We just got back last night from a quick weekend trip to....
Rexburg, Idaho.
You're thinking, Alyssa, that's super lame but guess what? It was just what we wanted after a hectic week. We had a Marriott discount and didn't want to travel more than 4 hours. That left three choices: Logan, UT, Vernal, UT or Rexburg, ID. Considering our goal was to "get out of Utah more often", Rexburg won. We forgot our camera. Mike's phone takes great pictures but died within the first 3 hours of the trip and mine is ghetto... so we are pictureless. We ate at Maddox on our way up to Idaho, got delicious snow cones, found ourselves lost in Idaho due to my overconfidence and need for no directions, spent some time in the Rexburg temple, visited some friends and family, loved the hotel's king size bed with plush bedding, saw my first college apartment and such.
The only picture we have from the weekend. Taken about 5 minutes before the phone died.
Snow cones have been my first pregnancy "demand".
We've resolved to leave SLC/Bountiful for the weekend as many times as possible over the next few months, before baby comes in late Fall. I'm less worried right now about getting this ready for this baby and more concerned with getting in lots of quality time, just the two of us. We'll get more time together come Thursday; we're headed to Texas for a long weekend.
I'm really looking forward to June. No travel plans but we will be celebrating our third anniversary and finding out if we're having a boy or a girl! Ah! Crazy, right? Next month we will know! I'm thinking of throwing a gender reveal party and finding out with my family and friends... thoughts?
Today is my first day wearing maternity pants. Not the kind with a big stretchy panel around the waist but a cute pair of skinny black pants. I love them. They feel like yoga pants and I will wear them every single day of the work week until they no longer fit. Just a minute ago- at 16 weeks- I got my first "that baby's starting to show" type of comment. Actually, that's exactly what she said. "That baby is starting to show!" I have now entered the fat-or-pregnant? stage. I'm sure all the attorneys who haven't caught word that I'm expecting think that I need to dial down on all the snacks in the kitchen. I can't wait until I have a super obvious baby bump and people don't have to wonder anymore. At this rate... that should be in another 2 weeks or so. Seriously.
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I think in with my Vagabond nature and 'gotta to see the whole world before I die' wishlist, I have created a monster! Sorry Mike. The girl definitely picked up the wanderlust from her daddy.
Remember, Evanston is 'out of Utah' and so is Wendover -- both quicker trips than Rexburg, as long as expectations arent too high!
YES to a gender revealing party. And your first maternity pants sound adorable. Even though I'm not/nor will be pregnant for a while, cute pregant people - like you - already make me jealous!
Snow cones were my must-have when I was very first pregnant, which was right during summer so I ate 3-5 a week. So good!
take the envelope with the results of the ultrasound to a bakery have them put the color of icing in the middle (pink, girl and blue, boy) and then cut the cake at the party to reveal the sex of the baby!!
Party sounds delightful. I love a good party.
Wow, so many comments on this post where to start??? Ummm... HECK YES DO A PARTY TO REVEAL THE SEX OF THE BABY!!!!! Second, Rexburg really? But I LOVE rexburg too!! And third - I am so excited for you aaaaaaaaahhhhh!! P.S. Let's do a getaway together shall we?? Perhaps Lava Hot Springs or Vegas hmmmmm? Yay!
I like that pink/blue icing idea. Thats clever. This is a good time! Do the party! Woohoo!
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