This is what happens when you're so huge none of your clothes fit.
You wear your husbands.
And then there's this face that's making our baby too scared to be born!
Thug wife = thug life.
11/12/13
This is what happens when you're so huge none of your clothes fit.
You wear your husbands.
This is what happens when you're so huge none of your clothes fit.
You wear your husbands.
Another Nate-ism (#12).
Nate and I have recently found that we like watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. We feel especially good when we get the puzzles or questions right before the contestants. Well tonight while watching Wheel of Fortune, Nate was doing awesome and got almost every puzzle right before anyone on screen. I was super impressed and told him he needed to be on the show. He responded with, "Wheel of Fortune is just the dumb man's Jeopardy, I should be on Jeopardy."
It got even better when he got Jeopardy questions in a row WRONG. I repeated, "like I said, you need to be on Wheel of Fortune!"
So the category was 5 letter words. The question was something about steelhead and our conversation follows:
Lindsey: "FISH!"
Nate: That's not a 5 letter word.
(the answer was trout)
Lindsey: Which is why I need to go on Wheel of Fortune!
Nate: No, you need to go on The Price is Right. That is the dumbest man's game!
It has been the ongoing joke now about which game show we should be on. But I did redeem myself by getting 4 Jeopardy questions about gemstones right, even when the contestants couldn't!
It got even better when he got Jeopardy questions in a row WRONG. I repeated, "like I said, you need to be on Wheel of Fortune!"
So the category was 5 letter words. The question was something about steelhead and our conversation follows:
Lindsey: "FISH!"
Nate: That's not a 5 letter word.
(the answer was trout)
Lindsey: Which is why I need to go on Wheel of Fortune!
Nate: No, you need to go on The Price is Right. That is the dumbest man's game!
It has been the ongoing joke now about which game show we should be on. But I did redeem myself by getting 4 Jeopardy questions about gemstones right, even when the contestants couldn't!
Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum.
October 29, 2013
I was dying to just get out of the house on Tuesday so I told Nate to just get in the car and drive! We had no idea where we were going so we just headed towards Gettysburg. When we were just about there we saw a huge billboard for Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum. Surprisingly, I had actually heard of this place and somehow knew there was a candy store connected to it so I was all in for stopping by, especially when I saw the ad for homemade fudge ;)
We had no idea what to expect and I wondered if we were maybe going to be the weirdo's there without any kids, but there was an older couple and a few other stragglers that made me feel not so bad for being a grown adult loving the candy store! They had all the usual candy and a some unique stuff as well. We ended up buying a bag of peach rings which were WAY better than any gas station one's I've ever had, some gummy watermelon bites, and my favorite...FUDGE!!! And it was delicious! Nate had a pumpkin fudge and I think mine was called tiger stripes? it was chocolate and peanut butter so it was right up my alley!
We then walked through the "elephant museum" which was just a big room full of all things elephant. From mini porcelain statues to a giant dumbo, to stuffed animals. I guess there's more than 12,000 elephants in that room! It was crazy, no wonder Mr. Ed had to open a shop, where in the world would you keep 12,000 elephants!
Even outside was decorated like crazy. There were gardens you could walk through and they had all kinds of lawn ornaments and such, it was nuts. I also liked that they had all their Halloween decorations out so it was even more decorated. Oh, and we got free pumpkins! It was a funny place but kinda neat, I definitely want to go back and get more fudge!!
I was dying to just get out of the house on Tuesday so I told Nate to just get in the car and drive! We had no idea where we were going so we just headed towards Gettysburg. When we were just about there we saw a huge billboard for Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum. Surprisingly, I had actually heard of this place and somehow knew there was a candy store connected to it so I was all in for stopping by, especially when I saw the ad for homemade fudge ;)
We had no idea what to expect and I wondered if we were maybe going to be the weirdo's there without any kids, but there was an older couple and a few other stragglers that made me feel not so bad for being a grown adult loving the candy store! They had all the usual candy and a some unique stuff as well. We ended up buying a bag of peach rings which were WAY better than any gas station one's I've ever had, some gummy watermelon bites, and my favorite...FUDGE!!! And it was delicious! Nate had a pumpkin fudge and I think mine was called tiger stripes? it was chocolate and peanut butter so it was right up my alley!
We then walked through the "elephant museum" which was just a big room full of all things elephant. From mini porcelain statues to a giant dumbo, to stuffed animals. I guess there's more than 12,000 elephants in that room! It was crazy, no wonder Mr. Ed had to open a shop, where in the world would you keep 12,000 elephants!
Nate in the museum.
one of the gardens.
the elephant at the koi pond.
this is a terrible picture (blame my photographer) but I liked these little seats!
more of the gardens...it was huge and went on forever!
and I of course thought this was hilarious!
Halloween in Waynesboro.
For some reason Halloween here is always celebrated the Thursday BEFORE real Halloween. So this year it was from 6-8pm on the 25. So for this town its already over...weird! Not that it made much of a difference, we weren't going trick-or-treating anyway, but in my mind it should just be November already!
But our ward had their "trick or trunk" (not to be confused with everyone else who does a "trunk or treat". Pennsylvania has some weird quirks ;) on the Wednesday BEFORE the Thursday BEFORE Halloween (the 23). Since it was on a Wednesday evening I had just assumed Nate would be at work and unable to go like most ward activities, but luckily someone switched him a shift so he worked Monday instead which meant he got to participate! We had heard stories of families in the ward going all out and it being a big competition which we knew we weren't going to go that extreme. But we did have coordinating costumes and a few decorations that funny enough never even made it out of the car. But I thought we looked good. And Nate was a good sport and wore a dress...and carved a pretty awesome pumpkin freehand!
But our ward had their "trick or trunk" (not to be confused with everyone else who does a "trunk or treat". Pennsylvania has some weird quirks ;) on the Wednesday BEFORE the Thursday BEFORE Halloween (the 23). Since it was on a Wednesday evening I had just assumed Nate would be at work and unable to go like most ward activities, but luckily someone switched him a shift so he worked Monday instead which meant he got to participate! We had heard stories of families in the ward going all out and it being a big competition which we knew we weren't going to go that extreme. But we did have coordinating costumes and a few decorations that funny enough never even made it out of the car. But I thought we looked good. And Nate was a good sport and wore a dress...and carved a pretty awesome pumpkin freehand!
an egyptian pharaoh.
an expectant mummy.
1 year down.
October 20, 2013
Our 1 year anniversary came and went! It was pretty uneventful but we are happy to be able to say we have been married for a year now! Our actual anniversary fell on Sunday so we knew there was going to be no big celebration. And Nate worked from 9am-11:30pm the Saturday before. AND he only got home from Idaho at 1am Saturday morning. So there was not much time for anything special. However I did at least TRY to do something a little nice for him (it failed...twice).
Nate and I's first date was at the Cheesecake Factory and we love their cheesecake! We don't get to enjoy it much since the closest one is now 80 some odd miles away in Baltimore. Well Nate's plane was supposed to land in Baltimore at 11:30pm so I planned it all out and left a little early in order to be able to stop at the Cheesecake Factory and pick us up a slice of pie! Unfortunately, I should have researched a little more because I never could find the darn restaurant!! I drove around the parking lot it was supposed to be in for half an hour until Nate texted me that he had landed and was just waiting for his bag. So I gave up :( He luckily didn't seem as disappointed as I was and its the thought that counts right?
So on Saturday while he was at work I thought, I'll at least go buy him a package of Oreo's because they're his favorite and I haven't let him get any in forever. I even went so far as to buy the family size. And once I got home I realized I bought the double stuf kind that he doesn't like!! Fail #2! So I attempted to make Oreo cake balls, which were alright. Not my favorite and they sure didn't look pretty but he ate them so he must have liked them ok, right??
Nate made my favorite pancakes for breakfast and even did the dishes. He wants credit for lunch and dinner as well, but they were not anything fancy :)
- honeymooning to Florida and the Bahamas!
It's been a crazy, fun, eventful year with Nate! I've heard people say the first year of marriage is the hardest and as of right now I disagree, but we'll see how I feel after the next year...
1 year highlights include:
- Nate had surgery on his foot and was on crutches for our wedding reception.
- driving across the country.
- moving to the podunk town that is Waynesboro. PA.
- explored Washington DC a bit.
- got pregnant.
- made some good friends here fell in love with the ward.
- Nate didn't fight fires for the first time in 7 years!
- I left Nate for a week to spend time with my sister and family in Florida.
- my little brother got home from his mission and finally got to meet Nate.
- Nate left me twice to hang out with my family in Idaho.
- we are hoping to move back across the country.
The only thing we missed this anniversary is Nightmare on 13th in Salt Lake. We went the Halloween we met, and again right after we were married...we will have to find a new haunted house or something similar out here!
A Baby Shower!
Today some cute friends from our ward threw me and Adventure a baby shower and it totally exceeded my expectations! It was so cute and I personally just loved getting to chat and eat food!
Paige spearheaded it and she did a fantastic job! The decorations were so so cute and so were the games and everything else. I realized after the fact I never even got a picture with anyone!! So bummed...pregnancy brain at its finest.
Adventure (and me) got spoiled and we are so grateful to everyone who came and contributed to us!
And because how much can you really say about a baby shower...here's some pictures!
Paige spearheaded it and she did a fantastic job! The decorations were so so cute and so were the games and everything else. I realized after the fact I never even got a picture with anyone!! So bummed...pregnancy brain at its finest.
Adventure (and me) got spoiled and we are so grateful to everyone who came and contributed to us!
And because how much can you really say about a baby shower...here's some pictures!
check out the so cute hot air balloons in the corner!
showcasing the quilt Oma made for Adventure.
the super cute cake Paige made!
totally spoiled.
So Paige had asked me for some baby picture of Nate and I which I didn't have so I asked out parents to email us some. We ended up using them for a guessing game of "Who's that baby" which was fun and these were just my favorites.
my all time favorite picture of Nate I think:)
and this one because if anyone has ever seen Nate yawn...
he still does it just like this, a little crooked.
And these win the consolation prize...I think they're adorable just we didn't use them for obvious reasons.
Baby dreams.
So pregnancy dreams are super weird. I tend to remember my dreams often, and they're usually weird but since I've been pregnant they have been 10 times weirder and I have multiple a night that I remember.
One from last night I found rather funny and wanted to document.
I gave birth to a walking, talking toddler! And I was SO disappointed!! I was upset that 1- he wouldn't fit into the cute little baby sleeper I brought to the hospital 2- I wouldn't get to just cuddle him 3- he wouldn't breastfeed. I asked the nurse, "does this happen often? that babies are born this late?" I don't remember her response or much after that except watching this "baby" walk around my hospital room throwing a ball.
Luckily my mother assured me this was NOT going to happen. He might be a big baby but not that big!
One from last night I found rather funny and wanted to document.
I gave birth to a walking, talking toddler! And I was SO disappointed!! I was upset that 1- he wouldn't fit into the cute little baby sleeper I brought to the hospital 2- I wouldn't get to just cuddle him 3- he wouldn't breastfeed. I asked the nurse, "does this happen often? that babies are born this late?" I don't remember her response or much after that except watching this "baby" walk around my hospital room throwing a ball.
Luckily my mother assured me this was NOT going to happen. He might be a big baby but not that big!
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