Upstairs and Downstairs

We live in a yellow submarine. Actually we don't. We live in the upstairs of an adorable old home and we love it. We have so much room and a second bedroom to get ready for the baby (probably won't happen without my mother...school has taken over).
Last year, we lived in the basement of this home. We feel very very lucky to have found this place and to have such amazing landlords.
We were always really quiet downstairs. I think we were at least. We always made people leave around 9 because of the children upstairs and tried to be courteous.
So we have been nervous about having a baby come December. New borns are not quiet, especially at night when you're trying to sleep. :/


Since living upstairs, we've realized that you can hear a lot that goes on down there.
We hear singing ALL THE TIME. We hear yelling quite often. We hear conversations that we don't want to hear.
We've still been trying to be quiet up here. The downstairs tenants say they can't hear us at all...and I really hope that's true.

We just heard another yell....at 10:40pm.

That being said...I may not feel as bad come December.
This is the part where I feel bad for thinking that, let alone writing it here. Judge away.

Weekend of Fun

It's been a lovely weekend.
Friday I got to watch my cousins adorable girls. We had lots of fun playing with bubbles, play dough and burying ourselves with pillows. Tanner came home and played with them which just melted my heart. He's going to be such a good dad.

That evening Tanner's brother, his wife and their adorable son came to stay with us. It was so fun. We sat up talking and Saturday went to the MOA where we saw a very nice exhibit. Then we went shopping at Plato's closet (first time-I was overwhelmed and will probably never go back).

Then Tanner and I made a lime cheesecake-heaven. REALLY. The recipe is on my sweets board on pinterest. Best cheesecake I've ever eaten. Sigh. I wish I could eat it everyday. That evening we went and saw Arsenic and Old Lace at the Hale Center Theatre. It was so so fun. We were on the first row and were quite sucked into the comedy. We love this story and it was just perfect. Tanner had bought the tickets for me/us way back in December for Christmas and it was really fun to have a pre-paid date 8 months later. I think we'll do it again this year.

Sunday was lovely in our new ward and we enjoyed spending time with our guests and then went up to Highland for my birthday dinner with the family. A lovely summertime walk, the adverb game and the cheesecake were just AMAZING.

Life is good. Really good.
And yes, we had hard times this week too. Don't just read this post and think that our lives are great and perfect. It's not. Have a happy week,

Weeks 22 and 24

Here are some more lovely belly shots!!! Yay for being pregnant! 

Also...being pregnant in classes is really fun. The first day I want to pass out half way through my two hour class. I need standing/walking breaks! It is going to be so much fun. The RB stairs are more fun this semester as well. I pant more, and I have to walk up slowly. Biking to school is also more tiring. Can I tell you how happy I am that this is my last semester of classes?

22 weeks in my totally awesome striped dress. 

Yes, Tanner took this picture from down below so the angling is a bit off.

24 weeks! Quite the difference eh?

And so my eleventh semester begins

Tomorrow I start the first day of my last semester of classes. Can I just say...THANK GOODNESS. I have been starting fall semester too many times. I looked at my classes and I have two tomorrow. Just two. Lovely. And then two on Tuesdays. Only one on thursdays. I am so thankful that it's not a jam packed one.

So bring on the back end side of pregnancy and my eleventh semester.

Other thoughts:
I am happy I'm not dancing this year. I'm a little bit sad...but since Tanner is TA-ing I'm pretty sure I will get my fill. I've already been asked to teach some things this semester too so that is fun and gives me the less stressful side.
I need to drink more water. I drank a lot this summer since I was sitting at home with water bottles galore. But since we've been in Provo my life has been busier and thus I'm not just sitting around (amazing!) drinking water.
We need a full size couch-for cheap. We are upstairs in a lovely home with a very very large family room. Our chair and love seat look lost in the big room. Besides, if we get a larger couch we can host more fun things! Anyone have any leads?
I loved recipe hunting tonight. It made me so happy.
I also loved pulling out my planner and writing things down in there like...an interview for a TA job tomorrow, (cross your fingers!) my birthday on Thursday, and a date night to Hale Center Theatre on Saturday. They're doing Arsenic and Old Lace which is the best show ever and Tanner gave me/us tickets for Christmas. Yay for dates that were paid for 8 months ago!
I bought my first pair of maternity jeans last week. I refuse to wear them until the elastic around my button breaks because it's been stretched so far. Really though, they were comfortable and I wondered why all jeans weren't made with wonderful stretchy material at the top.
I am really happy. We have a cute new second bedroom I'm excited to paint (it's blue) and baby things to fix up and get ready. Hello nesting. I also have an awesome husband. And we have so much fruit in our house right now it's insane. I love craving fruit (and fruit smoothies and sushi). I also love Bountiful Baskets.
I love wedding and seeing old friends.
That's all.

Moving and Grooving

Today was a good day.
We slept in and were greeted at the front door by two cute kids. One in just a diaper and the other one explaining to us that his little sister (the one in the diaper) was yelling for his friend. His friend used to live here and they were really cute. It made me happy.
Did I mention that we live in a house? Well, we lived in the basement last year but we get to live upstairs now. All that we have is moved in and looking for a home. I secretly love unpacking. I love finding homes for things. This unpacking was like Christmas. We have so much stuff! We didn't bring a whole lot to TN so seeing all these wonderful goods make us feel like we got married again and have new presents. It's so fun.

This evening I got to teach a dance at folk dance workshop. It's a few days of intense auditioning for the backup folk dance team. It was lovely to move again and stretch my limbs. I got to teach a beautiful Russian number. The girls did a great job and it felt so good to move. I'll probably feel it tomorrow.

Baby Girl was moving along with me. I usually only feel her when I'm sitting and comfortable but tonight while I taught, she was dancing right along. Maybe she loves music? Maybe she loves exercise? Maybe she's just a folk dancer. She did start when she was 6 weeks old...

Happy School!

Baby is a...

Hi!  Just wanted to share some happy news!

Baby GIRL will be joining us in December. Merry Christmas to us! :)

She was tightly curled into a ball the entire ultrasound and wasn't moving at all...very unlike her. But even with her knees touching her nose, she raised her cute little hand and gave us a wave. Perfect.


Happy Baby Girl Day!

My interest in Pinterest

Two post in one day. This is exciting!!!

I would like to say some things about Pinterest

1. The other night I was getting ready for bed and I hear my husband..."I just pinned something. I don't know what I'm doing. This is confusing." I loved it. I also loved that he pinned a yummy pecan cheesecake something. Good choice dear.
2. I am bothered when married woman...actually all women single or not....pin pictures of men who do not have a shirt on. I promptly stop following that board or person, depending on my mood. Because if men were "pinning" pictures of half naked women it would be pornography. Oh wait. SAME THING FOR GIRLS.
3. I also dislike scanning the food and drink section and see pictures of half naked men because it's under someone's board titled "Yummy". No thanks, I don't like eating humans.

I mostly just wanted to vent about pictures of men that I don't like to see.

Your thoughts?