19 weeks!!

I'm nineteen weeks and I finally feel like I'm starting to show! I'm excited to feel the baby moving for the first time & looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby on the 4th! Then I can indulge in my shopping urges and spoil our little angel. :) 

Bright Star.

My appreciation John Keats has grown tremendously tonight after watching the movie Bright Star and learning more about his relationship with Fanny Brawne.

 Can I just say my heart melted?

 

First Keats is British.

We all know that British guys are the way to go. ;) 

Second he wrote the MOST romantic love letters to fanny

How romantic is that? I can't help but smile while reading it. 

 

Third he wrote this wonderful poem for Fanny Brawne & called her his 'Bright Star' 

 

 

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art—

         Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night

And watching, with eternal lids apart,

         Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,

The moving waters at their priestlike task

         Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,

Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask

         Of snow upon the mountains and the moors—

No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,

         Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,

To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,

         Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,

Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,

And so live ever—or else swoon to death. 

 

Can we all agree that John Keats is like the real life Mr. Darcy without all the "I can't marry you because it would go against my better judgement" stuff. 

Keats and Fanny's love story is beautiful and I hope that Andrew and I can achieve a love as great as theirs.

I know this isn't really Keats and Fanny, but I believe that the actors did a wonderful job of capturing the passion and love between Keats and Fanny. Plus this picture is just down right adorable.

Week 11.

 Today Andrew and I went to Texas Roadhouse where I enjoyed mashed potatoes, corn and some yummy steak. I'm excited to say that at 11 weeks my morning sickness (queasiness) has stopped, my appetite has grown and I no longer hate red meat. 

Life is good. 

I don't think I'm showing and quite frankly I forget that I'm pregnant sometimes until I start cramping. So what do you think the verdict is: Am I showing or not? Any guesses as to what we'll have? Bianca thinks it's going to be a little girl. 

I guess we'll only know with time. 

Hope everyone had a safe & fun Fourth of July. :) 

Bun in the Oven

That's right we're having a baby! I'm so excited to be a mommy. We found out a while ago, but waited to tell friends and family until we knew that everything was going well and looking healthy with our little one. :) 

I'll be ten weeks tomorrow and so far pregnancy hasn't been too bad. I feel like I'm the girl that most girls hate because my morning sickness has just consisted of feeling queasy, but usually I can cure that by eating saltines or making sure I'm eating every two hours. I'm hoping that things don't get too bad during the next trimester because honestly, I am  perfectly okay with being that girl that  everyone hates. 

 We got our first ultrasound at week 8. That was really neat! The process of pregnancy is so amazing. It truly is a miracle. I love reading my baby app and seeing what's happening. At week 8 the baby was developing 100 brain cells per minute, this week it developed it's spleen, gallbladder and one other oragn and it's also doing little kirate moves inside of me. It's truly amazing how creative God is and how much he loves us. 

It's not the best picture, but that's our little angel and it's amazing how much he/she has grown. Our baby is about 1 inch in this picture, which is pretty tiny but it already has a heart beat and has been developing it's brain.

Here's a picture of me at week 9 (pretty much 10 weeks). I don't think you can tell I'm pregnant, but a few people at work have told me they can tell...I'm pretty sure that's just my belly because I love ice cream way too much! 

According to the Chinese Pregnancy Chart I'm going to be having a little girl, which would be a lot of fun. But a little boy would also be amazing. To be honest I'm okay with whatever God blesses us with. :)

 

Yellowstone Park.

I had Saturday off last week, I know shocker! We decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and went to Yellowstone. We didn't realize how far away Yellowstone was (it ended up being about 2 1/2 hours and we didn't leave until 3). We were only driving for a few miles in Yellowstone when we came across this Bison:

We were so close! It was walking along the river beside the road. A little further down the road we saw a herd of Bison—they're such beautiful creatures and probably have the saddest eyes I've ever seen. Andrew slammed on the brakes after we turned a corner and I was really confused at first, I started looking around and then I saw this HUGE Bison trying to cross the road. It totally did a Buckbeak move, it pushed it's hoof on the ground and then bowed it's head and let us pass. Sadly I didn't get a picture of this. :(

We then headed to Artisan Point, which was simply breathtaking. The rocks were all different colors, but mostly yellow and there was a gorgeous waterfall in the distance.

 Driving through Yellowstone was so scenic with beautiful meadows, forests and lakes. Then we saw this lone mountain in the distance as we were driving:

After that we headed to Old Faithful. We walked around the gift shop for a while because the next eruption was at 8:30 and we had about an hour. We got bored and took a picture. :P So I was really sad when Old Faithful went off because I had 6% battery left on my phone and I thought I was recording everything, but sadly I only got that last few seconds...

We left Yellowstone with a beautiful sunset in our review mirror. :) It was a beautiful Saturday and I was so thankful to have the time off to spend with my wonderful husband.

Sunshine & Dasies

Warm weather is such a blessing, especially when you live in Idaho. The weather switches so often it could be like someone flipping a coin. One minute it is warm and sunny and then it is cold and hailing. BUT since the weather has been getting nicer Ands and I have gone on a few adventures:

A few weeks ago—when I had the day off—we decided to go to Idaho Falls and spend the day there. We walked around the greenbelt (which was the first time that we had been there since Andrew proposed),  looked around a few stores and went to this super yummy steak house called Stocktons.

Andrew always has to do some goofy pose, but that's one of the things I adore about him

Two weeks ago we had the chance to go down to Utah for our nephew Callum's baby blessing. He is so adorable! And such a sweetheart! We had such a wonderful time visiting family and friends. :) Saturday we headed down to Provo and spent the day there. We went to University Mall and did some browsing. I got a pretty nifty ring from an Indian shop:

I was amazed at how quickly and neatly she was able to get "HOPE" engraved into the ring. After we were done looking at the mall we headed to Bridal Veil Falls, hung out with our friend Amanda, and then had dinner with our friends Brent and Josh.

Andrew being daring and climbing up. He didn't go to far up. Some people climbed up to the top...CRAZY!

We found this sign to be quite humorous.

On Mother's Day Andrew, Amber and I skyped with my family to wish my mom a happy Mother's Day and we called Andrew's mum. It was such a gorgeous day out, so we decided to head to Mesa Falls. :)

Later in the week Andrew made us some delicious Scotch eggs.

Finals Week.

         Classes are finished. I can't believe that another semester is already coming to a close. What happened to how slow life used to go? I feel like Andrew and I will be done with school before we know it! Crazy. We still have about two years, but the end of a semester is always exciting. Even if it's just a week off. :) Finals are looking good as well. I have two more and a paper until I'm done. Woot!Woot! For my ENG 333 class we had to do a creative response, so I attempted drawing Gollum:

 

Sadly, it didn't turn out as creepy as I wished, but I don't think it's too shabby.  For my ENG 331 class we also have to do a creative response, so I'm going to try and do a ink drawing of Gustave Dore's Paradise Lost work of Satan's journey to earth. If it turns out decent, I'll post a picture. The other day we got some exciting mail: Andrew got his temporary work permit! Yay! He's been filling out job/internship applications like crazy.I'm so thankful that I have such a loving and supportive husband!