Sonograms, Names, and Registries! OH MY!

Since I know most of you probably clicked on the link to see the sonogram pictures, we'll do those first!

These are from the ultrasound we had over a month ago, so he has probably grown quite a bit!



This one may be one of my favorites. Such little toes!



And this one is just dang cute!



Now, for those of you who don't know already, we have decided to name him James Alan Dewey!
James is Larry's and my father's middle name and Alan is Larry's father's name. We both really prefer family names and names that mean something, so it works well!

They have "officially" changed my due date from December 12th to January 2nd because he's measuring a few weeks smaller than they expected. However, Larry and I were both small babies and we were both born early, so...I have a feeling that we might just have a small baby and he could still be born in December. We were also kinda surprised that they measured him very conservatively, they drew the lines to measure very tightly. When they didn't draw them so tight, the due date was pretty much spot on.
We'll see what happens! He'll come out when he's good and ready!

Also, I finally got around to putting together a baby registry! We are registered at diapers.com and Babies R Us! For diapers.com, you just need to search for my first and last name and it should pull it up! For Babies R Us, you can search by my first and last name (married or maiden), by my husband's name, or by the grandparent's names (Terry and Cindy Hess, or Nancy Dewey)! I must say, I kinda like that the registry is searchable that way! I have to admit, it was SO MUCH nicer to register for baby things than it was to register for our wedding! I can't even begin to tell you how many hours upon hours we spent on Bed Bath and Beyond's website trying to register when we got married!
Creating a baby registry however, was fun! There are so many cute things and it was a blast to go through them all.

It's starting to sink in more and more that this is actually happening! Its taken a little while! I'd ask Larry why I was so tired or why my pants weren't fitting any more and he'd say, "You're pregnant!" or just point to my stomach to which I would respond "Noooo that's false. Lies and slander." But I'm actually feeling the baby move now (which, by the way, if seeing a little person in my stomach on a computer screen wasn't weird enough, feeling something moving around in there is down right freaky! Cool, but freaky!) and I think that helps make it feel all the more real.

Ok, so in non-baby related news! We should be hearing about the Air Force any day now...really...any day...(Waiting is such fun)
We are about 95% sure that Larry will be put in a job this month which means we will finally find out when he will go into basic training. With all of the Air Force drama last month, we ended up needing to talk to the recruiter's superior and when Larry discussed the situation and that one of the issues we had was that he would go into basic training pretty much two days before the baby was due, the officer told him that when one of his jobs does drop down, if it interferes with Larry being there for our baby's birth, to let them know and they would work around it so that he can definitely be here for the baby being born.

We also have my parents coming down to live with us for a little while as they search for jobs etc. It will be very nice to have them around and I'm looking forward to it!

I started to write a post about our California adventures, but there is just so much to say and tell that I think I can just sum it up by stating that we had a good time, Jen was a gorgeous bride, I'm very grateful for my husband and how willing he is to help anyone and everyone in any way he can, and Disneyland was excellent! We probably won't go back to Disneyland when I'm pregnant ever again, but it wasn't all that bad! Our anniversary was wonderful! In some ways this has been the slowest and the fastest year ever, all at the same time! We are looking forward to celebrating our anniversary next year!

Anyway, that's about all I have for now! I hope you are all doing well, and are looking forward to fall and the holidays as much as we are!!

Less Than Three,
Sarah

Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! I can't believe a year has flown by!
NOTHING has gone as planned, but that's pretty normal. This time last year I was in Seattle, wondering what the next year would bring me, working at Deseret Book, and not entirely ready to leave for school! Then I had one of the hardest semesters of my life, seriously it was one thing after another! But we won't go into that at the moment! Then I met the love of my life. See, my personal plan had always been that I'd meet the guy I was going to marry in January, we'd date for about three months before he would ask me to marry him and then we'd get married in June. So every year when I wouldn't meet someone in January, I'd always figure, hey, maybe next year! So when I met Larry in April and ended up married in August, it would be an understatement to say I didn't see that one coming! But the Lord always has a better plan for us than we have for ourselves and Larry is better than anything I had EVER imagined or hoped for!
Then we figured we'd be living in Washington, I'd start work again at Deseret Book and Larry would find a job there. But, after we got married and went down to Arizona for the reception there, we realized that the Lord wanted us in Arizona. So we stayed down there. Now, not only was I sad that I couldn't work at Deseret Book (probably one of my favorite places, not gonna lie) but we also felt like I needed to stay home. Which, I wasn't very happy about. I wanted to work! Larry was gone all day and I needed something to do! But, it ended up being a great blessing. I figured out I actually kinda like to cook, I haven't had to worry about maintaining a job while I've been dealing with this stomach thing, I've rediscovered interests, and I've grown in so many ways I didn't know were possible! We have been so greatly blessed, even if I was just a little stubborn along the way...

So what's on the horizon for us next year?

I honestly have NO idea.
We weren't able to find a place to live in Rexburg before we left Arizona. But we packed up our belongings in good faith that the Lord would guide us the way we are supposed to go! We had a wonderful time on our mini honey moon in Disneyland! (Pictures at the end!) And we had a wonderful time visiting my oldest friend Caitlyn and her husband Brian. It's actually almost scary how well Brian and Larry get along! That certainly works out well!! Then we spent a few days with my parents for Christmas and it was wonderful to see them! We had planned on being in Washington for a while and getting to see some friends, but, as goes the story of my life, that wasn't what the Lord had in mind for us. So, we got two days in Washington before we felt strongly that we needed to go back to California. So here we are! We still haven't found a place in Rexburg and we don't know if that will be where we end up at all this semester. We have a few options in the works at the moment and we won't know till this week or maybe even next week what will happen, but the changes could potentially be huge, so stay tuned for those!
But, one of those changes starts here! I couldn't decide if the whole "Love" theme I had going here was cute or just annoying. I think that it might be annoying so I'm going to get rid of the "Loving xyz" blog title thing. Small change, I know, but we'll see how that works. Next, I've been trying to decide if I want to have a specific area that I have my blog focus on. Like a crochet blog, a quilting blog, an all things craft blog, a beauty blog, a blog about dealing with depression, ADD, and Trichotillomania (I may have spelled that wrong...sorry!) ect. I love all those things, they make me who I am, and honestly I'm still searching for a niche. But, hopefully I'll get some feedback from you and you'll let me know what YOU would like to read about. I'll be honest with you, I don't know everything in the world. I'm only starting out with crocheting and I honestly haven't ever even tried to quilt, and I'm still learning what works for me and what doesn't. But, I would love it if you would help me find out! I have a feeling that this year is going to be more difficult, but at the same time even better than the last! And I would love it if you took the ride with me!
SO!
Here's to a brand new year and all of the trials and all of the blessings it will bring! It's going to be great and I can't wait to share it with all of the people I love!
Have a wonderful New Years Eve! I'll see you next year!

Less Than Three,
Sarah

I had to post this because I love grumpy cat and this just made me chuckle.

Ya... he's that awesome.

They've reopened Sleeping Beauty's Castle!! I was sooooo excited!!

That is entirely made of legos! How crazy is that??

You know, it's a little sad when the Beast...is more..."endowed"...than Bell...

So, Caitlyn and I tried to make cookies last night, but my favorite recipe is in Arizona in a box that is waiting for us to have a place that it can be shipped to, so we found a recipe close to it, but something went wrong and they ended up SUPER crumbly and we accidentally dropped one and it exploded on the ground. I'm fairly certain a cookie isn't supposed to do that...

San Francisco!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Loving Cookies

So, Friday night I made cookies.
Here's how it went down:
Larry was home all day and so we had decided to take a nap. Now, I've been trying to get sick...well my body has been trying to get sick, and Larry never gets enough sleep so that is just what we did! For three whole hours! It was awful and awesome all at the same time.

I kinda hate napping...
but that's a different subject for a different post!

So, we got up and started in on a How I Met Your Mother/Burn Notice marathon. As we are sitting there, I start thinking

I REALLY want chocolate.

Not an unusual thought for me, but I look at the clock and low and behold it's like three AM! We seriously had no idea it was so late! So I look at Larry and I draw his attention to the incredibly late hour and say that if only it wasn't so late, I'd make chocolate chip cookies. To which he replies: "Don't mess with my emotions that way!" So, since neither of us were tired, I made cookies.
I love this recipe I have for chocolate chip cookies! Seriously, perfect cookies! I'd give you the recipe but...I'm writing this in my room and there's a space heater in here...and it's cold out in the rest of the house...and my cookbook is in the kitchen...
Sorry, but I'm not braving the frozen tundra of my home for you.
If you want it, send me a message or leave a comment and I'll put it in the next post!
So other than that, we had a rather regular week! We pulled out all of the necessary staple snacks one night as we watched the Grinch and other assorted Christmas movies! Refer to the image below:

We have olives, dill pickles, popcorn, jellied cranberries, and chocolate milk. Usually those are the appetizers at my house Christmas and Thanksgiving morning and I just couldn't wait.

Olives are meant to be put on your fingers. It's just a fact.

I've been trying out a few different techniques to curl my hair...because I am just that exciting...don't judge me...and it's a little embarrassing the amount of time I have spent trolling around youtube looking for tutorials. It's amazing the things you can learn on youtube! So...these are my results...

Ya...that's embarrassing.
Anyway, I figured I'd do another Pinterest post and put the tutorials in there in case anyone cares to try it themselves!

Speaking of the Pinterest Post...

It actually ended up being much more popular than I had expected! So I've been collecting pins to put on another addition! It's actually been pretty fun!
So, I've also been working on the snowflake blanket throw I started! We got more grey yarn!! I'm almost done with the fifth row of the large medallions! I figure I only have about six more to go! Hey! Progress is progress!

Other than that, I guess the only other adventure we've had this week was catching a mouse! We were at Larry's mom's house doing some laundry (thank you thank you thank you by the way!) and all of a sudden, we heard a shuffle and then a squeak! Larry went over to check the trap and found this cute little guy:

I resisted the urge to pet it, since I'm a fan of NOT catching diseases from animals. But he was really cute!!! I begged Larry not to kill him, and so Larry got one of his work gloves and freed the poor little thing.
Well, that's it for now. We are working on finding a place to live in Rexburg currently. (We wanted to put a deposit down on a place in September, but other things came up as they usually do. It happens!) And we are going to start packing everything up sometime this week! The plan at the moment is to hit up Disneyland on the way to Washington! We aren't excited about that at all...
Anyway, TWO WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS!!!! Have a good one! And if you liked the first Pinterest post, keep your eye out for a new one this week!

Less Than Three,
Sarah
P.S. Oh! Also, you should answer the poll I put on here! Maybe it's cheesy...but then, so am I!
LOVE!