The Good Word

Lots of good stuff to report from the last little bit!

1- My doctor has found a medication that helps me keep food in my stomach a lot of the time. It is wonderful.

2- We had another ultrasound on Thursday. It was on the big screen and everything. I thought that our last one was cool, but it has been quite a while and our baby has changed so much. We could see his spine and hands and feet and brain and cutest little profile and could count all 5 fingers! (No, I am pretty sure that wasn't a run-on sentence). It was the coolest. Also, we saw that our little baby is for sure a boy, and is not at all shy about it. Dallin was skipping the entire rest of the day. We are pretty dang excited, to say the least.

We managed to keep it a secret for a couple of days until we visited my family in Salt Lake. We threw a little gender reveal party on Saturday night and had everyone (especially my mom) surprised. Dallin's family was also in town, and it turned out so fun!

3- Dallin finished his first year of med school on Friday!! What an accomplishment. He was able to breath this weekend for the first time in 9 months. He really enjoys school, but it will be so nice to have a break until August (his only summer off).

4- We went on a little getaway to SLC this weekend for a finishingfirstyearofmedschool/sam'sbirthday/babygenderreveal celebration. We ate at the blue lemon, went to a dance party, saw movies with my family, ate BLUE cupcakes, watched my brother speak in church, went to Maren's seminary graduation, opened birthday presents, saw friends, and took a nap. It was so fun... I love being there. 

 5- Since I got pregnant I have really wanted a new camera to take pictures of the baby when he is born. Dallin keeps telling me that it is more important that we get a new Ipad. We have been arguing about it for some time. This weekend he surprised me with a Cannon Rebel for an early birthday present... and it might count for both of our Christmas' too. I am so excited about it! I also got patio furniture from my parents for (hopefully) our new house. Oh yes, and we put an offer on a house in Henderson... still waiting to hear back... and slightly freaking out about it.

Dallin took this pic with our new camera of his parent's pool.

6- Last good word of the day... we are leaving for Cabo in t-minus 12 hours!

Happy Mother's Day

Today I am bored and grateful.

I am bored because Dallin has been tirelessly prepping for finals next week and I generally get to see him for .358 seconds per day.

I am grateful for both my mom and mother-in-law today, who are both a great strength and example to me. 

I am overwhelmingly grateful for my opportunity to be a mother. Next Mother's Day I will have a baby of my own. I cannotcannotcannot wait.

p.s. I think it's a girl :)

A best friend's wedding, California, and an ultrasound

Last week I flew home for Rachel Thomas' wedding, who has been one of my closest friends for a long time. I will miss her so much when she moves to New Jersey next week!

Her wedding was beautiful and her new husband is awesome. 

I am stoked for them.

I flew straight from the reception to California for a Disneyland vacation with Dallin's family. It was such a blast. They sure know their way around that place.  My husband loves Disneyland more than any grown man I know, except maybe his brothers. He skipped the whole way there (hopefully he doesn't read this).

Mmm... turkey leg

Splash Mountain at Midnight

 The next day we went to the beach. I played with the children while Dallin made a shark of sand. I love California... I would kind of love to live there one day.

I continue to feel sick most of the time. My list of public places that I have thrown up is rather impressive, including in the car on I-15, the temple, Disneyland, and an airplane. It has been a little more difficult than I anticipated, but I can't bring myself to complain (Dallin might disagree) since we were able to see our little baby. We watched the heart move... it was my most favorite favorite favorite thing ever. November 3rd, here we come.

Welcome home, brother #2

We welcomed Dallin's brother home from his mission in Salvador, Brazil this past Friday. Our brothers came home within a couple weeks of one another, so it has made for a lot of sweet reunions lately.

We spent the weekend in St. George eating Cafe Rio, playing with nieces and nephews, and swimming. Nathan did awesome on his homecoming talk and we are happy to have him home.

All of the Mitchell siblings.

Welcome Home, Brother

I had been looking forward to last week for some time now and it did not disappoint. I went to Salt Lake for the whole week to see my brother come home from his mission in Mexico.

I left on Monday around 6, planning to get to Salt Lake at midnight. I called my mom from Scipio stuck in a huge blizzard to tell her that I was going to spend the night in Provo, and was probably not going to get there until 1 or so because of the storm. Driving in snow generally doesn't freak me out too bad, but this was the worst blizzard I have ever driven in. The road became so bumpy that I had to pull over, only to discover that I had a flat tire! I called Dallin bawling (he was still in Henderson because he couldn't  miss school). I knew that a number of people would come pick me up if I asked them, but I was so far away and in a blizzard... and it was midnight. So, I changed my tire myself... sobbing the whole time... in a blizzard... at midnight... while pregnant. 

Yes, pregnant. I love saying that. I debated making this public, but most people know already anyways... and I think all of about 2 people read this blog, so I think I am safe. We found out on March 1st at one in the morning. I did not sleep a wink that night because I was too giddy. I still can't believe it sometimes. I am currently 9 weeks along and sick most of the time, but I am too excited to mind much. 

My little brother came home from his mission on Wednesday. His flight ended up being 3 hours late, and then he got lost in the airport! We eventually found him though, and it was a sweet reunion. He is the same Max, which I am grateful for (just with a little Mexican accent). It is so fun to have him home.

During his first 2 days home, Max went snowboarding, golfing, bowling and to the festival of colors. He is not even skipping a beat. I loved being there for a whole week with my family. Dallin met me in SLC on Friday so that he could be there for the homecoming. He locked himself in a room all day long on Saturday to study for his tests coming up. He is a trooper. 

Max's homecoming was awesome. He spoke about prophets and did a great job. I can't believe that my little brother is a returned missionary. 

We  loved our time in Salt Lake with my family. 

My Lovelies

The best thing about being married is waking up to this everyday.

The second best thing was inheriting 2 nieces and 3 nephews.

I am basically obsessed with every one of them.

If only they lived closer.

Love Month

February started out with the passing of Dallin's sweet grandma. She (along with the rest of the Mitchell family) have always made me feel so welcome. We have spent a lot of time recently talking about all of the memories that Dallin has of her, and all that she has taught him. The funeral was inspiring. Dallin's dad talked about how Grandma Barbara will still be taking care of her posterity by watching over all the unborn children. Dallin and I like to think that she is taking good care of our future children. 

My sister-in-law and I went straight from the funeral to California for a week to babysit Dallin's cousin's 3 {ridiculously adorable} children while they went on a cruise. They were so fun. I didn't think that it was possible, but I am even more baby hungry than I was before. I would love to life in California one day... it is beautiful. Plus, we got to have a beach day in February!

I got home just in time for Valentine's day, aka day of Dallin's root canal. So romantic. $1,300 later, Dallin no longer needs to live on Ibuprofen in order to not rip his tooth out. We spent dinner that night with some of our friends. This is my 3rd Valentine's Day with Dallin as my Dallintine. Having a perma-valentine rocks, especially when he spoils me. 

Year 1 

Year 2

Year 3

I am getting used to Henderson and am starting to feel like I have a life here. It is perrrrfect running weather, and I am going to start subbing soon. Dallin is still having an affair with med school-- but he still finds time to hang out with me sometimes :)

Facetiming with my family was just not cutting it, so we made a trip to Salt Lake over the long weekend. It was sososo fun. Right after we got there we went with my entire family to drive by my sister's crushes... with my dad driving. Saturday we went up snowboarding with Maren and Jackie. It was perfect! We wish we could go up more often. We spent the rest of the weekend exploring the new downtown Harmon's (which is SWEET, by the way), playing telestrations, seeing friends, eating Cafe Rio, and getting pedicures. I also found out that Dallin it pretty good at nail painting; it must be the steady hand... maybe he should be a surgeon. Favorite quote of the trip-- mom: "I had a huge crush on my gynecologist, that's why we had Jackie!"

We are currently looking forward to: 

-Elder Outsen coming home in March

-Elder Mitchell coming home in April

-CABO (!!!) for 2 weeks in May