oh boy

well its offical... baby is a boy! this proves two things; a: the chinese birthing chart is crap and b: i have absolutely no maternal instincts (i was sure it was a girl) however i couldn't be happier. and suprisingly neither could bryson. we went in for our ultrasound tuesday and it was such a cool experience. what is not cool is that they make you drink a whole bunch of water and then press on your bladder for a half hour. the first the nurse said when we started the ultrasound is "oh my you have a tiny bladder!" no? really? i almost peed on the table. after that she found the baby and the first thing we saw was his little pee pee. i think he was excited to show it to us because we have been calling him a girl for the past five months. oops. he even grabbed himself at one point. isn't he classy? it was so fun seeing him kicking and moving although i still couldn't feel any of it :( the dr said i should in a couple of weeks. the little man was bent in half most of the time so the lady doing the ultrasound couldn't get a good look at his heart so we get to go back in four weeks for another ultrasound. which is fine by me! just this time i won't drink so much dang water. 16oz is a lot for someone who's bladder is the size of a pea! now we just have to get ready for the little guy to come!

baby

well i think everyone already knows because we're not very good at secrets but i thought now would be a good time to announce to the world that im pregnant! yay for baby! it took us about a year to get this little nugget here so we're beyond thrilled. my due date is June 12th, which makes me 13 weeks. i am starting to feeling a tiny bit less pukey but nothing to get too excited about it. also i have zero energy but i here that comes back so i'm looking forward to that.

i am hoping its a boy and byrson is hoping its a girl because we're weird like that, although i just have a gut feeling its a girl. we call it a she all the time so i hope it is or we're going to give the poor little guy a complex before he's even born. its a little alarming how little i know about babies so its a good thing i have the next six months to do some research. i'm also hoping my kid doesn't cry or puke.

the picture of the baby at the top of the post is what my baby probably looks like right now. in all reality it probably looks like a little alien but that baby is so cute! i'm very worried my baby is going to come out with a unibrow (sorry bryson) but thats what plucking and waxing is for right?!

i feel like i should also mention that i will not be posting any "baby bump pictures" its just not going to happen. i enjoy when you all do it but when you looked pregnant before you actually get knocked up its just not cute.

thats all for now. i have to pee

chalk paint is fun

so i know we are a little behind the times but we just discovered chalk paint and boy is it a joy. we decided to paint one of the walls in brysons office and let me tell you we have a love/hate relationship with this stuff. it is black and sticky and lethal. bryson had black paint stained on his hands for several days... it was actually rather funny. anyways two days later and the wall was completed! and it is more than anything we could have dreamed of! here is the progress of the wall in photos. please enjoy.

summer lovin

here is our rather uneventful summer thus far all in one post. warning: this post may or may not contain a bunch of pictures that are pretty lame.

here we are in an airplane on our way the beautiful and sunny san diego. why don't i live there? oh ya i'm poor.
here is the fam literally running to the beach

aww cute parents

almost every night we would go watch the sun set at the beach. it was glorious

here is bryson at sea world looking thrilled. doesn't he look thrilled?

a dolphin

here we are waiting to see some lame... oh i mean awesome... show at sea world. we were in san diego for a week and it went by soo fast and i miss it very much. i want to go to there.

i realize the forth of july was almost a month ago but i was on a role with the whole uploading picture thing that i just kept going. so here we are at the balloon festivle.

jordan and bryson. this picture pretty much sums up their relationship.

i realize i never put up any pictures of our condo. im sure all five of you who read this have probably already been to our place but here are a few anyway. its a work in progress but we love it. we do not however love the kids who live here.

i can't believe how fast this summer has gone by! bryson will be back in school before i know it. and then george michael and i will be all alone. that is if george michael lasts that long. anyone want a bunny? he is free and cute. well thats all for done.

dear all of you,

hi, you may or may not know me. i probably went to high school or junior high with you. maybe i was just friends with your sister 10 years ago. i may know you through a friend. or maybe you're just married to some guy i used to go to school with. it might be possible that we have never spoken, but i need to ask a favor of you... please don't go private. its really a drag. i promise i wont come to that giant new house you probably just bought, or steal that cute baby you probably just had. i just want to cyber stalk you. is that so wrong? i don't think so.
love, jaclyn

george michael

well its official we are parents! we brought our son george michael home about a week ago. he is now eight weeks old and just a bundle of joy! naturally it has been rather difficult juggling work and motherhood but i am adjusting rather well. bryson has been rather unhelpful.
george michael enjoys eating bananas, pooping on the carpet, and hiding under the couch. he doesn't enjoy the fifty pounds worth of food we bought him, carrots, or being held.

and even though i am overly confident that i am allergic to this baby of mine i still love him.

(please forgive me for the poor quality of these photos, they're from my phone. i am far to busy these days to even shower let alone search for my camera, oh the joys of being a mother)

as of late

i have had many request for a new post and i mean a lot. i am really popular. i guess i never really grasped just how important i am until now. obviously i am kidding. ok so anyway really exciting things have been happening.

on may third bryson and i celebrated out first year anniversary. who would have ever thought we would make it to a year. kidding mom. i actually don't think my mom even reads this. kidding jodi! to celebrate we went down to st george with our dear friends the tates. we stayed at the inns at entrada. so fun. the weather was perfect. we went to vegas, went to the movies, out to eat, got massages (me and jules), went to the pool and just relaxed. it was a much needed getaway. for our anniversary i made bryson get me a wedding band. its sparkly. i got him nothing because i am just that good of a wife.

i have a twitter account. now this is really exciting because i love celebrities and as far as i am concerned they love me. i spend most of my time these day trying to get ryan seacrest and matthew perry to talk to me. now i haven't had much success but i feel like one day it will happen and when it does i will cry happy tears.

bryson turned twenty five april 23rd. he is so old. to celebrate i went to see wicked (more on that later) with my mom and sister and his mom and sister and g-ma and he worked a double. wife of the year award. he handled the big day with grace and didn't have a nervous breakdown like i will when i turn the big two five.

like i said.... i went to see wicked! it was aaaaamazing. this was my fourth time and i must say it was better then when i saw it in chicago or LA. plus the prophet was there so that made it even more special. he looked at waved at me, its not a big deal.

dr green's tumor came back. this time its inoperable. he's being pretty stubborn about taking it easy at work but if carrie weaver would just lay off he'd be okay. (er season 8, don't judge)

there are exactly 64 days until our san diego vacay. i need to lose exactly 75 pounds before then. this is soo doable.

it is offically summer for bryson and i am happy to report that he got all A's this semester. how amazing is that? i like to brag.

if you're looking for a good book to read i would suggest The Pact by Jodi Picoult. very good.

well friends thats it for now. i think i will work on taking some pictures because posts are much more exciting when pictures are involved.