3.5 more months....

I seriously can't take living in this apartment another day, but unfortunately we have 3.5 months left. Ryan and I have tried to find another temporary place just until our house is done, but no one will give us a 4 month contract. I've tried to not think about it, but after going through countless candles and bottles of febreeze and freezing my bum off all winter with the windows open and it STILL smells like 5 smokers are all in our apartment at once... I have a slight problem with it. Not only does our next door neighbor smoke like a chimney, but the ONE room in our entire place that never smelled like smoke now does because some idiot girl moved in beneath us that smokes like crazy (yet pounds on our ceiling if she doesn't like noise at the moment). So that means that 3 out of 3 of our neighbor apartments smoke. This smell is not good with a pregnant nose, either and has been the trigger for several awfully sick nights.

The kicker for me was a couple weeks ago after church and our apartment REEKED of smoke, so we lit all of our candles. A little while later our neighbor came over and knocked on our door to ask what kind of candles we had because she loved the smell. She's never been to our apartment before that, she could just smell them THROUGH THE WALL!!! It kills me.

Just needed to get that out. This just might be the slowest 3.5 months of my entire life...

Church today

We missed most of church today because it was stake conference and both Ryan and I had no clue. We usually pay attention to announcements, so it most certainly wasn't advertised much. It started at 10, but we got there at 11 and ended up just sitting in the hall with all of the fussy babies. On top of that, it ended 20 minutes early, so we only had to stay for 40 minutes. Obviously we missed the adult session last night, too. I was just excited that I didn't have to teach primary and I have a lesson ready for next week now, but the funniest part about it all was Ryan's first comment once he realized all of this:

"Yes! This is what you always want to happen but it never does!" (We really did feel bad about it though).

The good thing is that we got there just in time to hear Elder Ballard and Elder Eyring's talks. Also, we made sure to feel the spirit this morning as we were getting ready and watching the recording of last night's BYU Rugby game. Whoops, I mean BYU devotionals. :)

Coming November 19th...

and we are SOOOOO excited!

This ultrasound is from about 5 weeks ago, but I'm just a little over twelve weeks (i.e. 3 months) and due November 19th!

Beach Body Conversations

Who needs 90 days when you can look this good after 90 minutes? ;) (Okay, I must admit...I photoshopped Ryan's body into a gym. We don't actually have a gym pass.)

So Ryan is starting P90X with a few other family members (all out in Utah though) and, well, let me tell you! It is HARD! I know this because sometimes I wander into the living room after stuffing my face in the kitchen only to see him, and he looks like he's gone through the whole workout after just the warmup. It put's the 30-Day Shred to shame. Sorry, Jillian Michaels.

Anyway, since Ryan is doing this by himself without a workout partner, I think it's kind of funny how he keeps himself motivated... which is done by pretending the people on the video are here with him. I came in from the other room to hear the first conversation, which then caused me to listen a little more closely. Just imagine him by himself doing this:

Instructor: "15 more seconds until a water break! You're gonna LOVE this water break! What are you going to do on your water break?"

Ryan: In between breaths but without skipping a beat, "Oh, just drink some water, wipe my sweat off with a towel... what are you gonna do?"

***

Instructor: "Alright it's time for jump knee tucks, are you ready?!"

Ryan: "No."

Instructor: Assuming people are thinking something along the lines of Ryan's response,"There's no 'just a second'!"

Ryan: "Well, at least he's listening to me."

Two years

We've had so much fun the last two years, I can't wait to see what another year brings!

Happy Anniversary, Ry!

He's clearly the favorite...

A few weeks ago (and every time, actually) when I was talking on the phone to my sister-in-law, Michelle, I was put on speakerphone to say hi to Bennett for a minute. I gave a big, cheerful, "HI BENNETT!" and then Michelle prompted him to say "hi Brittney" in return, but did he? No. Instead I heard a super cute little 2-year-old voice shout "Ry-Ry! Hi, Ry-Ry!"

Then, today as I was on speakerphone to say hi to Ashlynn, the same situation occurred. I cheerfully exclaimed, "HI ASHY!" and when she was told to say "hi Brittney" in return I got a "Ryan! Ryan! Hi Ryan!"

Clearly there's a favorite around here... and I even know his secret! He "flies" them. Works like a charm...

That's okay though because at least they associate me with him, and I can totally relate because he's my favorite too!

Surgery

Today's is baby Aaron's first heart surgery, and our thoughts and prayers are with him.

**Update: The surgery went well and the little guy is hanging in there!