crappy.

So it all started Saturday- Scarlett was kicking and rolling around in my stomach SO much that my insides were bruised! She was moving ALL day, well sunday I thought I was just sore from her kicking me so much, but there was so much pressure. Which is pretty normal since she likes to sit so low, but this was even more pressure than normal. It continued all day and then progressed into my back. after no sleep, 6 baths and the worst physical pain in my life monday afternoon I drove myself down to my doctor.

Of course i pick the day my doctor is OFF call. I knew I wasn't going into labor so it wasn't anything serious. They just sent me to the lab and said take a urine sample we'll call you with the results. I was SO annoyed, here I am crying and I can't even stand up because of so much pressure- and they say 'well sorry'. so some how I weasled myself into see another doctor, which was a good idea cause he checked everything and he said there was a ton of pressure on my cervix (could have told you that) but if hadn't come in I could have gone into pre-mature labor within the next few days, which isn't good since I'm only 26 weeks along! I may have a UTI on top of all of this also. (we're still waiting for those results)
So, the cure for this, BED REST.
The doctor said hard kicks and alot of movement from the baby can trigger this to happen along with stress, lifting heavy things and hard workouts.
the worst part, I was babysitting Andy's sisters kids all day on monday and I had no time to clean my house I'm GOING CRAZY staring at the mess in our room.

Andy's been so sweet, seriously he never ceases to amaze me with how nice and patient he can be everytime something like this happens. He has had a nasty cold for like 2 weeks now and he hasn't complained. He has put himself aside for us, which I hate but at the sametime I'm so thankful for cause I really need him right now. Its crazy to me how he can cure any kind of pain for me just by being there. Life is easier with him. I'm so thankful for him. I love him so much. As soon as we got home he started me a bath, went to target and got me heating pad, more tyloneal and some pizza for dinner. He's been patient with our messy house and me crying everytime the tyloneal wares off.

I'm not even in labor and I feel like I'm not going to live to see the next day it so painful! its worse when I stand up its like a ton of bricks just sitting in my stomach that gravity wants to pull down. I'm not excited to feel what labor feels like, i'm SO glad for epirdurals!

me n' andy

*my doctors appointment went GREAT. I am SOOOOO relieved. It looks like Dr. Kaelberer is going to be delivering miss scarlett at the brand spanking new Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray. It was so exciting going to the doctor because his office is on the 4th floor- labor & delivery is on the 1st floor so I got to see all the happy families leaving with their brand new babes, it was such a fun feeling! I can't wait! Scarletts healthy and I'm measuring right exactly where i should be. Pregnancy has been going great! Andy has been working in Provo for the past couple weeks and he plays raquetball with his brother and other guys on thursday nights in lindon so he's just been staying down there and doesn't get home until around 9 or 9:30. I get so bored without him!

What are your middle names? Andy's is Sullivan and mine is Ashley

How long have you been together? we started "officially" dating on December 16th 2004. its creaping up on 6 YEARS. whoa!

How long did you know each other before you started dating? like 2 weeks

Whose siblings do you see the most? It's pretty even- I see Andy's sister Nat a lot cause she lives a block away but we also see my sisters Holly & Michelle a lot too

Do you have any children together? we've got a little girly in the oven.

What about pets? a dog. the best dog ever, but we can't have her in our apartment so she's in Hurricane. I miss her some days.

Did you go to the same school? preschool .elementary school.middle school and high school. alll the same. (yay for hurricane!)

Who is the most sensitive? stupid question. me. duh.

Where do you eat out most as a couple? we don't eat out too muc h, but when we do probably cafe rio

Where is the furthest you have ever traveled as a couple? Cabo San Lucas

Who has the worst temper? me. Andy's a pretty "cool" guy.

Who does the cooking? me, but andy is a way good cook!

Who is more social? andy andy andy andy andy a million times.

Who is the neat freak? we're about even with that

Who is the most stubborn? ugh, ANDY. (even though he would say I am) he gets these stupid "mind rules" is what I call them and he WILL NOT change them. For example, he doesn't like to eat at our table because he doesn't like our kitchen table... seriously ITS A TABLE.

Who hogs the bed? depends on the night, most of the time its me.

Who wakes up earlier? Andy on the weekdays, me on the weekends.

Where was your first date? well, our first "official" date was on my 16th birthday we went to Chilis then we went to fiesta fun and rode the go carts for a while. It was a good birthday!

Who has the bigger family? andy. 7 in his fam total, then 8 neices and nephews. me, fam of 6, 3 nieces and nephew

Do you get flowers often? when they're needed

Who eats more? haha well being pregnant it would probably be about even. Normally him.

Who sings better? neither one of us!

Who does the laundry? ME.

Who is better with the computer? its even.

Who drives when you are together? andy, all the time.

Who picks where you go to dinner? mostly andy cause I don't ever care and its usually his idea

Who is the first one to admit when they are wrong? me-he's the stubborn one remember.

Who wears the pants in this relationship? ANDY!

Who eats more sweets? Andy claims that I do, but he likes his bowl of ice cream every night.

Who cries more? I'm pregnant.

What's your best day together? Saturdays when we can just hang out all day together!

Where did you honeymoon? We went on a cruise to Mexico!

Favorite date night? any date night!

Favorite TV show to watch together? Arrested Development, Office, That 70's Show

I tag: Whoever wants to do it!

24 weeks

Scarletts doing great, weighing in around 2lbs-2.5lbs she's lovin' life in my tummy right now- I think? or she hates it and is kicking so much cause she just wants out! haha
She can hear, she has been able to for a long time now -but she definitely recognizes voices now.When she's hears Andy's voice after he comes home from work so goes CRAZY seriously my stomach is rolling all over. I can't believe how much she loves her dad, I didn't think anyone could love Andy more than I do already but Scarletts going to give me a run for my money!
I experienced my first kick in the ribs on sunday... it was what every mom says it is, just wonderful. (insert sarcasm)

*Cravings have kicked in full gear. I went to Winco & Smiths yesterday. Can you tell what i'm craving?
Thats not even all the boxes either- There is 2 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, and 2 more boxes of Life in the pantry haha, thank you winco and smiths for having cheap cereal to satisfy my cravings!

*Yesterday I ran down to Shopko to get this deal:
It was 99.99$ regularly 239.99$ I was so excited about it! I figured I'm going to be spending a lot of time in this chair so I need to be comfy, well comfy it is! that was my deal of the day! (it looks leathery, but its actually like a suede)

*shout out- modbe clothing is going out of business so now is the time to get all your cute cheap swimsuits and stuff cause its all marked down cheap!

*I've got a dr's appt. tomorrow, i'm kinda nervous I hope I like him! its Dr. Daniel Kaeleber. He has a weird name, but at least its better than my last doctor. Dr. Fagnant haha poor guy probably got picked on his whole life. He was the best doctor ever.

*Hurricane Football made it so the Championship! I'm kinda impressed since we are usually pretty good at making it to the semi-finals and choking. but we beat park city last friday and this saturday at the U they're playing Juan Diego. Thats what me and andy have planned for Friday night so if you're going then come see us!

*New Moon. I've got tickets for Saturday at noon YAY! Just like every other girl in the country I'm just ecstatic about this moving coming out this weekend. I just finished the book on sunday night which makes me even more excited. Every time I see a trailer for it, I can't help but smile! all those sexy werewolves without shirts mmm yummy. I'm a edward fan, but who wouldn't rather look at Jacob?!

christmas idea!

we all have that person that is hard to shop for, well....whats better than a picture of the temple?! OR maybe you just want one for your own home. A picture of the temple in your home can say so much, it can be a reminder for you and your family to always live right so they can go to the temple and stay worthy. Also it symbolizes what we believe and every time we look at it, we can be reminded how beautiful and sacred our religion is.
I have all of the Utah temples except draper and timpanogas, which I will have by next week. And, Twin Falls Temple, San Diego Temple, Oakland & Sacramento are available. I have a few options of all the temples I'm just showing you my favorite, so if you'd like to see the other options just email me.
They're a good cheap gift- if you want it printed & framed it will cost a little more (not too much though) I can also add names and the vintage look if you want that too.

If you're interested email me Sammijeppson@gmail.com Jordan River

Provo

Manti

Monticello

Oquirrh

Logan

Vernal

Bountiful

Salt Lake

St. George

"the birth experience"

so I was stocking some of my favorite photography blogs a while back and i came across this lady that does photo shoots for the very first moments of your baby's life and everything working up to it. she calls it the "birth experience" and I kinda love it. Some shots are a little too revealing and awkward for me, but most of them are so amazing! It would be so cool to have the very first moments of your child's life documented like that! I really want to do this for when Scarletts born but she's based out of Austin Texas, and I don't really want some random lady in the room while I'm pushin' out a kid? I wish that andy had an eye for photography...he just doesn't get it. So anyway its not going to happen for me and I'm over it, but I just wanted to give it out a shout out- I think everyone should go look at it:
click HERE to go to the website
-click on"slideshows" to view the pictures



speaking of photography, I think I'm gonna get back into it- I got so burned out from the summer I didn't have a free weekend from may to july. I was averaging 3 photoshoots a week! PLUS a miscarriage, plus being sick and pregnant AGAIN on top of that, working was just too much to handle at the time. So I put it on hold and got caught up on all my pictures. I miss it now I'm DYING to start shooting again. I have 2 family photoshoots coming up and a wedding in december I'm pretty excited for. So keep lookin' at my blog cause in the cause within the week I'll have new pictures up! whoo!


*PREGNANCY:
it has actually been going pretty fantastic, some days are hard because I can't fit into any of my old pants anymore, (thank goodness for the rubberband trick) and all my old shirts are now belly shirts haha I just have to remember I'M 6 MONTHS PREGNANT. But I don't think of that when I have nothing to wear...
I went to enrichment night with my sister-in-law Nat and they had performance about the "women at the well" it was really good! its amazing the different things you pick when you're at a new stage in your life. Like I always just kinda bipassed all the stuff the church talks about "motherhood" cause it was way more than I wanted to get into at the time!
Going to this program gave me a whole new light on pregnancy and
being a mother. it was just what i needed.
I was thinking what an awesome gift Andy and I are getting, a gift from our heavenly father. I'm carrying a little peice of heaven in me right now and I'm physically & emotionally closer to the lord than I will ever be.
Motherhood is such an amazing thing, No one can ever understand a mother/fathers love until they have actually experienced it. Its never ending love. I've never felt a love like this for anyone before. And to bring a PERSON into this world is even more than I can comprehend.

Since being pregnant I've been dreaming more vividly and more often- Mostly I've been having night terrors and I absolutley hate them! but this last week I've been dreaming of what it will actually be like when she gets here. I dream almost the same dream every night and the best part of the dream is when I look up from the hospital bed and see Andy holding Scarlett.
that is heaven to me. That is a perfect life.
The two people on this earth I couldn't love more and right there beside me. What an amazing picture in my head. I'm sure all of you that have had kids have experienced this picture and know exactly how amazing it is. I don't think there could be any better gift.

dear scarlett,

I loved you from the very start…
You stole my breath, embraced my heart.
Our life together has just begun,
You’re part of me, my little one.

As mother with child, each day I knew
My mind would be filled with thoughts of you.
I’m daydreaming of the things we’ll share,
Like late-night bottles and teddy bears.
Like first steps and skinned knees,
Like bedtime stories and ABC’s.

I’m thinking of things you’ll want to know,
Like how birds fly and flowers grow.
I’ve thought of lessons I’ll need to share,
Like standing tall and playing fair.

When I first see your precious face,
I’ll pray your life be touched with grace.
I’ll thank the angels from above,
And promise you unending love.

Each night I’ll lay you down to sleep,
I’ll gently kiss your head and cheek.
I’ll count your little fingers and toes,
I’ll memorize your eyes and nose.
I will linger at your nursery door,
Awed each day that I love you more.
Through misty eyes, I’ll dim the light,
And whisper, “I love you” every night.
As mother with child our journey’s begun,

My heart’s yours forever, little one.
I loved you from the very start…
You stole my breath, embraced my heart.

done.

I feel like this:

I am so ready to have this baby and I still have 3 more months!

*on a happier note, babysitting went great! and when I got home Andy had a surprise for me! he went out and bought me the exact white dresser I wanted to get for our baby. He didn't even know what I wanted and I never said anything to him about it. I was SO surprised. I never ever go a day where I'm not amazed by him. This pregnancy is as hard on him as it is for me. In no way am I just pregnant, WE are pregnant. and yes, he' done too haha

quilt & brainstorming the babes room.

I'm at the 'rents without Andy this weekend :( you think after being married for a little longer than a year being without each other for a weekend would be bearable, its not. And for some reason when I stay at my parents house its like all of sudden I'm a night owl again? I'm going back to my old roots. I came down because I'm baby sitting Tricia's son Brecken this weekend so I'm pretty excited for that. it should be fun and easy cause Brecken's a good kid. I'm sure I'll have some good stories left over!
-anyway thats not the point of this post.

As soon as I found out that we were having a girl I went to pick out fabric for a baby quilt. IT WAS SO HARD. and to figure out the style and everything. it was really so stressful. I came across a ton of cute vintage floral fabrics by MODA (click to see all the best fabrics ever! really click it cause you will instantly be inspired) and this cute pattern book at mormon handicraft (love that store) This is the best quilt book, I seriously want to make everything out of here for my child. and I just might do that...

anyway out came this!
its not finished yet my mom still needs to put on the backing and border, also quilt it- but you kinda get the just of it. The pictures totally don't even do it justice, in the lighting it looks more green... its really not that green it has lots of yellow, pink,red,green and cream. I wish you could just see it in person cause its the cutest baby quilt ever.

I'm also thinking I want to hang pictures like these up in her room( I love the rabbit one!)

but I'm not really sure cause I also liked all of these ideas and they don't really all match together? just brainstorming really.

I love the "you are my sunshine" picture on the wall! I just love that song and think of her everytime I hear it.

I'm not totally crazy about these ^ but I thought it might be a fun project and I could make them cuter?


These blocks are a FOR SURE thing.



these two shelves are a pretty for sure thing too. I want to paint her dresser to match the top shelf. but the bottom one I love so much and I already have a bunch of cute old books and such to put in it!
We're probably not going to start on her room until january or feburuary, I can't paint it or anything but I think it will still turn out cute! I wish I could just get all my ideas to match!

carless

Andy sold his truck on Monday, which is very bittersweet. We're both glad to not have to pay the hefty car payment, but It was a good truck and we both liked it a lot. Andy is buying a work truck off of his dad, a Toyota Tundra which is a nice truck too, but it leaves me carless at least until Thanksgiving. Then I have to drive the cutless seirra oldsmobile. whoopy. Okay don't get me wrong I'm very grateful its a free car- FREE. but I absolutely HATE it. It was my moms old car before I sold her my camry last winter ( sad day too).

My parents drive cars until they die. -and my dad can even bring them back to life either until he gets sick of it, the part cost more than the car is worth or they find another car. It doesn't matter what they look like or if everything works such as the air, windows, ect. if it gets them from point A to point B and the occasional trip to provo to see my sisters its a perfectly fine car. It has always been like that. Which is fine and not a bad thing at all- I wish I could do that I really do cause its a good money saving quality to have. but I really can't.
Everyone has their pet peeves and driving a crappy car is mine. I can ride in one no problem I have almost my whole life- but actually driving one is like torture to me! TORTURE. So i'm going from driving this:

to this:
the never dying infamous oldsmobile.
with VELVET blue seats (EW. I hate hate hate the feel of velvet)
non working automatic windows. so if I go to a drive up, I have to open my door!
its so low Its pretty much like sitting on the road- I can barely get in and out of it now being almost 6 months pregnant try freaking 9 months!
Its the heaviest car ever so you can floor it and it just wont go!
if you go over 75mph the whole car starts shaking.
The smell from the velvet seats make me wanna throw up all over.
the steering wheel is like the size of the tire wheel.
and the air doesn't work.
but its FREE and I'm grateful for that.

i love...

Winco Foods.
oh how i love them, I bought a fridge and pantry full of groceries and only spent 60.00!
the best part was I didn't even have to try and save, its just an awesome grocery store!
my favorite savings were:
avacados-25 cents each
chicken broth, manderin oranges,creamed corn, corn and green beans: 48 cents each
I got a gallon of langers apples juice and 2 boxes of pillsbary doughboy brownies for FREE.
My cart was FULL to the brim and hard to push when I was done I was guessing spending maybe around 100$ or a little more cause thats what it usually comes out to be and it was only 60.00! holy cow. I love this store.

TJMAX.
I can't go in there without finding a good deal and buying something. today I bought this peacoat for 16.10$
oh how i love you tjmax.

My crockpot
tonight i'm making potato broccoli cheese soup with bread bowls.
i would use my crockpot everyday if I had that many recipes!

5:00pm(ish)
When andy is home from work.

My wedding rings
I still can't get over how beautiful they are. props to my husband who picked them out all by himself!


Good Service.
i love it when you call somewhere and you get nice people on the phone. Also when you're out to dinner or at a store and you get nice helpful people. It just makes the experience a whole lot better!
(for some reason I can't get this paragraph to a normal size...? I Also love it when things work out how they should! GEEZ!

Those are just some small things that make my life a whole lot easier. I'm having a really good day today-with a weekend ahead!
Happy Halloween!

OBGYN help.

As you all know we've moved to West Jordan and I had to leave my wonderful OBGYN in St. George which was SO hard! Now I'm in search of a good OBGYN in my area. I went to one appointment and he was a fruit cake, just the weirdest person ever and I hated the whole office! needless to say it wasn't a good experience.
I don't even know where to start looking, so I thought it would be better to get a referral from someone rather then going to a million doctors. I'm still making appointment at my old doctor just in case I don't find one but I really don't want to have to drive down to st. george every month, especially in the winter and I don't want to drive down there to have my baby either, that would be annoying. So if you guys know of anyone, or you absolutley love your doctor & hospital let me know!

whats been going on.

So first of all, I'm sick of being pregnant. Pregnancy has been rough, you hear from so many people that its the best time of your life and you feel so good blah blah, its not really like that. You just feel so out of shape and tired all the time, your body gets taken over and you have absolutely no control over it no matter how hard you try!
I look SO weird naked! haha. I'm having a rough time with all the extra weight gain, huge boobs,round face, huge hips, all those beautiful things that happen. I don't even think it really is realistic to just gain 25lbs your first pregnancy. I work out and I don't eat fatty foods and my body just isn't taking to it very good. I used to have curves- now they are just filled in and I look like a tree stump-with love handles. :) yummy.
The worst thing I hate about pregnancy is I get night terrors- because of all the hormones its making me dream crazy SO real dreams and I hate them! it doesn't happen every night but a few times a week, andy will wake me up from them and I wake up out of breath and crying-who really cries in their sleep?
The smell of my deoderant makes me wanna throw up and I can't find one that doesn't haha so I've been wearing andy's, its a comforting smell to me. Pregnancy is making me so crazy.
I don't crave one paticular thing all the time other than cereal which is a given. between me and andy we go through 3-4 gallons of milk a week! I do get cravings for random food though, mostly if I smell a smell that reminds me of them does that even make sense? I crave pizza a lot & apples. not together, gross. Ice cream still kinda repluses me and hamburgers and hot dogs. & D.Q's pumpkin pie blizzards ewwwww.
We've chosen Scarlett as her name. still don't know about a middle name? the name Scarlett means a red color or a fiesty beautiful women haha I think it fits. She's SOOOOOOO active! the other night she didn't stop moving for 2 hours the inside of my stomach was sore from her rolling around! She knows andys voice and she's already a daddy's girl. I feel like I already know her its so wierd. I'm just excited for andy to get to know her. I think she'll have the impatitents of her mom, the sense of humor & energy of her dad. I think she's going to be a happy baby. I hope she has my red hair, but andy's eye color. I just hope she's cute & healthy!
I'm not nervous for the labor or to be a mom, I'm really not nervous for anything just anxious! I just want to hold her! I don't think I'm nervous because I'm just so excited and really there is no reason to be nervous to be a parent cause there isn't a right or wrong way to parent. I'm not even planning on anything cause you know never how it will be. I know it will be hard but I'm up for the challenge!
anyway I know most of you don't really care to read all this but I'll like to look back on it later.
I morphed me and andy's faces together a few months ago, I guess this is what she's gonna look like?

Andy and I are loving the new apartment still. We have crazy neighbors, why are we ALWAYS stuck with crazy neighbors? but I love the apartment and being so close to Andy's sister Nat & her family, Also my two sisters Michelle and Holly. I've been okay with the weather-until today.
SNOW. lovely. We don't have a microwave-didn't even realize it until a few days after we moved in and I went to use one haha its been alright though without one, we just heat everything up on the stove, except I made some yummy dinners the last few nights and I want left overs! We're getting a mircowave this weekend.

Since we've been up here we've done a lot, we drove the Alpine loop a few weeks ago it was beautiful! we were going to take some pictures of us but haha becuase of me being pregnant i got extremely car sick and well we never did get around to taking pictures, soon though before it gets so cold!

We went to the Oquirrh Mt. temple, its only like 10 minutes away. we had a good session there, now just the Draper, Jordan River & Timpanogas! I LOVE this picture of the temple, to me it looks like heaven!

The deer hunt was last weekend and in no way were we prepared! you think if you're going down to st. george to go hunting you'll need your gun, camo/orange clothing & a your deer tag.
nope didn't even think of any of those. Luckily we got it all worked out! I wasn't going to go down but that morning I decided too so I wasn't prepared either! Andy got a deer sunday morning WHOOOO! we don't have to buy meat! Just a little two point, trish got the twin and later that night Ross got one too. I'm SO happy and proud of my husband! mmm plus I can't wait for deer steaks.