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!