Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Today was Jeremy's 32nd Birthday! Whoa! :) We went out to a good ol' fashioned MickeeDee's breakfast before he had to go to work and then out to lunch at his favorite little Mexican restaurant in Orem, Maria Bonitas. Then I dropped him off at work again and came back with birthday balloons a birthday bag of his favorite goodies and another bag of ice cream sandwiches for him and his team.


Jeremy was able to get out of football practice tonight so that we could celebrate. We went over to my mom's and Jeremy got a cute new North Face hoody that I can hopefully wear when I'm not prego (ha ha) and Jason made him glasses out of money. Fun!

We're celebrating his bday with his family this next Sunday over at his brother Shane's house for Jeremy's favorite, Banana Cream Pie and ice cream.


Jeremy and I met up with some of Jeremy's best friends at McGrath's Fish House for dinner. Why there? Just because of that fun fish hat that they make you where. :)Thanks for the tip Joey!

Jason & Melinda and their oldest, Cooper. What a cute kid... and so well behaved. :) I hope that I'm as successful as a parent. Jason and Melinda are also in our ward and have been long time friends of Jeremy.

Joey & Jeremy with Jason and Melinda's newest edition, Ty. We are so excited for our little guy to come, and Ty made us so much more excited to have a baby. He is so cute and such a good little baby.

Joey & Nadia. I wish I'd have taken a picture of them looking all hard core on Joey's new motorcycle. They look hot! Joey baptized Nadia recently and they are engaged to get married at the beginning of next year. I can't wait! Also, Joey's sister, Audrey, is the one that did the florals for our wedding.

Travis & Mike: Old roomies of Jeremy's and also good friends. Mike, tell Alicia we missed her. :)

Group Picture:

We finished the night off by going to the movie: House Bunny (Girls choice of course). They guys weren't to excited to see it, but it was funny. What I didn't like about the movie is that I felt like it projected that women can get anything in life if they are hot, even though the moral of the story was to be accepting of everyone. It was kind of skewed. Jeremy feels more dumb from watching it. :)

Hope you had a good bday! xoxo

It's still a Boy! :)

We went to our doctor appointment today to get the ultrasound and find out the sex officially from our own doctor. Even though we had already found out, we didn't say anything. We just wanted to make sure that they told us the same thing the last place told us. I knew if they told us we were having a girl after we'd already found out we were having a boy that I'd be traumatized. :) BUT... we are STILL having a boy... and only one. :)

Today they did all the measurements and looked for anything that may be wrong with him (Spinal-bifida sp?, clef-lip, down syndrome,hernia, etc.). We are happy to report that he's growing well and is healthy. He now weighs a little over 1 lb. and is measuring for a due date of 12/27. :) Yay! Tax Returns! lol

Here is a little picture of his spine.


Here's a picture of his teeny little foot.


This is supposed to be a profile picture of him, but we still can't see where that is supposed to be. ???


Here is the "It's a Boy!" picture. Look for the little 'pointy' thing sticking up, pointing towards the right corner.

Glen Manning & Ivey Peck Family Reunion

Grandma Ivey Peck, Jeremy's Grandma


Manning/Peck Kids: Aunt Jolene, Aunt Marla, Lona (Jeremy's Mom), Uncle Jerry - In Memory of Uncle Karl.

This weekend was Jeremy's family reunion on his mom's side. We had it at his brother Shane's house in Lehi and it was a BBQ/Swim party. Tons o fun!

Jeremy's sister in law, Sheri, also made a DVD of all the old pic's of the grandparents and kids growing up. They told lots of stories and it was fun to learn all about Jeremy's family and their background. After lots of time in the sun (which I actually fell asleep inside where it was cool... it takes it out of you being prego), we went to the cemetary in Lehi where his grandma is buried. I got to talk to his mom and aunt's a lot about their life and thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Since Jeremy's parents are the youngest and Jeremy is the youngest in his family, he didn't get to know his grandparents very well. I'm glad that my grandparents are young and still play a big role in my life and can be a part of our lives and our growing family's life too.

PS. Here's a new prego pic of me from the day of the reunion. ...ahhhh no make up.

Ode to my Husband

I'm just sitting here thinking how grateful I am for my husband. He is so good to me and I couldn't have married anyone better. We don't have the perfect relationship by any means, everyone has their problems... but, we have already been through so many hard times - more than people know - and have been able to work through them and become closer as a result of them.

My thoughts on marriage so far? That seems to be the retorative question from everyone these days. Well, I know that people tell you its hard work, but you never know how hard it is til you're in it. I've often thought to myself... is it harder to get married when you're younger, before you're set in your ways, but feel like you missed out on playing OR is it harder when you marry after you're set in your ways and have to think about someone else other than yourself? I don't have the answer and I'm guessing its just different for everyone. The timing in my life couldn't have been better for me though.

Top 25 things that I love about my hubby:

1. Every morning he prays with me before he goes to work... right after he cleans up a bit, makes me a morning shake with my morning vitamins and puts my phone and keys where I will find them (he hee, cause I never know where they are)

2. He sends me flowers for no reason

3. He will stop by at work to bring me a Jamba Juice just because he thinks I might like it.

4. He thinks of me often through the day and calls, texts, emails, or IM's to tell me how much he loves me, even when he's at work.

5. He is soooo attentive to me. Especially now that I'm pregnant, he doesn't make me do anything that might be to strenuous; including the house work and chores that need to be done.

6. He hardly ever calls me by my name. He usually refers to me as, "Sweety, Baby, Sunshine, Angel, and Pumpkin" :) He once called me "tara" and it caught me off guard. I thought I was in trouble or something. ha haa

7. Even when he's busy with work and coaching football, he always sets some time aside for just me and him. He never lets me think that there are other things more important to him than me and our families.

8. He always tells me how much he loves me and is grateful for me. There isn't a day that passes that he forgets to do that.

9. We have the same goals and work towards them together.

10. He is my BESTEST friend! He knows everything about me. I've never had that with anyone.

11. ...and even after knowing everything about me, he STILL loves me. He knows my weaknesses and my soft spots and still builds me up to tell me all the amazing things about myself, even when I don't see it.

12. He loves my family! He always wants to spend time with them and that is so important to me. ...Plus they love him too! (also a bonus)

13. It doesn't seem to phase him one bit about how fat and prego I am. He still tells me every day how beautiful I am. (and I need that right now) :)

14. He is prepared and still preparing to do what it takes to be a provider and eternal leader for our family and I'm so proud of him for how hard he's worked and is working on those things each day.

15. He is spontaneous and is always up for my random rendezvous'.

16. He is soooooooo nerdy! He makes me laugh every day!

17. Although we don't enjoy a lot of the same activities, he's always interested in my interests because he cares about me. He will sit and watch all of the HGTV Design Star with me or John & Kate Plus 8... He'll even go shopping with me for home decor items or run errands with me when he doesn't want to.

18. He will always take our cars to get washed and change the oils and rotate our tires.

19. He will always offer to make me breakfast or lunch or dinner just because he can.

20. He takes an interest in my friends and families lives because they are a part of his life now and truly cares what is going on with them and offers to help where he can.

21. You know how there are some people that are so nice that you wonder if they are really like that all the time? Well, that is how Jeremy is... He is that nice even to me when no one is around to see it. That is just Jeremy. It is one of the things I most love about him. He is so caring.

22. He is definitely the more humble one between us. He is usually the one to say sorry after an argument before I do. It always takes me a little bit longer to come around. I'm grateful for his willingness and effort.

23. He never gets sick of me complaining how uncomfortable or sick I've been through this pregnancy. Not ONCE! And, he never downplays how I might be feeling.

24. He keeps the plants in our house watered. :) (even though some of them still look a little shabby, he always pulls them through)

25. I can't imagine myself with anyone else. He is perfect for me and fulfills needs I had finally come to the conclusion after dating so much, were too high of expectations for myself. But, I was wrong. We still have some much to learn from eachother and with eachother and so many happy moments and trials to come. I'm glad I held out for my eternal companion when I've had so many other opportunities to settle for something less. I am so blessed!

Love you Baby!

Weekend in Bear Lake

This weekend we went on a spontaneous trip to Bear Lake for one day packed with fun! We got up Saturday morning and got ready for some camping and drove up to Bear Lake and camped out in a tent at Ideal Beach. We ate at the Big Bear Lake Pizza Place and went back to set up camp for some S'More makin'. However, I forgot to pack the bug spray and I seem to attract every mosquito in town every time I near one of them. I was running around waving my arms in the air and finally locked myself in the tent and told Jeremy to go get some spray for me in town. I was getting all butt bent about the mosquitos. Jeremy thought it was funny that I got about 30 mosquito bites and not one mosquito bit him. :S ...of course! The next day we rented 2 wave runners for 4 hours each and rode and rode and rode. I think we'd have been good after 2 hours, but since we'd already gotten then for 4, I would've rather sat out in the middle of the lake eating on it before we wasted our time giving them back early. We were exhausted at the end of the day and ready to drive home. Jeremy got some AWESOME rubbed rash on the back of his legs from holding on so tight to the waverunner and I remember asking if they had maternity life jackets (ha ha). I wasn't serious of course, but I definitely dont know how attractive it was. Baby Teagan did good for his first waverunner experience. He didn't complain or get sick once. I have a feeling that he's going to be like his mommy. :)

On the way home from Bear Lake we left the radio off and talked the whole way home. I love those good long talks! It was fun! We are trying to take advantage of every moment for the last few months we have together before we have a baby. I have some pic's but need to get them from my moms house to put up. ...stay tuned.

Ta dah... Here are the pic's finally.

One funny prayer...

So, I had to write this, cause it was cute...

The other day, Jeremy was saying our prayers at night and he was blessing our little boy to come out healthy with 10 fingers and 5 toes. Lol! I was trying so hard not to laugh that I don't remember what the rest of the prayer said. Then when he said 'amen' I fell over laughing and crying.

We actually saw one of his feet in the ultrasound pictures with all 5 toes, we never did see the other foot. Let's hope all his toes are there. :)

It's a Boy!!!

We are sooooooooooooooooooo excited! Today we went to a women's clinic in Provo to find out what we are having. It seems like it's been FOREVER for this day to come. We've both been on the countdown. My Dr wont even do the 'sex' ultrasound until I'm 21 weeks, but we found a clinic to go to that does the ultrasound at 16 weeks instead. We don't even have to be patients there. We just pay $50 and we're in!

As I mentioned in previous posts... I was SOOOOOOOOO sure it was a GIRL. I even showed up in my appointment wearing a pink shirt, ready to go to work and announce the big news of "pink". Our little guy was being shy and was laying on his side. The nurse had to keep bouncing the ultrasound thing on my belly to get him to move around. But he was stubborn (like his mom). Finally after about 15 minutes she said, "Oh... it's a BOY!" I sat up with a confused look and said, "Huh? It's a girl though. Can you check again?" So, she checked again and showed us his little bum, that we could see perfectly with a little arrow that said, "BOY" in the middle. :) Jeremy stood up with excitement and threw his hands and arms in the air while smiling. She took a few pictures for us to take home. (I still need to scan these pictures in and put them up) We got the cutest little picture of his profile. You can see where his eyes, nose and mouth are. It is so amazing to see!

I noticed our baby already has a cone head and he hasn't even come out yet. I happened to see a picture of Jeremy when he was a baby and YEP, you guessed it... cone head. :) lol So, I tease him now that he's already given our baby a conehead. ha haaa. I guess we will love him anyway. jk

We also FINALLY got to hear the heart beat today. That was when I got a little choked up. I am just still in amazement that this little person is about to be a part of our lives... a little walking and talking person with a personality and all. I can't wait to see his little face and hold him. I can't believe how much I already love this little guy and haven't even seen him yet. Life is simply amazing!

Still getting caught up on blog posts...

I've posted so many of them this last week, I bet its overwhelming to read. I can't even get my own husband to look at them, so I bet it's not too exciting to read a book about someone elses life. However, I've finished some of my posts all the way back to November of last year. I only have 1 left in April, 2 left in may and the rest are for July of this month. Wow. I've been bloggin', bloggin', bloggin'. Hope that some of you find it interesting. lol

Watch My Belly Grow... and Grow...

June 7

June 20
Sorry, not the best pic of me.

July 14

Jeremy is "growing" with me. :) So nice of him, isn't it? lol

Do you see any similarities? ha ha

I can't wait to see what I look like in 4 more months. Yikes!

Drivin Crazy...

Woo Hoo! Kiley got her license today. It wasn't too long ago that she was riding both the gas and the break at the same time and now just look at her. lol She's on the road officially now.

Congratulations Kiley! Love ya little sis.

Ireland?

As many of you may already know, there was a time about 5 months ago that Jeremy was talking to some co-workers in his Ireland office about possibly working there. They asked him to apply but because of the time of planning a wedding, he never did. One of the managers over in Ireland emailed him this morning about how he'd love Jeremy to be considered still, especially with his fluent French speaking abilities. The one problem is getting a work visa. So, we are going to call the Irish Embassy in Washington, DC tomorrow and see what we need to do to make it happen. We'd only be over there for 1-2 years on contract. So, we'll see. Keep your fingers crossed. That would be sooooooo awesome!

Good job babe! I'm so proud of you.

4th of July Weekend with a HERNIA!

What is a hernia?
A hernia occurs when a section of intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal muscles. A soft bulge is seen underneath the skin where the hernia has occurred.

Yep, you read that right... H-e-r-n-i-a. :( Hernia's are "no bueno". I keep thinking that I can treat my body the same way before I was pregnant and keep finding out that it doesn't work that way. Apparently when work asked me to come in and help out with inventory in the warehouse at 7 am last Thursday, it wasn't the smartest idea for me to go and try to move and lift boxes around. At first I thought it was a muscle strain and that it would go away, but it just kept getting worse through out the day until I could barely walk. I talked to a nurse, and she told me it was a muscle strain and to take it easy. She asked if I could feel a hard knot in my stomach which I couldn't. So, she said it wasn't a hernia. Well, I just wasn't looking in the right place because a few hours later I found the little bugger and found that I could push it in, which alleviated some of the pain. Gross, right? I couldn't do anything all weekend. We had a long holiday weekend and I just sat on my butt... literally. I even watched all of the Harry Potter movies, all 5 of them. Jeremy and I also caught up on the HGTV Next Design Star and Food Networks Next Star. Jeremy did EVERYTHING for me this weekend. He rubbed my back, made breakfast/lunch/dinner, and was by my side every second. I was soooo bummed cause the 4th is one of my favorite holidays next to Christmas. I didn't even feel up to watching fireworks that night. We just kept on with the t.v. and movie schedule.







On Saturday night I thought I felt good enough to drag Jeremy to my mom's neighbors who were doing a neighborhood fireworks party. We didn't last very long before I was ready to go and lay down again. :( Sheesh! I think Jeremy is really getting in to the Design Star though, so I KNOW he couldn't wait to get home to see if it was on. :)

I made it through a couple hours of church on Sunday and back at work on Monday. :( I'm feeling a little better. I think it was good that I took it easy for the weekend.

Jeremy's Smashed Toe. Oh no!

Jeremy smashed his toe a few days ago. We got a pancake griddle as a wedding present and he dropped the cast iron griddle RIGHT on his pinky toe. Ouch! I was standing there watching when it happened. We think he actually broke it, but they can't do anything for a broken toe except wrap some tape around it. He'll have to wear flip flops for awhile. The pic above is not really his toe, I failed to take a pic of it... but, Jeremy's toe actually looke 10x worse than the pic above. It was soooo purple, it looked like a little grape ball on his foot. It made me want to gag when looking at it. His toe doesn't even point straight up now, it sits on the side (kind of like the picture I found online). Yuck! We had my uncle, the pediatrist, Dr. Scott, take a look at it and he said that there wasn't much he could do, but remove the toe nail before it fell off. Jeremy declined to have this done, but sure enough, his whole pinky toe nail fell off soon after. Double Yuck!

Get better little toe! :)

New Blog Posts Coming...

Ok... so I have been writing a lot of stuff and have about 17 blog posts to publish. But I don't want to publish the current ones before I publish some of the things that came sooner. Just know that I have been working hard on them and want to get them up in the near future. Most of them are even completed. :) Amazing, I know. Most of them I need to add pic's too so they are more exciting.

Since I already added the "baby" on the sidebar, I've decided to include most of my blog posts about the baby. I still need to add wedding stuff on here. Oops. lol

On another note, you can see that I've redesigned my whole blog. Thanks Suzanne! She is the Blogging Queen! You gave such good instructions on your blog. I don't even want to know how much time you spent putting those together. If any of you want help on your own blog, go to: http://sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com/. Props to Suzanne and her blogging talents! ;)

Blood Drive

Today Jeremy came to my work to donate blood for the blood drive we were having. I couldn't do it since I was pregnant, so I volunteered, Jeremy. I'm actually terrified of giving blood and needles, so I have to say... I don't know if I would've done it even if I wasn't prego.

I was already scared of giving blood, but at my last doctor's appointment they had me give blood. As Jeremy and I walked into the flabotomist (sp?) Jeremy asked, "so have you ever missed?" This large, burley woman with a scowl on her face says sharply, "no, never". Well, I think he jinxed it for me cause she stuck my arm 2x in one arm and couldn't get anything, stuck me in my other arm and couldn't get anything and then stuck me again in my original arm and had the needle in my arm forever. I can't look and refuse to. I was watching Jeremy's face and his eyes got big. I yelled at him to look away cause it was making me nervous. I ended up with the biggest bruise on my arm (and found later it would take 2 weeks to go away). After we left the Dr appt, Jeremy told me that she was digging in my arm with the needle and moving it back and forth while in my arm to try and get blood. So giving blood? Not so much fun for myself. However, I commend those that do it. Someone needs to.

Anyway, Jeremy asks the lady that is going to take his blood at the blood drive if she's ever missed and while he was at it he decided to ask her why I would've gotten such a big bruise. She said that the person taking my blood must've gone through a vein on both sides to do that. Wouldn't ya know that right after this conversation, she stuck Jeremy and missed and had to try again. Now he has a bruise on his arm. i told him not to ask people anymore.

And as a side note, I started crying while I was sitting there waiting for Jeremy to get his blood. Yes, I just sat there tearing up while eating cookies and juice that they gave me (even though I didn't give any blood, lol) because I was thinking about how special this blood is to someone elses life. Remember, I'm pregnant. I usually never cry about anything. Lately, everything makes me tear up. Everything and nothing...