I Hope They Call Me On a Mission...

That's the tune my brother, Nick has been singing lately. Yes, he is old enough. I know, I'm still in shock about it as well. His papers go in on February 20! We want to know your predictions of when and where he will go. So here's the deal, leave your prediction of the place (pick one mission, just one!) and the date (I believe May 1 is his availability date) in the comments section. You have until the call arrives...I have no idea when that will be. Your guess is as good as mine! The winner will be whoever guesses closest to the actual mission. The date of departure will be used as a tie breaker. The winner will be announced on this blog and will receive ultimate bragging rights! Good luck!

baby update

So this might sound more like a journal entry, but for those who requested, here's a pregnancy update. I hit 12 weeks last Sunday. The baby is due on August 30. It will be a long summer, especially since the doctor already said no travelling after the end of June!
I haven't been too sick, mostly EXHAUSTED! I have always been one who needs plenty of sleep, but we're talking 2 hour naps followed by 9-10 hours at night. That's pretty incredible even for me. I do get sick occasionally, but lucky for me it's always at night so I can still go to work without any problems. It is however unlucky for my sweet husband because he gets to witness all of the barfing/I don't want to eat time and hardly any of the "I feel great" time.
At the 1st doctor's appointment she said the heartbeat sounded very boyish. That made Nate happy, to say the least. However, at the next appointment she said it sounded more girlish. So I guess we get to keep waiting to know for sure. I hit 20 weeks April 12. We of course would be happy with a boy or a girl, but for now I refer to it as a she (JJ, Julie Jr.)and Nate refers to it as a he (Nate Jr.). We are just so excited to become parents! And feel so very blessed to have this precious baby entering our lives very soon!

Tagged

Ok, so I was tagged. I don't usually do these, but what the hey, here it goes.
8 Things I Did Yesterday (this will be tricky):
1. took Nate to Seminary
2. taught pre-school
3. watched Everybody Loves Raymond and Jeopardy (2 pregnancy, I'm too tired to get off the couch favorites0
4. made dinner (read put pot pies in oven)
5. went to buy pancake stuff for pancakes and pajamas days at school today
6. took a shower
7. spent some time hovering over the toilet (I'll spare you the details)
8. read scriptures with my hubby and went to bed
I tell ya my life is not too exciting lately...hence the lack of posting.

8 Movies I Love to Watch:
1. Father of the Bride
2. While You Were Sleeping
3. Hitch
4. The Sound of Music
5. Anne of Green Gables
6. You've Got Mail
7. anything Disney
8. pretty much anything I haven't seen yet that will keep me awake

8 Things on my Wish List: (not necessarily in this order)
1. a healthy baby
2. a house
3. a piano
4. baby furniture
5. KitchenAid Mixer in red or silver
6. a garlic press
7. a second car
8. Spring

8 Things I Look Forward To: (again, not in this order)
1. having a baby
2. owning a house
3. flying to Utah in April to visit friends and family
4. Spring!
5. being a stay at home mom
6. being able to practice the piano regularly again
7. The Second Coming
8. the second trimester of happiness (I've been promised the exhaustion will cease for a bit)

8 Favorite Restaurants: (or the first 8 that come in my head from my long list of favorites)
1. Applebees
2. Panda Express
3. Taco Bell
4. Alejandra's, Colimas, or Henry Salazars in Visalia...I'm yet to find decent Mexican food in Colorado :-(
5. In-N-Out
6. The Cheesecake Factory
7. Red Robin
8. Zupas

8 People to Tag:
Pretty much if this looks like fun or you're bored, consider yourself tagged!