Blake & Taryn's wedding dinner

The night before Blake & Taryn got married they had a wedding dinner at the White House in Bountiful. It was so fun to have the whole family back together and see lots of other relatives and friends.

Getting Pedicures with the Rabe Girls before the wedding!

Jill, Kendra, Taryn, me, and my mom got pedicures the day before Blake and Taryn got married. A girl tradition before big events! We had a blast- thanks mom!

Visit to Utah with my niece and nephews in town!

Swimming at Grandma & Grandpa Critchlow's

Our faces say it all!

Jake & Jill's kidos- Nolan (above) and Luke (below)
Ben & Kendra's Sophia


Visit to dinosaur park!
Sophie and Grandma Rabe digging for fossils

Nolan loved all the dinosaurs and running around

I loved having my niece and nephews around for a couple weeks! It had been WAY too long since I'd seen them and hadn't even seen Luke yet. I had so much fun playing and entertaining- getting a minor hint of what I'm in for! haha

A moment to brag...

I just have to take a minute and brag a little about my super smarty pants husband! He found out today that he got accepted into BYU's Master of Accountantcy program (the audit side). He was already in the bachelors program and now just has to add one more year for his master's. I'm so proud of him for managing to get good grades with a whinny first trimester prego wife last semester who required lots of his attention.

She has officially made her debute!

Courtland got me diamond earings for our one year anniversary! Yes ladies that's right- they're real, don't be jealous. Isn't he so sweet- who wouldn't want diamonds right!

Yes it is true- my baby girl is growing so fast and my belly is officially out there! So for all you that were saying you couldn't see anything- here's my proof!

Almost 22 weeks- 21 weeks 5 days

22 weeks! My belly is getting huge!

Courtland was proud because I was attempting to be domestic so he took a picture- I was sewing his shorts.

My mother's day present to myself as my one and only mother's day to be! This was my very first baby purchase thus far (my mom bought the crib). Aren't they so cute!

Our 7 day Cruise!

Headed back to the boat after snorkling and sting ray city at the Cayman Islands
Our visit to Hell

Swimming with the sting rays

The famous animal towel creatures and going to shows

The beach in Jamaica

We did the zip lines in Jamaica

Jeep ride up to the zip lines

first time in the sun for the summer, this picture doesn't do justice to how burnt I am

At the illusionist and comedian show

We had so much fun on both of our first cruise ever. We were supposed to stop at Cozemel too but because of swine flu- they didn't stop so there was just an extra day at sea. The food was so yummy too- I swear I gained a million pounds! And if you didn't think I had a belly before, after the cruise it definitely popped out- pictures to come!

Drumroll Please....

Sorry for the delay in posting what we are having... I got so busy with packing, moving, and vacationing I just realized I never made the blog announcement!

Just as I expected the news would be... the doctor told us we are having a GIRL! To be honest, I was surprised at first because secretly I thought it'd be a boy, but after the news sank in, I am definitely super excited! (as long as she is nothing like I was when I was little! haha) The first thing I said as I turned to look at Courtland was, "Well honey, looks like you're going to have to make a LOT more money this summer!"

Our wedding day- April 26, 2008 Happy one year anniversary!

Happy one year anniversary!!!

WE MADE IT!!! Everyone always says that once you've made it past the one year mark, you're good to go! It's been an amazing first year- lots and lots of changes and unexpected surprises but we've loved every minute of it!

My mom saved us the top of our cake to eat for our one year anniversary- it traveled in the car with us from Utah to Texas and this is how it came out! But it still tasted delicious even though it doesn't look so yummy!

Our actual cake

We made it to Texas!!

After 21 hours of driving, we finally made it to Texas in one piece! I thought Courtland was going to kill me when he saw all the stuff I had for him to squeeze into our car, but amazingly he made it all fit (although the rims of the tires were practically touching the road). When we got to San Antonio and the place we're living at- I'm sure everyone was making fun of me from the millions of loads to carry up three flights of stairs- they'll be jealous when they realise I came prepared! haha not likely...

But the weather is great.. sort of. It's hot and SUPER humid just like everyone warned me, but I will survive! Swimming pool, here I come!