Rub a dub dub

The best part is the grub!

Some highlights

The best present was the one from Katie (Barton), who not only gave me a cute baby blanket, but also returned the necklace she borrowed for junior prom. Olivia has since confiscated it.


"No boys allowed!"

The end

Oh I want a baby to put in these clothes so bad! I can hardly wait!
Awesome diaper wreath
And we ended with story time.

Countdown

8 more weeks of clinic, 9 more weeks of school, 14 more weeks of pregnancy

One reason why I love my mother to pieces

I called my sister, Natalie's cell phone today because there is a sale at her place of work on dressers and I wanted to see if she also got an employee discount on top of that. She preceded to tell my mom to go buy the dresser for her granddaughter on the way. (I told her to gracefully hint, but that didn't really happen gracefully.) Then my mom had a bunch of questions. What size? What color? How much? When's the sale? And so we preceded to talk back and forth through Natalie. It got a bit confusing, so finally, exasperated, my mom picked up her kitchen phone and said "Now what is it you want?" Only to remember, I was on Natalie's cell phone.

Countdown

8 more weeks of my clinical internship, 10 more weeks of school, 15 more weeks of pregnancy!

I'm a copy cat

I wasn't tagged, but I thought this would be fun to blog about since Trevor and I are coming up on our two year meeting/dating anniversary.

Question 1 - Where did you meet each other?On my moms front lawn. I never thought I'd meet my husband in Richfield! Let alone at my moms house!

Question 2 - What was your first date? It was a forced blind date. I say forced because my roomate never asked if I wanted to be stuck with a guy all day. I didn't. I was waiting for a missionary and kind of dating somebody else. I already had my hands full. So she just brought her boyfriend and he brought his roomate without telling me, and then they ditched us. So I was stuck with Trevor the whole time. I guess it's better than being the 3rd wheel I thought I'd be.

Question 3 - When and where was your first kiss?That same day we met- August 21st, 2006. On top of bulls head in the Red Hills outside my hometown.

Question 4 - Did you have a long courtship?We dated for 5 months before we got engaged, and were engaged for 4 months. Long is a relative term. In Connecticut peopler were horrified we were getting married so quickly, and without living together first! But by mormon standards, we took our sweet time.

Question 5 - Where did you get engaged? At the Phippens (an older mission couple that hosts FHE at their place) on Jan 5, 2007 in Bloomfield, CT.

Question 6 - When and where were you married?May 18, 2007. Tower room #6, Manti Temple.

Question 7 - Where did you go on your honeymoon? Palisade Lake, where we got so burnt we couldn't even touch each other the whole time. We shared our honeymoon suite with a chipmunk. Then we went camping at Maple Grove, and some lonely old man kept talking to us and telling us stories and following us around. Normally, we wouldn't mind, but our sunburns just healed enough too....you know. But I couldn't the whole time there because I was paranoid that man would come talk to us or something.

I have a dream

Or I had a dream..... I was sitting in a car with Greg waiting for Trevor to come out of this house that had a really long driveway. We sat there and watched Trevor coming toward us. I turned to Greg and said "Isn't it just amazing that that guy enjoyed my company so much that he decided to dedicate his whole life to me? I can't believe it." And then I woke up. But it blew my mind. It is amazing that Trevor chose me. I'm so lucky.

We're funny.

Trevor: I want to go camping, but it's so hot we have to go somewhere really shady.

Miranda: Trevor, we're in Utah. Do you think trees grow on trees around here?

A bit about Ali

Today, I had a midwife's appointment. She asked me all about Ali. Ali is very wiggly. She also does not like being squished. If I slouch, have my stomach or bladder too full, hug Trevor too tight, or anything else, she goes crazy. Trevor likes to hug me tight just to feel her kick him. I also told Richelle (my midwife) how Trevor likes to tease us with an ice cube. He'll put it on by belly when she is hurting me and she moves really fast. He thinks its the funniest thing ever. Teasing two birds with one stone.

Well, then I had to lay down so Richelle could feel how she's sitting and her position and check her heart beat. Ali got more wiggly with all the poking and prodding. Then when Richelle would put the doppler (pictured) on my belly and poke it in to hear her heartbeat, Ali would kick or punch right where it was at. She did it for a long time. It took forever for Richelle to finally get it without interruption (of course I was laughing too, so that didn't help). All I could say was "I told you, she's fiesty already!" And she'll have to be with the parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins that she's got. She'll hold her own.

I can't believe it!

Today is my 3rd year anniversary from the day I first posted, and thus created, this blog you are on right now. I can't believe I've been blogging for 3 years now! 3 years ago, my life really started. Though its slowed down, and settled down, it has been the best 3 years of my life. From moving across the country (twice) to being with the best family both in Utah and Connecticut, to meeting some of the best people that walk this earth, to meeting my husband and marrying my eternal best friend. I've gone into the archives and looked at all that has happened to me, and it's truly been a journey. I've learned, I've grown, and I've loved in ways I never thought possible. Happy Anniversary. That'll do, blog. That'll do.

Happy Birthday, Dad.

Summer time pleasures

Thanks to the Steinbergs, Trevor and I have a cherished summer time tradition; try a new flavor of homemade ice cream every sunday. Yesterday, the new flavors were raspberry (very tasty) and Melissa and Theron made chocolate hazelnut gelato, which tastes like Nutella! Deliciousness all around!

Currently, I am eating the raspberry and some of the left over blueberry ice cream from last week. The week before, we enjoyed blueberry and mint chocolate chip- with mint leaves fresh from Leah's garden! We've tried the mint before, but it's one of my favorite flavors, so we do make that one more frequently.

My camera broke, or else I would post pictures of these yummy treats. Among all the flavors we've tried:

• Double-chocolate (too rich for me. Needs a swirl of marshmallow or something. Next time, we'll be making it into rocky road)
• Mint-Chocolate Chip (I also enjoyed Leah's soy version with oreo cookies in it)
• Blackberry Sorbet
• Triple Berry Sorbet
• Avocado (I highly don't recommend this one. It leaves a...texture...in your mouth)
• Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato (Thanks again Wieses!)
• Blueberries and Cream
• Raspberry
• White Chocolate
• Caramel (and yes, the caramel is homemade too)
• Pumpkin (very very tasty. Made from a pumpkin in my mother's garden)
• Once attempted Country Peach, but that one didn't work out due to reasons beyond my control, and I'm still too upset to make that one again.

So if this is baby weight you think I've been gaining, you're sadly mistaken. Thanks again, Steinbergs. The ice cream maker and Williams-Sonoma recipe book are some of the most used wedding presents we got. Thanks Leah and Mom for sharing your garden. Fresh ingredients are always the best. And boy, ice cream makes me happy!

They have way better game shows than us!

Sisters

Does anyone know when Sister Pope gets home? It should be soon shouldn't it? What about Sister Felt and Sister Chidester?



I was going through old photos and I miss them.