Pillow talk

[I'm coming back from the bathroom in the middle of the night]

"Mary?"

"What?!"

"Mary? Are you Mary?"

"Huh??"

"Are you my mom?" (Tanner's mom is named Mary)

"No, I'm not your mom! Who do you think I am?"

"I know who you are."

"Don't you think your mom would be at home in her own bed, with your dad?"

"Ok, I'm just saying, it is possible you could be a mom."
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[Coming back in bed a different night]

T: Are you ok??

N: Yeah, I'm fine.

T: People these days, ya know? Sometimes I wish we could just sort them out like bad luggage.
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T: Looks pretty good, eh?

N: What does?

T: Oh, the corporate, um, filing statue.

N: (laughing) Ok, what is a filing statue?

T: I don't know! It's a filing statue!!

(When he starts to get frustrated by my asking questions, I know he's about to wake up, so I stop)

Feeling good

I was at work yesterday, talking to one of my coworkers about childbirth and asking her what it was like. She started telling me about the first time you see them, when they're out and they put them on your belly. She then said some things that I just loved and wanted to record so I will remember them. She mentioned how amazing it is when you first see this little person, that they really have been growing inside you and now they're here. My favorite thing was when she told me that we are here on earth to progress; and with that progresses our ability to love. First we love our parents, then other people around us. Then we find the person we want to spend our lives with, and we think there is no way we could love another person as much. Then you meet this sweet little person, that the two of you made, and it's a different love, but you do love them just as much. And it's completely selfless, and gives us the smallest glimpse of the Lord's infinite love for us. She has two kids and said with her second she didn't think she could love another child as much as her first, but you do, and that love only increases.

I thought that was amazing and it just made me so happy and even more excited to meet him. He is getting so big, I can't believe it. The other day I was sitting there with my hand on my belly at church and suddenly I felt a little foot push against it, I could tell exactly what it was, it was amazing. Tanner felt it too the other night and was so cute, he was so excited. We just feel so blessed!!

I was bored and surfing the web when I came upon this thing that puts your faces together to see what your baby will look like. I was very surprised to find out that apparently our baby will look NOTHING like either one of us! It just made me laugh really, the goofy expression and the apparently full set of adult teeth already. I'm sorry that sounds horrible, but who can look at that picture and not just laugh? It's weird looking I just can't stop laughing.

I am now six weeks from being full-term and so excited and completely terrified at the exact same time. We still only have a crib, but we haven't had any showers yet, so I'm sure those will help. I can't believe we're so close to actually meeting the little guy. He is growing a ton, we sat on the couch the other night and watched my belly move as he kicked me. I'm starting to get pretty uncomfortable, but I don't let myself think about it too much because there are still two months of getting even bigger ahead. I know it sounds silly but a part of me still feels like I'm not old enough to have a kid. It's a little weird to think of myself as being a mom and Tanner being a dad. We're so excited, I know we have no clue what we're in for, but we can't wait. :)

So cute

Tanner is going to be the cutest dad ever. He says he hopes little Eric gets interactive soon because he is so excited to play with him. Tanner is just like a big kid, in a good way. We were with my niece yesterday and Tanner wanted to see her reaction to a snowman, so the three of us went out and built a snowman together. I was taking the pictures, so I'm not in any, but I helped, though Tanner did most of it.

Our finished snowman

Tanner getting stuck trying to get through the tunnel he made for Noelle

Tanner trying to convince Noelle to go through the tunnel-but she was having none of it

Such a cutie, we love this girl!

So excited to help! She kept dropping the snow as she was trying to put it on the snowman and saying "Ops!"

So cute together, I love it. What a fun day.

End of semeser sleep-talking

Tanner's sleep-talking always gets worse around finals because of the stress. Here are some things from the last three days (two of them were when my alarm went off in the morning):

[Alarm goes off]

"It's a little irrational, don't ya think?"

"What?"

"You know, this obsession with San Francisco."

[Say goodbye before work]

"I must be, not just become." (He's been reading Hamlet, we think that's why he said this"

[alarm]

"The process only has a few minutes left."

"What process?"

"Well how should I know?!?"

"You're the one that said it!"

"Oh, right. I love you so much."

He's had a couple others in the middle of the night, but I can't remember them again when I wake up. He was awake when he said it, but the other day he was talking about something and stated "I'm so excited, I could moonwalk all over the place." I couldn't help but laugh that he equated his happiness with moonwalking. He is just too funny.

Great news and big life changes..

So Thursday flashback:

We get home and go to the mailbox like we do everyday to see if Tanner has gotten any letters from med schools. We open it up expecting the usual nothing and there is a letter from the U. We tentatively open it and to our dismay find that Tanner did not get accepted. We are numb. We don't know what more he could have done, I'm going to brag and say that his application was amazing, he's been told that at all his interviews, and we were pretty devastated. So we go in the house and sit sadly on the couch for a few minutes. Tanner goes to check his email and begins yelling; to our utter amazement we find out some great news, Tanner has been accepted to the Medical College of Wisconsin!! In two minutes, we went from miserable to ecstatic. It hadn't even been a week since his interview there, but he is in!! He is still waiting to hear from a couple other schools, so it could still be a different place, but not the U. It is sad that we will have to move away, but we are more happy and grateful that he got in and his dream to become a doctor is now possible.
Our families were pretty sad when we told them, but we are just excited. The more we have thought and talked about it, the more we are grateful for this opportunity and know that this is what the Lord meant for us. It will be a great experience, even though it will be difficult to be so far from family, it will be so good for us and I know we will learn so much. And we will really rely on the church and each other. I know I will need the Lord's help, but I am optimistic and can't feel anything but happy about our new adventure together. And thankfully we have blogs and fb to stay in touch. Change is a good thing. This will be a huge change, far from friends and family, starting med school, a new little baby, and leaving my job that I absolutely love. There is the fear of the unknown, but everyone I know that has lived out of state has said it has been a great experience, and we have actually always wanted to. I'm just nervous for the -10 degree winters. Otherwise, I just know this is going to be great. Tanner laughed when I said I hoped we could take our dishwasher with us. Also, all you friends who have been just dying to visit Milwaukee in your lifetime, now you can come and visit us!
We won't be leaving for school until the end of next summer, so we'll still be here a while. It is nice to at least know where he is going and be able to prepare ourselves for it. So this Thanksgiving, you'll know one thing we're especially grateful for. The other thing we're grateful for is little Eric! He's growing and giving me that nice basketball look. He's kicking and strong. I had my appointment this week and sadly I was barely over on my glucose test, so I have to retake it this week to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. Did you know for that second test you have to eat a candy bar every day for 3 days before you take it again? If they're making me, I guess I'll have to force it down. :) So we're hoping that comes back negative, my doctor said it was so borderline, she thinks I'll be okay. Also, I've gotten a little too anemic so I have to take extra iron, mmm. Tanner and I haven't been able to find a time that works for both of us for a birth class, so we have a class on DVD. We started watching it today, it was so funny practicing breathing together in our living room. I was proud, he was very interested in all the info and excited to try out everything she was teaching. He's so cute, I just love him so much. Here is the latest shot of the baby bump:


28 weeks

Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?

After these past few years of marriage, Tanner and I had an epiphany. Our messy apartment problem always starts with the dishes. In our lives, they are the root of all evil, to put it overdramatically. Once they pile up and get all nasty, the rest of the house goes to pot. So we took the plunge and bought this beauty:

A portable Maytag dishwasher. It is just amazing. Dirty dishes go in and come out clean. I now understand why women get excited about appliances. Because they are amazing. Tanner is in Milwaukee right now for another interview and requested that I not do the dishes until he gets back tomorrow so he can start the dishwasher. Yeah, our lives are pretty exciting, I know. But don't judge, those of you that have lived dishwasher-less can sympathize.


Here I am at 27 weeks. I have finally invested in the stretchy maternity pants and am feeling good. Eric is constantly kicking and growing like crazy. Next week will start the third trimester and we're getting really excited to meet the little guy!

Pea buh

October flew by, we did a lot of fun things: Celebrated Tanner's 25th birthday, Noelle's 2nd birthday, Tanner went to Philadelphia for an interview, went to a good friend's wedding, and had fun with friends. This picture is the only one I got of Tanner and I at Christie's super fun Halloween party. We were bobbing for apples and Tanner was laughing because after two rounds, I never was able to get even one apple in my mouth. Not my most attractive shot, but it was funny.

So, for all you sleepy Tanner fans, here's another dream quote:

T: "Hey, it's [some weird word I can't remember 'cause it was the middle of the night] day."

N: "What??"

T: "It's in honor of all the oil production."

N: "And how do you celebrate that?" (I'm trying not to laugh)

T: "With lots of corporate vistas."

N: "What does that mean????"

T: "Don't know, but we'll figure it out."

I asked him to explain in the morning, but he still didn't know what a corporate vista was. But he was proud of himself for dreaming about oil. I'm not sure why, but that made him feel like he must have been dreaming about something intelligent.
In other news, only one month left of the semester, and I couldn't be more thrilled! And Thanksgiving is just around the corner, I LOVE Thanksgiving!
In a week and a half, I will hit the third trimester. Thrilling, yet terrifying.
Tanner is just the best husband ever. He is so cute, talking to my belly and always trying to feel him kick. He's going to be the most adorable dad. He tries to joke and say that he's going to give him spankings everyday. haha I just can't wait to see him hold him for the first time, it's going to be the cutest.
I know when I'm close to delivering I'll be ready to just have him out, but did any of you other ladies feel totally freaked about labor and delivery?? I wonder if I think about it too much. I know I can do it because women have been doing it since the dawn of time, but I can't help it, and I can't not think about it. Sometimes I get nervous that I'm nervous, thinking it's a bad sign of how I'll do. How can you prepare for something you have no idea what it will feel like and is supposed to be really painful? When I say I'm freaking out, I mean that I've been nervous about it for the past couple weeks and will probably be fine soon, but I don't freak out too often, so it stresses me out.
Lastly, to explain the title of this post. Tanner loves to tease me about this one time over a year ago, when he asked me to make him two peanut butter sandwiches to eat on the way to school. So I'm driving him to school and he's eating them and exclaims "Did you put JUST peanut butter??" "Well, yeah, that's what you said." He told his family and my family, he thought it was so funny. Seriously though, I always grew up calling it peanut butter and jelly, or PB&J. Who says just peanut butter sandwich? Anywho, on a totally random note he loves to recollect about a friend from junior high that loved to abbreviate everything (bball, McD's, even called football f-ball) and sometimes will do it to be funny. So a couple weeks ago he is abbreviating things that don't need to be abbreviated and asks "Do you remember the time you made a just peanut butter sandwich?" and starts laughing. Since then he has decided to call me "Pea buh," short for "Peanut butter." Clever, eh? Just a small insight into the weirdness of our marriage. I don't know whether to get frustrated at him for making fun of me or laugh at how silly it is. I usually choose laughing. I'm so glad I married him, he is definitely my favorite.

Have to laugh at myself

I have to make fun of myself when I think about how stressful life can be right now and I think to myself: "Life will be so much easier when I am done with school and work part-time and just have regular life and the new baby." Then I have to remind myself, regular life will be getting NO sleep, still having a messy apartment, and still working twice a week. It sounds like I'm complaining, but it actually helps remind me to be more in the here and now and be grateful for every stage we're in, because it's always going to be crazy, but it's always good along the way. :)

Random Sunday

Went to Region Conference today, I love hearing Pres. Uchtdorf speak

I have a super wiggly baby in my belly and I love him

Celebrated my niece's 2nd birthday today, I just love that little girl so much!

Tanner and I have started randomly singing each other Christmas songs, it's pretty great

This month it was 9 years since I was baptized

I love that it's so cold and windy outside, and so warm and cuddly in our ghetto little apartment

I love my family, they really are the best

We are so very, very blessed. Life is good.

It's me, Tanner Michael Fullmer

Last week I got up in the middle of the night to pee. I'm in the bathroom in the dark, and Tanner walks by the bathroom and scares me. I gasp and he creepily backs up, stares into the bathroom and puts out both arms and tells me, "It's me, Tanner Michael Fullmer. It's me, Tanner Michael Fullmer." I then laugh and ask him if he's even awake, to which he replies that he doesn't know and walks away.
We've been staying really busy as usual, but life is great. I remind myself when I feel overwhelmed how great things are and how much we have been blessed. I had another appointment today, 24 weeks! I can't believe how fast the time is going by, full-time work and school probably contribute to how fast it seems. Sweet baby Eric is doing great, everything looks just perfect! He is measuring a few days small, which they said is not a big deal. He is moving all the time, I love lying there before I go to sleep and feeling him wiggle around. I played some Fleetwood Mac once and put the speaker on my belly and he starting dancing around, he already has good taste in music, we're so proud.
I realized that next month will put me into the their trimester, which I have to admit, made me really nervous. I just feel so unprepared, we haven't really had time yet to think about getting things ready. I'll have a lot to do during the holiday break. I'm so excited to meet him, but nervous for what a huge change this will be in our lives.
Most of my feelings are good. I am amazed at how much I already love this little guy, I feel like I love him more every day. I can't wait to see his personality. I love seeing Tanner get so excited, he doesn't think about it as much as I do, since he doesn't have the reminder of it kicking him all day, but he is starting to get really into it. He loves to feel him move and says goodbye to him every time he leaves, it is so cute. I can't wait to see Tanner hold him. I will try to update more frequently, here is the latest baby bump picture, it's grown a lot since last month!!

Who thought getting kicked could be so much fun?

Seriously. I just started feeling little Eric's kicks and punches on Monday and I am so excited! It is a weird feeling, having something alive in your belly, but so amazing. I can't help but wonder what he's like in there and how much he has grown. I'm guessing he's grown a lot in the last two weeks, or I'm hoping, because my belly is expanding rather rapidly.
My favorite was tonight because Tanner has been sad 'cause he hasn't been able to feel it, but tonight he did! I wish I could have caught a picture of the look on his face, it was so cute. He is so happy he felt it, I love it. He got a huge smile on his face and kissed me. It's starting to feel a lot more real now, I'm realizing that this little guy is really coming, and quick. I'm so excited and a little nervous, because this is going to be a big change for our family. And Tanner says I act like a cranky two-year old when I'm really tired. I'm gonna have to work on that. Something funny he said was during our prayer one night, he said "please bless Nina's womb...that she will keep it secret, keep it safe." I couldn't stop laughing, it was so funny. Another night he was tired and said "please bless Nina's womb...her spare 'oom." If you aren't geeky like us, you won't get these, but they're from Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia. It still makes me laugh, even now.
This last part is more about my feelings about pregnancy so far, because I want to have a way to remember how I felt. More than anything I am so excited and can't wait to meet him. I want to see his face and look into his eyes and just love him to pieces. I can't believe how much I love him already and we haven't even met yet. I don't want anything bad to happen to him and just sit and think about what it's going to be like all the time. I am a little nervous because I know it's going to be harder than anything I've ever done. It's going to be exhausting and frustrating at times. I worry if I'll be a good mom. I even had a dream before we found out the gender, that we had a little boy, and we got home the day after he was born and I realized I still hadn't even fed him. Then Tanner was sitting by him on the edge of the bed and he rolled off the bed! It was traumatic and silly, I know, but still sad.
I wonder what his little personality is going to be like. I have a feeling he might be a little hyper because both ultrasounds so far they have told us he is more active than most and now I am feeling him move all the time. I worry about having the energy to finish school for two more months when he is first born. I know it's only two months, but I'm worried about having enough time to take care of him and getting homework done.
I feel bad that I have no energy. I think Tanner is tired of hearing about how tired I am. :) He is so great and I couldn't ask for a better hubs. I have these days of feeling great and motivated and I do so much that I wear myself out I think. Then I have days where I'm so tired, just the thought of having more than two things to do in the day makes me almost want to cry. I haven't been sick for a while, so I'm very thankful for that, it makes life much easier and pregnancy a lot more enjoyable. Most of all I'm just so thankful that we have the opportunity to welcome this wonderful little person into our family. I feel so incredibly blessed just that we're having him, that it makes me see even more that the material things don't matter. It really is all about families and I'm so thankful ours is forever.

It's a boy!!

So most of you know already from facebook or texts, but we found out this past week we are having a little boy!!! We are so excited!!! In case you can't guess how excited, just refer to my overuse of exclamation points!!!!!!!!
The past month has been a blur. School is keeping us both crazy busy and I admit I've gotten a little overwhelmed at times. But I've realized I need to just balance my life more and rely on the Lord and things will all work out. I was shocked on Friday night, I got home from work and showered and changed into my jammies. I walked past the mirror and did a double take 'cause I'm pretty sure my belly grew a ton just overnight! I even asked Tanner if it had looked that big the day before and he was surprised too. It's exciting to be looking more pregnant, it makes it all feel more real. We've been horrible about taking pictures, so these are the only ones I have now, but here is the baby bump:

20 weeks! Halfway there!

I might have already posted a picture of his crib, but I'll do it again, 'cause I love to look at it ever since our ultrasound.

Here are the exciting pictures, it's little Eric!! He's the cutest (little creepy in a way, but a good way) little skeleton baby I've ever seen. He was moving all over the place and kept his hands up by his face like he is here in the picture. I held it together for a while, but by the end I had to cry a little because I was so happy; plus I saw Tanner was teary eyed and that was too much for me.

He's so much bigger than last time we saw him, he's all squished! Tanner was worried the other night he's going to come out with his head sideways like that and told me I need to give him more room. If you can't see him very well, his head is in the middle, that's his hand and arm on the right, and the big circle in the bottom right is his cute lil tummy.

Here's his perfect little foot, five toes and all. This is where I finally cried. It's amazing, I can't believe he's really growing in there. I can't feel much still because of where the placenta is, but he's getting big so fast!

Last of all, proof he's a boy. :) Tanner and I laughed that they circled it for us. Tanner asked the doctor doing the ultrasound "Are you sure it's a boy?" She said, well, if it were a girl, nothing would be in that little circle, so yeah, I'm pretty sure. It made me laugh. Tanner is so excited, it's the cutest thing ever. He's going to be a great dad. I'll try to update more next month, they couldn't see a couple things last time, so we have to get another ultrasound next month, so we'll have more pictures, I'm excited to see how much he grows!

Lonely

Tanner is in Columbus, Ohio for his first med school interview. He left today and I'm picking him up late tomorrow night, but this is only the second time since we've been married that we've spent the night apart. And after I got in the car after leaving him at the airport, I totally cried. Cried!? Pa.the.tic. I'm totally embarrassed with myself. I totally have these thoughts that when we have the baby I'll be more laid back than other moms and not so uptight and worried all the time..but I realized my naivety when I was calling Tanner to make sure he remembered to get something to eat and I was so worried he'd get lost on his way to his hotel (in my defense, Tanner is horrible with directions). He is a grown man. I thought about this and felt like an idiot. How am I going to have kids and not drive them crazy? Luckily after the first few times I called him, I gained some insight into my behaviors and forced myself to stop. But it is lonely knowing I'll have to sleep alone, but it's one night, so I can make it, right? Tanner and I are always joking that I have 'separation anxiety,' we thought it was a joke, but now I'm not so sure. :) Anywho, pray for him on his interview, even though I know he'll do great! Also, he got an interview at the U in September, we are so excited, I can't stop telling everyone!!

End of summer

For our last summer huzzah, we decided to go camping with my nursing school pals and their hubsys! It was so much fun, we went up to the Uintahs by Lily Lake and completely forgot our camera, so the pictures are courtesy of Christie. Above is Nicole, Me in my hot pants, Ashley, and Rachel. This one is of Kaylee, BJ and Christie's baby, and she is pretty much favorite little person ever, just look at that face! How could you not love her? Tanner said on the drive home if we have a girl he hopes they're exactly like her. :) We had so much fun and definitely needed a little getaway. Other than driving some places our little Suzuki couldn't really handle and denting our car's frame a little, the trip was a success!

For those of you who don't know, Tanner has two major phobias-spiders and bears. Right after we got our tent set up, we realized there were strange markings on this tree directly outside our tent. Then we realized they were bear claws. Everyone started joking about it, then we all got scared and stopped.

Eric and Jeremy man-bonding
Me and Rachel, both prego! Rachel is due next month having a little boy, we are so excited for them! And she is such a trooper coming camping!! She even squatted to pee in the wilderness! At 8 months pregnant! I tried squatting for my first time, and totally peed on my pants a little bit, I was seriously impressed with her skills!

Christie and adorable little Kaylee. Did I mention she's the cutest thing ever?

Tanner and BJ catching fish like the manly men they are

Cutesy Nicole and Jeremy, just had their 2 month anniversary! Awww..

The boys getting their fishing poles ready! Eric, Tanner, and BJ

We're so grateful for so many great friends!

In other news, our little fetus is growing like a weed and starting to make my belly poke out. It's a little sad to look chubby, but really I'm excited to be showing, it's so fun! According to a website, it's the size of a large apple or something. Why do baby websites all compare baby sizes to fruit? Last month it was a fig, I know it's uncultured to admit, but I have never seen a fig and that means nothing to me. I hit the 16 week mark tomorrow, it's so fun! I can't wait to feel it move, that will make things feel more real. And I haven't been sick for a week, so life is great!
Tanner has a med school interview in Ohio Sept. 1st, we're hoping to start hearing from more schools soon. School started again yesterday, Tanner was definitely more enthusiastic about it than I was, but he's right, it's exciting to be getting it done and over with. We're both graduating in May, only two more semesters to go! Summer just didn't feel long enough, but it'll be good to finish and be done! Good luck to everyone else starting school again!

A few things

The new Hunger Games book comes out this month, I am soo excited! I need to reread the other two now.

Tanner scared me to death two nights ago. In the middle of the night he jumped to his feet on the bed, yelling that 'the spiders were going to get him, that they would get all the dragons, and surely eat right through his elbows.' Crazy, crazy Tanner. It took me a few minutes to calm him down enough to get him to lie back down and stop freaky sleep talking.

I go to the doctor Thursday and we are so excited to hear the heartbeat and for it to feel more real!

I'm so grateful for Tanner and how loving and wonderful he is.

Pregnancy really does make it harder to think straight. I find it's more difficult to find intelligent words, or real words for that matter, since the other night I told Tanner I got 'sticked,' instead of 'stuck.' At least I haven't been feeling too emotional lately, so when he laughs at me about it, I can laugh right along with him.

Busy Tanner

Poor Tanner has been swamped this summer. We've had fun, but it has been so busy. He has been doing his research 40 hours a week, while trying to tackle all of the secondary applications for medical schools. We're not complaining, it's good that he's getting secondaries, but honestly, how many essays do they need for medical school? He wouldn't start until fall of next year, but we're hoping to have an idea of where we're going by the end of the year.

For those who have missed them, here is Tanner's latest sleep quote I can remember:

(I'm climbing into bed after going to the bathroom)

T: [starts speaking jibberish rather forcefully]

N: [giggles]

T: "I'm so excited for tomorrow to get here, I wish it would just come."

N: "Why?"

T: "Because I'm going to drain all the oranges of their juices. Mmmm."

N: "Oh, where are you going to get all these oranges?"

T: "From the, um, from the droopy thing. Yeah."

N: "Goodnight Tanner."

T: "Goodnight. You're so beautiful."

He makes me laugh, he's such a goofball. Last night before bed he asked me what I was most excited about for Christmas. We talked about the food, the family parties, and the snow. I love that once the year is halfway through, he can't stop preparing for Christmas. We are also already preparing for Halloween. Tanner is going to be a Steve Zahn character, the question is, should he be the Sahara guy, or That Thing You Do!? Decisions, decisions. Maybe we aren't as busy as I thought. But really, which one?

That Thing You Do

Sahara

Quick Update

People keep asking how I'm doing, so I just wanted to say that I was pretty sick for a few weeks, but now I'm doing great. Just trying to eat healthy when I get hungry every two hours. :) I am due February 10th. Tanner is adorable and has already bought a crib, which he said he would just put the box in the baby room, but he got excited and put it together the night he bought it, it was so cute. I told him that he needed to stop though when he wanted to start buying baby swings and carseats, I love that man. I'm going to the doctor again in a couple weeks, I'll update more as things change! Thanks for all the congrats, we're feelin' the love!

Clayson Camp!

Last week we took some time off work for Tanner's annual family camping trip to Tinney's Flat, up by Payson Lake. It was so nice to get away and we had so much fun! I realized as we were cleaning up to leave that Tanner and I hadn't taken any pictures together, so that's why you get this one here, Fullmers after a few days of no showering and no mirrors. That's one of my favorite things about camping.


Tanner had a HUGE fishing streak this trip, every time he put his pole in the water, a fish just grabbed right on. When we got home, we had a lot of fish to cook, but it was really yummy.

Noelle at Payson Lake, she was pooped.

Getting ready for the lake, she's so cute!

Tanner impressing me with his manliness by chopping firewood. It was hot, I'll admit it.
Noelle's sweet mohawk/mullet.
Tanner and Aly racing these little kid cars down a steep hill. Tanner crashed a couple times.



I just thought this was adorable, what a cute uncle.


He is so cute with Noelle, it makes me excited to see him as a Dad. Which, will be happening in February!! Yeps, the Fullmers are procreating. We are so, so excited!! Tanner announced it unexpectedly during one of the songs around the campfire, the night before we left. Everyone just stared at us for a minute, then they were all excited. Our families are almost as excited as we are, it's so fun. We'll keep ya'll updated as things progress!

Favorites for today....

-Noelle's smile, she is oh so cute.

-Tanner's smell, it's so manly and wonderful. Sounds weird, but you know what I mean.

-Sleep. I can't get enough lately.

-My family. They really are the best, and I love them so much.

-Snuggling.

-The peace and the Spirit in our home. We have been good today and kept the tv off and just enjoyed the silence and talking to each other, it's been great.

-Camping. We're going in two weeks and are sooo excited!!

-Being so happy and grateful and just knowing that life is good.

Whoops..

As I recapped over the past month, I forgot one huge event-we had our 3 year anniversary! I can't believe how fast it has gone by and how much fun we have together everyday. We sang our anniversary song we made up, which for some random reason is to the tune of "The First Noel." The chorus goes as follows:

'3 years, 3 years,

3 years, 3 yeeeeeaaaaarrs,

We have been ma-harried for-or 3 years.'

Pretty good eh? The rest of the lyrics must be made up on the spot. We were both working during the week, so we waited until Saturday to do something fun and we went with our friends Mike and Bree to Strawberry for a little fishin.' The only one Tanner caught got off the hook as he pulled it out of the water, and Mike caught one but it flipped itself back into the water. It was still a fun day and nice to get out and do something fun.












He really is so good to me and makes me laugh all the time. I couldn't ask for anyone better. Happy Anniversary Tanner, I love you so much!!

Good times

Sorry for the crappy blogging this past month. A lot has been going on and I have been in a bit of a blog 'funk' if you will. So here are the major updates, or a few of them anyway. Here is the picture from Aly being home, isn't she gorgeous and amazing? It's so fun to have her home, I love it! If you aren't already married and have a best friend with a hot brother, marry him, I highly recommend it.
Tanner has put my degree to good use, I'm just glad I could contribute really. Please pretend to not see how dusty it is.

This was a really special day, we did Eric's endowment in May at the Bountiful Temple. The whole family went to the temple. Taylor is 14, so I stayed with her and we did baptisms, it was so great. It was an amazing experience and I'm so grateful we can do this wonderful work and I love my family!! We took lots of cute pictures with Noelle bug outside the temple before. Here is one of the few times you will see her running toward Tanner (he loves to tease, he that kind of uncle).

I love this little munchkin. She says my name now, but calls me "Nun." I actually got my name from my sister when she was a baby, she couldn't say Christina, so she said Nina. I didn't think that could be shortened, but I love it.
Thinking of sending this into a church magazine it's so cute.

Me and Tay afterwards, it was a great day!!