baby bump picture :)

I took my first baby bump picture today at 14 weeks! For a couple weeks I have put it off since I felt like my "baby bump" looked more like a fat roll, and honestly I didn't find it too picture worthy. But now it's sticking out in all it's bumpy glory, and this time I cannot suck it in cause its hard as a rock lol.



I think the bump is on the fast track now, no turning back!

p.s. Scott and I are planning our vacation to California in August and we really really want to go to Disneyland too. Anyone know if Im allowed to go on any of the rides? obviously no crazy ones like the rollercoasters, but I mean Haunted Mansion is pretty mild...right? right????? If you know the answer to this, please let me know, I will be about 6 months preggo I think.


p.s.s... Im slightly obsessed with this song. They don't have a video but I found this adorable little animation on youtube. LOVE IT WITH ME <3

It's official...

I can no longer fit into my skinny jeans. I dont know if that makes me happy or if that's the most depressing thing ever. I have mixed emotions.


p.s. thank you to everyone who has congratulated us on facebook, we have had so many people mention how excited they are for us, and that make us even more excited. I feel bad cause I havent responded and thanked everyone, but if you congratulated us, thank you now :)

baby bump pictures to come soon.

sweet sweet Snoasis

A couple of years ago I attended BYU-Idaho. I was there during the summer one year. Rexburg was boring, but if you looked hard you could find some pretty fun things to do, and places to go to.

In Rexburg they have this little snow shack called Snoasis. It is the best shaved ice I have ever had. I have had other shaved ice here in Provo, and still nothing compares. Everthing they have to offer is just a little bit better than anywhere else.

I spent that summer going there with roomates, best friends, and boyfriends. I used to go the a lot with my friend Paige, we would walk there, walk all the way back to campus, and get so sick, but it was so worth it. I never thought I would have it again until last summer when I was telling Scott about it and thought about searching online to see if they had any in Utah.

To my luck they have 1 in Alpine. Last summer Scott and I went and it was as heavenly as I remembered it, it was the exact same. It was perfect. A couple weeks ago I got to take my sweet friend Paige I mentioned earlier (she lives in Utah now too) and we went up and got some Snoasis. It was so fun, and we laughed reminiscing about all the fun times we had that summer. Ohhhhh memories.

If you ever go, can I make a suggestion? Black Raspberry, glacier style (with icecream and cream) the more cream the better. Devine.

Month of May

May is almost over! Can you believe it?! a couple of really random things I wanted to updated about. First of all my Daddy had his 50th birthday on May 9th, the day after Mother's Day! My poor dad has to share his birthday with Mother's Day every couple years, and then every couple years my birthday falls on Father's Day, so my poor dad hardly ever has a real day for just him! But Happy Birthday Dad! You are the best dad I could ever ask for, you are such a hard worker and of course, you are so funny and fun. 50 YEARS OLD!





Next, can I just say I have acquired a small obsession with Justin Beiber? I have always thought he was adorable, but the other day Scott brought home Never Say Never, and even though I hardly got any sleep, I stayed up waaaay too late watching it. Over the last week I have spent a majority of my free time watching Justin Beiber youtube videos. It's a problem but seriously! I love him! That's not creepy right?


...maybe a little creepy.

OK, next I am LOVING our new apartment complex. I am SOOOOOOOO happy we moved, like I cannot even express how glad I am we moved. The apartment is bigger, we have a pool and hot tub, it gets so much more light, not to mention that all our neighbors are a little older, like their mid-20's and its awesome cause its not such a young clickey feel. We love that. Pretty much everyone keeps to themselves, everyone is just cool, and quiet, and it just how we like it. It just feels like we have really moved on in our lives to a more mature chapter and it makes me really happy since we will soon having a full blown family. :) I will post pictures as soon as I finish decorating (ive been procrastinating too long)

News Flash! Has anyone tried the new Ocean Spray sparkling cranberry juices? They are heavenly, I just bought some, and they are so yummy! Get some, ASAP.


Oh also, I have a new job...yes it seems like I have a new job everytime I update this, but its been really hard to find a full time, steady, well paying job that I like in Utah mind you (I always had the same jobs for a while in Colorado) and sadly the assistant manager job at the salon was a bust and I quit, I just didnt agree with the ethics and Im glad I went somewhere else. But now I LOOOOOOOVE my job. I got an amazing job as a legal assistant at a disability law firm, and it is so wonderful. It pays well, its full time and it's just what I was looking for.


Well anyway this post has been really really random, so sorry about that, but the only interesting thing coming up is 2 weeks away at our 15 week ultrasound, I can't wait to see our little baby boo. Oh yeah!...speaking of babies, my friend Rachel Dickson finally announced her pregnancy, and her baby is due December 1st, 3 days after mine!!!! Im so happy to have a good friend to go through this with. Congrats Rachie, you will be a wonderful mom :)

Mother's Day

So this year I was able to celebrate my first ((unoffical)) Mothers Day! Even though my baby won't be here for a while, I am still a mother, because I have a baby, a real baby growing in me, and I am that baby's mom :) So Mothers Day Scott was so sweet and spoiled me a little bit.

I woke up and he made me one of my favorite breakfast dishes, french toast, with orange juice. I must say he did a great job! His french toast might have even been better than mine.


While I was eating my french toast in my bed, Scott brought in a present, wrapped in a Desert Book box, so of course I was curious as to what it was. I opened it and inside was new scriptures, with my new married name on it! I desperatly needed a new set of scriptures since my last pair was from when I was 8 years old and had stickers all over the inside. It was pretty torn up, and I was so grateful.



I read the card he gave me. In the card he mentioned what a beautiful testimony I have and how reading and studying the scriptures is going to be the best way to bless our childrens lives. There was more to it, but it made me so happy that he thought about what he wanted to give me, and really gave me something meaningful and purposeful for Mothers Day. :)

We went to church and I enjoyed our new ward, which is awesome, and of course they gave us women a treat...chocolate chip cookies! And for the first time I felt totally guiltless taking one, because it was my right! lol We met our next door neighbors who are way nice. The husband was actually in Scott's old ward in Texas and I found out that his wife is pregnant too and is due 3 days after me! I think we are gonna get along great.

For dinner Scott and I had a relaxing dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu, spanish rice, texas toast, and apple Martinellis. It was a wonderful day in the Allen house, and I am beyond grateful for my sweet and amazing husband!


But of course I cannot forget my most important person during Mothers Day, and that is my own mother. My mom is my best friend, she is so sweet, so loving, and if you know her, so ridiculous and funny. My mom has always been there to talk to me, to complain with me, to rejoice with me. I miss going out to lunch with my mom all the time and talking about everything, and as I got older I always felt that I could tell my mom about anything, and she would would just listen and understand like a good friend.

Im so grateful for my mom and all she has done for me and my sisters. Her and my dad own a car dealership and my mom not only is a mom and is always taking care of my little sisters, and cleaning, and cooking, but she works like 10 or 12 hours a day to help my dad with the accounting side of his business, or to help my dad meet with clients or move cars. Im so thankful for all my mom has given up to do everything for us and give my family the life that we have.





At my Bridal shower, check out that face on mom! lol

My mother is the best example to me in the world and I hope that I can be as wonderful of a mother as my mom is. Thank you mom, I love you.



p.s....Scott got some new shoes this week (much needed) and now we are twins!

is that not the cutest thing ever? it is.

the not so glamorous side of pregnancy

First off let me say how INCREDIBLY grateful I am to be blessed with the experience to be a mother soon! I seriously cannot wait until this little babe is out and I get to cuddle its brains out. I can't wait to see what it looks like, and see if Scott and I ever come to an agreence on a boy name. (not that it will be a boy, but if it, it's going to be a LOOOOOONG 9 months battling it out for a boy name)

For all the amazing thigs that come along with pregnacy, there are some not so amazing things. Im excited to finally complain till my hearts desire all over my social networks because for the last almost 3 months I have had to suck it up and just complain to scott, my mom, myself, and my cat...but at least she doesn't have an opinion. Here is my list of fun pregnancy facts that no one goes into detail about you before you get knocked up.

1. Anger issues- What more to say about this one aside from openly acknowledging I should probably be attending anger management classes. I get SO angry, all the time. Its probably pretty unhealthy actually, but I can't help it. Im a little on the OCD side to begin with, and this just tilts the scales. I get so mad I throw stuff, and shake my fists. Anything sets me off. 3 days ago a had a full blown mental breakdown over our duvee cover not fitting our down comforter exactly. I yelled at Scott, kept telling him what to do, and finally ended up crying. I felt pretty bad, but luckily my husband its a pretty even tempered loving man, and still hugs me and says its ok, even though I just reamed him for no real reason at all. Which brings me to my next point...

2. Incessant Crying and overboard emotions- Even worse than the anger is the emotions. My emotions are ridiculous. I cry over the slightest sentimental moment. Don't get me wrong, Im not full blown bawling everytime, but I cannot watch anything, ANYTHING remotely sad, touching, sweet, upsetting without tearing up. For example- The week we found out I was pregnant I cried during the finale of Jesrey Shore when J-WOW and Snooki said goodbye. Really? Jersey Shore? that was insane. Scott still holds that over my head. Saturday Scott and I went to see Rio, I started tearing up at preview of a dolphin movie, and then again when the ANIMATED bird was alone in a box. It never stops and it really annoys me, cause I know most of the time its something stupid im crying over. But every once in a while I will have a sob fest. Like the day I went to Panda Express for some Orange Chicken (which I wanna eat all the time) and they gave me the left over chicken in the pan before a new batch, and I really didn't want it. I was so upset that once I got in my car I called Scott sobbing and sobbing about my chicken. He couldn't even tell what I was saying, he thought I got into a car accident. Speaking of food...

3. Food cravings and Aversions- This one is a total catch 22 with me. Food and I have a love hate relationship right now. I will have the most intense cravings, I will make something or buy something, and then the next day the thought of eating the leftovers makes my stomach churn. It's really making Scott upset since I can't help but waste food since I wont eat anything the day after I ate it. Last week a guy at Gandolfo's finagled me into buying the other half of my 6-inch sub for $1 more. I caved, and never ate the other half. But I never had any intention of eating the other half. So I had Scott eat it the next day, soggy bread and all.I don't even know why I got it to begin with. About 3 weeks ago at like 1 am I had such an intense craving for fettucine that I got out of bed, made it, and took it back to my bed and ate it. All while Scott was asleep. 2 weeks ago I had 2 dreams in a row about a bacon, egg, and cheese bagel from McDonald's. I havent had one in like 3 years. But I made it my mission to get one the next morning. Yeah, its pretty nuts.

4. Morning sickness- Oh boy, where do I start with this one. Misery is not a good enough word to express how I have felt in my 1st trimester. It started around 5 or so weeks. At first it started at night only. I would get sick around 9 or 10 and take some Unisom and B6 and wake up in the middle of the night to lay by the toilet. Then I felt better in the morning. That lasted until about week 6 1/2 when I was being sick non-stop. I was sick when I woke up, I was sick in the middle of the day, I was sick at night. For about 3 weeks I literally didn't get out of bed except to lay in the bathroom. I was miserable. It was especially bad considering that I hardly actually threw up. I wished so bad I would cause then maybe I would feel better, but instead it just lingered and lingered and would make me dry heave 5 or 6 times a day. I even tried to go to the grocery store one day and had to leave, cart half full because I was unbearably sick. My favorite pastime became taking a Zofran and then laying in the shower for 45 minutes, twice a day. They say that morning sickness is the sign of a healthy pregnancy, and for that Im grateful, but jeez. My morning sickness pretty much subsided around 9 weeks, YAY! but I will still have some mild sickness every couple days. Can't wait for trimester 2!

4. Sheer Laziness- I have become seriously the laziest person on the planet. All I want to do all day long is lay in my bed and watch Family Guy on Hulu. A lot of it is that I really am tired, baby making takes a lot out of you, but I have NO desire to do anything or go anywhere. Scott will ask me if I wanna do things, things that normally are fun to me or normally I would wanna do, but the answer is always the same. things like "wanna go to a movie?" not really..."wanna have aaron and his fiancee over this weekend?" ehhh not really... "wanna go to the mall?" not today... "wanna go up to my parents house friday?" ...no, maybe another day. "wanna go work out?" are you insane?????? no way. I wish I had energy again, I really do, but for now, I would rather just sleep all day, and eat. And that's just the way it is.

5. Waking up everynight- This one is not that big of deal, but its still anoying. I cannot make it threw an enitre night of sleep, not even to save my life. Every night I wake up like 3 or 4 am cause I have to pee, or Im too hot, or Im uncomfortable, or Im I just seriously can't sleep anymore. Maybe its cause I sleep all day. Maybe.

6. Randoms- This is the little things that I had no idea were going to happen to me. My sense of smell is out of control. I can smell something in another room, I can smell myself SO much more, I can smell morning breath all the way across the bed, I have become addicted to a cologne of my husbands that smells so much better than it did before, and worst of all, everything else smells like cat pee to me. I tell Scott everyday "eww that smells like cat pee" he says everything smells like cat pee to me. I hate to take my prenatals, they smell like... you guessed it, cat pee. Another one is my skin is so much more sensitive. Everything hurts my skin, I get bruises and rashes a lot easier. Last night I had a big rash across my chest and Scott pointed it out. Yeah, it happens.


Pregnancy is such a blessing. Like I said I am so excited to have this little baby and we can't wait to be parents, and if these are some of the things I have to deal with, then Im happy to make that sacrifice. I just wish they wouldn't happen at the same time. :) Im interested to see what new things come with trimester 2 and 3!

IM PREGNANT!

YUP! It's true! Our little gummy bear baby is due November 27th, and we are beyond excited. We have known I was pregnant for a while now, and actually it came as a great surprise that I got pregnant about 3 weeks after my miscarriage, so it has been an amazing blessing. Right now I am 11 weeks along and almost out of my first trimester, THANK GOODNESS! We have had 3 ultrasounds now and baby Allen is healthy and developing right along like he or she should. Our first ultrasound the baby was very small and quite top heavy lol it was basically just a giant head on a ity bity body. The next one we had Mid April because I had a cyst rupture on my ovary and had to check that the baby was ok, this time was saw its amazing heartbeat going strong and it had its little stubby arms and legs, and pretty much looks like a gummy bear :)



Then last monday we had our most recent ultrasound and this time gummy bear was bug enough to get an abdominal ultrasound, but it was hiding pretty good and unfortuantly the doctor could never get a good picture of it cause it was MOVING LIKE CRAZY! We saw baby kicking and rocking, and flinging its arms around, and right in the center baby's heatbeat beating bright again.

We are so in love already, and we couldn't be more grateful for this amazing blessing!

moving, sucks.

Here we are day 3 of our moving extravaganza, and I am so exhausted I could literally take a nap for a year. I guess that is what happens when you procrastinate preparing for the move until the day you are actually moving...hm. Imagine that. But seriously we moved all day Sunday, all day Monday, and all day today into our new little apartment, and we are still not done. Moving our actual belongings has been the hugest pain in the butt, even though out new apartment is only 3 miles away from our old one, I realized we have soooooo much junk, soooooooo many clothes (actually that's just me) and we are way disorganized. Something I would really like to strive to be better at in the new house.

Today has been the worst though. We had the unholy task of cleaning the whole apartment top to bottom. Our landlord meant business too. We had to wash all the base boards, wash the walls, fill in holes with spackle, scrub the shower top to bottom (with its HORRIBLE glass sliding doors) those took me an hour to get all the soap scrum off. We had to wash all the doors back and front, clean all the glass and windows inside and out, wash the window tracks, wash the air filter, scrub out the oven and microwave, clean down all the cupboards, wash out all the drawers, oil all the wood cupboards in the apartment, wipe down all the wood blinds, sweep, mop, and sweep outside our apartment door. I am totally sure I am missing something. I think our issue came in thinking it would not be as hard as it was. I was responsible for the bathroom. I thought it would take 30 minutes tops. It took me almost 3 hours.

Ugh it's seriously a nightmare. Not to mention that we have a serious mold infestation through-out our entire apartment. It grows and grows through the whole bathroom, all over the ceiling, all over the baseboards, in all of the window wells. Out into our bedroom, in the window wells there, and baseboards, behind our headborad...and there is nothing we can do about it. Our apartment is halfway underground and does not get good ventilation at all. I don't know if its cause of where it is located in the complex, being a bottom end unit and all, but we will run the fan during a shower, and our bedroom windows will be fogged up for a week, our neighbors have even joked it looks like business is going down in our apartment all the time. Even our towels stay damp for days if we don't crack a window at any sign of moisture, and it's just now getting nice enough to open them with out freezing yourself out! It is totally out of our hands. Good luck to the new tenants whoever they are! I will for sure not miss that. Horray for the 2nd floor!

Oh goodness Im not excited to unload these boxes at our new place. Not to mention Stinky has been hiding out under our box spring since last night. This is gonna take some getting used to.

...But I can't wait to decorate. :)