The GROWING Belly

Its a boy!!!! we are so excited! at first, I kind of thought it was a girl. For some reason I just always imagined having a baby girl. Landon's dear sweet grandma passed away a month ago and when she was in the hospital she wouldn't stop talking about our baby and how much she wanted to meat him/her. Then when she was getting ready to let go, his grandpa said that when she is up in heaven, she will pick out a boy just like Landon. (Landon was THE favorite grandchild and his grandma and grandpa loved being around him). So ever since she died, I was kind of wondering maybe she will pick out a boy for us! and She did! We went to Fetal Photo to find out because my Dr wasn't going to tell us what we were having until the big ultra sound at 20 weeks. I could not wait that long! This thing is way too exciting!!! When the ultra sound tech was trying to get a good shot to show us, I saw the "boy parts" first and shouted "It's a Boy!" and she was pretty shocked that i could tell before she did. Landon could not wipe that smile off his face. He had knew it was a boy all along and he is so excited to have a little buddy to play baseball with, hunt, and go golfing! we went to the mall right after and went straight to Baby Gap. We got some cute stuff! it is sooo much fun shopping for this little guy. At checkout, I glanced over at all the ruffles, dresses and girly stuff. I got a little sad for a minute, but then got over it. We are so excited to have this little guy!

I wanted to take pictures of the growing belly and I wanted a cute way to do it. Cute little Mary pinned this idea on Pinterest (littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com) so I thought I would do this too! Mine is no way near as cute as the baby garvin one, I have no idea how she gets her chalk to look so good. Give me paints and colored pencils and i would have a masterpiece every week. I'm just not so good with bulky chalk. I went to the DI and couldn't find a big enough picture frame so i just had to work with the smaller one i found. well, I hated the smaller one so I made My sweet husband make me a huge chalk board from scratch! I love it and now i have more room to write.

My pictures always upload backward, so thees are backward. don't mind my ugly makeup less face in some of them.

(serious bloating in week 15)

oops, i just erased week 14 picture. crap. if i try to upload it, who knows where it will end up.

This is me at 5 weeks. I didn't start to get a belly until around 14 weeks, but sometimes i look bigger due to all the constipation and bloating! ha! TMI??

We have the big ultrasound on Oct 28, and i can't wait to see him again! I have not felt him move yet and I am dying to! it is so weird to me that I have a 5 1/2 inch (crown to rump) squirmy baby in my belly and i haven't felt him move yet. its just weird.

My Wedding!

I just love how all my pictures get uploaded backwards! Geez! Here are a few from my wedding. there were over 450 to choose from, so this is just a fraction. Most of you have seen all of them on FB, but here are some good ones! We stayed at a B&B before we were on our way to hawaii. the B&B is HAUNTED!!!!! Thank goodness my mom told me after we had left there, or else i would of not slept there. I did have a feeling it was haunted when we got there.I remember telling Landon "I think this place is haunted!" and all he said ya, this place is old. It was creepy and old looking! ha ha How romantic! I had a hard time sleeping that night. It is the Armstrong Mansion. Google it. (if you do, it will show you a picture with a ghost walking around!) it is on the haunted registry list thingy. But we got it for free, so that was cool!

Everyone seeing us off. What I liked about my reception is that peolp STAYED and HUNG OUT. most receptions you drop off a gift, say hi to bride and groom, get food and bail. but everyone stayed and mingled so it was an on going PARTAY!

Landons beautiful mother high-fiving Him!

We had a photobooth! it was sooo fun. I love looking at my guest book and seeing peoples pictures and not just their message and signature.

Oh, this cake. beautiful huh? This guy right her, Adam, he did it. He is incredible! I did not want to cut into it, it was sooooo pretty! it was amazingly tasty too.

Oh boy. so I had this brilliant idea to get a pic of my nieces and nephew in front of this cute playhouse. I had a vision on how exactly i wanted it to be. Boy was I wrong! thees little rascals (mostly Daisee, the middle one) would not cooperate! but thats ok. it still turned out cute.

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the one above and below are 2 of my favorite. kelly is an AMAZING photographer

After we said I DO

my dad following up there.

Love this one of me and my daddy

I was trying sooooooo hard not to cry. I didn't though! but i did at the rehersal!

All my bridesmaids helping me get ready.
I am so sad it is over! that day went by too fast. it was a beyond perfect day! now I just need to work on all my thank you cards. anyone want to help?

Being preggo really sucks the life out of you. I was feeling great then around my 6th week i started to get night sickness really bad. Not so much morning sickness, but night time sickness. I am currently in the middle of my 9th week. Im not as sick as I was earlier, but i am exausted! and c.o.n.s.t.i.p.a.t.e.d.. oooooohhhhhh the constipation! I knew that was a side affect, but i thought it happened later on when all my organs were moved around because of a growing baby. Oh boy this is really annoying! We did 3 gender prediction tests and all of them said we were having a boy. Landon knows %100 that it is a boy, while I have no clue. I have always wanted a boy so He can be the Big Brother, but then I want a girl because I can make so many cute things for her! I went to my First Dr. appt this week and He gave me the due date of March 20th. He did an ultra sound and the little fetus Jumped! it was so cute! It was petty amazing to see your baby for the first time, even though it was just a little blob. I have known Im pregnant for 5 weeks now, and this has been the longest 5 weeks of my life. March just seems like it will never come! So please time, hurry up so I can meet my little person.
I still need to post wedding pics so I will get to that soon!

pregnant!

WE are BEYOND THRILLED to announce that I am pregnant! I found out on July 13! I had been feeling way sad a few days before i found out. So I thought it was just PMS, but then it wouldn't go away. So I came home for lunch to take a test, and it was positive!!! (ladies, please save your 16 to 20 dollars on tests from the regular grocery store. did you know that all a dollar sells them for 1 DOLLAR!!!!! so stock up because they are 100% legit. it is All A Dollar's number 1 best seller!) anyways, I wanted to tell Landon so bad but he was at work and i wanted to tell him in person. i went back to work then rushed home to make a onsie that said I love Daddy, wrapped it up in a box with the test stick. I was watching out the window waiting for him to come home. He was surprised i had a wrapped present for him (it was wrapped in Christmas paper). when he opened it he was shaking he couldn't believe it! we are so excited we can't stand it! Lil' Nugget is due around the end of March. I am only 4 weeks along I think.

This is something I have wanted more then ANYTHING in my life, and now that it is here, I'm thinking uh oh!! This is a scary thing! I'm not second guessing it at all, I'm just scared! is that normal?? I worry about all the things that could go wrong, the well being of my baby, my body, being tired, sick. Landon's dad is a twin and i have twins in my family so there is a chance I could have twins!
We are so excited for this next Chapter in our life. We cannot wait! as soon as I get my wedding pictures next week I will post them. They are beautiful!

Most of you have already seen my bridals on Facebook, but I need to keep up this dang blog so thees pictures are worth posting! So here a few of them. I love love love how my dress turned out. Penelope the dress maker is THE BEST! and no i did not copy princess kate! I had this dress picked out in september, so 7 months before we got to see hers. I had them done at wheeler farm. not a good place to go if you want to keep your dress clean, but i was super careful and didn't get it dirty. There were a bunch of little kids at the farm and the little girls kept on following me! They must of thought I was a princess or something. Kelly the photographer said little girls get mesmerized by a bride in a wedding dress. It was pretty cute.
I can't believe I'm getting married in 8 days! back in the first week of September when I got engaged, June seemed so far away. people were shocked by our 8 month engagement. Boy has time flown by! I cannot believe it is here! I just have a few little things to finish up then I am so ready.
You know when your going on an amazing vacation, and that's all you can ever think about? I used to think about that all the time whenever I had a trip booked. we are going to Hawaii for our honeymoon and I haven't even really thought about it! I keep saying to Landon, "do you realize we are going to Hawaii in 8 days?" I guess it's hard to think about when I have a bagillion other things going on. I don't know if I will post again before the wedding, but next time i do, I will be Mrs. Minear! (this will take a while to get used too- the name changing thing)

A few more of my favorite's...

Favorite Engagement Picture

Landon and I had our engagements taken a few weeks ago. They were done at Ogden Union Station and main street (in ogden). They all turned out soooo good! (except for maybe 4, but out of 111, thats a lot!) Im going to have a hard time picking out one for invitations. I have not gotten the disk of all the pics yet, but when I do I will post a bunch. This one is my favorite! Kelly from gallery is amazing. I would definitely recommend him to anyone. (his wife's name is kelly also! that would be weird) anyway....

I cannot believe I'm getting married in 5 weeks. Time has flown by so fast. Bridals are next week so Penelope better have my dress done! and change of plans for the honeymoon, no more Cabo, we are going to hawaii!!! I can't wait. we need a real vacation (camping does not count).

All this snow is making me more excited for our honeymoon. I cannot wait to be lazy, have no plans, no worries, get some sun and lay out on the beach. I cannot wait! Cabo here we come!

boring post i know. but at least i posted something!

2010 has been by far the fastest year to fly by! Even though some life changing events, both good and bad have happened, it has been the best year ever. I think 2011 will even be better. I'm getting married! crazy! And hopefully I will be pregnant by the end of the year. oh man, thats just so weird to think about! I don't feel like I am 25, or that I'm at the age to be married, or have a baby. I don't know why I feel so young because I have lived on my own twice, experienced things most adults don't ever experience, been through alot and I still fell like I'm 19 or 20! it just all seams so weird to me. I need to get over it though. because I am so ready for those things and to move into the next chapter of my life.

The wedding plans are going great to far. I got the big major important stuff figured out, like location, dress, photographer, the date. Penelope starts fitting my dress any day now! I am so excited for that! And Gallery Photography is the photographer. Kelly is AMAZING. Check out his website! I love his style. His pictures are so gorgeous. In January/February Ill start doing all the other Little things.


This is my aunt Paula's house in Farmington where the wedding will be. this is the view from where Landon and I will be standing. I love how different it is, we will be up high, instead of my walking straight down an isle, i will be walking up stairs on the side up a hill to a gazebo. where my uncle is standing, that's where the family and friends will be sitting. its different and I love it!

her gorgeous yard, there is an amazing pool down there.

water fall and stream with a bridge over it

the gazebo! they will trim the bushes so people can actually see us. thees pictures are just half her yard, i didn't upload the other pictures. but you will see it eventually!

My booth at Whisperwood & Co is doing so awesome! I love the idea that girls are walking around wearing the cute things I have made! I need to do Etsy, it seems like alot of work getting it up and running, but I need to do it.