Buying for Baby

Austin and I were at Kohl's a couple weeks ago and they were having one of their fantastic sales. I convinced Austin to go look at the baby clothes because of the super low prices. I was wishing we knew the sex so I could buy gender specific because of all the cute clothes. We did our best to buy generic things that a boy or a girl would be ok wearing. Austin believe it or not actually picked out the pj's and the colored onesies. I was very impressed and touched that he got into it...well a least a little bit.
We are anxiously awaiting our ultrasound that is scheduled for next Monday, May 18th. Stay tuned for the big announcement!

Mother's Day

I have had the unique opportunity throughout my life to share Mother's Day with my mom. I was born on Mother's Day 28 years ago. I have always loved sharing this day with her and can't think of anyone else I would want to share it with. I love her so much and look up to the example she has set for me. This is the first Mother's Day I have been able to officially celebrate as a mother. With my little one on the way, it was a day full of emotion and moments to cherish. I have been able to feel this little life moving within me and it is the most incredible feeling. I feel so blessed to have this miracle in my life. The only thing in life I've ever wanted to be is a mother. I am excited and humbled to be able to have this dream of mine come true. I know there is not a more rewarding job in the whole world. Thank you mom for raising me right and giving me the best possible example to follow. I hope I can be as great a mom as you! I love you!

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was a whirlwind of activity on my side of the family. On Saturday my niece turned 2. Her mom threw her the cutest Mickey Mouse party. On Sunday was Easter and my sister Meghan's missionary farewell. She is going to make a fabulous missionary. Monday night she was set apart. Tuesday we took her up to the airport. She is going to the Rio de Janeiro North mission and goes straight to the MTC in Sao Paulo. I can't believe she is old enough to go! It seems like yesterday she was 2 years old carrying around her silkie calling me sissy. How time flies. She is a beautiful young woman and will be such an amazing missionary. I'll miss her tons! Here are pictures from Monday night after her setting apart.

The whole Summerhays clan minus Austin

All the Summerhays girls

Shannon and Mallory

Mallory in the nightgown Austin and I gave her for her birthday So cute!

Me and my 4 month baby bump

Alyson and Claire

Here are photos from the airport.

Caleb, Robert, Eliza, Sister Summerhays, Me, Austin, Shannon, Alyson, Claire, Jon

Growling at Austin for taking my picture

Meg with Mom and Dad

April Fool's Day

This day of foolishness and pranks holds no specific significance for me. However, to a first grader it is another holiday almost as good as Christmas. It is so, because they get to think they are funny and try to trick anyone and everyone. I got to school this morning and had at least 3 students with broken arms, one with a hurt wrist, and a myriad of others with ticks up their sleeves. With this kind of stuff going on, it is any wonder we accomplished anything today. We came back from Library to find our chairs had been taken. I'm so mean and made my kids kneel for about an hour. I knew where our chairs were but tried to be a little bit nice and let them enjoy the prank. Once the chairs returned things calmed down.
The one thing I absolutely hate about this day however, is those who think they can say something mean, but because they put "April Fool's" after it, it makes it ok. One of my students at the end of the day came up to me and said, "Mrs. Cowley, you are the worst teacher in the world." I was a bit shocked and then the words "April Fool's" came out of his mouth. And he was all grins. Well I commented that saying mean and hurtful things even on April Fool's wasn't nice. I know he was just trying to be funny, but I didn't appreciate it. Kinda wrecked the rest of my day.

It's Gone!

The morning sickness is gone! Hallelujah!! Hitting the 12 week mark did the trick. I am back to feeling good again. I can eat breakfast and not get sick. It is truly a blessing. I now feel like I can make it through the last 6 months of this journey. It's good to feel almost normal again. I'm happy and so is Austin! :)

Babysitting

Friday night we had the opportunity to babysit Austin's sister's youngest son, Bryton. Austin volunteered us to babysit so Whitney could take the other two boys to the Draper Temple Open House. What were we going to do with a 2 1/2 year old in our small apartment? How were we going to keep him entertained? Austin suggested we take him to Boondocks but that would be too much money. My mind started working and I remembered a place in Pleasant Grove called Kangaroo Zoo that is full of blow up slides and toys that kids can play on. I knew Bryton would love it and it was only $5 to get him in. Since Aust and I were just spectators, we got in free. After dinner at Costco (gotta love their pizza), we set out for fun. Bryton had a blast. He is such a cutie. On some of the slides he wouldn't go himself, so I being the only adult in our group under 150 lbs. I had to "play" sometimes as well. It was a good way to pass the time! I was pretty proud of myself in thinking of this fun idea!

Here is Bryton showing no fear as he climbs and goes down the tallest slide all by himself! This kid has no fear!
Here are some other pics of the fun!

Morning Sickness

This morning was like any normal morning with morning sickness at home before I left for work. I was still feeling kinda squeamish as I drove to school, so I popped a Mike-n-Ike in my mouth to suck on. Those have been really helping me lately. Bad idea. First of all it was a lemon one. I should have picked cherry. Instead of helping it made it worse. I had the urge to get sick and tried my best to suppress it. Didn't work. I had to quickly pull over, get out of the car and throw up on the side of the road. To make things worse, my friend's mom saw me pulled over on the side of the road. A little embarrassing. I hope I never have to do that again! I'll be glad when the sickness ends.