Scottie and Maddy's Song - Just Fishin'

Ok I can't get the video embedded right in my post below so I am posting it all by its self. Enjoy!

Baby Progress

By Popular Demand I am putting some pictures of myself on the blog. I hope you enjoy the baby bump progress from 20 weeks until 27 weeks. I can't believe that I am now in the 3rd trimester and that I only have 13 more weeks to go until I can hold our little one in my arms. I seriously can't wait and get warm fuzzies and a big smile on my face every time I think about her (all the time) and feel her move. Which is happening all the time too and I have nicknamed her my ninja baby!

20 Weeks

24 weeks

Looking at my Baby Girl!!!

27 Weeks

27 weeks
Our Baby Buckeye!!! Here I am with President Gordon Gee!!! The President for the entire Ohio State University. Maddy is meeting a very important man for the first time:)

I seriously love this man!!! I have meet him several times, but have never had my camera until this Admissions event:) I still remember meeting him for the first time back in 2008 when he asked where I went to undergrad and when I told him BYU, he proudly said"Do you know that I am a Mormon too?" Yep Pres Gee, I sure do know that and it makes me love you only that much more. Seriously, look at this guy and who couldn't love him with his cute little trademark bow tie and round glasses!!!

Here are some other random facts, stories, and pictures about our little Maddy. After we found out she was a girl we went shopping and these adorable shoes are the first thing I bought for her!!! Then when Scottie and I got home he proceeded to do a photoshoot with me holding them. LOL. We both were (are) so excited she is a GIRL!

Love the picture below as I couldn't stop laughing and Scottie just kept taking pictures! This one below is of me pretending Madison is wearing the shoes and walking up my belly LOL.

Another cute story- After stake conference and having lots of little rowdy boys sitting in front of us Scottie leans over and says, "I hope all our kids are girls." It made me laugh, plus I thought it was super cute.
Notice this really cool watch I am wearing??? LOL NOT!!! It was for a pregnancy study that I was in. Even though it wasn't that trendy they paid me to wear it for a week, so I am not complaining!!!

Our Halloween Announcement-

This is is how we told our ward that we were having a baby!!! It was super fun to walk in the room and have everyone realize what our costumes meant!!!

Having our favorite secret out only makes the fun of being pregnant that much more FUN! Being able to openly talk about girl makes our little one seem that much more real and permanent in our lives. I waited until after Thanksgiving to make the announcement at my work official. I have loved seeing every ones reactions. My favorite was when Dr. Kerby teared up when I told him and then he gave me a big hug...he was the only person I was afraid to tell because he told me once to "get a dog and not have kids". He was only joking, but still it made me nervous.

I won the Green Jello for having "The Most Mormon Costume".

All I want for Christmas is a.......

Bob Ironman Running Stroller!!! This was my first major baby purchase and I am soooooooooooo excited!!!

Ok one last story, this one is really cute because it's about Scottie. One night after class Scottie picked me up and had the song Just Fishin Playing. Then he made me listen to it very closely and told me it was about him and Madison and that he was going to take her fishing and that it wouldn't just be about fishing. I totally teared up and almost started crying because I thought that was so cute of him!!! I have included the music video below and you should watch it!!!

http://youtu.be/IheODRwalEw

WEll that should did it from good old C-Bus. I hope you are all doing well and are enjoying this blessed Holiday Season.

The Best News for Our 100th Blog Post!!!

WOW I have thought for years about how I would start THIS BLOG POST, and now I don’t know what to say or how to say it. So I guess I will just say SCOTTIE and I are having a BABY!!! We both are so excited for this little miracle in our lives and are thrilled to be parents. Before I go on with any more details I have to tell you all that our BABY is a…..GIRL due March 8th! We are 21 weeks along, and just can’t wait to meet her!

(Thanks Hannah for the adorable announcement!!!)
We have been spoiled and have gotten to have lots of ultrasounds so we have seen our little one at, 7 weeks, 11 weeks, 13 weeks, and 20 weeks. Every time I see her, I am amazed and overcome with relief.
7 Weeks-first time seeing her!!!

11 Weeks

13 Weeks- This is my favorite picture! You can see her so well.

20 Weeks- The BEST ultrasound because we found out our baby was a GIRL!!!

Her cute little face!!!

We both feel so grateful and humbled that the Lord is allowing us to be pregnant again and look forward to starting our family. Scottie and I have had a difficult time of wanting this blessing, but not being able to have it. Through this experience of wanting something so badly, having it, then losing it, and wanting it again is something I can never explain or wish upon anyone, but through it I have learned some very valuable lessons. One is that I KNOW I want to be a Mommy more than anything else in the world, and I will cherish all my children because of this experience. Another is that I know my Savior loves me and that the Atonement is real. I have felt the Savior’s love for me and have been comforted at times when no one else could. I have learned to turn to the Lord and trust him and his plan for me and my family.
I am still having a hard time believing this is real and really happening, but I have been feeling our little Maddy move around now for 3 weeks, and she gives me constant reminders that she is not going anywhere. I love feeling her move, it makes me smile every time, and I don't think I will ever get over it!

July 1st- finding out we were expecting!!! It was the greatest day, and I got to surprise Scottie too!

Me at 4 Weeks

Me at 20 Weeks

This picture is an inside joke, but actually means a lot to me. Everyday I have walked by this count down OSU is doing for their new system and have thought..."Heavenly Father I need to be pregnant by day zero (0)". Well as you can tell by this picture and smile on my face I am pregnant by day zero. I know my loving Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers and that he wants to bless us with the desires of our hearts!

Scottie and I are so excited to be parents and can't wait to meet our little Madison Sue!

Before & After and Happy Birthday to ME!!!

BEFORE

Surprise!!! If you didn't know already I chopped my hair off! I have been wanting to cut my hair off and donate it again for sometime now, but have been waiting for the right moment to do it. Well that right moment came in August while Scottie was out of town. I got 20 inches cut off and ended up having 3 hair cuts until I was finally SUPER happy with the way it turned out. (Thanks Deanna)

AFTER

I ended up being able to still surprise Scottie even though he was super suspicious while he was out of town. He kept asking me to send him pictures of myself...so I would cleverly have to attach my cut hair to my head and take a picture LOL. He came home and totally loved it. Then I got to head home to Washington and surprise my Hansen family too. They were all so surprised and my Mom started to walk by me in the airport because she didn't recognize me! LOL.

Here is the first hair cut...cute, but not my favorite. I like the A-line that I have now with the spicy layers.

I turned 27 on the 24th of August!!! My birthday ended up being a super great day and I got to feel special all day thanks to many people. Scottie was out of town so I was feeling sorry for myself thinking my BIRTHDAY was going to be lame, but I couldn't have been more wrong! My birthday started out with me getting birthday EVE flowers from Scottie who had a neighbor put them in our house, while I was in class.

Then I went to work on my birthday and discovered that my boss had decorated my office and arranged for "Birthday Elves" to bring a flower, balloon, and gift card to my office every half hour throughout the day! Here is the first birthday elf of the day.

Then my good friend Hannah stopped by and brought me my MOST favorite thing to eat in the whole world!!! Meier cinnamon rolls:) Thanks Hannah you are seriously the BEST EVER!!!

Me with another birthday elf!!!

Some more:)

Then at lunch we had a pink birthday party, and I even got a pink cake with my name on it!!! Funny how little things like that can make you so happy:) Connie is the greatest and planned the whole day out for me!!! She made it perfect and I love working with her.

Another birthday Elf!!!

Me at the end of the day with my birthday stash!!!

Then that night 15 gals joined me for my birthday dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse. It was great to be surrounded by so many friends!!! Oh yes everyone entertained me and wore birthday hats at the restaurant. LOL.

The Birthday Crew!!!

Me with the gift card loot! I think my shopping needs will be set for a couple of years with all of these!

Then that night after I got home from dinner Scottie called and told me he had hid something for me in the house. It was a box full of presents, so I could still have a birthday circle even though he was out of town. I will admit he got some major points and I was way impressed that he went birthday shopping, wrapped the presents, and hid them all a month in advance so I could still have presents to open while he was out of town. I love my Scottie and feel blessed that he takes such good care of me.

Me in the birthday circle. I had two of them just in case you were wondering why my outfits are different. One by myself while Scottie was gone and then one once he got home.

Another fun thing I did for my birthday was sign up for every possible email birthday offer that gave you something free on your birthday. Some of my free birthday meals included: Mad Mex, Spaghetti Warehouse, Noodles and Company, Pita Pit, and Cold Stone. It was a great birthday and I am grateful for everyone family, friends, co-workers, and Scottie who all made it such a great day!!!

My birthday present to myself was redecorating my living room wall. Here is another before and after picture series.

BEFORE

AFTER

I was super happy with the way it turned out! Also I need to give a special shout out to the Taylors for helping me hang the shelves and frames. Well thanks for reading this post all about me!!! Stay tuned for more things that include Scottie like: our trip to Chicago & Scottie's Boards, Austin's visit to C-bus, and Jason's visit to C-bus.

Summer Update

Holy cow it has been too long since I posted, so be warned this will be a massive post! First up our GARDEN!!! One of the perks of moving to our condo was that we have space for our very own garden. Scottie is the best and appeased my desire to have a garden, he even went along with creating a Parker Family Garden Blueprint. Our garden had; cantaloupe, lettuce, green beans, 4 tomato plants, 3 green bell pepper plants, cucumbers, and zucchini. Everything did really well...until the very end when our zucchini got a disease and all three plants died:( It was very sad, but after talking to lots of people I discovered that happens out here in OHIO. Here are some pictures of the garden along the way:
MAY
Planting our garden

Me with the Parker Family Garden Blueprint. We had carefully planned out how to maximize our gardening space, and I think we did a darn good job!

Scottie and I going to work (below)! I don't think I will ever get over the excitement of growing a garden. It is still so hard for me to believe that you put a little seed in the ground and then wowla you get crops galore and food!!!

Ohio has a really early growing season and we had everything in the ground by Mid May and then had produce in June...starting out with us being able to eat our green leaf lettus first.
JUNE

Our tomatoes

Our green beans (2 rows), lettuce, and cantaloupe.

Our first pepper, I seriously couldn't get over how cute it was!!!

JULY

Cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, OH MY!!!

Our three zucchini plants....which all later died on us:( I felt like I was losing a family member! It was sooooooo sad.

August

Our garden looks like a jungle now and Scottie and I have enjoyed eating all the fresh HOME GROWN produce all summer long:)

Our huge tomatoes and peppers. Each pepper plant has 5+ peppers on it, and one plant even had 9 at one point!

Me watering our garden....see how big it is??? You almost can't see me!

Here is one of our cantaloupes, yes it is all just one, it was huge! We got 8 off our plants this year...pretty impressive if you ask me!

Amish Country
Besides all our garden we did this summer we managed to get in a visit to Amish Country. Getting up to the Berlin area has been on our OHIO bucket list for a while now, so we decided we would take advantage of the 4th of July weekend and headed up there.

Here we are at the cheese factory. You could watch them make the cheese, and then the best part was that they had samples you could try. I don't think I have ever seen so many different types of cheeses.

See lots of CHEESE!!!

The Amish Bakery also had samples and here is Scottie enjoying some!

I never could get over the buggies and horses on the road!

The Yoder Farm.

Me petting the horses-this one's name was Sparky

A beautiful view of Amish Country

For dinner we had to eat at the famous Der Dutchman restaurant. It was good, and worth the experience...even though I think my home cooking was comparable.

Dinner

One our way home we stopped off at the Longest Covered Bridge. Called the Bridge of Dreams.

While we were on the bridge an Amish couple rode by on their horse buggy!!! I was thrilled.

July 4th weekend Cont....Scottie and Daniel made cornhole boards together! FYI-Cornhole is a super big deal out here especially during OSU's football session. These boards normally cost $100-200 dollars and these boys made theirs for way cheaper!!!

We also checked off another place on our Ohio Bucket List this summer and went to Alum Creek. We had a great time with some friends eating yummy food, playing cornhole, and playing in the water.

Me and Steph

Birthday Party Cornhole Tournament. I just realize there is a lot of cornhole in this blog post LOL. Our friends in the ward had the best idea for a birthday party. They had each couple dress up and then come play cornhole. Scottie and I represented the Utah Junior Jazz and both wore Scottie's old basketball jerseys. I think the jerseys must have been good luck because we made it to the semi-finals!!!

Here are the die-hards!!!

Well thanks for reading about our summer happenings!!! I can't believe that Autumn is just around the corner, stay tuned for more updates.