The Brother

Last night we got to pick up Preston from the airport. I am sad to say that the only pictures that I have are on my phone. I posted one to facebook so I am going to try to steal it back to put on here. Anyways. It was quite a trip to get there. I picked Spencer up from work at about 3:30 and we headed to the airport. It took us sooooooo long to get there and even longer to figure out how to get to the parking garage. NOT fun. I hate driving if I don't know where I am going. We got close to getting in an accident twice because we were making last minute decisions on which direction to go and basically, it made me a bit grumpy. We finally found it and headed in with the rest of the family. We sat at the terminal gate for a long time waiting for him. We finally realized that we should have been standing at the International arrivals gate which was just right by where we were, but if we hadn't remembered that he was coming in from MEXICO (and seen another family with posters waiting in a different spot) we might have missed it! He had to walk all the way from the back of the airport so it took forever for him to come out. People just kept coming and still no Preston. Finally the moment of truth arrived and he walked out. Kathy ran up with Tatum and gave him a huge hug and everybody started going crazy and screaming. It was so fun! He came over and started hugging everybody and we took some pictures. I have never been to a welcome home at the airport before but I am excited to do that with my brothers (and maybe sister) when they come home from their missions. Preston looked great and it was so fun watching the brothers run up and hug him and get so excited!!! They even had him do the 'dad moon walk' within 10 minutes of being there. He did and the boys all laughed and laughed. They are so excited to have their brother back.

Mom didn't want to let go of Preston's arm and Tatum NEVER left his side the ENTIRE night. They are already best buds.

Ignore my GIGANTIC pregnant belly! No more pictures from the side!!!! :) So glad to have the whole family together for the first time ever! (Well, with me in it...)

We went to Arriba's for dinner and we were not so thrilled with the service. We had a really long wait, then they finally got us seated and they didn't even take our drink orders for a good 30 minutes. After that it was almost an hour before we got to order our food. They were pretty grouchy and they were not super nice. It was still fun though because Spencer and I sat across from Preston so they got to talk in Spanish and it was fun to see Spencer interacting with Preston. We went to the stake center and Preston got released (it was very anti climactic. He went into the office, came out about 10 minutes later and the stake president said, "He's done. He's back to Preston now." I thought he would do it with all of us there...that is apparently what they did for Spencer). We actually went home after that because it was already 10:00 and it had been a long night on my feet...I was EXHAUSTED. I am excited to get to know my new brother in law (again!) and for Spencer to get to have his brother back.

It makes me sad to think that in just 6 short months Hunter could be gone! I have really grown to LOVE my brother in laws and I think it will be hard to keep saying goodbye to them one after another...I can't even imagine how their mother feels!!!!!

Baby on the Brain

This past week has been really full of baby things. My aunt Sherry had her baby on Monday and we stayed with their kids Sunday night because she was getting induced at 3 a.m. It was so exciting waiting for the text that said that my cousins had a new baby sister! She had her at 11:30 a.m. and named her Lucy Mae Shumway. I am so in love with that name. She is BEAUTIFUL. I am seriously so in love with her. I had the kids the whole day so it was pretty long but we went and saw baby Lucy and I could not stop staring at her. I can't believe that in 6 weeks something that perfect and beautiful will be coming out of me....and I will get to KEEP her! All to myself! (I guess Spencer can have her too...but that's IT!)

I have started getting pretty nervous about delivery and once the baby comes. It's just coming so fast! I feel like I will be so yucky and not feeling good afterwards, and I'm sure that's true, but I saw my aunt 4 hours after she had her baby and she looked totally fine. She was happy! I hope I'm like that! When I held Lucy I totally started tearing up. I think the pregnancy hormones got to me. I just kept trying to imagine that little baby curled up in a ball inside of my stomach. My little girl is in there and she looks like a person! She is going to be absolutely perfect and I seriously cannot wait. I actually went back the next day with my mom and saw her again. Babies are wonderful :)

I had my doctor's appointment today and got to hear our little girl's heartbeat. She has a regular heartbeat, I'm looking fine, and she's head down! That's a huge relief. I pretty much already could tell that she was but it's nice to hear from a professional. I am up a lot of pounds since I got pregnant and I think I need to start being careful with what I eat. I don't feel like I'm getting much bigger though...I seriously think it's water weight because I am starting to feel swollen. My feet and ankles are ALWAYS swollen now...they never go all of the way back to normal at night, plus I saw a picture of myself from last weekend and decided that my face IS in fact getting a bit chubby....dang it!

I have 42 days until my due date and I am really hoping it's less than that! I am not going to get my hopes up....my friend that did that ended up going two days over her due date and was in labor for 48 hours. Don't want that to happen.

We are picking up Spencer's brother Preston from the airport this afternoon so there will be a post on his homecoming soon! Everyone is so excited and I am really excited to see how he fits into the family dynamic. I actually knew him before I knew Spencer but I have never seen them together! This should be so fun :).

Idaho Wedding :)

This past weekend we went to Idaho for Spencer's best friend Jackson's wedding! I was a last minute tag along but I am so glad I went! It was seriously so much fun and it was amazing to get out of the heat for even just a day (apparently I picked the wrong weekend though seeing as though it's supposed to hit 117 on Saturday...). Anyways!

Friday after work Spencer came home, we packed, waited for Jordan (Spencer's other friend that was coming), and headed to the airport. We made good time and everything was super easy going. When we got to the airport Spencer and I decided that we were going to upgrade our tickets to first class. It was only $20 a person and there is more leg room and you get more snacks. (In hind sight I would have done that on the way home because I was WAY more tired and swollen on the way back than on the way there but it was still really nice). We played UNO almost the whole way and it was fun to get to spend some quality time with my hubby :). The flight attendant that was serving us in first class was really funny. He learned our drink orders really quick and when he came by a little ways in to give us refills we were playing UNO and taking up the spots where the drinks go...he laughed. At the end of the flight he came back and said, "Who won?" I asked him which time and he said, "No, you say I did. If you didn't win, you should have cheated!" haha funny. He also asked me how my belly was doing and told me that I looked great. Needless to say, I liked him! We landed and went to pick up our rental car. It was going to be about $50 because we were all under 25 so we had to pay an extra fee. The lady asked if we wanted to upgrade to a mustang for only $10. Spencer and I both said no and Jordan looked at us in disgust and said, "How are we not doing this???" Eventually we caved and ended up driving around a 2013 Mustang. It ended up causing me so much anxiety that I was so so so so SO excited to give the keys back with the car in one piece....Oy.

We got to our hotel, checked in and went to bed around 12. Spencer and I both woke up around 7:00 and I took a bath. I ironed both boys church clothes and Spencer and I brushed our teeth. At this point, Jordan was still sleeping....we wanted to wait for him to go eat breakfast but it was getting really hard to wait. We had almost decided to just leave him and then he woke up. We got to the temple with plenty of time to spare (always a relief...we missed his cousins sealing because we were like 5 minutes late) and got to see Jackson and Celeste sealed for time and ALL eternity! I have not been to the temple in a long time so it was really nice to be there, with Spencer, and feel the wonderful spirit that comes in holy places like the temple.

The groomsmen. Chauncey, Jordan, and Spencer

The new Beazer family! Jackson and Celeste

We did all of the regular wedding stuff...pictures, pictures, pictures...and then went to the luncheon. We were there for a long time and it was fun because Jackson and Celeste actually came and sat at our table and hung out with us the whole time. There were a few of their friends that had driven from Utah there too so I think their family was ok with letting them mingle a bit with us. We stayed for a while after everyone left just talking (we are in another state with only about 2 hours to kill and no idea what to do with them since we are all in church clothes). Spencer, Jordan, and I ended up going to Fuddruckers (Jordan and I are both really picky eaters and didn't like much of the food at the luncheon so we were both hungry) and the other half of the group I think went to a park and took a nap...? Not quite sure what they did. We met up for a few more pictures and then went to the reception. It was so beautiful outside that day. We were outside for a LONG time and I never even got sweaty!! The highest it got was 80* and there was a nice breeze the whole day. The reception was beautiful and we had a fun time sitting and chatting. We had to leave early to make our flight and we thought we were barely going to make it. We made it with flying colors though and had a very uneventful flight home (uneventful because I slept the whooooooole way). We had about a 30-45 minute delay once we were on the plane while they were waiting for paper work so my feet got even more swollen than they already were. Spencer let me put my feet up on him (he said he saw them and he felt so bad for me that he just let me do it...haha what a nice guy!). The same flight attendant was on the flight home and he came over to us and asked us why we were coming back already. We explained we were just here for a wedding. He totally remembered our drink orders and brought them to us :). I am also pretty sure that in coach you are only supposed to get one drink but he came back and saw mine was gone and asked if I wanted another. Being pregnant has it's perks! Spencer's mom picked us up and we went home.

It was such a short trip but I really loved it a lot. I got to see Spencer interacting with his 3 best friends (I had never seen them all together before) and I got to enjoy some sun without dying! It was even a bit chilly when we were going to our hotel that night! I was in heaven. I told Spencer that eventually we should get a summer home there...we will see how that goes!

The life of a stay at home pregnant woman

I don't do well alone. I get so bored. I am one of those people that just really likes to DO things. Get me out of the house, walking around, swimming, at the movies, shopping, even just communicating with people. This is who I have turned into! But do I have the ability to do so? Nope! I am stuck at home with no car and nowhere to go. It's really unfortunate because when I can't get out, I feel even more trapped!!! So as you can see, this situation is pretty much lose-lose.

I have found a few things that can take my mind off of being lonely and bored though:

-Talking on the phone. I love talking on the phone. Especially to my friends that live out of state and to my mom and grandma.
-Doing puzzles. I used to do them a TON with my grandma. Now it has worn off a little bit and I think that is because we did so many for so long. We needed a little break.
-I love reading blogs. Too bad all of my friends that blog have decided that they don't want to ever blog anymore so that outlet is slowly depleting.
-Going to the movies. I go to the summer movies with my family. They are silly little kids movies but it gets me out of the house and I get popcorn so that's a HUGE bonus. I like going to big kid movies too though; Now you see me is one that I definitely recommend.
-Playing games on my phone. I have this game called Loops and I could seriously play it for hours. It's one of those games where the game only lasts 60 seconds so it's really easy to say, "Just one more game" but then next thing you know it's been an hour! Oy!
-NAPS. I find myself rather tired these days. Naps usually will kill my entire afternoon if I have nothing going on. The problem is that my naps are always about 2 hours and by the time I wake up I am more tired than when I laid down and stay tired for the rest of the day. Riddle me that! I still take them though.
-I REALLY REALLY REALLY like swimming. It makes me feel like I am not even pregnant and when my back is hurting it relieves all pain. I LOVE it. The only problem is...how weird is it to just go to the pool and swim around by yourself? I don't really like swimming around, I just like to sit there in the water. I am definitely not taking a book into the water, and I can't really use my phone....So I just don't go swimming unless I have a friend come over or Spencer and I will go at night.
-I go over to my aunt's house a lot and help with her twins :). They are 6 months old now and I am just seriously in LOVE with them! They are getting a little big for me to be holding them for a long time or carrying them around all over but I could just sit and snuggle them for all of my life!

Rigdon and Ezra :) I stole these from my aunt! 

6 months old now!

So yeah. My life is a little bit dull but I am trying to find things to do to occupy myself. Only 7 MORE WEEKS until I have a baby to take up some of that time! It seems so close and yet SO far! I am excited to get out of the heat for a couple of days when we go up to Idaho for Spencer's best friend's wedding! WOOOO!! Tomorrow can not come fast enough!

Blessings are such a blessing

I am sad to admit that I have not been handling pregnancy well the past couple of weeks. I have been hurting and have been extremely emotional. I have honestly just felt sad all of the time. I keep breaking down and I have been crying a TON. I feel so bad for my poor husband. He never knows what to do when I just randomly start crying. He doesn't even usually know what it's about so he just freaks out. Poor guy.

Last night was another one of those nights (and let me tell you, I'm getting REALLY sick of those nights...). My body was aching, my feet were SO swollen and no matter what I did they wouldn't go down. I was also really tired and it was too hot in the apartment to cook dinner. I was a wreck. Spencer made cookies :). Those helped out a little bit, but really I just laid in bed and tried to get comfortable. By the time I was almost ready to go to sleep Spencer came and laid with me in bed. I started crying. He just kept telling me how sorry he was and that he wished he could help. I told him, "I think I want you to give me a blessing."
*I have been wanting one for a few days but have just not felt like asking for one*

He asked what I wanted a blessing for and I just told him that I just needed a blessing of comfort to help me handle things better than I had been. I just needed that little extra push to get me through that really can only come from heaven. He told me he would and he did. It was a really amazing blessing. I needed it so badly. He said things in that blessing that really made me realize that I can handle these last couple of months and that everything is going to be ok. I love that my husband is someone who is worthy, willing, and always ready to give me a blessing when I need one. I love that I can ask him for one and he will give it to me, even if he doesn't feel prepared. I love that he is in tune with the spirit and can listen to Heavenly Father and tell me the things that I know Heavenly Father wants me to hear. Spencer is such a blessing in my life and so was the blessing he gave me last night. I already feel so much better today. I just know that I have so many people I can turn to if I need comfort, that I have a husband who is always there and willing to help, and that I have a loving Father in Heaven and a Savior who are constantly helping me and are there to support me at any moment and every moment. I love the Gospel and am so grateful for the role it plays in my life.

Spencer and I are speaking in church on Sunday about how we can show our love for Heavenly Father. At this point in my life, all I can really think about is my beautiful daughter that I am about to bring into this world. My daughter is his daughter though, and one way that I can show my Heavenly Father that I love him is to take care of myself (his daughter) and to bring this baby girl into the world and take care of her. I am going to focus on that from now on and really remember that I am a daughter of God and that Heavenly Father knows me, he loves me, and he is willing to help me as long as I ask. I am so so grateful for this sweet experience with my husband and my Heavenly Father last night. I know that the Lord blesses us through the power of the priesthood and I know that the words that are said in blessings from worthy priesthood holders are the words of God. I love my Heavenly Father and I am grateful to think of him this father's day as well as my earthly father. I am so blessed.

The trouble with schools is...

I am having some serious issues with college. Not my college, as that is temporarily on hold, but my husband's. He has had to be taking only two classes per semester for the past year. This because all of these classes are prerequisites for the others so they have to be taken in order. In all of this time, he has met with counselors, had plans drawn up, blah blah blah. You would think after this much time that something would be at least a little bit set in stone. He went and met with a counselor the week before last and figured out his schedule and what he would need to get into ASU once he finished at CGCC. They figured out what classes he needed to take and we got his schedule all figured out. He had to go in and sign some paper that will help keep his tuition the same for the whole time he is at ASU but he needed a signature from his counselor (the computers were down when he went in the first time). We went in and they wouldn't let him sign it. We communicated with the counselor and he went in to sign the paper the next day. When he got home he told me that he had three extra classes he was required to take before he got into ASU that he hadn't known about before. Since he is going into engineering, he needs to take a chemistry class and two engineering classes. Apparently he didn't tell his counselor that he was switching to engineering (from physics) so he didn't get the correct information.

We had his schedule all worked out perfectly. He would take one class at the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then had a math class online. He will now be taking a class at one school on Mondays and Wednesdays, another class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a different school, and an online class at home. Did I mention that we will have a one month old baby when he starts this schedule?? I pretty much am going to be hanging out at home, without a car, every day and night during the week. And then I will have a car, but still no husband while he works on his online class. And this does not include any homework time that he will most likely need. OY!

I guess it did work out nicely that school starts in September so that we will have some time to get settled with the little one before this all has to start. And I guess that it's good we found this out now rather than in a semester when he would have had to cram even more classes in to get finished in time. All I know is, I am not looking forward to those five months. I have had my weekend to cry and feel sorry for myself and now I am trying to look on the bright side. Oh. Did I also mention that next semester he will be taking FOUR classes?? And working full time?? This is not how I pictured having a newborn baby but I know that he is only doing all of this craziness so that he can provide for our family and get done with school quickly. I know that. But it's not what I had anticipated or wanted. I kinda like my husband...I kinda like having him around. I am going to have to put on my big girl panties and work really hard to make sure that we get through this without any major damage. :)

This weekend might not have been the funnest one of my life, but I am actually pretty proud of how I handled it. Saturday night was when we found out and I only just slightly cried for like a minute. Sunday was my day that I decided was just my day to cry and to be sad and now today, I feel much better about it and I know that we can do it. Spencer and I talked and he has assured me that he's not dying. He's not going to abandon me, and he is going to make it as easy for me as he can. I also made him promise to still make time to take me and baby girl on dates. :) Hearing him say all of these things, even though I already knew they were true, really helped me to come to terms that I can do this and that I am capable of everything that's coming. I love that man. I don't know what I would do without him and I am so grateful for the sacrifices he is making to make my life better and to take care of me. I know it's not easy on him and he doesn't like to see me sad. I know that he wants to spend time at home and I just keep telling him, "Just finish school. Life will be so much better once you do." We are strong. We can do this. We are in this together and are going to make it work.