Traveling for bball...

So..basketball has officialy started!! They played their first game last Friday night and it was sooo exciting! They ended up winning by 5, but it was an intense game! I have tons of pictures from the game, but not on my camera...someday I will post them! Then, they left Saturday morning for HAWAII :(! They spent a couple days there before they played their first game. Anyway, the cool thing was that they played on ESPN-although it was at 2 a.m. Still really cool. So, monday night I woke up at 2 to watch the game...not a good idea. Not only was I starting to get a cold, but it's already hard enough to sleep being pregnant. Anyway, the game went into OVERTIME, and didn't get over until 4:30. They ended up losing in overtime to UH, when they should have won. So..after staying up that long of course I could not go back to sleep, so around 6 o'clock I dosed back off finally just in time to wake up at 7. So, yesterday probably wasn't my best day and I think it made my cold get a lot worse! But, oh it was worth it to be able to watch Matt play on ESPN!!

Basketball and Belly...

Okay...so it seems like all I ever post are pictures of my belly-kind of lame but I want to see how big I continually get...so this is my only way of doing it. Anyway, this is me at 36 weeks! And I had matt take a picture from each angle to get the full affect...haha. I am going to be posting basketball pictures but they are not on my camera, but they won their two exhibition games and have their first real game on friday night!! Also...I had an awesome shower on Saturday with friends! It was so much fun and got me way excited to have this baby. I came home and organized his closet and cleaned out everything so I'm feeling a little bit more ready to have a baby. I'm so lucky to have such awesome friends who support me..thanks!!

Halloween

So...this was actually before Halloween, me at 34 weeks! yaay..I dont know why I dont look too happy in this picture!
Here is another shot where I look a little bit happier! I am now 35 weeks and getting very anxious, but not too anxious! My doctor did say he would try and induce me on December 4th!! yay. Matt goes out of town on the 8th, my due date, so hopefully all works out!

Well...isn't he a good sport. I had to talk him into doing it, and then I drew the face on it(trying to make it look like a baby-didn't really succeed)

This was my job..the best part!! Digging all the insides out!

In the process...

Anyway, our lives have been good these last few weeks! I can't believe it is already NOVEMBER..yay!! Matt has his first game tomorrow! UNfortunately I have class and can not miss so I have to miss the game... Anyway, Im getting very excited to start watching him, its such a fun time of year, and this will be the lasT! I think I'll be more excited once the baby is born so I can bring him to the games instead of my belly!!

Fall!

So since I haven't written a post for sooo long because my life is not exciting at all right now, I thought I would just make a few comments on the past couple of weeks!
First off, I love fall! I have never been a big fall person, but I am loving the 50-60 degree weather. Although it did snow for a couple of days(I was a little nervous we were skipping fall and going straight to winter) but now it's back to pretty nice weather!
Second of all, the semester is more than half way oveR! Wow...its gone by fast! But the worst is yet to come...and here I am posting instead of doing homework like I should be.
Third, Basketball season is underway!! Matt had his first practice last week, and they have a scrimmage this saturday and a game in a week and a half! It's so crazy! I'm so excited for games to start, just not him traveling!!
And last...I don't have very much longer until this baby is born!! yay!! I still don't feel like my belly is getting huge, but it definitely feels big enough to make everything uncomfortable! I don't have any of his furniture, which is really sad but I'm having a hard time picking it out..as well as a name! Oh well, I guess I have a little while to decide! Well..thats about all going on here, hopefully I will have some exciting pictures of SOMETHING coming up soon!

Husband TAG...

Well I have been tagged (Thank you Cindy) ---and since I can't sleep this morning because my legs keep cramping...what else is better to do?!?!

1. Where did you meet? In pocatello, Idaho! So glad I came to ISU!
2. How long did you date before you were married? Too long for me...haha. No we dated about a year and a half and it was perfect, I married my best friend!
3. How long have you been married? 2 years and almost 2 months
4. What does he do that surprises you? He has done lots of little things over the past couple of years, but lately he is willing to give me a back massage EVERY night although I know he is so sore and tired..its the greateST!
5.What is your favorite feature of his? His SMILE!
6. What is your favorite quality of his? His ability to make me laugh even if Im sad or tired or stressed..he finds a way!
7. Does he have a Nickname for you? sweetie..thats probably the one thing he calls me or just chels
8. What is his favorite color? blue because that is what he wears the most and orange for the BENGALS!
9. What is his Favorite food? roast beef and potatoes...Sunday dinner
10. What is his favorite sport? obviously Basketball
11. When and where was your first kiss? on my doorstep at my apartment...and when?!? probably almost 4 years ago...wow
12. Favorite thing to do as a couple? honestly, nowadays our favorite thing is probably to relax at home together and not have homework or anything to do! but...one thing that is always fun are road trips just the two of us, we haven't had many, but it's always the funnest!
13. Do yo have any Children? a little boy on the way!!
14. How old is he? 25
15. Who said I love you first? he did...just because I wasn't about to say it first!
16. What is his favorite type of music? not the kind I like unfortunately...but I think country is growing on him. He is more of an oldies kind of guy.
17. What do you admire most about him? His strong desire to always do what is right! He is the greatest example to me, and is loyal to everything and anything that he does!
18. Do you think he will read this? hmmm...if I ask him to.

I tag Rachel

Happy Birthday Matt!

Me at 30 weeks!! Yay! 10 to go! Everything is going well and Im actually feeling pretty good. Im figuring out the whole school thing so that makes things a lot better, and not quite as much stress! We have both been busy busy lately trying to stay on top of things before Matt starts basketball and the baby comes!!! But we are getting very very excited! We even organized our extra closet to make space for some little baby clothes!! I can't believe how fast it is coming!

So...Today is Matt's 25th birthday!!! yay!! And, I decided like a month ago that I wanted to have a surprise birthday for him because once our little babies start coming around our birthdays probably won't be quite as important as there's! Anyway, so finally about a week before his birthday I really, really decided to do it! With much help from his mother, Misty(my sister-in-law) and wonderful friend Mikkel, we pulled it off!! And he was soo surprised! Here is Matt and I after everyone sang Happy Birthday!

Here is an upclose shot!!!
So...this is everyone waiting for him (well not everyone, but a few of them). It ended up taking a while to get him in the house... Misty called and had us come out to his parents house to get her because her "car broke down" and she needed a ride. Really, everyone was waiting out at his parents house for us to come. Anyway, when we got there Matt decided to go ahead and put her carseats into our car while I was supposed to go inside and get them to come out...ooops! So, everyone waited patiently inside while he loaded all the carseats in for no reason at all!! Everyone was kind of getting sick of waiting for him...as you can tell by the faces! (except for Mikkel..always smiling)
Misty and Brandon...waiting!!!
So Clair(matt's dad) and Brandon(his brother) saddled up the horses and took his team out for some riding. They also had the 4-wheelers out for them to ride on! It was entertaining to watch because some of them had never ridden a horse in their liveS! His mom took some great pictures of all of them riding...too bad my camera isn't that good! Here are the girls just hanging out!!
Overall it was a lot of fun, and though I stressed soo much he was going to find out, it turned out greAT and he had no Idea! Anyway, Matt has always tells me how much he hates surprises and everyone even knowing it is his birthday, but he deserved it!! Happy Birthday Matt!! Thanks for being an awesome husband, friend, and soon to be daddy!!!

3 months to go!!

So...here is the lovely growing pregnant belly at 27 weeks or (6 months)!! It feels like time is going by really really slow, but then when I think that I only have 3 months left that doesn't seem to bad! P.S. we are really struggling thinking of names...we had a name picked out Jalen Paul Stucki and we really like the nickname JP, but its so hard to decide! ANyway-- this is a rReally big decision and I'm having a hard time with picking one out! Anyone have any really cute names that they aren't using??? haha.
Here is a view from the other siDE! Anyway...the pregnancy has been going well. There are always ups and downs but I have been feeling pretty good lately. The past few weeks with school/teaching have been good. I feel like Matt and I go go go all week and then come Saturday/Sunday we have a little bit of down time to relax and catch up on some homework from the week. Last Saturday was probably one of the greatest days...Matt had practice in the morning but was home by 9 and we just worked on homework, and napped, and caught up on everything all day! I'm sure as the semester progresses though those days will be spent doing more homework and less relaxing..oh well!
OK..sO I also have to vent a little bit on some students that are PAYING to go to school and aren't willing to make the effort. I really don't understand it at all. I think being on the other side (a teacher's perspective) you realize that some people really don't care and its crazy to me! Anyway, I love this oppurtunity that I have and really am enjoying it and learning to appreciate those students who care and who really are there to learn and get an education! It makes me want to be that much better of a student in the classes that I am taking if only for the teacher's sake!