for so long.

Love, Mom

p.s. please be nice to dad when you come out so he won't be scared of you. thanks :)

Josh Gets His Mission Call

My brother Josh got his mission call this last week to the McAllen, Texas Spanish speaking mission. I couldn't be more excited for him!! He is going to be such a fantastic missionary. He leaves February 2.

1. Ward Christmas Party (Brett played Little Drummer Boy with the bishopric with his piano and drum stuff....it was hilarious!)

2. 6 more weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. School will be over after this week!

I love him

I just want to say that I adore my husband.

We have way too much fun together.

I love when he gets home and we tease each other endlessly

and talk in silly voices and say our silly phrases to each other.

That's all I wanted to say.

Fall Sports

Fall Sports are coming to a close for Brett. He has been on two ultimate frisbee teams and a soccer team. All have been so fun for him and fun for me to watch.

The team discussing strategy....

(Sorry for the bad lighting and photography and bad camera...)

This is Team Lightning Tron. It was an ultimate frisbee team that the Electrical Engineers put together and was so funny to watch. The games were complete with matching blue or black Lightning Tron shirts. (And yes, the name is supposed to be nerdy ha ha.)

Brett also was happy to join Steven's soccer team. Soccer is Brett's favorite sport to play and he was so happy to play with them.

Classic kid soccer pic....

Cooling off....

1. Snow!

2. Holly comes soon!!

3. My sweet husband.

Oh Christmas Tree!!

OH Christmas Tree!!!

This year I decided that we needed some sort of christmas tree....and with the budget that I allowed for it this is what we ended up with.....

It is the most wonderful, tidy, odorless, pine-free and most wonderful looking Christmas tree in the world. ;) I love it!! :)

1. Fun day with my mom.

2. It's December!!!!

3. The christmas tree, porch lights, and christmas wreath that grace our humble abode.

Thanksgiving

This year Brett and I headed up to Kaysville on Wednesday to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday with the Mellor family and it was such a blast!

The eating began with a pancake breakfast from Bob and it was delicious.

The gang. We had the Ezell's (Brett's grandparents), the Mellors, and the Munoz family (a stake president and his family from Spain).

The foot massaging after all the eating...yes, I did massage Brett's feet it just doesn't show in this photo ha ha. P.S. for those asking for belly pics from me I'm afraid this is the best I can do ha ha.

The food!!!

Other than eating away all our days up north, we went to Megamind, went to dinner, played lots of fun games, watched movies, and hung out with the Mellor group. It was such a wonderful week!!!

1. Thanksgiving

2. Family

3. 7 more weeks!!!!

Wednesday Morning

I woke up with Brett, drove him to school, came back home and got back in bed. I couldn't sleep so I turned on a movie, The Majestic. It stars Jim Carrey and I liked it a lot. I finished the movie and then took a shower. Now I am sitting on the couch surfing the web for Christmas and birthday presents for Brett.

Yesterday I had some interesting skin care clients at work. I love hearing peoples life stories. The last client told me that last week her sister died during the deliver of her son. Both the mom and the son died because she bled to death internally and the doctor didn't know. Who tells a pregnant woman this story? Secondly, do woman really still die giving birth? I thought we were past that.

I dreamed last night that I got a C-Section and the scar was a huge X mark on my stomach. I remember getting up in the night to go to the bathroom and thinking that my stomach was sore from the delivery. Isn't that weird? Plus, sleeping is becoming so much harder all of a sudden. I will start out on my left side and sleep there until my left arm goes to sleep then I wake up and switch to my right side. This goes back and forth all night long....

I want to put up a Christmas tree this year but we pretty much have no room. I think I'll be creative and try to come up with some other idea that is "christmas treeeeee" looking. I'll post that later. I love decorating for christmas!!!

There is an empty crib in the other room that already has toys (a soccer ball, Brett's teddy bear from when he was little, an orange moose, and an orange hippo) and blankies and a quilt in it. I wish our little boy was soundly sleeping in it. I can't wait for him to arrive. Although, I'm nervous he's going to be an insane active little guy. I feel like he moves all day and all night. He is growing so much and he kicks out all the time and I can see his feet push out my stomach. It is so crazy to see him move and know that there is a little person inside me.

I'm really excited for Thanksgiving!!! It's one of my favorite holidays of the year. I think it's just the time of season and being with family, but I love it. We're going to be with the Mellors as well as stopping by my aunts home and see my grandpa and my dads side of the family. Can't wait!

I have been trying to cook different things lately cause we have been kind of in a rut for meals. I really wanted homemade pizza the other night with wheat crust and I made it and it was TERRIBLE!!! Someday I want to be a good cook. In the mean time, I'm sorry Brett.

1. Chocolate brownies.

2. Hummus and pita bread

3. Brett

Happy Birthday Bob

Last night we enjoyed a great evening with Claire, Bob and Katie. We went to Los Hermanos on Center Street in Provo and enjoyed some great mexican food.

Afterwards we enjoyed some great birthday chatting at our apartment.

We love having you guys come down! Thanks again and Happy Birthday!

In other news, Brett and I are just busy bees doing work and school. Brett is so busy and is working really hard on his research and his classes. I am almost done with school and can't wait for my early Friday morning Biology class to be done. Every day I feel like I'm getting bigger and bigger and I can't wait for this little guy to come. He still doesn't have a name and he probably won't until the day he is born. He moves all the time and it makes me so happy every time he does. My doctor tells me that his heartbeat is still fast which means he's extremely active and I hope he mellows out a little after he's born....hopefully!

I'm happy to report that Brett just left to his sunday morning meetings in his church clothes and they are clean. :) Josh came last night and we loved having him!! He slept on our couch and headed out this morning. We loved having him!!

1. Josh coming last night.

2. Birthday Bob.

3. Dinner with my family today.

The Dry Cleaning

So last week I thought to myself,

"Hey, I want to be a good wife this week. I will take ALL of Brett's church clothes (shirts, suits, pants, etc...)and get them all nice and cleaned at the dry cleaner."

So, off to the cleaners I went.

I dropped them off.

They told me to return Saturday.

I did.

I was too late.

They closed at 3.

I got there at 3:03.

So sad.

So, Brett wore a very pieced together outfit today and smiled all the way through.

I sure do love him and I'm happy he'll still have me.