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!

100 days to go!!!

So...I got on my blog today and saw my little baby tracker with 100 days to go!! It kind of made me excited although that seems like forreverR right now! This last week has been a tiny bit stressful for me. I found out that I have Not one...but 2 hernia's..inguinal hernia's which are right below my belly and close to my leg. I have one on both sides! And who knows why I would get hernia's right now??? Anyway, it has been causing some pain and not fun when you have to stand up to teach classes all day! Anyway..other than that pregnancy is going good...my belly is getting bigger! My mom came down on Thursday because I think she thought I was getting a little too stressed and took us out to dinner a few times and made our apartment soo much cuter with a few new rugs and plants, and even helped us paint a few pieces of furniture!! Thanks sooo much mom! The rest of my family came up last night and crashed at our place for the night, unfortunately my younger brother Travis got sick in the middle of the night and was throwing up!! He is staying with Matt and I until tomorrow night when we're going to go up to Idaho Falls so Im hoping it wasn't the flu and just food poisoning, but regardless I have been cleaning Everything he toucheS! Poor kid!! Welll...that is about all that's going on here---have a Great Labor Day weekend!!!

Pictures...

Here is our lovely new apartment..a bit smaller than the last but I am loving it. This is our cozy little family room! I was thinking of having a rocking chair in here for when the baby comes, but now I'm not quite sure we have enough room for one, I guess we will see!
Okay..so I know this looks random...but on the side of the family room there is a cubby under the stairs that is probaby one of my favorite parts of the hosue. We have lots of blankets and random pillows and had no place to put them in our old apartment, now we have this entire space! So..I guess if you ever need a place to stay, we have plenty of extra pillows and blanketS!!
This is another favorite of mine, the orange bathroom!! It's a little messy taking this picture and you don't quite get the full affect without the other cute orange rug in the picture, but it is really a fun bathroom!!
Okay, and I saved the best for last..my growing belly! It was so funny because I saw someone at the beginning of the week, and then at the end and they didn't even know I was pregnant at the beginning but sure could tell by the end! Anyway-I think it has grown this week! So..this is me at 25 weeks! And these are actually Maternity Pants that I purchased for $15 only at Old Navy! I was hoping not to have to buy any maternity pants, but they are soo much more comfortable than just trying to wear low rise pants!
Well...that's about all thats going on right now. That's all the pictures of the house I felt like taking! Matt and I are getting ready for our first big day of school tomorrow! I still can't believe I'll be going to classes again--but it will be exciting!

Moving back...

Welll...I have no pictures yet since we have been so busy but we moved back to Pocatello last Thursday...and began moving into our apartment on Friday morning at 8am. I had this goal that EVERYTHING would be moved in and in its right place by Saturday night so we could have one day to relax before I began my week of orientation! Anyway, we pretty much worked the entire day Friday and Saturday, and we did it!! I think it was about 10:30 on Saturday night and we were both like, I think we're done!! I love our apartment. It's a little smaller than our first one, but has soo much more storage, and feels more like a home! Also, in order to live in these apartments you have to either have kids or be expecting and so everyone around us is in the same boat, I really like thaT!

Alsoo...I started my program on Monday. I had to tell everyone I was pregnant and going to have a baby in the middle of the program and was really nervous, but all my teachers and everyone was soo supportive! I was very relieved and now I am excited to start. I will be teaching 5 classes: 2 basketball classes, weight lifting, golf, and a philosophy of athletics class with another teacher. I'm not going to lie Im a little nervous to be teaching students that are my age, but I know it will be a great oppurtunity and experience! There are 6 of us that are graduate assistants and they are all great. I think it will be a very fun yeaR!

Matt started playing with his team again this week, and of course was soo excited to start playing again. They have some great additions to the team, so they should have a great yeaR! I'm excited for him to start because there is nothing better than basketball season and watching him play, however, Im not excited for him to travel!! At least now I will have a baby to keep me some company:) OkAy..well As soon as the weekend is here I will try to take some pictures and post them of our new apartment!!

Anniversary...and BeLLy!!

For our anniversary... we actually stayed at my parents and ate dinner(we are cheap) and then went out for ice cream and bought our new little baby an outfit!! It was the first outfit that I have purchased although I have an entire tub of clothes already! Anyway, it ended up being really fun and we might just have to celebrate again when we get all moved into our apartment this weekend:)

SOO...here are a few pictures of my belly at 23 weeks! It seemed like it grew so much the past few weeks, but then I look at the pictures and it's not quite that big. However, this is the first week a few people have actually noticed that I was pregnant. I walked into the grocery store and a lady looked right at my belly and said, awwwww...it was a little awkward but at least someone noticeD!!

Here is the side view. Let me add...we were about to leave to go eat, after I eat it grows soo much and then goes back down a little bit..I guess you could just call it being bloated...haha.
And here is the lovely front view...

So...since we have been married for 2 years I thought I would put up some pictures that describe our amazing 2 years together so faR!! It's soo weird how when you get married you think you know someone and love them more than you ever could love anyone...but in the few short years we have been married that has changed soo much! I feel like I get to know Matt more and more every day and fall more in love with him!!

Here is us...of course comparing our muscles-I think we are a little too competitive sometimes!
Big CHEESE!

This was actually right before we got married at a Braves game in AtlantA!
All Dressed up!!
My first birthday being married...a CHEESECAKE..our favorite!

Anyway--we have had some great times and I can't wait for there to be many many more!

Past few weeks...

Andy and Sarah's WEDDING!!! Matt's little brother, Andy, got married August 1!! Sarah is soo sweet and we're glad to have her in our family! It was such an awesome day! They got married that morning in the Idaho Falls temple and then we had a luncheon for them and their reception that night!!

These are My other sister-in-laws, and mother in-law. Misty is on the far left and is Matt's oldest brothers' wife. Sari, Matt's mom is next then me and then Annie, the youngest of the Stucki's. Anyway, all the girls wore matching dresses and Im glad they made mine with a little extra room for my belly.
Night back in Utah..last weekend with my family. We went out to dinner at Macaroni Grill...mmm!!! We are going to be soo sad to leave Utah, its been such a great summer and my parents have been soo soo great to us!! I don't know how we will ever thank them!
Here are my parents at dinner...
And Travis didn't have a date...so I asked the waiter to take a picture with him. Travis actually wasn't so happy with that...but Sorry!!!
Other than that the past few weeks have flown by!!! We are moving back to Pocatello in 3 days!!! I am kind of excited because I love moving, I don't know why..but I'm really excited for our new little apartment! However, this summer has been wonderful!! Now it's time to go back to the real life..school. I'm getting kind of nervous because after taking a year off, I'm not looking forward to the tests and the papers, but i guess it will be worth it in the end...

So..after we got back from the Wedding in Idaho, I was stressing about how I was going to get the book, BREAKING DAWN, that I have been waiting so anxiously to read. When we got to my parents house, my wonderful mother had already gone and bought it and said I could read it first!!! I thought I would read it straight for a day, but towards the end I actually started getting a little sad that the whole series was over. I started to slow down a little and enjoy the last bit, anyway, it was well worth the wait and I loved it!

AlSo...today is our 2 year Anniversary!! YAY!! It has flown by..but I'll post something on that a little latER.