Two Oxspring's and a soon to be baby...

Well, its official. I don't wake up everyday feeling like I am going to throw up... all day, everyday allll night. What  a great feeling. I literally think I spent the day going on ITunes and buying way to much music then dancing around the house, Collin laughing at me.. not with me :). Can I also say this happen to be THANKSGIVING day... if there was ever a day to feel grateful that I didn't want to crawl into the fetal position it was that day. I did end up eating so much food I felt like throwing up after... so I didn't quite rid the problem.. but its better to be stuffed then nauseous.

Ever since then, things have been pretty good... this whole second trimester I was TOLD would happen.. it finally happened. I defiantly have more energy.. But still a bit tired when 7:00pm hits. I've suddenly turned 80. My poor husband who needs way less sleep then I do, and is a night owl always comes and lays with me in bed till I'm passed out then he will go and watch his TV shows or play whatever game on the I-pad he is playing at the time. So sweet. If I time it right.. the first time I have to wake up to go to the bathroom.. around 12:30 he will just be turning of the light and going to bed, so I can get one more smooch from my man.

Have I mentioned how stinking cute my hubby is? He makes so much fun of me.. I'm always saying I'm tired, and probably complaining a bit to much, and saying how big I'm going to be, how big I feel.. and he always agrees.. but my gosh does it make me laugh. He's lucky I'm more sarcastic then he is or I might actually be offended. Sometimes I just look at him and he starts laughing because he knows I'm about to say something ridiculous or complain about something. I have met my perfect match.

I asked him last night if it has hit him yet.. that I'm growing a human that is going to be ours FOR-EV-ER. He said it hasn't... and I totally agree. We did see a cute little ultra sound of our baby wiggling around in there last doctors appt.. but Right now it just feels like I'm gaining weight from constantly eating... I think December 13th is when it is REALLY going to hit us... We will find out if we are having a boy or a girl! So crazy.. we are going to have a son or a daughter.. who decided I was ready for this?!

Well it's to late to go back now! I'm in.. all in! Boo-ya. How many more weeks do I have to wait? blah.. like a million.

Well anyhoo. Great talk..

Katie Ox

Baby.. Baby... Baby...

Oh Hello there blogger world.

If you haven't heard already, Collin and I will be parents June 2014 (our due date is 1 day before my dads birthday!)... whether or not we are ready for it! But lets be honest, who is actually READY. I'm sure this baby is going to knock us sideways and I couldn't be looking more forward too it.

We found out about a month ago, and its already been quite crazy since. I felt pretty good when we found out.. although I could tell my body was going through some weird changes. Then came the wonderful Monday when the nausea started. Its all fun and games until you're throwing up your breakfast and calling your mom and asking what I need to do to make the feeling stop! I'm not quite sure what I would of done without them (parents)... they brought over about 5 bags of groceries with anything I needed and stocked me up on ginger ale and saltines.  Needless to say the next day I was prepared and didn't go 5 min without eating one of those crackers.

My mom has been a huge blessing... buying my clothes all the time, because I don't fit into mine anymore (we will just blame it on the baby weight)... bringing me over dinner multiple times! In the last month either my mom or Collin has made at least 95% of the meals I've eaten. I KNOW... I'm THAT tired. SERIOUSLY.. I didn't know tired until I was pregnant tired. Pregnant tired is probably right above the tired I will feel when I actually have the baby here.

But luckily they say this all stops at that 12 week mark. Which is literally days away... I can only cross all my fingers and toes I wake up with all that energy I've been promised by all those that have experienced this before I.

I watched what to expect when your expecting recently. FAR more funny when you are actually pregnant. I am that hot mess of a pregnant person who cant be bothered with a shower, makeup or taking any care of herself. Poor Collin, if he hears me say I'm tired one more time his ears will probably start bleeding.

Speaking of Collin, I could probably start crying (only because I'm overly emotional) at how amazing he is. You know you have a good one when you are a complaining Pregnant person and all they do is whatever you ask of them. He lets me watch my TV shows... he laughs at me when I'm constantly laughing and crying at the same time.. crying because I'm overly emotional and laughing because its ridiculous being overly emotional. He makes me dinner ALL THE TIME... he buys me snacks... cleans... sleeps on the sofa if he knows he's snoring too loud and I wont sleep well. I don't know what I would do without him. I seriously don't.. and I'm not even saying that.

But I will say this.. I can't get over the fact that I am literally growing a human inside me. Today, watching the little baby move around, seeing the arms and legs and hearing that wonderful little heartbeat was an absolute MIRACLE. I mean seriously... I am always sick, tired, I've become the pickiest eater.. I hate all sweets now.. but golly gee it couldn't be for the more AWESOME reason.

We are just so blessed to be able to have this time. So blessed by our families and friends. I'm already wanting this little person to get here and I have lots of time to go!

So here is to our next journey as Husband and Wife... soon to be mommy and daddy...

PS. we find out next appt.. December 13th if its a boy or a girl... any guesses?!

Oh heeeeeyy...

I feel like I should re introduce myself its been so long. I get those thoughts that I should write a blog.. one day I'll enjoy reading it.. but as we all know. that takes time and energy, and lets be honest.. there are just TOOO many TV shows to watch. :)

Things have been super fly for Collin and I. We have been uber blessed to be able to travel around a little bit. Its almost kind of ridiculous. But it is nice while we can. We were able to head to Hawaii, which was an amazing trip. We visited some friends of ours and holy nice having a free place to stay! WHAT WHAT! All those that know Kelly and Dave and DIDN'T take them up on the offer to stay... shame.

I was all drugged up on Dramamine (sp) the whole time, so that was rather enjoyable. Last time I was in Hawaii I got so car sick from the roads that I wasn't taking any chances this time. Although, down fall, I feel like I fell asleep every car ride and always the first to bed.. snooooze, what am I, 80?! Its terrible.. But I had no trouble staying up late when we got back with that 3 hour time difference. But waking up at 5:30am (2:30am Hawaii Time) for work,  I was like a walking nightmare. I could of been an extra on the walking dead, and probably looked like it. yikes!

Anyway... Hawaii was beautiful. It's fun traveling with Collin, although I'm sure I drive him nuts half the time, I can be so bossy, but we have some great memories... but probably done traveling for a little while.... possibly.. who knows.

I told Collin the other day.. 'It will be so nice to just be done and get into a routine." To which he responded, "we HAVE a routine.. you watch TV, I look up cars on craigslist, we go to bed.. then we do it all over again." To which I wanted to go in a corner and cry, when did my life become so boring.. and when did I enjoy my boring life so much!? Tell me we aren't the only married couple like this?! I remember what feels like yesterday, feeling so ansy if I wasn't doing anything.. socializing was FUN. Now when my husband mentions going out with some people, you'd think he would be asking me to pull my toenails out. Don't even get my started with having to actually PUT make-up on! It was rough in the first place... not to mention shaving my legs.. no thank you, I'm the lady wearing jeans and long skirts all summer. anyway...

Other then that.. life has been keeping us both really bust. Collin has really anjoyed being in the Clinic so far this year. He gets all excited to tell me about it.. but acts cool like its no big deal. Hes great like that. And I like it... since he doesn't spend alllll night studying!

Work for me is well.. just busy busy. It's nice having a place you enjoy working at.

Anyway... Its almost 8:00 so defiantly time to start getting ready for bed :).

Blog Topics

There are so many times throughout the day when I think of something, and I then tell myself, "that would make a good blog topic." But chances are... and by chances I mean...this moment right now, when I get to actually writing the blog, I totally forget every one of those topics. Usually they are going to be less topics and more rantings about how girls wear underwear in public but call them shorts, or how rude and disrespectful anyone under the age of 18 is now, how out of shape I am, how being married is, why we are all addicted to Barro's Pizza...... or how apparently people with the most money always want everything for free.

Let me explain that last one.. I work at a place where our average guest (I work at a resort) is an American Express Centurion card holder. If you aren't quite sure what that is... its a black indestructible American express card, and you make big bucks if you have one. For example.. the owners of Johnson & Johnson who were in a couple weeks ago.. the owners of all things baby, they have one, their son has one.. their dog walker probably has one. They flash around their black American Express cards like its no big deal. With that being said.. these types of people... ALWAYS want stuff for FREE! No wonder the rich stay rich... they don't actually have to pay for anything! I am a reservations agent for a resort here in Arizona that caters to the rich and famous. Literally... if you are rich and famous.. chances are I will be seeing you lounging around the pool at lunch time. The people that don't even bat an eye when you tell them their 3 night stay is going to be $2,000, or if they prefer one of our private homes it will be $3,000 a night... which they stay for a week or so... We have many people call, I've talked to them all. I need to start blogging more of my stories from the rich and famous.

 Typical conversation

Me: "my greeting."
Guy: Hello there! I am in town for the NFL owners meeting and my good friend Larry Fitzgerald said I had to come eat at your restaurant while I was in town.
(I also take reservations for our restaurant on property)
Me: Absolutely! what time were you looking for?
blah blah blah
I get his name... I google said guy.. hes the vice president of operations for.. falcons.. ravens.. something that flies.

No.Big.Deal.

Hes an example of a nice guy. Which there are many.. there are so many NICE people.. but some.. not so nice... some are rude...and some,  they just want everything.. and they want it all for freeeeeeeee!

Next time someone asks for something free, I am gonna tell them to give me something! its only fair..

Anyway, Just a little tid bit about the job that consumes my everyday life.

So Collin and I are trying to eat healthy. Today was day 1... We were also going to start Insanity, that work out that's apparently Insane. We got all the disc from the sis to start our cute little 60 day funness working out healthy eating thing.

Problem #1... we still have ice cream IN the freezer.
Problem #2... I played volleyball for 8 hours yesterday with my sisters competitive adult volleyball team and today I felt like a mix of a 90 year old woman and like I walked around with 78 extra lbs on my back yesterday.. even my fingers hurt while typing this.... (obviously this is only further proving I need to start working out because I am THAT out of shape).

So, needless to say... Collin had a great fitness test, while I cheered him on limping around the kitchen making a "healthy"dinner.

So day 1... not as successful as I would of liked. On the plus side.... the ice cream is THAT much closer to being totally finished. I might be sore for one more day.


Peace out Girl Scouts.

Some Adventure and an Update

Well hello there blogger world.

Sometimes I hate the fact that I really like that song from the Breaking Dawn movie.. (commercial just came on). Back to it....

Collin and I just got back from New York. What a wonderful time... probably would of been a little better if every so often I wouldn't have told Collin I was sick of walking like it was his personal fault my feet were hurting....... although it sort of is, but that's besides the point. The point is, we did a lot of walking. We did a lot of stuff in general. Collin and I had some of the best pizza in 'meria (America). People keep asking what the best part of the trip was.. I would have to say probably the first couple hours we were there. There is really nothing like New York, I've lived in Berlin, been to San Francisco but there is nothing like Standing in Time Square at 6:00am. Everything we did was a wonderful experience... And ever since seeing Lion King on Broadway every moment when I'm not talking or thinking of something This song pops in my head.. That very beginnning part with the chats...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337-X4msyFY

Its a wonderful song... It's probably popped in my head because for the last 2 days it is all I have listened too, but today I didn't even listen too... but still there it is..."he lives in you!"... It's all I hear....... That show was amazing by the way. I can't imagine ANYWAY not liking it.

Which leads me to my next topic. I'm sure you were wondering why I didn't listen to that song today. It is a valid questions...That's because I obviously need to get ready for the fact that in 3 days I will be staring Celine Dion in 'her face. I've loved Celine for as long as I can remember. I have wonderful memories with listening to her CD by myself and with friends, but mostly by myself.. in my car, because that's when i can sing the loudest. I sound JUST like her. I have found friends with this common interest... and finally we are able to band together, some funds and make the trek to Vegas to see her Majesty live. I can't wait.... and yes... I'll most likely shed a tear, or 67. whatev's.

Anywhooooo.... have I mentioned living with a boy is difficult? This boy seems to rinse out a dish then set it on the counter right above the dishwasher.. because obviously opening the dishwasher is strenuous. The best is the other day as I am making dinner, putting groceries away, doing the laundry and walking back and forth cleaning the house and my wonderful hard working husband (who just told me he doesn't even have to go to class anymore) was sitting on the sofa watching TV and playing something on this phone. The part that makes me smile.... I walked by him and for a brief moment we made eye contact.. and for anyone that is married knows that eye contact you make when your husband knows he should probably get his cute butt off the sofa... and sure enough I get an instant "Oh Katie I love you so much!" in that playful tone and he walks over to give me that hug...

I love it...

and also.. we have cute matching tooth brushes now. MONEY.

New York State of Mind...

So, talk about too many blogs in a week.. but I can't pass up the opportunity to ask people, that have been to New York, what they would suggest doing??

Collin finished his last finals today, finalllllllly! He is so smart :). So proud of him! Another quarter of school down and out. So next week is his spring break, and I am taking 4 days off and we wanted to go on a adventure.... so we landed on New York City. The prices was just too right. We are so excited. Neither of us have been, and just have list and list of things we want to do.

I want to eat a hot dog in Central Park, See Grand Central Station, Visit the LDS Temple (duh), Towers memorial, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty..... But I can't help but feel like there is so much we are missing! Oh yeah, and Lion King on Broadway.. duh.

We leave here 10:30pm Wednesday, fly all night and land in New York City at 4:30 in the morning... Collin says, "We are going to be so tired and it's going to be awesome!!" We plan on sleeping little, walking lots, being freezing, eating so much, taking pictures, and defiantly getting a I heart NY t shirt!

So, back to my point of this... are there any places we MUST go! We figured some places we can see, like the statue of liberty without necessarily going in... but there is so much!!

So, let me know... and expect a blog with pictures, stories and so much more to come.

Booya...

Hit and Run

Well, we all know what you think of when you hear "hit and run"... for Collin and I, it was a strange moment.

We were leaving Fry's Electronic's last week, waiting at the red arrow when all of a sudden there was a slight jerk forward in the car.. for a second I thought Collin Stalled the car... then remembering my car is not a stick shift we both looked back and saw a lady... most likely between the ages of 75-80 slowly backing her car up.
Me: Did she just hit us?
Collin: What the heck.
Then she started waving (which later we found out was a thumbs up).... but then the light turned green. We weren't really sure what to do, we didn't want to hold up traffic.. so we decided that we would go through the light, and then hopefully the lady would follow us to pull over... NOPE. She just drove right on by. So naturally.. I told Collin to follow her... we followed her for about 5 min..
Collin was saying things like "this is the weirdest thing I have ever done"and "how long am Ï supposed to follow her for?"
My responses... "seriously, THIS is the weirdest thing you have ever done"and "Until she freaking stops!"....
Well, we finally pulled up next to her, she rolls down her window... we roll down ours.
Collin: Excuse me, but you hit our car, so can you pull over so we can look at it with you?
Lady: Oh, don't worry, I was giving you the thumbs up, I looked and nothing happened to the car!
Collin: Can you just pull over anyway.
So she does... in the most random and worst spot possible. Shocker.
I look at the back of my car, nothing... duh. But I walk up to her say Hi tell her nothing is wrong we just wanted to make sure, and we both look at the front of her car.. just to see if anything happened... there is a small scratch..
Me: Oh, it looks like there is a little scratch, was that there before?
Lady: Oh yes yes, that's just some cat pee... don't worry about that!
Me: What the?!

Anyway........ just a little old lady story.

Can I just say that I cant believe February has almost come and gone.. what is the deal with time moving faster as I get older? In a couple days Collin and I have been married for 2 months... booya, practically ancient we are. In a couple days after that it will be my 2 years of being a member of the LDS church. Things are getting crazy up in here.

Anyway... its been a long day, and its far to late to be awake, let alone be blogging. Collin has a couple more days of Finals then he is off for spring break.. and we have a little tripped planned and we are so excited for it!

Anyway.. night all.. or good morning... whichever.

Married life

Nothing can really prepare you for living with a boy, other then living with brothers.... Which I did, for years. But that's besides the point. His shoes are everywhere, he watches the dumbest shows and hogs my TV he paid lots of money for, he's a heater... I wake up nightly sweating and our apartment is 65 degrees, he lets his alarm go off three different times in the morning, pretty soon here my foot pushing him off the bed is going to be his second alarm..... But did I mention that every single one of these things has made me fall more hopelessly in love with my kind and caring wonderful little husband..? I didn't mention that..... I should of.

Married life has been so very interesting.. It's fun, its terrific. You always ask people after they get married "how's married life?" And they always say "it's wonderful" then I thought to myself... How would you know, you've been married five seconds... But it's true... After 5 seconds I knew married life is absolute wonderful! Those of you married would agree.

Well, I started this blog.. It's great fun. Thank you to the two people that will read this. Its what married people do, they blog. Although, if you know Collin... You know you won't be seeing a blog from him anytime soon. Honestly, he probably won't even know I have this one... So it's mainly my blog... About our life.. Through my eyes..

We got married and had a wonderful honeymoon in -2 degree weather. Why you ask? I don't know... Maybe I was trying to impress Collin at the time that I could withstand the cold weather? Maybe I was half asleep... I couldn't of been in a right state of mind... Because when Telluride came up I went for it. And you know, all in all it was wonderful. Freezing, but beautiful and I loved being somewhere new. We came back and quickly moved apartments. Our neighbor below us smoked enough for 50 people a day, Collin couldn't stand the smell... So 24hrs of looking we found a apartment and moved in.. With tons of help.. 1 day before our lease was up, just in the nick of time! Eventful.

We love our place. We love our new ward. We weren't called to the nursery.. Thank goodness. I was called to be the relief society secretary.. And Collin gets to support me in that calling.. Someone lucked out. I have no idea what I'm doing.. I moved into a ward a month ago and now I literally need to know every persons name by yesterday. Doomed. We get to talk this Sunday. Doomed. Kidding... It won't be terrible.

And the best news thus far. Collin and I listened to everyone's advice and finally started watching The Walking Dead. Season 1-2 and 3 all watched in a week (obsessed).. Completely caught up in time to watch the mid season premier. We took a concealed weapons class last Saturday... Practiced my head shots.... Just in case.

Whelp, that's it for now. I love quotes... So I'll leave you with one...

"The happiest people don't have the best things, they just make the best of everything."