Baby Hawkley-8 months and counting down...

Our little family of two is about to become three and we are thrilled! We are so in love with our little guy and can't wait to meet him next month. My sister Jill took some great maternity shots for us and I wanted to share.

A new Halloween tradition!

Well...halloween this year was one for the record books! First it started on wednesday when I got to go to the Halloween Ellen Show. A bunch of girls from south pasadena went and we all had a blast. I didn't really know what to dress up as...so naturally i choose to be a whoopie cushion! it was pretty last minute and homemade. But it was fun. And i felt like i couldn't make a normal face in any picture because...well i was dressed up as a fart. ha My friend Jaime dressed up as Russel from UP and won 2nd place for best costume and Lindsay, the tampax box, won 1st place. It was a fun day!

Then on friday night we had our ward trunk or treat. It was fun passing out all the candy to the little kids and we realized that next year we will have a 10 month old kiddo running around (well at least crawling) crazy...but can't wait!

On Saturday Pehrson entered a Halloween Surf Competition and we had SO much fun! We weren't expecting it to be as awesome as it was. There were a ton of people that came, probably about 40 people who competed in costume.

Pehrson dressed up as George W. Bush and our brother-in-law Jason dressed up as Richard Nixon (like from the movie point break) It was pretty awesome.

There were a couple other friends from dental school that came. David dressed as white trash and Bridger dressed up as Russel from UP.

They split them into about 8 or 10 people per heat and they got 20 minutes to surf. Here is Pehrson's first wave and by far the best picture of the day! ha He decided to make the podium last minute. And sure glad he did...because this picture is priceless!

I don't know how you can surf with a mask on, a suit and a wetsuit. P said he couldn't see a thing and was suffocating in that mask especially when it would fill up with water. HA but he looked goood!

Even though this mask of Bush has a smiling...I'm pretty sure Pehrson was smiling pretty big underneath that mask.

There was an expression session after the main heats and they had to randomly pick a number and surf whatever board they were given. Again, another fun heat for the boys. They gave out some prizes and awards and fed us Chipotle for lunch. It was way fun! The weather was absolutely perfect! And this will probably be a new tradition for Halloween. I want to do it next year.

We finished off the night chaperoning and dancing at the youth halloween dance. We were worn out and slept like rocks on saturday night. It was a blast and now that this holiday is over just one more to get through and then...BABY time!!!

27 years old

Pehrson is a really simple guy, it doesn't take much to make him happy. All he really needs in life are some waves, the sun and good food. So this weekend I picked him up from school on friday and we headed to the beach. The waves weren't huge, but he still had fun. I brought some food and my camera and watched my man as the sun warmed my face. The weather couldn't have been better. It had been raining that whole week and even on friday morning but as we drove to the beach the clouds separated and the sun was warm. Heavenly Father knew we needed the sun for a couple of hours. We had the beach practically to ourselves...and of course some dolphins.

I packed our bikes in our car and once P was done surfing, we rode those bikes along the santa monica board walk. Down to Venice beach and along the Pier. Had some hot chocolate and headed home. There are some interesting people down there. GREAT people watching!!!

I got him the game Bocce Ball...here he is looking VERY excited about it!

Saturday P had to go to a dental clinic that he does once a month so he left early and was gone for most of the day. And then once he came home we drove to Downtown Disney and meet up with mi familia. We decided to eat at the Rainforest Cafe. I hadn't been there forever and thought it would be fun for a birthday. Funny part is that the table next to us was celebrating a birthday too. Except he was turning 7 and my husband was turning 27. He's a kid at heart!

Birthday Boy!!

Then on Sunday (his official birthday) I made him a very healthy breakfast of monkey bread. (SO good! and SO fatting! but calories don't count on your birthday right?) We had a pretty mellow sunday. Talked to family. Went to church. Made some more treats, went to the park and played Bocce Ball and Just hung out the two of us. (it won't be the 2 of us for much longer)

I hope you had a great weekend Love! Happy 27th!

Birthday weekend...

It's my man birthday tomorrow! And we started celebrating yesterday. I love you Pehrson happy 27th birthday!!!

And these two have something in common...our niece Lily and P's birthdays are only two days apart. Happy 1 year little lil. We love you.

I love birthdays...especially when they are for people you love.

Funny Picture...

I know i have been totally slacking on blogging again...i don't know why. But we have been trying to get our house finished and ready for the arrival of our little babe. Last night, i looked around our apartment and realized we don't really have any pictures of us...we have one wedding picture on the desk but besides that, nothing. So i started looking through some old pictures (which always takes way longer than expected) and came across this...Please look at all the guys faces and then on the far left you see my dad...haha his face is priceless. I laughed out loud when i saw this.

Love you Dad...thanks for always watching out for us and making us laugh. Our weddings wouldn't have been the same without your dance moves.

Point Mugu

A couple weekends ago we went camping at Point Mugu. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. There were tons of dolphins in the water so my man decided to bring his snorkel out and see what he could find...

ha booties and all...please notice the snorkel in this pic.

More surfing

Us ladies did lots of this...

It was a great weekend.

(photos courtesy my sister jill...she's good!)

Getting bigger...

I wake up in the morning and after going straight to the bathroom i stop and think about how crazy it is that i am growing a human inside of me...yes a human with arms and legs and ears and eyes. What a miracle to watch this happen. Is this really happening??

I have been going to a pre-natal yoga class lately and it feels amazing. I feel like i'm in pretty good shape until i go to this class and realize how tight i really am. But, it's funny to look around the room and see all these other woman in awkward positions with big bellies. I wonder what they are thinking. What their life is like, what type of "pregnant women" they are. On my way home i was trying to think about what type i am. I would have to say that Pehrson has it pretty easy. I'm still pretty nice and I still haven't really had any cravings. I get hungry...but no cravings.

Here's an embarrassing story that felt totally logical at the time but now i feel horrible. The other day I was at the mall and I was SO hungry. Everything in sight looked good. I went to the food court and i swear every line was a mile long (maybe i'm exaggerating a little) I started waiting in the subway line cause it was the shortest and after about 15 minutes of waiting the sweet girl yells back to all of us in line that their atm wasn't working and that they would only accept cash. I looked at her and said "what??? are you serious??? well...can i write you a check??? big groans and moans...she said, "no sorry, but you can use the atm over there" i looked at her and said "NO i'm going somewhere else" I made a big scene and stormed off. You would have that the world was ending. I was so mad! and STILL SO hungry...i finally got food at some other ridiculously expensive sandwich place. But i was full and happy. I didn't even think twice about what i had done until i was driving home. I laughed out loud and then felt really bad. So subway lady if you're out there..."i'm sorry!"

And maybe my emotions have been a little more dramatic lately and i'll start crying over silly things like, baby clothes, baby shoes, seeing Pehrson hold the baby clothes or baby shoes, looking at an empty room knowing that in a couple months OUR baby will be in there. Any baby in general. I was making a salad and cut my finger really bad and i started crying...hard! turns out i didn't cut it that hard but you would thought i chopped my whole finger off and my favorite one of all was in the the beginning of pregnancy I got some dirt on my pants and I started crying because now i had to walk around with dirty pants. (that one is just stupid)

I've had a couple of those "i'm fat" days but then when i feel this little guy move or kick or dance or roll i know that everything is totally worth it! Nothing makes me happier than feeling him move around inside. I would have to say that his most active time is at night when i'm trying to go to bed, he is just getting the party started. I'll lay there and just feel him for a couple hours. i guess they say that if he is active at night on the inside he will be active at night on the outside too. SO maybe he is just preparing me for those late, long nights ahead.

But we are getting closer! each week goes by so quick and i am now seeing my doctor every two weeks. The time is going to fly. I feel so lucky to have this opportunity to be carrying this child of God. I love his little spirit so much already and can't wait to hold him and kiss him and love him forever. I hope that we can be the best parents we can be and that he will feel safe with us in these wicked times. I'm so glad that Heavenly Father constructed our lives to be centered around families. I don't know what i would do with out mine and I am SO excited to be making one of my own. I truly feel so blessed every day.

Thank you for this wonderful gift of Life.