Alabama Baby Shower

Have I mentioned how cool my life is? ;)

I had three baby showers and to end all the baby bliss was the shower thrown by three of my closest, coolest, bestest friends here in Birmingham. Mary, Alicia, and Mindi did such a great job and I will never be able to fully thank them!!

I love you girls and thanks again!!

Each of them made one of the letters...

Mary's diaper cake...as if she didn't do enough...;)

Soup bowls for the soup bar...SO COOL!
Beautiful deccorations....
Not even half of the food that they had...

I stole this picture from Alicia's blog, she made me this blanket and

I LOVE it so much!

The girls I LOVE!!

Mary, Mindi, and Alicia!!

VA baby shower

My wonderful Virginia baby shower.

I am so blessed and have such a wonderful mother!

I loved this wrapping paper...

NC Trip

I have the best Sister-in-Laws EVER!
Micah's sister Kim threw me an AMAZING baby shower in
Greensboro, she's the best!

I wanted to buy this for Max SO BAD!

Micah and Blake at Daisy Scouts

Always Shooting

Bryan's Soccer Game

Book of Mormon Read-A-Thon

Our YM/YW read the entire BOM starting Friday night
and ended Saturday night.
They stopped only to pray over the food
and when they left to sleep.
Only a couple missed the weekend and with the
whole ward helping with food
it was a HUGE success!

The kids actually left their cell phones out in the hall. I told them I didn't care if they texted when they got up to use the bathroom and it really worked out!

I made little goody bags with bottle water, crystal light packets, candy, red scripture pencils, and gum.

I should've taken a picture before all the youth arrived to show how nice it all looked.
We ended up have around 22 kids in attendance.

Adult "guest" readers would show up periodically to give the kids a break but the youth really liked to read and would go sit on the couch when they felt like reading a couple chapters.

WE DID IT!!!
I couldn't have done it without all the help from the members who brought so much food, it
was an unforgettable weekend!

Let me brag for a minute...

I knew he could do it!!!!

Micah passed his first round of National Boards. He will have two more parts before he will become a Dr. but I know he is relieved that the first part is over. The second part is this fall and the last part is right before he graduates a year from now.

I couldn't find a picture of just him in his white coat so here we are.

I love you Micah, way to go!

Stake Conference with an Apostle

Micah and I met L. Tom Perry today after our Stake Conference. I wasn't going to wait in line so as I was sitting up front I saw that there was a pause in the line and he was just standing there so I reached up to shake his hand. He asked me if I always carried a bottle of water around with me and I told him that since I am pregnant I try to drink lots of water and he said that it was a good habit to have. What a sweet spirit he carries. He was so funny and joked a lot about being the oldest Apostle and how he is the liveliest and healthiest. He will forever be the first Apostle I have ever met and a once in a lifetime opportunity.

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Micah's Dad makes a visit

Micah's Dad came for a short weekend visit to speak at UAB.
It's so nice when we have family come see us because it rarely happens...cough, cough...not trying to make anyone feel guilty. =)
Of course Micah took him shooting and here is a picture of Micah's Honor Society certificate...I'm a proud wife.

Blue Angels

Micah was in HEAVEN last weekend when we went to see the Blue Angels in Tuscaloosa. We plugged up the iphone to the speakers in our car to listen to General Conference and were on our way! We had no idea what we were in for. So... I didn't realize that a free air show with the BA was such a big deal and Tuscaloosa didn't either because they were not ready for the 200,000+ people who were in attendance. Micah had a ball, took too many pictures, and I got a funnel cake so everyone was happy! We were asked by a family of 6 to drive them to their car 5 miles away, they were so sweet and left $40 in our car, so we went out to dinner and had CRAB!!! AHHHH, my favorite!

Anyway as far as an update goes, I'm doing the same...still throwing up a ton but Max is doing great and moving more and more each day. We had a name ready if it was a boy and it is Bryant Maxwell Kinney and we will call him Max.

Micah has 4 weeks left of class and then he is a 4th year. I can't believe how fast our time in Birmingham has gone and I wish it would slow down. He will spend his 4th year in different hospitals and clinics around here and is really excited about it.

We hope everyone has a good Easter weekend! Easter is my second favorite holiday because of my Grandma Kuta who always made it so special for us! I always miss Virginia this time of year...there is nothing better than the millions of apple and cherry blossoms that take bloom but Birmingham never disappoints...it is so beautiful here, we sure do love Alabama!

BOY OH BOY

We're having a boy! I haven't had too many "maternal instincts" as to what the gender was until the other night when I had a dream that the ultrasound tech said it was a boy. We are so happy!! Everything looks good and he is measuring to date. I am also doing fine with my Heparin...still throwing up but it's really become a part of my life now. =)

Here is the determining factor...what a boy!

This one is a little scary but I know he wont look like that for long. =)

Thank you for all of your support and prayers! I am so excited to buy boy clothes now. I just picked up some little red shorts with lobsters on them...now I need a little sailor suit for this Navy Baby!

Duke vs. GT

I regret not getting one of me but I was trying not to throw up the whole game. =)

Knocked Up!

Yup, you guessed it...I'm pregnant. 12 weeks and feeling, well...excited. I know I am WAAAYYY behind on posts but I will catch up on that later. Micah and I found out that we were pregnant on Thanksgiving day...so far I have been pretty sick, throwing up everyday so the doctor put me on some medication that works sometimes. It's funny because I have tried EVERYTHING.... I mean, EVERYTHING!!! So I keep food on my stomach pretty regularly and that is all I am going to say about that!!

I am also considered High Risk because of the blood clot I had in my lung last year. So, I have to give myself 2 shots of Heparin a day until 6 weeks postpartum to prevent a clot from forming so hopefully everything will be A-OK!

I will put up ultra sound pictures soon...we feel very blessed and excited to have this new chapter beginning in our lives. As soon as I can stop throwing up long enough to study, I will take my nursing boards and get a job. =)

Graduation

Here are a few pictures from my graduation in December.

It feels weird not to be in school anymore...weird but good!

Pinning

I finally got around to putting up some pictures from pinning in December. I was so happy that my Mom, Dad, and Aunt were able to come down from Virginia for the weekend.

Here I am "holding it together" while Micah pinned me with my Nurse Pin =)

Saying the Nurse's Pledge

My Aunt Barb. She's been a Nurse for 40 years

I DID IT!!!!