Coming 3/21/2012

i made this shirt for k....

we went to dinner and then came home for the big reveal.

daddy hadn't seen it yet...

once he saw it they had some time to talk about daddy daughter stuff. lol.....

i bet you want to see the shirt..... :)

Our big announcement that I have been dying to tell everyone!

K is going to be a big sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's even harder for drew to keep the secret, he asks everyday if we can tell everyone yet.

it's cute!

she loves her new shirt.

she talks about the baby in mamas belly.

i took 2 tests before telling drew (he wanted it to be this big thing. lol)

so hard to keep a secret like that!!

then i had to take two more tests.....he didn't quite believe me. this was our first month of trying. I didn't take pics of that. sorry. lol. you get the point. :)

then we had to wait forever for dr. appt.

our trip to cali came right when it was supposed to happen.

so the day after we got back, we had our appt!

everything looks good!

had our ultrasound and heard the heartbeat.

(drew almost passed out/hyperventilated. lol.)

k thought the doctor was taking the baby out right then! lol.

i just took pics of the paper...it's the thermal stuff so it's basically fragile.

i miss getting hard copies and a picture every week.

it was very nerve-wraking. with k i could see her every day and KNOW everything was ok. but i had to be patient and trust in the Lord that everything will be ok.

the baby measured about 10w2d, 2 days ahead of what it should be by my lmp.

so a due date of 3/19/2012 or 3/21/2012 (what i go by) right before our 1 year anniversary!

super awesome!!

So grandma Jane and grandpa Craig will get 3 grandchildren in 1 year! (Kendall, the Smith baby, and this unnamed baby!)

we are SO excited!

I am about 11 weeks today. and am barely starting to feel better again.

the morning sickness has kicked my butt so far. ugh! I don't remember it being this bad with k. the peak of it was, of course, on our cali vacay. fun! so it made my car sickness waaayy worse. made me miserable. with k i could eat and feel better (thus i gained a miserable 10 lbs in the first trimester!) this one....the thought of food made me sick. i lived on soup for so long, it was so good. i forced myself to eat real food because i knew i needed to.... then regretted it when it made me feel worse. not fun. Sweets make me more nauseas, the thought of chocolate or reese's pieces, yuck! I would eat sour things though. (i will let your mind wander on what i am having with the cravings! lol)

so i am now getting to the point where i am hungry and need food.....but still look in the pantry and nothing looks good. hopefully the nausea will be alll gone by this weekend! (*fingers crossed*) it's still better than before, thank you! Ginger tea helps. but that's not so yummy! lol.

we plan on finding out the gender, so we will post about that.

I feel like i'm showing already! :/ they say it shows quicker with the 2nd but geeez, 11 weeks? i wake up looking normal, but by the end of the day....there's a bump!

well, that's our BIG news! Glad we can finally share it.

Glad I'm back vertical and have the energy to post. Maybe I can get started and finish up some of these projects....maybe :)

Final of the day.....

(love this! via lee la la)

Ok this is my last blog post for today...PROMISE! :)

this is just a teaser....

since I have caught up with my blogging (for the most part)

it's time to share so FUN stuff!!

So come back tomorrow and you will be happy you did!! :)

77th Ward

(pic is from year ago)

So we went to our very first young married ward today. It was tons of fun. There was about 7 other new families in the ward as well. We had a new family meet and greet thing during sunday school, there was lots of laughs. We start out with Relief Society/Preisthood at 9 am. I missed most of RS since I was busy trying to get K set up in nursery.
Poor Girl.
She cried.
But then was distracted by feeding the babies and eventually was ok!!! YAYYY!!!
Bridgette is the nursery leader, super cute and bubbly. BUt....I believe she just got called into the primary. BOoooo!! K actually liked her!! Hope next week goes well....better even! When we picked her up, she was fine.
silly girl. she's such a drama queen. lol.
Our ward is quite large, the largest in the stake, and it is *only* for our apartment complex! WOW!! That's so cool. Only our neighbors go there.
Our building has 8 wards that meet there on Sunday!
WOW!
Amazing....
In our meetinghouse, there is actually 2 chapels! whhhat? crazy! So many people. Everyone married. Some have children. K has 2 other girls with her in nursery Brooklyn (glad I didn't name K that. lol) who is 2 1/2, and Emelia (?) who just turned 18 months today! FUN. they are super cute. There are also a bunch of babies as well, and preggos. lol.
There is a luau on Saturday with a roasted pig, we are super excited for it. We both couldn't wait to go to church, to get ourselves established here. To be involved in our ward. It's so great that basically no matter where we move to we can go to church and it's THE SAME!
Same values, same scripture, same prophet, same lessons, same formats, same priesthood, same relief society, everything. The people are going to be different, and I miss the people in my old wards. But I belong here right now. I belong in this town, with these people. I am so very blessed to be here. So blessed to be married to such a wonderful man! So blessed that he is a worthy priesthood holder. So blessed that I have a Father in Heaven who loves me and my family, so much that He sacrificed His Son for us, so we could have eternal life. This song from the LDS Children's Songbook says it all:

How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?
He sent his Son, a newborn babe, with peace and holiness.
How could the Father show the world the pathway we should go?
He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may know.
How could the Father tell the world of sacrifice, of death?
He sent his Son to die for us and rise with living breath.
What does the Father ask of us? What do the scriptures say?
Have faith, have hope, live like his Son, help others on their way.
What does he ask? Live like his Son.

I know that my redeemer LIVES, he truely does live. Just as this song says:

He lives, my kind, wise heav’nly Friend.
He lives and loves me to the end.
He lives, and while he lives, I’ll sing.
He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
He lives and grants me daily breath.
He lives, and I shall conquer death.
He lives my mansion to prepare.
He lives to bring me safely there.

This Easter Sunday I have a better appreciation of the atonement and of the resurrection. I am so thankful for my life and for my many blessings. I love my family and friends and my Heavenly Father SO much.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence (sneak peak)

This is Craig's photo from the wedding. We are standing with all of my family that came to the temple with us. It was an amazing experience. The day was great.
We are SO blessed!
I will post more photos later. We are busy, busy, busy with packing and doing so much stuff that it will eventually get done :) I promise.
Once I get all the photos together, there will be an amazing post!

1 month and counting.....

In exactly one month we will be married!
We have the boys' suits, centerpieces are done, food has been arranged, cake is going to look great, and my dress is in the process of being perfected by my mom.
It is awesome!!
We.Are.SOooo.Excited!!
We cannot wait to have ourselves settled and to start our life together.
It's amazing. We are truly blessed. Heavenly Father truly loves us and answers our prayers.