Am I really 25!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Am I really 25 years old? How did I get to be this old? I still think I am 21 I have started to forget how old I am getting... not fun!

I was having kind of a downer day because I had to work on my birthday, it was during the week, and I just didnt feel very special you know. So Craig being the wonderful man that he is gave me the best birthday ever. For weeks I have been telling Craig that I want to take a nice long bubble bath (seeing as how being pregnant you cant get into hot tubs), and that I wanted to get away from where we live for a night. I didnt think that he was listening to me, but he continues to surprise me.

After I got home for work Craig told me to get ready and that we were going out, he told me to wear socks (meaning we were going bowling in mesquite). I thought that we would go to Mesquite bowl and eat then come home... but I was wrong. We got down to mesquite and went into the Casablanca (where I thought we were eating) he got in line to check into our room and totally surprised me (seeing as how I was just talking about staying the night just before we got into the hotel). He had a room already booked and ready for us. We then went to the best place to eat while being pregnant, thats right the buffet, it was so good I ate like 10 egg rolls and all the nachos and ice cream I wanted...it was so good. Then I got my bubble bath and nice relaxing jazz music I was in heaven. After I got an amazing night sleep we went home, it was such a nice night I am so greatful to be married to my best friend who continues to surprise and amaze me I love him.

The flowers I got on my birthday from my Honey, they are so beautiful.

My sister gave me her baby boy clothes to borrow yay so cute!

After we got back from Mesquite Craig and I worked on our mothers day gift and my bench project.

Remember my $3 bench I got at a yard sale? this is what it looked like before.

This is what it looks like now, we still have a ways to go but we are getting closer!

For Mothers day we went over to Craig's moms house on Monday for a nice dinner, it was great to have everyone together. I attempted to make a fruit flower bouquet, since mom is on the HGC diet this would be so much fun for her to eat, and I cant believe it turned out so good.

For my mom we made a picture frame that can house all of her picture she had on her corkboard, all she has to do is slide the pictures into there place and it looks so cute, plus we added part of her corkboard to post some of her letters from grandkids.

Baby Boy!!

After much waiting and stress we finally found out what our little baby was going to be, and we are so excited to announce we are having a little baby boy. I am so excited!!

We decided on names early, we (and when I mean we, I mean craig) wanted our kid to have a power name, something that had meaning behind it. We finally came to love the name James Floyd Demke. James, for craig's grandpa, and Floyd, for my dad's dad who died before I was born.
These are some pics of our ultrasound showing us that he is a boy and his little feet and face, so cute.

This is a better picture (well I know you cant see it very well) of his cute little face, I cant wait to meet him.

This is me at my sister Haileys graduation, 6 months pregnant. Sometimes I feel bigger than I am.

Craig doesnt get too excited over things till he can see it, so right now this is hard for him, not being able to see baby James and all. But there have been two really special moments when craig has been excited... 1) was when we had the ultrasound and saw that we were having a boy, he was so excited he was grinning from ear to ear. 2) was when he actually saw baby Jameskick my stomach, we both just stood there in awe saying wow that was cool.

Being pregnant is not what I thought it would be... I cant run, breath, walk with out feet hurting, paint my toenails, bend over, or control my moods, but even with all the limitations I am so excited to meet this special little boy.

Spring is in the air.

Yay!!! I love spring time, if only the weather would knock it off and behave then I could really enjoy spring. I have also been feeling very crafty as of late and wanted to share my finally finished projects...
This is the boppy pillow that I have been working hard to cover, it was cheaper in the long run but a pain in the butt to finish, but I think it turned out cute and the best part is that it will fit for either a boy or a girl yay!!Next up my decorative vase idea... well it wasnt my idea I got it off of tencowchick.blogspot.com, but it was so easy to make and really got me in the spring time mood.

These are the only ones not finished but they will be once the baby comes. I bought these at a yard sale for .10 each, they were painted ugly blue and had ribbon around them, but instantly my creative juices were flowing and I had a plan to pait them black and put cute little black and white pictures of the baby's hands and feet in them . So cute I cant wait. Next I couldnt forget about easter (or my HUGE sweet tooth) so I thought I would make rice krispy treats but shape in the form of easter eggs and them dip them in chocolate and sprinkles, they were yummy but hard because I had to harden the chocolate in the fridge, oh well still fun.And what would spring time be without baseball? my answer would be nothing, but Craig would have a different answer. Craig promised me that he would go to a baseball game with me and he would bring a book to read, it was a great compromise, the only problem is that my little niece taylor and him had a bet of how many times I would have to go to the bathroom.... no funny.

Can you tell my dad loves the sport, and cute taylor is almost as tall as me and she is only 11 crazy!!!

And then nothing says bring on summer like a camp out. Due to the fact that we couldnt find anyone to substitute our primary class we could only go for the day while Craigs family braved it in the cold air to ring in spring. I forgot I had my camera until the end of the day when we were eating our tin foil dinners (which were amazing) and of course I forget the flash and miss my picture perfect moment.

So this is spring to me camping, baseball, and crafts love it cant wait to see what else it brings!!

Two amazing years!!

I truly mean that these last two years, being married to craig, have been amazing. Of course we have our challenges, everyone does, but at the end of the day our love overcomes any of our trials. Craig is truly my best friend, the one I want to share all my thoughts and excitement with. I feel so blessed to be walking through life with him, and starting a family.

Recently I have been sucked in to the reality show "the Bachelor" every monday night. Craig is such a good sport and watches it with me, and even though I get into the show and have my favorite people I would never want to find love that way. People sometimes ask... why do you watch that show? My answer... every time I watch that show It makes me appreciate the relationship that Craig and I have, and that we dont have to be apart of that dating scene again, we found each other and I am so happy. I found the love of my life and we have been married for two AMAZING years, life is great.

Along with being married to the most wonderful man we are so excited to expand our love to our new little baby due in Aug. I cant believe that our family is growing. I am starting to talk to the baby now and trying out our new names "mommy" and "daddy", it feels so good. We are nervous and excited for our new adventure.

So to celebrate our second anniversary, and our last trip before the baby comes we decided to go to California and play at disney land and the san diego zoo. At the first of the year we participated in the disney program where you give a day of service and get a ticket to disneyland.

This was my favorit part of disney... Toon disney, I truly got to act like a kid... Craig got into the spirit.We had to get Craig a churro the only thing he wanted haha.We got completly soaked on splash mountain.we waited in line for 30 mins to ride Peter Pan, the only ride Craig wanted to go on, I dont think it was worth the 2 second ride.Craig wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo, we had such a great time even though it was raining.This was the tram that overlooked the Zoo.Craig loved the gorillas, because they look like him haha just kidding.My favorite animal was the panda, we saw a baby panda eating an apple and it was so cute.Our hotel was within walking distance to the beach, it felt good to put my feet in and get all wet.
Craigs famous silouette picture of me being 4 months pregnant, with the huge waves in the background.

Football, Food, and Romance

This year has been great it seems like every weekend we were so excited to watch as much football as could, so when the superbowl came we were totally excited especially cause we got to know the teams pretty well, and lets just say we were so excited to see new orleans beat peyton manning whoo hoo!!

We went to my sisters house and had so much food it was great. My dad made BBQ dutch oven chicken, we had cabbage salad, stuffed mushrooms, veggie trays, and my father in laws amazing coconut bread so yummy.

The commercials were great except for the one movie trailor of Avatar the last airbender I missed it because I was in the bathroom. Lame so mad!!!

YAY Valentines day!!

I love my Valentine, Craig is my most favorite person in the whole wide world, whenever we are together we always have fun. After a weekend of westerns (not my favorite) craig owed me chick flick weekend and it was great, well except for the lame movie we went and saw... When in rome not so good I was so upset I wasted a chick flick date night on that movie. After that we went to eat at our favorite place Benja's it was were we had our first official date and we have been going for special occasions since, but I was sad because I couldnt have the sushi due to pregnancy... oh well craig promised me once the baby was born that we could go for sushi again.

For valentines day we wanted to show how much we love our families so we made valentine fortune cookies with a little chocolate inside and a fun fortune it was great fun to make, and I think every one liked getting them.

I also wanted to be romantic so I made a yummy molton cake and then took craig to the red rock (where craig proposed) and we had a little picnic with yummy cake and sparkling cider and watched the sunset. I love Craig so much I am so blessed to have him in my life, he is my everything I love you craig!!

Baby Demke

I knew I was pregnant as soon as Thanksgiving came, I mean I was at the gym running on the treadmill and started bawling over an infomercial, that is not normal. So come the first of December I took a pregnancy test (4 to be exact) and was consumed with such peace and happiness I can not explain, Craig on the other hand it took him a day to let it all sink in.
Since that day we could not keep it a secret, we wanted to shout it off the rooftops we were so excited. Many thought we were crazy for telling everyone with only one month down but ehh, we didnt care they get to suffer with us haha.
Then the morning sickness came and boy was that not fun, I mean I am not used to having to get up in the middle of the night to eat some crackers because my stomach is growling at me... not fun. But through it all I have been somewhat consistant in my running and dilligent to get out there, I cant wait for spring so I can run outside for longer distances (I hope). I am so sad that with the Baby's due date Aug 16 I will not be able to run the St. george marathon... oh well there is always next year.
We went to our first Dr. Visit and I couldnt have picked a better Dr. he seems great and I feel more comfortable about it. We were able to get an Ultrasound and see the "little bean" and hear the heart beat. I cant begin to convey how sweet that sight was to see... this is really real!!!
And even though out situation right now (with craig in school) is not ideal we know that this is the right time, the lord has made it known to us many times through prayer and temple attendence, this child is ment to come at this time. Like I said in my earlier post we feel like we have been blessed and are continueing to live our lives the way we need to in order to support this sweet innocent child. We are the happiest parents and cant wait to meet this sweet bundle of joy... so hurry up these months are going by so slow haha!!!

Time is FLYING by!!

Sorry for the lack of Pictures, sad to say that I did not have my camera with me during the holidays, oh well next time.
Thanksgiving was great spending it at Craig's sisters house was alot of people and alot of fun, we played foosball, ping pong, games, and you cant forget the WII... we had alot of fun.
Christmas was another crazy double family holiday, but worth it. We spent Christmas eve with Craigs family eating the most amazing crepes (love them), then woke up extra early to see my nieces and and nephews open their christmas, it is more fun to see cute little kids open gifts.
New years what a blurr I think I ate everything but the kitchen sink, and I paid for it the next day. But playing games and watching the fireworks off my sisters deck was alot of fun.
I love both of my families they are such a blessing to me and Craig and as we close the door on 2009 I cant help but think how blessed we have been. thank you to all and we love you.