Happy Birthday BEN!!

I made my very first cake from scratch! Ben wanted a German Chocolate Cake, so I just whipped it right up. I was pretty proud. It tasted just like Matthew's b-day cake.

Birthday breakfast for a real man, eggs, hashbrowns, and sausage.

Ben turned a big 3-0 this past Friday!! For his birthday he really wanted to go camping and fishing, so we decided to go up to Payson Lakes. It really was a beautiful place. We got up to our camp site late afternoon (after Ben spent a little over an hour trying to find the perfect spot). The night was perfect, except for one little visitor. While we were eating dinner we heard a little russle by our tent. We flashed our light over and saw a friendly little mouse exploring the tent. Our tent was pretty close to some bushes, so we pulled it our into the more open part thinking that they wouldn't come out that far, but we were wrong. From 10:30 to 3:00 in the morning I tried to tough out the sound of mice trying to jump onto the tent, moving underneath my body, and them rustling in the tarp outside. Ben of course was sound asleep beside me! By 3 I called it quits and headed to the car to sleep for an hour. I wouldn't call it a fun camping experience, but a memorable one none the less.

In the morning we headed out to fish, a little before 6:00. We fished till noon, with absolutely no luck. Finally, we realized that everyone that was catching fish was using a different type of bobber that we didn't have. Fishing actually was pretty fun. It really is relaxing.

Back Home in Indiana

This past weekend I got to fly home to Indiana for my friend Traci's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I'm glad I got to see her on such a happy day.

Also, while I was back my sister Christy decided to throw a surprise Baby Shower. Wow, I never knew babies took so much different stuff. Some of the things that I got took some explanation, because I didn't know what they were or what they were used for!! :-)

Christy and the girls got me a Jordan outfit. It was awesome!! With the onesie is a red Jordan beanie and red Jordans!

Cute diaper cake!!

First Baby Outfit

I decided that I love baby clothes. They are just so cute and little. We went to the mall and looked around at all the typical baby stores, Children's Place, Gymboree, and babyGap. Ben helped me pick it out. I think he actually enjoyed it, probably because we weren't shopping for him! :-) Gap had a sale going on! We found some cute track pants, and sweater that is totally cute.

Boy or Girl?

So today we found out what we are having. After waiting for about 2 hours for our appointment, the doctor finally got back from delivering 2 emergency babies. We were both pretty anxious to find out. Ben of course was grinning ear to ear during the whole thing. From the ultrasound it was pretty obvious. We are going to be having a BOY!! I so wanted a boy first. We are both extremely excited. The baby was healthy. It had a working heart and other organs. We saw the whole spinal cord, which was pretty cool. By the measurements of the body the doctor said that we are officially due the 28th of December (Ben's mom's b-day!). This Christmas break is going to be a crazy one!!

Baby Belly - 20 weeks

Ben and I finally decided to take a belly shot. This is at 20 weeks. The baby is approximately the size a large mango!! My pants are finally getting tighter and some I can't even button anymore. I went through my clothes this past weekend and boxed up more than half of my clothes; since I won't be able to wear most of it for a while. It was depressing, but atleast know we have lots of room in the closet.

I'M STARTING

So finally I decided that I should start a blog of the newly married couple! Wow, I can't believe that we've been married for 6 months already tomorrow. It sure has been fun. Ben and I still are in Utah. Ben just completed his thesis and will be graduating next week with a Master's from BYU!! Unfortunately, I will be once again starting up school in a few weeks. This will be my finally year! I'm excited. I can't wait to be done with school...forever.

One more thing. I'm pregnant and due in December. We get to find out what the baby is the 18th of this month. Ben is so excited. He just gets to excited when he thinks about being a dad. He's going to be great! Now me as a mom. I might need to work on a few things!! :-) Hey, atleast we'll have some fun!