Just Talking To Myself.

Life has changed a lot for me in the last couple of years. I never thought I would get out of the awkward high school phase but I did. Then I got into college and it was a whole new dating life and scene i liked it, I really did like it but I new I was missing something. Something was missing and he was right in front of my face. I have been the luckiest girl in the world to have the husband i have, and now we are blessed with a baby. A baby boy to be exact, and i can already say that i truly love him with all of my heart. We have been blessed with so many things but I just keep going back to my family. I have so much gratitude for my family. I would not be the person i am today without all of their support. I just keep going back to this beautiful miracle inside of me. As i sit here and type he kicks and moves inside of me. I get more and more eager each day to meet him to love him and to cuddle him. Sometimes i go through all of the clothes i have for him and imagine him in them. I know its silly but im just excited for him to be here already. We love him, we wish he was here already and he will always always be our baby boy. Until then I will wait and wait and wait, but we couldnt be more excited!

25 weeks, and a way long over due post about visiting Kiera.

I finally found my camera today, sitting in the car. The last place I would think to look for it. We are doing good around here, just lots of school, work, and a lot of homework. Nothing new. I'm twenty five weeks, closer to twenty six weeks and loving being pregnant... most days. I have gain a pretty substantial amount of weight through this pregnancy. Just in case people don't already know, I am having a boy and we seriously cannot wait till he gets here. We have been blessed by so many family members with help on clothes, cribs, car seats, and strollers. So we are pretty set and ready to go. The only problem is that we dont really have a name for him yet. My worry is that this kid will be stuck with this name forever, so picking out a name is kind of a big deal. Here some that we like: Malachi, Liam, Asher and secretly deep down inside I love Ryken and Knox I just cant get Benj to agree with me. Anyways here is my 25 weeks photo.

 Now for the Post about visiting Kiera. We love visiting family, and Benj loves Boise so we try and make trips often. Kirt we would make trips to Las Vegas because we love it there too, its just sooo far away. Last time we went we went in the middle of the week, which was hard and difficult for Kiera and Brian to get off of work for because they have jobs. But we didnt mind we playing with Kambri and Cohen during the day and hanging out with them during the night. I really cant wait to be a mother, so taking care of these two little munchkins were a blessing and fun for me! Some things we did with the kids while we were there was taking them to the Zoo. It was a blast! Here are some pictures of things we did with the kids.

These pictures were taken at the Zoo. They loved seeing the animals and climbing around. We did run into a funny situation at the zoo that scared little Cohen. We were sitting and looking  at the Snow Leopard, i had been carrying Cohen that day so I set him down so that he could get close to the glass window and see the animal better. But when I set him down the snow leopard saw him cornered him and got into a crouching position getting ready to pounce at him. At the time Cohen had been looking at something else through the glass so when the leopard pounced the first time Cohen didnt notice till the leopard did it a second time. Poo little boy got so scared all he wanted after that was to be held. Anyways here are some other funny pictures we got of Cohen being silly.

Lost the Camera Dangit.

Sorry this semester has been pretty stressful for me, Im taking 15 credits which is fine but when your homework is arts and crafts for basically all of your classes ( I know I shouldnt complain right arts and crafts are fun!) and a ton of reading, it gets old. Plus having to be at school at seven thirty every morning is exhausting. I just cannot seem to catch up on everything. My house is dirty all of the time, I never cook or bake for that fact anymore. All I want to do with my spare time is sleep and spend time with the husband. I know im coming up with this lame excuse of why I havent been blogging lately, but I promise they are legitimate excuses. If that isn't a good enough excuse then is I lost my camera a good one?? I know I set it somewhere in the house I just dont know where at yet. There are lots to update on as well. My belly is getting bigger everyday and we are having a boy. We are over joyed and excited for our little man to come in February. When I find that dang camera I promise I will update the blog!!
 

Happy One year Anniversary Benjamin,

Last year around this time we were married. I am so happy to say this has been the best year of my life.
He has made me so happy is so many different ways I couldn't imagine my life without him.

"I love you means that I accept you for the person that you are and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I do not expect perfection from you- just as you do not expect it from me. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you when you're in a bad mood or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you're down- not just when you're fun to be with. I love you means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them- asking in return only that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, and hoping that you feel the same way for me."

A bun in the oven.

Just kind of letting those who follow know, that I'm pregnant. Its a pretty exciting time for us in our lives and cant wait for the little one to be here. I thought since I never write, that I would write the  story about how we found out, not really for you guys but for me to remember.

So we had only been trying for about two months when it happened, i was a little late on my period but I didnt think it was that big of a deal. I had been late the month before, and got my hopes up a little thinking we had gotten pregnant only being off of birth control for one month, but I was wrong. So not wanting to get my hopes up I waited and waited. One night I finally got the courage to take the test and this was our result.

But Ben could not believe this was our result. So his explanation was that this test simply was wrong, and that it only worked in the mornings. Hahaha I thought this was pretty funny but I said okay, well then Ill take one in the morning. This was our second result. 

But Benj could not simply believe this test either. Which lead to my next two tests. Then he started believing me. Its such an amazing experience to know and understand that I will be giving someone life. I am so excited to start this part of my life with my best friend. We really cant wait, but there is also the thought of being scared in my mind. Not because of Benj, I know he will make an amazing dad!! There are so many things to worry about when your pregnant. Things like will i miss carry? Am i giving this baby the best life possible? Is this baby going to be healthy? Ah so many things. Not to mention how much we have to do to get ready for this baby. But I know it will be so worth it. I cant believe I am already 10 weeks pregnant, I feel like we just got married yesterday. We absolutely cannot wait for baby Bryce #1 to come. For my family this will be the 17th grandchild and the 1st for the Bryce family. He/she is due February 5th and we cant wait to meet the little one. 

Sorry!

I havent updated in a while, but to tell you the honest truth nothing exciting is going on. We are still in school, Benj is still working on getting his degree in Exercise Physiology major, and Im still working on getting my Preschool Education major/Child Development major. We are working hard, studying hard, and trying to spend as much time with each other as possible. We are lovings life and loving each other even more.

Benj is 24 today, happy birthday baby cakes!

Its Benj 24 birthday today. I thought I would share 24 reasons why I love this kid soo much.

One. He is always willing to help out around the house, and never complain when i ask him to take out the trash :D
Two. He works hard to support us and pay the bills, even though he sometimes gets discouraged because I bring home more money than him, he is always willing to pick more hours and work hard for his family.
Three. He can take me to the temple and loves the gospel just as much or more than I do.
Four. He is half Asian and I love that his family has a different culture than I'm used to, it opens my eyes on how the world really is, not just how it is in a little bubble town like Rexburg
Five. He loves to travel, which makes it a lot more fun because I love traveling too.
Six. He cares about his family and sisters and is always think about them,
Seven. He does not mind babysitting or changing diapers, and I know he will be an amazing dad someday.
Eight. He is intelligent and does well in school, and is looking to make our future easier by getting a good education.
Nine. He is an early riser, which is awesome because I'm not so at least one of us is happy in the mornings.
Ten: He takes me out on dates on a regular basis and always has something planned up his sleeve.
Eleven. He worries about money. I know that sounds retarded but I dont always worry about it so he helps me so I don't over spend on anything, unimportant or something we don't need.
Twelve. He loves my baking and cooking, I love to bake sweets I just don't like to eat much of them, but he loves them and eats my food even if I experimented that day and it doesn't taste all that good.
Thirteen. He is an amazing cuddler at night while we are falling asleep or in the morning when he wakes up, and when I wake up, I always need my cuddle time with him.
Fourteen. We never run out of things to talk about, but we are okay with silence too.
Fifteen. He loves music just as much as I do, we just have different taste in artists.
Sixteen. He is always willing to allow me to have girl time when i need it even though he doesn't have a ton of guy friend here at BYU- Idaho, (there all in provo for school) 
Seventeen. He is patient with my needs, and understand girls, ( he is the only boy in his family)
Eighteen. He is willing to look at both side of the situation even when I don't want to look at how the other person is feeling or I am one sided.
Nineteen. He is amazing with technology, 
Twenty. He never curses, well sometimes but once every new moon or something. Not that I have a cursing problem but I do do it more often than he does and its a nice reminder not to get so mad.
Twenty one. He is always reminding me to pray and read my scriptures when i forget too.
Twenty two. He listens to my complaining when i have a problem at work at school or at home. I know it gets annoying sometimes. but im thankful for it.
Twenty three. He loves doing service for others.
Twenty Four. He loves me unconditionally and looks past my flaws.

I could name so many more things that i love about him. He is such an amazing person and i dont know what i would do with out him.

I LOVE YOU BENJ!