Yes it is about time.

So life has been a little crazy since I have last posted. If you couldn't tell by previous posts, I have been a little bland. Well Jordan and I had a little secret that we were keeping. And if you haven't heard by now...

Jordan and I are having a BABY!

We are due June 28, 2011 or July 9, 2011. I will have to explain this one...

We first found out in October. I know I have a big mouth so keeping is secret this long has been incredibly difficult! But now that I am exactly 14 weeks, I thought it would be a good time to let everyone in on our good news.

Let me just tell you that figuring out if we were pregnant was the most grueling thing I have ever gone through. I was one week late and still getting negative pregnancy tests. I will never ever buy the expensive ones ever again! Jordan bought me a three pack of the Clearblue (I think they are called) and every single one of them told me no! I was getting super upset. Especially since I had waited a week after my missed period to take it. After we had run out of pregnancy tests, we were at the dollar store. Low and behold and the checkout there are pregnancy tests there for a dollar! So we bought two. The first one I took, was a positive, but the line was so faint that I disregarded it. But when I read the instructions again, the box said, no matter how faint the second line is, it is a positive. It is just so confusing when there aren't words!! the second one that I took definitely had the second line. It was so scary to think, oh my this is actually happening. But I wanted another opinion because those tests are just silly to me.

We went up to BYU-I health center, and I made an appointment for a blood test, because I thought my urine was insufficient. When we got there, the guy handed me a cup and pointed me in the direction of the bathroom. I was quite puzzled. He looked at me and said "pregnancy test, right?" I nodded and then told him I had ordered a blood test. He took the cup from me and then a mean nurse came up to me and said that they didn't do blood tests anymore without a doctor's order and I was too late for an appointment so I could have the urine test or not at all. I wouldn't have been so upset, but I had gone to the bathroom right before I got there!! I asked her how much she needed, and she said just enough to cover the bottom of the cup. Well, I pushed it out. She came back about 30 seconds later and asked when my last period was. She then asked me to step into the back. She handed me a piece of paper that said pregnancy: positive. Date: June 28, 2011. It was so surreal!!

I walked back to Jordan, who had heard the whole thing, I was trying not to cry and we walked to the exit door. Jordan stopped me, gave me a huge hug, and said, "We are going to be parents!!" So then I started crying. Haha. I am a baby. But it was a special moment.

A couple weeks later we had our ultrasound with our saw our baby!! Baby likes to sleep upside down, so all the pictures had to be turned around so we could see our little one. But the last one where it was just the 2D showed  our little baby, and I swear it was waving at us. :) It's little hand was fluttering back and forth. It was very special for Jordan and I.

Well we hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we hope everyone has a happy new year!! We'll keep you posted!!

December came to quickly!

It has been a while since I have last posted so I need to catch everyone up on what has been happening in our crazy lives.

First of all, our Thanksgiving was really fun. Jordan and I traveled down to Utah to meet up with my mom and sister, Kaylie. Once we met with them, we left our car and piled into my mom's car for the rest of the trip down to Temecula. It was a 15 hour drive all together, but it was fun. I got to ride front seat the whole time, because of my special privileges of being me:). We spent the next week hanging out with my three cousins, Alyssa, Corinne, and Andrea, and their dad, Uncle Marc.

We had the opportunity to watch them be baptized. It was really an amazing experience. My dad flew in from Colorado, and baptized the three of them the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. My sister Erin and I said the prayers, My mom spoke on baptism, one of the elders, Elder Whimpy (who happens to be 6'9" and 300 lbs... not really whimpy) spoke on the Holy Ghost. Jordan got to stand in the confirmation circle along with my dad and some other elders. Basically everyone that attended was not a member of the church, so to see so many people come out and support them was truly and amazing experience.

Thanksgiving was amazing too. We went bowling (family tradition of course!), ate great food, spent time together, and watched Elf! It was really nice to spend it all together.

When Jordan and I returned to Idaho, it was not how we had left it. Apparently there was a huge blizzard that came through, that pretty much shut down town. The remains are still on the ground to this day.

Jordan and I have been super busy in trying to get everything we need done for school. He has lots of papers and tests, and I have some pretty extreme projects and portfolios due. I thought being a Senior would be easy! But I am super stoked because I got nominated for the Newel K. Whitney Scholar Award. Four faculty from our department have to nominate you to receive the award, and it is only among graduating students. The communication department is one of the largest on campus, so I am lucky to receive this award. Jordan came with me to the ceremony yesterday where the school gave us these really cool mantel clocks. Each student was recognized by a teacher that they are close to. Brother Ryan Hales gave me mine, and I am so thankful for the nice things he said about me. It was truly and amazing experience. Plus I got some pretty amazing cheesecake after the ceremony.

Well that is pretty much our lives at the moment. My parents are coming next week for graduation, so I will update everyone then. Until next week my friends.