Adventures in Utah

Jake and I have just returned from a memorable trip from Utah. We had a great time with family and friends and had not such a great time with our car. James and Lyndsie were kind enough to offer their basement while we stayed there and it was so nice! We even got our own twin beds so, I got some great nights of sleep!... :)

I got to see my girls at the gym and that was definitely a highlight for me. I love those girls and it was so great to see them all again!!!

We got to see our friends Eric and Alison's newest and first addition to their family (Ashton) and he is ADORABLE! Oh I can't wait to hold our own little baby!

We celebrated Jake's birthday with family a little early (his 29th b-day is on May 13th) and that was a blast, even though the Jazz had another disappointing loss to the Lakers, OH sorry KOBE BRYANT and the Los Angeles Lakers----blah!!! :) Anyway, it was so fun to have almost all of the nieces, nephews, grandparents and inlaws together---(we missed you Ben, Kaylee, Alliya, Payton, and Martin!) Melissa made an awesome chocolate cake with chocolate frosting or as Lexie calls it, "brown cake with brown icing". Everybody chipped in and it was just so much fun!

Car broke down and delayed us an extra day, we ended up getting things fixed up and on our way though--- thank you mom and dad Webster for all of your help!!! And thank you Dan for going out in the cold snow/rain to help us figure out what was wrong with our car! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We were able to spend two nights with Abby, Sean and Baxter (happy birthday Sean!), which was so nice and we are greatful that they let us come visit so often!

Jake and I bought our tickets for the family reunion and we are SO looking forward to that!

I'm 5 months pregnant and everything seems to be going very smoothly, and we feel so blessed for that! Swollen feet and achy pains are a small price to pay for what is to come and we are SO EXCITED! August will be here before we know it!!!

It's a girl! Well, it will be in August... :)

Abby would like you all to know that she was right! ---and 5 others as well, at least according to the poll. Jake and I went in last week for our ultrasound and we got to see our little baby girl! She was pretty stubborn about the whole thing though. It was pretty amazing, while she was squirming around on the monitor I could feel all of her little squirms this time! She gave us some great pictures too, we got a great one of her sucking her thumb and another of her finishing up a great big yawn, in which she stretched her right arm out as she tilted her head back and opened her mouth for a nice big yawn. As far as finding out if she was a boy or a girl--- She was being pretty tricky! If her hand wasn't right in the way it was the umbilical chord she was holding! After about an hour of investigation the woman doing our ultrasound said that there was no evidence of any male parts and that we were having a girl! Jake and I are both so excited! This time is flying by and she'll be here before we know it!

In other news...

Sean (our brother in law) bought a hunting rifle this weekend and is cradling it right now like baby (unloaded of course) but he hasn't put it down since he got it. :) Boys and their toys...

Abby and I tried to be sneaky about making Easter baskets for our husbands and had a plan that while Abby distracted them I would run and hide them upstairs, but I had only made it up TWO steps when I froze in a laugh attack, I couldn't move and could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard! Abby--- laughing and screaming at me to "GO" only made me laugh harder....

We're headed to Utah on the 22nd of this month! YAY!!! We'll get to spend a few days with family and friends, and we are just really looking forward to the break!

McCall is really beginning to melt and thank goodness! I'm craving some warmth and sunlight!!!

Laugh attack...

About two weeks ago, we made our way down to the Abigail Manor on Eagle Island, to spend some time with Sean and Abby. We had a great time! Abby, Jake, and I went on an all out shopping spree at every local thrift store in Boise (practically). We got some great deals, and it was just a lot of fun... I got a few maternity things and a little baby tub that looks brand new, and we got some other items that we've been wanting, so it was a successful shopping trip. The first night we were there we went to Pizza Hut, we sat down and had a nice meal, I took my last bite and was taking my last sip of water, when Jake realized he had a hair on his last bite! With water half way down my throat my reaction was that I burst into laughter, however no one could tell that's what was going on because no one could hear me laughing, I just started turning bright red and well I'm pretty sure it (the water) came out of every hole in my face... Everyone was laughing and concerned, because they weren't sure what was going on! I just could not get a grip!!! I had a serious laugh attack... Also, that weekend... Sean and Jake were playing the wii and Abby and I were in the office when they started calling for us to come in to the living room. Abby and I went in and they had set a stool up in front of the T.V. and had come up with an idea: They were going to use the stool for stability but were going to shoot with their eyes closed, and we (the wives) had to direct them on where to aim and when to shoot. Long story short, we switched roles and the husbands got schooled... :) Good times...
Baby Update: We had our first ultrasound a little over a week ago, and everything seems good. We won't find out for a few more weeks the sex of the baby, but we are so excited to find out! It was so fun to see our little guy or girl in their squirming around. It was weird because I could see it on the monitor but couldn't feel any of this baby's movement! I hear it should happen soon, and so I'm anxious for that as well!
This week was a pretty great week all in all. McCall has begun slightly to melt... YAY! We got a five minute thunder and lightening storm (ohhh I have missed these!) and Jake happens to make the best chocolate chip cookies ever! Like I'm ever going to try again now that I know they can taste SO good... :)

Heart Beat

So the past few nights I've been experiencing some chest pain coupled with some other not fun pains in my back and jaw and arms etc... but the other night it was bad enough that it woke me up and got me a little worried. I called to set up a Dr. appointment but things run a little slower here and they said they would call me back in a 2-3 days to set that up for me. So Jake and I did a little research on line and decided to be safe and head on in to the local ER. After running some blood work and an EKG we found out that I am indeed pregnant, and that's it! :) The EKG came back good and so did all of my blood work, the Dr. pretty much told me that my ligaments are losening up and that is what is causing the discomfort... *Sigh* What a relief! Then right before we left she decided to just check for the babies heart beat because at this stage we'd all likely be able to hear it. She found IT (which means UNO baby) right away, :) I can still hear the fast swooshing little beat in my head. This is all pretty amazing and we can hardly wait to meet this little baby!

Summer Baby!

Well, it's official Jake and I are announcing the first addition to our family to arrive this August! The addition will be a baby, and we're taking bets now on whether it's a boy or girl. As we said in the family e-mail we've come up with a couple of prizes! If you guess right you get to send us a package of diapers! But if you guess wrong we'll let you send what ever you like... :) lol only teasing!!! So to help with your guessing Madison (our 9 yr old niece) says it's a boy, and she hasn't been wrong yet! However our sister in law Kaylee says it's a girl and she hasn't been wrong yet, so who will win!?!? Time will tell!
Mom Urry had the funniest reaction to the news... For Christmas we wrapped up some electrical socket protectors and wrote on the package to "start baby proofing!" She thought it was a joke and wouldn't believe us! We had to show her three of the four positive pregnancy tests before she finally believed us! :) It was pretty funny...
Mom Webster caught on a little slower than we thought she would... We got her a little silver necklace with a little "Grandma" charm on it. When she opened it she said something to the effect that "oh, it's a grandma necklace, how lovely"... and that was it. It took Dad Webster saying, "are you trying to tell us something?" before she realized the significance of the Grandma charm! :) It was pretty hilarious!
Although this little baby has come as quite an early surprise we are just so excited and feel just so so blessed!

Happy Valentines Day!

Snow trees and Camelot

Well the festivities continue with the McCall Winter Carnival this week. Jake and I took a walk on Friday night from our apartment down to the Payette Lake where we watched a pretty cool fireworks show over the lake. People were standing out on the frozen lake! CRAZY! But I'm not going to lie I kind of wanted to run out there... :) Anyway, Jake and I walked around and listened to some of the local entertainment and watched people gather around a HUGE bonfire, and then we walked back home. Probably not the smartest idea with my back being in not the best condition but we made it home. We made Saturday afternoon our picture taking day and it's just crazy how a camera (unless your name is Ben Leavitt) just can't seem to capture the beauty of these sculpures~! On Saturday we had dinner at the carnival. Jake had a giant turkey leg, I had a cup of noodles, and we shared a funnel cake. YUM! The carnival was a blast and we think you should all come visit us next year, this time! The pictures I am posting are all of the "amateur" artists sculptures the "professional" snow sculpture building begins Tuesday and I'll try to get some pics before we leave for Utah on Wednesday. That's it for now, enjoy the pictures!

Jake's big scare!!!

Jake had a big scare last night!...

It was me! LOLOL

To start off with my back has been killing me so we finally went in to the chiropractor who fixed me up pretty good and gave me a list of instructions to help with the healing process. One of those instructions is to drink 100 oz of water a day! So, I started my 100 oz of water drinking at about 7 PM... This information plays a role in what's to come.

So, under our little apt. they are remodeling and we had workers sheet rocking until about 11:30PM---this is a little past my bed time lately so as soon as they left I was out like a light. About an hour later I get a call from nature so, still half asleep I sit up put on my little slippers and scoot to the bathroom. ( I say scoot because you see my back doesn't quite straighten all the way right at first when I get up so I'm walking like I'm 100 years old... in other words it's not a silent glide). Meanwhile Jake had just put the lap top down and had just lay down to fall asleep and somehow had not felt or heard me get out of bed to use the restroom. So as I scoot back to bed and round the corner Jake shoots up and yell's "HHHHEEEELLLLLOOOO!?!?!?!?" He's staring right at me!!! Scared me to death! I thought OH CRAP SOMEONE IS BEHIND ME!!!! Then I realize in a split second that I'm the one he's yelling at and looks like he's going to take out in 2 seconds so I yelled back! "JACOB---it's me!!!" It took him several more seconds to (in his words) recognize my voice! By the time I collapsed back in bed I was shaking and his heart was beating SO fast! He swore he hadn't heard me move or get up and that he thought I was right next to him when he sat up and yelled... Then I got the giggles I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe! I'd try falling asleep and then I'd lose it again laughing! I've even done it probably six times today so far every time I think about it!

Sigh... Oh the joys of getting used to creepy new apts! LOLOL

Happy almost Friday!