What is growing in my belly?

A baby boy! We are really excited to be having a boy. Kam wasn't going to be able to go to the ultrasound with me because he is in a 3 week course to be a range coach and he can't miss a day. My appointmnet was at 12 and I texted him when I got to the hospital. He sent me one back saying he wouldn't be able to make it. So the ultrasound tech started and was checking everything. After about 30 min she said I needed to get up and walk around becasue she couldn't get a good picture of his heart. When I walked out the door Kam was walking down the hall, he had got out of class early. I told Kam that we were having a boy and he thought I was joking. After about 10 minutes walking around I went back and finished the ultrasound. The ultrasound tech was nice and let Kam hear the heart beat and showed him that the baby really was a boy :) We were both glad that Kam was able to be there for some of the ultrasound.

This is me at 22 weeks.

Idaho and Birthday

I went to walmart yesterday wearing my BYU-I shirt and an old man had to stop and tell me his life story because he was from Idaho too. He even knows where Malad is.

Kamas finally got home last night at 10:30. He had been in the field since Sunday morning. Also yesterday was his birthday. It was his first birthday that we were able to spend (kind of) together since we started dating. He has always been gone. He request for cake was a White cake mix with half chocolate and half white frosting. I think he was being sarcastic when he told me that, but that is what I made him and he will love it. :) I also got him an airsoft pistol and told him that he can't shoot me or Zulu or I will throw it away.

I am on a roll with 2 posts in one week.

Baby things

There are a few things that have been on my mind latley. They all basicaly have to do with the baby growing inside of me (weird)

• Sometimes i think that i am still only 18 and that it weird for me to be pregnant. Then i remember that I am 22 and I have been married for 2 and a half years.
• being pregnant makes me forget things, a lot. This sucks because Kamas can't remember things either. It is amazing that things get done around here at all.
• I am addicted to Food Network. I watch it a lot ( i won't tell you how many hours cuz that would be embarassing)
• I should stop watching it because it makes me crave the food they show.
• Sometimes i have to remind Kam that I am pregnant and that in september the baby will be here for the rest of our lives. example: The Marine Corps Ball is held every year in November. It is manditory for Kam to go. There is a chance that this year it will be in Vegas. At first Kam thinks this is a great idea, then i remind him that we will have a 2 month old baby. Obviously Kam cant miss the ball, so he is thinking to himself that he will just have to go and leave me home with baby. I, however, corrected him and told him baby and i will be going Vegas (or where ever the ball is going to be). I am more than happy to chill in a hotel room with baby while he goes to the ball. Then he has a great idea that we could fly a family member to where ever the ball is and they can watch baby while we go to the ball. We are problem solvers. I will let you know how this turns out but you will have to wait till November.
• Zulu knows that there is something different because when ever i sit down she has to be right by me or on my lap. Someone is going to have a hard time adjusting to baby.
• I have to soak in the tub daily because baby makes my back ache constantly. Kam makes fun of me because i will soak in the tub for a while then get out and get in the shower. Taking baths creep me out because you can't get clean while sitting in dirty butt water. I learned that from my dad when i was little. As a result I have not taken a bath since i was about 9.
• We bought diapers at walmart the other day. Kam thought it was weird.
• I have a limited amount of shirts that i can wear because all of my "normal" shirts look like i bought a size too small. Not a good look.
• I am sooo sick of flinstone vitamins. I take those instead of regular pre-natal vitamins. Don't worry I have had 3 doctors and 3 nurses tell me that they are just fine to take as pre-natal vitamins. (my mom, however, remains to be convinced)
• I have a body pillow to sleep with but sometimes at night Kam will steal it from me.
• Not looking forward to being pregnant all summer long in the desert. it is already about 80 here. Awesome for me.
• I have found out that i cannot eat at taco time or taco bell because i will immediatly throw up after. this makes me sad because i love soft bean burritos. Also chocolate doughnuts and velveeta for dinner not a good idea.

That pretty much emptied my mind of pregnant things. School is going good. Kam likes his new job because he is outside alot and doing manly things with tools and stuff. ( this shows you how much i know about his new job. I do ask questions but sometimes when he explains things to me it just sounds like gobbly gook) He had a hallilujah moment one day because he has not had to touch a computer for work since he got here. Now i am going to go to bed and hopefuly tomorrow I can remember to take the trash cans to the curb so the garbage man can empty them.

*disclaimer* I don't pay much attention to spelling or correct grammer when blogging. Just be happy i blogged.

Heaven on a plate

So we have been in Jousua Tree for about a month now. Before we moved all of our friends at Camp Pedleton kept telling us that it is going to be horrible. But when you grow up in Malad moving to Joshua Tree is not such a big deal. I mean there is a walmart 10 minutes away! Here are a few pics of JT

I have finally started online classes with Ashford Univeristy. I am almost done with my first class which has been pretty easy. I am a little afraid for my next class because it is econ. Not one of my favorites in high school. Because Kam is a Marine I get my books for free and credits are cheaper too. So that is pretty awesome.

I finally was able to see the baby dr on the 9th. Everything is good, we listened to the heartbeat which is cool. It reasures me that there really is a baby inside me. It is weird for me to think about a baby floating around inside. I think I have felt baby move it feels like something twitching or sometimes like there is a bubble inside of me. Crazy. We get to find out the sex on May 17. Most of my family think its going to be a boy. Evvie told me that she would babysit and that I should name the baby "one"

Kamas decided a couple months ago that he could groom Zulu instead of taking her somewhere. The first couple times it worked out ok. Then Kam decided to shave Zulu's beard and it still hasn't grown back. She looks silly. Also I tried to brush her the other day and the fur on her legs was really matted so we decided to shave her legs. and now she looks even more silly because she has little chicken legs. I am going to wait a few weeks and then take her to be professonaly groomed.

This post has been pretty random and to my best writing. But I don't feel like going back and fixing it:)

Also if you have never eaten at the Cheesecake Factory you must do so immediatley. It will change your life. You have to actually eat there not just get cheesecake. Kam and I ate there last weekend and it was like chicken heaven on a plate. Amazing.

Enjoy

So once again I have not kept up with my blogging. No real excuses just didn't do it. But there has been quiet a lot happening with us so here is the update.

1. Kamas re-enlisted for another 4 years with the Marine Corp. He is changing his job from maintiance managment ( lots of paper and desk work) to AAV crewman (lots of excitment)
2. I am 9 weeks pregnant. But I have yet to see a OBGYN because tricare is awesome like that. I will finally see one on March 2nd when I will be 11 weeks. Fantastic
3. We are moving to the desert. Kamas and I will be stationed at 29 Palms, Ca. Don't know where that is, google it. Then you will see the awesomeness of where we will be living. You will be jelous.
4. I got a job here in Fallbrook as an after school program employee. I just started in the middle of Jan. and now I will be leaving the first part of March. So that was short lived.
5. I didn't have morning sickness until my sister told me she threw up 3 times a day then I started to throw up everyday.
6. I will be flying home in May to watch Fifi (Beth) in Jr. Miss and will stay for a week. I am leaving Kamas in the desert.
7. Kamas has recorded and watched all of the olympics so far. He loves it.

I think that is all that has been happening. Enjoy this post because who knows when I will post again.

Things I think about before I go to sleep

• I like to decorate my bathrooms in a striped theme (thats right I said bathrooms, I have 2, and that makes me feel fancy)


• I can't believe that Kam and I did all our Christmas shopping in one day. And that I have all of the presents wrapped


• I drove to San Diego on Monday and I am ridiculously proud of my self for driving on the 5 and the 15 and downtown with a lot of one way streets.


• I am really dreading the snow in Malad


• I feel completely shut off from the world because I don't have my phone.


• It was 70 degrees yesterday and I wanted to go to the beach.


• When Zulu sit still she looks like a stuffed animal because her fur is so long


• I want to make gingerbread houses and sugar cookies when we are in Malad


• I want a dyson vacuum


• The only good thing about the drive to Malad is that I get to use my kindle.

It's Christmas time!

So I have been a slacker and blogging. I don't know why because I am home all day so I have plenty of time to do it. So here is my almost New Years resolution-I will blog at least once a week. Starting now. So here is what has been going on with us.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we stayed in California and went to our friends, T.J. and Brittany, house. They had invited some single Marines that Brittany works with. I was in charge of pies, rolls, and cornbread. For the first time in my life(maybe not the first time, but definitely in the top 5) I felt like a grown-up because I was responsible for bringing food to a holiday dinner. So I made 4 homemade* pies. Feel free to tell me how awesome I am for doing that. I made Chocolate, Apple, Banana, and Pumpkin. The cornbread was also homemade and the rolls were Pillsbury. It was a good dinner and we had a lot of fun. After dinner we played rockband for hours. We didn't take home any leftovers because we let the single Marines take the leftovers back to the barracks. We are so giving. * the pie crusts were store bought, because it is crazy to make those

Black Friday

I was dreading Black Friday because I didn't want to deal with all the craziness. But Kamas was excited because he loves a good deal. So to solve this dilemma it was decided that I would go home and Kamas would stay at T.J. and Brittanys. Then Kam and T.J. would get and brave the crowds. This worked out great for everyone. I got to sleep in and Kamas got a sweet deal on a printer and T.J. and Britt got to come over for breakfast.

New Moon

I drug Kamas to New Moon the night it opened. I bought my tickets online a few days before and we still had to wait in line for an hour to get into the theater. The movie was pretty sweet. Just for the record I'm team Jacob.

Weekend Adventures

We have been going out with friends or by ourselves pretty much ever weekend Kamas has been home. It has been a lot of fun. We love to go to movies and out to dinner. We have had a few cookouts with friends. Going bowling on base it pretty sweet because none of us is very good.

Trees for Troops

Once again this year I did the whole stand in line at the butt crack of dawn to get a free Christmas tree thing. Fed Ex gives out free real trees to Marine families every year. To get one you have to get up really early and stand in line to get a ticket for a tree. They hand out tickets at 7:30 a.m. I was in line at 6:10 and I was number 110. They give out about 900 trees. This year was fun because I conned my friend Tiffany into going with me. While we were waiting for the trees to arrive we entered drawings and we both won a set of ornaments. We climbed a rock wall, got a free toothbrush, a gift card for a free shake at Jonny Rockets and free mints. All before noon.

Job

So I got a job with the after School program here in Fallbrook. I will be working with 4th-6th graders before and after school. I will be helping them with homework and organizing games and such. However I won't start working for a while because I have to have a background check and drug tests and all that jazz. So I am waiting for a call to set up those appointments. Hopefully by Feb will start working.

Christmas Parade

We once again went to the Fallbrook Christmas Parade this year and invited some friends to watch it with us. This year we were way more prepared with chairs and coats and blankets and hot chocolate. It was a good time. I only took 3 pictures and I can't find the camera I took them with so no pictures. The parade lasted about an hour and a half. There were lots of classic cars and dancers and horses and school bands and such. After the parade everyone came back to our apartment and we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. Then we played my favorite game Discombobulation. We ended the night with brownies and ice cream.

Church Calling

We have only been in Fallbrook since October and I already have a church calling. They don't wast any time here. I am the CTR 6 primary teacher. So far it has been good. I only have boys in my class and they are pretty funny. So far I have only had 3 kids in my class so that has made it pretty easy.

I think that is all that has been going on. We have been slackers with our picture taking. Hence the lack of pictures for this post. Kamas and I have yet to start our Christmas shopping and we only have one weekend to do it before we head for Idaho. Wish us luck.