My boys

I am really, really bad at blogging. I am the worst ever, and I am working on it because I want to stay up to date so that all my family can see all the goings on in our lives. So, my new goal is to update this blog monthly from now on. You can all hold me to it and bother me when I don't (whoever actually checks this).

Here are some relatively new pictures of things that are going on at the Ambrose home:




This was me about two weeks ago, at 25 weeks.






This is Hayden (Yes, we've officially decided on Hayden) at 20 weeks.




About a week ago I had an experience that really touched my heart. It wasn't anything too spectacular, it was just one of those 'quiet' moments we get from time to time. I wanted to share it with you all.

Kyle and I had settled into the relaxation phase of our night by watching some T.V. Almost each night, Kyle puts his head in my lap and I run my fingers through Kyle's hair until he falls asleep.

Well, Kyle fell asleep in my lap as usual but for the first time I was able to see Hayden's kicks from outside my tummy. There I was; Kyle's face touching my huge tummy and baby Hayden saying 'hello' with his kicks. I watched silently for a few minutes, as the realization hit me that this was the first time that I had really stopped to think about the fact that I had both my boys with me. It could have been the hormones taking over, but I couldn't help the tears welling up in my eyes for my hubby and our little angel that we are being entrusted with very soon.

Today, I am grateful to a Heavenly Father that loves me enough to give me such beautiful blessings. I am not a mother yet, but I look forward to the many experiences that it will bring me, and all the other 'quiet' moments that will come.

Until next month!

Baby!

After over a year of having a blog and I feel like I can actually post about something exciting and worthwhile! I am new to the blogging world, so bare with me.

Kyle and I are due October 10th! We found out a little over a month ago when Kyle got home from a business trip. I thought I had the stomach flu, and had been spending time with my younger sister who had it. So naturally, the nauseousness was from the flu, right? NOT! I was just as surprised from the tests as he was.

So far pregnancy has been good. Just the normal stuff bothers me; eggs, raw meat, etc. My husband has been the best supporter that I could have ever imagined. Thank goodness for that!

This is me at 8 weeks. This is the before picture. Just a beginning of my 'bump'. That's wishful thinking.. I know it's just a lot of bloating.. Haha.

First Christmas Tree!

December in Rexburg means snow, ice, and the beautiful Main Street Christmas lights. The festive spirit is in town and is spreading like wild-fire! We caught the Christmas Bug early this year; we have already had all of our other Christmas decorations set out since the beginning of November (since we will be moving in the middle of December). Anyways, even though we are moving we couldn't pass up the opportunity to decorate our first Christmas Tree together.

Kyle and I had figured we would have to buy a tree similar to Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree (small, dead looking) because of our tightness with money. We were lucky the trees were cheaper than we thought, yay! We got to fulfill our dreams of a full first tree!

Finally after looking through millions of trees, Kyle picked out a magnificent Douglas Fir from our local grocers (Broulims). We loaded it up and hauled it back in our Vue. I ended up holding the back trunk door closed and hanging on to any part of the inside of the car to keep me (and the tree) from flying out. This was quite the beginning to our "little" Tree Adventure.

This is just where the fun began! We got the tree back to the apartment, hauled it up to the door and inside. Quickly, we realized that the tree was too tall for our apartment. We didn't have a saw to cut it and so we opted to use the MiracleBlade Knives Kyle had in the Kitchen.

The MiracleBlade's didn't give us the Christmas Miracle we had hoped for... It stopped about a quarter of an inch into the tree. Those infomercials were incorrect in stating that those knives could cut through "anything". So, in the end we bought a saw anyways. It went up easily enough after we shaved off a good foot and a half.

We postponed decorating until the next night because we were tired from putting the MiracleBlade tree up. Just tonight we took a studying break and decorated the tress. It looks beautiful. Here's the end result.

So as the Christmas Season comes to your home, good luck with the tree and remember:

MiracleBlades don't cut through trees! Happy Holidays- The Youngest Ambrose Family

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