Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Half way there and the Jeanne breakup

At 21 weeks, I'm half way along and it hasn't been that bad.

Sickness: There wasn't too much of it and it stopped after 12 weeks which was great. If I didn't eat as often as my body would want me to, I would throw up. It's been rather humorous. I threw up in the middle the Chinese New Year in Chinatown because I saw a dead bird on the ground. Everyone probably thought I was wasted. Or on my way driving to class, I manage to throw up covering myself from my hair to butt. Funny now, but not at the time. I obviously did not go to class that day.

Food: I don't have cravings, I just know what I don't want to eat. And I might eat taco bell weekly but that has to stop because my acid reflux is killing me. No more spicy foods.
Pickles are good and I can easily finish a jar in a day but that is nothing new with pregnancy-- I've always loved pickles and pickle juice. Cameron thinks I'm weird.


Clothing: I'm in this weird zone. Most of my normal clothes are not zipping up but maternity clothes seem to be too big.

The baby boy: The kicks are so fun to feel! I've been feeling them a lot lately. Whenever class gets boring, I just am entertained by his little kicks! My baby is as long as a carrot!


The Jeanne Breakup
Breakups are never fun to do. Towards the end of last week, we broke the news to Jeanne that we're moving out and quitting the job. Jeanne doesn't let anyone work there who has kids or is pregnant, even if it's just a day pregnant. She is a little old-fashion and feels extremely responsible for anything that could happen to the unborn baby while on her time. So therefore, it was time for us to quit.

We can't tell Jeanne the real reason why we're leaving (baby on the way) because she won't let me work the remaining time that we're here (that means I have to hide my little bump from her). We told her that my school schedule is crazy busy (which is in-fact currently true). She tried to negotiate with us so that we could stay with her longer and she pleaded with us to stay with her until her death. But I insisted that my school work plus her job would be too hard on me and that we better move out at the end of the semester.

I was almost hoping for her to get angry and throw a tantrum (which she is fully capable of and happens quite often) but she was just sad. And then it made me sad and... kind of relieved at the same time. :)
I'll be excited to start the next chapter of our lives even if it does mean going from a four bedroom house to a one-bedroom apartment. It will be so so so worth it. Jeanne's mansion has been an interesting learning experience for the last two years but baby or not, I'm definitely through with it.

Work with Jeanne thus far: Obviously, I'm still hiding it from her. I only got super sick once while i was with her and I made it to a bathroom soon enough. It's been hard to deal with her, not feeling myself sometimes, and massive school work on top of that. Sweatshirts or baggy shirts are a must for hiding the baby bump.

Monday, March 8, 2010

It's a BOY!


Today we went to see our baby for the very first time! Right off the bat he could tell the gender and it was really cool and fun to see him move around. The doctor said he was very active. I'm right at 20 weeks and everything looks good!
I have six brothers and Cameron has a family of four boys with one boy grandson so the boys just keep coming!




After my appointment, we celebrated with BLUE flavored shave ice and I bought some tiny baby boy Quicksilver sandals.





Friday, February 19, 2010

Valentine's Day



Even though this picture resembles one of a school dance pose, this is before we went out for our date on Saturday and those are the beautiful roses Cameron got me. What a wonderful valentine I have! To start off the celebration of Valentine's day, we spent the morning cleaning our very neglected house. In the afternoon we went to The Counter for dinner for some burgers, ate Cinnabon, did some shopping, and saw Valentine's Day the movie. It wasn't anything fancy but it was simple and fun.
On Sunday night, even though poor Cameron wasn't feeling all that great, we had a few friends over to eat and enjoy the couples holiday.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Year of the Tiger

I've always heard about the Chinese New Year celebration in February in Chinatown and have missed it every year. This year we finally got there and enjoyed the experience!

All we had was Cameron's dying iphone so this next picture is off google but is what we watched down there. It was really cool!



Kids danced in these dragon like costumes to music and the audience feeds the dragon tons of cash through its mouth! Cameron decided next year he wants to be a dragon dancer for sure.


In this picture, I was eating (or pretending to eat) a "Jin Doi"-- a fried mochi ball (the size of a baseball) covered in sesame seeds. Cameron and I both agreed there will never be a second experience with the jin doi. I think oil ran down my mouth as I bit into it.
We had to try something new, right?
Happy Chinese New Year!


Saturday, February 6, 2010

Karch's visit and 24 candles for the birthday boy!


Meet Karch! This week we had Cameron's younger brother Karch come stay with us for a week and we almost got him to wear this super cool aloha shirt to church! Karch is getting plenty of surfing in-- we see him in the morning and then not again until night. He also has been indulging himself daily at Ted's Bakery. We had him weigh himself the other night and we were all laughing because he's gained ten pounds since being here (that was after a large dinner). We always have a great time having Karch here!

It was Cameron's 24th birthday on January 31st! We celebrated throughout the weekend at Cheesecake Factory on Saturday night, a yummy birthday breakfast on Sunday morning , his birthday dinner and some cake with friends on Sunday night.







Rise and shine Birthday boy!


He seemed to enjoy his birthday, even though he doesn't like the attention.
What a wonderful husband I have! Happy 24th birthday Cameron!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

rainless winter


Oh the joys of a semester!
The homework load is in full gear for the both of us. I'm glad to be in my Senior Seminar part 1 of 2 class because it means the end is in sight. My classes this semester are so interesting and I have loved learning in them. It feels like our busiest semester yet but maybe we're just on opposite schedules. It's been hard to balance school and work because it doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day.



Boy, have we had a rainless winter! It feels like summer has lasted all the way through January. Even though I am sure mother nature Hawaii is suffering from a drought, it sure has made nice beach days and bonfire nights for us. This picture is of a bonfire we recently had with the Nelson's and Onkes's. I loved the moon refelcting on the water!

Cameron usually wakes up earlier than I do and the other morning he decided to catch this beautiful sunrise from the front window. Nice work Cameron!


We had a great weekend full of the beach and relaxing. Cameron surfed while I laid in the sun and after we got some burgers at Kahuku Grill... pretty good!
We ended off the day with a very intense BYUH basketball game. If you were there, you would know.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Thanksgiving 2009



This year for thanksgiving we had such a treat! My family came out to stay with us. We had a great time with them when we didn't have class. Thanksgiving dinner was a hit! Mom, Courtney and I cooked while the boys surfed. It was delicious and we had lots of leftovers-- so many that I don't think I can eat turkey again for another year, at least! We saw a movie, The Blind Side, after dinner which was excellent.

























It was fun to celebrate my brother Chase's 10th birthday!


I requested that everyone wore birthday hats.
















We had such a great time with them and goodbye wasn't too hard because Christmas vacation follows 3 weeks after!
After they left, Cameron and I put up the Christmas tree! We couldn't wait for the Christmas season to start.

Monday, November 16, 2009

malasadas

It is so funny to see the huge smile that comes across Cameron's face when he comes up to this little red and white striped truck.



The smile was probably a combination of his 5 hours of good surf that day and the malasadas.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Beast to the Beauty

3 years ago... I owed my parents some manual labor and so they forced me to learn how to antique furniture. How grateful I am for that! They had a bedroom set that was a "honey" outdated wood look and decided they would let me mess around with their furniture.
I ended up loving it and finished 2 large dressers, a head board, and two nightstand drawers. I wanted to do more but just never got around to it.






Recently... I saw a $10 sturdy, solid wood chair on craigslist and figured I could do a little something with it for fun.

Bought $3 of fabric and gave it a little love...

We had it around our house for a little bit, we really liked it and we were thinking about keeping it but...


I sold it tonight for $40 via craigslist. Sweeeet.









Thursday, November 5, 2009

Birthday cakes, candy, and s'mores!

I guess I have been MIA for a month in the blog. We both have been so busy but having lots of fun as we go! We've had midterms (not so much fun), our parents visiting, our calling... we've been some very busy people.



As always, we love it when Shannon and Allan come to visit!


It was Shannon's birthday and it was so fun to celebrate with her!


Cameron and Allan got in some good surf...
We were able to take some time out from our studies to enjoy the island with them.




After the Rondo's left, it was Halloween time!
Cameron and I love our calling and had a great time throwing the Ward Halloween Party!





Once it was finally Halloween day, Cameron and I were pooped! We enjoyed the day going to the beach and then finishing it off with bowling and a bonfire.

The only picture of bowling that we got was me with the cheating ramp.
It worked like a charm.


Bonfire with Onkes and Kolbs


Mike & Katie


Steve & Jenny
Steve told some awesome ghost stories to get us in the Halloween mood! "SNAP!"


Cameron & me


We had yummy s'mores and rees'mores (reeses + s'mores) and some other friends joined the bonfire later.


Cameron really enjoyed his burnt marshmallow s'mores. (notice marshmallows on lips)

What a fun Halloween!