Who doesn't schedule their labor???

Due to the rapid influx of inconsiderate pregnant women going into labor on their own in the Augusta and Rockbridge counties, our induction is postponted until Friday now-assuming that another wave doesn't come and knock us out of our place in line. We got the phone call about a half hour ago and now are back to playing the waiting game. There's the most current update...hopefully we'll have a baby Friday but we shall see. Until then.

Baby Update!

Alright everyone! We've been waiting forever for this baby. And...he's still not here. So, at my appointment on Friday they scheduled me for induction this Friday. We got a phone call this morning saying that we could move it up to tomorrow and so that's our news! We have to call tomorrow morning at 7am to make sure everything is still good and then we are off to the hospital to have our little one. YAY! Everyone has been texting me and calling to see if we've had him and how we're doing, but now we're running very low on texts and minutes. So, Jake will be making phone calls to people (during the evening when minutes are free) and updating our blog after we have the baby. We're so excited to have him and will post again as soon as we can to keep everyone updated. :D Love you all!

Christmas

Hey everyone, I just thought I'd post about our little Christmas. We had kind of like a family night last night with Jake's coach's family and it was really fun. Last night we got home and we were just hanging out and were about to go to bed at midnight when I got the crazy idea..."Let's go open our gifts!" In my mind, it was Christmas starting at 12am so why not? So we came downstairs and opened our gifts. My dear sweet husband got me a very sweet present. You know those little willow tree statues? He got me the one below and I started to cry before I even opened the box. It's so sweet and I just loved it!It was a nice Christmas. I woke up yesterday morning crying because it's the first Christmas I've not been with my mom and dad. It is tough not to be with them but at the same time I have Jake and that makes me feel great. It's wonderful to have him because he's all the family I need so as long as he's here I'm okay. I don't know what I'd do without him. He's just wonderful!
Anyway, it was also nice because we were just going to have spaghettii or something but were invited over to our Bishop's house for dinner tonight. It was really nice because it felt kind of like home with all the yummy food and great people around. Me and bishop's daughter hit it off and pretty much talked the whole night. It was too fun! There were lots of people there and it just felt like a big house full of love and good food and great feelings. I know, I'm pathetic, but I miss my family and it was nice to be somewhere the felt kind of like home.
With it being close to Christmas and me being due at any minute, I've had a lot of time to think about Mary and how she must've felt at about this time 2000 years ago. I sit and think about this little boy we have on the way and all the responsibilities Jake and I have to raise him correctly. It makes me feel inadequate sometimes-like who am I to have this job? How must Mary have felt knowing that her son was going to be the Son of God and that she would have to raise him as such. What a huge job!!! It makes me appreciate her so much for being the mother of my Savior and raising him in the way he should be.
Just a few rambling thoughts...hope they made sense...Merry Christmas everyone! :D

Any Day Now...

Well, this was taken at 39 weeks, so on Friday-you can totally see the droppage in this one I think. My due date is in 3 days and we're going crazy! We want to see this little boy so badly! Even Jake is getting impatient. He's so sweet. We watched Spencer and Holly's baby the other day while they were moving to a new apartment and Jake had that little guy asleep in 5 minutes. He's so good with kids and I'm so excited that he's had so much experience with younger siblings, whereas I've changed a total of like 10 diapers in my life....sad...I know.
Anyway, school got out last week and we're getting our grades back and we both did great this semester. Does everyone remember a post a while back where I talked about what a hard time Jake has with Spanish? Well he ended the semester with an A- in spanish 3! How awesome is that!!! Now we only have one more semester of Spanish left and we can be totally done with it. WAHOO! Fall of next year will be nice because we won't have to take dumb spanish anymore and we'll both be pretty much done with GE's so we can get further into our major programs. I've decided to take 6 credits next semester-3 classes-so I can still do what I love and go to school while we have our little dude. I'm so excited for this semester because Jake will be playing his (possibly) last season of baseball and he will have two fans in the stands! How cool is that?
Anyway, we've just been hanging out since last week waiting for baby!! I've been reading and sewing to keep myself busy and Jake's been playing video games and working out to keep himself busy. We're definately running out of things to do, but hopefully we'll be making a trip to the hospital soon and then we'll never be bored again!!!

Ward Christmas Party

Well, tonight was the annual ward Christmas party and there was a talent show and everything!! Neat! So, Jake and his friend Josh decided that they were going to do a number. Amidst all the Christmas songs, magic tricks, comedic acts, and dinner, they sang their little ditty-which had nothing to do with Christmas! I was greatful because I don't do Christmas songs until the week of because they're so overplayed. It was fun though. We got there an hour early to help set up and then stayed like 45 minutes after to help put away. At the end, while I was stacking chairs, the Bishop came over and started laughing at me. I was like what the heck yo? He was totally laughing at the sight of an extremely pregnant woman stacking chairs. I told him that's just the way it works...just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I shouldn't do my part to help clean up. He just kept laughing at me. So Jake and I were there until the bitter end and they rewarded us with a gallon sized bag of ham to take home! They had so much leftover that they gave it to the people who were still there. Goes to show that the Lord blesses those who serve! We are getting ready for Christmas break where we'll actually have to cook for ourselves so the ham is much appreciated! It was neat. So here are our videos from the evening! Enjoy! :D


To see his performance you'll have to go to youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYvZOA0TqXg

Baby Bump Week 38

Well everyone, here is the most recent picture of the bump! I've been getting comments this last week that it looks like I've dropped a little. My parents don't think so but evreyone here does so maybe I have maybe I haven't? Hopefully he'll come soon though because I'm dang ready!!!!

Baby Bump week 37

I took this picture today for all to see. I keep getting comments to post a picture of me so here it is. I'm 37 weeks in two days so I'm almost there. :D:D:D Yay for baby Connor!!! We love him and are so excited to meet him!

The House

My mom and dad have been wanting to see pictures of our house and we haven't posted any yet anyhow, so here they are. I got distracted because I was on the phone w/ mom so I didn't take pictures of the upstairs, but there's the jist of our house. :D

Thanksgiving

Jake and I were talking on thanksgiving morning before we got up and he said something really profound. He said that, "being greatful is being a good steward over the blessings that Heavenly Father has given us. I thought that was a really interesting idea. And it's totally true. When we are good stewards over the things that we've been blessed with and share them with others, we are really showing how greatful we are for those blessings. We sat and talked about how we can be better stewards over our blessings and it was just a great note to start our day out on. After that, we had lots of friends over-everyone brought something and the food was great. We ate, had a lesson from the sister missionaries, and then spent the rest of the day playing games and just enjoying each other's company. It was a really great Thanksgiving and it's nice to know that we have a family away from home. I made my mom's stuffing and it was yummy-I think Jake and I were the only ones who thought so because we were the only ones who ate any, but we had so much fun making it the night before that it was worth it. I got Jake to try a raw oyster and he was so grossed out. It was hilarious. :D:D Anyhow, here are some pictures from the Thanksgiving festivities.

Baby Shower

First of all...huge THANKS to Sara for throwing me a great baby shower. Secondly, thanks to Lindsay and Christanie for helping her with the invitations and food. And thirdly, thanks to all the people who came. It was so nice to be able to hang out with everyone and I'm so grateful that everyone brought something for Connor. It helps out so much. I have some of the best friends in the world here. :) So thanks to everyone!!! Anyhow, here are a couple pictures of the decorations and food and stuff.
These next pictures are of the baby's room with all of the awesome gifts that he got at the shower. I came home and showed Jake each and every one of them and told him who they were from and every detail I could think of. He was so sweet because I was just talking his ear off-like I always do-and he seemed like he was enjoying it. It was nice. :D We then went through and took off price tages and put everything away. Jake was having fun and that made me happy. :D:D

Unfortunately, everyone's camera's were out of battery including mine and so we never got any pictures of people at the shower. Sorry about that!

Twilight!

So my wonderful husband came home from math study hall two nights ago with flowers, candy, and the idea to go see the midnight showing of twilight to celebrate 11 months of being married!! :D He knew I was dying to see it and that I was going to go with some friends of mine, but he wanted to take me instead. Sweet man! So we drove to Roanoke and went to see it. It was probably one of the funnest movies I've ever been to because the crowd was so into it. Everyone was wearing their "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob" shirts. When the movie started, the theather busted into applause and the second Edward came on screen, all the girls started screaming. It was just fun! The theater completely sold out the 6 screens that they were showing it on. Awesome stuff. I enjoyed it very much. You can tell it's a low budget film, because I don't think anyone was expecting it to do that well, but I bet the next one is going to have a much higher budget because of how much this one made at the box office. I thought it stuck to the story line well and was overall pretty pleased with the actors they chose to play the characters. My one critiscim is that in parts it was a little corny or over dramatic, but hey, so were the books. Overall, if you haven't read the books, it would probably be unimpressive and you could wait until it came out on video. However, for people who have read the books, it's way exciting, nice to see it dramatized, and easy to overlook it's "blah-ness". Yay for twilight!

Too Big for the Desk!!!

Oh man! Yesterday I went to my first class and when I sat down my belly rubbed against the desk. I looked down and was like, "It didn't touch the desk on Friday!" Today it was even more noticable. I can't believe how big my belly is getting, I felt like it couldn't get any bigger and then it started hitting the desk when I sit down in class. I think Connor is going to be a big boy! :D I'm just ready for him to be on the outside of my body now. Only 5 more weeks! :D:D:D We can't wait to meet him!
Also, this morning when Jake and I woke up there was a very light flurry of snow falling. It was very exciting!!! I miss Alaska where there is LOTS of snow!!! I love Virginia, but I can't wait until we move back to Alaska someday and get to stay there forever and ever. It's a lovely place! :D

Connor's Room!!!

Oh my goodness!!! This weekend Jake and I had a project! My mom and dad bought us a beautiful crib, changing table, and dresser for Connor and we put it them all together Friday, Saturday, and today. It was so much fun! Jake and I are a good team. Go team Johnson! Anyhow, here are the pictures of Connor's room. :D:D This dresser was a pain to put together! We put it together last and had a little mix up with the back, but you'd never know it because we're Team Johnson and we're amazing and we fixed it without really fixing it! Yeah...you'd have to see it. It's the epitimy of awesome.

The crib is gorgeous! I love it! That blanket was made by my aunt Barbara and I think it's Jake's favorite. I wonder why? ;) He's so cute! He wants to find a Chicago Cubs mobile to put above the crib too. :D

The changing table is so cute too. The company that manufactures them makes these little braces for the underside of each layer, but they drilled the holes for the screws too far apart and so the brace for the top part where the baby actually lays isn't on there. We'll have to drill a new hole, but other than that it's exciting and will be finished soon.

That is the best picture I could take of the whole room. It's kind of cramped so I couldn't really take a picture of it all together that well, but you get the idea. Anyway, that project was awesome and we have to say a big THANK YOU to mom and dad grant for buying us a gorgeous set for Connor's room. We love you! :D

Stroller & Car Seat

Well! My mom and dad sent us an awesome little car seat/stroller system and I thought I would post pictures of it. I just got done putting together the stroller which took like and hour. I also put the car seat in the car and that's where it's going to stay because I'm so excited!!! :D:D:D

Baby Bump week 23 vs. week 32

This picture was taken at about 23 or 24 weeks.

Below was taken this week at almost 32 weeks.

So! As you all can tell I've gotten quite a bit bigger!!! I've been being asked to put more pictures up or even post more than once a month. Anyhow, Jake and I are very excited about our little guy that we have on the way. Two weeks ago he had an abnormal heart beat when we went to the dr and so today we went to the University of Virginia Medical center to have a fetal echocariogram done. Basically it's a long name for an ultrasound that they do only on his heart. We went in and we got to see a little glimpse of his face and his little Johnson. We also saw some toes and of course his heart. He was all twisted up in there. While the ultrasound tech was looking at Connor's heart, she said it looked textbook and she didn't see any problems with him. His heartbeat also sounded MUCH better! It was such a relief to get the good news. The dr came in to check the tech's work and decribed what could've been the problem and that anything that it could've been, was no longer an issue. He said that Connor's got an awesome looking heart and that he's just fine.We took this picture along with a couple others this morning on our way to UVA. One thing that Virginia has that Alaska doesn't is a beautiful fall season! The trees turn orange, red, yellow and then some are still green and it's just grorgeous. I love it!
So anyhow, Jake and I are doing well and are having fun. We are both doing well in school and are enjoying our alone time together before the baby comes. We are so excited for him to get here though. Mom and dad ordered us a gorgeous crib, changing table, and dresser for Connor and Jake is so excited to put it together. It's like a manly thing to do or something. He's so cute. He's started talking about it more and more. On Sunday we were leaving lunch and he kicked the ground like he was pouting. I asked him what was wrong and he looked at me and said so sincerely, "I want our little guy!" I guess he had been looking at all the babies at church that morning and was feeling Connor doing flips and just wanted him to come out so he could hold him. What a sweetheart. He's so excited and so am I. We can't wait to see what he looks like and be able to count fingers and toes. :) Anyhow, we're all doing well and getting along great. We'll post again soon with a picture of our price of gas. It's pretty exciting! :D

Long Time, No Post...

Well, it's officially been forever since we last posted. We've been busy with school, church, and baseball. Jacob's grandma and grandpa Skinell came to visit us from Phoenix this last weekend and it was great to see them. They treated us to a couple of meals and some new maternity clothes for me. Sweet people they are! It was a great blessing to have them here. Sometimes we feel like we're so far away from anybody that we'll never see family again, but it was so nice for them to stop in with us while they were traveling. :)
Jake is having a blast with fall baseball. He's hitting better than ever and loving the outfield. He reminds me of a little kid when he goes to practice because he's so excited.
The other night we decided to run to walmart to look for a few things for Connor. We found some cute little onesies that had baseballs on them and one says, "Little slugger" and has a bat and bal right next to the wording. SO CUTE! Jake was really getting into picking things out for him. He picked out a really soft fleece dog that you pull a cord and it does the melody to a lullaby. He lit up when we found it. You can tell he can't wait to have Connor here. We both see people at church holding their band new little guys and we get so excited for when our little dude gets here. Jake's excited to get to take him everywhere with him, although with me breastfeeding, I don't think little dude will get to be far from mom.
I'm 27 weeks now and getting pretty big. I can't believe how fast it's gone so far. Only three more months!!! The rest of this semester will probably be just as fast. Next week I have to go get a gestational diabetes test done. I guess they make you drink this really sweet syrup-y stuff and make you sit for and hour before they draw your blood and then you're done. Sounds like fun to me...I suppose. After my last appointment the dr. told me that I'm a week further than what I thought I was, so it looks like that bumps my due date up to the 26th of December, but I don't know. I think we won't have a little Connor until the begining of January, but we'll see when he decides to come out.
School is great. We are both up to our eyes in work every night, but I like my classes a lot and Jake likes his too. The only one that we're really not enjoying is our dumb art history class. Jake is loving his Intro to Accounting class though. He had a 50 point quiz today and got a 95%. He loves it because he understands how to do it. He's also not stressing as much about spanish this year. He has such a hard time in Spanish, but this semester has gone pretty smoothly so far. He's understanding the concepts and doing quite well. It makes me happy to see him get Spanish, because usually he has such a hard time, but all is well and we are stoked about that.
Anyhow, we're loving life right now and appreciating all the wonderful blessings that Heavenly Father has poured into our lives. I'm so glad that Jake and I get to be together forever, and that our little Connor will be sealed to our family also. One day though, he'll have his own wife and kids and the cycle will continue. Pretty cool if you ask me!! :D

Baby Bump...week 21

Alright alright...many have asked when they will get to see pictures of the baby bump so here it goes. This was a week ago, but I feel like I've grown so much since then. Weird how fast it's all going!

Jake was able to feel him move for the first time a couple days after we got to Alaska. It was so awesome for both of us to get to share taht experience. Since Connor started moving around in there, he really hasn't stopped. He goes from the minute I wake up until I go to bed. I'm already thinking that he is going to be a very exhausting little boy, but I'm so excited about that! I just think about how much I already love this little person and I'm so psyched that Jake and I get to be the ones to have him in our family. Feeling him move around in there helps me to have the assurance I need between dr's appointments to know he's okay. Before I could feel him I would worry so much that there was something wrong with him, or that I was doing something wrong and didn't know it. Now when I want to know if he's okay in there I just sit still for a minute or so and he starts to wiggle and it lets me know that all is well. Jake and I just can't wait to meet our little Connor! :D:D

A few pictures from Alaska

The following pictures are from our trip to Alaska that we took July 27th-August 12th. It was so nice to get to spend that time there with my family. The pictures are pretty scrambled because I haven't figured out how to get them on here the way I want to have them yet. This blogging thing is still kind of frustrating. Anyway, these should give you a general idea of our time in Alaska-hanging w/ parents, fishing, and playing with dogs...it was so relaxing. We loved every minute!! Above is myself and my mom right before we went out on Ressurection Bay.
Below is my mom and dad's new little baby-Lexie. She's so pathetic. She is so sweet too. She's a little boxer, which is nice for our older one-Chloe-because now she has someone to play with that knows all her tricks.
The two pictures below are of our little apartment in Robey Hall. This was our first home...in a boys dormitory. It was small and squishy, but it was home. While we were in Alaska we found our that we got the Resident Director position at the Carriage Town Homes off campus so now we have a three bedroom and two bathroom place that the school lets us stay in. It's really nice to have the space...especially for our little Connor who will be here in January. Anyway, we had to take some pictures to remember our Robey home by. :D

Below is my fantastic husband and my wonderful dad right be for a day out on the Kenai river for King Salmon fishing. Right there it was about 5am. We were in the water by 6am and were pretty much there until midnight. All day we only got one real good bite. I had the dang thing on for like 30 seconds before it snapped my line. I bet it was a world record fish too... :D
This little fish below is one of the only two fish that Jake was able to catch in Alaska. It was a cute little guy, but we sent him back out in the water to get bigger. :D
Below is an interesting scene. For those of you not from Alaska...this is a razor clam. We go out to the ocean, waiting for the tide to go out, which is easily predicted with a tide table. You wait for the tide to go out far enough and then you start to look for little dimples in the muddy sand that is left when the tide goes out. Then, you take your "clam gun" (which is an 8 inch wide in diameter metal cylinder) and shove it down in the mud over the dimple. You put your finger over the hole in the handle to create a suction and then you pull up the mud. The clams are so fast at digging deep into the mud that it usually takes three or four tries to actually reach the clam. When you've caught your limit of clams, you take them home and to expedite the cleaning process, you put them in boiling water for about a minute and a half just to get them to open their shells. Afterwards you open them and cut out anything that isn't white. The final product usually ends up taking FOREVER to clean, but if you have a good clam chowder recipie, then it makes it all worth it. YUM!!! Clamming is truly one of the funnest things you can do in Alaska!
This is Jake and I right before we went on the long voyage into Ressurection Bay in Seward, Alaska. The plan was for us to catch something, but once again...skunked...

IT'S A...

Hey everyone! Jake and I have some very exciting news for you all! We had a dr appointment yesterday and they wanted to do an ultrasound first. So we went in, and the lady asked me if we wanted to know what it is. Of course I was like, "Heck yes!" So she showed us and took a few pictures. So here they are. Yep, it's a boy! It's neat because this time around it looked like a little baby in there instead of just a little gummi bear. The first picture is a profile view of his little face. At the bottom you can see a little forhead and the rest of his little face. Then in the second picture, his legs are crossed at the ankles and yout can see his little calf and thigh bones and then the little Johnson! The ultrasound tech had to dummy proof it for me and lable so I could remember where it was when I showed it to other people, but there it is next to the little arrow. Jake and I were really surprised when we found out because we just knew it was going to be a little girl, but nope. We are very excited to have a little boy join our family though. Jacob was sitting over there sniffling and I think a tear or two escaped. He's so excited that we're having a boy because he feels like he knows what to do. I'm excited, because Jake will have a little baseball buddy and hopefully someday we'll have a little missionary and all the cool things that come with having a boy. I know that this little boy is going to be just like his daddy and that means LOTS of energy and an exhausted mommy! ;) We're very excited!!!
Anyhow, just thought we'd let you all in on the news! :D:D

A Word from Jake

This is me on Saturday's.... bring on baseball!
Jordan told me that I have to start writting on this thing as well so I am gonna give it a whirl. Being back in VA has been great. Since being home all I have really done is work on a couple houses on campus, and help paint a friends home. It's been a lot better than selling. Yeah, I don't get paid as generously, but at least I am sane and feel like I am getting somewhere. I have no complaints.

Last week Jordan and I went to see The Dark Night on opening night! I recommend it to anyone. It is hilariously, suspenseful. With a bit of psychoticness. We loved it. It wasn't the best night in the world though. At the Lexington theater there isn't a lot of room and they only show a movie twice a day. The movie opened at 7pm on Friday, and we tried to get to that showing but it ended up selling out, so we had to wait til' 10pm for the final showing. On the way back to the theater that evening I ended up getting pulled over and getting a speeding ticket. It was REDICULOUS! On the way to Lexington the speed limit is 55mph then just as your driving into town it goes to 35 and then right to 25. Now I can admit that I was trying to get to the movie to get a good seat, but just as I was driving into town Jordan freaked out and told me to slow down and that a cop just flipped a U-ee after me. I wasn't even aware of how fast I was going. evidentally I was going 38 in a 25. It's not that I was driving recklessly. COME ON!!! That's just the way things are in these small towns. Cops got nothing else better to do. Needless to say I am still a little upset about it.

In other news we are pretty excited about this week because we are going to get Jordan another ultra-sound possibly to see what the baby is going to be. I'm pretty stoked about that because I can then identify the child rather than just saying "baby." On top of that we are leaving for Alaska on Sunday, and I am going to get to go fishing for the first time in 4 years. This time I get to go for the real fish. We are going King Salmon fishing and then I am going Halibut fishing with Jordan's Dad and brother Jesse. Bring it on! I am hoping to catch a 100 lb fish. And we will post pictures after the trip.

Finally, Jordan got a hair choppin' the other day and she looks quite cute! Dashing if you ask me! And this is a picture of her.... after seeing it you have to say awwwww!!!!

SAY IT!!! AWWWWW!!!

Nice to be Home

Hey everyone! We just thought it was time for another one of these little things so here we are. On Wednesday of this last week we decided that it was time to go back to Virginia. Working for APX wasn't bad, but it really wasn't for us. So on Thursday we spent the day packing and getting ready for the 7 and a half hour drive home. After we had packed our buns off, we went to see downtown Nashville for the first time all summer. We walked all over that place. There were so many cool things to see. On every block there was at least 3 or 4 bars with the doors wide open with young aspiring artists jamming their country songs, trying to be heard by someone important. There were also a bunch of gift shops! We went in a couple and tried on their cowboy hats-which looked awesome. However, besides all those cool things, my very favorite part of the whole trip was that when we walked by one of the breaks between buildings, we saw two bums! Now Jake has lived in the city his whole life and this was no new thing for him, but to me, it was one of the weirdest things I'd ever seen. Now you're probably wondering why this-of all things-was my favorite. It was because it made me realize how fortunate I am to have a place to live that isn't a cardboard box. It maybe almost as small as one, but it certainly is way better than one. This experience was just such an eye opener, that it really made me more grateful for what I have. We had a great night in Nashville though.

The next day we were on our way-hey, I'm a rhymer...we packed up and headed out. I love to go on adventures like that with Jake because he's so much fun. We laughed and talked and laughed and talked the whole way. Well, we started seeing cars on the side of the road and thought to ourselves, "We should stop and help someone!" So, we came upon this car that was pulled over and so we stopped and Jake got out to go see if they needed help. The lady in the car seemed really freaked out and mad, so Jake turned around and we realized that a police man had pulled up right behind us. The police guy told us we could go. I think what had happened is that the couple had been fighting and one of them had called the police. Hey, maybe because we were there it stopped them from totally killing each other before the police man got there? It was funny.

Anyhow, we kept driving and when we finally pulled into BV and smelled that nasty stinking river, it never felt more like home. Jake and I are so glad to be back. You know, Alaska will always be my home and Pheonix for Jacob, but when we pulled into town the other night, I just knew that this is our home together. I think we'll be here for a long while and I'm pretty excited about that. Going to our own ward today felt like home too. Anyway, I think we both came to realize, that while it's nice to go on vacation, it's even nicer to get home afterwards. :D

Thoughts

Well, Jake and I have officially decided to start this whole blogging thing. We've had it up forever, we just hadn't posted anything, so after the prodding of Whitney and Katie, I decided I'd start. We're in Tennessee for the summer and are having fun. I like it here because it's so green and pretty that it reminds me of Alaska sometimes. :D Jake is working for APX alarms and that's been quite an adventure. I don't think we'll do it again next summer, but we have met a lot of great people here.

So two mornings ago Jake and I decided we are going to visit Alaska July 27th-August 4th. We are so excited!!! I just can't wait to be around my family and I know Jake is just as excited. We're also pretty excited about school starting. I've always gotten kind of restless during the summer. I just love the craziness and busy-ness that the school year brings. I like to go to class and I like to learn new things. I think Jake is pretty excited about his classes this semester too. We're both elated at the fact that we only have to suffer through Spanish for one more year! YAY!!! Jake has a harder time with it than I do, but he does a lot better than he gives himself credit for. I love being in school with him because we're both so competitive that we push each other to get better grades and it helps a lot. He's really sweet to me and makes stressful days wonderful and bright days even brighter. We're also very excited for this coming baseball season. We love it! I never was a baseball fan until I married Jake and saw him in those cute pants, but now it's great! It's fun to see him do what he loves to do and I can't wait for this season. I always wear one of his jerseys and bring a big, embarassing sign so all those girls know he's already got a number one fan. :D We love baseball!

So as far as baby news goes, we're pretty excited about that too. Today is our six month anniversary and we realized that I've been pregnant for half the time we've been married. Funny little fact...anyhow...everyday when we wake up we play with the little bump on my tummy. It's weird but way awesome. Today I'm pretty sure I could feel it moving around in there because something was going crazy and I was pretty sure I didn't have gas. It was like butterflies that wouldn't settle down. I'm pretty excited about this, but I'll be even more excited when I don't have to guess if I'm feeling gas or my baby. haha It'll be fun. Jake likes to look at my belly everyday and always tells me how great of a mom he thinks I'll be. He's so excited to be a daddy too. My mom and dad sent him the cutest card for father's day that he just adores and swears he's going to keep forever. He plays everything like he's a tough guy, but everytime he talks about the time that he finally gets to hold his little baby for the first time you can tell he's as soft as mashed potatoes. He'll be an awesome daddy.

Anyhow, I figure this is long enough for a first post, but we'll post again soon. Maybe even with pictures! :D:D:D