IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL!!!!

My boy and I are thrilled to finally know that a little baby girl will be joining our family sometime around the middle of October! I have to admit, that I really thought it was going to be a boy. Maybe because I was preparing myself for the opposite of what I wanted. (No offense to any other oldest boys..I am sure I would have been thrilled if I was having a baby boy.) I 've been told by many people that there is nothing like a having a baby boy. However deep down I wanted a little girl so bad! I am so excited about the pink, ruffles, ribbons, silk, and dolls. Oh I can't believe that I am going to have my own little doll in 5 1/2 months!! Anyway they measured all of her limbs and her brain and head and everything measured perfectly! We also got to hear her little heartbeat! We have already picked out her name...I guess it could change but for now our top name is Olivia Alexandra!
Well...even though that is the most exciting news of the day, that wasn't the real reason why we had an ultrasound. Usually I wouldn't have been able to find out until about 20 weeks and I am only 16, but, because of my hemorrhage I have had to have a few extra ultrasounds. So yesterday we found out that the hemorrhage is getting smaller...not a lot smaller..but smaller. The hemorrhage was still pretty big so I will continue to be on pelvic bedrest. Luckily it is not affecting our little girl so that's good news and at least it's improving even if it's just a little bit! We appreciate all the prayers in our behalf. It's still really scary for us, but we know everything will be fine!

I really can't handle how beautiful she is! I love how her little hand is up by her face. It kind of looks like she is sucking her thumb!

If you look really closely at this one you will see that her little legs are sticking straight up in the air! You can see her little bum too! We can already tell that she has a little bit of her dad in her:)
I think that knowing that the it inside of me is a tiny baby girl has made our love grow for this little one. It is neat to watch Michael become more and more attached to her. We love her so much and can hardly wait to meet her!

Thanksgiving Point and Lemon Sorbet!!

So this picture is a little blurry but it's still one of the few pictures we have taken lately. We have been celebrating a lot of birthdays in the Farr family which is fun because that means we get to go out to eat for free! We are at the pizza factory in this picture.


On Saturday we went to a baby animal farm at Thanksgiving point! I still haven't been feeling well and sadly am still on the partial bedrest, but I really wanted to get out...especially for Michael's sake. So we went with my family and my aunt and her kids. My mom wasn't thrilled about me walking all around the little farm since it still hurts my stomach to walk. So she got a wheel chair. I probably would have rather walked..haha. I felt a little embarrassed in the wheel chair...and I think Michael would have rather me walked too since he was the one that had to push me all around. It was still fun even though I couldn't really handle the gross smells.

Lastly, about 2 years ago I went to my aunt and uncle's house in San Francisco They had me try this lemon sorbet. It was seriously amazing. Since then I have been on the hunt to find some here in Utah. Well I have had no luck. I even searched in Washington hoping to find some. Well, last night my dad brought home a surprise dessert. Well guess what that surprise dessert was? LEMON SORBET! Haha. He has known where to get some all along. I am so excited about this. Apparently it is $9 bucks a quart but it is definitely worth every penny!

A little unexpected scare:

We had our second doctor's appointment yesterday. We were just expecting a visit with the doctor and being able to listen to our baby's heartbeat. Well, things didn't go quite as planned. For the past weeks I have had some problems with bleeding and had gone in last week to hear the heartbeat just to make sure the baby was okay. Luckily they found the heartbeat and everything was fine! Well today the doctor told me that he just wanted to do an ultrasound and make sure everything was okay and kind of get an idea of how much bleeding there is. Well obviously they found our little one as healthy as can be...a little bigger than normal. (Maybe I have an earlier due date!) However if you look at the picture you will see a little blob of something in the bottom right corner. Well that is known as a subchorionic hemmorrhage. This is fairly common in pregnant women. About one in four women will bleed during pregnancy. However, when they measured the length of my hemmorrhage there was a little more bleeding than normal. So because of this I have to go on pelvic bed rest for at least the next 2 weeks. After which, I will get another ultrasound to see if the hemmorrhage has gone down. Luckily pelvic bed rest won't require me to be flat on my back. I don't think I could handle that. But I am not allowed to participate in any form of exercise and pretty much just have to take it really easy. Although I love our baby so much I would do anything to make sure everything is okay. This has been a little bit of a scare for us especially because this is our first one and we have no idea what to expect. But we feel like everything is going to be fine. We will keep you updated on everything!

Random:

You would think that the further along I get with this baby the better I would feel right?
Wrong....Just in the past 2 days I have thrown up more than I did in my first 9 weeks. Not fun.
I probably would have thrown up a lot more if I wasn't so stubborn about trying to fight it.
I hesitate sharing this, but since this blog is mostly for me to look back and remember things I will. Showering has become particularly difficult for me. I am lucky my boy can't smell:) Before you get all grossed out I will tell you why. First of all...by the time we get home from work and school I have zero energy to stand up in the shower for 10 minutes so I usually don't. Second of all... I can't shower in the mornings because Michael leaves way before me and there is no way I am getting in the shower when he is gone. I know I have issues but I am just too scared to do it. I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly what it is that scares me so much. I think it is either a man with an ax or a clown. Anyway, I have decided that I want to be a cute pregnant girl and in order to do that I am going to need to shower a little more often. (Not every 4 days.)

Michael is done with school...well except his finals! Good luck to him! We have a double date planned for Saturday night that I am excited for...if I am feeling good. And then on Sunday one of my best friends will be giving her farewell talk. I can't believe that I am old enough to go on a mission. Well not quite but still I am close and it kind of freaks me out. I don't really want to get old.

My camera is still broken and Michael's is just weird. That is why I have no pictures to post. Besides showering daily getting a working camera is my top priority.

Cookies, Ants, a lime, AND a movie.....

As I have been reflecting on myself the past week, I have come to realize that I am NO fun at all while pregnant. Poor Michael. I can't really handle the loud noises and all the hyper activities that my boy loves to make and do. So we have had to tone things down a bit....hopefully just temporarily.

In trying to be festive and creative we bought these easy to make sugar cookies to make for Family Home Evening. I was so excited about them! I thought the little chicks on them were so cute. Well each box contains 24 little balls of cookie dough that you place on a cookie sheet. We put a sheet of 12 in the oven for 5 minutes TOPS. I was surprised when I smelled something burning and opened the oven only to find our cute cookies completely burnt. I HATE OUR OVEN. I used to think it was magical because it cooked things so quickly....but cute little tender cookies like these need to be cooked slowly and thoroughly. Luckily we had 12 left so we put those in the oven and watched them even more carefully. Well the closest we could get to perfect is what you see in the picture. They tasted amazing but they just aren't as cute as I thought they would be. There was a little to much brown on the top. Oh well!

THE ANTS ARE BACK:(
This morning I woke up and was eating breakfast. I took a peep out of the corner of my eye and noticed a pile of black ants on our kitchen floor. I pretty much freaked out and ran over to the cupboard only to find piles and piles of ants EVERYWHERE. Sadly, I was late to work so I only had to time to quickly vacuum the floor and hope that they don't end up taking over our apartment. (Wouldn't be hard for them at all.) I can't believe I have to deal with this haha. It just
makes me so excited to finally get out of our place. The countdown begins.....1 month!!!!

My boy and I are quite fascinated with the growth of our little one. We are excited to announce that our baby is now the size of a large lime! Large!!! YAY!!! We can't really tell that it is because there is no sign whatsoever that I have a baby inside of me. Besides the fact that I bloat after eating and struggle with some sickness. Our little one is 11 weeks old today. This week our baby begins to swallow and develop finger nails and intestines. Apparently the baby urinates the amniotic fluid...I don't really get that, but we are just glad that everything is going well!

On Friday, my boy and I will being going on a date to see this movie! Michael isn't too thrilled about the movie but is sweet enough to go with! I am so excited I can hardly handle it.

Look how cute!!

So a few posts ago...we introduced you to our little blueberry.
And obviously the picture we showed you wasn't really an actual picture of our little one.
So, we would officially like to introduce you to our little 10 week old baby.
I really can't handle how little and cute he/she is!!
Our little one is due October 20th 2010 and we can hardly wait!
I couldn't believe how much the baby looked like a baby at only 11 cm long!
I was hoping that the baby would be moving around, but it wasn't haha.
It was just lying there snug as a bug.
We listened to the cute little heart beat which was 170 beats per minute! Crazy!
It was such a relief to finally be able to see our little one and know that everything is alright.
We already love our baby so much!
There are so many special memories and experiences ahead for Michael and I.
We are so excited!

A little update:

I should have blogged this past week a little more because a lot things of happened that we want to share!
First of all...on March 13, 2010 my boy and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary of our engagement! I can't believe it has already been 1 year....CRAZY! It was such a special day for both of us. I still can't get over how perfect it all was. I remember how excited I was to be engaged to Michael...but now....that excitement doesn't even compare to being married to him!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!
Today we:
*Went to work
*Played Wii: trying to collect all the star coins on Mario so we could open some rainbow worlds!
* Convinced my siblings, Elizabeth, Emmaline, and Harrison that there was a little leprechaun that was running around our backyard looking for coins. It was the funniest thing ever haha. They would leave coins out in a bowl in the middle of the grass and then run up to the front yard and hide for a minute. When they would come back the coins would be gone! ( I would re hide them haha) They never caught on that it was me hiding them so they still think there is a little leprechaun running around our house!
*Got all of our taxes taken care of and found out we will be getting quite a bit of money back!! Yay!!!
*Played basketball...mostly speed. Michael beat me twice but I beat him the last time, which was quite exciting for me!

Michael wasn't too excited about taking this picture...but oh well! I wish you could see my scarf better because it is adorable. My mother-in-law sent us a St. Patricks Day package and she gave me that scarf and some cute bracelets!


Alright...on to our little one!!!

I took two pregnancy tests the first one on February 24, and the second one on February 26th. Obviously they both came out positive! You can't really tell in this picture..the second one is better. I just barely took these pictures so they have faded slowly over the past 3 weeks.

We bought our first little item for our baby. This is his/her first baby journal! I can't really handle how cute it is!

These little booties are very special. My great grandma and I were very close. She loved to crochet and would crochet a pair of booties for every baby born into the family. I knew she wouldn't be alive by the time I had a baby so...I asked her if she could make mine early! They are so little. When I look at them I just can't believe they will be on our little baby in about 7 months!

The lives of us during early pregnancy:

Sadly, my camera is broken and Michael's is out of batteries....so no pictures this time. Although I am in the process of getting mine fixed and remembering to get batteries for Michael's at the grocery store.
There isn't much to share except:
-We bought our little one a baby book so that we can start recording important events and memories. It is very cute.
- I now carry an American Eagle bag everywhere I go in case I can't make it to the bathroom...(I've only thrown up once..but I feel like it a lot).
-The bed and the couch are my favorite spots besides Michael's arms:)
-Michael is keeping busy with school, plasma, work, keeping the apartment clean, working out and taking care of me.
-Mornings are the worst. It is so hard to get out of bed in the morning because that is when the nausea kicks in.
-I have become terribly picky on what I want to eat. Sometimes my poor boy will list off seven different kinds of foods we could eat for dinner before I finally pick one. Right now my least favorite foods that I can't even stand to think about are: fish sticks, and chunky soup.
-Our fun together for now consists of uno, movies and cuddling.
-We are excited to see our baby for the first time on an ultrasound March 24th!
- I really just want to thank my sweet boy for being so understanding and so willing to take care of me. He goes above and beyond in everything he does. I really am the luckiest girl. We hope things get better rather than worse as each week passes!

Our little blueberry! (For now)

My boy and I have someone very special we would like you to meet...
This is our little blueberry sized baby that will be joining our family sometime in October.
Well this isn't an actual picture of it but I'm sure it looks something like this.( About 7 weeks)
I feel so bad calling it an it cause its not so I think we need to come up with a cute little name even though we don't know the gender.
We are excited and nervous and a little shocked all at the same time but we know that this little one is going to bring us closer together.
We are excited to welcome this sweet one into our family and will keep everyone updated on all the exciting news that is ahead.

A little congrats

I would just like to announce that my boy got a 97% on his Spanish test! Yay for him...and us cause I guess his grades do sort of effect me:)

As of Lately...

First of all...
Michael's best friend Eric and his soon to be wife Micaela came down from Rexburg.
We went to Cafe Rio, Bowling (Each couple was a team and I am proud to say that Michael and I won! However when Micaela and I played on a team..we didn't do so well. I blame myself haha).
We then went to Flour Girl and Dough Boys (a little bakery)...If you haven't been there yet you must go! And then we just went back to our tiny apartment and talked for hours!
We are so glad they were able to come down and play with us!

Secondly...
We went to Washington for 5 days!! I absolutely love Michael's family.
I went and saw Valentine's Day with his Mom while Michael went to lunch with his dad, we played marbles and checkers. Speaking of checkers I just thought I would share this: I completely whooped Michael at this game...yes I jumped every single one of his guys without losing one of mine! Yay! We went out to dinner with his parents, went out to lunch with the family (they had magnetic silverware), watched lots of movies, went to Matthew's basketball game, played Tiger Woods golf on the play station, got our teeth cleaned (no cavities!), learned how cheese is made, ate cheese curds, had an amazing Valentine's Day dinner. Michael went golfing with the boys while I went to a craft fair and got the cutest magnets for our fridge! Nevertheless, it was an amazing 5 days with the most amazing family! We already miss them and can't wait to see them in a little over a month!

Thirdly...
We went to see New Moon again last night at the dollar movie!
Yes, it was Michael's idea haha.
I don't do so well with the movies after 6:00 pm so I ended up falling asleep.

Lastly and the cutest...
Michael and I have been married for 6 months now.
Our little anniversary is on Valentines haha.
I can't believe it has already been 6 months!
I think we have learned and grown a lot and I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together and forever!

I am bad a taking pictures...but here are a couple!

Spotlights:

I would just like to say that these 2 people brought a smile to me today and helped me realize how lucky I am to be surrounded by people that care about me.

HarrisonThis is my little brother Harrison.

Can I just say that I love him so much.
I am so grateful he is a part of our family.
He is a little out of control....i guess VERY.
But he has a very sweet sensitive side that comes out sometimes:)
Let me share with you one of those times.
Today Michael and I each got a valentine from this precious boy.
Here is what they said: (I left the spelling how he spelled it)

Micholl,
I love you
you are so funny kide (kid)
I luve you are hery (hairy) kide (kid) and a good itsampt.( example haha)

Isebel,
You are the best sister in the world
Sens (since) you got mery'D (married) I have love'd you
I love love love love you.

I love going home and giving him hugs and squishes.
I am so glad I have a little brother just like him.
I love love love love him too!


Grandpa Brown

This is my Grandpa Brown.
He is more than just a grandpa to me.
He is a best friend.
Today he took me to lunch.
I think he knew I needed some extra encouragement.
Just today he taught me:
Determination
Motivation
Faith in myself
To never give up
And
How to be the best I can be.
I think he knew I needed that.
(I've been trying to make a decision on what to do with school)
He told me that he would always love me no matter what
because it is our qualities that define us, not what we do.
He told me to be the type of person I want to be.
And to do the things that truly make me happy.
He told me that it doesn't matter what other people think.
He reminded me of of who I am.
And that I can do whatever I set my mind to.
My grandpa reintroduced me to a girl today.
I really have missed her.
And
I've decided that I want to be her again.
Because I know she has a lot in store for her.
I am so grateful for a grandpa that knows and cares about what his oldest granddaughter needs.
I love him.
I really think I have the best grandpa.

Bonking heads:

Lately.....

My boy and I have been bonking heads quite a bit.
I guess it is just something that happens when you are always so close to someone.
Sometimes we just get so excited to see each other that we forget to watch where our heads are.
And
Sometimes when we jump in bed, we wiggle around so much trying to get warm that are heads just hit.
And
Sometimes when we wrestle, our heads can't help but bump.
I think it's funny even though it kind of hurts.
Sometimes we can't help but laugh.
This might sound weird....but I think it's cute.
It's cute because it reminds me how much I love him and how even a silly thing like bonking our heads will be something we look back and laugh at forever.

Our Little home! (For now...yikes)

I decided that it might be fun to video our cute little apartment.
So here it is!

Just a few little things to add:
- really if you are over 5'10 and try to walk in the bathroom....it just won't be possible haha
-our fridge shelves aren't very tall so we have to lie our milk down...it kind of causes problems cause we always have the leaks. So....we pour our milk in a big mixing bowl and use that!
- that sound in the background is the heater. I really don't know what I would do with out it.

We love this little apartment because we have and are continuing to create memories that will be remembered forever!

PINK!!!

If you will look below you will see that I clearly have some problems doing laundry.

My dear boy has told me over and over to always wash our colors in cold.
This time I forgot.
It was a bad time to forget because I washed our very red rug with all of our clothes.
I am sad because my favorite pair of jeans is now pink.
My cute gray long sleeve shirt is pink, 2 of my pajama pants are pink.
My boy's favorite shirt (apparently he has had it for years) is also pink.
I feel bad....
Mostly for him though
Because I could get away with wearing my new pink clothes.
It might be cute every once in a while.
But for him....not so much. (No offense love)

UNO!!

We would like you to meet this special deck of cardsWe LOVE it!
It has become a special tradition in the Mickelson very tiny home.
We play this game ALL the time. It's rather addicting we think.
We play best out of 3, however, it usually ends up being best out of 11.
I used to win all the time...but something happened.
I wish I knew what
Because
I can't win anymore...sad.
But, that is okay because you should see the smile on my boy's face every time he wins.
It's quite adorable.

A night out for us!

Friday night was a rather unique night for us.
Let me tell you why.
First of all you should know that our bedtime is anywhere from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm TOPS.
We are not night people.
But Friday night, we were!!!!
This is what we did.
We went to see the movie 2012 at 9:15 pm! Yes, we went to see a movie when we should have been in bed.
What time did it get over?
It got over at MIDNIGHT!!
Yay for us!
However, we got a good night sleep that night. Sleeping in until 10:00 the next morning.
But that's okay, because we were spontaneous and had a blast!
I think we will do it again.....really soon!

A must read!

This wonderful man wrote a wonderful talk that I think you all should read.
It is called, "What have I done for someone today?"
It can be found in the November 2009 Ensign or on lds.org.

This may be completely off the subject but I must share:
Only 2 finals left!!!

Our Apartment:

We live in a tiny yet very cute apartment. However, sometimes it is not so cute.
Here are some reasons why:

Sometimes I see a little mouse running around and it just creeps me out.

Our bathroom sink's hot water knob doesn't work...it just doesn't turn off. You could just keep turning and twisting it forever probably, so we had to turn off the hot water. I don't like it because I now have to wash my face and hands in cold water.

I used to think our oven was magical...because it really was! But I think it has taken a turn for the worst. It won't turn on unless you turn it on a very high temperature of at least over 400 degrees. This is a high temperature for our oven considering that fact that at 350 degrees it cooks foods that normally take 40 minutes to bake in less than 10 minutes. But this isn't my only complaint about our "magical" oven...it bent our nice non-stick cookie sheet. Yes, our brand new cookie sheet spent 5 minutes in the oven and came out looking not so new anymore. BUT the weirdest thing happened...after a couple of seconds of being out of the oven it was almost back to its original shape!

Sometimes our apartment just stresses me out. But it is okay because we have some other exciting things going on right now like:
Only 2 more days of classes and 3 Finals and I will be done with my first semester of the nursing program. Yay!!!!
We get to go to the temple on Saturday
AND MOST OF ALL
I get to live with my boy. He is such a sweet one. Just when you think you love someone so much that there is no way you can love them anymore, it happens...you fall in love all over again except this time it is so much stronger. This is what happens everyday, and I LOVE it!

Our Trip to the Rose Bowl!

Wow! I don't even know how to begin. We left bright and early for California on Dec. 31st, because we were going to the Rose Bowl! That's right, the Granddaddy of them all! My very special, sweet, one-of-a-kind mother-in-law made hotel reservations for that night in San Bernardino. The trip there only took about 8 1/2 hours, so when we got to our hotel we unpacked and relaxed a bit and then headed out for a romantic New Year's Eve dinner at Olive Garden. Thanks to our 25 dollar gift card (courtesy of Antone and Kelly Mickelson) the dinner only cost about 8 bucks. After a delicious dinner, we headed back to the hotel to watch a movie, but instantly fell asleep instead, which is probably for the better because we were waking up at 6:00 in the morning to be able to get to the game in plenty of time. When the next day dawned crisp and sunny, I could tell that God was on our side and that it was going to be a special day. We started off that historic day with a luscious continental breakfast at 6:15 am, where we met the first of many fellow Buckeyes we would meet that day. The entire duration of the 50-minute drive to Pasadena found me worrying about the parking situation but even more so, the explosive Oregon offense that Ohio St. would be facing that day. The Rose Bowl Stadium was not hard to find, we just followed the legions of cars decked out in scarlet and gray and yellow and green. My parking worries were ousted when we discovered that the event parking was held on a golf course. Good news for us as there would be ample space to park, but bad news for the many unsuspecting golfers who would arrive the next day expecting to find a premier golf course but who would undoubtedly find instead a five-mile long mud pit. After paying a measly 30 dollars, we were escorted by about 490 Mexicans into our parking spot, only a 5 or 10 minute walk from the stadium. We escorted ourselves around the premises, taking in the sights and sounds and enjoying the perfect weather during the 5 hours we had to kill before game time. As the number of yellow and green jerseys mounted, and as the sound of duck calls filled the air, I grew increasingly worried, and I must ashamedly admit, my confidence in my Bucks was no longer the unshakable steam roller it had been all through the month of November. No, this was a different atmosphere, a foreign environment, especially for me, as my most exciting college football experience previous to this was a BYU-TCU game in 2005. Nor would the Ducks be your average Big 10 foe. No, this Oregon team was the epitome of Pac-10 flair and speed, and they seemed (at least as far as the ESPN analysts were concerned) to outclass the Buckeyes in every dimension. Finally, the gates were opened up to us and we were able to to enter this most sacred of college sports arenas. Tradition and fame swirled around as we gazed upon the pristine, emerald field. I saw the season flash before my eyes as both teams took the field. To our delight, Buckeye fans from all across the nation came out of hiding and took their seats next to us. The throngs of Buckeye faithful grew until numbering almost 50,000 at kickoff. The air was thick with tension and anticipation. Our prayers were answered as Ohio St. rode a dominant defensive performance and a break-out effort from young quaterback Terrelle Pryor to a 26-17 victory. They had done it! They had vanquished the BCS ghosts of Florida, LSU, and Texas that had haunted them since the 2006 season. They outclassed and outplayed the "quicker", "more explosive" Pac-10 teams. The impressively annoying but sure duck calls died down to a pathetic plea as the yellow and green watched their season come to a disappointing end at the hands of the mighty Ohio State University Buckeyes. But, our good fortune does not end there. At the conclusion of the trophy presentation, my lovely queen and I were fortunate enough to find holes in the traffic to be able to quickly put the mayhem behind us and continue our journey southwards toward San Diego, which, of course, was discovered by the Germans in 1904. Unfortunetly, the true meaning of its unique name, San Diego, was lost in translation centuries ago. We awoke Saturday morning to a sparkling blue sky. The most glorious San Diego temple awaited us and we were able to participate in sealings for 45 minutes, after which we spent some reflective moments in the Celestial Room. How fortunate we are to be able to enjoy the company of the Holy Spirit to guide us in our lives! We stopped by Mission Beach on the way back to the hotel, as this beach holds special significance to my Isabella. She would come to this beach with her family as a child and it holds many salty, sandy memories of goodness for her. After we had been walking on the beach for a few minutes, she opted to do some hunting for sea treasures in the surf. After only a few seconds of watching her frolic in the waves like a young seal pup, she ran up to me very delightedly and holding a small sand dollar, which she proceeded to name "Michael". That night we enjoyed some of the fine San Diego seafood cuisine. A fillet of shark to delight our taste buds and it was delicious, delighting our pallet with a most tender seafood melody of goodness. After another failed attempt to watch a movie that night, we drove home the next morning, the dreary reality of snow and classes lieing in wait.

Funny story about these 2 men:
For those of you who don't know...these 2 men are probably Ohio State's #1 &#2 fans. They are CRAZY! (I am sure you can tell). Anyway they are always in the front row of games freaking out. Well we had the privilege of of seeing these out of control fans right in front of the stadium. Of course I wanted to get Michael's picture with them, BUT....he wouldn't let me. Why??? Because my sweet boy was SCARED of them haha. I have no idea why, but he was and no amount of begging or guilt tripping convinced him to even be within 10 feet of them.