Cabo San Lucas

We love a get away at our house. My mom and Rick generously let us tag along on their Mexican vaca again. :). This trip we really just wanted to veg. Jon had been feeling pretty run down with his school & work schedule and I wanted a nice rest before the baby came so we headed out to California (for our friend Garrett's wedding) and then on to Mexico. We were able to spend a little time with Jon's parents, sisters and their families in California as well which was great.

The Resort
It was our first time in Cabo and the water was beautiful, temps were hot and the pool nice and cold. Jon liked the water slide at the resort, shocker I know. Only downer, they allowed people to smoke at the pool. Which is annoying for anyone that doesn't smoke but really annoying when you have a bun in the oven. My mom got super protective of the little guy and me and we kept moving around. :) She's such a good MaDeb.





Pool time
This is where we spent the majority of our time. Nice & relaxing.










"If you like pina coladas..."
We went to this restaurant quite a few times and they had the best pina coladas. They were huge and cheap. We pretty much had them every night.









The Crazy Waves
The first few days in Cabo, there were small waves but then three days in these huge waves started to roll in. It's kind of hard to see in the picture but the waves were a good 20 to 30 feet at times and would wash up to the hotel baring walls and they would sound like thunder. Really fun to watch.







Oh The Buses!!!!
The buses were crazy. They did not have shocks what so ever. So every tiny bump felt like a mountain but they were cheap and went where we needed to go.







Ice Cream...Yummy!
You can't go on vacation with my mom and not get ICE CREAM. Not going to lie it was way yummy :)






The Marina
One night we decided to cruise the marina, which turned into being stalked by every restaurant to eat there. But we still had a good time.








Lovers Beach & Divorce Beach
I loved this place. It was right across the Sea of Cortez. But because of the crazy waves they could not bring the boats onto Lovers Beach so we decided to hike over the rocks (even my mom with her back and knee and Rick with his knee) to both beaches. It was beautiful! I loved the rock formations and amazing water. This lady loves a little adventure.













Snorkling



Walking the Streets
Most nights after dinner we walked the streets of Cabo which was a nice way to get a little exercise and see the city. Don't worry we would eventually catch the bus back....this pregger lady would get tired! :)

16 Weeks......It's a Boy!!!!

First of all can I say we love, love, love our doctor, Dr. Ollerton @ Valley OBGYN. He has an awesome and fun bedside manner......that and he let me find out the gender of the baby at my 16 week appointment. I went in for routine appointment and he asked if we should try for a gender. Jon was not there but he is so mellow I knew he would be okay with it!I told him my mom would be so excited because she jokingly had asked if I could find out so how could I resist. After no time at all on the not so great ultra sound machine, he found a little penis. At first I was little sad because I really thought he was a girl and I was prepared for that. But as I thought about it I became really excited. Yes I might turn him into a mama's boy but oh well. After my appointment I drove straight to Jon's work and showed him some ultrasound pics. As soon as he saw the one marked boy, he got the biggest smile on his face....he said he knew it was a boy :) We are completely and utterly excited to welcome this little boy into our family and can't wait to meet him.

Baby Conley @ 12 weeks, 3 days

The first picture.....so precious, right? I know its a little bean but we love it!!! It actually took a while to get into the doctor because we wanted to be seen in a specific office location, the American Fork office. Jon and I both work in AF so we figured it was a pretty logical choice, right? Guess again, the lady I spoke with to schedule was soooooooooooo bugged with me. She kept telling me the doctor wanted to see me between 8 and 10 weeks and I needed to go the Orem office. Granted its only 10 to 15 minutes further each way but that adds up with time missed from work for both of us. And I was almost 8 weeks already when I called to schedule, yup I am a procrastinator. I was fine with waiting for an AF appointment to open up but she sooooooo was not. She kept huffing and puffing and I was trying my hardest not to laugh. She finally got me in a month later to the AF office after much negotiation. Who would have thought, right??? :) Oh well, when I went in for the first appointment I was a little over 12 weeks. They did an ultrasound to make sure the dates were accurate. Our doctor, Dr. Ollerton, commented on how its kind of rare to see a hand on such an early ultrasound and Jon who had been pretty silent the whole appointment (pap smear so not his thing!) says, "that's because I have big hands". I started busting up so hard. I swear only my husband would say that as we have the first ultrasound of our first child. Love him!!!

And a baby makes three!!!

We are beyond excited & heck yes, NERVOUS....we are having a baby!!! Due date is October 18th and the bump is growing! We find out what we are having around the end of May. But first thing is first...the story :). We had been doing the whole we aren't trying thing but were not not trying thing. So when February rolled around and my unloved monthly friend didn't, I start to think hmmm that's a little odd but I waited a few days because I thought there's no way. After the gym on Valentine's day (5 days late) I thought yeah maybe I should take a test. So I went home and used the first stick and went about my nightly to do list kind of forgetting about the stick. I came back a half an hour or so later and was greeted by a bright "+" sign.
I fumbled for the box and remove the second stick because the first one had to be defective! I used the second stick and this time I checked it after the 2 minutes....surprise surprise the first one was not defective, bright "+" sign again.
At this point Jon was still at work and my wheels started spinning. I thought oh what a freakin' awesome V-day present, he is never going to be able to top this.....EVER! So I put the sticks in a plastic baggie because come on they have pee on them :) and wrapped them up V-day style.
After that I just paced because I was dying to tell him. When he got home he walked right past my present so I made him go back and open it. When he opened the "present" he laughed but didn't get it. He thought I was hinting that I was beyond ready for a baby.
After some prompting he took a second look at the plastic baggie. I wanted him to see where I had taped the box instruction indicating a positive pregnancy test. After he looked at the baggie again, he looked at me but with a questioning look on his face. So I finally said "We are pregnant!". His whole face lit up and he kept asking really? really? He is beyond excited!

The End for now....more to come!!! :)

Our 2nd Anniversary

For our second anniversary we decided to lay low. Jon had been crazy busy with school work and regular work. I knew if I wanted he would take me out for a night on the town. He had in fact made reservations but instead I suggested dinner at home. I could see the look of relief spread across his face as his exhaustion set in. Now when I say a night in it doesn't mean this lady made dinner. I am not super chef and I know it, so we may have gone to our favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse, and scored some steaks. But I do love to bake so I surprised him with home-made to die for carrot cake...kind of our anniversary tradition. It ended up being a great night in :) How grateful I am for a hard working, determined yet mellow, patient and loving husband. I am one lucky lady :)

Christmas Morning

I love our lazy Christmas mornings. I know we won't have them forever but I am cherishing them for now. We got to sleep in, in our Christmas EVE jammies! Jon says I am like a little kid who can't sleep in on Christmas morning, I don't think 8:30 is that early :). I guess old habits die hard. I was usually the first one up as a kid. Yup I am the baby of the family. Then we opened presents and we ATE. This year we scarfed down Costco cinnamon rolls and they were YUMMY (not as good as the tradition stolen bread but they did the trick). We also started a new tradition of watching Its a Wonderful Life. It was my first time watching it, crazy I know, and I LOVED it. Did I cry....heck yesser!!! Love me a happy ending :) So while it lasts I will LOVE our lazy Christmas mornings.