The crazy life of a pregnant teacher

Yup... we're still kickin. It has just been a couple of super crazy weeks with non-stop fun, craziness, and preparation for when our little one comes. The count down is on with only 5.5 weeks left!!! Here are some of the things that have been demanding our time.

The Jazz game

We went to a Jazz game! It was so much fun, even if we were in the last seats in the last row almost beyond the nose bleed section. It was a pretty sweet game going into over time, and yes my team won ha ha. Jason was cheering for the Jazz and I was all about the Celtics. Even though I'm not the biggest sports fan, going to games with Jason is always so fun!

The view from our seats :)

We learned what it's like to take an almost 9 month pregnant lady on a road trips... We only went to Idaho Falls (180 miles), but 3 hours in the car and we had to stop about 3 times just for me to pee. It was pretty awesome :) The reason we drove all the way there... my friend Taresa got married!!! The wedding was so much fun, and she looked absolutely beautiful! We were busy all day with the temple sealing in the morning, a ring ceremony afterward, and a super fun reception with delicious food! We really enjoyed ourselves, and it was wonderful to catch up with a good friend after a really long time. 

Me with the lovely couple... yes I am very large...

One of my fave pictures from the reception

Having fun at the reception

After the wedding we were able to make a trip out to our old stomping grounds. Jason and I actually met in Rexburg, and so it was so fun to reminisce and have fun with my little sister who lives there now. We ended up visiting some friends who had a baby girl the day before (she was so cute!!!) and took Kira and Kyra out for dinner (yes it gets pretty fun hanging out with 2 girls with the same name). After our bellies were full, we even learned how to play a new card and then made the trek back to our hotel room to catch some much needed sleep. That was cut short however to rescue our little puppy bandit from the cold outside. We ended up getting home around 10 am the next day!

This last week has been totally crazy! Jason has been super busy at work hiring an incredible amount of people, and I have been freaking out with only having a few weeks left to get ready for a long term sub. Amazingly we some how fit some time to set up a swing in Carter's room. It's continuing to look more like we'll be having a baby. 

Carter's swing is ready for him now :)

Setting up the swing

Getting to work at 7 am and leaving at 6 pm seems like it hasn't even helped. I didn't realize how hard it really is going to be to leave my cute little 3rd graders. I just hope that they are in good hands, and that I can be prepared enough to make sure that the sub is in good hands as well. Wish me luck, only 4 weeks left of teaching!

This Saturday was a much needed sister day. I got to spend time with my older sister Siehara and had a good time with her. She is incredible and planning pretty much the most amazing baby shower I have ever heard of too!! I love having sisters! They are pretty much the best things ever, especially when we are able to live so close to each other. So... if you happen to be in Roy UT in a couple of weeks, make sure to stop by! 

Well, that's just a quick update. I'll try to be better with keeping you updated with things... until then, have a fantastic week!!

Precious Moments

Wow! It has been a couple of awesome weekends I must say. Jason and I have been so blessed and we just love getting ready to be parents. I am getting a little anxious for a little guy to get here. Only 8 weeks LEFT!!

Anyways, to tell you about our awesome weekends... Last weekend couldn't have been more perfect. It was amazing to wake up at no time in particular, to be in no place in particular, just enjoying our home and watching my crazy belly move with our active little boy. It was so cute to see Jason get so excited at every movement, and realize that this will be our very first of everything! Our very first little baby kicks, our very first little boy, our very first experience as parents and our very first with everything of the excitement of being parents (if that makes sense)! It is so important to enjoy every single little precious moment that we are given here on earth!

Our Saturday was wonderfully relaxing, and Jason did end up having to work for a little bit, but it was amazing! I actually went and got my hair all chopped off, cleaned like crazy, and had time for a nap. When Jason got home, we decided we needed some ice cream and family to share it with. Even though, it was snowing like crazy, was probably about 7pm when we left our house, we saw tons of accidents and almost got into one, it was so worth it! We went to see my sister and her husband and grabbed some Leatherby's (which is an amazing ice cream place!). We ended up having to crash at their place too (because of the bad roads), so we had more family time... I LOVED IT!

This weekend was pretty spectacular as well, but not quite as relaxing... It kind of actually started on Valentine's Day, the anniversary of making the best decision of our lives... to get married. It marked the day my handsome Jason got down on one knee and asked me to be his forever! So... of course we had to celebrate, and my amazing husband cooked me the most delicious romantic dinner of all time! I helped a little with the surprise of JAZZ tickets....

Friday we had a doctors appointment and got to enjoy seeing our little one again. We are so excited, because although I have not gained a single ounce since last time, Carter is 3 pounds 9 ounces!! He is getting so big and right on track! Our doctor didn't tell me I need to be eating more!! Ha ha. Right after, we had the wonderful surprise of our best friends coming to visit with their little girl. We made dinner together, played some games, and enjoyed having our wonderful friends with us. It was great. Only thing I would change... Jason having to work at 7am on Saturday.

Saturday Jason dropped me off at my sister's house at 6:30 am, where I crashed on the couch and had an entire day filled with sisterly awesomeness. Both of my sisters were here and we were hung out pretty much all day. Jason then kidnapped me for a dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, a baby registry and an adventure with message chairs. It was a pretty magical and very late night :) We were both not very happy when we woke up with sore throats and a really bad cough. That didn't stop us though, because right after church we headed down to Orem for another family dinner. We ate a delicious stew, played some games, and the boys went on a crazy adventure to the frozen Utah lake.

The amazing dinner Jason made for me!

Our dinner date at home on Valentine's Day!

Again we were home later than midnight, Jason had to work at 6 am, and I am stuck at home being sick with my little sister. Thank goodness for President's Day though... I don't think I could have survived at school today.... That has been our life. Now... time for a nap!! :)

Just a little something

Hey! So... I finally took the time to download our new software for our camera, and finally added some pictures!!! Life has been super busy for us, so I apologize for the zillions of posts that finally were published. I am totally did it to procrastinate what I need to do to get ready for tomorrow (lesson plans, grading, and all that jazz)... but oops it's time for bed. DARN! lol.

Well life is amazing, and we only have 10 weeks until our little one joins our family. I love being pregnant too... it is so awesome! Besides the getting up every hour to pee, the back aches, neck pains, getting kicked all the time (there is a dance party in my belly every night) and feeling extremely LARGE... pregnancy is amazing! I can not wait to be a mother! I think Jason is pretty excited too! :)

 Enjoy these few pictures as you catch up on the life of the Osborn family...

My little baby bump... I can't believe he is only 2 lbs!!

Can you tell I'm pregnant?!

WOW, now I look very large...

life as we know it

Hey! Yes, we are alive... life has been its usual crazy self. Sorry for dumping all of these post on ya at once, but life as a teacher is a very crazy one. I feel like I never have time to stop and breath. Weekends are always for work and sometimes playing with friends and family. A little sad, but well... there you have it.

It's Martin Luther King DAY!! I must say that I am very excited. Mostly just to have the day off to relax. However, does a teacher ever get to relax? Of course not! I am surrounded by lesson materials, papers to grade, and report card comments to write. It would be very helpful if I had motivation to work on them right now or really do anything for that matter. All I really want to do is snuggle up by the fire with a movie and a nice long glorious nap. I'll probably never get around to that either, which is of course why I am online blabbing to the world about my wonderful complications.

This week has been filled with all kinds of craziness! It's funny that I can't really think of all the busy things I have had to do, but it's probably because pregnancy brain has taken over my life. I have to write things down as soon as I think of them or, they are completely gone. Never to reveal themselves again. One good thing we did do this week is date night! Our usual dinner and movie occurred  but ya know I think I would like to switch it up a bit next time. We need to go on some kind of adventure instead of worrying about how much this pregnant lady doesn't want to cook and how tired she is. If you have any amazing date ideas for us... we'd love to have them :) Unfortunately we have gotten a little rusty on the creative spectrum and have really lacked the energy or motivation.

You know... aside from feeling rather large (I have to keep telling myself each day, even while working out, don't worry Clarissa... big is beautiful!), not having energy ever, and having to pee all the time... being pregnant is actually quite nice.  I must say I have been a fan of my pregnancy, although the 2 am dance parties in my belly might be nice to get rid of.  I can't believe that we are going to have a little one here in 12 weeks! We bought a pack and play the other day, and I am just dying to put it up in Carter's room! I really am having a hard time waiting, but then again... going to the hospital and actually having him doesn't exactly sound like the biggest party of all time.

Jason and I had a wonderful weekend filled with friends, family, and a delicious turkey dinner.Can you believe that we actually cooked our very own turkey?! Well, I can't really take credit for it, because Jason is amazing and did the turkey cooking himself. I just helped with the easy stuff like potatoes, stuffing, corn, and pumpkin pie. The reason for all of this you ask? Simply just because we've had a turkey in our freezer since Thanksgiving. We decided to make it a dinner event and invite the family in Utah over. I am so glad we did! We had so much fun, and even though it took all day to get everything ready, the 15 minutes of eating was totally worth it! We also got a nice workout in afterwards with our Kinect. We ended up playing for probably a good 2 hours dishing it out on each other with boxing, track and field, volleyball, and soccer. I'm pretty sure we all slept good that night with full bellies and tired bodies. I can't wait to have another family dinner like that one :)

Well, enjoy reading about our lives these past 2 ish months. I will try to be better about keeping you updated... Until then, happy reading!

Jason's AMAZING turkey!

Jason is amazing... the end...

Our little dinning room ready for dinner! Yes those are homemade rolls!

I LOVE WEEKENDS!

This weekend was an epic one! We had so much fun, it is hard to know what to do with ourselves now that everyone is gone. We were able to visit our friends (who we've missed like crazy) in Logan, drive back for an afternoon nap and a visit from my two sisters. We played lots of kinect games, covered my living room floor is beds and blankets, and attended our ward together. It was so much fun!

Friday we drove up to Logan to see our really good friends Tyana and Carlos. We love doing things with those guys, and have really missed having them close by. I was so excited to see their little girl too, who is getting so big! She even learned how to climb out of her crib this weekend. We had so much fun with them eating pizza, playing monopoly deal, and watching a very interesting movie. We ended up going to bed super late, but the awesome thing about it was we didn't have to leave. Ha ha, sleepovers are the best!

We chilled at their place in the morning for a little bit, but had to make it back to our messy house in preparation for some family fun. My little sister Kira came to pick up her car she left here over Christmas break, and my sister Siehara and her husband decided to join in the fun. When we got home from Logan however, we ended up taking a nap and not really doing too much with cleaning the house. Once my sister Kira got here we went maternity clothes shopping for myself and ran to the store for some much needed ingredients. We decided to have Hawaiian haystacks for dinner.

While I was cooking dinner and getting things ready for Siehara, we had a little dog break into our house. Siehara found him wandering in the street and when they pulled into our place and opened the door, he just jumped in their car. He was well groomed, but didn't have any tags and we didn't want to leave him in the freezing cold single digit weather, so we let him come in the house and play with Bandit. After calling animal control, the pound, and the police we finally got someone to respond. Jason ended up taking the cute little thing to a shelter for the night. I'm really thankful we didn't need to keep him over the weekend, he wasn't fixed and peed all over. Bandit ending up lifting his leg a couple of times when he left too, which was not cool.

The rest of the night we rented Wii games and Kinect games and played them all night. It was really fun, and I loved seeing my living room full of people again. It made me think of our apartment in Boise and how much fun we had with having the whole family stay at our place. I loved it.

Well, today we attended church which switched to 9:00 am. We didn't get much sleep, so our afternoon consisted of sleeping. Kira left with her car full of people, and then we had the missionaries take her place. They came over to eat with us and dinner actually ended up tasting pretty good. After dinner Siehara left, and the dread of Monday set in. I'm especially dreading it because I have nothing ready for my 3rd graders on Monday. Oh well, at least I had a great weekend!

A magical snow day!

Everything magical happens on a snow day right? Ha ha, see that's what I thought, but it isn't so much fun when you are 26 weeks pregnant, and love your job so much that being away from it kind of stinks. It is so funny how I always want school to be canceled, but when it actually is I think of all the things my class could have gotten done, how much we're going to need to make up, and what I am going to do with out my kiddos for the day. Here are my snow day adventures for ya.

First Jason and I both got to sleep in... until 7 ish. Then we just had to get up because I was getting all kinds of calls from the district to assure me that the schools were in fact closed. Every half hour my cell phone would go off with either someone from my school calling, or a recording from the district. I love how our sleeping in is never passed 7 unless we are super lucky. Then again I have a very active little boy in my tummy who seems to always hate it when I'm trying to sleep. It think he is training for some kind of marathon during that time.

Once we were up, we made a big delicious breakfast, got all snugly on the couch, and Jason played his XBOX for the next couple of hours. I'm starting to think that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to get him a toy for his birthday... I suddenly got a burst of energy (which doesn't happen to often) and started cleaning our house like mad. I was a little sad when I suddenly got really tired again and hadn't even made it to the kitchen. Well... that's when I got to take a nap. Jason left for work, and I laid on the couch for some much needed sleep, at least that is what my body was telling me, not so much Carter. I actually slept with out getting up to go pee, or getting kicked in the stomach, for 4 whole hours! It was wonderful, but once awake I still had no energy. What do you do when your body is way to tired to do anything? Well, you talk on the phone and lay around of course. I got to talk to my best friend Kyra for an hour, tried working out (didn't last too long, maybe 20 min), and thought of ideas for dinner.  Don't worry though, I actually made dinner!

Standing out in the snow :)

The rest of the night was spent watching Jason play ward basketball, and actually planning some lessons. I was mighty thankful for 10:00 pm to come around, when we could climb into bed again. Now it is Saturday, and I think it might be a repeat of yesterday... we're having some friends come over for desert and games though, so maybe it will be a little more exciting :) Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday Jason!

So... Jason was able to have another epic birthday this year! His birthday is December 31st, so how can you not have an epic birthday?! It was super fun, and although things looked like they wouldn't be as perfect as I would have liked, they turned out even better! Here's the story...

Jason had to work on his birthday, poor guy, but he loves his job and so I really don't think he minded all that much. I on the other hand was a little sad I couldn't be with my man on his birthday. That's just me being selfish I guess... so I decided I would dedicate the whole day to making his birthday the best ever!

First we took our little Bandit to the vet together for a regular check up. That is when things started looking a little down. We found out our stinky, cute, little beagle has rotting teeth that are making him age like crazy. That is why most of his face is turning white, he sleeps all the time, and his joints are getting stiff. To save our little puppy we scheduled a day for him to get put out and get all those nasty teeth pulled and others cleaned. It was sad news to hear, and I ended up almost passing out again. The vet thought it was because of some pictures he showed me, but ladies who are prego.... never ever stand in one place for too long with out bending your knees or moving around. I was so embarrassed  because this was my 3rd close call to almost passing out in public.

As soon as I got Bandit home, operation awesome birthday began. I got out my sister's cake decorating kit that she happened to leave here, got out all the ingredients I needed, and started making the best cake you have ever seen in your life... at least that is what it was supposed to be. See Jason really wanted an XBOX for his birthday, and I really didn't want to get him one (even though I did). I decided I would make him a cake that looked exactly like an XBOX and tell him that his cake was his gift. I was excited for him to have strawberry cake too, which after being opened turned out to be chocolate instead. I baked the cake, put it on a piece of cardboard so I could start decorating it, and went to put it in the freezer to freeze the pudding in the center. When I went to go put the cake in the freezer it wouldn't fit. I thought I could hurry and frost it and then stick it outside since it was 10 degrees. So, that is what I did and it looked awesome! I should have taken a picture of it before I put it out in the snow, but I wasn't thinking and got ready for the rest of the day instead. When I came back, the cake had completely melted and looked like a big white and chocolate heap of a mess. I guess my 10 degrees is really 25. I had to take the cake with the tin foil, throw it back in the pan I baked it in, and completely re-do everything. Jason didn't get his XBOX cake, but he got a cake with a sad looking controller and his name on it.

That night we had pizza with my sister and her husband, played games and had lots of fun. While the boys were out getting the pizza, we wrapped Jason's awesome Pocket Simon (my sister had laying around) and his real gift of course. When it was time for him to open his gift, his face was priceless. You could tell that he was a little disappointed with his totally retro gift (probably because I forgot about batteries). When his XBOX came out however, he was like a little boy at Christmas. He was so excited!

Well the rest of the night, we ate junk, went to Walmart to see if they had any Kinect games, and lit off fireworks in the freezing cold. We ended up playing games until 3 am and slept until 11 am the next morning. It was pretty much the most amazing birthday ever... at least I thought so. One lesson learned however, make sure the cake fits in the freezer if it needs to go in there. Then you will have the epic cake you were dreaming of instead of a big mess in the snow. Happy 2013 everyone!!

The cake before... YUM!

Frosting

My not so awesome creation...

Jason got a pocket SIMON!!!

Or could it be an XBOX?

Crazy Sisters!