One Month left!

I can't believe I am only 1 month away from my baby girls due date! I have loved this pregnancy and every bit of it... and I mean that with all my heart. Its getting SO very close to her being here and I am SUPER anxious to hold her in my arms and have her here with me and Jordan.

I haven't had an ultrasound since my 20 week appointment so I am very much missing her in a way. I don't get to see how she has grown and what she looks like. This in itself makes me want to see her even more now. I keep hoping that she will come a little early. Chances are that she will be late, but I keep hoping that after week 37 she will be ready to make her appearance in this world. :)

She is currently in head down position which is great and she has been head down since about week 25. I know this because of her hiccups. She gets them all the time, which makes me giggle, and I can feel the exact location of where they are. She also moves a lot now even though she really doesn't have any room. It may seem weird, but I have been measuring around my stomach to see how I have grown over this pregnancy and for the past couple months I have stayed at almost 39" around from back to bellybutton. I know she is growing, but since my belly seems to have stopped stretching she really has no room left. She doesn't kick as much, but she definitely squirms around. The weirdest thing happened one night and it really felt like she was knocking on my belly (kinda like you would knock on door). lol. It was quick but she did it about 5 times. Like knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. lol.

There has also been times during her squirming that it actually tickles. I have even laughed out loud once because it made me jump a little because it just tickled so bad. lol. She doesn't really ever kick my ribs so I have been grateful for that, but as I have mentioned before about her having no room left she is spreading my ribs out in my front and back. lol. It just kinda feels like I need to pop my back all the time and squeeze my front ribs back in because they feel out of place.

These last months have been such an amazing experience and I do not take one part of it for granted. I have loved being pregnant even if it isn't always comfortable or easy to handle. :) I can't wait to see my baby face to face and wrap her in my arms. She is going to be very much loved not just by Jordan and I, but by family and friends. :D We are all awaiting her arrival.

Christmas!

So I didn't really get very many pictures, but this was one AMAZING Christmas! Jordan and I had such a nice time relaxing and spending time with family for 6 entire days! It was much needed! We had so much fun being around everyone and getting to play games and enjoy the atmosphere.

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun with my parents annual Christmas Party. It was a BLAST as always. The games, the food, and the gifts were wonderful, but the company was the best part of it all. I can't explain how much I love my family and being around them!

Pic of Jordan, me, Kelsie, and Josh on Christmas morning!

One with my amazing parents! :)

So the story behind this next picture is this: My family has always had the tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve and its usually new pajamas. I LOVE new pajamas, but Jordan does not. He hardly wears them and instead wears basketball shorts, but he has about 5 pairs of them. So I was left without knowing what to do for his Christmas Eve gift. He had given me a few ideas for just Christmas and one was a hat. Jordan is super picky when it comes to hats and I discarded that idea quickly because I figured no matter what hat I got him it would have something wrong with it. lol. So as I was walking through the stores wondering what the crap to get him, I came across this hat in the picture below. I have seen this everywhere and I think they are just awesome! Knowing that he didn't really like these hats I decided it would make a wonderful gag gift for Christmas Eve and that we could just return it later. ha ha ha. I just wanted to see his face when he opened it. I did have another real gift for him. To my surprise when he opened it on Christmas Eve night he actually liked this hat a lot and even decided to keep it. So for once, I actually did GOOD!

Jordan and his wonderful Beaver hat! :D

These were the pajamas Jordan got for me for my Christmas Eve gift and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They are super comfy and super cute! I must say that he did an amazing job, because these fit me while being pregnant, but they will also still fit after I am done being pregnant!

Christmas day was lots of fun, but very tiring. First we got up early for church with my parents, which was wonderful to experience on a Christmas morning. Since my dad had to stay at the church for a little while afterwards we decided to hurry over to Jordans parents house and open gifts with them so that they didn't have to wait. We ran over there, then ran back to my parents to open gifts with them, then went back to Jordans parents, then went to see Jordans grandpa Smith in the Veterans home which was wonderful and then we ran over to my Grandma and Grandpa Johnsons house to visit that side of my family since I never get to see them, finally returning back to Jordans parents house to enjoy the rest of the evening. It was kind of a rush, but was wonderful to say the least. :D We got lots of gifts, but again I forgot to do pictures. I had it all on camera, but I won't bore you with those videos because they were pretty long. lol.

Amazing Baby Shower!!!

Well, Brailey's Baby shower came and went and I just have to say that it turned out WONDERFUL! I have the best family in the world!

We played some wonderful games, in this one we played guess which diaper has the "poop" in it, but really it was just an m&m candy. lol. Lets just say I failed at this game.

The awesome Diaper Cake that my momma made! Isn't it just SO cute?

This is some of the wonderful decorating that my sister Krystal did for the shower! I absolutely LOVED it! It was more than I dreamed of.

Lots of gifts from all the awesome people who attended the shower! It was like early Christmas. ha ha ha.

Some of the COOLEST friends who came to support me and my little girl (one couldn't attend due to recently having a baby, but if she had made it she would have been in this group lol)

This is all the gifts laid out! We got TONS of stuff! Just about everything we needed and wanted, and more!

Overall, I had the best time and it was a great turnout with great friends and family to support us. We couldn't have asked for anything more! The best present I received out of all of this was having my friends and family there! I love them all!!!! I am so very grateful for having such amazing people do so much for me.

Loving Husband!

I just have to write about how I have such an AMAZING husband and ultimate best friend.

Today, while I was at work, Jordan had the day off and did a lot to help me out. He helped fold all the laundry that I left in the basket (which was about 3 loads worth), he took the time to make a bunch of meals that we can freeze and reheat later on because 1. I don't really like cooking unless it's desserts. 2. I don't usually have the time to make meals with our work schedules being so crazy and usually opposite from each others. And on top of helping me out, he has been working so hard to get his school schedule figured out by visiting his school counselor and working so hard at work to help provide for us. This man is such a wonderful guy. I love him for so many reasons that sometimes I can't even describe.

I love that he is always there for me when I need him and even when I don't. He supports me in so many ways and is always trying to help me out with my projects. He's not the cleanest person, and let's face it, I am a clean freak most all the time, but he is always trying to better himself to make me happy... and having a clean house is just one of the many ways to make me happy. ha ha.

He is always making funny faces and trying to make me laugh... especially when I am in a bad mood. He knows how to lighten the mood and to turn my bad days into good days. And he doesn't do this just for me.... he does it for everyone. He is always helping others and is such a great friend to everyone he meets. He is my earthly guide to becoming a better person. Many times when I want to say something mean or out of line he always stops me (or at least advises me otherwise because I don't always listen).

He is such an adventurer. He is always trying new things whether it's food, sports, crafts, and fixing things up in our house or with our cars. He always wants to be out and about doing something rather than sitting and watching television, which is what I do most often now because I'm just worn out after work. He is always getting me up and out of the house...even if its just for a walk around the block or around town.

And who can resist those eyes and that smile?? I sure can't! His eyes change colors and I love it because they either look like an eclipse with the moon blocking out the sun in a bright blue sky, or they look like the ocean, blue with a hint of green and brown. He is SO handsome and I can never resist that smile. I am such a lucky girl to have gotten such a handsome guy to love someone like me.

This man is my bestest friend of all best friends. I have dated him since 11th grade and have learned so much about him over the years. He is sweet, and loving, and laid back, and smart, and just overall the best! I do believe that there is more than just one person "meant" for each of us on this earth, but Heavenly Father knew that this is the one and only that I would ever want and be the happiest with. I know that there is no way of knowing if I could have been happier with anyone else or not, but I honestly believe that this is the happiest I could ever be with any man. He truly is my better half, he is my best half. I love this man more than words can say. He is wonderful, he is my EVERYTHING.