Doctor News!

May has been such an exciting month! We have learned so much about myself and our baby!

This last month has been filled with doctors appointments. May 2nd was the first of them. Just a week before that I had gone and had my MRI done -I was at my OBGYNS office to find out the results and just for a normal monthly appointment. We were so excited because I was 16 weeks, and though this was still early, we were hoping our doctor would want to take a look at my crazy wacked out body so that we would "just so happen" to find out the babies gender. Well, we left disappointed. My doctor did nothing but read me my MRI results and give me a good feelskie.  - super

But we were able to find out good news. They were able to get a good look at my uterus during the MRI and determined that I have uterus didelphys. Just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to most of you I'm sure. So, pretty much this means that when I was growing as a fetus my uterus did not fuse completely together (it starts as two separate sides) and because of that my uterus is completely separted by a septum which gives me "two" uteri.  It's like two half uteri pretty much side by side. This septum that divides my uterus also divides my cervix - giving me two of those as well. Crazy sounding I know.  What this means is pretty much the same as if I had a bicornuate uterus. Women who have either typically have fertility problems, and are higher risk for miscarrages in the second trimester, Preterm labor, uterian rupture, and have more pain associated with pregnancy and delivery due to more stretching during growth and dilation... sounds fun doesn't it? But we have been so blessed and just plain lucky - other than getting pains quite often I have been relatively symptom free and the baby is growing healthy and strong.  On another high note, the MRI revealed that I have two healthy working kidneys that are totally normal and in the correct location - so definitely another blessing!

Well, like I said we left that doctors appointment bummed out but I knew that next week I had an ultrasound scheduled with the specialists. So I figured I could be patient and wait a few more days! May 7th finally rolled around and Shane and I were just so ecstatic. We arrived for our appointment anxious. I was scheduled for my fetal well-being appointment at 17 weeks - as requested by my obgyn. So were waiting, and waiting... I'm sure it was only 10 minutes but I was being super impatient. I wasn't even sure if they would tell us ( I know some doctors are stingy about not telling before 18-20 weeks) So finally "Whitney!" They called my name and our ultasound tech showed us our room. Our energy was running so high with excitement in the hopes that they would be willing and able to tell us the gender.
"So, what is your appointment for today"
"fetal well being"
"nu uh, NOPE, I'm not doing that.. NOT at 17 weeks"
"....." - I'm sure my mouth hit the floor. I couldn't believe the audacity of this woman.  " Well, that's what my doctor had me schedule this appointment for- They wanted to get get me in because of my uterus"
"Nope, 17 weeks is just too early. That's ridiculous, I'll do some but not all"
Our excitement plumetted and hit the floor.... Honestly, who says that? Aren't you a tech... I didn't order this just because I felt like it, a doctor did.
Anyways, to say the least the whole first half of the appointment I was pretty bitter and couldn't even enjoy seeing our baby up on the screen.
 She rushed around taking measurements, barely mentioning or taking time to tell us what we were looking at.
But then she said "so, do you know the sex?"
"NO!!"
"Would you like to find out"
"YES!!"

Our excitement was back! Shane came over to my side as she rolled the probe around on my belly. I swear I had already seen a little boy part when she showed us the leg, but I didn't dare say that to this tech.... waiting.. waiting.. waiting, She jostled around a lot and finally steadied our view. On the screen she typed out... leg, leg, bottom.... labeling all the body parts.. .and then came I'M A BOY!!

Even with her hostility and the bitterness at the beginning of the appointment, It was still such a fun moment to share with Shane. We finally could stop calling this baby "it" ( I felt so guilty calling him "it") and say HE! We were so excited! Just after, she stepped out and we got to share a few happy moments together talking about our SON!

We were soo excited to tell our families, but we wanted to tell them all together and in a special way. If we lived closer I would have done a fun party or something, but with the distance this is obviously impossible... soooo we came up with a little video. We sent cards out inviting them to join us online at a specific time and date. Then we posted this...

I'm sure no one thought it was half as funny as Shane and I did. But we had so much fun making it - so that's all that matters.

We have done so much in the past two weeks since we found out we were having a little boy! We almost have his nursery complete. Minus a crib and rocker.. Pictures just need to be hung and a little organization. I even have fabric on its way to make his bedding! YAY!

I had been searching for a while and came across this cute website. I started searching for fabric knowing that the bedding was just too expensive for us to buy and found the exact fabric of the bedding I was trying to replicate. I am stoked! By making it I will save us about $200. Score!!

This is what my end product will HOPEFULLY look simular to!

Shane and I finally planted our little garden yesterday! We had been growing sprouts indoors for the past 4 or 5 weeks. We have peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, green beans, watermelons, cantelope, strawberries.. and a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head. We spents hours yesterday sifting the soil, adding fertilizer and planting... it took a long time but it was a lot of fun. Planting with the hubby... we are so lame! - IF and when these babies start to grow...I will have to post a picture. Cross your fingers the bugs and field mice don't eat them all up.

Speaking of which... oh...my...goodness. Today was the SECOND time a little field mouse has run STRAIGHT into the home (while we were working). We like to leave the door open with the beautiful weather and last week a little mouse ran right in through the front door. Man, the girls went crazy. Shane was a champ though. He faced his phobia and caught the dang thing... (he even admitted it was a little cute)but goodness... we thought SURELY...there is NO WAY that a mouse would run in again. Low and behold, this Sunday as we were enjoying the day with the girls...in runs a tiny little field mouse. Seriously, our luck. Never in Texas would this happen... TWICE

Our boy is definitely a product of his father and moving constantly. Shane has even been able to feel a few good kicks in the last few weeks! Every time he feels him  he gasps "oh my gosh, I felt him!" It is so cute and just so awesome to feel him moving around in there!

Excited!

Well, let me tell you - I am just so excited! It seems like so much has gone on in our little world in just the past few days! Now, If only my poor pregnant brain can remember all of it!

Shane and I had discussed a while ago about getting a fetal doppler - For those of you that might not be aware, this is the device that the doctors use to listen to the heart beat.  You can rent the better hospital grade ones from lots of places online, or you can also buy ones (that of course aren't as "good") for about the same price as renting one! So, Being the crazy lady that I am... we got one :) We ordered it late Friday night and got it mid day Monday!! We were so excited to receive it so quickly and right away I went to town listening to our baby's little heart. It is so fun - haha who would guess listening to a "thumpthump thumpthump thumpthump" could be so entertaining.

The girls we are "home parents" to are just so curious and interested in the baby -  "What's going on with the baby today?". They ask hourly. Every Monday night we have "spiritual night" or better known as FHE. We have a time we call family business where anyone can share exciting news for the week or  just tell what is going on with them. So, I asked them if they would all like to hear the babies heartbeat and they all went crazy! You would have thought I told them I was in labor they were so excited!  Most of them have never had the opportunity to hear that before - so they were just in awe! Heck, I've heard it a million times by now and I am still in awe!

We are so happy we got our little doppler - now we can have it for all our babies to come. Talk about bang for your buck!

Yep, That's our babies heartbeat...insanity!

Alsoooo, We got a stroller this week! I know, I know - What "mom-like" news! Isn't it hilarious that these are the kind of things that make me excited - kitchen items and baby items....one happy lady!
Shane and I have been looking for some time at strollers - browsing everywhere we go pretty much. We have looked so many places and I was getting pretty bummed out because for a basic, heavy, ugly stroller it's always in the $300  range. I was bummed we would have to spend so much for something we didn't really even care for. So we were at BuyBuy Baby on Saturday night  (this is what we do with our Saturday nights....haha) looking at the usual  - cribs and strollers. There were very few options that came with a car seat or even looked compatible with an infant. So we looked at what we thought were our options and found a Gracco one that we like "best". It was ugly- but not the ugliest, and weighted around 25 lbs rather than the standard 30-40 lbs. Out of all the places we looked, this was our best bet yet.  I was pretty excited that we had even found one that was halfway decent. We had a man who was working that was so helpful and oddly excited about showing us strollers, who started boggling our minds with all the options we never knew we had. He showed us that these strollers, that we thought wouldn't work for a newborn, actual could work for us. I was half way listening to him, because of course this meant the price was sky rocketing by the second to a number we could never reach...We of course liked these strollers way more. We were crunching numbers, thinking of coupons we had- What could we do to get this ever so awesome stroller and car seat??

Well, Sunday night Shane was looking online at reviews, and top baby strollers online - and the one we were in love with, was on there. So, after reading reviews and watching videos- I was convinced...this man wasn't just oddly excited about strollers - It was actually a really great stroller and a lot of other people were crazy about it too. To our great pleasure...we found this stroller and car seat as a travel system package on amazon for $150 less than it was in the store (not to mention no tax and free shipping) - this put it right back in the range of all the other strollers we were looking at. ...SO..... I BOUGHT ITTTTTTTT! This stroller is seriously amazing - So compact. Only FIFTEEN POUNDS, you can fold it up and carry it with literally one hand and it has super good safety ratings. I am STOKED.  It is on its way to us, and hopefully will get here sometime next week - then I can drive it around my house and test it out haha! Luckily, It's just all black and not some hideous pattern like all the others. Yes, of course there are better strollers out there - but for us this was untouchable and like the holy grail of strollers

Here it is, in all its glory!!!

Still no crib or glider - but we are working on them. Glider will come next, and crib last. We figure we won't use it until the baby is a few months old anyways which just gives us more time to save up.

And probably the most exciting news of all... I am starting to feel the baby MOVE!  Let me tell you, it is so amazing and fascinating. Last week, I would feel little flutters and I was super confused. I thought It was the baby. I knew it wasn't my body and I had never felt this before, so what else could it be? Well, I still wasn't convinced. But this week, probably just with in the last 2 days or so, the movements have become much more noticeable and much stronger. They are still not huge kicks, of course, but definitely undeniably the baby. It is just crazy. I can put my hand on my belly and literally my hand will feel the movement as well as my stomach. I have even had a few "bulges". My stomach will get really hard - and literally a little spot will poke out for just a few seconds and then slowly sink back in.

Tomorrow we head to the doctor - This is the first time I will actually be meeting my doctor. She has been on maternity leave so I haven't been able to see her yet, but finally she is back and we are crossing our fingers that she will do an ultrasound and we will get to see if we are having a boy or girl! I have another appointment with ultrasound specialists on the 7th for other reasons, but hopefully if I can't convince my doctor to do an ultrasound and tell us we will be able to find out on Monday! Cross your fingers the doctors aren't stingy and will look for us!!!!

Our family just recently discovered Cherie and Cory(my brother and sister-in-law) will be adding another girl to the mix! YAYY! So it will be fun to know what little baby we will be adding next!

Shannon, Shane's sister will be coming up at the end of the month - I am definitely looking forward to having a sister here to do fun baby things with!

This is a picture of me from last week - For those in Texas who are curious. I'm just barley starting to show. I mostly just look like I had a huge lunch :/

one year later....

Oh my, it has literally been almost a year since I last posted. Every time I wanted to blog I just felt so behind that there was no possible way to recap all of it - and there is not. So we will just talk about the very most important parts!

I'm sure all of you know by now that Shane and I moved to Utah! We moved in July of  last year and we absolutely love it. It is so beautiful here and the opportunities for fun are endless. The weather is beautiful and you can actually be outside for more than 30 seconds without breaking out into a full sweat. We live in West Jordan and work at West Ridge Academy. It's a residential treatment center for youth. We are "mother" and "father" to a range of girls. They are punks, but we love them. We do miss Texas though, and we miss our families - But Utah is a great place to be missing them from.

Our ONE YEAR has come and gone - haha I think the last entry I posted it wasn't even our 3 month mark yet. So, needless to say, a lot has gone on as well as gone un-mentioned - sadly. We have had a blast though. Our first year was a breeze and we loved every minute of it together. We're out here, and all we really have is each other. My brother lives an hour away and our schedules don't coincide to often, so we don't see them much. Our cousin lives about 40 minutes away and their schedules don't really work with ours too often either. We go to church where we work - so there are no adults other than us and the other staff that work here... so really... all we have had for the past 9 months- is each other. And it has just been the best thing. We can make fun out of any situation we are in, as long as we have the other by our side. We have learned so much and grown so strong - It has really just been such a blessing. We wake up every day knowing we chose the right person to spend eternity with.

On our anniversary we didn't do much unfortunately. Money isn't necessarily growing on trees around here, but we still had a great time. We spent the night in a hotel in Salt lake city and just ordered a pizza to our hotel room haha. The next day we drove out to park city and just kind of drove around. We looked at all the homes out there and drove around main street - which is so interesting by the way. Just esthetically it is rather absurd, which makes it neat. We found and little burger place out there and had lunch- which was SOOO yummy by the way - wish I could remember the dang name of it. After that we just headed home, when we got here Shane surprised me with the awesome cake ball maker I had my eye on. He is so thoughtful. But all in all we just enjoyed spending the day together.

So the most exciting news as of late... drum roll pleaseeeeeee.... This eggo is preggo. Yep, were pregnant and we are super excited! I told Shane just a few days before our Anniversary. I wanted to wait until that day but, I just couldn't wait any longer - I had already known and kept quite for too long. When we were first married, we originally wanted to wait a few years, until he was at least into dental school and we got things a little more settled, but sometimes life doesn't always go how you think, but it goes even better. We were getting more and more baby hungry every month that passed by and I kept telling my self we need to wait, we don't have enough money, Shane's still in school, we haven't been married long enough... we had a million reasons to wait. Shane was on board and so ready to be a dad, I was the one that needed convincing. We started to pray about it, and after a few months we just knew. And a few months later, I had the best news to share. We had been trying so I was testing everyday that week (with little cheapie strips I had bought off line) and then one day, as I was about to throw yet another negative strip out...I glanced at it again and saw the faintest line. I seriously thought I was making it up. I was in shock and so happy. I had seen only one line on these things for so long, I was amazed that they DID actually have two lines that could appear. haha. It was very surreal. But I bit my tongue and kept my mouth shut. I didn't want to just hand Shane the test - I wanted to tell him in a special way and it was so faint at this point I didn't even know if he would believe it.  So I waited and waited, thought and thought. The idea finally came to me.  One day when he was at school I went out to complete the task. I found a stretch of road that had 4 relatively close walk way bridges over Bangeter highway - you know where people always write in cups? Welcome back elder, or will you marry me - cleaver fun things like that? Well. I picked him up from school and told him we were going somewhere special. We drove down Bangeter - "Whats that?" We were at a stop light and I pointed to the big writing on the bridge. It read in big red cup letters "SHANE...."  "HEY, it says my name?" I told him that was weird and that someone must have the same name as him. He knew I was lying. We continued to drive and we came to the next bridge "Happy 1 year". He read it aloud and said thank you- He thought that was the end and I was just celebrating our first anniversary. Again, We continued our drive. The next sign said "Guess what..." He continued to repeat the phrases trying to figure out what it could be.. Shane, happy one year... guess what?... over and over. Finally we reached our last bridge, we were turning on this next road to reach our final ending place. He squinted his eyes to try to read what the next sign said so far ahead "I'm pregnant"? He read it questionably."Whatt? no youre not..." He looked at me. "Yes, I am." He immediately lost it. He was so happy and over joyed. We had to pull over so we didn't wreck. It was seriously the best reaction I could have ever hoped for. This was the happiest I had ever seen him. I caught it all on my camera phone, but cut off on accident right after I told him...dang it. I would post it - But I don't think he would be too happy with me.. So I won't.:) After that we drove to babies R us just down the road and picked out a few little things to celebrate. When we got home, I showed him my stash of tests I had been taking to convince my self... he just laughed. He couldn't believe how many there were... I will be honest... I was a little excessive... But I really didn't believe it!

Since then we have had a few doctors appointments. They had to get me in early, and send me to a specialist because I was having pains. They were worried the baby was ectopic. We were so blessed to find out that our baby was in the right place and growing. What had been causing my pains was my uterus. I have kind of a weird situation. They aren't sure exactly which I have but I either have a Bicornuate uterus or  Uterus Didielphys. These are both splits in the uterus the difference is, just how far does the split go. It is very rare - so not a lot of doctors have dealt with it. It is just something I was born with, and how my uterus formed when I was a fetus. But anyways, this does pose some risks toward being pregnant and toward the baby. Mostly I am considered high risk. I have an MRI scheduled for Thursday of this week so that they will know more about my uterus and know if I have one or two kidneys in case I need to have a c-section to deliver. ( most of the time the babies are breech because there isn't enough room for them to turn as they naturally would - It's like growing a baby in half a uterus) This "condition" or whatever you might call it is usually related to having only one kidney - so that is also a reason for the MRI. But so far, we have been SO blessed. Every time we have gone to the doctor the baby has been healthy and moving around- and so far the baby is staying head down (cross your fingers for me....) I am so grateful to our Heavenly Father for even allowing us the ability to even get pregnant, I pray that everything continues to go well!!

But for the fun parts I am 15 weeks and in my second trimester! Yay! We have appointments during the beginning of May so I HOPE they will be able to tell us what we are having!! My guess is a boy! but that's just a guess - so don't hold me to it if I'm wrong!

 This is What I showed Shane when we got home after I told him the news! haha
(this wasn't all of them either....)

 This is what we sent our families to tell the them news!

 One of the better pictures we got at our last ultrasound! Baby is GROWING!

This is the little blanket and lamb we bought at Babies "R" Us on the day I told Shane

We went to the Red and White Utah game this last weekend! This is us on our way to the game in our Utah gear

Slacker

Yes, You are correct, it has indeed been over a month since my last blog post... almost two actually... Fail. Epic Fail.  Unfortunately for us, nothing too exciting has made it's way into our little lives and fortunately for you, I did not decide to blog about this nothingness and make it sound exciting. so, really it was out of the kindness of my heart. It's a win win!

We are red as lobsters at the moment. Our white little bodies had no chance against today's smoldering hot Texas sun. Butttt, the blue angles sure did. That's right boys and girls, we just got back from the Air show and it was quite the show. Going into this, I will be honest, I was pretty doubt full, I didn't know what planes could do for nearly FIVE whole hours to keep you entertained. Shane had been telling me about this for a month now, him and his plane fetish would not have missed it for the world. not for the world, but for work. Sadly he was let down when he found out on Thursday that he would have to work today... So we devised a plan. this morning I got his clothes ready and met him at great wolf lodge just before twelve. Matt Jones, his best friend, co worker, and friend whom also has a plane fetish, tagged along with us. and we made it just in time.

Seriously though, It was greatness. The things these pilots can do is ridiculous. And being the wanna-be "photographer" that I am is was an amazing rush trying to capture the intensity, and the beauty they brought through there flying. I felt like legit paparazzi out there. " Click clickclickclick" haha. 

I think everyone who left that show now dreams of being as cool as those pilots haha. I know Shane will be for weeks!

We had quite the easter. We decided to make eachother baskets one night for Family home evening! They turned out so great!  I was soo excited to give Shane his basket I woke up at 6 am like a litle kid on christmas. I woke up and snuck out of bed and cleaned up the living room a bit to pass the time and let him sleep. Then I hid his 12 special eggs in the back yard. Each egg had yummy candy inside and a letter on each. When he finally found them all he had to figure out what they spelled. "flight lesson" was his big easter gift! 
Shane also had special plans for me and got me a gorgeous locket from zales :) he knows me so well. sweet boy.

Now we are working on our latest project and redoing My mother in laws bath room!  It is quite the project but turning out really well and i cant wait to see the finished project! Its been really fun working and painting together!

Our three months is just around the corner! I can't believe time has passed so quickly! But every moment of it has been a blast!

Happy one month, and a day to us!

So right by where Shane & I live is the corner of Northgate and MacArther. Now at this corner is a quite handy Tom thumb. We go there pretty often on the account that we haven't really established a stocked pantry. Anyways, on one of these fine evenings we were there making a quick run and, for those of you who don't know- tom thumb actually has some really pretty flowers so I always look and wish because they are actually relatively expensive and lets faces it we're newlyweds. weekly fresh flowers isn't really in the cards..  so anyways, like I was saying we were making our quick run through and I happened to see a vase of red roses and as we passed them I commented on how pretty they were. This is not a rare occurrence, Shane is a very lucky man because legit... every where we go I probably comment on about 2 or 3 things that are cute, or pretty, or that I want/"need" etc. you get the idea. So shane pretty much hit the gold mind because he should never be one of those men on christmas eve searching through the mall aimlessly for something to buy for his wife- because I so graciously provide him with many ideas daily! :).  Anyways, back to tom thumb... So any time now that we make our little runs, when they circulate the flowers back around and this particular vase with red roses in it is there he mentions "Hey, there's your flowers".

So, Yesterday was our very first married "versary" of any kind and being the sweet husband he is, he surprised me.
As I'm sitting there on the computer looking in google for " what to do for your first month wedding anniversary" at about 5 30 on, yes, the day of  this "monumental" day because I'm a horrible wife and procrastinated,  Shane comes in and kisses me on the head, with freshly brushed teeth and a sprits of delicious cologne, and says

"k, I'll see you later... be expecting a phone call!"
"Not again?!" - this is what he did to me on our engagement night, I was worried haha.

The phone call came and he directed me to Victoria park, one of our first dating memories, into what looked like a ditch. (just fyi, platform heals and walking downward on very large hills does not mix) but really it was this amazing candle lit picnic with our favorite asian take out, pillows from our couch to sit on (how did I not notice one of our couch cushions was missing is beyond me) and yes....my tom thumb roses..:). and the night wasn't complete with out slow dancing to our favorite giffin house song spontaneously coming on pandora from my phone. I'd say it was a pretty successful 1st month celebration. I could handle this on a monthly basis :)

^^ see aren't they pretty :)

Thank you Shane for a beautiful first month. I have enjoyed learning with you about what we want to, and what we can become together. I enjoy our talks, our cozy nights, and our nights that we fill with laughter! You are my everything. I love you! 

The official Mr & Mrs. Countryman of one month

And now I'm going to have asian left overs. I. AM. STOKED!

So my (our) fairy tale has finally begun, after what seems like a lifetime of waiting we are finally married! And let me tell you it is exactly that, a fairy tale. The wedding, for us anyways, was a complete blast- but a wirl wind.  I honestly don't remember much, just the really important parts that stand out here and there in my mind! It feels GREAT not to have to come home and plan or make something for the wedding. All I have left is to write my much needed thank you notes to all those who came and helped us get our house looking like a home,and then the wedding will just be a perfect memory.

So, I'm sure everyone remembers their first time going to the temple... you remember the fact that you don't really remember anything at all except that you were just trying to keep up with everything that was going on- if this is not how you feel... then you my friend are just a complete  genius with a ridiculously good memory.... but for all the rest of us that's all we remember. So unfortunately  for me, the sealing was just the same. Being that it was my second time in the temple, and a completely different ordinance... i remember pretty much nothing- except again, trying to keep up. I remember walking in with Shane and seeing everyones faces.... and sitting down. Now I know the sealer talked to us and told us lots of things... but i remember nothing that he said... haha... It's sad cause it was my wedding but I just have to laugh, because all I remember is sitting across from Shane, looking at him (thinking how sweet it was that he was tearing up) completely not able to listen to what was going on because, I too was tearing up and for some reason that day my nose was like WATER. So again, I'm sitting there, across from shane, holding his hand trying my best to remember this moment.....and remember not to let go of this hand cause while trying to keep my nose from literally dripping all over my face, and then my SLEEVE starts falling off. So one handed  I'm pulling up my sleeve... repeatedly while repeatedly wiping my nose... sleeve, nose, sleeve, nose, sleeve, nose... and then we kissed...and yes... i got snot all over his face. hot huh... perfect first kiss.... and thats all i remember...  haha... but even with that.... it was still perfect and Shane didn't even mind. :) Shane, fortunately, remembers more... so I say to him "Shane, tell me about our wedding"... and he does haha!

The reception I remember much better. and It was great. We enjoyed it at least...but of course, people didn't dance. lame. It was perfect though, I wish I could re live that day over and over...Months of planning, and the days gone in a split second!

Now, the honeymoon was a different story! haha we had a wonderful time, but... I have horrible luck, so now that we are married, the luck i am so blessed with, is now a blessing to shane ...He's so happy about it too.
So besides the fact that we got stranded in the ocean because of fog, and the fact that we missed a wedding and our couch people coming because of this... and besides the fact that Shane backed into a HUGE ACE CEMENT pole and made cute additions to the visual aesthetics of our car... He got a HORRIBLE rash all over his stomach  and arms from something he touched in Mexico...on our HONEYMOON!!!... so from wednesday night until saturday when we got off the boat we spent a lot of time sleeping to help him feel better.... haha. Sounds like my luck huh? But finally after we got off the boat we went to a doctor and he got a shot and WOW what a difference, in two days it's almost gone and he is back to being his HOT self ;)

We haven't uploaded pictures yet, or got the wedding day photos back from our photographer but when we will add on and post a few... more updates to come soon!

Countryman Christmas

So, I would say this was a pretty fantastic Christmas. Mainly because it was the FIRST Christmas Shane & I got to spend together as well as with family, but also because... I pretty much scored big time in the gifts department! Shane is amazing, and literally, every holiday or birthday or anything...he spoils me! One of the many reasons I love him! ;) My three favorite gifts he got me are my HOT Badgley Mischka shoes, I adore them. A beautiful rosegold Michael Kors watch, My first big girl watch! And a Photoshop program! I loved everything he got me, but these indeed were my top three. see, I told you he spoils me. I kind of dropped the ball, though he wont admit it, and only got him three to my eight presents... oops! I got him this Decocandle he's been RAVING about for literally the past three months, a green rubber player Nixon, and I made him a Utes blanket that I don't think has left his side since I gave it to him. We also got lots for married life for family and best of all, a WII! His parents bought one for both of the new couples this Chirstmas, we were pretty stoked!