Making room for the little babe

I have this habit of wanting new cars.

Some people say I trade my cars in like I traded boyfriends in... (before Anthony of course... silly.) Even if there is nothing wrong with them, I want something better... (Nothing is better than Anthony.)

I just get bored. I get it from my momma... The car thing, not the boyfriend thing.

Well, we bought my Toyota Yaris when we first got married in 2009 and I wrecked it about one month later (almost totaled)...

I LOVE that car. It gets about 36-42 miles per gallon. It is super attractive, reliable, and just great.

Isn't it so cute?!

Well, about a month ago somebody backed into me in a parking lot and it was damaged again. We figured that it would be really hard to ever get what we owe on it if we kept it for much longer. Trading it in was the best option and it is hard to trade in older cars.

Well, it is a good thing we decided to trade in because a carseat doesn't fit in the backseat... yes it is that small...

So we researched a lot of SUV/Crossover cars. We picked the Jeep Patriot. I love it, too. I feel MUCH safer in it and it is HUGE. Sometimes it looks like a lifted station wagon.. haha. It has less miles and will be big enough for our "oh, so growing family." Plus, it is all leather which makes for easier clean up with a little one.

Downside is the gas mileage. Boo...

Plus.. Anthony feel much more manly in this than the Yaris. haha.

Cravings

Well, I never wanted this to turn into the type of blog where the pregnant lady only talks about being pregnant... but there is NOTHING else going on at the moment.

I can finally eat some normal foods now. For 2 months I only ate saltines, fruit, water (LOTS AND LOTS), and gatorade.

I always crave these weird foods and then I get them and either don't want them or they make me very sick. What is weird is that I want things that I have never even liked before:

1. Sour Patch Kids gummies... I hate all gummy candy, yet I can't get enough of these!
2. White bread... I normally hate white bread, but it is the only bread I like.
3. I normally live off cereal... It makes me sick every day. I think I am becoming lactose intolerant. Yogurt also makes me sick.
4. Chips and Salsa... AMAZING. I have always loved these though.
5. Nectarines. Delish.
6. Green Powerade. I love this stuff.

Since I am nausiated all the time, I think about food ALL the time.
I can never eat it, but I want it because I am starving.Being nausious and starving sucks.
I can only eat very small amounts of food before I start feeling sick, but I am still hungry. AHH.. the madness.
So far... at 14 weeks I have lost 10 pounds. Why couldn't this happen when I tired diets?!
I haven't lost any for the past 2 weeks though. I think the main part is that I don't drink PEPSI anymore. I was addicted and the thought of it has absolutely no appeal to me at all. One positive thing. I guess being pregnant will break me of that habit.

Anyways... we have a doctors appointment on the 2nd and then the NEXT one we find out what it is.EEK!
Am I getting ahead of myself?
I am so nervous.
If it is a girl we already have the name picked out, but as for a boy there is still some debate.
Anthony has had his name picked out since.. forever.
But I find cute boy names everyday!

I also feel like I should be getting something ready for this little one, but I don't know where to start. I feel like I can't do anything until I know what it is, and even then, I can't buy anything until after baby showers.
Any advice?

Coming Soon... Baby Brown

I literally can't wait any longer.
It is true. We (meaing Marche) are pregnant!
13 weeks and 1 day to be exact.

Due date: April 19, 2011

(The actual due date is April 17, my birthday, but baby is measuring 2 days smaller so we say the 19th.... how they can tell 2 days apart is strange...)

I thought I had to make it official on the blog since Facebook has lied to you oh so many times.

We found out on August 26. I just decided to randomly take a test one morning... and VOILA.
POSITIVE.

I think I almost peed my pants...
I had always thought Anthony would know before I did because he keeps track of that kind of stuff....
Business major vs. English major.
The whole keeping track of things is his department.

I couldn't wait to tell him... and everyone.
Can you believe I kept it secret this long?

Anyways...
I went to work at Park's Sportsman and was DYING with anticipation to tell him.
(I get physically sick waiting for Christmas... this is so much better!)

I decided I would surprise him and take him out to dinner.
We have a favorite restaurant, Cocolito's, we go to about once every 2 months so I thought it was about time!
I told him I was taking him out for a "Back to School" dinner.
(Whatever that is...)

I bought 2 BYU onesies and a binky. Put them in a bag and off we went. (I put my PEE sticks in there too... to legitamize it.)

It was unbearable waiting for the chips and salsa... I didn't want to give him the bag when the waitress would interupt.

Finally it came!

He looks kind of weird... but I think he knew what was happening.

Does he look freaked out yet?!

And there we go!
We are going to be a mom and dad.
I have never felt so blessed in my life.

We thought it would take a long time to get pregnant... but anyways. I'm not going there.

My boss, Rick, was actually the first one to find out (besides Anthony) because I was so sick and drinking so much water I had to pee every 20 minutes.

We told our parents pretty much 2 days after we found out. I had to tell somebody! (I was only 6 weeks at the time... my dad said to call him back when it was real... bigger. haha.)

Yep... Nicole and Russell are going to be grandparents. Young grandparents. All my grandparents are young and I love it.

Pat, Mary, Jerry, and Morgan and going to be GREAT grandparents.
Genille is going to be a GREAT GREAT grandparent.
This babe is the first grandchild, great grandchild, and great great grandchild.


Sickness... TERRIBLE. I don't throw up, but I am nausiated all days. almost for 2 months straight now.
I am gradually starting to feel a lot better.
I lived off gatorade and saltines for about a month. Oh and all fruit.
Fruit is good.

The future Anthony...

This is actually Parker, the newest grandchild on Anthony's side.
A-freaking-dorable.

Cecret Lake Field Trip

Yesterday, I took all my 7th graders (yes all 70 of them) on a field trip up Albion Basin by Alta. We did a 4 mile hike to Cecret Lake! It was beautiful. I am so lucky I had Anthony go with me to help push me up the mountain! It wasn't too bad, even though I have felt like CRAP lately. I had enough energy to keep up with them and we had a great time. Only one student fell in the lake and he didn't really mind. I would have taken more pictures, but I didn't know if it was illegal to take pictures of students, so I just opted out.

We had about 7 parents volunteer to come and 4 teachers. I have been stressing about it for about a month and I have no clue what I was stressed about. It was awesome. The kids loved it and it was a free day out of the classroom.

We are reading Call of the Wild by Jack London, so that was the reason for the field trip. Get them into the wild and exploring! I don't think they understood that concept, but it was fun none the less.

I am SOOOOO sore today. My sides hurt and my thighs ACHE, but it was beautiful and I am so glad I went. It made me sad that we aren't going to be in Utah much longer and I haven't done any hiking in Utah.

The Belated Chicago Post

Well, we got back from Chicago exactly one month ago! So here is our trip mostly in pictures!

On the drive... Nebraska is FLAT. I can see logic in the 1600's theories.

Chicago Temple

The coolest house!

The Home Alone House

My first train ride.

Chi Town

The library

Subway

My first trip to H&M.. wasn't impressed

Largest T-Rex at the Field Museum

The Man-Eating Lions

On the beach... okay not really

On the Sky Deck: Willis Tower (old Sear's Tower)

203 stories up! a little scary

U-571

At the Chicago Art museum

Anthony and his homeboy

The BEan

Marilyn

Nauvoo

St. Louis

Hippo!

At the FREE St. Louis Zoo

I thought I was going to die of heat.

On the way home... Still flat.

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Zombie Booth

EAnthony got an app an his phone that turns you into a zombie. It makes crazy sounds and it is pretty dang scary. When you put your finger on the screen it will bite it and shows blood on the screen. I wish I could put the video of it, but you know... technologically challenged over here.

My Little Gals.

I have been baby sitting my little sisters for about 3 months now and it has been very fun and sometimes quite stressful.

Little Lucy is quite a handful. Annica is an angel. She entertains herself quite well when I have to focus on Lucy. We color and paint and we even made homemade playdough... don't do it. NOT worth it. She didn't even want to play with it because it was so gross.

Lucy HAS to be held all the time, but Sage has this awesome carrier that Lucy can just chill in front of me. It is good. And Lucy loves the stroller so we go for long walks to the park where Lucy falls asleep and Annica plays at the park. Then we go get the Ice Cream!

It has been fun and definitely made me want my own little ones!

I love Tanner. He is the perfect dog..

Lucy can be extremely sad or happy... sad when you are sitting down.

She likes to be up high..

Playing Hopscotch!

Playing her recorder.

Whether or not she knew how to play I don't know, but it sounded good.

Sorry about the picture quality. They were all taken with my phone.