Red Sox, Graduation, and Christmas

It was our families first time cheering on the Red Sox in the 2013 baseball season.  Nate has been a fan since living in Massachusetts but I married into being a fan.  The Sox made it to the World Series this year and we had so much fun watching!  Since we don't have a TV, we called our friend who is the student body president of SUU to open up the student government room to watch the games. We also had dinner at our friends and watched a few games.

Getting cozy in with the Boston blanket and Nate decked out in his jersey and hat and we are ready to cheer them on!

When times were tough Nate rallied his cap and sipped his soda for good luck. It must have worked because the Boston Red Sox won the World Series this year! It was a good time to become a fan (for me at least).

I graduated this year (December of 2013) with a Bachelors in Biology/Zoology! College was such a great learning experience in and out of the classroom.  I am grateful to SUU for the great education. SUU only does one ceremony a year in May. I plan on walking then (if i'm not having Leslie), but I wanted to get some pictures done before.

Some of the things that I did/studied during my three and a half years at SUU.

I came home after taking my last final to a rose, chocolates and a sweet card from Nate.  He is awesome and creative! We didn't have a vase so the rose is in our cookie jar. Love it.

It was finally time to celebrate. A little graduation party was thrown mom(west) and family attended.

yay!

Nate took me to Park City, Utah to go on a little shopping spree and to hang out as a little graduation get-away.  We didn't stay long but enjoyed every minute.  I got a few maternity clothes which were becoming much needed as my pants were becoming uncomfortable with the baby belly growing.

 Nate also benefited from our little shopping trip! Enough shoes to last him the rest of college running! The shoes that Nate likes to run in were on a super good sale so we decided that it would be easier to buy all the shoes he would need till the end of college, now!

 Christmas!! We spent Christmas eve and day at mom and dad (Jewkes) house this year! I was so fun:) 

From mom and dad (Jewkes) we got a camping stove and lantern.  Great for camping and emergency preparedness.  

From mom and dad (West) Nate got a nice Boston Red Sox hat, I got a blanket and some maternity shirts.  They also gave us a  Cafe Rio' gift card.

From sibling gifts (Nikki and Erik) I got a Boston Hat and Nate got some pencil lead that should last him for forever! We were pumped:)

We got treats, gift cards, and more treats from grandmas.

 Leslie got a fun book from grandma and grandpa Jewkes and some Minni-Mouse pens from Issac.  She got a baby Red Sox hat from grandma and grandpa West.

Nate saved and saved to get himself a nice mountain bike! Dad(west) helped him get it and fix it up a bit.  Nate is so excited! Too bad it is winter and all the trails are covered in snow!

Baby Leslie Jewkes

An addition to the Jewkes family adventures! We found out that we were pregnant on Labor Day in 2013.  We were so excited! We told family after we went to the doctor to confirm that we were pregnant a few days later. We chose to have a Nurse Midwife Laurie Hansen to help me through the pregnancy and delivery.  She told us that the due date was May 6, 2014.

We waited until I was about 12 weeks along to announce that we were pregnant to our friends. It was during Halloween so we came up with the idea to carve a baby in a pumpkin and put it in front of my belly.  I drew the pattern and Nate carved it.  

Our little pumpkin

Due May 6, 2013.

 I had Morning sickness until about 12 weeks. I never threw up, but just felt very tired and sick.  It was hard to eat anything because most food looked or smelt really gross! Just making it to school each day was quite the task. I was very fortunate for it to last only 12 weeks and not to be throwing up.  After the 12 weeks I could eat more food because it actually looked good.  I was also able to find the energy to start exercising again.

At 18 weeks we were allowed to learn the gender of our baby! It's a GIRL! We had chosen a name for a boy and a girl before this so we could name it when we found out the gender.  We decided to name her Leslie Jewkes.

It was so fun to see her moving and wiggling around.  We got some videos of her playing peek-a-boo and sucking on her fingers.  This had to be the most exciting point in the pregnancy at this time.

 Since then my belly has been growing! I started feeling Leslie move around at about 20 weeks.  Nate felt her when she was 21 weeks on Christmas Eve Day.  I have felt her move so much more now! I have noticed that she moves more in the afternoon and especially in the evening.  We have a night owl on our hands!

I have finally got around to making the time to do belly pictures! Here is my belly at 22 weeks!