Rocking pregnancy

On Mother’s Day I asked Kevin to take a few pictures of me and our little growing human. I’m going to sound really vain here and say that I am rocking pregnancy. Actually, pregnancy is rocking me. My pregnant skin is so clear (no cyclical break-outs!) and I honestly adore my pregnant belly. I have truly never felt so beautiful in all my life.

I know that not everyone feels this way about themselves during pregnancy, but I just can’t get over being amazed at what my body is doing. It’s incredible and it’s such a blessing.

Camping is our favorite

I told Kevin when we were driving out here that we needed to jump into doing fun things to help us transition smoothly. So we spent our first weekend in Wisconsin doing our favorite thing; camping. It was a short camping trip and it was so great. We got our camp set up, spent two hours trying to get our fire going so we could cook dinner, roasted some s’mores and went to bed. We woke up really early (there are no mountains to block the sunrise), hung out around camp and played some games then cleaned up and found a few trails to “hike.” Everything is flat here so it’s more like going on a nature walk in the woods but it was still fun and very pretty.

It was so nice to just spend some time together and reflect on our first week in this new place and talk about our future here. We love camping because we usually spend it just talking and talking about anything and everything. I love being married to my best friend. We never run out of things to talk about. We’re pretty lucky!

Our baby boy

A few hours after Kevin graduated we had our big 20 week ultrasound. The ultrasound was honestly amazing. It was so comforting to learn that our baby is healthy, everything looks normal, and he’s the perfect size (actually a little big for his age)! And the biggest news was finding out that he is a HE!

I’m not going to lie, I was a tiny bit in shock when the technician said, “that’s a little boy part.” because I was honestly convinced that we were having a girl! Once the shock wore off (and I hit up Baby Gap), I became incredibly excited. It hit me hard that I’m going to have a SON and I just cried in gratitude.

Even though for several months I thought we were having a girl, it now feels so perfect that this baby is a boy. And in the past two weeks since we learned his gender, I’ve fallen in love with him so much. I can’t wait to meet him and hold him in my arms. And I’m so so grateful to have two amazing boys in my life.

Kevin’s Graduation

I’m a sucker for ceremony. It’s very important to me to acknowledge life’s transitions. Kevin half-joked about not walking at his graduation from BYU but I shut that down in a hurry!

It was great having Kevin’s family here to support him in his graduation. Commencement was wonderful, I cried a lot.

I’m just so proud of Kevin. He worked soooo hard for 4 1/2 years to get to this point so that he can give our family the best life possible. I’m so grateful for everything he sacrificed and for diligence in finishing his degree.

My dad dropped by to see Kevin walk which was very appreciated. These two men mean so much to me.

Kevin, Tim and Kyle. These three went through it all together. I’m so grateful that Kevin had their support and friendship. These two are amazing guys.

And our little families. I have so much love for these amazing people. Kevin and I are truly blessed to have them in our lives.

The past two weeks since graduation have been absolutely insane. We packed up everything we own and moved across the country, and Kevin started a new job immediately. I still can’t believe our time at BYU is over and that we now live 1300 miles away. We will both always look back on our time as students with so much fondness and happy memories.