Christmas 2011

Christmas Day......We woke up and went to church.  Than we came home and I was ready to open presents, but Bret made me wait for awhile.  We skyped my parents then Bret's and Jacob even was able to skype us.  It was fun to be able to see and talk to family even though we were so far away.  It was sad to miss out on all the family fun and parties though.  It was really weird to be without family for the holidays.  Bret has been growing a nice mustache and I have been working on growing a baby. Bret's mustache has come in nicely.  I often forget that he has it and am shocked when I look at him.  The last picture is my view of my belly!  It looks like I stuffed a basketball up my shirt. 

Christmas Time 2011

Bret singing some Christmas Tunes for me!

 

Early Christmas present

 

Nativity.  Aren't they so cute?

 

Christmas Eve pajamas

 

Christmas Eve.  We went over to our friends the Sloan's and had a wonderful time at there Christmas Eve party.  We had good food, good company and had fun watching all the kids.  

Finally done with Finals

      Bret had so much material that he had to go over it was crazy.  His brained was a little fried at the end.


  I am so happy that Bret finished his finals today!  He has been studying so hard and hardly sleeping.  I feel really bad because I just sit around doing nothing and sleep a lot.  It has been hard not to bug him especially in our one bedroom apartment but I tried my best to keep my mouth shut and stay out of his way.  That's all over now.  I will let him catch up on his sleep today, but than I will be talking his ear off and making him do things with me.  Poor kid wont get much of a break at all with a crazy pregnant wife.  I am very proud of him doing so well in school!  Way to go Bret. 

Christmas Lights at Graceland

 Chatting with friends waiting for the event to start

 Cute little Soren and Jackson

 Lauren Alaina and kids flipping the candy cane switch to turn the lights on at Graceland

November 18, 2011  At Graceland they do a little ceremony to turn on the lights at Elvis's house.  They had Lauren Alaina from American Idol come to sing some songs and flip the switch with some kids from St. Jude hospital.I was suprised that more people did not show up to the free event!  We had a lot of fun and there were some familys from the ward that we got to chat with as well.  After the singing and the lights being turned on Elvis Santa pulled up in a Limo and all the kids could sit on his lap and get pictures. 

Baby Showers and Fun in Utah

I had so much fun on my trip to Utah.  It was very last minute but I was so glad that I was able to go.  Thank you so much Mom and Dad.  I got spoiled like crazy while I was there.  Lots of eating out and shopping and fun times with my mom.  Got to hang out with my cute brothers. Spent lots of time with Mykaleen after not being around each other forever. Hung out with friends. Went to three fabulous Baby Showers, now I am ready for this baby to come.  Spent time with Bret's family and saw all my nephews and niece. The time flew by and I cant wait till I can go back to Utah again.  I miss it so very much!

Halloween Fun

 We carved pumpkins last week with some friends.  Bret was not really into it. I thought I would have to carve both of ours, but out of nowhere he takes over and carves his own.  I was glad he did,  not only did he carve the front but the back as well.  We then drank all of the Chatwins Hot Chocolate and watched Hocus Pocus it was a really fun night.  Wednesday we got a special Halloween delivery thanks to Roxanne!  It was full of lots of candy and the mummy crafts.  I put the mummies together right away!  Thank You Roxanne it was really fun.

 Just another belly picture for good measure.  This is week 28.

27 weeks

Unemployment leads to a lot of Crafting

           I have been doing a lot of crafting lately!  They keep me busy and give me something to do.  Bret says that I should look for a job, but that does not sound like fun. Everything I have done revolves around this thing growing in my belly. With each kick it encourages me to keep crafting away! haha. The boxes are what I have done most recently I plan to fill them full of baby odds and ends! Old McDonald puppets were a pain.  The pattern was for hand puppets but I scaled them down to finger puppets which made it even more difficult. They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. The balls are just for toys, I know that they are made out of ugly material but I just used old shirts and rags. The last picture is a toy too. It has crinkle paper on the inside and silky material on the other side.  I really should get out more because the more I sit around our apartment the more I want to change things or make something new. 

CRAVINGS

I got the biggest craving ever for some chocolate.  I tried a chocolate Pop Tart and it just did not feed the craving.  I needed the good stuff I needed a symphony bar with toffee.  I went a little crazy and Bret would try to talk to me but the only thing I could think about was a symphony bar.  I just kept chanting symphony.....symphony.....symphony.... I was already in my pajamas but I was craving it so bad that I was going to go put some clothes on and go to Walgreens to pick it up.  I was telling Bret that I could not live without it and that I needed it very soon.  I said I was not the only one that wanted it but little Benson must be wanting it too.  Bret is concerned that I am addicted to caffeine and so is the baby now.  He was supportive anyways and went to Walgreens to feed our addiction.  I was so happy to see it that I just stared at it for awhile and I thought I don't even need this now. I just needed to know that it was available for my consumption.  I thought I better eat some of it anyways because I made such a big deal about it.  I ate a row of chocolate, and drank some glorious Cherry Coke.  When I went to get in bed Bret asked if I ate it all I told him no just a line of chocolate.  He made fun of me saying I was using druggy terminology like snorting a line of cocaine. 

On another note, I blame my mother for my addiction to Cherry Coke! It is engraved into my head that after a busy day or a crappy day a nice cold cherry coke makes everything better.  So after I was having some pain due to a pinched nerve and then a bad nights sleep.  I knew that I deserved a Cherry Coke.

Bee Sting

 We went and played at a park during the break in Conference on Saturday and Bret got stung by a bee.  It did not swell up at first but the next day it was really bothering him.  It got pretty red and swollen the next few days and the benadryl he was taking really made him tired. So he would come straight home from school and get his ice pack made and go to sleep.  He had the biggest cankle and the swelling almost got up to his knee.  Luckily it has subsided and he is looking and feeling a lot better. 

I am so proud of Bret

Bret is probably going to be upset that I posted this but I can't help it if I am a proud wife.  Bret was awarded a Basic Science award for excelling academically. There were ten students awarded this out of his class. He was kind of funny about getting the award. I could tell that he was glad that he was awarded but part of him was embarrassed because he knew that if it was anyone else he would be making fun of them.  I cant believe he is already in his second year of schooling hopefully these next years will go as fast as the first! I am glad that he is doing well in school. Keep up the good work Bret. 

week 24 of pregnancy

Getting Bigger !!!

Bret and BreeAnn's Baby Boy Butterfield

 This is our little boy exposing it all.  His little bum already looks cute and chubby I cant wait to squeeze it.  The ultrasound tech said that everything looks good and that he weighs about 10 ounces, so not even a pound yet.  He was moving around a lot and I was amazed that I could not feel any of it. He had his hands up by his face. Bret said it looked like he was picking his nose and the ultrasound lady got a pretty good laugh out of that. It was an amazing experience.  I think those ultrasounds are just the coolest thing ever.  We cant wait to see the little guy in person.  We will wait till he is good and chubby though.

 

For all of you who wanted to see my BELLY here it is. It looks bigger in person ! I am 20 weeks along so yeah to being half way through my pregnancy.

Happy Birthday Bret

     I cant believe my husband is getting sooo old! He is turning 27 that is really close to 30.  Poor kid never really has a good birthday since it is always the beginning of school. I hope that his day does not end up to bad!      

  

27 things that I love about Bret or he is good at are: 1.handsome 2.sarcastic 3.loves outdoors 4.caring 5.fun 6.sporty 7.showers often 8.good student        9.very smart (almost too smart) 10.knows a lot about cars 11.can fix just about anything except dinner 12.loving 13.protective 14.good movie partner 15.spiritual 16.random 17.likes plants 18.likes fast food 19.supportive         20.understanding 21.dedicated 22.family oriented 23.clean 24.funny       25.fabulous husband 26.makes me happy 27.musically gifted

I am very lucky to be married to such an amazing man. I love you Bret!    Happy Birthday

Splash Country

We wanted to go to Dollywood but thought that since I was pregnant that the water park would be a better idea.  We were so glad that we went we had a lot of fun.  I went on everything but two rides the last picture being one of those that I did not attempt.  Bret went down it six times, He is very brave, the picture does not do it justice it was really tall and steep it was really hard to take a picture because he flew down it so fast.  The lines were not too long and the weather was perfect.  Such a fun place, I want to go again!