SPRING BREAK WOO! : Cancun Edition

So seriously, why don't I live on a beach? Our time in Cancun was the best! It was mostly a whole lot of relaxing, eating, sleeping, and playing in the waves! We did a few tourist things like riding a bus to downtown Cancun and going to the market and riding a ferry out to Isla Mujeres. But it was also great to have a vacation where there isn't too much planning involved. If you know how much of a planner I am then you would know how hard it was at first! But I just made myself relax and go with the flow and it was great!

At Isla Mujeres we rented a golf cart and drove it all around the island, went to a beautiful beach, looked at some shops and ate some yummy Mexican food. Although there, it's just food.

 THAT WATER.

 This part of the island ^^^ is the highest point in the Caribbean!

 I just had to order the Coke. When in Mexico...

 In Mexico, that lettuce on my plate is apparently considered a "salad". I object.

 It was insanely windy on the ferry back. I had to yell in Colby's 

ear in order for him to hear me! Also, on the way there we sat inside and I felt 

pretty seasick for the first time in my life. On the way back we were on 

the deck and I didn't feel a thing!

I would post other pictures, but right now the island ones are the only ones working. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

The only bad part about the trip was flying home. Our flight left late from Cancun, so we only had about 45 minutes in Houston to go through customs, get our bags, check them again, go through security again and get from gate E to C. The second we finished security they called the final boarding call for our flight, and we had a looong way to go. I told Colby to just run and hope he got there and could somehow tell them to wait for his slow, pregnant wife.

Seriously, I felt like I was sprinting but it was probably an extremely pathetic-looking semi-jog. I really don't run. Plus, I was in a dress and we were both wearing flip-flops. Halfway through I debated sitting on the airport floor and crying my eyes out because I wanted to die, but I decided to take off my shoes and keep running instead. By the time I got there, Colby was coming to tell me they hadn't left yet and we could still get on. I can't even tell you the relief I felt. The next flight to SLC didn't leave until the next morning, and that was full anyway. We got on the plane and realized we didn't have our carry-on bag...I had no idea where it was!

The flight attended told Colby to tell the lady at the gate to tell her he'd be back, and bless his heart he had to run all the way back to security for the bag. We were in such a rush we didn't even realize we'd forgotten it! While I was on the plane waiting for him to get back (while coughing and panting like a smoker), I was freaking out that they'd leave without him. The lady attendant noticed my miserable state and the fact that I was pregnant and fell all over herself getting me water and asking if she could carry my purse. It was so nice, but I still felt pathetic. But I'd rather feel pathetic every now and then than actually run. It's just how I feel, ok?

FINALLY Colby came back with the bag and I was extra relieved. We were so lucky that our flight ended up leaving an hour late for some reason (even if it means we didn't get home til about 2 am). Thanks mom and dad for taking us at the crack of dawn and picking us up in the middle of the night! It's not like you have jobs of your own you have to get back to or anything...:)

I'm so happy we got to take this trip though! It was so great to spend all this time as the two of us before we're a family of three. Well I mean, our son was there, so we're basically the best parents ever for taking our kid on such a sweet vacation! We still have an anniversary and birthday to look forward to before this baby gets here (they're really just to pass the time), but it's getting so much closer. Only about 3 more months until we meet our sweet little boy!

Week 24 Update - Why Ikea Hates Me & More

 

How far? 24 weeks, 5 days

 

Total weight gain: about 13 lbs (I reaaalllly regret including this question now. But if I can make just one person feel better about themselves, it's worth it. That's what the saying is right?)

Maternity clothes? Do my regular jeans still fit? Yes. Do I hate wearing them? Yes. When I do wear them I prefer to unbutton them when I sit down, but that's just me. BUT I CAN STILL WEAR THEM IF I WANTED TO, DANG IT. Also, I really want to boycott the bra industry because they seem to think my size doesn't exist. Why do band sizes start so high for the size I need?!?!?! I'm legitly very angry about this and am thinking about just giving up on it. Who's with me? (In fact, I just ordered a special one online. Does it fit? NOPE.)

Stretch marks? Sooo there's nothing going on in the belly area. A little north of there, there may be something of that sort of nonsense beginning. They like to get you where you didn't see it coming I think. I also think I'll take cocoa butter more seriously from now on. First I just need to buy some.

 

Baby purchases: Picked out a crib and should be getting it pretty soon! Weee. (Thanks Mom & Dad!) The room is finally cleared out and ready for a bunch of new crap to fill the empty space! 

Food cravings: I've had a bit of a Diet Coke relapse as of recently. Why does it taste so good right now? It was so easy not to drink it in the beginning but now when I go out to eat, I have to have it. I'm still not letting myself buy any cans (let's not get crazy), but a time or two a week is where I'm at now. And I would love one now, thanks.

Wedding ring on or off? On.

 

Moods? Why is every store I go to out to get me these days? How dare you Ikea for being sold out of the shelf I wanted. How dare you for wrongly marking the price for the fake plants. Poor, poor Colby for being in public with me. Not to mention to bra drama. This baby better be really good.

 

What makes me sick: Nada.

What I miss: Binge drinking Diet Coke? .

What else is new? The doc got my belly measurement at my appointment this week, and again HOW is everything so exact all the time?! I was measuring 24.5 cm at 24.5 weeks. Science, man. 

Looking forward to: CANCUN!!! A week from today this will be my glorious view:

And just as good is that we're staying at an all-inclusive resort, meaning my next weigh-in ain't gonna be pretty and I don't even care one bit. There is a plate of nachos (or 17) with my name on it. 

SO excited Colby and I get to take this trip and relax in this beautiful place for a week!!

Week 22 Update - There's a Person Moving in There

How far? 22 weeks, 3 days

 

Total weight gain: about 9 lbs

Maternity clothes? I got some maternity leggings (I was feeling fancy) and a new dress I will probably live in. I mostly wanted them; don't necessarily need them yet.

Stretch marks? No.

 

Baby purchases: Nothing new recently. We waiting until we get the nursery all organized to start adding to it. Can't wait for that! Plus Colby just painted it and it's looking fiiine.

Food cravings: Nothing really. I love drinking water and I hate that I have to pace myself in the evening if I don't want to get up 5 times during the night. I also have to plan my drinking around if I'm going out in public. I went to the mall for about an hour and may or may not have made 3 pit stops. Lesson learned.

Wedding ring on or off? On.

Moods? I've had a few episodes where I'm mad/sad for no reason. I went to Winco last week and I was mad at the world for wronging me or something like that. How anyone could be unhappy while grocery shopping is beyond me. It's seriously one of my favorite things! I still can't believe I missed the opportunity. Oh well.

 

What makes me sick: Nothing I can think of. Woohoo!

What I miss: I get nervous eating pink steak, etc. so I mostly avoid it. I'm excited to order medium rare again and not feel bad about it (not that it was a regular occurrence anyway) .

What else is new? He's moving like crazy and I love that I can see my stomach move when he moves! Colby has felt him a few times but has the worst luck and almost always just misses them. I'm hoping they still like each other.

Looking forward to: Word on the street is that your bladder should be more under control by this time...still waiting. But even before I was pregnant I peed like a pregnant lady so I don't know what I'm talking about.

Week 20 Update - Our Huge Child Who Is Still a Boy

This week was our big halfway ultrasound measuring everything and making sure everything is going well. I was extremely excited and also nervous for it, and I was relieved when everything looked perfect! I really wish I could get an ultrasound every week! He was moving all around and the tech said he always moved exactly the way she needed him to. The boy confirmation took about a half a second, and being able to see his organs and body parts was so great.

Blowing some bubbles:

 Slightly scary alien face:

 Two arms:

 And two legs:

His measurements were so big that they moved my due date up a whole entire DAY. June 21st aka my sister's birthday aka the first day of summer! How they can measure that exactly is beyond me. All I know is he'd better come out ripped or he's grounded. He weighs 13 ounces so how could he not? They just grow up so fast...

I realize that most of the following info you don't give two craps about, but I want a record for myself and this is the only place I can think of to write it. (Journals are so last year.)

How far? 20 weeks, 6 days

 

Total weight gain: about 7 lbs

Maternity clothes? I did buy a pair of Gap maternity jeans and they are cooomfy, but my regular jeans still fit fine as well. But let's get real: I would prefer to wear leggings every day anyway. How I love those things. I'll probably write a love song at some point. I also have a few random maternity shirts I've gotten on sale, but I don't necessarily need them yet.

Stretch marks? Nothing yet. (I'm really hoping I'm a lucky one that doesn't get them!)

 

Baby purchases: Just a pair of cute little jeans, a few pairs of shorts (that were $2!), some sweats and a jacket. Nothing major yet.

Food cravings: I can finally eat candy again, but I wouldn't say I crave it. I've also had a strong connection with ice cream, but I really can't blame that on the pregnancy either. I ate it by the gallon before! But no real out-of-the-ordinary "cravings" I've noticed to answer the question. Thanks for asking.

Wedding ring on or off? On.

Moods? Good! I haven't noticed a difference there.

 

What makes me sick: Nothing! I still get full really fast and don't feel extra hungry lately. My appetite seems the same as before, or even less since I can't eat as much as I used to.

What I miss: I will feel this way until the end, but the only thing I can think of that I miss is cookie dough. There's no point to make cookies anymore cause I really made them for the dough anyway. And I don't have enough self control not to eat the dough if I did make them! A vicious cycle. 

What else is new? I [think] I've [definitely] felt the little guy moving around in there! A few movements have even made me jump! At least I hope it's the baby moving or this could be awkward. 

Looking forward to: The kicks getting stronger! I can't wait until Colby can feel them too!

This pregnancy has been so great so far and I know how lucky I am for it! I can't wait for everything to come.

xo

Happy 2014 and Gender Reveal!

This New Year's Eve was definitely the best one I've ever had! We got to found out the gender of our little baby! I've had the appointment for a couple of weeks and have been worried the 15.5 weeks wouldn't be far enough to get anything conclusive, but luckily I was wrong. For the past couple of days I've been super nervous for some reason, and yesterday I couldn't think of anything else! I was at work until it was time to go, and Colby was definitely just as nervous as me, if not more! I'm pretty sure nervous is the right word here...but I have no idea why. We already knew it was definitely a human in there, and we didn't care about the gender either way. But we still were, as well as crazy excited.

All growing up I wanted a boy first since I didn't have any brothers, but then in the past few years I've thought more about what it'd be like to have a girl first and realized I probably couldn't lose either way. But since Colby and I said "we wanted a boy" ever since we got married, we definitely thought we'd be having a girl first. That's just how those things work, right? So ever since we found out I was pregnant, we've both been so set on a little girl! But for some reason, the past week or two I have been changing my mind, and I went in to the ultrasound with my guess definitely a boy. Colby still guessed girl, even though he said he'd been thinking about changing too, but just wanted to stick with his original guess.

Well...

IT'S A BOY!!!

It's kind of strange since we've been thinking girl for so long, but we honestly couldn't be more excited!! And I can't tell you how good it feels to say "he" instead of "he or she" or even worse, "it".

I wanted to do something a little New Year's related for our families since that's when we told them, so I just made these little party poppers. We bought both colors of paper for confetti beforehand so we'd be prepared...anyone need some pink paper? 

We went to Colby's parent's house in Springville first, and after we ate some fantastic steak and shrimp, we brought out a pink and a blue popper for his parents. It was awesome because no one had any idea we already found out!

I obviously shouldn't have doubled up on the tissue paper...it worked eventually. 

Then a little after 10 we left and headed to Orem to my parent's house. We got there and played a few games, and we didn't pull out the poppers until we were getting ready to count down to midnight. They had no idea we knew either, and they didn't even understand the pink or blue popper thing at first. I dumped them out for people to choose the one they wanted, and they caught on soon enough. I loved that no one had any idea we were finding out this soon! We have been telling our families we had to wait a few more weeks. 

Here's everyone a few seconds before midnight...Colby and I both had blue one since those were the only ones left! Girl was a little more popular. My sister Amanda already has an adorable son...so that's probably why choosing girl was a little more popular.

It was such a fun night and the best way to welcome the new year! Here's a couple of the little man:

PS..the ultrasound experience was so amazing! I absolutely loved seeing him move around in there, suck his thumb, and see his heart beating. It's pretty surreal that little guy is growing inside me! I guess that's how it works or something. Anyways, we are absolutely stoked! Now what I need is a bump to show for it! I definitely get a bigger food baby now after I eat. Does that count?

Happy 2014!!! It's going to be the best yet!

Bump Ahead

 Colby and I have quite the reason to be excited right now: we're expecting our first baby June 22nd!

 

I took a test on October 17th not really having any symptoms, but just because I felt like it. What girl doesn't want to pee on a stick every now and then? Colby already left for work, so I took it and hid it behind the mouthwash until it was ready so I couldn't peek. I finally looked and saw two pink lines. I panicked and couldn't remember if two lines meant positive or not. I checked the package again, then jumped around for a few minutes when I figured it out. 

I went to work and couldn't really focus at all, and then I left after a couple hours for a dentist appointment. After that I stopped at Walmart and picked up a fancy test and a card and onesies just in case. I stopped at home and took about three more tests that were all positive, so I thought I was good to tell Colby. I told him to come to my work after he went to the gym. Usually that means I have a donut for him. But that was still a few hours away and it was killing me! So a couple hours later I told him to come before instead of after the gym. When he got there I went out to my car to grab the bag with the card, onesies and pregnancy tests and met him at his car. I got in and handed him the bag. He looked really confused while he was opening it, and he figured it out when he read the card that said blah blah blah congratulations Dad! Then he just had a shocked look on his face for about 5 minutes. And the whole time I was shaking like crazy! I also shook pretty bad when I tried on engagement rings, so apparently that's something I do. When he got over the shock though, he was of course just as excited as me! For the next while though it was literally all I could think about. I was starting to wonder how pregnant ladies ever got anything done!

I'm 13 weeks now and it's felt pretty surreal ever since I found out. I haven't really been sick or anything, so it was easy to convince myself it was all in my head. (Even if I may or may not have taken around 8 tests that were all positive...but those things are wrong ALL the time, right?) At the doctor's office waiting room this week I almost had a panic attack in the waiting room thinking they'd think I made the whole thing up. When the doctor was starting the ultrasound, it took him about a half a second to find the baby. Longest half second of my life!! Buuut now I definitely believe there's a baby in there! And I don't feel crazy anymore. At least not about this.

Isn't he/she the cutest thing you've ever seen?! :)

A big change for me is that I've given up Diet Coke (and all caffeine aside from the occasional sip). My doctor told me a can a day is fine, but I just decided it'd probably be better not to. It was rough at first, but now it's not so bad.

I also get full insanely quick! I used to out eat almost anyone, but now I have to remind myself to stop eating or I'll feel really sick. I get hungry pretty often but not too bad yet. I also used to be the candy queen, and I even may or may not have bought about $50 (or more...) worth of candy the day after Halloween. But ever since then, eating sugary candy has made me feel sick. I even still try to force myself to eat some every now and then, but realize it was a bad idea right after. Still no throwing up though, so not sick enough to get any sympathy. :) 

Still no bump to speak of, but hopefully I'll be updating the blog a little more often since there is a little bit to talk about now! 

the Sanfords for a YEAR

Basically it's obvious that I'm the world's worst blogger. Even my one reader gave up on hassling me to write more posts a few months ago (hi mom!). I've just felt like nothing super awesome or exciting has happened since last JULY. Yeah, it's been that long. And I promise there have been a few exciting things happen in our lives since then...

We don't have a baby, so can't blog about that. There goes most readers. But I am working a full-time office job while Colby is schooling it up and working part time. And how is that not just as exciting?! We're just living the dream in Lehi, rotating through dinners that consist of some type of egg sandwich, quesadilla, grilled cheese, or nachos. I said the other day that if we could only have eggs, bread, jalapenos, tortillas, cheese & chicken, we would be set because that's basically the only ingredients in our dinners as of late. Neither of us are complaining though, because we think it's all delicious. I've recently become obsessed with jalapenos even though growing up I wouldn't touch them and couldn't handle anything spicy. Colby is definitely rubbing off on me in that way. Luckily neither of us care to have anything too fancy, but I seriously can't wait until I can cook a sweet dinner every day again. I got to do that last summer, and I miss it!

But the main reason I finally talked myself into posting again is because we celebrated our big one year anniversary this past weekend! It's crazy to think it has been a whole year! Last year at this time I was in the sunny Bahamas eating way too much food. Instead I'm just cursing the cold weather and praying I can one day never have to look at snow again, but that's a different story.

Yay wedding! I'm so happy that last year on March 23rd it was a perfect day outside, especially that this year it snowed. But we had an awesome weekend! We went to Park City and shopped at the outlets for a while, and then stayed at the Zermatt resort in Midway, which is a way cool place.

 Us at the fabulous Dairy Keen in Heber. I haven't been there in years and years but I really recommend it! The food is fab. And the shakes way rule as well. I'd way rather go somewhere like that than a fancy restaurant. (On another note...I need to do whatever I can to get to a beach pretty soon because I'm blinding myself in that picture.) I definitely love love love that boy and can't WAIT to spend infinity more with him!!


Here are just a few things that have happened since last July if you happen to be my mom and are interested...

 Road trip back to Utah in August. Went up to Nauvoo. Love it.

St. Louis for the Giants vs. Cardinals. 2nd row!! Too bad the Giants lost, but it was awesome. Colby was this close to catching a foul ball. Stupid kids ruin everything.

My bestie Michelle got married in December!

 I made Christmas sugar cookies and Colby modeled them.

So there are surprisingly (or not so surprisingly) not too many pictures to document much we've done. There really hasn't been much...just trying to adjust to working and working some more. But we've also started with the whole Nu Skin business...and our lives WILL get more fun and eventful here soon. Stay tuned. Hopefully I won't wait another 7 months to blog again!

xo Aimee