Bliss...

Why does Anthropologie get me every time?

maybe its the simple fact that everything there is bliss-fully amazing!

One day I would love to live there....

Sometimes...

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson,or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be, but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way. And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

Make every day count...

Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can make of your life anything you wish.

Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.

Most importantly, if you love someone tell them, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store. And learn a lesson in life each day you live.

by Unknown

 

 

As of late I feel like I have been more susceptible to the fact that this life is so tender, so sweet, and so incredibly precious.  I feel as though there are days where I am completely clueless to the daily gifts our Heavenly Father gives us.  Looking at this with more light, I can say that I am so grateful for the many opportunities I've had in my life to know some amazing and wonderful people.  All of which have touched my heart in one way or another, leaving some small imprint of them behind. 

I am so grateful for the opportunity that Rand and I have of becoming parents.  That gift alone has really helped me to understand this in a better light.  How tiny and precious each person starts, and how incredible it is to watch them grow and develop.  I have loved feeling her movements increase day by day, and dreaming of the day when I get to kiss her sweet face.

Rand has been so amazing throughout this whole process.  I know I can be extremely difficult at times (mid-night pickle cravings... ), but I know, no matter what we go through in life he will always be there by my side.  That is truly another gift.  I am grateful to share this upcoming birth of our daughter with him.  Without him I would be lost.  I don't know that I would be able to do this alone.  To look at her and not think of what he's missing out on.  Thankfully I know he will be there (recent events have brought me to this thought, thank you Cort).

I am grateful to know where I came from, and what my purpose is.  I love knowing that above all things I have my Heavenly Father there to comfort and bless me.  I know that he understands my struggles, my pains, my laughter, my tears, my joys.  He understands it all.  He is my brother, my friend, and my savior.  I am so happy to have the gospel in my life and to have a wonderful husband who has the priesthood.  I am so happy that He has entrusted such a special gift to me (little Lula), a gift I know I will treasure.

To all of this I find myself such a grateful person. I know whatever comes mine and Rand's way we can make it through, and weather the storm.  That is what makes life exciting, and an incredible adventure.  I am so happy to have my heart so full (sorry to all those who had to listen to that... I needed to get it off my chest).

Friends have always been a huge part of my life as well.  I feel so grateful to call many of you my friends, while the rest I am not so sure... ha ha. Jk!  Each of you are in a special place in my heart, and I will always treasure our friendships.

To sum this all up, I am so happy for the reflection, and aha! moments that have recently hit me.  I am sorry for those wonderful people that we have recently lost.  Their presence will be missed.  I will however treasure my moments in life, and live life a little fuller each and every day.  Thank you for that reminder that has so greatly impacted my life.  It's always in the small things that the greater picture is discovered.

Lula Jane

Yes we think we have a name decided on for our little girl. Obviously its the title of this post but I will mention it again, Lula Jane Sargent.

Background/ Orgin:
Initially I had about 50 names that I really liked, of course girls names are always easier than boys to come up with for some reason. The problem was finding one that Rand liked as well. Going back to when we first started dating and the first time I was ever at Rand's parents house, they have this huge genealogy tree with pictures on their wall. Rand's mom is really into genealogy, which made looking back into his history extremely easy. So of course this caught my attention and I stared at it over and over again just looking at all the generations of Sargent's and Marsh's. It was then that I stumbled upon Rands grandma Lula. Immediately I loved the name, and thought how classic and different it was. So of course I added this to my stock pile of future names for my kids (not knowing that Rand would be my husband at that time... )

Over the span of dating I learned a lot about Lula, and Rand's Family tree. Lula was Rands grandma whom he never has met (being the last of seven... makes sense). I started asking questions about what she was like, and that's when we got to hear some really fun stories about her from Rands Dad. She had a twin sister Lola, and they were the cutest little girls. If I ever get the change to get some pictures I will post them. They had blonde hair and dark brown eyes... which is what Rand was like as a kid.

Jane originated from my families side. Jane is my middle name, as well as my mothers, and her mothers and so on. So its a tradition that is passed down and I thought I would continue that trend.

The appointment:
We recently went to the Doctor on the 20th, and had the privilege of seeing our little girl again. Boy how much they change in-between appointments!

She is measuring a whole week early so I am scheduled to be induced on the 9th, of December. She looks beautiful and healthy, which is all I need to hear to know that everything is going good. I cant wait until my next appointment to see her again. My doctor suggested that we do the "BIG" ultrasound and measuring around my 27th week. So it will be at the first part of September. I cannot tell you how fun and exciting that will be, I hope to see her facial features a little better then or at my next appointment. I have included a video of our last appointment for blogging purposes and to show our family and friends who we don't get to see very often.





Okay so I have to admit that I am always wanting people to post pictures of their bellies. Now that its my turn, I am so not fond of it. Rand took this picture the other day and I somehow got talked into putting it up for you all to see... I feel huge I will admit it, and here I am 21 weeks. So don't judge... ha ha.

I might put more up depending on if I can handle the world seeing my prego self... :)

The Manual

eriously babies now come with manuals..... SWEET! Okay not really, I randomly found this book and laughed about it for hours. Apparently its a "mens" guide for how to fix certain parts of a baby if they are crying. Wow.... do I need to say anymore?!



Okay men a little quiz a baby starts to cry and you have just fed them, burped them, and they are still upset... where to check next?!

I am hoping Rand knows some answers to these questions... or else we are definatly in over our head! I am thinking of purchasing this for good 'ole Randall so he can read up. Heavens knows he is going to have to be home alone with her at one point... lets just make sure all the bases are covered. ha ha.

Seriously?!....

his comic describes me perfectly right now. I constantly am going to the bathroom, I may as well have a bed, water, and a good book in there.

Sleeping...

never thought I would be saying that lately I haven't slept great, (coming from the person who can pretty much sleep anywhere at anytime.) but I have to admit the last week or so I have found this much harder to accomplish. I toss and turn all night, thanks to my growing belly I have lost my most coveted position of sleep... the stomach. I have tried many times to reinvent this position but none are ending up quite like it.



Second thing to keep me from sleeping is this summer heat. I can honestly say that I never really believed women when they said, "being pregnant during the summer is the worst!". Yeah never believed it until now. I think its mother natures funny little way of saying, "I told you so."



So of course both these factors come into play when trying to figure out what to do to solve the situation. So we ordered one of these prego body pillows.... it may not solve the heat, but it does solve the lack of sleep I am hoping!! Let me know what you guys did to solve these issues I would love to hear.

Cant resist...

hese cute sale items from Gap. I am already such a sucker for all things girly! Hopefully these will be darling on her little chunky-ness next spring/summer.

Our Bean....

ean (noun):
1.the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus.
2. a plant producing such seeds.
3. the pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable.
–interjection
1. beans, (used to express disbelief, annoyance, etc.).
-Idioms
spill the beans, Informal . to disclose a secret, either accidentally or imprudently, thereby ruining a surprise or plan: He spilled the beans, and she knew all about the party in advance.

Of course we don't want to eat our little "bean", but that has always been what "it" has been called. I hate calling "it" an "it". I feel like it should be something... maybe our human, our mini me...?!

So Rand and I were able to go to the doctor on the 22nd of June, and were told what "it" is. So without further to do our little human, mini me and "it" is going to be a little GIRL! We couldn't be happier and more excited to become parents to a little sweet baby girl. We feel so blessed to be able to have the opportunity to have children, and enjoy their sweet presence in our home. We honestly have never felt more blessed!

Gleek...

Okay yes I was one of those people who made fun of glee. You know the ones who said that show cant be any good they just sing.... who would want to be a "gleek", better yet why do they call them selves "gleeks". Yep you can be assured that was me. Who knew that after make fun of all you "gleeks" that I would now be admitting that I am one.


Thanks to Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth who really inspired me to watch the show. I can still remember the summer in New York going to see some unknown play, "Wicked". When I was first exposed to the Broadway scene I cant say it was love at first sight but who could after seeing Mama Mia with a whole bunch of old ladies (including my own mother... no mom your not old.) dancing like they were at some Britney Spears concert. So of course I went into Wicked with the lowest expectations, you know hoping this would finally be worth anything... Well the first five minutes I remember turning to my mom and saying how amazing this play was and hoping it would never end. Anyway where this whole story is leading is that I fell madly, and deeply in love with these two fine ladies. Their voices are indescribable to say the least. So to see them both on Glee you can bet I had my doubts about turning on glee in the first place, but in my heart I knew I needed to hear their voices again.


Of course once you watch it you get sucked right into it. So yes to all of you who never thought I would ever be a fan... I a GLEEK!!

This is Idina Menzel

Kristen Chenoweth

On wicked set...

Cravings....

Oh how I have to confess..... I LOVE pickles!


My husband thinks I am crazy, but lately i have been craving pickles! Pretty much anything to do with them, the juice the smell the pickle... ah bliss. I will admit that I pretty much eat two a day and thoroughly enjoy each bite. As for my husband he thinks I disgusting.... but oh well...

As of Recent.....

Well.... all I can say is that we had a short break for a very good reason! We have been busy with the usual things, a trip to St.George, mothers day, moving out of our apartment, working, races, and tournaments, oh and this little tiny bug that has been bringing us so much excitement as of late..

Yes that is right folks Rand and I are expecting a little mini human version of us in December. We are so excited! We feel very blessed to have the opportunity of becoming parents, while the thought still scares the crap out of us. ha ha. None the less its going to be an exciting time in our lives and we honestly couldn't be happier. Of course though, Rand and I are on opposing sides with what the sex of the baby will be. He would like a little man to accompany him, while I have my fingers crossed on a girl. I guess time will tell soon enough and the on going disagreement will be settled. :) (Baby Sargent is due December 16th 2010)

We told our families on Mothers Day. What better gift can you get a mom then to tell her she will be a grandma for the first time or for the 26th time. I devised a plan, and a unique way to tell them so we just went with it. We blew out the yoke of some eggs and then colored them and rolled up little tiny pieces of paper with the picture of our little one on them. I then put them in small boxes and wrote on the top lid "CRACK ME".

It was fun to do something that was fun for our moms and a unique way to tell them our little surprise. We are so excited!! Below i put some pictures of when we first found out, as well as pictures of the eggs.

Rand and I finding out we were pregnant. As you can see I took four tests (really i took 6) I didnt believe them and I thought it was defective... but i kept getting the same answer.

2 Years....

Two years ago I can still remember waking up super early, getting my hair, and makeup done. Driving to the glorious Salt Lake City Temple where I married the love of my life. The details of the day I cant say are what I remember. Being with Rand and surrounded by family and friends that loved us was so amazing! I have never in my life felt so loved, and so grateful that we both have such sweet and caring families and friends.

Rand I cannot tell you how happy you have made me in these 3 years we have know each other. You bring so much happiness to my life. I still remember the look on your face the first time you saw me in my wedding dress. It was one look in which I will always cherish. Thanks for the best 2 years babe, I cant wait for the rest of eternity.