Q's 29th Birthday!

This year, I got to celebrate a first birthday with my husband. He turned twenty nine on June 18th but still looks like he is nineteen or twenty. I hope our kids get that gene.

I woke up that morning really early! Like at five! I had to wake up that early because Quentin gets up before I do and I wanted to surprise him for his birthday. I decorated our living room with streamers, balloons, and a sign that said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". I also put streamers on our hallway entry way so you can walk through them and feel awesome!
 Me being pregnant, it took a while to decorate our small living area.  It was a lot of moving around. I am also short so I had to stand on a chair to hang the sign and the streamers. Blowing up the balloons took forever because I kept running out of air and it hurt my stomach. I also didn't like the smell of balloons so I almost up chucked.

I survived though! After the living room was decorated, the hallway filled with balloons, and his first present set beside his computer I went back to bed. When I woke up and entered the living room, my handsome husband turned around and gave me a huge smile. I knew that I did good when I saw him all happy. He told me that I didn't have to do that and that he has to think of something better to do for me when my birthday comes around.

Merritt came over in the early afternoon to drop off her present. She got him a really nice pastry cutter which he has been wanting for ages! He really likes it and uses often. She then left to go do something. Quentin had to worked on his birthday and I don't remember what I did that day. I think I was trying to look extra nice that day so I did my makeup all special and I think I wanted to curl my hair but I didn't because I didn't have enough energy to perform that task(ugh, the downfall of being pregnant). During his lunch break we played with the streamers that were attached to the ceiling fan. WE HAD A BLAST! Quentin took a couple of videos but they are on his phone. Hopefully I can get those and show them off.

That evening his second present came in the mail. I am so glad that it came on his birthday and not the day after! He opened up the package to find a new hoodie! *side note here: My husband is in love with hoodies!* He got a maroon colored hoodie. He tried it on and man does he look good. It also makes him look slim. He wore it for the rest of the night which made me happy.

Also for dinner we had his sister, Merritt, and her guy friend, Patrick, over. We had gluten free cheeseburger pie which was delicious! Afterwards we had a gluten free cake with ice cream. I will admit that I wasn't too fond of the cake and didn't finish my piece. But everyone else liked it and ate all of their pieces. I felt embarrassed and ashamed for not eating cake on my husband's birthday.

It was a good day though and I tried to make it a memorable birthday for Quentin. I had fun decorating and surprising him. I enjoyed seeing his face light up when he received presents. I hope he enjoyed his birthday!
Here are some pictures from that day:

This is Quentin showing off his cake.

Me lighting the candles with Eco green matches. Quentin is making that face because those matches STINK!

Quentin blowing out his candles after we sang Happy Birthday to him. 

                                                        Thank you Merritt for the pictures.

One down and Eternity to go!

Woot Woot! Yesterday was Quentin and I's first anniversary. I have been planning for that day for like a month! We had made plans for him to take the day off, go to my doctor's appointment, then go to the Idaho Falls temple( since the Rexburg one is closed for cleaning), then after that go buy our favorite chocolates, and reenact our first date. Those were the plans. Welp...

The night before our anniversary Quentin stayed up all night working. I mean all night and all day! He didn't get to bed till 8 the next morning (our day) and that is when I woke up. But at least the dishes got done :)
He slept for an hour and then we got ready to my doctor's appointment. I had to drink this glucose drink which tasted like shaved ice syrup. This drink it a test to see what my sugar level is and if I have diabetes and if it will be passed onto the baby. At first it was yummy and then after a couple sips it got to sugary for me. But I drank all of it like I was suppose to. We get to the doctor and my usual nurse,Caitlyn, was out on maternity leave which is okay with me. I got an older nurse who didn't even look old! She was talking about her daughter being pregnant and that her grandchild is almost here and how she is so excited. This lady was too cute. I had to wait six minutes before they could draw my blood so she left and Quentin started working from his phone. UGH! My wonderful nurse lady comes back in and asked me if I get light headed when my blood is drawn. I told her sometimes. She put me on a chair that leans back and sticks the needle in. I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL HER PUT IT IN! I told her that and she smiled and said, "I've been doing this for a long time, I know what I am doing." I am glad she knows what she is doing. When it was time to take the needle out my blood started leaking everywhere and made a mess on the floor which I am embarrassed about. The nurse told me that I am gave blood generously. haha

She left to go test my blood. I could hear her talking to my doctor outside and they were talking for quite a while. I go nervous and scared that my sugar level was higher than 140 and that I would have to take more test to protect the baby. My doctor finally comes in and has this big smile on his face. That made me even more scared. I was trying to think what the doctor was thinking, "Okay, lets make a friendly gesture to make them feel comfortable and then I will tell them the bad news." He asked how we were doing, sat down and then told me that my number is 113 and that I am safe! WOOT WOOT!!! That was a big burden lifted off of me! I am way under 140 baby! He then checked the baby's heartbeat to make sure there aren't twins and that my baby is still alive. Which of course it is still alive she is twirling in my stomach every five minutes! He checked for swelling in my wrists and in my ankles. Doc told me that other pregnant woman would die to have my ankles because there is no swelling, just bone. He checked my how many centimeters my stomach is and I am one centimeter off of where I am suppose to be for week 27. He said it was fine but to eat a burger and milkshake.

It was a good doctor's visit. We left and went home. You want to know what we did? Hmmm? I made Quentin and I  fried eggs and bacon for breakfast/lunch then I took a nap and Quentin worked some more. Then when I woke up Quentin finished up work and then he took a nap. I forgot what I did while he was sleeping but I know a game of Solitaire was involved. He woke up and we went to Florence's to buy our favorite chocolates. We get there and they didn't have any more boxes of creme chocolates. We asked the lady and she told us that she doesn't prepackage them anymore because they just sit on the shelf and get all hard and nasty so when someone does want a pound of creme chocolates she hand picks them and wraps them. We got a pound and she gave us two extra chocolates which was very nice of her. We get home and immediately open them and feed each other chocolates. We didn't eat the whole box just a couple of chocolates. We tasted an almond creme(which was DELICIOUS!I think she put crack in there), a lemon creme, two chocolate cremes, and I think a maple creme. After we partook of the goodness we played Mancala  and Uno. We had good fun except that I lost like every game! I usually win but yesterday just wasn't my day I guess.

After we played those games, Quentin took another nap. I have to tell you that these naps aren't long, they lasted half an hour to forty five minutes. They were more like power naps for him since he didn't sleep at all the night before. I laid in bed with him because he asked me too. He got a little pouty when I told him that I wouldn't but he looked so cute so I did. I played games on my phone.

When he woke up we laid in bed for a while talking. We then got up and made dinner which was...Guess what it was!... IT WAS BURGERS AND MILKSHAKES! Just what the doctor ordered. haha It was yummy stuff. While it was cooking we talked about what we remembered from our wedding day. He said that he remembered we had to wake up super early. I laughed because that was the first thing he mentioned. I told him that I remember a bunch of people crying and his dad kissing my forehead and calling me his daughter. He also mentioned that he remembers his mom sitting behind him so he could see his face in the mirror. She told him that all he looked at was me with a huge grin on his face. I remember that too. It also rained a little bit on our wedding day.

Dinner was done cooking and I sat on the couch while he prepared the burgers. He then brings them over and I notice that they didn't have any pickles. I took the top slice of bread off one of the burgers and also noticed that he didn't put any mayonnaise, mustard, or pickles on them. It was just a piece of cheese on top of a burger but in between two slices of bread. I complained and then got up and finished making the burgers. Silly boy! We had chocolate milkshakes and mmm mmm MMM they were good!

After dinner was eaten we then played a couple games of League of Legends. We lost our first game and won our second. It was then time for bed. I was feeling so sore and my bones ached. I asked him for a full body massage and he did. I am grateful that he did because I slept sound that night. Emma didn't move around and keep me up. He said some very tender things to me before we fell asleep.

Even though our anniversary didn't go according to plan, it still turned out to be a wonderful day! I am glad that I married Quentin and that I have him to lean on and to fall back on when I am not strong. He is my anchor in this world and I don't know what my life would be like if I didn't have him in it. This has been a wonderful first year together and I am looking forward to many more with this man. We have eternity to go! I know that Quentin will always be there for me and that I can tell him anything without being afraid he will judge me. He is so tender, careful, loving, kind, watchful, and worthy of his priesthood. He makes me want to do so much in this world but I don't want to do anything without him. He makes me feel beautiful and confident. I love him so very much and I am glad that he is who our kids will call dad. Oh goodness, I'm starting to tear up a little. Okay that is my Que to go now. I love my husband and no other man will be able to replace him!

Oh and I have a baby bump picture but it is from like three weeks ago. But you get the idea of how big or actually small I am.

 

There I am! I think I am still that size.