Motivation.

I lack it. My classes this semester require limited effort, like reading a chapter a week (which I have yet to do), we don't have class for the week we have tests in my socialization across childhood class, my cognitive development class we don't have homework or a book in, he gives us an outline of his notes we need to fill in, my music class we record ourselves singing and rarely have homework. All in all- this means I would rather watch the opening nights of all of the new seasons of TV. Speaking of which, whoever decided to redo shows right when school starts was an idiot. I'm so glad I have gossip girl, ncis, ncis la, 30 rock and glee to watch. at least those. that's like 4 1/2 hours of tv a week. Which doesn't sound like much, but when you turn it on, it's 9 times harder to turn it off!

Also, our house is a mess. I'm also lacking in that department. I blame this lack of motivation to do anything on our future kid which is sucking my remaining juice out of me. Working from 12-4 and having class after that is exhausting me and then I have no desire to do anything. Which is why our house will remain like it is until we have to clean for my friend's baby shower that we're having at our place this weekend. I also have begun to eat ridiculous food now. I can no longer eat cereal, as I usually end up hungry and nauseous by 10:00. So today I had eggs, bacon and a bagel for breakfast, plus lean cuisine chicken alfredo for lunch, plus yogurt and granola for snack and an apple and then dinner! Oh and my popcorn and chocolate ice cream for dessert. speaking of which. I have never eaten chocolate ice cream in my life. It's gross, however I have begun to eat it frequently! I like sorbet waay more than ice cream but it doesn't even sound good. Being pregnant is crazy man. crazy crazy.

Oh Canada.

Well, we are back now. It was a good trip, but I am very glad to be home. We drove more than I have in my entire life and I am never doing it again. Bleh. I didn't take very many pictures except for Tashina's wedding, which is too bad.

But first, we began our voyage by traveling to northern Idaho and stopping for a couple days at a resort, literally in the middle of no where, but it was a good break. = 11 hours.

Then we drove up to Cardston for Tashina's wedding and spent a couple days there. = 8 hours.
Some pictures of the event:Us in front of the Cardston, Alberta temple.
This is Emily, one of our traveling companions. She's cute
The happy couple, now Tashina and Todd Watson.

The whole Lowry gang.
Siblings and in laws.

After the pictures, we had to drive back to the reception in Lacombe = 4 hours.

Then we went to the biggest mall in North America- the West Edmonton mall the following day. It was awesome, and I scored some great birthday presents. =) = 2 1/2 hours.

The following day we went to the cabin in Rocky Mountain House. = 1 hour.
This is us on the banana tube, everyone wanted to go with me and Clarissa because we are pregnant and can't kill our children. Apparently the Lowry family has a habit of being a little rough to those on the tube. =)

Kelly (mom) driving us all around on the tube, being nice.

After Kelly drove us around being "nice". It was hilarious.

We spent two days in Rocky and then drove back to Cardston to shorten the trip home. = 5 1/2 hours.

And then we drove all the way home from Cardston arriving safely and happily. = 12 hours.

Sooo all in all = 44 hours of driving in 9 days. Yeaah.

Birthday-Canada-Baby.

Well, this will probably be my last post for a while, seeing as we go to Canada tomorrow morning for which I am clearly not prepared. I have a lot to do today. I haven't even started packing, Josh is staying with us so our house is a mess, and we have tons and tons of food in our fridge rhat I don't know what do with. Oh well. We'll be leaving whether or not I am fully prepared, so hopefully everything goes smoothly.

But my birthday was a success. I went to work sometime during the morning, about 10:00 haha and preceded to have rice krispies made by Ethan and Miss Theresa which were delicious, then my husband and I went to Cafe Rio for a chicken tostada, which is the most delicious thing on the planet. Then I came home and Levi gave me his present, which was this:
He gave me the cream colored one. Which I was pleasantly surprised about. I've been wanting one for ages, and even though I can't wear it for several months, it is fantastic. He did a good job. =)

Lets see, then I went shopping with the grandmother for my birthday which is always a treat. =) I got a great seafoam colored scarf, jean shorts and several shirts for work. I would have continued buying jeans, but seeing as how I'm never going to wear them again since I have to dress nice every day, I decided against it. But it was a good shopping trip. I also got some new tanktops from Down East (mormon essentials man!) and some new makeup from Bare Escentuals.

Then, we went to Cheesecake Factory, which was fabulous! We got 2 orders of avocado egg rolls for the 6 of us. We LOVE them. Then I got BBQ chicken salad, which is for sure the best thing they have on the menu and oreo cheesecake to top it off. Yum, Yum. Then my family gave me their presents, I got a great shirt and jean shirt from my mom, and another skirt and purple top which are both great, some pearls- which I love. I love pearls. They are just so classy! Some soaps and lotions, that smell like melon-mango. yum... And a purse for our cruise in November which'll be nice. I didn't think it would be at the moment when I got it, but I remember not having anything to carry my stuff in the last time we went, so it should be nice. I think that would be all the presents, but all in all it was a good birthday, now that I am officially not a teenager any more! Haha, for some reason I always feel older than I actually am.

An update on the babyness-- lets see, I am 7 weeks right now and am doing pretty good. I have become extremely more emotional than I already was, which is a problem... I cry at everything, it's kind of ridiculous. Levi thinks it's hilarious but that's only cuz it doesn't happen to him. I also haven't gotten too sick. I think that when I take my prenatals without food they make me nauseous, which has happened this week because I take it and then eat my breakfast at work. But I'm trying to fix that and I've been feeling better. When I get really hungry I get really sick, and that's what it feels like now, which is a weird feeling. It's like I'm hungry all the time, which I'm definitely not. The only food I really like to eat right now is hamburgers, popcorn and otterpops. Oh and strawberries. But all in all, I'm not too sick, which I'm glad about. I have decided that since God decided we should have a kid while I'm still in school, which I swore I would never ever do, he's making up for it by making it a little easier for me. That's just my opinion though, but hopefully it stays like that, I wouldn't mind.

Well I need to go pack. or clean. or buy food. etc etc. Adios world! We're off to the other part of the world, where American phones don't work. Gasp!

exercise.

Well, I have officially decided to begin up my exercise routine since I have not done it in ages and I can feel it already lol. Me and Caitlin have begun walking aka "working out" since we both hate running and need something to do and that has been quite successful (even though we've only done it once, it was quite good in the rain). And the grandmother took us to costco this weekend and bought me a Wii Fit. It's an amazing piece of equipment. I love it cuz it measure your BMI, then your weight and then you have to make a goal to accomplish in two weeks. It's pretty cool, I feel like I actually can keep track of what I'm doing for the first time ever. And some of it is hard!! I have been getting pro at the hula hoop and the sides of my stomach hurt!! It's so fun! I have done it for like an hour today. Totally worth the $80 investment because you can do it anytime. Plus, the more you do it, the more you get to unlock. I also love the yoga stuff. It feels good! We're gonna be in good shape for this baby! For the first time since I've been in college, I think I will steadily be working out.



This week's a little crazy. The fam is in town for education week, my birthday is on tuesday!! and we go to canada on friday. Holy cow.

Amazon.

I have found the secret- or not so secret- amazingness of amazon.com today! I got mine and levi's books for the price of what mine were at the bookstore. ohh the joy of saving several hundred dollars on books i'm only going to use for 4 months! wahoo!

Oh Goodness.

It has begun. We all know I have an addiction to shopping. Now having a legit excuse, I have bought my first baby clothes! =) And I love them.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B: I ♥ ♥ ♥ this one! =)

Names.

So naturally, I have begun to think more seriously about baby names.... and since I have been looking at the Chinese calendar, I have realized that according to this, I have a 93% chance our baby's going to be a boy. Which is a little sad, considering everyone I know right now is having a boy, but I'm just going to plan on it so that if I do have a girl, I'll be really really really excited.

Anyways, my top baby names:

BOY
1. Jackson (love, love, love!)
2. Pierson
3. Carson
4. Isaac
5. Ethan

GIRL
1. Chloe
2. Olivia
3. Carly
4. Gabrielle
5. Riley

for both of my lists, I tend to run with "n" names for boys and "y/e" names for girls. Apparently I'm not that original but that's ok. I still love them all. =) Comments?