May update

Hey everone! It's time for an update! I can't believe it's almost middle of May, what a fun time! School is wrapping up (for me) and it's a blessing because my patience is getting very short. Can I blame it on the pregnancy? I swear it's not me though, some of the boys are becoming so naughty and driving me nuts! I'm ready to ship them off to 3rd grade! One more week! Was it a mistake to sign up for summer school? Shoot.

Scott wrapped up his 2nd year and has hit the halfway mark! He had one week off that flew by way too quickly and is on to bigger and better things. . . . the clinic! He is now officially working on patients and in the clinic every day! Yesterday was a big day, he had his very first appointment with a lady and a huge cavity. The poor thing was worried out of his mind but we said lots of prayers and I tried to give him lots of encouragement and it went great! We had a big dinner last night with all the dental students and these boys were a crack up talking about their first day in the clinic. They were so darn giddy inside, it is such a fun time. I'm so excited for them all. This is where they're really going to start learning!

Mother's Day was wonderful. I was treated with my very first breakfast in bed before church and it was delicious! The Elder's quorum took over for all the women in primary and so we could all go to Relief Society and that was a treat. It's so nice to be spiritually uplifted with the other women every once in awhile. It was so fun to celebrate Mother's Day and to think that I am actually becoming a mother. What a sacred and wonderful time, I am so dang excited. I got two wonderful gifts from Scott and I can't choose which one is better. The first one was grilled pineapple from our new grill, glazed with a delicious brown sugar! Mmmmmm! It was so delicious, I was in heaven. He sure knows how to get to my heart.Need a close up of that yumminess?

And the second gift I am loving SO MUCH.

It is the greatest thing to have music on in the house with good sound. Scott and I can blast it and it doesn't sound like a radio from 1970. I am such a happier gal when I have great tunes playing in my home while cooking and cleaning instead of all the crap blasting on TV. It just puts me in a bad mood, and we have like 3 channels anyway. We have it on constantly and it's so great. I am LOVING it!!

Scott and I have been cooking up some yummy things lately. I had to delete my picture of our fabulous, fancy french toast when I was desperate for a picture the other night at Scott's white coat ceremony but it was delicious!! We've also made some home made Cafe Rio: It was delish. I hate to say it though, it's just not possible. No matter how many comments below the listed recipe swear, "This is exactly like Cafe Rio!!" I'm sorry, it's just not. Maybe it's just me and my cooking, but the pork...it's not even close. Not even close. It's a lot of work too! Won't be makin' that again for awhile. The other thing we've been making is sushi! California rolls, and they are so yummy.Now this is fun and so delicious. Did I mention we got a rice cooker? The best 30 bucks we ever spent. I got up the guts to go to the Asian Market and they helped me with everything I would need and now it's easy peasy lemon squeezy! We love it!

So Scott had his white coat ceremony last weekend and it was great. It is just like the big "stepping stone" into the clinic where they receive their white coat and take an oath and we all snap pictures. I am proud of him. This dental school has been tough stuff. It's a lot of hours and a lot of criticism and a LOT of stress. Scott's parents were so kind and sent us a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory since they weren't able to come out for it. It was such a treat! Wow! We were feeling like kings!

The nursery is now painted! But it's full of stuff and so pictures to come. Village Green has a yard sale every year and so tons of students sell all their stuff, especially all the seniors who are moving this month. Well, we got seriously almost all the baby stuff we need! It was the greatest thing ever! We are almost set. We got a free crib from someone in our ward which was a huge blessing. Then at the yard sale we got a pack and play, a baby rocker/vibrater thing, the coolest rocking chair ever, an awesome swing (that I saw at Babies R'Us for $150 last week) and my cute friend brought over a huge tub of girls clothes 0-12 months. And we got all this stuff for under 100 bucks!!! So all I am on the lookout for is a cheap dresser that I can also make into a changing table. And then the only other "big thing" we will need is a car seat and stroller!! It's all coming along, it's crazy. I can feel her kicking so much! It's just the craziest thing I've ever felt, I can't believe there's a little baby moving around inside my belly. Speaking of the belly, it's really popped. I know, I know I need to post pregnancy pics for all of you who have asked. I will.

Everything else is great! We are looking forward to summer and warm weather. We are missing our families a lot (especially me). Pregnancy emotions? We are also wishing there was some frozen yogurt and snow cone shacks here in Omaha. Totally lame that they don't have either.

Oh and one more thing. I'm so glad the Jazz are out of the playoffs. Can I say this? I HATE the Lakers. I can't even stand to watch them and especially you know who. Well, all of them I guess. So as sad as I am that they're out, I'm just glad it's over. They make me want to vomit. I hope LeBron shuts down Kobe in the championship. And that's all I have to say about that.