Mother's Day and more on Eli!!

Yahoo 28 weeks Down!!

Well it has been a while since I did a post all about our new little guy so I figured I had a lot of catching up to do. He is getting more and more active. Sometimes I even think he has little adventures going on in my tummy. I like to watch my stomach pop out from where he is kicking me. It reminds me of those old cartoons when their hearts are beating. I seriously feel like he is kicking out that far! I usually like when he kicks me but sometimes I have to talk to him and tell him he isn't being nice and that really hurts Mama. He usually stops right away so he is already a great listener and very obedient.

Things I don't want to forget....
1. On May 9th I had my glucose test. I have to drink this really sugary drink and then they will draw your blood exactly one hour later. They gave me the drink at my last visit and every time I opened my fridge it was a reminder of the fun times I had a head. I remember my sister not liking the drink at all so I was really worried I was going to throw it up. Well 30 minutes before my appointment I went to go drink the Fruit Punch flavored sugar drink and I couldn't get it open. Jacob couldn't go with me to this appointment so I was on my own getting this open. After 5 minutes of trying and totally failing I decided it was time to panic. (if I didn't pass this test then I would have to go back for a 3 hour test....no way I wanted that). I called Jacob and he told me to run to a neighbor and have them open it. Well for some reason everyone decided they didn't need to be home. I was at someones door I don't even know when all the sudden I got it open and I just started to drink it as fast as possible. It didn't taste that bad...I actually liked the 1st 2 sips then it got to sugary and I had a headache the rest of the day, but other then that it went great.

2. This doctor's appointment was also a big deal because I officially entered my third and final trimester. You usually go in every month and then after this visit you go to biweekly visits. Well my doctor said everything looks so great that he wanted to keep me at monthly visits. He explained that they usually go down but he felt there was not need to see me I was doing great. I loved hearing this...when your pregnant you can worry so much!!

3. I think I am also starting to get big enough where people feel they can come talk to me about the baby. I have had some weird comments. I am getting those little jokes like I am eating to much or something....this is not a funny joke. I really don't understand why anyone would think this is funny. Also this past weekend I started getting people touching my stomach. Now this is fine if I know you, but I was getting a pedicure and a lady touched my stomach!! Not a huge deal, but kind of weird...and I feel totally NOT NORMAL. Just for the record if I know you that's fine, but if you don't NO TOUCHY! I have a feeling this is only going to get worse, and I am to nice to say anything so I am going to have to just accept this weird thing.
(Here is a close up of our 28 week Eli)

4. Now my feet have been hurting really bad. So bad in fact I feel like I am playing volleyball all day again. I have been doing everything I can think of to numb the pain, but it is pretty frustrating. I have even gone to the chiropractor and bought surgical stockings to helped with the circulation. I have almost all movement back and I think I have gotten over this little bump...I HOPE!

5. This isn't something I really want to remember, but more something I wonder about often. Do other pregnant women feel like a duck? I seriously feel like when I look in the mirror I have a strong resemblance to Donald Duck! I wonder if I waddle when I walk? If you see me you will have to answer this question for me.

6. This story is one of my favorites so far. The other day I was at my parents house. I was walking down the stairs and my nephew Austin was walking up them. This angle put my stomach right in his face. He stops puts both hands and my stomach and says, "Stacy, whens your baby gunna hatch? " As he is shaking my stomach. Even now this cracks me up!!

7. On Sunday I was walking out of the Young Women's room talking to a few of my girls. Some of Jacob's priest were right outside the door and we all started talking. A few more priest started to walk up to us and when they saw me in the group they started pointing at my stomach saying, "Hey there is Elijah! Hi Elijah!!" I thought this was so cute because how many 16 to 18 year old Young Men would do that? I seriously love our youth they are so cute and sweet!!

8. My final memory for today is Mother's Day. This was my 1st and Jacob was so sweet. He got my Rose's and a card. I loved both of them I could tell he put a lot of thought into which flowers to get and which card was best to give me. He also treated me like a princess the whole day...he does this normally but he went the extra mile. I am so so so so lucky to have Jacob as my husband.

These are the flowers Jacob got me. I just love the color. They got a little wilted, because he hid them in the hot car so I wouldn't find them.

My mom got my sister and I these slippers. It was cute because we were both dressed for church, but we took off our church shoes and put these on. We were both at the kitchen sink cooking dinner with our new Slippers. The kids thought it was funny.

Night out with Gilmore's...minus the Kiddos

Yesterday Jacob called me very excited because a Title Company gave him 4 tickets to the D-back game. Since the Gilmore's are the HUGE D-Back fans so of course we wanted to take them with us. We meet at the Gilmore's at 6 o'clock and headed to a Mexican food restaurant Jerel knew about. The food was pretty good. Stephanie and I got Street Taco's which we loved. I also go a Mango Margarita (virgin of course) YUMMY!!! Jacob got a sampler platter which had some interesting items on it. Needless to say NONE of us like Mole (pronounce Mole-a) Jerel actually missed dinner because he got stuck at work, but made it at the end so he got his food to go. After dinner we headed to the game and had a wonderful time. It was fun going with Jerel and Steph because they know so much about baseball and the D-backs. Jacob of course was making friends with everyone around us. They were all so friendly. Jacob even said it reminded him of fever pitch like we were one big family. My only complaint was the guys behind us were drinking beer and had beer burps all night...since I am pregnant and have the smelling capabilities of a hound dog this kept making me very sick. We took like 8 pictures and all of them turned out horrible...so I will only put up a few.

This was the best picture we got. For those of you wondering about my bump there it is in all it's glory at 28 weeks!

While we were at the game Cory McClaws called us and he was sitting almost directly below us. I of course had to take a picture...Can you find Cory?

Last night our 1st baseman Connor Jackson and a Philli's player hit heads!!! It was Crazy. The batter didn't hit the ball very far so the catcher threw it to first. They ran into each other and the flew separate directions. They both got up, but I felt so bad for Connor Jackson it was his birthday. Happy Birthday here is a concussion!

Aly's 9th B-day

Aly's 9th birthday was on Thursday. So on Friday she had a birthday party which Jacob and I were invited to. Her party was so cute, and all her idea!! It was a movie night with her friends. So her parents rented a projector, put up an white sheet and made like a little backyard theatre. Then they got a popcorn machine, a Bahama bucks machine for shaved ice, tons of candy, and pizza. It was so cute and it looks like everyone had a great time.

I took these pictures before all the kids showed up, but it was a cute set up as you can tell.

The concession Stand

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALY. We hope you had a wonderful birthday and birthday party.

Weekend events

The last week has been pretty slow for us. Nothing to exciting to report, but we did have a wonderful weekend. It started out with a relaxing Friday night at home. We got our favorite cheap Mexican food place and watch some shows. Then Saturday morning Jacob woke up early to this....

He came in and told me we got toilet papered. I laughed...I guess I just couldn't believe it. Then Jacob asked me who I thought did it and I told him it was my Mia maids for sure. Come to find out I was right!! They also go a family across the street and their son caught them. I of course gave my girls a hard time about it at church. The funny thing is two leaders were there with them...just helping the girls out!

Well since Jacob was already working in the yard we worked really hard on cleaning up the inside and outside of our house. We were done around 11 so we thought it would be fun to get in our pool. We went to Wal-mart and bought floaty things. This is funny to me because we have lived in this house for almost two years and this was our 1st time buying anything for our pool! It was also funny because when we got home we realized we bought 3 floaty things instead of two!! We both thought we were helping the other person and we didn't even realize we were caring too many until we got home to blow them up. We floated around for about an hour or so. It was pretty cold but refreshing at the same time. After swimming we went to look at some houses Jacob has been showing people then out on a date with Wayne and his wife Rachel. We had a lot of fun with them.

Sunday was also a wonderful day. We went to church and like I said teased everyone that toilet papered our house. Then Jacob watched the Suns game (they won...yippee) with Wayne while I took a nap. After our nap we grilled Asparagus for dinner then headed to his parents house for dinner. Daniel and Tat were in town so we all got together for a very yummy meal. After dinner everyone rode the Segway and then we went to see Tressa's new house. We loved it. I should have gotten pictures of the backyard it has everything you could think of!

Once we got home. This is what I found at our front door.

It a little treat from two of my Mia Maids it said:

The Bun in the Oven Award

This award is for being the most fun spiritual, beautiful, pregnant awesome, loving and most amazing leader & friend in the world. And soon to be most excellent mother!

Aren't my girls so cute? I just love them!!! I am so grateful for the cookies, but I am so concerned about all the treats in the house because when I found the cookies I was carrying this...

Kellen Hubard (Chase's best friend) is currently working on his Eagle project. In order to help raise money they were selling these yummy rolls that Kellen's mother makes. Oh my goodness these are such a treat! They are only $20 and you can write off the whole purchase! If you are interested in some let me know!

Random Happenings...

Well nothing to exciting has been going on recently, but we have had some fun moments here and there. Here are a few we got pictures of...

Every year we have these two ducks that come and live in our neighborhood. The first time we ran into them was about 2 years ago when I brought Buddy over to spend the afternoon. Normally Buddy gets out of the car and runs to the front door. Well this time he jumped out of the car and started running down the street. The next thing I see is a duck flying really low and Buddy right on his tail. It was hilarious because they went up and down the street like three times. I still giggle when I picture them. Lately we have been finding them in our pool and our front yard.

These pictures were taken by Jacob. He woke up one morning and heard something going on in our backyard. He looked out the window and saw the ducks having a great time in our pool. From what Jacob saw they must be a couple. (wink wink)

For Easter my mom got Jacob this pot and planted Tomatoes in it. This is my first attempt to keep anything alive other then myself. So far things are going well, but I am already frustrated because it is taking to long to get tomatoes!
Jacob's brother Adam came into town for a day so we went to the Ash's to visit. While we were there Linda said she would cut Jacob's hair. Well Adam insisted that he could do a better job. Here is Jacob being his sweet trusting self letting Adam cut his hair. It was funny because while he was cutting Jacob's hair Adam said this is harder then it looks! I think at that point Jacob got nervous.

Cecil is running for State legislature and right now they are working on getting $5 donations. This requires a lot of door to door work by Linda and Cecil. Obviously this task is getting more and more difficult as the weather is getting hotter so Cecil came up with a solution to this problem. He bought his own Segway.

Of course we all had to take our turn on the Segway. Jacob is very good at it and has so much fun. He like to make Gob jokes from Arrested Development. Cecil keeps reminding Jacob that the Segway is not a toy. I keep reminding them that it is a very expensive toy.

Obviously I had to take a turn. I was nervous because everything is off of your balance and weight so being pregnant can obviously throw things off. Well after I get on and start riding down the street. Jacob hears Adam say something like "I can't believe she is riding that" or " She really shouldn't be riding that." Adam is a doctor so Jacob quickly got me off, but also pointed out that Adam helped me get on it!!!

Tagged twice...

My husbands name is: Jacob Jennings Ash

How long have you been married? 2 Years in June!!
How long did you date? 5 months before we were engaged & 8 months before we were Married.
How old is he? 24
Who eats more? Jacob, but I come in a close 2nd...that is kind of embarrassing, but I do eat a lot!
Who said I love you first? Jacob it was so sweet!
Who is smarter? Jacob at everything but Hollywood facts & keeping track of our finance's that is me!
Whose temper is worse? Mine, he says I can be red sometimes...not 100% sure what the means.
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me, but sometimes he helps
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are looking at the bed I do.
Who pays the bills? Depends on how you define pays. He makes the money I make sure we keep our house and power on.
Who cooks dinner? I do, but not much since I have been pregnant.
Who drives when you are together? I do. I love to drive.
Who is more stubborn? Well this is probably me, but he can be stubborn sometimes.
Whose parents do you see the most? We go in spurts, but I would say mine more.
Who proposed? Jacob, although I didn't make it easy on him.
Who has more friends? Jacob...everyone is Jacob's best friend.
Who has more siblings? Jacob, he has 5 and I have 3.
Who wears the pants in the family? Well I can be bossy, but Jacob is the boss.

Tag #2
#1What was I doing 10 years ago? I was in 8th grade. My parents just remodeled their home so this year I threw New Year's Eve Party. This party still stressed my mother out. Played my 2nd year of volleyball. I think this was the same year I took my mom's car for joy ride...yikes.

#2Things on my To-Do List Today: Organize the office (we just painted it) groceries, posting rent, clean our floors, pick up around the house, finish work, and eat food so I don't get sick.

#3What would I do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire: I would build our dream house, get 2 labs and a min pin, get out of debt & all of our family the same way, travel a lot, do a lot of charity work, but I wouldn't go to some scary places. There is probably more but who really knows what you would do with that kind of money...it's just to much!

#4 Bad Habits: Jaocb has informed me I bit my fork and make a horrible noise. I hate that I do this, and I am currently working on the problem.

#5 places I have lived: I have not lived in 5 places....Logan, UT & Gilbert, AZ...is that sad?

#6 Jobs I have had. 1st job ever was at Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie (both I just stopped showing up) Then Brewer-Caldwell & then Tradelands Realty.

I tag....Stephanie, Brette, Katie & Allison

Batman's home!

On Thursday night after volleyball I rushed to my parents house so we could drive to the airport together. My cousin TJ was flying in from serving an amazing two year mission in Russia. TJ was one of my best friends when we were little. I would go up to his house in Snowflake and stay there pretty much all summer. I titled this post Batman's home because when we were little TJ was ALWAYS Batman. I would be Cat woman and we always had someone he had to save. TJ was such an amazing kid and has turned into an even more amazing man. I am so proud of him for all the hard work he did in Russia.

TJ is such a funny guy. When we first saw him he was wearing this hat. At first I didn't see it was a hat and I thought it was his hair...I kept thinking they don't let them grow their hair out on their mission. Then I realized it was a hat and I started cracking up.

Here is a picture of him hugging his mom Kathy. Kathy is my mom's sister and I love her so much. I always get so excited when my mom says she is in town. When we were little she would make me breakfast, she makes the best French Toast EVER. I love this picture when I was watching this I almost started crying...what an amazing moment for a mother.

Here is the whole Hatch family. I can not believe how grown up they all were. I guess I expected them all to be 5 years old still or something like that.

This is TJ's grandpa Hatch. It is amazing how much TJ looks like his grandpa. I remember thinking this even when I was little.

I could go on and on about all the memories I have with TJ. He is so awesome! I think every parents dreams their son will turn out just like TJ. He is on his way to doing so many amazing things!! TJ we are all so proud of you and love you so much.

p.s I think the hormones finally got the best of me because the whole time writing this I was crying....good thing no one came into the office.