Week of July 24th....just a little behind!

So I'm a little behind on my blogging getting ready for this baby #2, but I still wanted to post some pictures of our July 24th week up in midway. My mom and dad rented a house up in midway and most of my family were there......which meant utter chaos, but lots of fun! We had anywhere from 13 to 19 grandkids in the house (depending on the day who came and left) and around 10 adults. It was so fun to see all the cousins playing and having a blast. Jackson was in pure heaven with that many friends and cousins to play with. We went to Jordanelle lake 3 of the days and everyone but me did some wave-running. Jackson was a riot on the rocky beach. This little kid hates to be dirty and can't seem to walk more than 3 steps without sitting down because rocks would get into his crocs. Needless to say the next day my sister-in-law Jenni got him some water shoes which were a little better. He could walk around a little longer, but if they were dirty he would sit right down and say "ewww, ka-ka". He is definitely his mom's little boy as I hate being dirty as well. Here are some pictures from the lake....unfortunately those were the only times I pulled out my camera. :)

Grabbing at his water shoes because rocks had gotten in...

Waving to mom from the wave runner. He was very unsure of getting on. He also HATED the life jackets. This body-suit jacket was the only one we could get on him and that was only for about 10 minutes.

He didn't love the wave runner so dad brought him back and went on a ride by himself. He was very upset that dad left him. Don't ya love the tight bodysuit giving him huge muscles and showing off his skinny little legs. :)
Helping dad and grandpa clean up. This was day 3 at the beach and we were all sunned out.

Jackson turned 2 the weekend after this trip (July 27th) and we had a fun Thomas the Train family party for him. I still need to post pictures from it but my sister took the pictures so I haven't gotten them from her yet, but I'll post once I get them. I can't believe my little boy is 2 and I'm going to have baby #2 in about a week.

My angel boy...

I love my little angel boy so much. Nothing seems to make me happier than to see this little kid smile. Jackson is getting so big and is so much fun right now. Here are some pictures of him playing soccer and writing with chalk outside.

Saying "score" after he makes a goal. He now does this anytime he makes a goal, or basket with anything....including throwing socks in the laundry basket, washing machine, garbage, etc...
Just playing outside with mom and dad. Mom made him a train which we would yell "toot, toot" while running around it.

I'm so lucky to be Jacksons mom and so lucky to feel the love a mom has for a child. It is overwhelming to me some days how much I love him. I've been more goo-goo-gaga over Jackson lately with my pregnancy hormones, reading about people who have lost a child, and also with contemplating the birth of our next little boy. I logically know I'll love this next little boy as much, but it is hard to imagine. I am excited to feel this amount of love now x2.

Love summer...

I love summer in general, but this summer hasn't been the greatest as I have been 8/9 months pregnant and sweating everywhere I go. At least there are popsicles to make it easier! :) Jackson has to agree as he asks for one just about every day, "say cheese"...

No more bed rest :)

So I haven't done much blogging lately because I was put on bedrest for the last 2 weeks. I started bleeding quite a bit and then later started into labor. At the time I was 31 1/2 weeks along, which was just a little too early for the baby, so they stopped the labor and I was put on bed rest. I've always thought bed rest sounded hard when I had heard people who had to be down, but wow it was so much harder than I thought.

One thing that really surprised me was how hard it was to have people help me. My two sisters helped me tremendously. They came over almost every day and watched Jackson, cleaned my bathrooms, did laundry, grocery shopping, and even started working on the baby's nursery. I often found myself crying or on the brink of crying the whole time. I hadn't realized how hard it is to have people help you when you feel like you should and could be doing it yourself (I felt like I could physically, but shouldn't for the baby's sake). Soon the relief society found out and we had meals brought to us every night during the week. This all was very overwhelming to me and Jeremy. So many people were sacrificing their time, money, gas, and physical energy to help me. One of the hardest parts was not being able to pick up and take care of Jackson. I missed him so much each day and I think he missed me too. He really started acting out and being a little stinker, which made it harder for me when people were helping take care of him and he was being hard for them. Each night when he would come home I would hold him as long as he would let me. He doesn't cuddle for long, but he seemed to enjoy laying down with mom on the couch a little more than usual.

Anyways, I wrote this because I wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped our family get through the last couple weeks. We are so grateful and humbled by everyone's willingness to help us out. Because I was able to really rest, by body stopped progressing towards labor and my bedrest ban has been lifted. I still have to take it easy, dr.'s words"resume light activity", and still no picking up and carrying Jackson, but at least I can drive and be up more during the day. I am now 34 weeks, and just 3 more weeks puts me to 37 which is considered full-term. I'm praying for at least 3 more weeks of this baby inside me, but no more than 5! :)

3 years of Bliss...

Three years ago today I was married to the most amazing man I've ever met. I am the luckiest woman in the world to be with Jeremy and spend my eternities with him. We have a great marriage and a lot of that is due to Jeremy being a great communicator. I have met few men so kind, generous, and self-less as Jeremy. He is always concerned about my feelings and making our family better. Our wedding day was so perfect and one I love to reminisce about. I still find myself looking at our wedding pictures and video just to keep the memories fresh.

Happy Anniversary Babe!!!!! I'm excited for the next 60+ years I am priveledged to spend with you!

Happy Father's Day!!!

I wanted to wish my sweet husband a Happy Father's Day. Jeremy is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I count my blessings every day for having him as my husband and father to my child (soon to be children :) ). Jackson loves his "daddy" so much and can hardly go a minute asking where he is when he's not around. Every morning when I go get him from his crib he immediately says "dad go?" and I reply he's at work and then he says "bus" and I always reply, "yes, dad took the bus to work". Then not even 5 minutes later he is asking again where dad is... and he usually anwers his own question with "train" or "bus". It is so fun to see the two play together and watch Jackson just adore his daddy. Thanks babe for being such a great dad to Jackson and helping me be a mom to our little ones. We love you more than you know...

I also wanted to wish my own dad a Happy Father's Day. I am so lucky to have my dad in my life. He is one of the most amazing men I have ever met. I don't know what I would do without my dad. He is the most positive, sweet, christ-like person you will ever meet.....literally. I have looked up to my dad since I was a little girl and have always considered myself a "daddy's girl". I always wanted to do everything my dad did. I always wanted to serve a mission and wanted to serve in New Zealand just like my dad....that was the only place I wanted to serve. :) My little Jackson just adores you as I do and I love hearing him say "gand pa -- truck", so he loves you AND your truck. :) Dad, I hope you know how much I cherish your friendship and love. Thanks for being such a great dad!

My sweet Grandma...

My grandma Weichers passed away a few days ago and I just wanted to write a small tribute to her. She was such an amazing woman and I will miss her dearly. My grandpa passed away 3 years ago, and we thought she would be soon to follow as she was now alone. But my grandma was a fighter, she was not ready to leave and fought each day to stay here. She was always so happy and sweet to everyone she met. I loved seeing her each sunday growing up and always looked forward to her ice cream and berries treat each week. I remember always begging my parents to sleep over at her house so I could spend more one on one time with my grandparents. My dad is one of the most amazing people I know, and a lot of his gifts and talents can be attributed to my grandparents. Grandma, we will miss you so much but we are happy that you are now with your sweetheart. You lived a fulfilling 91 years and I'm so honored to have you as my grandma. I love you!!!

"uv yu"

Words cannot express how much I love my child. Jackson is so much fun and lately I fall in love with him more every day. He talks ALL the time and it is so fun to hear him say things in his baby voice. He started talking at about 19 months and now he is 22 months and it is amazing how fast they start catching on. He says so many words and attempts to repeat just about everything we say. Tonight he was saying good night to me before Jeremy put him to bed and he said "uv yu". My heart just melted and its amazing how all the tantrums of the day just disappeared from my mind. I'm sure there will be more tantrums tomorrow, but I'm so lucky to have my little boy that I love so much.

Birthday weekend in San Fran...

We had such a great time in San Francisco last weekend. Jeremy did such a great job at making my birthday weekend so memorable. We stayed with our friends Kory and Ashley Knell, and loved spending time with them. I'm just getting to posting pictures, and since we did lots of stuff, bear with the amount of pictures.

We started out Friday morning with a brunch from Mama's cafe in Washington Square. We waited for an hour for brunch.....yes an hour! I didn't want to wait and so I asked everyone in line if it was really worth an hour wait, and they all said it definitely was. So we decided to wait (which is difficult for a preggo to wait to eat), but it was as they said........absolutely delicious! A must if you ever go to San Fran.

We then headed to Coit Tower to see the views of the city. Here is us at coit tower, and the views weren't as great as they could have been because of the smog and fog so it is just us at the tower. :) There's my 5 1/2 month preggo belly.

We then headed to Fisherman's warf, and unfortunately didn't take any pictures there. Jeremy had never been so seeing the touristy stuff was a must. Later that night we went out for some Thai food (my favorite) at a place called Osha's. It was so fabulous. I got some pumpkin curry and ended the night with a mango rice dessert. Mmmmm, I love curry! Later we took the trolley to Ghiradelli square for some hot chocolate......I wanted a sundae but my belly couldn't hold much more food. Here's us on the trolley and then at Ghiradelli square.

The next day we slept in a bit as all that walking was a lot harder on me than I thought it would be. We got up and headed to China Town....it's so fun to just walk a couple blocks and feel like you are in another country. We bought some authentic Chinese food.....some of it was interesting, and some of it was actually pretty good. I got some Chanel glasses for $10 and wanted to find a purse but no luck. We then found this cool little Fortune Cookie factory where they make the fortune cookies right in front of you. They even let Kory and Jeremy make one (lets just say that Jeremy took a circle piece of paper, folded it in half, and then in half again......not so much like a fortune cookie).

Later that afternoon we took the PCH along the coast to head south to Palo Alto. We stopped at a cute little cafe in Half Moon Bay for a small lunch, and then headed for the Ritz Carlton. I had been there for one of my birthday's for brunch and so wanted to stop and show them the views. To our luck there was a cool Motorcycle convention there showing really old and cool bikes. It was called the Legend of the Motorcycle . There were hundreds of people there and supposedly anyone famous that likes motorcycles was there. We saw Jason Lee from "My name is Earl", but that was the only star we saw. They said Sandra Bullock was there earlier with her husband Jesse James, but we missed her I guess. It was fun to walk around and see all the cool bikes and passionate biker dudes in their leather gear. This was a bike from 1904....pretty cool to see them that old.

After Half Moon Bay, we went to Palo Alto for some dinner at Bella Luna on University Ave. It was great Italian food, and I just love the atmosphere of Palo Alto. Here are the four of us at dinner......notice how I never take off my sweatshirt the whole trip(it was so cold there).

Kory and Ashley were going to Michael Buble in Jose that night so we dropped them off and went back to Palo Alto. I showed Jeremy where I lived, we stopped at Stanford's campus, and then went back to University Ave for some gelato. Oh and it was so fabulous...love that stuff. I just loved driving around seeing all the places I used to go when I lived there. I love Palo Alto and wish we could afford to live there. Maybe someday....

So the last day of our trip we went to church in the city, and then back to Kory and Ashley's for brunch. Ashley made me some waffles, orange rolls, and fruit for my birthday. It was so yummy and thoughtful of Kory and Ashley. After lunch we decided to drive up to the golden gate bridge, Saulsalito, and Tiburon. We did the cool Golden Gate pictures (where it was so windy), and then went to Tiburon to look at the million dollar homes on the water. We even went through a few homes pretending we were looking.......kind of awkward talking to the realtor, but fun to see.

We got home that night around 9pm and I came home to a fun surprise party of family and friends waiting at our house. It was so sweet of Jeremy and my friends to put together. We had some fabulous chocolate cake and the best part of the night was seeing my little Jackson again. We missed him so much and are so grateful to Thelma, Jeremy's mom, for watching him for us.

It was such a fun weekend and I couldn't have asked for better company. Kory and Ashley, thanks so much for allowing us to come crash with you and take up your weekend. You both were such great hosts. And thanks to my hubby who always makes me feel so special and loved. I love you babe!

Happy Mother's Day.....

Generally, we leave this whole blog thing to Jenn, but Jackson and I decided to post and tell Jenn how grateful we are for her. Since Jackson can't really write yet.... I'm going to do my best to help him out and wish Mom a Happy Mother's Day! Some of the reasons why Jax loves Mom: (In most of his own words)

• She makes sure that I always have food, snacks, juice, and milk (even though I don't always eat/drink it.)
• She buys me new toys and plays games with me
• She teaches me how to dance (Dad is okay with it right now, but it stops before I actually realize what I'm doing.)
• She reads books with me and tries to teach me new things
• She loves me and lets me know by constant hugs and kisses
• She sacrifices her time, hobbies, talents, work, etc. for me

Those are just some of the things that I could get out of Jackson for this post..... Seriously though, I just wanted to post this to let Jenn know how much Jackson (and I) appreciate her. I am amazed at how gentle, compassionate, and nurturing that she is with Jackson, when I just don't have the patience. I'm also amazed at how she makes it through the days with tantrums, diapers, and more tantrums. I'm still amazed that she married me.....but count my blessings everyday that she's in my life.

We love you Mom!!!

(Thanks for putting up with the amateur hour blog...I promise not to do this again for a long time.)

A fun day outside...

Jackson just loves being outside and was so happy when it was time for some family yard work. Poor Jeremy carried little Jax around while mowing the lawn because Jackson was so enthralled with the mower. He kept saying, "mower, mower". He wouldn't leave his dad's side, and when Jeremy had to put him down because his arms were dying, Jackson would cry and run after his dad. He also helped mom weed her garden with his new shovel and rake.

What a perfect husband I have...

My 30th birthday was yesterday and last week my husband says, "I want you to open one of your presents early". Sounds good to me.....first, that would mean I'm getting "more than one present", and second, I'm always up for presents. So I open my gift and I find this homemade card from my husband.....

and inside it reads...

K, first of all my husband spent 3 hours making this card finding all the letters the right size from magazines (and he said he was playing xbox with Blake while instead doing my card), and then he surprises me with a kid-free trip to San Francisco for the weekend. Now, is that a cute husband or what???? I am so lucky to have Jeremy in my life and have someone who loves to take care of me and spoil me when I need it. Thanks babe.....your the best.

I'll post about our San Francisco trip once I can get a few more minutes and cross off some items on the To Do list.

Our Family trip to San Diego

So we went to San Diego a couple of weeks ago, but I am just getting to posting pictures. I seem to have little motivation lately when it comes to the computer. It's nice to have something to blame stuff on like pregnancy... :)

We had such a fabulous time.....thanks to my sister Alison and her husband Mike. They were such gracious hosts and made us feel right at home. Jackson absolutely loved their kids and I loved having someone else to play trains or trucks with Jackson. I think Jackson forgot I was there half the time. Here are lots of pictures....to hard to choose just a few.

All the kids in Old town San Diego. Jackson loved being outside with his cousins.
At Seaport Village there was a merry-go-round and Jackson LOVED it. He wouldn't sit on the horse so we sat on the bench instead. He loved waving to dad each time we came around. The tantrum was pretty big once he realized it was over and he had to get off.
We went to the Wild Animal Park and Jackson started out scared of the animals in the petting zoo and tried hiding under dad's legs.

But after a few more attempts he loved giving food to the deer. He was sad once the food was all gone.

Jackson watching the ducks in the pond. We captured him while saying "Quack, Quack".

We had a kid-free night and went to La Jolla to eat at the Burger Lounge (which was fabulous) and came home to this sweet photo-op. :) He has such sweet cousins....thanks Xani for taking such good care of him!

We went to eat brunch at a cool little surfer's cafe called Pipes cafe and then hit the beach after. Jackson was a little weary of the sand and wouldn't quite relax if he was touching the sand. It was hilarious to watch... He wouldn't touch it with his hands and tried to make as little contanct as possible with his feet while sitting. We definitely need to get to the beach more often so this kid isn't so afraid of the water and sand.

Our family photo at Disneyland. It was so much fun, and Jackson had the time of his life.
Jackson loves Mickey Mouse and so we were curious as to how he would react seeing him. He liked seeing him, but only from afar, and only if dad was with him.

This time Jackson got on the horse and loved the merry-go-round again. This was probably his favorite ride!

On the teacups with my brother Jeff and his daughter Gracie. Man I am ghostly white...almost didn't post pictures of me, but oh well the kids and Jeff are cute! :)

Jackson with his cute cousin Gracie obviously not wanting to sit still for a picture on Minnie Mouse's couch.

Jackson and dad on the rocket ride. Jackson loves this place!!!

Jackson clapping for the parade and watching in amazement at all the characters going by.

Jackson and and his cousin Lance smelling the flowers at the San Diego temple. We showed them how to smell the flowers and not pick them, and so they kept squatting down and doing this.....it was so cute!

Our family at the beautiful San Diego temple grounds. We wished we could have had more time to go inside, but just seeing the grounds was fun.

We had such a great time and were sad to come home. We love California so much and kept wishing we could live there. The weather was perfect and I especially loved having Jeremy to hang out with every day and not have him go to work.

I felt like a little kid going to Disneyland...

For the last week or so I have been so excited for Tuesday to arrive. Tuesday was the scheduled day for my ultrasound and I couldn't be more excited. On Monday that's all I thought about and even Monday night I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep because I was so excited. I felt like I was a little girl and I knew I was going to lagoon the next day......I could hardly wait for that day to arrive. So Tuesday finally came and we had a great doctor's appt. The baby looked very healthy and everything looked good. I measured a few days ahead of my due date (which is always nice)..................and we saw a little something and Jeremy and I didn't even have to ask what the sex was. We told the nurse, "now that's a boy right". Oh yes without a doubt you are having another little boy.

I had been feeling like we were going to have a girl so I was a little shocked but so excited and so happy to see my little baby inside my tummy. It made everything so much more real. I know Jackson is going to be a great big brother. When we went to pick up Jackson from his grandma's I said "Jackson you are going to have a little brother" and he said "girl". Even now I say mom has a little boy in my tummy, and he replies "girl". Who knows if he even knows what it means, but he seemed to have wanted a sister or just liked that word better than boy. :)

We are so excited to have another little boy and can't wait for him to come by August 30th.....hopefully.

Our Easter...

We had a great Easter and really loved seeing Jackson experience it. Here are some pictures of Jackson in his new Easter outfit and him searching for eggs at our house. We didn't get out to any of the community easter egg hunts because I had to work on Saturday, so we did a little one in our living room. Jackson loved finding the eggs and thought it was the coolest thing to put them in his basket. Holidays are so much more fun with kids. I just love seeing Jackson experience new things. Showing us his teeth. I just love this kid!!!

Looking for all of the eggs that were soooooo discretely hidden...

I can't decide if he looks like he's thinking about where more eggs are hiding, or if he's just high off the candy he's eaten all day. Probably the latter...

Our sweet angel boy. He is getting so big and grown up....definitely not my baby boy anymore.

We had a fun Easter going to church remembering what Easter is really about, then Jax and Jenn taking a nap, eating some candy from Jax's basket, and then eating dinner at Jeremy's moms house. It was so fun to see Jackson interact with his cousins. He is getting to be such a boy, and soooo hyper sometimes. I get nervous if we are having another boy that I will be able to handle two boys and all their energy. :) I guess we will see in a couple weeks.

Tagged....????

10 years ago....I was 19 and a sophomore at BYU (and yes that means I'm 30 in 2 months :( )

5 things on my to due list today... (which doesn't always happen while being preggo)
Watch Connor
sweep and vacuum
Wash and fold laundry
Make dinner
Have a clean house when my V.T.'s come by.

What would you do if you had a million dollars?...
Pay off our NEW house that has lots of closets and storage(I don't necessarily love our current house)
Get Jeremy a car (we are currently living on 1 car)
Put away money for the kids
And Save.....I love having money in savings! (and maybe a small shopping spree)

Three bad Habits...
Always running 5 minutes late
Taking a nap EVERY day (its not the worst think but I never get anything done anymore)
Eating too many sweets! AND If we had money.....it would be shopping. I love to shop! :)

4 places I have lived...
Provo, UT
Jerusalem (4 months study abroad)
Sacramento, CA
Palo Alto, CA
and now, Herriman, UT

5 jobs I have had...
High School Computer Teacher - 4 years
Applications Engineer - 2 1/2 years
Networking Intern - 2 years in college
Nectars (like Jamba Juice) 1 year in college
Gap - High School

5 things people don't know about me....
I love to learn from other people. I learn a lot from others mistakes and successes. I think that is one reason why I like Oprah and talk shows like that(Jeremy always makes fun of me for it)
I love fashion and accessories. I wish I would have done fashion design school over engineering....go figure, those majors are so similar.
I want to make my own jewelry line some day and make lots of money doing it. :)
I LOVE to exercise and being in shape. I'm not always the most motivated to go early in the morning, but when I exercise a lot I love how I feel. I've even thought about doing personal training.
I am a huge procrastinator. I do very well under lots of stress and time constraints.....such a bad habit that I would love to change.

1. What is your Hubby's name? Jeremy Duane Burgon

2. How long have your been married? 3 years this June

3. How long did you date? 19 months - 13 months, engaged 6 months.

4. How old is he? 28

5. Who eats more? Oh for sure him, although I can hold my own especially when I'm pregnant. But Jeremy loves to eat and will keep eating if food (not sweets) is in front of him.

6. Who said I Love you First? He did.

7. Who is taller? Jeremy he is 6 feet 3 1/2 inches

8. Who sings better? Me. But Jeremy is pretty good and sang to me at our wedding dinner.

9. Who is smarter? both in different ways. Jeremy has lots of streets smarts and a memory like you wouldn't believe. I am good in math and analyzing.....and will not give up til I figure it out.

10. Who's temper is worse. Me for sure....I seem to get frustrated pretty easy and when I'm overwhelmed can lose it. Jeremy is so even tempered.

11. Who does the laundry? Me usually, but Jeremy is really to put a load in when we need it done.

12. Who does the dishes? Both, Jeremy is pretty good at doing them after I make dinner.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me it's closer to the bathroom.

14. Who pays the bills? Me. I like to feel like I'm aware of exactly where we are financially.

15. Who mows the lawn? Jeremy, and Jackson likes to watch dad. Sometimes dad tries to hold him while he does it, but that doesn't last too long.

16. Who cooks dinner? Me. Once in a while Jeremy will do quesadilla's or egg on toast.

17. Who drives when you're together? Jeremy

18. who is more stubborn? More me, but Jeremy can be pretty stubborn too.

19. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Jeremy will, but I am usually soon to follow. We have a good communication in our marriage.

20. Who's parents do you visit most? Pretty even....it may change a little depending on birthdays, holidays, etc...

21. Who Proposed? Jeremy

22. Who has more friends? Pretty even. I still keep in touch with some from high school and college and so does Jeremy. He is a little more outgoing though.

23. Who has more siblings? Me, I have 6. Jeremy has 3.

24. Who wears the pants in the family? I do, but Jeremy pretends he does. :)

6 people I tag
Caryn, Claire, Camille, Elisa, Chelsea, Angie, and anyone interested in doing it. :)