We may have a slight cereal problem on our hands....
They were all on such good deals, though, and we couldn't pass it up!
Baby
11 weeks pregnant & 38 weeks pregnant
When I took this picture in March, not many people knew I was pregnant. But those who did made sure to give me a hard time about being so big that I already had to start wearing Clayson's shirts.
Now, in September, I really am so big that I have to wear his shirts!
I have such wonderful friends and family who have thrown me baby showers!
The best part was just getting to see everyone!
My phone was dead for the family shower, so I don't have any pictures, but it was so fun as well!
Thank you to everyone who made these happen! It really meant a lot to me.
Growing up, I never made my bed. I just didn't see the point. I was going to get back into bed again in a few hours, so why waste my time making it every morning when it would just get messed up again. Despite my moms attempts to help me understand the vast significance of making my bed, it made no sense to me and could not be justified, so I refused to do it.
my bed in college
Then I went to college and roomed with Krisann. She always made her bed. Even better, she would make my bed! But then I felt bad that she always had to make my bed for me, so I started doing it. And then I understood why anyone would ever want to make their bed every single morning. There is just something about it that starts your morning off right. Things are in order. It looks nice. I don't know, it's a mental thing, but I grew to love making my bed and I very rarely don't make my bed now.
. . . . . . . . . .
Then I got married.
(The first minute of this is a joke about pillows on the bed.
You can continue listening if you want, but it has no relation to this post.)
I had never seen Clayson's bed made neatly. His mom told me he has never made his bed and I shouldn't hold out hope. He shares the same feelings I had growing up of making the bed being a waste of time. Although I no longer agree with him, I fully understand where he is coming from, because it was once me as well.
Guess what?
Our bed is almost always made.
Guess what else?
More often, I am not the one making it.
And on those few occasions that it is not made, guess whose fault it is?
Mine.
There was no big argument, or discussion, or agreement.
No big hoop-la about it at all.
Clayson knows that I like the bed made, so he makes the bed
(He also knows that if he doesn't do it, I will, and I'm usually already running late getting to work)
I know that every time he makes the bed, it is purely for me because he could care less about it.
This is the kind of person the he is.
Our unspoken agreement: When he makes the bed, he gets to arrange the pillows any way he wants.
Clayson's greatest pillow creation "The Backwards Bed"
We have been making the bed together for a whole year now!
I am so blessed that he is mine forever <3
Kylee Ann Photography
Because love is in the little things.... like making a bed.
So.... I guess I'm a little behind on this blogging thing.
Time for a some catch up - Get ready for a long post with a lot of pictures!
May
He always has his hand above his head.
Clayson sleeps like this every night.
First things first: We're having a boy!
We made them take the ultrasound early because I turned 26 and got kicked off my parents awesome insurance.
That was sad.
Alyssa and I have birthdays one day apart. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings at work to celebrate.
We were in Burley for Mothers Day and they gave all the mothers flowers. I got a few extras to plant my first "garden".
I learned that gardening is not my strength. These flowers are completely dead now.
Alyssa and I went to Denver for a work conference.
This is the hotel lobby that we stayed at. It was nice.
Dr Cannon got me dried pineapple!
For breakfast we would go to the hotel restaurant. I would get oatmeal (the cheapest thing on the menu, but so delicious) and Alyssa would bring her own fruit and breakfast bars. We had the same waitress every day and she was so sweet. I think she felt bad for us and the last day she bought our breakfast for us. We left her all the cash we had for a tip and wrote her a thank you note on random pieces of paper we could dig out of our purses.
She was the best waitress :)
Also in the month of May, we went on The Heber Creeper with family to celebrate Memorial Day
June
I went to the doctor and he told me that I needed to gain more weight. He recommended ice cream.
I think I can handle that!
I realized after I came home from the doctor that I had forgotten to tell him I was sick the previous 3 days and was pretty much living off of honey water. So yeah, I had probably lost some weight, but I don't think it was as bad as he thought. But if it gets me ice cream, I'm good with that!
Maternity Shirt!
23ish Weeks
Now my weight is, in his words, "perfect."
It's good to hear that sometimes.
We had a full house for the month of June! My brother Griffin and Clayson's cousin Taylor both stayed with us. It was a party every night! We watched a lot of Star Wars and basketball and played a lot of Coup (a really fun card game).
I was definitely out-numbered by the boys, but Clayson keeps reminding me that I should just get used to it. I guess he's right!
Supporting the Jazz
20ish Weeks
Next time we need some girls to stay with us so we can watch chick flicks and paint nails.
Any takers? :)
Reading - Clayson is definitely the favorite
My parents offered to watch my brothers kids for 10 days while they celebrated their aniversary.
We went to Rexburg the first weekend to help my mom out a little.
Picture Credit: Evelyn
I always love spending time with these kids!
We took a trip to Bear World!
They had baby bears, but no one was watching them because this peacock was across from them.
I always thought bears were more exciting than birds, but I guess I was wrong.
The petting zoo at Bear World
The highlight of the day was the rides!
We all had a good time at Bear World!
Evelyn had fun with my phone.
It was a busy and fun trip!
Clayson says we might just have two kids and call it good.
So much for his starting line up for his basketball team :)
July
The whole Searle family
We went to Burley to pick up Clayson's brother, Zach, from his mission.
We crammed 16 people into a 12 passenger van. Good times :)
All the Siblings back together
We also celebrated the 4th of July in Burley!
We spent the day at Dirkes Lake swimming and cliff jumping.
Clayson working on the farm
Clayson always gets some farm work in whenever we go to Burley. This time, I joined him for some of it!
His siblings call him "City Boy" but he's still a farm boy at heart :)
The next weekend we were back in Burley for Zach's homecoming talk and a family reunion.
This is me trying to get both Savannah and me in the picture.
I've never been good at selfies.
Now we are home again and finally starting to get ready for baby boy!
Every kid needs a penguin pillow. Right?
Way to make it through 3 months of catch-up!
Now I'll hopefully stay a little more up to date on this blog.
