bun in the oven.. :)

Ever since I met Rex we have tended to do everything fast:)


Let's recap:

Dating a return missionary, seriously, as a junior in high school
Talking about marriage as a junior in high school 
Engaged as a senior at age 17.
Graduated early from high school
                 and 
Married a week later at age 18.


You get the point:)


One thing we decided to take slow was making babies! Even though at times I would see a sweet soft baby and think, "wow i could totally use one of those!" I knew realistically for school/financial/we just got married reasons that it would be better for us to wait. 


But sometimes what we think isn't always what's best.


And I say that because I guess heavenly father had a different plan for us because there is a little bun in my oven and im about 16 weeks along!


Here's how the past few months have gone down for Rex and I:)


At the beginning of the summer I began to feel... tired and I thought I just had the stomach flu. But throughout the month I continued to feel like something was off. At the end of June I went up to Tuscon to watch my niece and nephews while my sister Leah had her 4th baby. With the thought of babies in the air, something started to click for me. I drove home from the trip and Rex and I were talking  and we decided that I should take a test and see. 


(In my mind I was pretty positive I wasn't pregnant because we were doing everything opposed to trying to have a baby.) 
                                                                   
                                                                           I guess I was wrong :) 

Yes, the actual real test is taped onto the paper!

We went to Walmart together to buy the test and I was so anxious I just took the test right in the Walmart bathroom! haha. 


Ridiculous right?? But I seriously couldn't stand the drive home without knowing. And in my defense, anyone who has ever taken one of those tests knows the nerves that are rushing through your body.  


Well, anyway I sat and waited for the dang results to show up and holy crap it felt like eternity waiting for them. Clearly the stick said pregnant and I was...


shocked
dumbfounded
nervous
excited
scared
happy


and many more emotions that I couldnt put my finger on!


To be honest, I'm pretty sure this is exactly what went through my head...


Whoa, we didn't plan for this. We've only been married like 5 months! Rex is gonna freak out. Wait.. we don't even have insurance! Maybe I'll just stay in the bathroom... 


But after I bottled up the courage, and said a little prayer I forced myself out of the bathroom.


I remember walking out and feeling numb, I looked up and I could see Rex's back. He was walking back and forth(I didnt even think about his nerves!) When he turned around I got a big smile on my face. I couldn't even speak I just showed him the test and when I saw him smile I knew that we were going to be fine. The fact that he was so thrilled, made me more excited! The car ride home we just kept repeating, "holy crap we're having a baby" over and over again. 
It still  hadn't sunk in...so I sent Rex back to the store and I took 3 more tests just be sure! :)


Since we had no idea when we could have gotten pregnant, we didn't know how far along I was. We decided to tell family and let them join in our excitement and wait about friends till after the first appointment. Except, I started to get this odd bump really early on and people started guessing! I couldn't lie especially because I kept getting sick at work and in public places when we were out with family or friends. So we told a little sooner than planned :)

Baby Smith at 9 weeks and already looking good!!

When we had our first appointment my Dr. thought I was about 11 weeks along, but later we found out at our ultrasound I was only 9 weeks. So.. maybe we're having a big baby :) haha. 






As long as our baby is healthy, Rex and I will be happy!  

baby cravings:)

In two weeks we find out if this little baby is a boy or a girl...and we're dying to find out! 


Now that the nerves are gone and the morning sickness has passed it's really starting to sink in that we're having a baby, and Rex and I couldn't be happier!
We are so thankful for this little piece of heaven that is being sent down to us!


More to come on life as a pregnant woman.  

16 weeks pregnant and feeling big! haha

The Breath You Take.

"If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most."

         Life is quite something isn't it?

 It seems like when things are good, happy, smooth flowing, and stress free a curve balls is thrown and  your world turns upside down.

That's why when I read this quote(in red), by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, it made everything alot more clear.

 I thought to myself... Do I do that? Do I get upset because of the little worldly stresses in everyday life? Do I not recognize the wonderful things I have? Do I complain when something so small is out of line or if my plans are changed for some reason or another. The answer to that is YES, I do. 

Now r I think everyone on this earth has moments like that. The moments where you feel like your swimming in mud and you can't pull yourself out; but in reality, whether the problem is  big or small, when you step out of yourself and look into the situation from a different perspective you realize that you and many others have conquered and been through way worse. 

In this world we are all faced with disappointment, stress, and defeat. Fortunately  those hideous words can be buried. 
They're buried with things such as family, love, church, courage, faith, hard work, friends, scriptures, and so many other things.

My other baby:)

My Baby:)

In life I think that the way to get through trials is by relying on yourself and the ones who love you to pull through the hard days.

BUT the revelation I had this past month is to not just be grateful for the wonderful things that we all have in our lives but to be grateful every day of our lives. To realize the amount of love each person has in their life. 

The week of my dad's birthday while I was driving I heard one of his favorite songs by George Straight, The Breath You Take. Right in the car I started sobbing (I've been emotional lately). I had heard it a couple of months before I was married and didn't really listen to the words but now being recently married I have had a different perspective of that song. The lyrics are so sweet and tender and make you realize the importance of savoring every single breath and moment.

Now to set the record straight I need to say I love my husband Rex with every ounce of my body. He is my companion, my best friend, and my forever love. and I LOVE BEING MARRIED. 


BUT since I got married (you could say)... REALLY YOUNG and time with my fam was cut short. Ive realized over the past 5 months how thankful I am for all the time I spent with my family and all the wonderful moments that took my breath away and all the love that was shared. 


Basically this is my sappy post on realizing the blessings of having such a wonderful family, life, husband, friends, and especially for the moments that have taken my breath away.


In the midst of hardships, trials, and struggles LIFE IS GOOD. 


xoxo. em. 

Back into ACTION.

Well fellow bloggers, I am a total hipocrit. I think about 5 months ago I said i'll be blogging every month blah blah blah. But did I blog? ???
No I didnt.
Between Christmas, getting married, the honeymoon, starting a nursing assistant program, Rex's crazy work schedule and school, moving into a new house, and oh yeah.. PAYING BILLS.

All I can say is....life got crazy BUSY!

But 3 months after the big day we've settled in and couldn't be happier. :)


                                 ANYWAY.




Since our schedules have officially calmed down...
haha. well not reaally.. but calm enough to fit in some blogging once a month, I'm here to stay and turn this fun hobby into a habit.


Here we go.


The Smith life.
Where do I begin?
Well.. after the big day of tying the knot things have only gotten better!





















The night of our honeymoon we stayed at this resort in Phoenix for two days and it was fabulous it basically consisted of laying in bed, watching tv, ordering room service, shopping, seeing movies, and more laying in bed. 

The next week we went up to the Mountains in Albuquerque and stayed at a cabin (thanks to Aunt Deb!) and it was so much fun! Our original plan was to snowboard but... do you think that happened?? ha. NO. Rex had a cold and we found ourselves enjoying chilling in the house with an occasional playing in the snow:)The whole trip was a blast and besides spending every second with my hubby my favorite part was coming back and driving through Albuquerque (my hometown!!) We ate at all the hometown restaurants I havent been to for years and seriously gained 20 pounds but it was so worth it.

Sosososososososososo CUTE.

Once the honeymoon ended it was baby Rex's Birfffday!! Whaaa ohh yeahhh:) I think I was more excited than he was. haha. I shopped all day and found him some presents (which was money that i had been saving up for months) Since his birthday was on a Sunday we celebrated Saturday. I took him to this place called Happy Feet to get full body messages, then we eat dinner at Carrabas, and had Dairy Queen blizzards, to finish off the night we watched a movie on our temporary apartment on the floor. The whole day = SO FUN! On Sunday morning I kept my families tradition alive by making him breakfast in bed! I was proud of myself:)  









After such a fun month of January we both started school and back to work full time meaning the "party" was over. Real Life began again. With Rex working all day and going to school at night and Myself going to school all day and working all night we were busy and tired and stressed and hungry(because i barely ever cooked ha). It was a rough first two months. But after a little adjusting things got better. 


We got great news that we could sign on our house and once we did we legitamentally moved in withing 3 days.( We were so so SSO ready to get out of the little apartment) ha. My family helped us with TURBO SPEED painting and fixing the minor problems while Rex cut 30 holes installing a security system (that was all his idea which im so glad we ended up doing it... I watch too much Criminal Minds haha) 


So now we're moved in and our loving  making this little house our home!


Within a week at our new ward we spoke in church and recieved callings. Rex is a boyscout leader and I teach primary. Uhhhh... Crazyyyy??? Yeah it's still so weird for me! Like really?? Me teaching primary, I felt like I was just there (ha. I was 6yrs ago ha). But I love the class I teach and we love our ward.
 It's so fun making new friends and establishing our new lives as Rex and Emily Smith. 


Well.. That's about it for now our lives our set in a routine and it probably it may seem boring but we're loving it. Loving our house, loving our schedules, loving eachother, and loving our lives together.


P.S. To my husband: 
I love you Rex with all my heart. Everyday waking up next to you makes me feel like I can do anything. You are my best friend and forever love. Thankyou for choosing me. I love you babah.:)

It's Easy When You're In Love With 

Your Best Friend.

    

SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

XOXO

      EM.

FALL FUN

It's officially November. Well... in thirty minutes. But whose counting right???

Ha. Ironically enough I am. Counting dollar bills to pay for a wedding dress. Counting addresses to send out announcements. Counting down to the day I get to marry the love of my life (58 DAYS) .. Haha. So So So much counting! But its good and even though its stressful I wouldn't want it any other way. 

When every girl says weddings are stressful, they're not kidding. You finish one thing and go to the next. I'm exhausted. Is there such thing as "losinghermind" syndrome?? haha. well if not, There should be because that describes me right now. Poor Rex i'm always either really happy or bursting into tears. So much stress with going to school, work, and wedding, plus playing with the future hubby its alot. I couldnt be sane without my mama. She seriously is the most amazing woman. I look up to her so much. We're having a blast togetherr planning this wedding plus she adores Rex which means the most to me. Im so thankful Im marrying someone who loves me and my family.

All I can say is...   Life is Good.

Moving ON.

I havent had a ton of time to blog but I decided I'm not going to blog every single detail. I simply just have no time.

So lets start with highlights of our engaged life the past two months:

• School
• Work
• Movies at home
• Applebees appetizers:)
• House hunting
• Practicing cooking
• Kissing with feet on the ground 
• Engagement pictures (we think the world ANNIE RANDALL = best photographer ever!!) www.annierandall.net 
• dress shopping
• SO SO SO MANY WEDDING PLANS
• 24 season marathons
• Registering
• Game playing
• Bahama Bucks Thursdays w/ Hannah Ruthie (You could say she likes Rex more than Pizza.. if you know her that's saying ALOT )
• laughing our heads off
• And most recently Halloween! (we can't wait for more  Holidays)                                                                                                                                            

Halloween came and we thought we'd dress up but did it happen?? Haha..  Uh. No, our "big" plan didn't workout but good thing for Rex he saved the day as usual. He had some soccer attire from his mission in Argentina so that's what we were, soccer players, and it was perfect!

So saturday night we attended my wards carnival and his wards Chili cookoff which was wayy fun! It was fun being with my family and his. Plus on our way to his ward get together someone in my ward was getting rid of this beautiful cheerry wood hutch so piece of furniture for FREE. nice nice nice deal.

Then after the parties we came back to my house and made ice cream in a bag which  was...

1.  Way Easy
2. A total arm workout haha
3. delicious
4. and SO FUN to eat while watching 24!  

 So yes our lives are crazy but whose isn't right?! Everyone in this whole world is busy trying to make it and be happy.This is life and we love it. Enjoy it be happy. 

"Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

HELLO BLOGGING WORLD..

Group date!! Tall tees and bowling!

I'm starting something that I thought I never would do. ha. BLOG! But since my life has taken a really sharp turn in a new and exciting direction i thought it would be a good time to start making note of a NEW LIFE:) I'm getting married to the love of my life Rex Smith on December 28th 2010. Our story is a crazy one but its perfect for us! i thought id share it to start the writings of our life together.

8MONTHS AGO.

It started on January 30th 2010. I was with my brother Jesse going to Rex Smith's homecoming get together at his house. I didn't want to go. I didn't even know him and thought it'd be a waste of time. At one point, Rex and I were the only ones in the kitchen area, we started talking making pointless conversation (he was already making me laugh!) and at the end of our conversation he asked if he could hug me! (haha. i laughed my head off! what a cute boy. i was the first girl he hugged:)) Our friendship started instantly and it was only a friendship at the time because duhh... I was a junior in high school. But a couple months went by after hanging out constantly and we realized our relationship was more than friends. We couldn't stop it from happening. We started dating in March.

The first time we officially hungout! the day before valentines!

SUMMER

We had the absolute best summer togetherrrr!! It started out with a week of NO work for Rex and NO summer school for me!! I decided to graduate early so we could get married and in order to do that i had to take government over the summer! but before that started Rex and I spent the week going to movies, out to eat, swimming, and being together 24-7! It was PERFECT! Then we went to Oceanside with my family and had such a blast!Fourth of July with my fam then 24 season marathons which were AMAZING!!!! At the end of the summer we got to go to Kevin and Brigitte's wedding in Utah1 (Rex's brother!)  We love them and their wedding was awesome! So... basically best summer ever. The worst part was when he was at work:( or when i was at work:(! Other than that... NO COMPLAINTS!


FALL 


School began the last semester of my high school life! We're both extremley busy! He's working from 6:30 to 4:00 and then goes to night classes at 6:00 and I go to school from 8:00 to 1:00 and work from 4:00 to late! We have the worst timing! But we make it work:)The wedding plans began before we were engaged and i was getting antsyy!! But to my surprise on September 9th we got engaged! I had no idea!
This is the story..

.I was in class at MCC and my mom texted me and was like " you just got asked to homecoming  and i was freaking out because Rex and i had just gotten into a big fight about the homecoming thing. about me not going or going? and all this stuff. haha. but anyway, i called him and told him i had gotten asked and he was sooooooooooooo rude. i was like why are you mad at me?? and he just was like "well... who would ask you! they know were dating!"(which hurt my feelings) so i was like " well will you come with me to find out who it is so i can say no??" and he was like "it'll be awkward" which made me so mad cause i was like "uhm......... we've been through so much together! and you think it'll be awkward to go find out who asked me to homecoming even though i'm saying no!!!" (at this point i was yelling) haha.  and he was like " yeah just go find out who it is and call me later." which made me so MAD! so i called my mom and was just going off on how i was so mad at him and if it'd even really be worth marrying him. and all this stuff (she knew the whole time he was proposing! funny) so i get to the house and there's a poster that said " roses are red violets are blue somebody wants to dance with you" and then a little map that lead me to quail run park. which Rex and i  use to go to because we could not go to each others houses when we first dated cause it was a secret haha. so i get there and I'm so upset and i walk over to the park and by the slide i see a big box wrapped in red wrapping paper and all these styrofoam peanut things and roses everywhere. so i trudge over there just wanted to get it over with it. and i swoosh all the peanuts to the side and i didn't see anything. i was so annoyed so i picked up the box and dumped it out. first off the box was huge and peanuts literally went everywhere. ha. anyway i looked down and saw this little box and im thinking what the? And all of a sudden i turn around and see Rex running up behind me, he grabbed the box out of my hand, handed me a rose, and said how much he loved me and that from the moment he met eyes with me he couldn't get me off my mind, he told me how great things were now and how he could only imagine them getting better once we were married. he said I love you, will you marry me Emily??? it was amazing! i screamed yes and was freaking out!!!! i am the happiest girl in the world!

NOW
So here we are! Busy Busy Busy and so ready to settle down! I know this is quite the post haha. but now our story is told and we can begin our journey together. 
xoxox
Till next time
Em