love is everything

you know those days when you're just extremely bored, so you sit around on your lazy rear all day going through old photos on your computer?? yeah. that was me today. i decided to share a few of my favorites from our wedding day. {those that probably never got shared} hope you enjoy them.

please don't mind our cute faces... just trying not to cry our eyes out.

look at how happy dave looks.

this girl means everything to me. "buddies" for life.

love is everything it's cracked up to be.

happy.

what makes you happy?

1. this man will forever and always be number one on my happy list. he is the highlight of every single day.

2. cinnamon toast crunch. for breakfast, lunch, dinner and a midnight snack.

3. this little baby growing inside my belly.

4. long hot bubble baths.

5. a clean, spotless apartment.... which i have not seen in months. {thanks to this little baby}

6. birthdays.... speaking of, my twenty SECOND birthday is in 36 days.

7. summer. where are you? this freezing cold weather is starting to get on my nerves.  can summer be here already??

8. my husband who makes me steak more than he probably should every week. i wonder what will be my next craving..

9. shania twain and her music.  reminds me of my amazing childhood.

10. a good nights sleep.... without waking up!!

oh hey. twenty thirteen!

my mind has been a bit preoccupied the past 4 months {and one week} and my blog posts may or may not be out of place.  i just couldn't help but post my bumpdate before welcoming in the new year. it's the fourth day of january and i am just sitting down to write up my 'new years resolutions'. you know, mine have always consisted of... lose weight, eat healthy, get into shape, find a boyfriend, blah blah blah. they would probably be the same for 2013 if it weren't for this little baby inside my belly. oh and my sexy husband {that is so much better than finding a stupid boyfriend} so my goals for this new year include:

1. grow & provide for a healthy baby

everyone wants a healthy child, this little babe is the only thing i think about and i only want the best for him/her.

 2. stay in shape

being pregnant and all, i am definitely trying to gain a healthy weight instead of lose weight for this little one but staying in shape is one of my goals for this year {especially once our babe is born}

3. learn something new

i attempted the whole college thing.. but it just wasn't for me.  but i do want to continue to learn something new every day.

4. study & live the gospel

in april dave and i will have been married ONE year... it would mean the world to me if we were able to be sealed in the temple this year.  our goal is to work towards an eternal family.

5. read a new book/try something new

if i can find a good book, i absolutely love to read.  my goal is to read a new book every month. so send on over your recommendations. and, last but not least,  i definitely want to try something out of my comfort zone this year. 

17 weeks bumpdate

i still can't believe how fast this first part of the pregnancy has gone by. but then again, it also feels like its been forever. i've almost hit the half way mark, and believe me.. i will definitely celebrate.  the morning sickness has finally worn off. thank the heavens above!!!! now that i am starting to feel better, my goal is to document the pregnancy better. i am now 17 weeks and 4 days.  we find out the gender in 12 days.  we're not counting down or anything. ;)

any guesses on what this little baby is?????

{baby facts}
how far along: 17 weeks and 4 days
how big is baby: the size of an onion
maternity clothes? not yet... i think it'll be a few more weeks until that happens.  i still can't decide if i want to spend the money on maternity clothes. {all you moms out there.... what would you recommend??}
best moment of the week: possibly felt movement... i still can't tell if it's the baby or just gas bubbles
food cravings: a big fat steak
gender: we find out on january 16, 2013
what i'm looking forward to: finding out the gender of this little egg
what i miss:  feeling like a normal person
next appointment: january 16, 2013

see ya later twenty twelve

2012 was most definitely the best year of my life so far. but holy smokes, did it go by way too fast!? So much happened this past year.  dave and i are excited for what 2013 has in store for us.

{january} dave finally asked me to be his girlfriend, told me he was in love with me, and from there things just kept getting better and better.

{february} i celebrated my 21st birthday & our 2nd valentine's day together, dave's dad had another stroke, and we started looking at rings.

{march} we got engaged on march 5th, i got a new job as a nanny in the north salt lake area, and we started planning a wedding.

{april} we both worked a lot, had tons of bridal showers, and on april 28th we finally said 'i do'. best day of our lives so far.

{may} dave turned TWENTY-SEVEN, we lived with dave's parents for a few weeks & at my mom's house while we waited for our apartment to get done being built. {isn't he sexy???}

{june} moved into our first apartment together and spent lots of time with our families.

{july} spent our first 4th of july together, went to our first bees game, dave tinted... A LOT, i started my first tattoo removal treatment and we took our first camping trip together.

{august} we spent lots of time on our boat this summer, had lots of bridal showers {for rachel}, welcomed a new niece into the family and on august 24th rachel and zack sealed the deal. {sorry mom... two weddings within 4 months!}

{september} we were able to attend the brigham city temple open house, we spent a weekend away with friends at a cabin in heber, we had to sell our childhood home and say goodbye to our childhood puppy {r.i.p. missy} 

{october}had family pictures taken with my mom and siblings, found out we have a baby coming in june 2013, attended halloween parties, celebrated our first date 3 years ago on october 31 and really started experiencing the whole pregnancy thing.

 

{november} i spent most of my time throwing up and laying in bed, dave has really been working hard with his company, we saw our little munchkin for the first time and we had our first thanksgiving together.

{december} we spent this whole month getting ready for the holidays, two nieces and one nephew got baptized this month, we celebrated our first christmas as a married couple and we celebrated the new year with lots of good friends.

our first christmas

dave and i have spent christmas together since 2010. this year was our first year as a married couple. it seriously was a success!!

 dave spoiled me like crazy. seriously though. i don't know what I did to deserve such an amazing guy! christmas eve was spent with my mom and siblings. christmas morning dave and i slept in until this little baby couldn't stand me sleeping any longer. {sleeping is beginning to be extremely uncomfortable and im not even huge yet!?} see in my family, we would all have a huge slumber party christmas eve and stay up all night {well, try to} and then be up by 7:00am opening all our gifts. So sleeping in was really nice. my honey and i opened our gifts and then went straight to the eggett's for their famous christmas breakfast that dave hasn't been able to stop talking about for months now. i can see why he loves it so much. it was fun spending time with his whole family for the day. later on, we met up with all my sibs and my father to exchange gifts. by the time we were done visiting with everyone it was only 8:00pm and i was zonked out. 

we had a wonderful christmas and hope that you all enjoyed yours as well.

the bump.

i haven't been too good at documenting the baby bump.... there hasn't really been one to document. plus! i haven't felt so hot, which means i never get ready. {like, ever} however, i did take one shot when we first found out at about 4 weeks.. in my opinion not much has really changed since then. tomorrow i hit week 15! i don't know about any of you other mom's but i just get more and more excited each week that passes. 15 weeks is a big accomplishment. especially in my case. we have our second doctor's appointment this week! i can't wait to see what we find out.  our little egg is just growin and growin, according to my iphone app. it's about 3.98 inches & 1.75 ounces and is the size of an apple. {supposedly}

{about week 4}

{week 15}