It's a girl!!

Okay, so we finally had our ultra sound on Tuesday and found out that we are having a sweet little girl. We are so excited!! Although, I'm not sure I know how to shop for girls...every time I walk into a store, my eye immediately goes to all of the cute boy stuff and I have a hard time deciding if I like any of the girl stuff... I hope this problem goes away soon or my poor baby is going to be al natural for the first few months of her life. Sigh...

Well, I know everyone in my family is dying to see, so here are two of my fav pics from Tuesday...
The first is a picture of her legs with her feet together, and the second is a profile. Enjoy!

Baby Bedding

So I've decided to make crib bedding...I made this decision for a few reasons:
1. All the crib bedding I've found so far that I love costs a zillion dollars
2. I thought it would be fun to have something unique
3. I will have absolutely nothing to do this summer besides lounge around by the pool, and I need something to occupy the cloudy days and days when I'm too sunburnt to take any more rays.
This is the color pallet I'm thinking about...I might add a little pink if we find out that we're having a girl, but I'm definitely adding some pattern. I really like the idea of a jungle...I love monkeys lions and think it would be really cute in a baby's room. Of course, these are just fore thoughts because I still have a lot of time to think about it and plan it, but I had some free time so I hit the fabric store. These are the two fabrics I found that I liked...
If anyone has an opinion about one or the other, I'd love to hear it!

Big News!!

So, I know I'm terrible at this whole blogging thing, but I'm working on getting better. I have a whole stack of pictures that I've been wanting to post...and I finally have a spring break vacation so I might have the time. I guess I'll start with the biggest news in our lives:

BIG NEWS!!

After what seems like an eternity of trying, Brent and I are finally going to start our family!!! We are almost 20 weeks along, and will find out this week whether we're having a boy or a girl. Our due date is August 26, and we are terrified and thrilled to be having a baby!! Are we really ready to be parents!?! More soon!

November already....WHAT!?!?

Wow, I have to admit that I'm a little surprised to look at the date of my last post and realize that it's actually been over two months since I updated. Those two months absolutely flew by and so much fun stuff has happened, been captured on camera, and sat around waiting to get a spot on our life story called a blog. This is a mini blog to let all my friends and family know that much more is coming soon!!! Brent is going to be out of town for a couple days (in Florida, at the big game), and at one point I had planned on going with him and enjoying a short weekend getaway. However, being broke limits many things and traveling costs money... So, I should finally have plenty of time to post, post, post. Get excited and look forward to all the exciting updates!!

Football Season!!

Alright, college football season has officially started here in the South, and we are enjoying every minute of it. USC had their first game last Thursday against North Carolina State. Brent, of course, was down on the field with the team thanks to all his hard work and this nice little pass they gave him. He had a lot of fun, but didn't actually get to see much of the game. He was too busy taking care of the many demands that an athletic trainer has on his time. I got into the game with a free ticket, which I guess is one of the perks of being married to an AT....Brent was also able to get tickets for a couple of our friends here, and they came with me. Our seats were actually pretty nice, and we could see everything going on down on the field. The stadium was completely packed, which made it that much more fun. This place holds over 85,000 people, and it was sold out. There were also hundreds of people sitting outside in the parking lots with their tv's set up. Tailgating down here is a huge deal, and people will show up and stay all day and night just to drink beer, hang out with friends, and watch the game....totally crazy! They bring tables, coolers, bbq grills, big screen televisions, generators, chairs, and anything else you would possibly need. Maybe next game I'll take some more pictures of the craziness outside the stadium. Here are a few more pictures inside the place...

I'm sure many of you are wondering what a place like South Carolina looks like. Well, let me tell you, it's NOTHING like Utah. There are no mountains, a ton of trees, and you can't find any place to drive to the top of a ridge and look out over the city. As of right now, I still have very few pictures of the area but you can guarantee that the first ones I post will have a lot of green in them. This one (although it looks like the beautiful Atlantic Ocean to the untrained eye) is a picture of Lake Murray. We have been here once on a Saturday adventure and will be returning this week for a YM/YW activity. Ah, the perks of working with the youth of the church! Anyways...more to come at a later date.

Quick Update of our Crazy LIves

Okay, if you look at the dates of my two posts, it's obvious that my first one was truthful. Here we go again.
Our current life in a nutshell:
1. Our biggest and best news is that Brent has officially been accepted into the Athletic Training program at the University of South Carolina!!! He also just found out that he will be working with the football team for his fall semester rotation. That means that he'll be on the sideline of all the big SEC football games while I hang out in the stands alone... :) It is an incredible opportunity for him and we're both thrilled!
2. We both have new callings in church now. Brent is the secretary of the Young Men, and the assistant Scout Master. I am the 2nd counselor in the Young Women. We both still hold our callings as temple patrons. Brent just spoke in church a couple weeks ago, and now it's my turn. I'll be talking on July 27th about "Balance in our lives" (haha...as if I know anything about that right now...my life is anything BUT balanced!).
3. Brent is working full time for a water damage company this summer, and we enjoy having the little extra income. I am teaching summer school and coaching the high school volleyball team throughout the summer. I will also be working with the other Deaf Educators in my district to develop an extended life skills curriculum for the deaf students in our district. We plan on publishing it and taking it world wide so that it benefits deaf children everywhere!
4. We have made some incredible friends here in South Carolina, and have even started to get accustomed to all the differences here. This is a great place, and we're so happy here! But, nothing can pull our roots from the west, and we hope to get back there permanently someday soon!