What an amazing Husband I have!

I am sitting here, enjoying a not frantic evening because I the most amazing husband of all time! This morning ran out the door (after deciding that getting up on time was overrated and I could be a little later for work than I had planned) thinking "When I get home I need to do laundry, clean the kitchen, make sure I start the dishwasher, get some stuff out of the attic, put up some already folded laundry, clean out the cars, clean the bathroom, and wash the dog (among other things). Should I take the time to get any of this started now or just put it off til after work? After work it is!" Well, I should probably explain that today is Wednesday, which means that I go into work at the normal time but Nate doesn't have to be at work til 11. This happens every Monday and Wednesday in a normal week and I'm usually pretty jealous that he doesn't have to wake up to the alarm and can kinda take it easy in the morning. I should know him better than to think he'll just sit and take it easy when there is stuff to be done, but I am not a morning person and I don't think very clearly until at least 9 (I'm making progress! I used to not even be able to function til at least 10). So, when I think he can "take it easy" here is what he really did this morning. He cleaned the kitchen, started the dishwasher, took care of all of the previously folded laundry, gathered everything that needed to be washed, cleaned the bathrooms, got the stuff I needed out of the attic, made the bed, and took out the trash. He also cleaned out the car that I didn't have. The biggest thing remaining on my list is finishing up some laundry (and really, how hard is a half a load of laundry) and washing the dog! He's amazing! That's all I have to say.

Okay, maybe not all I have to say. I have a quick update on the baby! We had another ultrasound this past week and everything looks good! I like ultrasounds! I think they said he is in the 63 percentile for length/weight his "age". Yeah for healthy, growing babies!

Ultrasound #1!

We finally went in for our 1st ultrasound (3 weeks ago now, but we'll not talk about how slow I am)!! The ultrasound lady said that everything looks good and that we have a healthy and super active little baby on our hands! Because of the way our little one was laying we get to have another ultrasound when we go back for the 24 week appointment, so in just over a week. I'm excited to see how much our little one has changed!

And now for the news I am sure everyone has been waiting for!!! We're having a...




drum roll please...




BOY!!! We're pretty excited!

Hey Look Mims!

Emily recently gave me a very cute vase that she made in her pottery class last semester. Upon receiving this vase I had to promise that I would put flowers in it, which I had every intention to do as soon as there were flowers to be put anywhere. Well, today I saw a plethora of some very pretty flowers at a friends house. I just had to pick some and come straight home and put them in the cute vase that Emily made. I love that there are flowers in the house now and that I have a cute vase to put them in!

Thanks Mims!

Welcome Home Cami!

Last month Cami came home from serving 18 months in the Tampa Florida Mission. Since she just happened to be so close to Disney World we just had to go pick her up! It was a fun trip! It was a lot of fun to spend time with Nate's family. AND as an added bonus we (1) got out of Utah with excellent timing seeing as how we missed the last big snow storm o' the season, (2) got to go to Disney World, (3) went to the beach, (4) ate at Brusters, and (5) got to totally warm up for the first time in about 9 months! What more could you ask for!?! Here are a few of the many pictures from our trip.

The big kid that I married.

We went to a Biergarten at Epcot. It was pretty yummy and lots of fun. We sat biergarten style (with people you don't know), had some dang good German food, and watched an Umpa band with all sorts of mad skills.

We were probably the only adults in the place that didn't order alcohol, but we tried the kid version! Don't worry. It's just apple juice and Perrier.

If I look evil in this picture it's because I was SO tired and the sun was in my eyes, so keeping them open and not watering was nigh impossible. I did love the flower festival that was going on at Epcot. There were floating flowers, Disney characters made out of flowers, hanging flowers. Flowers everywhere! I love flowers!

Our last day whole day in Florida we got some key lime pie, of which I do not have a picture, but Mmmm! That's all I have to say. We also spent a couple hours at Clearwater Beach. I love the beach!

Do you have any landscaping ideas?

Since we moved in to our new home in August I have been anxiously awaiting the day when we could make our back yard pretty. The inside of the townhome is all cute (despite my lack of decorating so far) but the outside is in some serious need of veggies and flowers. I want to make it all cute, useful, and family friendly but am not quite sure what the best plan of attack is. We have some pretty good ideas so far, but I am still looking for landscaping ideas for small spaces. It is a townhome back yard, so it's really not very big, but there is enough space to do something with. Does anyone know of any websites or books or anything with good ideas for small spaces?

Big Huge Slacker!

I have been one big, huge, fatty slacker. Lots of exiting stuff has been going on, but I have done almost zero blogging for myself this year. I haven't exactly been feeling up to snuff, because. . . wait for it. . . we are going to have a BABY!!!!!! Our little one will be joining us around October 6th. We are really excited and getting more excited all the time. So, now that I'm feeling 1000% better, I plan to resume the blogging. There's lots to catch up on and lots coming up, so here's to an exciting summer ahead!

Hahahaha

Hello everyone! This is Emily, Annah's sister. I am down at Annahs for the weekend and just got on to her blogger account and thought it would be funny to post on her blog! Wahahahaha! I love having sisters to bother! I have a few photos I would like to share with you. Shall we begain?

Photo number one:

This is Annah summer of 2007. We call it "Fish Face." I got an A in one of my photo classes for it!

Photo two:

This is our family when we went to Annahs Graduation in Hawaii. We are eating shave ice and I thought everyone needed to know what she looked like with a blue tongue.

Photo three:

This is my or I guess our Daddy, Annah, and Nate before there family wedding dinner. There is noting really cool about this photo other then yall probubly havent seen it before.

Photo four:

This is when we were little tots. I am in my Grandmas lap with all our cousins around and Annah is standing away, out of the group. I don't know why she doesn't like us, but she doesn't.

Photo five:

This is Annah feeding our first pet named Goaty! We loved Goaty very much. She died in 2001 of Hardware Cancer. May her little goat soul rest in peace.

photo six:

Little Annah with a big tomato out of our garden!

Photo seven:

Annah as a cat for Halloween. I think we still have this coustoom up in our atich somewhere... maybe in the toy box.

Photo eight:

Little Bitty Annah in a wash tub with a strawberry swim suit! HOW CUTE!!

Last but not least...

Annah and me together!!!

We look almost the same other then I am a good bit taller then her and we both are a little less cute. But I do dare to say that we still fancy being with each other, and arnt that bad looking together either.

I finished this a week after I started it, but I think its worth it. Please forgive any misspellings you may find. I am not known for my spelling abilities, so just over look them to the heart of the message; Annah is kinda cute, kinda funny, and I guess we kinda lover her!

Until I hack on Annahs account again, yours truly,

Emily Louise Dixon