{Baby Update}

The biggest news is that I made it through the first trimester ALIVE!!! I wasn't sure on some of those days. I was lucky and never threw up once! But unlucky in the fatigue area, I have never been so tired in my entire life. There were a couple weeks that I was lucky to shower once during the whole 2 weeks(eww I know), I felt like I had the flu the entire time so I would say that yes I did get sick just never the "morning sickness". I also had a really hard time with food and smells, I would be so ravenously hungry that I would have some serious hunger pains but wouldn't be able to eat because food is disgusting. I ended up losing weight during all that.

I went in to an appointment last week and the Dr. is great and we love him!! He felt something on the right side of my uterus that caused some concern so he had me come in this morning to get an ultrasound to check it out. There were two things he was concerned it was either a fibroid tumor or a separated uterus like my sister had. So we had been nervous the last few days. Turned out that it is just my ovary on my right side that is close to the uterus and that's what the Dr. felt last week!! WHEW!!! We feel so much better now that we know I am healthy and the baby is too! Absolutely nothing to worry about =)

Having that ultrasound today was so incredible, I know all you mommies understand what I can't express. I was crazy to watch this little thing wiggle all around and not feel a thing and think oh my heavens that's inside me!!! Surreal.
We are SO excited to be parents and I can't wait for the bump to show!! Now that I am feeling great it's getting more fun! Preston has been FANTASTIC and took such good care of me while I was lying stinky on the couch! He'll be such a good daddy!!

Here's a little peek at our little one!!

{Goodbye...}

Dear Skinny Body,

I will miss you.

I have put you on loan for the next 9 months to a tiny little one. I just wanted to say goodbye for now but I promise not to add too much to you and I also promise to get you back the second I can. I will always remember our size 0 pants, the hours spent in the gym, the protein drinks, the health food, running till I couldn't anymore, the weights, the sweat and tears, and the happiness of always fitting into the "skinny jeans".

And let us just remember this one thing..."IT"S ALL FOR THE CAUSE!" and it's so going to be worth it!!!

One last look at the way we were :(


P.S.
The BUMP is going to look soooo good on you!!!

{ It's Christmas BABY! }

Preston and I received the greatest gift this year for Christmas and are ecstatic to announce that we are having a BABY!!!

We are 8 weeks along and are due August 10th. Of course we are adding another baby into the mix of the already biggest month for birthdays in my family lol! We have a 5 day window in order not to have a double birthday =) so fingers crossed that this little one will have a day all it's own.

I haven't been sick at all and other than being overwhelmingly tired that is all the symptoms I have had. Preston is very excited to be a dad and I am a little freaked out but we couldn't be happier to be parents!

We found out on the 5th of December and have kept it a secret from everyone but the Grandparents all month so that I could tell all my family on the 26th at our Christmas party (I wanted my family to know first). So I am happy to finally be able to shout it from the roof tops! =)

I have to tell how we told the family (because I can and it was cute)! I had my mom and dad in on it so they were able to help. So what we did was stage a picture, my dad has a nice camera and we had him and my mom asking to take a big picture of everyone. So my mom went around and gathered up all my girl cousins and aunts and told them we wanted to take a picture of all us girlies (way too many in one picture to add the boys too). And then my dad was going to take the picture. So I had my dad (prepped him before hand) take several shots, on the first couple it was say "Merry Christmas" and then "Happy Holidays" and so on for a couple more until the family was getting restless and then he said ok one more. Then he said very loudly so everyone could here... "Everyone say Tara's Pregnant!" and of course everyone repeated it without thinking and then they started getting it and got excited! It was fun to tell them this way and even though it was had to keep secret for so long it ended up being really fun!

So here are the pictures of my family when they said Tara's pregnant, I think it was really fun to have their expressions caught on camera!

One before the announcement


Right when my dad said "Say Tara's Pregnant" only a couple got it =)


Now they get it! So funny watch all the faces!

{ Forgotten Carols }

My family has been going to see The Forgotten Carols for 18 years! It is our number 1 Christmas tradition. It isn't ever really Christmas time till we see it every year. Preston has been coming for the last 6 years himself so he is well into the tradition too! I was looking at my pictures and noticed that some of my favorite pictures of us are from those nights. So, I decided to add the last 3 years since we have been married of us enjoying our tradition (I guess that's all I have on my computer, although I know each year has been documented)!

2007


2008


2009

{ Bump, Set, Spike!! }

As many of you know I am the Young Women's sports director (Coach) for my ward, best calling ever by the way. So, once again I am on here to brag a little about my amazing girls! We went to the Region Championship in Volleyball again this year. YAY!! I am so proud of these girls I could just split in two!

The girls really had to battle it out this year! One minute we were out of Region play and then we got a second chance to play again (a team left and we got their spot) and then on the second day a of bracket play and won it all but one game, 7 hours worth of playing and we made it into the Championship Game!!! The girls did so awesome, we got second place in Region which is nothing to be sad about since we weren't even supposed to be there! They are such a great group of girls, it has absolutely nothing to do with me! They are just awesome! This also makes it the 4th Region Championship game we have been to in two years, 2 in volleyball and 2 in basketball!!!


P.S.
New Moon was AWESOME!!! Bet you were waiting for that, weren't ya?! ;)

{Yes I know}

YES I know this is my second Twilight post in less than a week.
YES I know that this also makes it my 3rd post about it in as many months.
YES I know what category this places me into.
YES I am at peace with my love of Twilight and how I am now in the ranks of the crazed screaming teenagers.

But when you are sick for 3 days straight and you can't watch TV and all you have to watch while you are lazing around dying are movies. And when you are married to a man like mine then chick flicks run on the smaller side of available things to watch. So you end up watching Twilight. A LOT. Then your sister sends you videos on FB about Twilight. Then you start thinking about how it is less then 10 days away and how much you love those books and how many times you have watched said movie and then you get sucked into this like Twilight "ZONE".

And well people this is what you get!

This is a SNL skit with Taylor Swift and ohmygoodness haven't laughed so hard in forever! It is truly a classic! True Twilight obsessed adults like myself will love it. I promise!



P.S. Sorry people this is what you get till Preston and I have kids and have more to post about then my love for Vampires and teenage obsessions! ;)

{14 days...}

14 days... that's TWO weeks people!
Till this comes out and I am SO excited to see it!!!

{What happens in Vegas...}

I blog about!

This past weekend Preston and I went to Vegas with some of the members of our Mona Vie group for a conference. It was so much fun and such a good conference. On the last night Preston and I got to stay in a millionaires suite for free, such a nice surprise! Awesome! It was a quick trip but way worth all the lack of sleep! Can't wait till we get to go to Cancun Mexico for a week for FREE!!! Wow such an awesome time!

These are some pictures the night we went out on the Vegas "Strip", we went to see the Bellagio fountains which I had only seen on TV and Movies. I had a very Ocean's Eleven moment I must be honest lol!





Preston was MIA for the Bellagio fountain photo opt so it's a good thing I have such a great dad to get in a photo with me!