I'm back!

Woah! It's been quite some time since I blogged last! SOOO much has happened in the last couple of months....

We found out our "little guy" is, in fact, a little guy! Yes, we are having a little boy and couldn't be MORE thrilled about it!!! I always thought I would have a boy first and the thought of having a little, baby Marc running around makes me so happy. I already love this baby SOOO much and can't wait until we finally get to meet him. These pics are from my 20 week ultrasound. I'm 26 weeks now, so he has grown quite a bit since then. I'm having my sugar test and another ultrasound next week, and I promise I will be more diligent about posting those sweet little baby pics! (The first pic is of his face, the second is a profile shot).

December and January are full of holidays for our family. We have Christmas and New Years, of course, and then a lot birthdays. We spent Christmas with Marc's family and really just had fun relaxing. New Year's was a lot of fun too. Then, in January, I had a great birthday. Thank you to all who sent cards! I have such awesome friends and family. This is a pic of what my coworkers did to my desk. They are pretty sweet, and it's going to be sad when I don't get to see them everyday... But definitely not sad enough to make me not want to stay home with my baby!

It feels SOOO good to finally say that I am graduating in three months!!! YAHOO! This semester is definitely going to be a crazy one. Working 20 hours, going to school 19 hours, and being prego isn't a piece of cake, but it's doable and it gives me immense motivation knowing I'll be ALL done very soon.

Okay, so here is a prego shot. Sorry the quality of these pics kinda suck. Blogspot won't recognize photos from my Canon, but it will recognize them from my iPhone so this is actually a picture of a picture, but you get the point. This was taken 1/23/2010, when Marc and I were just about to leave for a friends wedding. I was 24 weeks and 3 days along. Huge, right? Yeah... I sure feel it. I'm already dreaming about the day I can go running again!

Pink or Blue?

In about 5 days we will, hopefully (if the baby isn't being modest), be able to know! I wanted to have the doctor write down the gender so we could unwrap it on Christmas morning, but others, who shall remain nameless, thought that idea was lame. So I was overruled. O'well- I suppose waiting would have been torturous!

17.5 Weeks

Random Happenings...

This semester is coming to a close which I couldn't be happier about. Going to school+ working+ being pregnant= NOT easy. We get to find out the gender on the 22nd, and are soo stinking excited we can barely contain it.

Marc's little brother and his wife are having a baby too. They are having a little girl and are due a couple months before Marc and I. I made this diaper cake for her shower. Super simple to make!

Ahhh... Christmas time! Oh how we love thee. This is a picture of Marc setting up our very first Christmas tree. We made hot chocolate and watched Christmas movies while we decorated the apartment. Loved it!

Obviously spelling isn't one of the Christmas tree manufacturer's strong points.

This is right after we got done putting some of the decorations on the tree. Monte isn't timid at all... He was all about exploring the random new object in his house.

I love our apartment all festive! It feels so warm and cozy and full of holiday spirit. Now we just have to get through the rest of our finals!

... I'll get some Thanksgiving pics up soon...

True happiness

I have so much to blog about that I have been putting off... I suppose it's a mixture of being both lazy and busy. Tonight, however, I've been inspired to write about something I haven't thought about for awhile. I was rummaging through old files and I came across my journal from our dating days.

This particular journal dated back to January 3, 2004. It's amazing how journals take you back... Take you back to small details such as feelings, smells, people... everything. The journal ended with entries from my dating days with Marc. We had our ups and downs like every couple... But one thing that remained constant which I never, nor have I ever, wavered on is my love for him. This diary is filled with such simple, small details from years gone by that have meant so much to me.

4-1-06

"General Conference was today. I went to the morning session and sat with Marc. I walked in, sat down, and he looked over and said, "I love you so much!"

4-2-06

"I've learned through all of this that we each have to have a personal relationship with the Lord. There was a talk about that today... "Come onto the Lord." He is what brings everlasting happiness."

5-3-06

"I want to make the most of my life. I want to look back in 10 years and realize how much I've grown. Relationships are hard, but Marc is incredible. Heavenly Father has truly blessed me. I love him so much. Though it is hard being on my own, I've learned so much. I've laughed, cried, loved and lost. I want to marry Marc... To have a family with him."

7-20-06

"I have no idea why I even got so mad. But I did... and I said things that hurt Marc's feelings and I walked out. When I came back Marc had cleaned my apartment (something that I was stressing about) and left this note with a rose. He then made me dinner. He's so amazing. I asked him why he had done such nice things when I had hurt his feelings? I said, "Did you do all these things because I was mad at you"? He said, "No... I just knew it would make you happy."

8-24-06

"I have been feeling inadequate lately. I talk to Marc about it and he really helps. Today when I left work I found this note on my car:

Hey! I thought you'd like this. It's from Stand a Little Taller. President Hinckley- "I feel to invite every woman everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass." I hope this beings comfort. I love you! Love, Marc."

I also found stuff from our wedding/honeymoon. I found Marc's old mission temple recommend, our endowment name tags, ticket stubs from the Rangers game, stubs from the Fort Worth Zoo, the trolley passes we used to get to/from six flags... I also found Dove candy wrappers that have little sayings on the inside that we ate. My favorite? "Dare to love completely." Amen!

I realized we've learned and grown so much. Those dating days will live in my memory forever. But we still have an eternity to come. We have a family to start and more than a lifetime with each other. These are the days we will look back on. I'm so grateful for Heavenly Father. I'm grateful for my amazing husband who just seems to "get" me, and I'm grateful for the knowledge I have of the Restored Gospel. True happiness.

I'm so proud to be an Aggie... 11/18/99

New Blog Name

With our upcoming arrival we felt it was necessary to update the name of the blog... So now the URL is ajohnsontale.blogspot.com.