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