LOOONG time no update....

So the quickest update would be.....Scott and I are gonna have a baby!!! Woooohoooo!!!!! Due October 14th.
Scott is finishing up his second semester in Law School and I am still working as Assistant Director in Resource Development at United Way of Greater Topeka.
We've already had two ultrasounds of the baby:

10 Weeks:

14 Weeks:

Scott also took a video of the ultrasound at 14 weeks.

Here's a little clip, low quality vid...a little blury:

Can't wait to find out the gender but gotta wait until 20 weeks :-)

Long time no update!

Wow lot's and lot's has happened since my last update:

January was a hectic time for my work and Scott's school. But I managed to keep up with SOME of my new years resolutions.
1. Make a  piece of art/create something each month. January, I was inspired by all the pistachios we received in our Christmas stockings to make something out of the shells. I was first going to make a sculpture. But it  would take too many shells, then I decided on a wall piece. I played around and it turned out pretty neat:

All I used was an old beat up mat board from highschool photo class, a glue gun, and pistachio shells. 

This will make a perfect interior decorating piece. I'm going to make 2 more this size and hang them all side by side on the wall :-)

2. Scott and I have been waking up together in the mornings to eat breakfast together, read our scriptures, and stretch (starting the day out right). It's been hard, but worth it!

The end of January I got extremely sick. I was sent home from work early the last Friday in January then the next week I took of on Monday to finish up recovering. But then Tuesday and Wednesday (3rd and 4th) ended up being snow days! :-) Scott's school shut down and so did my work!

This measures about 11 inches, but in some parts it was more like 12, especially after it snowed again.

Got our walkway semi shoveled.

Took forever to get all the snow off our cars.

Scott shoveling our driveway :-)

They don't believe in plowing around here. they "plow" the "main roads" (that's about two roads) and dump piles in front of neighborhood entrances. So we literally have to dig out our road. When Scott and I were shoveling our drive and digging out our cars we noticed a lady get stuck at the beginning of our neighborhood road. Scott was so kind and dug her out so she could continue on. We both helped push her car out of the ditch. It was a really nice moment until she shoved $15 dollars at Scott and just headed off.....took away from the good feeling of service we had. Just like the time I decided to give a wonderful pistacio muffin to my neighbor just because and he paid me for it, shoved the envelope of money under my door. Ug.

Our cute snow covered house.

It is sooooo cold! 

Grateful for my moon-boots which have lasted me since high school!

Our freakin' annoying neighbor insists on parking in front of everyone elses house instead of their own. Scott had dug out that spot so he could park there so we didn't have to move our cars every time someone wanted to leave, and the neighbor took it again. I've talked to them about this and they still take our parking spots in front of our house when they have   1. Their driveway they don't use. 2. space for two cars in front of THEIR house!

Crazy icicles!

So the 4th was also the 2 year anniversary of when Scott proposed to me, so we celebrated during our snow day. We also did our traditional chalk mural inside on a chalkboard because everywhere was covered in snow outside. 

February 4, 2012 (Actual proposal- Pennsylvania)

February 4th, 2013 (1 year anniversary- Pennsylvania)

February 4th 2014 (2 year anniversary, and snow day- Kansas)

I also made a little blanket out of some old yarn I've had forever, didn't get to finish because I ran out of yarn, but it looks cute. :-)

Scott and I have also finished painting the kitchen. We just need to find time to order the cabinets and put them in, then we will have a kitchen! WOOOOOHOOO!

So yesterday was Valentines Day, and Scott has a Law Conference (in Kansas City) this weekend so he was gone all Valentines Day. I felt pretty lonely but he came home late that night with these :-)

   

2 dozen roses. :-)

I added some to the bouquet of carnations he had gotten me Friday the previous week. So pretty :-)

Today Scott is gone most of the day at the law conference again. Then Monday I leave to Wisconsin for a Work conference. I will be gone untill late Friday evening. In our 2nd year of marriage and it's getting harder and harder to find time to spend with each other....I don't like this.

Holidays with the family

So the sunday before Christmas my brother, Doug and sister, Samm arrived. 

The day they arrived we realized some fleas, so we decided to flea bomb our house the next day to get rid of them before our family arrived.

I love how we have a fireplace in our home. Makes the Holidays so much more homey and warm.

When my Mom, Dad, and Sister (Julie) arrived Christmas Eve this is what they brought:

Happy boy! ;-p

My parents also gave Scott and I their Santa Fe SUV!!!! We now have two cars! I'm so grateful for my Dad and appreciative of his generosity.

 Games

Stockings hung up on the wall :-)

 Our cute Christmas tree and all the presents

 Doug found the pickle!

 Scott frying up the Christmas breakfast bacon

 Being goofs

 So Handsome!

I love my family.

 Opening Presents Christmas Morning

I LOVE this robe I am holding in the picture! Egyptian cotton!

 Christmas Dinner, Crock-pot ginger ale ham. MMMM MMM!

Being Goofs and wearing my Christmas PJ's

 One of the nights we went to the Winter Wonderland light display.

 They had 3-D Glasses to wear...oh boy, it was trippy.

 This is the lights through the glasses. Though this pic doesn't really capture how neat it was
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 Stacey arrived in Kansas friday evening.

The first place we went all together was "Speck's Bar and Grill". We totally have our own bar! Haha, but they had 3 lb burgers there, so we got that and shared it. Fed 8 people! Poor dad couldn't come out to the restaurant because he was sick, but we brought some home for him.

Wesley, my nephew, could possibly be the cutest baby in the entire Universe....

Expressions while watching "Warrior":

....I don't have an explanation for this picture....

We were able to visit the Topeka zoo, which was actually quite fun.

 Everyone taking turns with Wesley

 We had our own little Christmas party an had a White Elephant Gift exchange. 

 We also played some games 

 Another night we went to a neighborhood called "Potwin", which they are all required to decorate for Christmas/  It's neat to drive through and see the neighborhood roundabouts with interesting facts about different country's and how they celebrate Christmas and all the decorations on each house.

 Like I said, Cutest baby in the entire Universe!

 New Years "Candy Bar Game"

 Walking around the Washburn Campus, Mom made a friend.

 ....And Stacey got stuck....;-p

I love this picture!

 Gwargeous Stacey

 New Years Eve we celebrated by playing games, Talking, and eating pizza!

 Happy New Year!

Some Christmas Decor Pictures:

So New Years day we took Stacey to the airport and while out in Kansas City we stopped by the Cabellas.

The next day we took my mom and dad to the airport and after we dropped them off we drove around Kansas City to see what there was to see. Then when I got home it just hit me, it was so quite and I already started missing my family. I cried the rest of the evening and watched movies with Scott. 

Had such a wonderful Holiday with my family. So glad they all made it out for the holidays!