Quick Update on Life Since Marriage

Eric and I got married in the Draper Utah temple on August 24, 2013. In Mormon weddings a lot of things are different. One thing that is different is that before the wedding, while you wait for the guests to be seated, you get to sit together in another room together. It is a beautiful moment where you can just be together, in quiet before the hustle of the rest of the day.  I wasn't really nervous. I knew we were in the right place, at the right time. Eric, well, he was a little nervous. His leg was shaking the whole time. It was actually kind of  endearing. The whole ceremony was wonderful and personal. We can't tell you every person in the room that day or all the details of the reception, but we can still remember every feeling during the ceremony.

                                           

After the wedding, Eric and I moved to Georgia for our first year of marriage to find out what was making me so sick. Long story short, I ended up figuring it out without much help from the doctors. I was allergic to the formaldehyde linking out of everything from a new apartment and found out I have a gluten allergy. The best part of going to Georgia was Eric being able to hang out with my family and learn more about how growing up there shaped me. We loved the diversity and people there. Here are a few pictures from our adventures in the south.

(White water rafting in Tennessee, Stone Mountain hike and laser show, teaching primary, and trip to Atlantic Ocean)

            

                               

Now Eric and I are back in Idaho, where we met. We moved back so we would finish school faster than if we transferred to another school. We like church here a lot better than in Georgia. We actually have people here that are in the same phase of life, which is important to feel like you fit in. My schooling might be a little delayed still though. We just announced that we are expecting a baby in the middle of June. The picture below is how we announced to our parents on Christmas. It was funny to see how long it took different people to understand. Naturally everyone was excited, especially my sister. Her kids are ready for some cousins. I am currently 16 weeks pregnant, and our baby is about the size of an avocado. We will find out the gender in a couple weeks. I am starting to feel a little better, thank goodness, and have started to feel the baby move. It is starting to become more real now. We are a little nervous, but totally thrilled.

I think I covered the highlights, but I will make more posts as this pregnancy progresses (no worries, not going to give too much information).