.flowers and champagne

I've always told Air that I'm not the type of girl who cares about getting flowers. Well, because they just look pretty for a little while and then they die.

Our fantastic Realtor (Kelly Williams of edeprato.com (look her up, she's goooood!)) surprised us with some beautiful flowers and a bottle of champagne on our possession day. HOW NICE!!

I was sooo excited to see the flowers! I felt a little bad about the champagne, until she explained that she knows I'm pregnant so she got us non-alcoholic. Yay! Pretty lucky that I happen to be pregnant right now and a real bottle of champagne doesn't have to be wasted on us non-alcohol-drinking Mormons. ;)

But gosh, after all the work that lady did for us, we should have been showering her with gifts! She was awesome.

So I guess I'm the type of girl who really likes getting flowers afterall ...and alcohol-free champagne too! (We haven't tried it yet, I'm guessing it might not taste like the sparkling cider we usually have?)

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House Update
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Work is going a little slow so far this week. We've hit a few snags right now that may be outside our field of expertise? ...crappy. We just want to get done with it and move already! We're getting strapped for time as well, only one more week. EEk!

Ok, I made up this awesome joke just now:

So an electrician, a carpenter and a painter walk into my house.......... HALLELUJAH!

.guess what!

So I was at my regular doctor's appointment recently taking my heart rate. While the machine was squeezing my arm tight the nurse asked me how my last ultrasound went. Usually you're not supposed to talk or move when your heart rate is being taken, but I proceeded to tell her how disappointed I was that we didn't get to see the gender ...again!!!

My blood pressure came back around 150/95. Woah! She was stunned and so she did it again while I sat there quietly. This time we got a normal reading.

I guess I've been pretty upset lately that I haven't known what my baby is. I was trying to be OK with the mystery and considered waiting to be surprised... but you know what? I couldn't do it!

So I had a 3D ultrasound this week. And we've been busting at the seams with happiness at knowing what kind of baby we're having since then!!

(AND since it was 3D we also know pretty well that it has my nose and Air's long legs! eeeek!)

ok ok... so I was eating Skittles after the ultrasound…

…and IT'S A BOY!!!

We couldn’t be more thrilled!

.my talky voice

My Air is incapable of leaving a regular old message on an answering machine.

It might even count as a disability??

I don't mind though--his messages usually make me giggle and giggle.

Here's a recent gem:

I kinda think Air's song sounds like a mixture of these two songs:

Oh how I love him...

Air-bear has been under a lot of stress lately with an overload of problems coming at him from every end. Many are pretty unexpected. But I am so amazed and proud of him right now for keeping his head above the water and working through it all so well.

He really is going to be the BEST father. I can't wait to see it.


P.S. We took possession of our home on Tuesday and are thick into the renovation process already! Just the two of us working late every night so far. It is the best feeling in the world to have a home for the first time... It's still a little hard to believe its ours!
Posts about this will surely follow...

We are blessed.

.and everything changes

*image taken from the Friend magazine

If there's one thing I've learned from the scriptures it's that 'it came to pass'.

Everything that comes in life is going to happen whether we like it or not. Even the difficult things. They come and sometimes they pass by, but sometimes they stop and stay for a while, and sometimes they don't pass until we do. There's only one thing we can do: Deal with it the best we can.

You know, Air and I have pretty much thought of nothing but moving for the past year. We've wanted to buy a house. We've known since we moved here that someday this dream would come to pass! We certainly thought it would happen much sooner, but its been one of those things that stops and stays for a while.

We'll need more space pretty soon and we have a moving deadline. We've been feeling pretty motivated to find a home! A place for our family.

A lot of you have already heard the news ..........but guess what! It's coming to pass.

We found a home! It was in our area and in our price range, so we put in an offer last month.

WE GOT IT!

It's a fixer upper (kinda trashed at this point), but it's got great potential and we've got some great big renovation ideas dancing in our heads. We can't wait to get in and get to work making it ours!

Right now we are just so thrilled and grateful to be moving out so soon! Yayay!

This has been quite the journey.

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notes to important persons:

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Dear Baby-in-my-belly,

I am so happy to have a place to put you and your stuff in four short months! I'm sure you'll appreciate it too.

Dear Mom and Dad,

You WILL have a home to come visit when this baby arrives! Maybe not a mattress... but have you seen our awesome sofa/bed?? Yeah. Nice.

.24 weeks

Yeah it's a pretty big belly these days!

Doing everything I can to keep wearing my normal wardrobe.

The baby is as long as an ear of corn. We are so excited!

I've also started enjoying a few of the pregnancy perks lately... nice.

Air and I, we have been busy busy these days with lots of exciting plans.

I'll tell you more soon.

For now, HAPPY WEEKEND!

.Flat Stanley (Gordon edition)

Another Flat Stanley came to Canada from Utah!

This one comes from my nephew Gordon. The sweetest kid around!

His Flat Stanley had lots of fun as well!

he made friends:

made a snowman that looked just like him:

played the piano:

drove a car:

he got his own Easter egg twin:

and he played basketball:

Once again, I do this to try to convince my family to send me their REAL kids!!

Thanks for sending us Stanley, Gordon! Love you kiddo!

.Our Weekend

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Gusa Easter Weekend 2012

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One more thing.

It’s impossible to have a proper Easter without treats right??

That’s why I made Mud Hen Bars and Tessa made Bird’s Nests. Both found on Pinterest. Fun!

Hope your Easter was lovely!

.Easter

Easter

Weekend is

beginning and I am so glad.
Yesterday was warm and sunny,

we were wearing sandals and shorts.
Today it snowed and snowed, we're back

in coats and gloves.

Spring hasn't REALLY started here yet!

There aren't any buds on the trees or flowers

in gardens. But Easter brings with it a reminder

of new life, despite the weather. And April has

been an excellent month for us so far. We are

feeling so blessed.

Christ lives and loves us! There is life and

redemption after death. I am so grateful

for this knowledge that brings so

much joy to my life.

"One of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so."

.Flat Stanlucy

How lucky am I. My cutest little Lucy niece sent us a Flat Stanley in the mail.

All the way from Utah to Alberta, Canada!

I immediately renamed her Flat Stanlucy, because she is a girl and looks quite a bit like beautiful Lucy herself:

I was asked to send a letter back with pictures of what she did while she was here!

Well, she did lots!

Made some new friends:

She fed the Canadian geese:

Jumped on the trampoline:

She went to a very Canadian restaurant:

She sat in our banana seat:

And she came to a barbeque:

Flat Stanlucy had so much fun in Canada she thinks that Jordan and Jo should bring the real Lucy up here sometime! Promise we won’t barbeque you!

*My last Flat Stanley from Jeremy found here.