Sunny {or not so sunny} St. George

Marcus and I were excited to spend another weekend relaxing and enjoying the warm weather down in St. George.  Sadly it was cooler and rainy for most of the weekend, but we made the best of it by watching lots of basketball and a few movies, eating delicious food, and doing some shopping.  It was a pretty typical St. George trip minus the warm weather and spending time at the pool. 

We have been hearing good things about the Egg & I so we headed there for breakfast one morning and really liked it.  It must be pretty popular because it was packed and there was quite a wait.  Our food.  It's funny how different my food always is from Marcus'. 

 Can you tell which is who's meal?  Raspberry and granola whole wheat pancake, or a cheesy, meaty, potato and egg skillet.  Delicious.

We loved our amazingly relaxing and chill weekend and at least managed to miss the snow that hit here at home this weekend.

Goodbye Little Car

Yesterday we said goodbye to my car and I had such mixed emotions.  I've had this little car for almost 6 years and it has been such a good car for me.  We've been talking about selling it for awhile now, but when we put it up for sale on Friday I had no clue it would go so quickly.  This was the first and only car that I found, bought, and paid for all by myself.  It went to BYU with me and now has been with me for almost four years of marriage.  I have a lot of memories with this little car and am sad to see it go. 

I am sad that I won't get to experience Marcus' teasing about my little go cart, golf cart, bumper car  or whatever else he was calling it on any particular day.  Deep down I know Marcus will miss it too.

Halfway there!

I am now 20 weeks and cannot believe it.  I cannot believe that this pregnancy is already halfway done.  In some ways that makes me sad, because I don't want this to be over.  So far I love being pregnant.  I love knowing that there is a little baby inside of me, growing and just hanging out.  Obviously I am excited as can be to actually meet this little guy, and be his mama, but for now I am loving having him inside of me.

Belly:  Until just a couple of weeks ago it felt like I was just getting thicker and thicker rather than really having a belly popping out.  That has changed recently and there is definitely a belly there now!  It feels like it is always growing.  Some mornings I wake up and think that it grew overnight.  So far I haven't gotten any maternity clothes and am just wearing looser regular clothes.

Here I am, 20 weeks along. 

And the progression:

Smells:  I have always been sensitive to smells and now that sensitivity is just heightened.  I can smell everything now although it is mostly smells that already were gross to me that I hate now--like cigarettes, B.O., onions and garlic...and hamburger.

Foods:  There is nothing too crazy here.  If I hated foods before I was pregnant, I still hate them, and same goes for what I liked.  But I have been especially loving Thai food lately.  I could eat at Mekong and Sawadee every.single.day.  Other than that there have been moments where I really wanted Olive Garden salad or a delicious steak.  Oh, and Paradise cookies.

For the most part I have been feeling great.  There are minor aches and pains but nothing unbearable.  I wake up several times a night with really bad charlie horses, which I had no clue happened when you're pregnant!

I still have not felt this little guy move, so I am hoping that will happen soon.  We go in for our 20 week ultrasound with our doctor on Monday and are excited for that.  

I am still just so grateful to be pregnant and for this little baby growing inside of me. So fun!

A little crafting

Here is a sneak peak at a small something I am working on for the little guy's nursery.  Whenever I try something that involves sewing it is a little risky. Risky as in there is always a huge risk that I will get frustrated or overwhelmed and never finish it. 

The project isn't finished but I have the bulk of it done and am feeling really good about it.  None of this would have happened if I wasn't lucky enough to have a super nice sister who also happens to be really good at sewing.  Tierra let me use her sewing machine, re-taught me how to do a blanket stitch, let me use some of her wonder under when stupid JoAnn's sold me interfacing instead, and encouraged me to keep going whenever I would freak out and want to quit this dang project.  I'm not sure how she got all of the sewing talent and I was left without it, but lucky for me she is always willing to help out. 

And for those wondering, those are also the main colors that I am going to be incorporating into the nursery.  I'm sure there will be more pictures to come.