So excited for Fall!

Autumn - Fall - Halloween - Leaves - Pumpkins - Chilly - SO EXCITED!!

Every year right after our anniversary, I convince myself that it's getting cooler outside. (It's not.) I just get so excited for Fall and everything associated with it that I convince myself that the heat is still hot, but it's a cool heat. Anyone else? Or am I the only really crazy one about this? I don't care if I am. :)

If any of you follow me on Pinterest, you've noticed lately that there have been a large amount of Harry Potter party ideas being pinned to my board. I started a tradition last year of making our little entryway into a cool Harry Potter spot for the tricker treaters. It was so fun to make all the crafts and just be creative in ways I've never been before.

So, as you can imagine, I will be doing this again! I figure I'll just add bits and pieces every year. Soon I'll be that weird, crazy lady on the block that has like an entire Harry Potter land in her yard for Halloween every year. And I'm fine with that.

If you'd like to see my Harry Potter Halloween from last year, you can see the finished product HERE. Just looking at it makes me antsy to start some crafts for this year!

When I was out shopping with my mom earlier this summer, we found these!

Are you kidding me right now? Hedwig and Pigwidgeon just made their grand entrance into my life. Also, they're kind of fun to have hanging out in my craft room currently.

I'm also planning on making some spiders to either put on my house or on the yard, some colored jars for potion ingredients, some more dementors that look cooler, a more realistic sorting hat, and MUCH MORE. I also plan on getting/making some sort of silly Harry Potter pregnancy shirt. Not sure what will be on it yet. And I am going to try and do it all for as cheap as possible. I think last year I only ended up spending like $30 or so. That's a huge win considering how much I actually made.

I'm making myself too excited. I need to go do other things now that my summer semester of school is out! YAY!

Celebrating half way!

I am so excited! I was getting ready for work and suddenly realized that I was officially 20 weeks pregnant! The first half of the pregnancy has blown by. I think the main reason for that is because it's been relatively easy so far. We were waiting and waiting for sickness, and I was blessed that it never happened. I have started to get the occasional belly stretching pains, but I'm still so excited that she's growing that I can tolerate it. :)

Here is some progress! I'm really excited that I'm starting to look pregnant instead of a little chunky.

And my 20th week of pregnancy was our 6th anniversary! Woot! We decided to take it easy this year and go to a fancy-ish steak house and enjoy some amaaaaazing ribs and steak. YUM!

I certainly have loved every second of our 6 years of marriage. And I can't wait for eternity with this handsome fella.

The Ogden Temple

Hubs and I got a really great opportunity to visit and walk through the Ogden Utah LDS Temple open house. They recently tore down the old temple and built this newer, bigger, and more efficient one for the growing needs in the area.

If you are in the area, I strongly encourage you to go. It is so beautiful, and it is so exciting that the temple will be open soon! Ogden-ites have been anxiously awaiting the opening for a long time!

You can reserve tickets HERE for tours of the temple.

I love attending the temple (no matter the location) because of the Spirit I feel there. No matter my situation or circumstance, I feel peaceful and loved. I learn new things about my Father in Heaven, Jesus Christ, and myself every time I attend. And I remember how truly blessed we all are when I go.

If you would like to learn more about what happens in LDS temples, visit HERE.
If you would like to see some pictures of the interior of an LDS temple, visit HERE.

I'm dreaming.

Last night I had a dream that I was a teacher and some guy was threatening to come and rob my classroom of all my classroom supplies. When he finally came, he ended up only taking candy and then giving me a $1,095 bill to help me buy things to take care of my class. I cried. Then I realized that it was a counterfeit bill. As if the amount of it wasn't enough evidence. I cried again.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm dreaming all day long. I am still just baffled that we are beginning our little family. It's so flipping exciting! and scary! and crazy! and dreamy. I'm still only barely beginning to feel baby move, and it all just feels unreal. Although our wait for our little one was only 2 years, and I know many others wait much longer, it felt like forever while we were waiting. It felt so far off that when it finally happened, it was unbelievable! And it's still crazy to imagine what our life will be like in just a few short months.

Again, I can't say enough about the hubs. He's my superhero.

Frostbite

Here are some of my favorite places in Indy. Of course we had to visit them all while we were visiting family...multiple times.

Steak N Shake

Monical's Pizza

Luckily the County Fair was open while we were there!

Now that vacations and camps and such are over, we are gearing up for baby. We bought our first box of diapers and wipes to start our stock pile. And we're picking out paint this week. We had an AMAZING friend give us a crib. It's in great condition and it's white - my only real requirements. Woot! We'll see what is next on our adventure!

Hope your summers have been lovely and maybe a few degrees cooler than ours has been! :)

Looks like we're having a...

Looks like we need to start making some sweet little bows!

What's your guess?

Here was our silly little announcement about the gender. Steven likes to hear what people guess we're having. Also...ummm, we're really cute babies. I'm just sayin'.

Any guesses??

We are SO excited!

A while ago I mentioned that we were trying to start our family. It was a confusing journey for a couple of years for us. We have been blessed and we are SO stinkin' excited! I thought I'd share some of our little progress pictures that we've been taking so far. It's not really showing much in belly progress yet -- mostly it's just for journaling purposes for future generations. :)

See that belly? It was just bloated at this point. ;)

I cannot say enough about my hubby. He has truly picked up ALL of my slack. I won't lie, I'm not an amazing and diligent housekeeper in the first place. We each do our best. But Hubs has become a rock star and superhero husband. Love that guy!

We already know the sex of the baby from the 15 week ultrasound. The doctor was 97% sure! However, we are keeping it a secret until we visit my home for vacation. We figure it was close enough to our vacation to have this be the one thing we can tell my family in person. So another week and we get to tell family and everyone our exciting news!

This has been such an exciting time! We are trying to enjoy every second of it!