Less than a week!

It's pretty crazy how much faster I feel like this pregnancy is going compared to the last one. We find out if we're having a boy or a girl next Friday! I can't believe it's already time for that! So take a minute and vote in our poll to let me know what you think.

Oh, and if you ever get wondering how far along I am (I know you all are just losing sleep over this one when you lose track), you can go to the very bottom of our blog and check out the ticker.

In other news - Jessica's language skills are cracking me up. She says the funniest things and I love to see how her mind works. Here are the best from the past little while.

* "Look little trains!" She was looking in a hymn book at the notes. Think about it. Too funny.

* I handed Jessica a pair of her underwear to put on her baby doll. I told her that it was a "big girl." She was not happy! "NO! Baby not a big girl! She a baby! Jessica a big girl!"

* "Look! I have a big tummy. There's a baby in there. Oh no! Baby! Come back! Baby is hiding."

* My dip is broken!" She was all out of ranch to dip her veggies in.

* "The dream that you wish will come true!" She was watching "Dancing with the Stars."

Go Cougars!

Now that we can watch BYU football at home, Jessica and I were able to start our own little tradition this year. Because it involves running, singing, and a little celebratory dancing (but not too much celebration), she loves it. Here's the deal - after every BYU touchdown, we'll run around the couch singing the BYU fight song ("Rise and Shout") topping off the gala with this...




Well if you've been watching BYU this year, you know that we've done this a few times, and by a few times, I mean 24 times, and I worry that Jessica might just be getting a little tired of it. As such, I better get this posted now just in case our little daddy-daughter tradition doesn't make it past the November 22 shellacking of that "little brother" university. Speaking of which...

Right before leaving Idaho Falls this summer, I found my office in complete disarray.

Wow, and it's not like I did anything to deserve this either except put a little "Lord's University" sticker on a co-worker's car window. I called it my daily service project.

Well I definitely got one-upped, but don't worry Sky, I'll be back in December during the break so we can watch the Utes in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl as they take on the ever mighty UTEP Miners. Oh I love football season.

Midnight Sun

OK, I'll clarify this by saying that I'm a nerd. But it's ok, because I know that a lot of you reading this will understand my nerdiness. I am actually really bummed right now. Here's why: Stephenie Meyer (the author of the Twilight books - or the "sparkly vampire books" as Michael likes to call them) has been working on rewriting Twilight from Edward's perspective rather than Bella's. She posted the first chapter on her website and I was SOO excited for it to get done and published, although I knew it would be a while. I randomly went on her website yesterday. I guess a copy of one of her drafts got leaked and spread all over the Internet. She is so upset she's decided not to finish writing it at all. The only slightly good thing is that she decided to post what she had so that people wouldn't go out looking for the illegally distributed copy. It's really good, but be warned that it definitelly isn't the whole book and it ends at a very annoying part. Anyways, for any of you who want to read it, here's the link. Thanks for putting up with my nerdiness. :)

Ready or not - here comes #2!

I may have some people upset at me for taking so long to announce this, but we... are... pregnant!! OK, the picture probably was a big hint. :) We are due Feb. 22, so we're about 15 or 16 weeks along or so. I would have announced sooner, but I wanted to wait until we got into the doctor here and they were booked longer out than I expected. We're all sooo excited! Ready or not, here we go!

A Career... wow!

Well, we did it. We took the job in Idaho Falls. Michael's enjoyed working there these past few summers and they're giving him a great opportunity to work closely with one of the founding partners of the firm. So it's a good situation. It feels so strange after all these years of "studenthood" to finally be moving into the "real" working world. We both agree that we'll miss S. California a lot (especially San Diego), but that'll just give us an excuse to go and visit a lot. :) Anyways - congrats Michael! I'm proud of you babe!

It's Birthday Time!!

We can't believe it - our little Jessica is 2 years old! Wow! Time flies. I can hardly believe it when I look at her and there is no baby left in her - she's all toddler. We had a pretty mellow celebration since we really don't know enough people for her to have friends over. In the morning she got her big present - a princess couch/chair. It looks like a little love seat and then can fold out into kind of a bed.
We really didn't expect her to actually use it as a bed, but she had insisted since then - she loves it!! It was so cute to see her excitement when she walked out of her room and saw it. Pure joy. Kids are the best! That night we did cake (which she calls "happy birthday cake") and one more present (just some lollipops).

She LOVES to blow out candles on cakes. She had practice in Idaho Falls and in LA, so she was VERY excited about that part. We feel so lucky to have this cute little girl in our family. Happy Birthday Little Bug!


Oh, and the other day I was wanting to do my nails. Jessica decided that sounded like a great idea. So I was dumb and let her do my nails. It was super funny. Of course she had a melt-down when I made her stop and it took me FOREVER to get it all off, but she had a blast, and I guess that's what matters. I just love what a girlie-girl she is.

We Made It!

Well, me made it here to Moscow, ID. Actually, we came Friday, but as you can guess, it's been a little crazy since then. So far we really like it. VERY different than San Diego, but we expected that. It's a really small town, but it's kind of fun. We like our new place too. It's a two bedroom!! The first time since Jessica was born! I'll post pictures as soon as we get a real internet connection, as opposed to this "stolen" wireless.

As I mentioned before, we sold most of our big things back in LA, so we've been on constant lookout for furniture. We're close to being ready. We have an inflatable mattress for us (which is actually really comfortable). We'll hang onto that for a while - until we find a really good deal on a real mattress. Jessica is in her pack-n-play and totally content. We bought a card table and chairs for the dining room. Luckily there's a Good Will close by, so Michael got a TV stand there. And here comes the funny part - we got a TV. No, not just any TV. We got a "half of our furnishing budget" TV. Michael is beyond excited for football season to start, so we had a compromise a while back - if we got into Idaho and saved the money there, we could get a nice TV and maybe Direct TV (and thus BYU football). Let's see if I can get this picture of the TV to post.
Wow - it worked. Cool. Anyways, Michael is loving it. The only problem is that we just have rabbit ears right now, so we don't get a whole lot of channels, not even NBC. So it's been kind of annoying to miss track on the Olympics, but we're surviving. :) We feel pretty dumb having a nice TV and no couch, but it's in the plans still.

Michael is off to orientation today. He figures he'll skip out on most of it. He doesn't feel like he really needs to go to a class on "what to expect from law school" or "law school study habits." He's kind of experienced there. But he'll get his ID card and all that.

Like I said, we'll post more pictures of our place later (once it looks a little more complete).

Jammy!!!

This is Jan Jorgensen. He plays football (very well) for BYU. I used to be his biology tutor. Nice guy - really. He's actually not as weird as you'd think looking at this picture. When I first met him I thought his name was Jam. Don't ask me why, but I did. So that's what I called him - over and over. He was so nice he didn't even mention it. While Michael and I were in San Diego, BYU held a fireside with the football team. Let's just say that Michael thinks Jan is cool, really cool. Like, he kind of idolizes the boy. :) So when I offered to go up with him after the fireside to say hi, he was just a little (ok, like a LOT) excited. It was pouring rain and we were stuck outside for a while trying to get in. I suggested leaving a couple of times, but I could tell the thought of leaving without meeting his beloved "Jam" vexed Michael greatly. SO we waited and finally got a chance to meet the man himself. Michael still talks about how he "actually got to touch Jan Jorensen!" Now with the start of football season just a couple of weeks away, Michael couldn't be more excited about seeing his good buddy every week. What can I say... my husband is cute. So here's to BYU football and our pal Jammy!