After Gardener Mill, we want to go to Cafe Rio for lunch. I worked in the South Jordan area for almost a year and graciously offered to lead the way to the nearest Cafe Rio. Well about 30-45 minutes, 2 calls to 4-1-1 and much laughing later, we found it, and it was every bit as good as I remember.
Being Easter and all this weekend, we had to color eggs. And we had the discussion, that after all the different dye kits, the best one is still the one with the crayon. However, we took it a step further and got out a whole box of crayons. So here is before:

After:

Friday was also my Grandma Morgan's 82nd birthday. We went to Carrabba's to celebrate. (Very Yummy) then back to play games.
Saturday was a busy day. In the morning, we stopped by Heather's place to see her parents before my family left. Her mom, the photographer that she is, took many pictures. I'm sure I will post them when I get them from her. Then Mom and Ben left, leaving Dad and us 3 girls to IKEA. This was Jenni and Natalie's first time at an IKEA. Needless to say, we had a good time. We said our good-byes to Dad, and went back to Provo. Finally, we had a chance to just hang out. It was nice. That night we watched movies and saw old friends.

Sunday I went to church at Natalie's BYU ward. Let me tell you....awkward...... As I am clearly pregnant, the Bishop came up to me to introduce himself. He said, " Do you live in Oklahoma with your parents?" I kindly replied, " No I live in Sacramento, with my Husband." I think I saw a sigh of relief come over him. I went to Nat's ward so I could hear her sing. She sounded beautiful. (so did her roommates). Zoe just loved when she was singing, she was moving all over the place. We were sitting near the piano, and I think that might have something to do with it, but every time there was music during that meeting, she was kicking all over the place. Natalie even got to feel one of her big kicks!
After church, I went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Easter lunch. Ham, funeral potatoes, green beans and rolls...what more could a pregnant girl want!?! It was delicious and so fun to get to spend time with Uncle Ted, Aunt Shann, Lara and her Fiance,Tyler, before I had to head back. (I love seeing Grandma and Grandpa too!)

Then Nat and I went and saw Mark, Brooke and Taylor! Taylor was such a ball of fun. Crawling all over. I wish we got to seem them more.

We only stayed at the hospital for a few minutes, not wanting to crowd the room, or over stay our welcome, but I can't wait to see her again! Next time we meet, she'll be meeting my little girl.
Then up to the mountains to see the Hyland's. Good old friends from Highlands Ranch. Had a lovely Easter Dinner there. Then off to the airport....
And of course on my flight home, seated behind me was a toddler who just loved screaming and kicking my seat. Thank goodness it was a short flight.

I came home to my sweetheart and puppy. Ryan had cleaned the whole house. (Don't you just love husbands!) And my sweet in-laws gave me an Easter Basket!
All in all, it was a great trip. Busy, but I needed this little dose of vacation.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Nursery Pictures! Since we got the bedding and everything up, I thought I'd try to add room views.
Dresser and lamp.
This is the project I did this weekend. These are sitting on her dresser. I will eventually hang them, but for now they are just sitting there.
These are the flowers Ryan got me yesterday, after a pregnancy meltdown. He's so sweet!

I'll be leaving for Utah Thursday morning! I'll bring back lots of pictures. I'll try to add a new belly picture this week too. (Yes, I am still getting bigger)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Hello all! I know I really should update this more than once a week, We just don't do too much out of the ordinary very often. Well an update for Ryan. Ryan got an 'A' on his first English paper. I'm so proud of him, he's been working so hard in school. Also, he's been building a portable Super Nintendo. This week he got the screen to work, he even let me help! I'm officially in my third trimester! Hooray! Little baby girl has been moving around quite a lot lately. She's starting to kick hard enough for Ryan to feel. She was actually kicking during our primary class today and 2 of our little girls got to feel her kick. But her getting bigger is causing me to have more heartburn, so that's not fun. I'm heading to Utah on Thursday to hang out with my family, and hopefully see Heather and baby (but she's not due until the day I leave so I'm not holding my breath) but I promise to bring back lots of pictures. I've been working on sprucing up the house for spring. Some new flowers and projects. I'll post pictures later this week. Hope you all are doing well! XOXO, Holly & Co.

I just wanted to add a quick update. Today Ryan and I got a crib mattress and our bedding set.
I thought it would be a fun photo op to put Campbell in the crib. She actually liked being in there. (Sorry the lighting is really bad in there)

Here's with the flash.
I'll try to remember to take some pictures during the day tomorrow, so I will have natural light. The nursery actually looks like a nursery! I'm really excited that its all coming together!

Also, last post, I forgot to add that my sister is having a little BOY! We found out yesterday and we are all so happy!

That's all for now!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Alright, we're back on the horse, so to speak. Well back to work anyways. Finally, I was well enough to go back to work. It's been so nice not to be sitting around the house coughing all day. And now, I'd like to introduce you to our new best friend!

Ryan and I bought this a few nights ago, after my Mother-in-Law Julie recommended we get one. We've slept so much better since getting it, even Campbell is sleeping better, so thank you Julie!
Last weekend we had the privilage to see my niece and nephew! Although Ryan and I were sick, Mark, Brooke & Taylor, and Eric, Jen & Luke were in town. So we went over to the in-laws to see them for a little while. They are too cute together! Jen posted pictures on her blog.

On the Baby front, I went to the Dr. today. Everything is looking good, the heartbeat is strong, I'm measuring just fine, etc. I have to do my glucose test in 3 weeks to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. After my next appt. in April, I will start going every 2 weeks. We are counting down! Here is a picture of my belly today. 26 weeks. Sorry it's blurry but Ryan wasn't home to take it.
Here are some pictures of the sock animals I've been making. They are so fun to make. Campbell tries to eat them while I'm in the process of making them. I often look over and she has the whole animal head in her mouth. (That she has stolen from my pile of completed body parts)
That's 2 elephants and a zebra.
As you can see from the belly shot, our walls are still pretty bare, so I made these canvas' to go up in our bedroom.

I know I post a lot of things I make. I was going to post a picture of the motor Ryan made at school yesterday, but I couldn't find it. He also made a potato clock, but it was rotting so I made him throw it out. Ryan's been really busy with school and work, and being sick. Hopefully it will slow down a little and he'll have time to work on his Playstation & Super Nintendo. He's turning his old Playstation & Super Nintento's into a portable device. Right now it's in pieces, but once it is done, I'll post pictures.

Last night we went out to P.F. Chang's with some old friends from Utah, Ryan and Ally Willis. Ryan Willis is the one who is responsible for Ryan and I meeting, without him we probably never would have met, fell in love, or gotten married. Thanks Willis, we owe you one! We had a nice time chatting it up about good ol' Utah and all the old memories. I should have brought my camera!

I think that is all the new news in our house. I'll be heading to Utah in a few weeks to go hang out with my family and hopefully see my friend Heather's baby (if the little one decides to come early. ) I hope you all are staying healthy!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Well needless to say, Ryan and I have both gotten whatever has been going around. Ryan seems to be on the tail end of it, whereas I'm just starting. So pardon the lack of posts and pictures. On a better note, Ryan and I did get the dresser put together in the babies room last weekend. So now all the furniture is up. Also, last week I got a book of how to make sock animals. I will post my first attempt once we're starting to feel better. Love, Holly & CO.

Yes, our poor little Campbell finally got fixed. She had her surgery yesterday. She's much perkier today, but still quite sore. I was going to put a picture up of her cut, but I thought that was a little gross. But, because she had it yesterday, I took today off. Lucky for me, Campbell was doing well enough that I got to go to lunch with my neighbor and good friend, Jamie. We went to Panera, a favorite of mine. Ryan has been really busy with school and work. I'm happy to say that even though he is working, he still puts forth a great effort for his schooling. This week alone, he had a paper and presentation to do. All that, and he still managed to do the laundry. I love this man! If we do anything fun this weekend, I'll post again. XOXO, Holly & Co.

Well I took the day off from work on Valentine's day, to take some hard earned R&R. In the morning, I got up and made Orange rolls for Ryan before he left for school. I attempted to sculpt them into hearts, but they baked out of shape. Here is that result.
Then while he went to school, I went to the spa for a manicure/pedicure. "Good Morning Sacramento" was there doing a live shot for Valentine's day, so I got to watch the whole thing from like 3 feet away. Here is a picture of my very red toes.
Then I got my hair cut and did a little shopping. When Ryan got home from school he brought in the cutest card inside this.
If you haven't read this book, you should. It's always been one of my favorites, and I'm glad Ryan gave it to me to add to the growing pile for the baby. I was read to a lot as a child and as I've told Ryan many a time, I want to make sure I have lots of books for my kids to read. On that note, after we had lunch, we went to the new thrift store right by our apartment. We ended up getting more books, both for the baby and Ryan. Then off to Leatherby's for some ice cream. Then Ryan drove me out to Rocklin, to visit my favorite scrapbook store and pick up some goodies.
Out of all the things I got, this has to be my favorite. I took a picture of it next to my pen, so you could see just how big they really are.
Giant paperclips! Now I really have no idea what project I'm going to use them for, but they were just too fun, not to get!
After the scrapbook store we went over to Fry's and got Ryan a new video game.
That was the first valentine's day we actually spent together, since we've been together. It was wonderful.

Ryan is up in Redding this weekend working, so I took advantage of my time alone and created some new things for the baby's room.
These are some picture frames that I used to have in my college apartment. I revamped them to coordinate with the baby's room.
I have already put these up, which I'm so happy about. The nursery is in such a transition phase, that it's nice to have something besides the crib in there for the baby. I'm also attempting to make curtains for the room. In a book I have, "Photo Decor" I saw this idea and thought it was too cute.

So in my attempt to copy it, I've made these to go on my curtains, once they are finished.
On the back of these, I added nursery rhymes, because I didn't like the idea of have a plain cardboard back.
I'm surprised by the name voting pole. I definitely thought Zoe would get more votes, considering that was our original choice. We haven't made any decisions and won't until she comes out. She is certainly more active. She has started bouncing or something inside me, it's an interesting feeling. I can tell she's getting bigger because I can feel her moving around a lot more than before.
I think all the little girls in our primary class have a crush on Ryan. They love to sit on his lap during singing time. At first, they were all scared of him, but now they love him. He's going to make a great daddy.

Well that's all for now.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.

So Friday before I left work, I had a very long list of all the things I wanted to get done this weekend. And here are the fruits of some of my labors.

The rest of the alphabet canvas' for the baby's room.

And also, I finally got my sewing machine working, thanks to my Mother-in-Law, who so graciously pointed out that my problem was using really thick thread. So now that it's working, I can get started on all my sewing projects. I bought the fabric for the baby's room curtains. I also finished a taggie blanket. Here's that picture. It's made out of super soft fabric with ribbon loops sewn on the edges for the baby to play with.
Ryan took me out to Rocklin to visit a new scrapbook store. It was the most amazing store I'd ever been in. It has rows and rows of delicious things. So after that trip I have been working on some more scrapbook pages, trying to get caught up on all the pictures, because my free time will surely be cut down once this little girl is born. Here's some pictures of some recent layouts I've done.


While I was taking pictures, Campbell was getting in the way, so I snapped a shot of her.
Well that's all for now...enjoy the many pictures.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Well, I went to the Dr. yesterday...again. He says everything is looking fine. The 20 week ultrasound looked good, all parts are working and functioning properly. 10 fingers, 10 toes, 2 arms and 2 legs. So right now it's just more waiting and waiting. My back is starting to hurt as she is getting bigger and heavier. I'm getting kicked regularly. She weighes around a pound about now. We're still working on getting the nursery put together, hopefully we can get the dresser put together without too much trouble this time. I'm going to be working on some projects for the baby's room this weekend, I'll post pictures if/when I get them finished. xoxo, Holly & Co.

This post is for anyone who has been pregnant, who is currently pregnant or who is going to get pregnant.

My sister wrote a sonnet for being pregnant, here it is.
No nausea, or hemorrhoids just yet

Also, I got tired of not being able to buy cute clothes a few weeks ago and to make myself feel better, I created a "Things I'm going to wear when I'm not pregnant" book. I took pictures from the internet and magazines, oh the things I will be wearing after this pregnancy. I did this for two reasons, one, I want to make sure I don't loose all sense of self and fashion, and two, as an inspiration to myself to loose the baby weight soon after. (at the request of my sister, here are some picture of that book)

So after many minutes and a few frustrating ones, the crib is finally put together. Lucky for me I am married to a guy's guy, who knows how to do everything. If it were just me trying to do it, I would still be trying to figure out the right bolts for the first piece. So here is the finished product.
Campbell got a little jealous that we weren't paying attention to her. Before we put in the drawer at the bottom, she crawled inside. I just had to take some pictures.
Our Little Jailbird!

That's all for now.

XOXO
Holly & Co.

Well it's 4:30 on a Saturday morning and I'm awake. Baby is awake too. I don't know if it was the fact that I went to bed at 8:50 last night or the constant thoughts of things I need to do, that are keeping me awake.
They say that most women have trouble sleeping when they are pregnant, that doesn't surprise me. I can hardly roll over without waking Ryan up. I feel like I need the back up beepers and lights that large trucks have, just to move my massive body, so no one gets hurt. It's amazing how, although I have not gained a lot of weight, I feel like the size of my body has doubled. My balance caved in this week. I leaned down to pet the dog and feel right over onto the floor. Poor Ryan had to come help me up.
Ryan has been a real trooper. I'm sure everytime he comes home, he's not sure what type of wife he will be getting when he opens the door. Half the time when he gets home, I'm already here crying over something ridiculous, I'm sure he's wanted to admit me on several occasions. But he's a good husband and puts his arm around me and assures me that everything will be ok. (That's usually what I need to here, it's just not as convincing coming from myself to myself.)
We are planning on putting up the crib today, which we have been planning to do for sometime now, but other things seem to come up. I have cleaned out the nursery enough that we have room to put up the crib now. I've also been making some decorations for the baby's room, as we cannot paint or put up wall paper. We've (I've) decided on an alphabet type nursery theme. Here is the link. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2546922

I've made small canvas' with letters on each one, to use as a border. I only have 8 right now because that's all they had in stock at the craft store.

I'm one of those people who keeps stupid little things, like movie ticket stubs or wristbands from concerts. So to keep all the baby's little stuff, like first haircut, hospital wristbands, etc, I made this box.
As you can probably tell, I'm really into my nesting phase right now. I have creative projects flowing through my head constantly. I'm hoping to have a chance to get a lot of them done before little baby jane gets here (no that's not her name, I just want to call her something other than her.) For those of you that I told about my awesome $96.00 in savings this week, here is that project in the works.

I have a Dr's appointment this Wednesday. I'm hoping they will move my due date up, since at the hospital they said I was measuring large. I'm thinking I might have to do my glucose test this time around, and I'm really not looking forward to that.

I will post pictures of the nursery if we actually start putting it together today. If not, I'll post them when we get it up. Have a wonderful weekend.

XOXO
Holly & Baby

I never seem to be able to remember to upload pictures when I post, so here are some recent pictures.
This one is for Heather, this is my yesterday. 19.5 weeks pregnant. Already a huge belly!














And then here's Ryan and I at the Cheesecake Factory in Tulsa, OK for my birthday. 12-20-07.














And here is Campbell Dog. She's getting lots bigger!












I'll be trying to take photos of my belly every week (so you can watch me grow! :)

Before you get too worried, everything is ok. But Sunday night I had a few contractions, not a big deal. Then last night I woke up to a couple more. Then, this morning, Campbell jumped right on my stomach. It was very painful and within an hour, I started having more contractions. I waited for a call from my doctor but after an hour, I decided we should go to the hospital. (Eventually, the Dr. called back and said Go to the hospital, luckily we were already there.) They monitored me and did an ultrasound to check for bruising or detachment, but all was well. I did get to see her again on the ultrasound. They said it was definitely a girl. She was doing flips and moving all over the place. At one point, she even looked like she was smiling. Ryan was a trooper and hung around the hospital with me for 3 or 4 hours, but it seemed much longer than that. We have a Dr. Appt in two weeks, and they will hopefully tell us how the last ultrasound went and what they saw. The E.R Dr. today said that I look like I'm 19 weeks and 4 days, which is a week farther than my regular OB had told us. So we may have a due date change after the next appt. I hope you all have a wonderful week. Keep name suggestions coming. XOXO, Holly

It's a little girl! I'll post pictures when I can. They gave us the ultrasounds on x-ray film, so I think I'm going to have to get them scanned like a slide. If you have any name suggestions leave them in a comment! xoxo Holly

My Dr.'s office just called and said that the lab in their building no longer has an ultrasound technician, so they had to cancel my appt. on the 17th. BUT, they are sending me across the street for an appt. on the 15th! So look for updates on Tuesday, and pray that baby humbert will show its shining colors! xoxo Holly

Wow, it's been a long time since my last post. Sorry about that all who read this. Well for My birthday and Christmas, Ryan and I went to Oklahoma to see my family. It was so nice to be able to relax for 10 days and not worry about cooking or cleaning or our dog. (We left her with my w0nderful in-laws) For my birthday, we went out to the Cheescake Factory. I'm sure we all ate way too much, but as always, it was great food. To my surprise, My old Co-workers, and dear friends, threw my a surprise baby shower. I was genuinly surprised, (which is hard to do, I have a tendancy to snoop) My Mom and sisters were all in on it, and waiting at my friend Shala's. I'm sure they got a lot of pictures of me laughing, I was so surprised. I got my first baby things from the shower and they are waiting in the to-be nursery. Ryan and my brother in law Aaron helped my Dad saw down several tree limbs from the ice storms they had. They did my parents backyard and that of another member in the ward. my sisters and I spent a lot of our time shopping and watching movies. Overall it was a nice relaxing vacation. Onto baby talk, I had another Dr. appt yesterday. We got to hear the heart beat again. Everything is going well, although I am getting bigger and gaining weight. On Friday night, at our friend's Mark and Annalee's wedding, we felt the baby move for the first time. I had felt other movement but this was significant. Ryan and I had a good time feeling my tummy.We find out next thursday what the sex is, so watch for a post next week about that, and more name suggestions. I'll try to include more pictures from our vacation in the next post, so you can see my tummy and all.

Yes that is a sucker in my mouth, that was during my morning sickness, and I was eating Preggo Pops. (suckers that help with morning sickness)
This is Ryan and Campbell. She is getting so big. She likes Ryan much better than me, thats why this photo of her is better.