Updating on life

Hey everyone! Well I just wanted to update everyone on life at the Wilson home. Rich and I are busy as ever trying to get ready for Clara and what not.  Well first off just wanted to thank everyone who came to the baby shower!!! It was super fun to see everyone, and it was great catching up on everyones life. And a even bigger thank you for everyone who were able to give Clara a little gift!! It really helped Rich and I out! We were able to get all the major things for Clara because of the baby shower. Pictures will come of what we were able to get. 
Well on other notes Rich is loving school and putting his head in his books and also into his acting. He is really being challenged for his roles in his acting class, so much that he has grown a little whiskers and brings a cane every where to walk like a crippling old man. Rich says that he gets inspiration for a crippling old man from the show "house" lol. I went to one of his practices and he has improved quite a bit on his acting, and its so fun to see him go after his dreams. 
Talking about school and what not we have some news, we will be staying in Idaho for a year! Yay for no moving! The reason staying in Rexburg longer then we were expected is because BYU Provo is just not ready for this Wilson family lol. Just kidding but Rich did try to transfer to Provo and it just didn't accept him this time around, maybe the next time. The upside of this whole thing is at least Rich, Clara and I will be able to set some roots here in Rexburg and really get to know people her better. I am also happy that i wont have to pack boxes for a year!! lol 
Well thats about it for this update! Write you all as soon as there is something to write about!! Love you all!! Oh pictures of Rich are below!!

A New Home and Starting All Over

Hey everyone!! Lots has happened since we last posted anything.  Well first off I just have to say we are all settled  in to are new apartment!! Our new apartment is a little bit smaller then our last one but we are so happy with it!  The only down side is that we won't have a nursery for little Clara here in Rexburg because there is no room.  So Rich and I have decided when we move to Provo in August or September that we will at least have a three bedroom apartment.  Here is a couple of pictures showing you our wonderful little apartment.

This is our lovely living room.
The only thing missing is our T.V. :-(

This is our view of the Temple from our living room and our bedroom window

This is our small but wonderful kitchen

our bathroom..ya not much to say about a bathroom.

This is coming into our wonderful bedroom and also were we soon will be sharing a space with Clara Ann!!

This is what our other side of the bedroom looks like, and there is Rich on our love seat

Rich is say HI to everyone!!!

This is our Office/ Reading room. This room is for Rich to do his homework and for me to do massages.

The next thing that is happening in our life is getting ready for little Clara Ann.  Thanks to my mom, Rich and I have a good start on clothes for Clara!  We have a closet just for her and its filled with 0-12 months of clothes.  We of course need to start getting other things, like more diapers, more 0-12 months clothes, bows, stroller, car seat ect. ect.  I am hoping that the baby shower will help us out, so if anyone knows were we could find some good deals or anything free so we can put it in the Clara Ann Foundation we would appreciate it! Oh also does anyone know what is the best thing to put on a registry and what I should just get my self? I am registered at Walmart and Target just so everyone knows lol  Other good news, I might leave Rich for a week and come down to AZ for the baby shower in March, but were still talking about it.  The one thing that Rich and I are doing for sure is coming down to AZ in June or July and getting Clara blessed!!  We would love to have her be surround by love ones when she is getting blessed.  We wouldn't mind doing the baby blessing in Rexburg but we have the opportunity to have her blessed in Arizona.  The other reason we want to come down in June or July is to show off little Clara Ann lol.  So excited to meet our bundle of joy!!  It was funny just the other day Rich looked at me and said, " Clara is going to be here really soon..."  I said back to him, " and when did you discover this?"   he said, " its just dawning on me, and I just realized she is going to be here in the next three months."  lol oh Rich, I don't think it will really hit him that he is going to be a dad until Clara is born, but thats ok, I just know he will love her the moment he meets Clara!

           This is some of the things we have for Clara Ann            
                                                           

This is Rich's favorite outfit that we have that we might dress Clara Ann home in from the hospital 

This is another outfit that we think we might bring Clara Ann home in from the hospital

Isn't this the cutest little newborn dress ever!!  

One of Clara's Newborn Dresses she can wear to church

Clara Ann Closet Space.
Thank You mom for all the clothes 0-12 month!!!!

This is just a recap of what I have looked like being pregnant over the last 6 1/2 months

This is me pregnant at 26 weeks. Man i think my butt is the only thing that got bigger lol

20 weeks & 5 days

17 Weeks

Well on other things that are happening in Rich and I life is realizing that Rexburg is one of the smallest towns we have ever been in lol. There is only very few things to do here, and so that means being creative and learning to cooking, taking walks, crafts, so on and so forth.  If anyone knows what to do when there isn't really a whole lot to do either please do tell me!! Oh and just to let everyone know we don't have a t.v. so that means being even more creative lol.  Its definitely has been an adventure living in Rexburg and we LOVE it!!  Its so fun being able to start our own traditions and not being influenced by anyone if we don't want to be. Not that we don't love to hear about other peoples traditions because it gives Rich and I ideas of our own. If you have any traditions that you think Rich and I should try let us know!!  One of the traditions Rich and I are starting to do is going on a date at least once every two weeks. Its really is a great being away and starting a new life with my best friend and I am so grateful that my family is only a phone call away. I am soo ever grateful for all our many blessings and hope that everyone is doing fantastic!! And we will update the blog as soon as we have something to update about!! 

Well Its A New Year And A New Adventure!

Hey everyone! There has been so many things that has happened since Rich and I's last post!! Well I will start with the happiest news! So Rich and I finally have revealed the sex and name of our little one!! We are having a little...GIRL!!! The name of our little girl is Clara Ann Wilson!!!! We are sooooooooooooooo excited to be having a Clara that we can hardly stand it!!! We wanted to name her Clara because the meaning behind the name which means "clear, bright, and famous" and we can thank my mom, Mariann for Clara's middle name. 
  We told Rich and my family that our baby is going to be a girl on Christmas day! That was our present to everyone and everyone loved it! Rich and I fooled my parents by leaving hit that it might be a boy so they were surprised to hear that we are having a little girl lol but they are so excited to have another granddaughter in the family. The funniest thing about telling Rich's family about having little Clara is the fact that Nick (youngest brother) was telling us earlier that boys are just easier to explain to on how to play video games and that it takes girls three times as long to understand how awesome some games are like The Zelda games! Other then that girls are cool too. Oh Nick, lol it is always fun to listen to his theories.    

Well little Miss Clara is a busy one and cant seem to stop having a party in me, but that is alright it lets me know that there is really someone in there. Rich cant wait for the day that he can feel Clara give a little kick, but that wont be for another five to seven weeks. I am now 20 weeks and on Monday January 3, 2011 I will be 21 weeks! My baby bump is growing each day and as Rich says " Your belly makes you more attractive each day" what a sweetheart of a husband I have!!  I am so excited to meet Clara and also to see the look on Rich's face when he and Clara first meet. Rich's sister and I think that Rich will cry when he first hold Clara and that will be the sweetest thing ever!

Little Clara...
She spread out her legs to make sure Rich & I know she is a little girl lol

Little Miss Clara Ann Wilson!!!

I am updating my picture of my bump
this is me pregnant 20 weeks and 5 day

The next thing that is way big and very exciting in Rich and I's life is the big move to Idaho!! We are staying in Holden, Utah for the New Years and visiting family. We are staying with Granny Suzie and love visiting her! Ok so the first leg of our adventure was uneventful but way fun! My parents let us barrow there f450 white diesel truck and a trailer to move all our stuff, and Rich's Parents and two little brothers drove in that while Rich, Brooke and I drove in the Scion. Let me just tell you that when you put Brooke, Rich and I on a road trip that it's a party the entire way!! Rich even invented a road trip game which made a us laugh the entire time and made the time go by way faster, which is always a good thing on a road trip. Well we arrived at Granny's at 10:30 that night and then woke up in the morning to were everything was snow outside. That just meant that if Utah is this snowy then I know that Idaho will be ten times worse... Well then the next day we were suppose to go see my parents in draper and we were on our way to see them when Rich and I hit a patch of black ice and skidded off the road!! Yes it was scary but everything turned out ok. The only thing that got major damage was the back bumper and even then, it wasnt that bad. Well that was Rich's first hard core lesson in driving in the snow and at least it wasn't worse then it was. I thank the lord that Clara and Rich are alright! The lord has blessed Rich and I in so many ways that we are over loaded with blessings and we are so grateful to the lord for all our blessings. Especially for the two biggest blessings first Rich being able to attend BYU-Idaho which is amazing!! I am so excited for Rich have such an opportunity and I am happy to be there for the ride!! Then the surprise blessing of little Clara. Even though we weren't expecting a little one of our own for three to four years, we wouldn't want it any other way then to be pregnant right now with Clara!

Well I will write again when Rich and I get settled in Idaho!! Love Ya All!!
Oh here is the pictures of our black ice driving!

Here is the back of the car.. our poor car..

This is what are car look like in the front. I think we get a 100 points for hitting the metal thing lol

We Have A Profile Picture of Our Baby in 3D!!!

Our little one in 3D!!

We think the baby has Rich's chin and the Bluth nose
What do you think?

Here is 2D baby profile pic but I can already tell our baby is pretty cute!!!

What our baby looks like!!!

Here is a first look at our little one!!  Rich and I do know the sex of the baby and are very happy with the little soul God has sent us!! Rich was smiling the entire time he was looking at the screen, because half the time our baby was very active and we loved seeing our baby move!!! The baby is healthy from what the ultrasound tech said and I go in for my last ultrasound next week!! Very excited to tell everyone the sex of the baby on Christmas!! 

here is the top of the head and stomach of the baby and I think that is the umbilical cord at the top 

You can see the foot in this picture!! what a cute little foot!!! There is also the spine and leg, stomach and a little of the face!!

First Comes Marriage, Then Big Surprise...So Does a Baby

Hey everyone, there has been so many things that has happened since our last update that I hardly know where to being! Well I will have to say that the biggest news is that Rich and I are going to be having a baby!! Yes I know that Rich and I told everyone that two to three years is how long we wanted to wait but I guess that changed when the pregnancy test came out positive. When we first found out we freaked, in the way that we weren't ready for this big surprise in our lives, kind of freaked. I think almost anyone would if they were really just wanting to wait for a baby.  So for the next day or so Rich and I gave a good cry, but when all the tears were out we found out something... we were super excited for this big blessing!!! Rich was and still is trying to wrap around his head that he is going to be a daddy, but what a wonderful, fantastic dad he will be. As for me, I am totally excited to be a mom, and what makes me more excited is now I have maternity clothes!! Before I forget you all are probably wondering how far along I am, well I am 17 weeks on Monday December 6, then the week after I will be 5 months!! Rich and I will be finding out the sex of the baby December 15, but for all the rest of you guys and gals you will have to wait till December 25 to know what the sex is, yes that will be your Christmas gift! Down below, is me and my 17 week prego belly!!

Well on other news, its official; we are out of our apartment and are living with Rich's parents until the end of the month, then off to Idaho it is for us! We really do miss our apartment and being able to have that alone time, but on the other hand its nice to not have to worry about as many bills. We are able to sleep a little better at night knowing that there isn't a bill needing to be paid the next day which is a very good feeling and it defiantly is a destresser. We are defiantly going to take advantage of this and save and spend as much time as possible with family on both Rich and I sides of family before we move to Idaho, and the best part is that we will spending time with the family during the happiest time of the year!

Our Reading Room in our First Apartment

Our Living Room in Our First Apartment

Ok now that I have vented about moving, I can tell you how fantastic Rich's theater play was!! Rich played at the Hale Theater in a play called, "The Happiest Millionaire".  Rich played the youngest brother in the play and did it wonderfully!!  Rich's cast members were some of the coolest people, and I just hope one day Rich will be able to work with them in a theater play or even in the movies!  I am so incredibly proud of Rich for going and taking the first step to following his dreams, and I am blessed to have a husband that know how important it is to dream big and to go for those dreams! 

This is the setting of Rich's play at Hale Theater

Ok now on a last note for this update...Rich and I are sooooooooooo pumped up for Christmas!! The Wilson home is filled with the Christmas spirit and no one can stop smiling! They even have a real Christmas tree, i haven't been in a home with a real Christmas tree since i was 8 to 10 years old. Rich and I are so blessed to be spending Christmas with his family this year and it is one we will never forget! 

The Wilson Christmas Tree

You know Rich has helped decorated this tree when you see a Star Wars ornament

We love you all and hope everyone has a great Christmas!!!

Moving to the cold and the blessing that come with it!!

Were do i begin, so many things have happen since Rich and I have been married. Well if you don't know Rich and I are moving to Rexburg, Idaho in January. Rich is going to be attending BYU Idaho for only a semester then we will be moving to BYU Provo so he can finish his degree there. We are super excited for Rich to start school, the only down fall about moving in January is that it gets below zero there. I am all for visiting the snow but living in it is a whole different story. I dont know many people that love living in a place that every day has weather that is below zero, but we will make the best of the weather while living there. There is an up side to living in Idaho, Rich's sister Brooke is living there as well. So at least if were cold were cold with company.
Well while were waiting to moving to Idaho we will be living at Rich's parents in the month of December because are lease is up on November 30th. Rich and I want to save as much money as we can for school and other things. It will be fun living with the in-laws during the happiest time of the year! Which will be nice spending our last Christmas in Arizona with people we love and with new memories to come. I am truly grateful for all the many things that have come with in the last five months Rich and I have been married. This year has truly been a great blessing and more just keep coming!!