Mother's Day!

We had a great Mother's Day!
Scott made me breakfast to start the day and Cohen gave me an adorable card he and Daddy made together. :) Handmade cards are the best!
Here we are after church!
I love the ward out here. For starters, they gave all the mom's tomato plants and then they released church right after sacrament for everyone to go be with their families on Mother's Day! I thought that was awesome, Boston is growing on me!

My handsome boys!Here is a picture of our church building nestled in the trees. So pretty!

Rachel, Jessica, Me, Jen and baby Savannah

We started exploring right after church and I found this lake across the street hidden in the trees and just had to get a picture. We drove to the other side to be able to get out and get one.

Next, Scott drove me to a park that I had been wanting to visit that is just around the corner from our condo. It is perfect for walks up the trails, picnics, fishing and duck feeding. This can replace our Provo Canyon for now. :)

I was so excited to see this little family...

After we went home ate lunch and took naps we decided to go see something together since it is our one day to do things with each other! We hoped on the T (subway) and headed for Boston. Cohen was totally overwhelmed by the trains jolts and bumpiness and was cuddly and clingy which was WONDERFUL because I didn't want him running around anyway!

We went to the harbor in south Boston and looked at the boats and had lots of fun looking at the city by the water.

Cheese! Or not...It would be nice if we could get this kids to smile for a few pictures!

City Sunset

Dinner at the Barking Crab, a fish house on the pier.

On our way home back on the T. It was fun riding the train because we got to just hang out and experience something different, plus we missed tons of backed up traffic on the way home!
Cohen clinging for life to Scott because of the loud Red Sox fans that were next to us. They are as bad if not worse that the BYU fans on game day in Provo.

I had a great day spending time with Scott and Cohen. We love every second we have together and really miss each other all week. Cohen is so excited when Daddy is around!
I hope every Mom and Mom-to-be had a Happy Mother's Day!

Home sick?

Scott and I have both admitted to one another we already miss Utah and everything we love about it. I am surprised that he seems even a little worse than I do, since he was so eager to have new surroundings and has talked about moving back to California for years. I think it's because he has seen the worst in these Bostonians with days and days of rude comments and people slamming the door in his face. He still has a positive attitude about this whole experience even after almost two hard first weeks. He has been doing pretty good and has set goals for himself that I am sure he will reach and exceed! We are thankful we decided to come and do this and we have high hopes for the results of it all!

We went to our new ward last Sunday and there are 16 little kids in nursery and just 3 adults! Cohen seemed to do just fine when I left, but I may be staying in there if I don't get called first, just to help out. The ward seems like a great group of people with a lot of dentists and doctors, more laid back than the wards I have been in in Utah or visited in California. Our church building is nestled in a ton of foresty trees, it looks beautiful! I will have to get a picture this Sunday.

We have a date for our ultrasound finally! This Tuesday morning! I am feeling nervous and excited! I am not sure why I am nervous... not because I want one gender more than the other, but I think because it will seem real finally to be able to put a face to this baby. I have been feeling the baby move for a few weeks now, but I am still in awe that we are doing this all again! That there is an actual human being growing inside me, another person that isn't Cohen! That this is all real and we are half way done (maybe more if it shows up early like Cohen) and holy crap! I am going to be a mother of two! What will I do with myself? Scott and I lay in bed at night and can't wrap out heads around having another newborn. We laugh to ourselves knowing a small part of the chaos we are in for. Cohen also has a rude awakening coming his way... :)

I love the group of girls that are out here with us! We have so much fun together running places, going to the park or doing dinner together. I feel thankful for their support because this could be very lonely without them. Cohen has Dylan to play with everyday and a new playmate named Jack (15 months) that he just loves! They both live in our building (this is a BIG complex with lots of other couples in other areas). Jack laughs and laughs at Cohen and thinks everything he does is funny! Jack tries to keep up with Cohen and Dylan and watches what the big boys do and catches on quick! Cohen had a bath at Jack's last night after we had a lasgna dinner with all the girls and Jack splashed and splashed and Cohen didn't know what to think of it. They will have a blast in the pool this summer once it opens! Jack's mommy is Jessica and she is pregnant too and due in November so it's fun to share more similarities with others here!

Here are most of the boys in our group at dinner last night!
Jack, Cohen, Dylan, Brock
(There are a several new baby girls out here too and one other little boy that is almost a year.)

Rachel, Kevin's wife is awesomely fun and is so helpful to all of us with kids! We love her!Jen and I stick together and help each other out whenever possible! It is so nice to have someone here to lean on no matter what. :)

I haven't gotten to know the other mom's and wives too well yet, but look forward to hanging out with them all and having lots of fun all summer long! Speaking of summer, I finally saw some blue skies today and wore flip flops! It has been gloomy and rainy since we got here most everyday so it was fun to be outside at the playground and enjoy the sunshine, even though the clouds soon came to paint the sky gray.

We are surrounded by beautiful trees like these all around our little "village."

Dylan's "cheese" smile while he monkeyed around!Jack and Cohen climbed up and sat together on the slide. So cute!My handsome just playin'.
Cohen showing off his scraped knee after running back from the playground...

I have been here for over a week now and it has flown by! We will be heading home to prepare for the other adventure of our second baby before we know it!

Boy or Girl or Boy or maybe a Girl... can't wait for TUESDAY! AHHHH! :)

HELLO from the EAST COAST!

Bye Bye home!

So, on Wednesday Cohen and I said goodbye to Utah and took the (LONG) 7 hour flight (included two short layovers) to Massachusetts! I was sad to leave my family and knew I would really miss them, my mom especially since she is my best friend besides Scott! They all helped me out a ton after Scott left and also came to help me finish up packing the morning I left.
My mom drove Cohen and I to the airport. The long awaited trip had finally arrived and I was so thankful I would be getting there soon! I couldn't have taken one more day of packing and running around doing a billion errands and making lists and lists and trying to complete everything on those lists without Scott. I was exhausted and still am for that matter!
Here I am with my sister Chantelle and brother Dustin. Dustin is really worried about me becoming a RED SOX fan and had to show his Yankee pride before I left. (I didn't even realize they were big rivals before then so he doesn't have much to worry about! I would love to go to Fenway Park to see a game while I am here though.)

We got to the airport before Jen, Dylan, baby Savannah and Jen's mom Tracy so we waited for them at the play area.

We soon boarded and the boys loved looking out the windows at the guys below loading all the luggage!

The flight when all said and done isn't something I would want to relive. It went okay overall, but it was a packed flight, elbow to elbow. Cohen was on my lap (it was too late to book him a seat once I rethought the "lap baby" thing) and I was uncomfortable and achy with my tummy in the way! Jen and clan sat across from me and Tracy took Cohen a couple time which gave me a needed breather. We hit some pretty scary turbulence descending into Dallas for the first layover that was so jolty that Cohen giggled and giggled thinking it was fun. I was happy he wasn't scared because I was and it helped me hearing him laugh! When we went in for the landing we caught a huge air pocket and the plane skidded sideways and then finally straighten out. It was pretty scary and I hadn't ever experienced things like that on any flights.
Cohen slept only 20-30 minutes on the plane the entire time. The dvd player only lasted through one movie and then died when I needed it most!
I had tons of snacks and was as prepared as I could have been with toys, but Cohen still dug his feet into the different passengers sitting next to us and cried and screamed the last couple hours. I think I was a huge ball of nerves by the time we walked off that plane!
Here is Cohen sitting next to all of mine and Jen's luggage after we collected it (she was able to pack a lot since she had three tickets worth of baggage).

I was so happy to finally see Scott after a extremely long week apart!
We actually flew into Manchester, New Hampshire so it was after midnight by the time we got to Braintree (just south of Boston), Massachusetts. I was so relieved to finally be to our new home!
I love our beautiful apartment and have already been on some "exciting" adventures getting lost around here (Jen had to come find me! I don't have a GPS yet and was following her back from the Walmart Super Center that is 30 miles away and got lost in some merging traffic and missed the exit! Scott and I have ventured out twice after work and gotten lost both times then too even though we thought we were watching where we were going! The roads are so CRAZY here! I thought California was bad, but that is nothing! All you can see is tons and tons of foresty trees and I never can be sure which way is north. I love the Utah compass of the Wasatch Mountains!)

Here is a view of our front door and garage.
I had to get a picture of the 20 stairs I will be climbing all summer. Chasing Cohen is my first work out of the day, here is the second, third, forth, etc. Hopefully it doesn't put me into labor!Inside, let's start with my favorite part of the house! The beautiful kitchen!!!

Having a nice kitchen makes me want to cook!

This is the first meal I made. My sister's spinach pasta tomato chicken! Yum! Steamy...Wow! An entire room for a table! A real dining room all for me?
(Our house in Orem just has enough room for a small round table in the kitchen so I love having more space!)

When you first walk in, this is what you see. Livingroom, dining, kitchen and a back door to the nice big terrace.

Another view from the dining room into the living room.Here is the hallway from the front room that leads to the laundry on the right, the second bath on the left and the master bed and bath at the end.

Here is the second bath with another door leading into Cohen's room.

You can enter Cohen's room from the dining room or the bathroom.

We made his walk in closet a little toy area.Cohen loves making his daddy his prisioner...This was a boys only fort, I wasn't allowed!

The master bedroom has a sitting room and double walk in closets! (I didn't bring my bedding set and seeing the matress is driving me nuts! I need a bed skirt!)

And a beautiful bathroom with a big tub!
(Oh, the things you appreciate when you don't generally have them!)

Looking left from the terrace...

Looking right from the terrace...

Cohen's angry face after a nap! He was running at me, flaling his arms trying to prevent me from taking the picture, but I got it anyway! He he!

More pictures of Scott's road trip to come!
Hopefully, I will get out soon and do some site seeing as well, but for now I am so content to just hang out after the last few crazy, busy, stressful weeks!
Massachusetts in now our home!!!

4 Month Pregnancy Update

At 4 months I still feel like I did in a lot of ways at 3 months. I am still pretty tired, I haven't really been able to feel the baby move yet and I am really congested and sneeze constantly (30+ times per day)! I think I may be allergic to my baby! I sneezed a lot when I was pregnant with Cohen too, so I think it is funny I have the same weird symptom with this baby. (I don't generally have allergies or anything.)
I am in that chubby looking stage where people just think I need to lay off the donuts... (yum, donuts.... fyi I haven't had a donut in months)! I think I need to make a trip to Crispy Creme before we move!
Anyway, food still is gross smelling and non-appealing most of the time and my stomach is sour a lot. The nausea isn't as bad though, I do think it is improving. In the beginning I lost a few pounds and now I have gained a few back so I am about where I started. I have been able to start cooking again, Scott is very thankful! We were getting tired of eating out!
I don't remember having such strong round ligament pains with Cohen. I don't know if it is because I am picking up a 25+ pound toddler all day, but I have been pretty uncomfortable some days. I feel achy a lot with sharp pains on either side of my uterus, my doctor said all I can really do is rest when possible.
Other than those things, it seems to be going well! I am so excited and anxious to find out what this baby is! People have asked whether I want a boy or girl and it honestly switches back and forth from day to day! I am glad I don't get to pick the gender because I wouldn't be able to decide!!! I have my guess of what the baby is and I will tell you if I am right when we find out!
Since my ultrasound is in a few week I thought I would see what people's guesses are now! When Scott leaves next week he will be taking everything we need with him and that includes the computer. I don't know when I will have internet going again so my next baby post may be the ultrasound update.
So... Do you think it is a BOY or a GIRL??? Please comment! I want to see what most people think! :)

(The pic above was taken tonight after a big dinner (I emphasize "big dinner" because of the size of my stomach!) at Brick Oven with Andy and Sarah, Chris and Andrea. Thanks Andy and Sarah for treating us as a going away present! That was so sweet of you guys and we are really going to miss hanging out with our fun little group! We look forward to seeing all four of you this September!)

Scott turned 28!

We celebrated Scott's 28th birthday by going to PF Chang's for dinner (YUM!) and getting out for a movie! We saw Fast and Furious on it's opening night and it was really fun! Scott's sister Michelle and her husband Joe came with us to dinner then Regan met up with us at the movie.

Happy Birthday my awesome husband! I hope this is a great year for you! We have some exciting things coming up and I am so excited to be spending my life with you! I LOVE YOU and so does Cohen, Izzy, Lilly and baby!
(The pic above is Scott's APX badge pic. :))