What's in a Name?

So far, thanks to Gary, our poor little baby boy is called Torture Boy, and I have this eery feeling that it isn't going to stop when he is born. I am just afraid that he is going to feel that he needs to live up to this nickname. Gary even made a picture on illustrator depicting the baby: 

....and he tells me that the brown is not chocolate.

When I try to suggest any other names that might not give anyone a complex, the topic of conversation is changed immediately.  The only other name I can get out of Gary that he might like is Fish. So...we've got a little problem.

Also, according to this picture Gary made, pregnancy is just as hard on the fathers:

To help resolve our little name dilemma, I would love any name suggestions for our little boy on the way!

I Heart My Art History Book

Gary told me he was going to blog about this because he thought it was funny. That's what we always say when anything of interest happens. P.S. I didn't think it was funny at the time.

I was reading my art history homework out of my way expensive nice collector's art history book, when Gary thought it would be hilarious to take the water from the bag of ice that he was using to ice his fat bruised ankle and pour it on me. Well I noticed what was happening so I tried to stop him. As I tried to get him to move the bag away, my art history book got water all over the pages I was reading. I just so happened to be reading the pages about Gianlorenzo Bernini's most famous works.

I was livid for a minute. I think I cried. It was really pathetic. So I told him, while trying to hold back the tears, that since I couldn't see the pictures very well in my book anymore, that he has to take me to Rome to see Bernini's sculptures in person. It is a good thing I love Gary more than my art history book.

Ice Fishing

We had a busy weekend. We went ice fishing at Fish Lake with Grandpa Schaugaard, Gary's dad, Sandy (she just got engaged to Wade by the way!), and Kaitlin. It was a lot of fun. We all caught our limit. 

I don't mind being pregnant in the winter because I have an extra heater in my tummy. Normally I would freeze, but this time it wasn't so bad. Apparently Gary and I are used to the St. George warmer weather, because we forgot to bring our sleeping bags to the cabin, not to mention coveralls for ice fishing. We did remember lots of warm clothes though. Thankfully there were extra coveralls!

Gary and I all bundled up

Kaitlin waiting for a fish to bite
Sandy getting the hook out
One of my fish
Gary's first catch of the day

All the fish we caught

Grandpa Schaugaard, Craig, Katilin and Gary just fishin'

One fish just being reeled in

After fishing on Saturday, we drove back because Ashley Harmon and I were throwing a baby shower for Tasha Anderson. We got back 20 minutes before everyone started to show up, so I had to shower and get everything put together real fast. While everyone was showing up, Gary decided to filet the fish. So it smelled like brownies and fish. It was an interesting combination. Yum.

Gary's Ank is Pregnant

I got a text today that said, "I broke my ank. When can you take care of me?" Gary's poor ankle is pretty swollen. The picture doesn't really do it justice. He hurt it on a Goerge Foreman grill. Not really. He did it playing basketball. Poor guy. He's been hobbling around and ringing a bell when he needs assistance. 

2nd Anniversary!

Something Happens

Something happens when you become pregnant.

• It is so weird to love someone you can't even see so much. 
• I found out all those weird things you hear about pregnant women are true.
• Every decision I make, I think about how it will affect this new little life. 
• I get to sleep on a huge pregnancy pillow that takes up most of the bed. Gary is a trooper.

• I wake up periodically through the night. I have never had trouble sleeping. Ever. I got pregnant, and then it was like BAM! Wake up every two hours! Is this official mom training or what?
• My favorite is when I can feel the baby move. It's like he's saying, "Hey mom, stop freaking out. I'm fine."
• I have never been more anxious for a school semester to be over.
• I think about the odds of the one in a million chances of rare birth-defects.
• Every time I look at a little baby, I am more in awe than ever at the miracle of life.
• I never felt so aware of my surroundings and my safety. It's not just me I'm looking out for here now.
• I see my husband in some amazing new light. This guy that I have fallen in love with is our baby's father. I couldn't be happier than knowing we get to experience this together.
• My feelings for the gospel and the Plan of Salvation have reached greater depths. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father's Plan includes families and a way for them to be together forever. 

Family Pictures

As I am doing a major catching up, I will post the family pictures we were able to get over Thanksgiving and New Year's.

The Haroldsens:

The Schaugaards:

The Lees:

New Year's Eve

We went to Delta for New Year's Eve and Day. My family had a party at the church and we played games (one fun crazy one where everyone hits the opposite team with swimming pool noodles) and tried to stay up until New Year's. 

Gary and my Mom at the moment of battle. It was girls against boys!

All of the boys, even little 2 year old Jajue, ganged up to get Lizz out of the game.

When you're out, you have to wait for a team member to throw you a noodle.

When we got to the Lee's from the church, everyone else wanted to open presents for Christmas that we saved until we could all be together. Then we all crashed.

The next day we went shooting and Gary got to shoot his brand new Glock that he got for Christmas. 

Christmas Trip

For Christmas we went up North. After driving on those crazy roads, we are glad we don't have to deal with that everyday. 

We stayed at the Haroldsen's on Christmas Eve. The next morning, we saw that Santa had sure enough found us. I wish that I took some pictures! We left our small camera battery in Delta. 

We visited family for most of the day. We went to the Schaugaard's later on and played in the snow. The girl's got a Wii, complete with Mario Kart, so we made a Yoshi in his Kart.  

We also got to see a good friend from high school and spend some time with my sisters, Abbey, Jane (who was up from Delta) and Lizz, and my little nephew, Jajue. Abbey got super creative and made her boyfriend, Mike, an outfit like on A Christmas Story. I will post those pics as soon as I get them on here. I seriously couldn't stop laughing when he wanted to wear it to the restaurant. 

We also got to go ice fishing early on the Saturday following Christmas. It was Grandpa Schaugaard's birthday. Sadly we didn't catch anything, just froze. It was still fun though.

Later that day we went to a Lee Christmas Party and got to see some of my relatives that I don't get to see very often. 

We got to eat dinner with the Haroldsens before we left on Sunday, back to good ole St. George.