3 years ago today....

(First picture of Pete and I ever taken. Sept 2006)

That’s right…3 years ago I was innocently walking home from an institute activity with my new roommate Katelyn (3rd day of school….FRESHMAN YEAR) when I spotted an amazingly handsome foreign looking man (Pete) playing catch with his buddy. I flashed him a smile and went on my way. Moments later I was approached by another kid and I stopped to talk. Out of nowhere…a football comes flying by and Pete runs over…interrupts me giving this other kid my phone number and introduces himself. He asks my roommate and I our names and then says to me “I just wanted you to know that I’ve seen you around campus and I think you’re a really pretty girl.” And then he was gone.

But don’t worry…there was an institute dance that night. Of course we danced…more than once…sparks flew ….no…it was more than sparks….it was a full on bonfire. I gave him my number and smiled the whole way home. My journal entry for that night says “I met a really cool boy at the dance tonight named Pete. I got this really weird feeling when we were talking like I was supposed to know him.”

And the rest is history!!! Chessy I know…. But love non the less!

I love you Pete!!! I’m so lucky I was at the right place at the right time! My life has been full of love and laughter for 3 years now!

Meet Ackerman Jr.

I don't know if you can tell...the top right is it's head (and cute face) and then you can see it's little spine down to it's cute little legs. It's 13 weeks developed so it's just a few days ahead of schedule. Just had to share!!

It's crazy to think that is inside of me! I can't feel it..I haven't gained any weight yet... but it's real! I have a picture to prove it!

It's true! We're having a baby!!

The truth comes out! Pete and I are having a baby on February 27th! We are so excited to start the next chapter of our life and become parents!

I'm also happy to be past my first trimester! I'm crossing my fingers and hoping the pregnancy will start to be a little more easy on me for awhile. I'm sure Pete is hoping for that too...he has been so patient with me for the last 2 months.

Sorry I don't have any pictures to post....my camera, phone, and vacuum all broke last week..lovely I know!

I still have a LONG time to wait....but I've made lists of goals I want to acomplish before the baby comes that will keep me busy and keep me feeling like I only have a short amount of time.

For example

* I want to read the BOM cover to cover again starting this week

*I'm working in the Young Womens right now and they encouraged all the leaders to work on their young womens award - so I'm taking the challenge! Hopefully in my value projects I can pick up some more handy skills that will help me be more prepared for motherhood.

I realize these are pretty ambitious goals ...espically because the last two months I've been lucky to get my laundry done and get showered before 5:00 pm.

Anyway! To sum it all up... we feel so blessed and we're so excited to be a family of 3!

The end

Update!

Wow- it’s been forever since I’ve updated my blog so I thought I would do a quick post and tell you that we are alive and we’ve been enjoying our summer!

I’ve been so bad at taking pictures for the last few weeks- so sorry there aren’t a lot.
But here are a few things we've been up to....

4th of July BBQ and Fireworks with the Ackermans

Watched my beautiful friend Kayla pass down the Miss Utah crown

Young Women’s Camp!

Young Men’s Trip River Rafting down the Colorado River

Sister Trip to Bryce Canyon for the ½ Marathon!

Ackerman Family Summer B-day Party!

My 5 Year old niece Hannah stayed with me for 3 days

Armstrong Family Summer B-day Party!

(All sevan of us kids...oldest to youngest. We're like the Brady Bunch or something...love it)

Family Reunion at Bear Lake
(Hopefully I’ll post some pics of that soon)