Mother's Instinct??

Do people really have "mothers instinct" when it comes to knowing the gender of their baby? Because to me it's like, you've got a 50/50 shot and that's pretty good odds! I just don't know about all that, but it's probably because I have had zero inkling's of what this little bean is growing inside me. ZERO. I couldn't even venture a guess. I even try and talk myself into saying "Oh I think it's a boy" but then immediately after I say it I'm thinking, "well actually i'm gonna go with girl...no wait...boy, girl, boy, girl?!?!?! AHHHH" Then I have a little argument with myself about what happens when I try and guess and I should just shrug my shoulders and say I have no idea. I haven't even had any dreams about baby either! I've had dreams about being pregnant, but even in my dreams we haven't found out yet. Mr. Brandon though has had PLENTY of dreams about baby though. I think so far he's had 3 dreams it's a girl and 1 dream it's a boy. That's a total of 4 dreams people! And I've had none. I must've passed my "mother instinct" onto him.
That's when I go to the trusty internet and other tools to help with my guessing. I came across this little calendar and according to it we're having a girl:

But still, I can't get passed the fact that there is a 50/50 shot in it being right, so of course people think it really works. The odds are great! Plus the magic 8 ball in Walmart said it was going to be a girl too and we all know those never lie. Everyone seems to think it's a girl, which makes me want to be the rebel and say boy! haha show them.

I guess I'll just suck it up for another 3 more weeks until our doctor appointment....*Sigh*

I have it all pictured in my head though and I replay it like 20 times a day of the doctor finally announcing what it is and me and Brandon jumping up in excitement with high fives and chest bumping!! It's gonna be great.

And last but not least, I think baby is finally start to grow quite nicely and I just want the whole world to see. However, the whole world doesn't need to see my growing chin(s) and chipmunk cheeks as this pregnancy progresses, so therefore I probably won't post any belly shots with my face. For your viewing pleasure, Baby Holdaway at 17 weeks:

Baby update

So we have an official due date now...August 27th! 2 days before school starts. Yeah. Good timing us. NOT! My due date was a week sooner on the 20th but for some reason I'll never understand, the doctor set me back a week and made me hate him just a little bit. I only hope that he induces me early so that Brandon can actually see our child before being engulfed with school again. And then he decided he was going to make me wait another 5 weeks until we find out if it is a boy or a girl. I am so impatient about this and want to know now! Temper tantrum thrown? Maybe. haha. Oh well, it'll get here some day. April 11th we will find out if it's a boy or a girl. Can't wait! We heard the heart beat for the first time today and it was crazy! Beating at a whopping 151 beats per minute. It was a lot faster than I expected and still so crazy that there really is something inside me.
We have seriously no clue on what we're having. I have had no mother's instinct or dreams or hunches or anything. I can honestly say though that we really don't care either way, blue or pink, we'll be ecstatic! And I must warn you, our kid will be so cute you may just barf. Or throw the computer screen across the room because you can't even handle the cuteness that you are beholding. Just you wait.

Quarter century dead

Those were the words quoted by my husband when I asked him what he thought about turning 25. I'd never quite heard it that way and I thought it was pretty clever. That Brandon, he's so funny. His birthday was a little over a week ago and I decided it was probably time to post about it. It landed on a holiday this year so we both got work and school off! I was so excited to spend the whole day with him. It started out early for me since after I got up to do my nightly bathroom run (gotta love baby pushing on the bladder) I was oh so sneaky and went downstairs and I had hid 25 black balloons all around the house (are you impressed he didn't find them? That's cause I hid them where I knew he wouldn't ever look, like the washer and dryer!) So I spread that all out over the floor and hung up a "over the hill" banner as well as a matching balloon. I was quite pleased with myself that I pulled it off without him knowing. Though I did lay up in bed for a long time after word just waiting for one of those balloons to hit something sharp and pop and ruin my surprise. Although it would've been pretty funny to see Brandon shoot up out of bed yelling "what? what?! What?!!" hahaha I'm sure he really wouldn't do that, but I'd like to think that he would because it makes me smile just imagining it. Here's a photo of the damage:

And this is the look Brandon had on his face all day longing knowing he was now a quarter century dead:


Just kidding, he looked like his usual adorable self all day. More like this:

We didn't do anything to grand for his birthday. We went and saw a movie and played Donkey Kong for like 4 hours haha. Then we went out to Olive Garden for some amazing food...oh it was delightful. I loved spending the day with him.
And to my sweet honey bunches of oats, I'm so glad you were born. What would I do without you constantly teasing and entertaining me?! I love that I get to spend many more birthdays with you!

On a side note, how about that snow storm we got a few days ago??? That was crazy! I think it took us 30 minutes to dig our car out!


And these pictures don't ever do it justice. There was so much! I LOVE IT!!!

p.s. Baby is doing great!!! We have a doctor appointment on Monday and I'll be a little over 16 weeks by then and I really want to see if I can sweet talk the doctor into telling us if our baby is a he or a she so I can stop calling baby "it" Wish me luck!

One more thing...

Now it's time to announce the most exciting thing about last year!! Brandon and I got an early Christmas present when we found out we're having a baby!!!

Yes! Yes! YES! We are beyond thrilled. We are so grateful for this little bean and for the opportunity to be parents. I only pray we do a good job! Come August, be prepared to meet the cutest little baby that has ever graced this earth!

SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010 Recap

What a great year it was for us! It was full of adventures, changes, and fun! Now to highlight some of the things that happened to us over the last 365 days:

In March for spring break, we went on our most amazing scuba diving trip to Cozumel! Not a day goes by that I don't dream of being back there. Especially now during the cold winter. I'd give anything to be laying on the deck of the boat getting warm from the sun after a dive. I can't even describe how much I loved that trip. I am so glad that I was able to talk Brandon into getting certified so that we could go diving together. And I'm glad he loves it and yearns for it as much as I do.

Then in May one of the bigger events of this year, we moved from sunny St. George to cold Logan! It was a big adjustment and I still can't believe that we live here after nearly 8 months. I've enjoyed our time here so far. Logan is kind of a cute little town to live. Way different than St. George. I hate hate hate being 6 hours away from our families, but I guess it always could be worse.

Brandon has really been enjoying school and has done really well so far (he got a 4.0 last semester people! He's brilliant) He was grading papers for one of his professor's undergraduate classes, but he was recommended for a better job a few months ago. He went in for the interview and nailed it! He works for the Space Dynamics Lab on campus now. Basically, he gets to program satellites and work with stuff like that. Yeah basically his dream job. And he has flexible hours too so he can schedule his classes whenever and he can still come and go from work as he pleases, just as long as he get's his hours in. He even has to have a badge to get into work. Pretty high tech stuff.

I found a great job working for a Law Firm here in Logan. I've enjoyed it so much and is so nice to finally have a job that I love going to and that makes me happy. I work with amazing people who have welcomed me and have been so nice. I reception for them in the mornings and then in the afternoons I do all sorts of odd jobs. Whether it's filing, helping the paralegals, cleaning or running errands. It's basically the best job ever. I feel so blessed that I work there and that it's such a great opportunity. And I love that it's only like 2 miles from my house. Makes it nice for less traveling time, especially since I have to be there by 8. Which is wayyyy early for me.

This fall was pretty uneventful. We just mainly enjoyed the season change and how beautiful Logan looked during fall.

We also celebrated 3 years of marital bliss in September. We had our annual get away trip and went to Lagoon for a day. Which was a blast. Then on our actual anniversary it was just low key. We had to go to work and school and then after words we went out to dinner.

We spent the holidays this year in St. George. It was my side of the family this year for Thanksgiving and it was delicious and fun to be around family for 5 whole days!! Then for Christmas, we decided to have Christmas with just us a little early on Christmas eve morning, so we opened presents, had a yummy lunch and then headed down to St. George later that afternoon. We slept at my parents house that night and watched them open their presents then headed over to see Brandon's family. We spent the rest of the trip with them relaxing and visiting. I also had horrible toothache that had been going on for a few weeks and I finally had my breaking point and went into the dentist a few days after christmas to get it fixed. As much as I hate going to the dentist, I am very relieved that the pain is gone!!! Hurray! It kind a put a damper on that day though cause I spent most of the day with gauze in my mouth and a numb face. Not fun.

Our new year's was pretty low key. Both our families were in Salt Lake so we traveled down that direction to see them. Our nephew Daison got ordained a deacon as well that following Sunday so it was fun to go support him in that. I also braved the Dillard's New Year's Day sale, that I had no idea was such a big deal. I couldn't believe how packed it was in there and how crazy people are! They had a huge shoe sale and people would seriously just grab piles and walk off with them without even looking at them. Then they'd find a safe corner and look through the pile to see if there was any that they liked. I made an attempt to try and find some shoes in my size. But after getting sucked into the chaos and almost getting trampled, I decided that I had plenty of shoes and didn't need any at the moment. It was an adventure for sure.

Anyways. That was our year in a nutshell.

Here's to 2011!!! I already know you're going to be a great year!!!

Movies 2010

Ok ok, so I've neglected the blog again, surprise surprise. But I have a good reason, I somehow didn't document any of our holiday with pictures...and who likes to just read a post without pictures? I know I sure don't. So I've been avoiding it but as the days go on and I realize I still haven't updated, I decided it was time. This isn't the most exciting post ever, but I like doing my annual movie reviews of the previous year. I really had to wrack my brain to try and think of some of my favorite movies of the year, I'm not gonna lie, it was kinda disappointing. There were a few really good ones and then the rest I chose are just...eh. Anyways, in no particular order:

Karate Kid:
This is actually a movie we never intended on seeing. After it came out though we were looking at red box and decided it was worth a shot to watch it. Hey it was only a $1. I ended up being pleasantly surprised with how much I liked it!! It was funny and the kung fu stuff was really good. And I have to say, I just love Jackie Chan. He does such a good job in most of his movies (boo Rush Hour 3!) and he cracks me up. We've actually watched this movie a couple of times now.

Toy Story 3:
Oh how I love Toy Story!! This one totally didn't disappoint. I laughed and cried (more than once actually, haha) and I must say, I may or may not have a little crush on spanish Buzz.

Knight & Day:
I'm usually not a Tom Cruise fan, but this movie looked funny. And it didn't disappoint. It had action and humor, which is the type of action movie that I like! Plus Tom Cruise is hilarious in it!

Tangled:
Oh Tangled. I can't believe how much I loved it and even Brandon liked it too! And that's saying a lot since it had singing in it! I highly recommend going to see it if you haven't. You will love it. And I bet you'll want your own pet chameleon after you watch it too. I know I sure do. Plus I wish I had my own magic 70 feet healing hair, that'd be pretty rockin.

A-Team:
HAHAHAHA oh man, this movie. Probably my favorite one of the year. I don't even know if I could explain how great it is. I loved all the characters and the humor in it was great. I was a little hesitant to go see it at first since I'd never seen the tv series, but I'm glad I gave it a shot. It's superb.

Inception:
Ok I think this was actually my favorite movie. So clever! I had to go see it a couple of times to really understand it cause it really is that mind blowing. I even liked Leonard Dicaprio in it and that is saying something because I am not a fan. This movie may have got me closer though. And I loved that Tommy was in it from 3rd rock from the sun (do you remember that show?!) I didn't even know he still was in the spotlight, but he did a fantastic job. If you haven't seen this, you must see it. I may judge you if you don't.

Biggest disappointment of the year award goes to: Robin Hood. BOO! I was so excited about this movie and it turned out to be lame and boring. So sad. It could've had so much potential.

Bring on the 2011 movies!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday. I know I will. I'm spending it with my Brandon and going down to St. George to see our families. More to come soon!