{pregnancy: end of week 32}

Here we are at the end of Week 32 (sorry this post is a little late- we were busy this week). I am feeling pretty good and we had some really nice weather a few days this week. I can't wait to take Emmett on some walks with the dogs. There is the best belly photo I could muster-- my shirt is pre pregnancy and you can probably tell because it doesn't come all the way over the bump lol.

I forgot to post that my dad got married 2 weeks ago in Maui. I wish we could go to Hawaii- a vacation anywhere would be great but it probably won't be happening til next year lol. We really like my new stepmom Mindy and think Emmett will be lucky to have another person to love and spoil him.

On Monday this week, I threw a bridal shower for a good friend from high school Erika! She is darling and we were on cheer for 3 years in high school and is marrying her sweet missionary Kelton. I didn't get any good pictures at the shower but here are some water bottle labels I made for it!

On Tuesday and Thursday this week, Pierce had 2 Lacrosse games. They won both of them by landslides (like 17-6 and then 16-1). Their team is still undefeated and I am so proud of my husband and his team. Here's hoping to winning State this year!

BABY SHOWER:

On Wednesday night, Pierce's good family friend Karey Law threw me a little get-together shower with some of their close long-time friends. We had delicious food and a TON of fun! Emmett got some great gifts from blankets and toys to some clothes and butt paste. Thank you to those who came and spoiled us!

 Not the best angle of me but it helps show how big the bump is getting!

 Karey, Me, Emmett & Granny Liz

One of the shower activities we did was wishes for Baby; everyone filled in their wants & hopes for Emmett and I just had to share a few!

I hope you learn to flush - Granny Liz

I hope you learn to compliment- Karey

I hope you learn acceptance- Auntie Nikki

I hope you learn to play lacrosse- Rosie

I hope you learn to be funnier than your dad- Great Grandma Pat

I hope you ignore whatever Papa tells you- Granny Liz

I hope you ignore criticism- Nancy

I hope you ignore the dishes- GG Pat

I hope you ignore Daddy when he's naughty- Jenn

I hope you aren't afraid to pee on mom- "Aunt" Jenn

I hope you aren't afraid to try new things- Karey

I hope you aren't afraid of bugs- Nikki

I hope you aren't afraid of the dark- Rosie

I hope you get to come to Granny's all the time- Granny Liz

I hope you get your daddy's sense of humor - "Aunt" Jenn

I hope you get laid (after you get married)- Nancy 

I hope you get long eyelashes- Karey

I hope you get brothers and sisters- Laura

I hope you respect mommy & daddy time- "Aunt" Jenn

I hope you respect the "Law"- Karey Law

I hope you respect your grandparents- Rosie

I hope you respect yourself- GG Pat

I hope you laugh at life- Nancy

I hope you laugh at danger- Karey

I hope you laugh a lot.- Auntie Nikki

I hope you laugh when things get tough- Laura

I hope you never forget your underwear- Karey

I hope you never forget your worth- Auntie Nikki

I hope you never forget your name- Rosie

I hope you never forget to respect your mom- GG Pat

I hope you become a badass- Karey

I hope you become a success- Rosie

I hope you become a leader not a follower- GG Pat

I hope you become a man like your daddy- Granny Liz

I hope you become the person you dream- Nancy

I hope you grow to be kind and giving- Auntie Nikki

I hope you grow flowers- Rosie

I hope you grow old with the love of your life- Laura

I hope you love chocolate- Rosie

I hope you love your heavenly father- GG Pat

I hope you love life and all that comes with it- Laura

As you can tell-- I couldn't hope or wish for anything more for Emmett myself... even growing flowers haha!

 Here is our "bad ass" pose-- hopefully Emmett's will be better!

 The great grannies for Emmett-- Pat and Rosie!

The Ellison Ladies: Nancy Martin, Nikki Ambler, Jenn Breinholt and Laura Ellison! Love them!

And lastly, they made me wear all the ribbons from the gifts! Funny guys :)

{quick update}

Wow! I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I've blogged. So from a little nudge from my sister-in-law (Thanks Mel!) I am now catching you briefly up on what we've been doing since August 10th!

So August was a great month, we were enjoying the weather and no school! I decided that I was not going to go to school this fall and work until winter when I will hopefully be accepted into LDSBC Interior design program! I am really excited to start and wish me luck that I get accepted!! Pierce started school again up at the U and is really enjoying his classes. We even celebrated that he is closer to graduating than not which is also a good encouragement- he chose a U of U sticker for his car and a U of U LAX T-shirt that I later shrank (whoops!). I am really proud of him that he can work pretty much full time and go to school and still give me some free time! I think we also went to 1 Real Salt Lake game but it was the only one that whole month so that was kind of crappy.

On August 25th, the Walker family welcomed a new little baby girl! Pierce's brother Chase and his wife Helen had their first baby Charlotte Rose Walker! We wished we could be there in AZ with them but luckily my MIL was there to help! Also on the 25th, my dad has his big 51 haha ok so not really considered a milestone birthday but he got to have a colonoscopy (yikes!) but luckily he is a pretty healthy guy! So now August 25th is a great day for both sides of my family!

The next day Pierce and I headed to Michigan to help my other pregnant sister-in-law and her family move. We were there from Friday to Monday so we busted out the move and were able to then have some quality down time with Chelsea, Travis and Ava and then that Monday Travis started Law School for his second year! Here are few pictures from my phone of Ava!

I came home for 2 days and then left Pierce in Utah and headed to Arizona to see Chase, Helen and Charlotte and then for my cousin Ashlyn's wedding! I got to hang out with Chase and Helen for 2 days and kind of crash in their brand new baby lives. It was so much fun seeing my sister/friend become a mommy and I didn't mind holding that little baby for her. I can't wait to see them again at Christmas (or possibly T-Giving)! Arizona was HOT so I was thankful that we had Charlotte as the excuse to stay inside haha!

That Friday night, Chelsea my sister-in-law from up above had to have an emergency C-Section with her little boy but everything went well and both of them were happy and healthy! I guessed I didn't plan my trips so well because I was practally in MI when Helen had Charlotte and then in AZ when Liam came! We welcomed George Liam Pickup to the Walker clan and now I have to wait til Christmas to snuggle him.

Then my mom came and picked up me up and we headed to my cousin Ashlyn's wedding Saturday night. I hadn't been to AZ for years and so it was so so good to see all my mom's family that I hadn't seen for a long time.

The wedding was a blast- it was really cool that all 6 of my mom's siblings were there. My aunt Rachel is part Mexican and she made all the food for the reception and it was SO good. It was also my mom's birthday on Saturday so I think that was a fun trip for her to celebrate her 50th. We sent Ashlyn & her husband Riley off to their honeymoon and then spent Sunday just cleaning up and going through all the wedding things to return and what not then we had a big dinner at my Aunt DeAnn's house- I think there were like 27 of us. Sunday was my other Aunt's birthday so we celebrated both hers and my mom's!

Then Monday, we went shopping and just hung out with my cousins until we had to go to the airport. I was so happy to have a fun time but definitely missed my husband and puppies!

Once I got back, I've just been working and trying to continue to work out so I can lose some LBS that I've gained. Jillian Michael's DVD s have been the death of me but hopefully I can start looking like her- minus the lesbian vibe haha.

Pierce has just been super man: working, going to school, working extra hours, doing homework, taking me out on date nights, working and planning LAX stuff! I've been really impressed and a few times a little ungrateful that I don't see him as much but I know he is working his tail off for me and our family!

We've been enjoying time with Jeff and Liz, it's weird that we are the only Walker kids here in UT, when I met Pierce, his oldest brother had just barely moved and now all 3 of them live in different parts of the country! We got to go see Pierce's cousin play against BYU in Hockey a few weekends ago. It was really fun; a couple stories about that: so when Stu came out of the locker room, we were all busy snapping a few pics of him that we really didn't see what number he was. We then looked on our pictures at his jersey (easy)- number 9! We were him on and he was getting loads of playing time and even scored!!! We were escatic; he goes off the rink and some new players come in and this big fight ensues and one of the USU players ends up in the penalty box. He takes off his helmet and it's Stu! What the heck!?! Turns out, Stu was number 98 or 91 or something- still not even sure! But we had been watching the wrong player for the first period- wow that's embarrassing. Then they had a “chuck a puck” fundraiser for the BYU Women's Hockey team, you buy these styrofoam pucks and then after one of the periods, you toss them and whoever gets the closest to the center ice gets a prize. Pierce decides to buy 10 of them for us to throw. When the announcer goes onto the ice and tells people to throw them, Pierce just tries to throw them at the announcer- great! I throw my one puck and it goes perfectly to the center ice and then off a little bit. I got 3rd place though and the prize was a coupon for food- SERIOUSLY!?! A coupon for a $1 OFF food, not even free. Lame, oh well I was proud of my athleticism.

Pierce had LAX try-outs the past two days and they went really well and I think we will have a really great team this year. Sidenote: He also is the director of a LAX tournament that will be in March. He heard about a new LAX movie coming out and wondered if they would want to promote their movie at this tournament, so what does my hubby do? He calls up the producer of the movie, (mind you- this producer has done lots of well-know movies, even though I can't think of any right now haha), and talks to this guy and just had him confirm that they will help promote the tournament! Pretty proud of my man- I hate calling the Dr's office or dentist to feel like I am bugging them and Pierce just goes for what he wants!

So life has been pretty much the same everyday but yet super busy! Hopefully I can update more with some actual pictures!

{Why wedding pictures, why}

Ok so I haven’t blogged in FOREVER! I know, I was partly waiting on getting our wedding pictures but since they are still a few weeks out from being here, I am going to share some other things that we have been up to! But I am here to let everyone know – the 5 people who actually read this haha—that I am NOT dead!
So….we got married and are in lots of LOVE! We moved into our apartment and I will have to post pictures of that pretty soon as well. We live on the Sandy/Draper border and are loving it. We do miss our families but good thing they are both about 10 mins away from us.

Next, we just bought a puppy last week and he is the cutest thing ever! We named him Jack after Jack Sparrow on Pirates and we got engaged in front of Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland! He is black and white and absolutely a ball of fun and fluff.

Here are some pictures of my wittle baby:






He is such a good puppy and sleeps through the whole night. We are still working on the potty training part but he is catching onto it.
Here is a funny story about my little guy, we bought Ava her birthday present yesterday and it’s a mini Dora doll and I put it on a shelf that he could see it but couldn’t chew it (he does that haha)….he kept barking at it so I got it down to see if he would sniff it and he started running away and crying!!!! Let’s just say Jack is not a fan of little Mexicans hahaha jk jk.
He also loves his mommy and daddy and chewing on his bed; he hates leashes but will get used to it and loves chewing my hair—I know so weird! But all I can say is that he is a huge blessing for us and will really help us to prepare for kids :)

Next up is my tribute to my best friend Marie! Today is her birthday and I have to give a shout out to one of my favorite people ever. Marie and I have been through soooo much and it’s crazy to think that I love this girl like she was my sister! She is one of the funniest, kind and generous people I’ve ever met and everyone who knows her just says about how sweet she is (all the guys also include “Hot” which I would have to agree—not in a lesbian way however). She is always making me want to be a better person and I’ve never met a friend who has just understood all my random, crazy and deep thoughts.




Marie: You are a beautiful person and deserve the best birthday ever! Remember who you are and where you are going. You are one of the best people I’ve ever met and I am so happy that we can grow old together as best friends. Love you!!!



My other friend that I would like to give a shout out to is Tara. Tara has been my longest best friend. I still remember the day that we first played together and how I didn’t want to leave her house… look at us now 15 years later and it’s safe to say that we’ve never had huge girl drama which I love haha! Anyway, she went to Hawaii for the past 2 years to play soccer and on Tuesday she left to go up to North Dakota to play where they have her major for school. She is one of the most talented, smart and funny girls I’ve ever known and I always miss her like crazy and get so excited when she comes home for the holidays and summer! Love you T!



Anyway, that is our life so far and I promise I will have pictures up shortly of our wedding and fun things we’ve done lately!

{10 days}

Knowing that you marrying the person that you are so IN LOVE with for ETERNITY is the most AMAZING thing. I am so excited to start FOREVER with Pierce!! Everything is much more meaningful in my life! He balances me completly, we goof off and love like there is nothing else! We will learn to be kinder to each other, the arguments will be handled with care, every night together is spent as if it is your last.. not one day is taken for granted; because you know that the love of your life will be by your side forever. I can't wait to start our own little adventure called LIFE with him. Pierce is my best-friend, my soul-mate, and my team-mate and soon to be husband. Together we can accomplish anything, and we will:)

{Can you believe it???}

Days until this:



and....



and....



Oh and did I mention these:





And for sure can't wait for this:



Can I just say we are SO excited to get MARRIED!!!!!!!!

{Ya! More Wedding Stuff}

Yeah I am soo happy we are putting deposits on more stuff for our wedding. I think we might have to once again change the time of the sealing but we will see....

Here is our website to the photographer and videographer that we are using:

http://www.eltonfilmandimages.blogspot.com/

Check them out! They are great and we love them!

Also we booked our cool DJ and Photo Booth:

http://www.alloccasionsphotobooths.com/

{Getting Some Wedding Stuff Done.....}

So we are really excited because today we sent in our deposit for June 5th at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building!! It's going to be gorgeous and I am so excited:) we are having a small luncheon with some close friends and family and we are already in the works on our program which hopefully will be awesome and our reception will be in another room in the same place!!









This is where the reception will be:


We are getting a DANCE FLOOR, DJ ANTHONY G (yes that is his legit name ha) and A PHOTOBOOTH for all our guests to take pictures! And the best part, is that we are way under our budget, so we are trying to think of other cool things we could do hahaha.....we are open to suggestions:)

and this is where the luncheon will be held that Jeff and Liz are so awesome to do for us!



although i can't say i love the baby blue haha, this room is gorgeous because out to the left is the Salt Lake Temple and after being sealed in there, it will be great to have all our loved ones looking out over it:)