Scott, Tarah and Rowen Garvin

Rowens First Swim Lessons

2011-06-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

I put Rowen in swim lessons this summer! He loved them. It was only a 2 week class and they go every 2 weeks all summer long so I am thinking about doing another class after we get back from our 4th of July vacation. He was so good in the water (besides him clinging to me the first couple of minutes we got in). He's a pro already!

That is not my behind you see. It's Rowens teacher.

Walking around in the water.

Blowing bubbles

Us getting out of the water. I had to drag him out.

Cheese!

Scott's Birthday (Also in March). Our little trip to Tombstone

2011-06-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

For Scott's birthday I decided to surprise him with a little road trip to Tombstone and Bisbee. He had been wanting to go there for a while and one weekend before his birthday we had planned to go but Rowen got sick so we postponed it. I can honestly say (and Scott agree's with me) that I will probably never go back to Tombstone again. I was really disappointed with it. We did, however, really enjoy Bisbee. We didn't get to stay too long because Rowen was tired and throwing several fits but we found this amazing little chocolate shop with some yummy truffles. One of these days we will have to go back and see the rest of the town.

This is at my parents house. We had a birthday dinner for Scott and my brother in law Dayne. Their birthdays are a day apart.

Scott and Dayne blowing out their candles. The little munchkins, Rowen and Storrey are helping.

We had to get a picture with this guy in Tombstone!

Rowen trying on cowboy hats and eating sugar on a stick! Yum!

New York Trip (in March)

2011-06-22T13:21:00.000-07:00

Now that girls camp is over I finally have a life! I just needed a week or two to recoup. Hopefully I can keep my blog updated regularly! I just wanted to share our pictures from out trip to New York. We had a blast. We did the typical touristy things.... Statue of Liberty, Central Park, museums galore, ground zero, and ate lots and lots of food!!

Our serendipitous dessert from Serendipity!!

View of the city from Libert Island

This was one of the most amazing meals I've ever had. Italian food from Tony's di Napoli was probably about 5000 calories but sooooo good. (All this food was not just for Scott and I, there were 8 of us there).

All the nerdy architects had to stop at another firm in New York to visit. :)

Can you tell where we were? Hint.... Night at the museum!

Scott being a dork.

The fountain at Central Park. Unfortunately there was no water in it.

The Manhattan Temple

Us at Central Park

Taking a walk through the park

At the Met

Again one of the exhibits at the Met

Entrance to the Met

View of the Empire State Building

Us on top of the "Rock" Rockefeller Center

This is also at Rockefeller Center. I wanted to go ice skating so bad but we didnt.

Scott at the Statue of Liberty.

Us on Liberty Island

Finally! A new Blog Post. Just what I know you have all been waiting for ;)

2011-04-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

I know I am horrible about posting and I say that in every post. But we have seriously been so crazy busy! I have tons of updates and pictures to post but I will do that later. Right now I will bring you all up to speed as to what has been going on in our lives lately. As soon as we moved into our new ward they called me to be the Ward Camp Director for girls camp. So January 1st they already had tons of assignments to keep me busy. Then, at the end of January, they also called me to be the 1st counselor in the Young Womens and decided that they weren't going to release me as camp director and so now I get to do both. Yay! Both jobs keep me VERY busy. Then, at the beginning of January, Scott was offered a job at an architecture firm! He gets the priviledge of helping design the Gilbert, AZ temple. He loves it so much! But, it has been so time comsuming and there have been times where I haven't see him for 2-3 days and he would spend his nights at the office. He was also called to be the sunday school president, so that means lots of sunday meetings for him, and he is still working on his MBA. On top of new callings, I have still been working 3 days a week at the salon and some of my days off from home and then being a mommy, maid and chef, and doing most it it by myself, have kept me going nonstop since the begginning of the year. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about anything. I truly am so grateful for everything that has happened in our lives. Heavenly Father has blessed us so much recently I can't even express how grateful I am to Him. We love our new ward, house and neighborhood, callings, and especially Scotts new job! I have so much to share about what has been going on in our lives lately, so stay tuned for new posts soon!

Our Holly Jolly Christmas

2011-01-17T11:19:00.001-08:00

This was Rowens second Christmas. He was still just as uninterested in opening gifts as the first year :) but he did like the toys this year. He got a trike this year which he loves! When we went to the store to get it, we made the mistake of letting him get on the display model so when it was time to go he screamed through the entire store because he wanted to take it with him. Although he didn't care about opening the gifts he wanted to get on it and he sat and played in there for at least a half an hour just playing with the little cell phone that came with it. It was well worth the buy. Santa brought him lots more presents to because he has been such a good boy this year. We really enjoyed being able to spend the Holidays with our families and remember the birth of our Savior! It was a great Christmas!

Rowen on his new Trike!

Opening his gifts. Daddy stuck the bow onhis forehead. He was not too amused!

Scott ended up opening all of Rowens gifts for him because he simply did not care nor did he know what the heck was going on.

My little monkey. I found the cutest Monkey Santa pajamas this year at Old Navy that suited Rowen just perfectly. My sister got him this cute little monkey beanie that came with a monkey onesie! So cute!

Our family on Christmas at Scotts parents house

Rowen helping daddy decorate the Christmas Tree

Now he is undecorating the tree

Rowen's First Birthday

2010-12-08T15:14:00.000-08:00

Yay! My baby turned 1! I can't believe it went by so quickly. He is growing up way too fast and it makes me so sad. Can't they just stay little forever? We had a little birthday party for him the saturday before his birthday. It turned out great (although it stressed me out a little). But there were lots of friends and family there to help celebrate. Also we went to Rowen's 1 year check up the other day. This kid grows like a weed! 27 lbs and almost 33 inches tall! 95th percentile for both!

People who came to Rowen's birthday party:

Our friend Sabina and her kids Taya and Boston (don't know where her husbund was in this picture)

Our friends Ami and Antonio and their little boy Ande.

My friend Jamie and her little boy Julian!

Most of my family (some are missing in this photo)

Scotts parents and sister Holly

Pictures from the party!

Family photo

His monkey cake. Scott made it, can you believe it? He did it all on his own and did a pretty darn good job!

Getting ready to blow out the candles

Yum! He loved that cake. He love it so much he picked the whole thing up and gave it a kiss. Then it slid down into his lap (well most of it)

Eating more cake

Turned out pretty good! I thought it did anyway

The night of Rowen's actual birthday we took him to "As You Wish" and made a little monkey picture frame with his handprint. Daddy did most of the painting since he is the artist in the house. It turned out really cute. Afterward we went and got ice cream!

Finshed!

There was no one around to take a photo of all of us together so we had to take one separate with each of us.

Got a family picture at the end of the night when we got home though!

We Moved! Job changes and new ward!

2010-12-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

It seems like our lives have changed so much in just the last month! For those of you who dont know we got rid of our house in down town Mesa and moved to east Mesa. We love our area. Scott and I were actually very apprehensive about where we had decided to move but we have enjoyed every minute of it. We love our new ward. It's full of lots younger couples our age who have kids and everyone is so friendly and accepting. Also, Scott got a new job working at Chase bank, which he seems to be enjoying for the most part right now. He is still very eager to be working in architecture but since things have slowed to in that field it's Chase for now. He also started working on his MBA at University of Phoenix and is 3 classes in right now. 9 more to go! I told him I think he would be happy as a professional student for the rest of his life if it paid! And last, our sweet little Row Row turned one just before Thanksgiving (I'll post from his bday party in another post).

We have been so blessed lately and have been enjoying the new changes that have been made in our lives recently. What a wonderful way to start the Christmas season!

Pirate

2010-12-08T10:08:00.000-08:00

Forgot this picture in my last post but I had to show off Rowen's cute little stick on tatoo he got at Scott's work party!

Fall/Halloween

2010-12-08T09:19:00.000-08:00

For Fall/Halloween time, Rowen had lots of cousins in town and lots of activities to do. He had a blast!!!! We went to the pumpkin patch with Scotts parents and his sister, Dana and her two kids. They were able to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it, go on a hayride, and see lots of farm animals. Rowen loved it!

Family picture at the pumpkin patch

Rowen picking out his pumpkin

Decorating the pumpkin

Ava, Rowen and Dylan decorating the pumpkins together

Got to sit on the big tractor with daddy

And the little tractor with Grandpa Garvin

He loved looking at the farm animals. See the goats?

Oh cute cousins Rowen (horse) Dylan (cow) Ava (pig)

I love Dylan's face in this picture!

We had a little pumpkin carving party with my family and here are some of the pictures from that:

Rowen's pumpkin

Rowen wasn't so sure about pulling the guys out of the pumpkin

With Grandpa Hemstreet. They decided to watch a Halloween movie inside

Pumkin carving

And more pumpkin carving

The finished products!

Rowen and his Cousin Storrey in their costumes! So cute!

Went to go see Grandma and Grandpa Garvin on Halloween. They got to dress up too!

Tonto Natural Bridge

2010-12-08T08:58:00.000-08:00

Ok alot has happened since my last blog update, which was so long ago, I know. But I'll start with our little trip to Tonto Natural Bridge. We actually had planned to go up to Pine/Strawberry for their annual Fall Apple Festival. I thought it would be so fun. It was the end of September and with it starting to get near Halloween time and it was still really hot in AZ I thought why not? I was totally wrong. It was still very hot there (I thought we might get a little reprieve from the heat in the valley) and there was not an apple in sight! I thought it was the Apple Festival! I was very disappointed. So we decided to head to the Tonto Natural Bridge. Scott and I had been there once before while we were dating and we had a blast so we thought we might try it again. We definately had fun! My parents and little brothers were there also so it was a little difficult try to hike all the little ones in but once we were there it was so much fun! And alot cooler too! Here are some of our pictures from our trip:

This was down under the water fall. Rowen loved playing in the rocks!

Crossing the bridge to see the water fall

Family picture

This was the only picture we took at the Fall Apple Festival (since the rest was lame) Captain Jack brought his ship for all the little kids to play on.

My little nine month old

2010-09-07T09:01:00.000-07:00

Oh how cute! Rowen with Storrey and uncle Derrek shopping at the mall

Swimming with cousin

Rowen likes to play with my necklaces and I found him asleep in his carseat like with my necklace wrapped around his ear. He was so tired!

I found him in his crib like the the other day. So cute!

My sister got a puppy so I took Rowen
over to play with it. He hated it.

We took Rowen to play in the kids play area at Chandler mall. He loves that place! He also likes to flirt with all the baby girls there too!

In his little Rocket! ZOOM!

What a happy little boy!

Getting into mischief, as always.

What a cool kid. He loves chewing on straws for some reason.

I know it has been FOREVER since I have posted anything. I just feel like I never have to get everything done that I need done during the day and so blogging always comes last. But I need to try and be better. Anyway, my little man is 9 months old! He is so big. At his nine month checkup he weighed 25 lbs and was 31 inches long. 95th% in both! Big boy! I can't believe how fast he is growing. He is learning to take steps and I think he will be walking pretty soon on his own! The other day I caught him in the bathroom unraveling the toilet paper and eating it! Then soon after I caught him with his and in the toilet! So now the bathroom doors have to stay shut. I can't wait until the weather starts to cool down because this kid is an outdoorsmen. He loves going outside and exploring and playing. It's so cute. I hate to take him outside very often though because it's way too hot (for him AND me) and he gets all sweaty. He is just so much fun to have around our house. He makes Scott and I laugh everyday!

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2010-06-24T14:28:00.001-07:00

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San Diego and Disneyland

2010-06-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

Scott, Rowen and I went with my family to California this year. We had alot of fun! We went to Sea Port Village, Disneyland, the beach, shopping and just relaxed. It was nice to get away and have a nice break after Scott got done with school.

Us in the harbor with all the military boats.

Daddy and Rowen

We went on the teacups at Disneyland, Rowen looks scared in this picture but he actually had alot of fun!

Rowen fell asleep on the beach! We played in the water a little bit but he didn't like how cold it was. He is used to the warm pool.

Us at Seaport Village

The boys on the beach

Such nice weather!

Me and Rowen on the Dumbo ride.

Me and my madre

Scotty Potty looking so hotty!

My little brother, Luke. He really enjoyed playing in the ocean. He even stripped down to his underwear!

Me and Scott, How cute!

Our toes in the sand.

Rowens 6 month check up

2010-06-24T12:50:00.000-07:00

Our little munchkin is getting so big! He is now 7 months old but I wanted to post about his 6 month check up. At his check up he weighed 20.11 lbs (91st percentile) and 28.5 inches (98th percentile). Big Boy! His pediatrition told us that from how he acts and the fact that he is so doing so much at 6 months he would think that he was a 9 month old. He is growing up so fast. At 6 months he was already crawling! He knows how to manipulate people very well. He'll cry until someone will pick him up or pay attention to him and the second he gets it he is all smiles and super giggly. I love that little monkey. He is such a joy to have around.

Derrek is home!

2010-06-24T12:36:00.001-07:00

Derrek came home from the Puebla, Mexico mission on May 17th. We are so happy to have him home. Here are some pictures of him at the airport!

Him just barely getting off the plane. It's been two years since we've seen him!

His best friends all came to see him. They all gave him a big hug!

Hugs!

Hermano Buttars

I love this picture! We made Derrek a welcome home sign and he posed in front of it at the airport for us. If you look at the top right hand side you can see that Lauryn made sure "the Lords chips" were on there.

Scotts Graduation

2010-06-24T12:20:00.000-07:00

Yay! He did it! I am so proud of my ASU grad! He worked so hard to get his masters degree and I am just happy it's all over forever (hopefully lol).

Scott is the one down at the bottom of the walk way shaking the guys hand

ASU Graduating class of 2010. Can you see Scott?

This was taken after the graduation was over. Rowen was beat. It was after 10 and way past his bed time.

Messy Baby

2010-04-29T14:01:00.000-07:00

We just barely started feeding Rowen rice cereal about a week ago. He loves it! This is what we get when we let daddy feed him. Somehow he managed to get cereal in both eyebrows!

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2010-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:00

Easter

2010-04-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

This year for easter, all of Scotts family was in town. We went to his parents house and had brunch and they did a little easter egg hunt for all the grandkids. Then we went to my parents for dinner. It was so nice to be able to spend easter with both sides of the family.

Daddy helping Rowen find easter eggs.

Rowen and his cousin Prestyn. They liked the paper sacks better than the easter eggs. It was so hilarious, they were both attacking those bags.

Rowen's 4 month check up.

2010-04-20T10:43:00.001-07:00

Oh cute monkey!

So this post is a little late since Rowen is now 5 months old. But I did want to update on Rowens 4 month appointment. At his check up, he weighed 17.8 pounds and was 26.5 inches tall. He was in the 90% for weight and 95% for height. It makes me laugh because he is only in the 30% for his head, which is weird because his head looks ginormous to me but I think it's because of his chunky little cheeks and double chin. I can't believe how fast he is growing. It's so bitter sweet. I love how he is growing and changing and doing new things but I am so sad that he is not staying little. At four months he decided that everything has to go in his mouth and is exploring everything with his tongue. About a week and a half ago he started to roll from his back to his tummy and now he just likes to roll all over the place. He also found his voice and loves to squeal. Scott and Rowen love to talk to each other that way. They often have contests to see who can makes the most noise.

Scott decided to try the skate board thing again. And look his shirt says "skate" how appropriate.

getting out of the bath.

Scotts Birthday and Zoo

2010-04-20T10:25:00.000-07:00

I felt bad this year for Scott on his birthday. He had to spend it at school in a review all day where he said he got ripped apart on his project for not being far enough along on it. I decided we were going to have some family fun the next day so I took the day off to celebrate. I wanted to take him to go see Alice in Wonderland and eat at his favorite restaurant. We woke up that morning and Scott said he wanted to go to the zoo and bring a picnic. So we did. The weather ws quite nice. Rowen loved the zoo and just stared at EVERYTHING. He was such a good boy that day. After the zoo we did end up going to see the movie and out to eat anyway. It was a fun day!

This was at the end of the day. Rowen was worn out from all the action going on.

Me and Rowen with the giraffes

We found this in the gift shop. It's a wierd little visor hat with a lizard on it. Rowen was not amused.

Cute boy. He just has to have his tongue out all the time. It's actually alot longer than it looks in this picture. It goes down past his chin. We lke to call him baby Gene (Gene Simmons from KISS).

Rowen and Daddy with the elephants. All we could see was the booty on the elephant.

My Boys

2010-03-15T12:09:00.001-07:00

Oh how cute! Twin faux hawks and ties!

My little skater baby. Scott gave Rowen his first skating lesson.

Camry's Car Accident

2010-03-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

This past saturday my sister, Camry and her boyfriend Zach, were in a major car accident. There were 4 cars involved. Two people died (the man who caused the accident and another women from a different car). Camry was taken to the hospital to get some testing done. She broke the tip of her finger and has lots of bruising and cuts all over from the glass. Zach had some bruising, burns from the air bag on his face, and they dug some pieces of glass from his head. They are both doing ok, just in lots of pain. Here is the link for the news update on their accident:

http://www.kpho.com/video/22767071/index.html

Camry's car is the silver one on the left end(it looks like a big pile of scrap metal). She is also the one they say was taken to the hospital. I am so grateful they are safe and ok.

Seriously? Why?

2010-03-01T12:08:00.000-08:00

So the other day I took Rowen with me to the grocery store. We were in the produce section when a lady that worked there comes up and tells me what a cute baby I have and then....TOUCHES HIS FACE!! AAHHH!!! This is not the first time this has happened. Why do strange people think that is ok to touch my baby's face? Seriously, I don't know them nor do I know where there hands have been or if they are sick and have some kind of contagious disease. Yesterday we were sitting in church and the lady sitting behind us kept complaining about how sick and miserable she was and coughing all over the place without covering her mouth! Ewe! And as I was sitting there listening to the speaker, all I could hear was cough, cough, cough, coming from EVERYONE in the congregation! I don't understand why you wouldn't just stay home and spare the rest of us from getting your nasty germs! We ended up leaving right after sacrament meeting because I didn't want people touching Rowen and getting him sick! So I am the only first time mom that feels this way? Am I just being super paranoid and need to relax a little? Or is there anyone out there who feels the same way I do?

Baby Row Row Update!

2010-02-19T11:30:00.001-08:00

Ok I know I am way overdue for updating pictures of Rowen. He is not wanting to take naps for very long during the day now, so when he does take them I feel like I need to get other stuff done around the house.

Rowen is almost 13 weeks old now. When we took him to his 2 month check up he weighed a little over 13 pounds and was 24 inches long. Today I weighed him and he was almost 15 pounds! He is getting so big. Yesterday he talked to daddy on the phone and it was so cute. He was smiling and cooing at Scott so much. He was so excited to hear daddy's voice. Also, yesterday Rowen rolled over for the first time all by himself. He looked so startled after he did it, I guess he had no idea what had just happened. He is also sleeping so well at night. He is sleeping between 6-9 hours every night. I love it! This little stinker bug is growing up so fast. He is getting to be at such a fun age but it makes me so sad that he is getting bigger. I want him to stay little for a long time. Anyways here are some pictures of Baby Row Row......

Rowens Baby Blessing on January 3rd, 2010. Our Little Family

Us with Scotts parents

Us with my parents

The boys at Rowens Blessing

We have been having a hard time doing things around the house when Rowen is awake because he thinks he needs to be held all the time, so we started putting him in this baby carrier so we can get things accomplished. He loves it!

Smiley boy

I love this picture of Rowen. He likes to lay on his belly across his boppy pillow and he sucks on his fist the whole time!

He got some new groovy dudes (that's what my mom calls them) because he hates having the sun in his eyes. He will actually keep them on without fussing.

Rowen and daddy taking a nap together on the couch. Like father, like son. Soo cute!

Rowen loves his little doggy, Charlie, that plays music. It always puts him to sleep.

Sleepy boy.

Pictures of baby Rowen

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Rowen with uncles: Luke, Kade and Jared

Daddy and Rowen

Relaxing

Looking at dad

Rowen and his cousin Storrey. She is giving him kisses.

Sucking on dads finger

making silly faces

cute little guy

chunky cheeks!

first bath

Rowen Scott Garvin

2009-12-26T15:52:00.000-08:00

Rowen Scott Garvin decided to come 3 weeks early. He was born November 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 PM. He weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He decided he wanted to come early and then when it was actually time for him to come out he wanted to stay in mommy's tummy and the doctor had to use the vacuum to get him to come out. He is such a sweet little boy and mommy and daddy love him soooo much!

Baby Rowen

I love this picture. He is the cutest little boy ever!

Rowen and mommy

proud daddy

our little family

oh so sweet

getting ready to come home from the hospital

Baby shower

2009-12-26T14:23:00.001-08:00

My mom, aunts and sisters threw me such a nice baby shower. Everything turned out so cute!

My mom , me and sisters (Camry and Lauryn) and my niece Storrey

Me and some friends from my old salon

My mother in law

opening some gifts

Me and my friend Candice

My sisters in law Kelly and Holly (and Kelly's baby Prestyn)

Me and my friends Jamie and Amanda

Playing baby shower games

The diaper cake my aunt made. It turned out so cute!

My friend Ami looking like she is having so much fun haha.

The cake turned out so cute and very yummy!

36 weeks!

2009-12-26T13:34:00.000-08:00

Here I am at 36 weeks. I didn't make it past 37 weeks, so this is the last of my pregnant belly pictures.

Our little munchkin

2009-12-26T12:14:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little boy is here. I know I have a lot of updating to do but this is his birth announcement.

Halloween

2009-11-04T14:50:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween, Scott and I were pretty boring. We didn't dress up but we tried to do something fun. I had to work that morning and Scott had a bunch of school work to get done so when I got home we decided to go see Where the Wild Things Are. I wasn't a big fan of this movie but Scott loved it. I guess I just thought it would be alot cuter than it was and a little more geared towards kids. I don't think little kids would really understand this movie at all. Anyways, when we got home from the movie we decided to finally carve our pumpkin we had bought a few days before. I let Scott decide to do whatever he wanted since he was the one who was probably going to be the one to do all the hard work. He thought he came up with something pretty clever........

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I know its kind of hard to see what it says but it says Tarah is my boo with a jack-o-latern face.

Scott pretending to eat the pumpkin

I am getting huge!

2009-11-02T12:21:00.000-08:00

Here are pictures from my 28 and 32 weeks! I am getting so big! I am starting to get to the really uncomfortable stage in this pregnancy. I am having such a hard time sleeping and breathing. Now I am almost to 35 weeks so only a few weeks left until baby Rowen comes and I can breathe again!

28 weeks

32 weeks

I LOVE FALL!

2009-10-11T10:38:00.001-07:00

This time of year is one of my favorites! It's the start of all the fun holiday's. I love the cozy feeling of fall! Scott and I love to start watching halloween movies and drinking hot chocolate during the evenings (a nice cheap date!). We just finished watching, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was a nice way to start off our holidays!

Paris, Rotterdam and Amsterdam!

2009-10-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so we have been home from our trip now for 2 weeks. The day after we got home I got a nice cold and besides going to work I haven't wanted to do anything, including posting stuff on my blog. But I am starting to feel better now so I can finally get back to normal.

Well the first 5 days of our trip were in Paris! Paris was my favorite part. It was beautiful. I can't believe how much history can be in one place. We got to see alot of things in the 5 days there, but there was so much more I wanted to be abe to see. While we were there, we got to see the Eiffel tower, Notre Dame, The Louvre, The Moulin Rouge, a bunch of gorgeous cathedrals, eat at lots of Parisien cafe's and we got try to lots and lots of yummy pastries (100 times better than anything I have ever tasted in my life!) The only bad thing about Paris is that the people there feel the need to pee wherever they want to. If you ever go there and see a puddle on the ground, do not step in it! It's not water!

After Paris, we took a 3 hour train ride up through Belgium (I wish we were able to stop there, it was so beautiful!) and up into Holland. Our first stop in Holland was Rotterdam. I wasn't too impressed with this city, although it was really nice for Scott to be able to stop and see all the cool, modern architecture. It really just reminded me of New York or Los Angelas. We did, however, get to go on a really fun boat tour of the harbor.

Next stop in Holland was Amsterdam. Amsterdam was pretty awesome. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about all the things you hear about Amsterdam (the prostitutes and all the marijuana shops). Well they are there, but no one makes a big deal out of it, so it's not too scary. The first day we were walking along the canal and I looked up at one of the windows and YES! There was a girl in some nice little lingerie, luring men into her room. That was the first of many times we saw these girls. We had to walk through the red light district several times to get to our hotel. Red Light District is exactly how it sounds. Lots of big open windows with red lights over them. Luckily, the girls are covered with their little nighties, so we didn't see anything too crazy (thank goodness). One day we rented bikes and rode around the harbors. It was so pretty! My favorite part of Amsterdam was going to the Anne Frank House and getting to see where she and her family hid for 2 years from the German Nazi's.

Our trip was awesome! I really enjoyed every second of it! Although, I don't know how much I would want to do trip like that again while I am pregnant. I think next time I will wait to have no babies in my belly!

the yummy pastries in paris

us on the streets in paris

the louvre

notre dame

moulin rouge

us at a little outdoor cafe

the eiffel tower

scott by a bridge in rotterdam

rotterdam

cool church by the anne frank house

anne frank house

amsterdam

P.S Scott has all the really cool pictures on his camera so I will have to post some more later.

Belly Bump Update - Holy Cannoli!!

2009-08-25T16:20:00.000-07:00

So here is pictures of me at 20 weeks and then again at 24 weeks. No one can say there is nothing there because you can definatley tell there is a baby inside. It is super weird to see the difference only 4 weeks makes. What really scares me is today a client of mine came in and said "Whoa! You have gotten ALOT bigger since I saw you last month!" LOL. Leave it up to a guy to make you feel really good about yourself.

20 weeks

24weeks - I know I look like crap in this picture. Don't make fun!

More Ultra Sound Pics - 22weeks

2009-08-17T13:04:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple really cute pictures from my last ultra sound!

Here is the baby's foot! How cute! Although I can't tell it looks like he might have some extra toes in there (Hopefully not!) lol.

This is of him facing us. He looks like he is taking a little nap but you can see a little smile on his face.

He has his eyes open in this one I think. It looks a little more alien like. But he is still going to be one cute kid!

Paris, here I come!

2009-07-30T06:33:00.001-07:00

I am sooooo super excited because I just bought my ticket to Paris. There is no holding me back now. Yesterday I thought I should call my doctor just to make sure it was ok that I went out of the country while I was pregnant. He said yes and sure enough ASU emailed Scott with all his flight information so we had to book my ticket right away so I could get on the same flight. We will be spending 5 days in Paris, 2 days in Rotterdam and 2 days in Amsterdam! This is my first time out of the country so I am a little nervous but very excited to experience something new!

Seriously?

2009-07-13T14:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, I just got home from my doctor's appt. today and the doctor for sure set my due date to Dec. 12th instead of later in the month. He told me that actually makes me 18 weeks and 2 days along now instead of almost 17 weeks. This pregnancy just keeps getting easier and easier (I need to be careful of what I say or I am going to jinx myself). I seriously love being pregnant so far (except for the gaining weight part).

Oh! and I have been able to feel the baby kicking lately. It happened a few weeks ago but now it keeps getting stronger and stronger. Not strong enough for any one else to feel yet though. It is exciting stuff!

Wicked

2009-07-09T16:55:00.000-07:00

Over the 4th of July weekend, Scott and I and his sisters, Kristy and Holly, went and saw the Broadway show Wicked! It was super fun and a really amazing show!

Baby Bump - 16 weeks

2009-07-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

Here I am at 16 weeks. Making some progress with the baby bump. I do feel alot bigger than the pictures show so I am glad it doesn't actually show up in the pictures!

Baby!

2009-07-01T19:34:00.000-07:00

I am so excited because I ordered the baby's bedding the other day and it got here already! This is so much fun! Oh and the bedding is cuter in real life than it is in the picture online. I can't wait to be able to set it all up! So now that all the stuff we have anticipated is over (finding out we are pregnant and the sex of the baby) all I want to do is have the baby here already. I actually do love being pregnant (besides the feeling fat part) but now the only thing I feel like I have to look forward to is having him here! And I am not even half way there yet. I am just getting too excited about it.

My oh my!

2009-06-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Scott and I went to my first ultrasound. I cannot get over how amazing it was. So let me just say we got some news we definately weren't expecting..............

When we walked into the room the ultrasound tech automatically asked us, "If I can see the sex of the baby today would you like to know what is was?" Uh.... ya! Was both of our responses. But since I am only supposed to be 13 weeks we didn't think we were going to be able to tell just yet. So I laid down and she started to do her thing. When she zoomed in on the baby I could definately tell right away what it was without her saying one word............. BOY! Yep, it's another boy for the Garvin family. She also said according to the baby's size that I was measuring farther along then we thought and that I should actually be due on December 12th! Man, they really need to make up their minds with these due dates! Oh, and might I add that this is going to be the most relaxed and chill little boy ever. We kept trying to get him to wiggle and move around and he did a little, but he was content with just laying back and relaxing, without a care in the world. Scott says he is going to be like his uncle Charles (Scotts brother).

So we finally broke the chain for my side of the family. As far as I can't think of everyone in my family, and I mean EVERYONE, has always had a girl first. Not me! But as far as Scott's family goes, boys are very popular. Scotts parents will have 7 granchildren by the end of this year and 6 are boys!

Let me just add that it seems a mothers intuition IS always right! I just knew we were having a boy but Scott still had hope it was a girl. But we are both very excited and now I can start picking out colors and themes for the baby's room! Yay! Thats always the fun part.

Crossing his legs

Proof that it is definately a boy!

Hanging out!

Side view.

Doctor Visit

2009-06-15T11:22:00.000-07:00

I was NOT liking the OB I was seeing so I decided to switch to my sister's OB. She told me she loved him so I trusted that she would have good judgement. Today I had my first appointment with him. He is so great!! I love him too! I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again, which I will never get tired of listening to. My previous OB told me that my due date would be December 23rd but Dr. Huish told me today that my due date is December 25th! Christmas! I really don't want to have the baby on Christmas so he told me we can talk more about getting the baby to come a little earlier when the time comes. Oh! I also have an ultrasound this coming thursday so I will update everyone on that later!

My 12 week picture!

2009-06-15T07:41:00.000-07:00

So here I am at 12 weeks exactly. It doesn't look like I am pregnant really just getting chubby. I really hate this stage. I almost wish I just looked pregnant!

California Pictures

2009-06-15T07:03:00.001-07:00

Finally! I got my computer up and running to be able to load my pictures. So here they are... the pictures from our San Diego trip.

Scott and I at Seaport Village

Scott riding Pumba at the shops in Carlsbad

Me on the beach in Carlsbad

I think this is a restaurant? I can't remember

Me and my Madre!

More of us at Seaport Village

Goofing around

12 weeks!

2009-06-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

So to start off. I know I haven't posted any pictures lately but my computer got a virus and I haven't loaded the software back on to my computer to be able to load my pictures. Anyway, I will post them tonight hopefully (I still have ones from California)

Ok so today I am officially 12 weeks and into my 2nd trimester! Yay! It still feels kind of wierd knowing I have something growing inside of me, especially since I can't feel it yet. It just basically looks like I have gained weight (no pregnant belly yet). Scott and I are so excited to have this little one join our family soon.

Scott and I have been hoping for a little girl and according to the chinese pregnancy calender AND Scott's little niece Ava, thats what we are having. And at first all I could think about and look at was little baby girl things. But lately I have had this wierd feeling that we are having a boy. I thought if we have a boy first I was going to be super upset! But about 2 weeks ago I came to terms that if we have a boy, it will still be just as fun and we will still love it just as much (obviously). So now I am happy with either or. Anyway, I am still hoping for a little girl (and I know you are too Holly lol) but we shall see if a mothers intuition is always right! We should find out in about 8 weeks.

Pregnancy Update!

2009-05-28T07:42:00.000-07:00

This pregnancy so far has been great! I didn't think I would feel this good, at least during the first trimester. I have had absolutely no morning sickness (YAY!) Other than being a little more tired and needing to eating constantly, I have actually really enjoyed these first 10 weeks. Here's hoping the next couple of months are a breeze as well.

Yesterday, Scott and I went to my check up and the doctor asked if we wanted to try and hear the heartbeat. I said YES! He asked me if I would be upset if he couldn't find it and I told him I wouldn't. So he proceeded to move the monitor around on my stomach for a few minutes and couldn't find anything. I was expecting to not hear a thing since he had warned me before that we might not be able to hear it. But finally after a few minutes of trying he found it! It was the most amazing thing I have ever heard. I feel like it is real now. I have a little child growing inside of me. I looked over at Scott to see the hugest smile on his face. He was so excited! We are so happy and excited for this new little one to join our family. I can't wait.

.......Scott and I had a little vacation to California this memorial weekend, I will post pictures soon!

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

To a wonderful mother who has always been such a great example to me. She has sacrificed so much for her children and is an amazing mom. I am so grateful for her. I love you mom.

And to a wonderful mother in law who raised such an amazing son. I am grateful for all she has done for us as well.

Happy Mothers Day!

P.S for those of you who don't know I will be a mommy in December! Surprise! Scott and I will be parents in December 2009.

Awwhhh!! School is almost over!

2009-05-02T07:20:00.000-07:00

Only a few more weeks until the madness is over (I guess until it starts back up again! Haha) I am counting down the days. Literally. My sister in law makes fun of me because I have a check off sheet of how many days left of school we have, and every week when I go into class I check off another day. I realized that I am not really doing it because I want to be done with school, but I just can't wait until Scott is done. His schedule stresses me out so much because I know he is so tired and needs a rest. So to start the summer, we have a nice relaxing vacation to San Diego planned. We will be sitting on the beach all day! I am so excited. Only 2 weeks left! Yay!

My cute baby niece!

2009-04-17T18:09:00.000-07:00

Here is some pictures of baby Storrey. She is so stinkin cute!

Open eyes

This picture is my favorite. She is so sweet!

Only a couple minutes after is was born.

I Love My Job!

2009-04-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

I am so loving my new job at Mureeza Salon. It took me a while to get used to everything but I am really enjoying it. My manager is super nice and always orders us lunch on saturdays and all the girls are really friendly. This is so much different than Life Spa and I am not used to being treated so well at a job. I think I will stay here for a while. Too bad its not closer to home, that would make it perfect!

Scotts Surprise Trip

2009-03-16T17:49:00.001-07:00

We had our little trip to San Fransisco and it was sooooo much fun!! Scott didn't find out where we were going until we got to our gate. I wouldn't even let him look at his boarding pass when he went through security. He was good and didn't look until I told him he could. He was super excited. We both fell in love with San Fransisco and want to move there one day.

The first day, when we got there, we checked into our hotel (which was beautiful - we stayed at the Fairmont on Nob Hill) and then we went to get lunch in Union Square. Then we made our way down to Ghirardelli Square where we had lots of chocolate! Yum! After that, we went back to our hotel and got cleaned up and walked over to China Town to eat dinner and look around. China town was very interesting but fun.

On day 2, we got up and ate breakfast at this little cafe in Union Square called Cafe Bellini. The orange juice there was so yummy! After that we decided to go to Fishermans Wharf, which was my favorite part of the whole trip! We walked up and down the wharf, ate soup in a bread bowl, went to Pier 39, saw lots of sea lions, took pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge, and shopped. It was so relaxing, we also went back to Ghirardelli Square and got more chocolate and ice cream. Later that day we decided to go to the Golden Gate Park. It was such a hassel trying to get there. We waited for almost an hour for a bus that was supposed to take us to the park but the bus never came so we decided to hop on the muni and ride over there. We wanted to be able to walk through the Haight-Ashbury district (hippie district) so we got off a couple of blocks before the park. Let me tell ya, that place was not what I expected. It was fun but lots and lots of really wierd people decide to flock to this area. There were several homeless people whom all seemed to have some sort of imaginary friend they liked to talked to. This is where Scott got pick-pocketed. Luckily the only thing that got stolen was his bus pass! Phew! I also saw my first drug deal! 2 within less than a half an hour. Those people are not shy and they don't care to hide what they are doing. It was soooo obvious! So anyways, we walked through Golden Gate park and to the Japanese Tea Gardens. It was so beautiful!!! I wanted to stay longer but it was starting to get dark and I was worried about all the wierdo's around, plus we had to get Scott another bus pass so we left soon after getting to the gardens. When we got back to our hotel we decided to eat dinner at the Fairmont. There is a place there called the Tonga Room. I loved it! While we were eating, it started raining, lightening and thundering inside the restaurant. Also there was an amazing band playing the food was delicious!!!!

The 3rd day, we got up and ate breakfast at Sears Fine Foods, which is known for their Swedish Pancakes. They were amazing! Then, yes, back to Ghirardelli Square for more chocolate! We also decided to walk down Fisherman's Wharf again and ate lunch at a yummy Italian Sea Food restaurant. Scott was so happy for this trip because I don't ever cook sea food (I despise it) and he could eat as much of it as he wanted. Anyways, that was all we could do on the 3rd day because we had to be at the airport to catch our flight back. Unfortunately the pilot got sick and our flight was delayed 4 hours. Oh well it was fun anyway!

Although we had lots of fun on this trip we both are going to be paying for it for a while lol. We both probably gained about 10 pounds from eating so much food! I guess we will be working our butts off at the gym for the next couple weeks.

Here are a few pictures of our trip. I will have to post more later. Scott got some really good ones of the city on his camera.

Me on the trolly

Us at Ghirardelli Square

Us at Fishermans Wharf (Alcatraz Island is behind us)

Our transportation for the weekend

The Japanese Tea Gardens

Scott at Pier 39

Our Hotel

Golden Gate Bridge

Ghirardelli Square

Fishermans Wharf

Us by a big crab.

San Fransisco

2009-03-12T07:32:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow Scott and I will be going to San Fransisco! I am so excited! We both have never been there before so I thought it might be a fun surprise for Scott's 30th birthday celebration. SSSHHHHH!!!!!!! He has no idea where we are going so those of you who read this before tomorrow please don't say anything to him hahaha. He has been dying to know where we are going and even bribed his family with money the other day if they would tell him where he was going. It was not enough $ for Holly to tell him though hehe. Anyways I think we will have lots of fun and can't wait to hear what Scott thinks about where we are going!!!

Baby Shower!

2009-03-09T08:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from Lauryn's Baby Shower!........

Camry, Lauryn, Mom and Me

Camry. Lauryn, Me

Lauryn's Belly

The Cake

New Job!

2009-02-28T16:58:00.000-08:00

So, I have been feeling like I need a change with the whole job thing. Life Spa has not been a very exciting place to work at lately. Today I had an interview at a salon called Mureeza and got the job immediately. The salon is gorgoeus and it's everything that I have been looking for in a place to work at. The owner is super nice and I didn't have to bargain for anything I wanted (days off, commission, dress code, etc...). It is also in a high traffic area (Desert Ridge Marketplace) so they get lots of walk-ins. I had been looking to move to a salon a little closer to home, but we can't afford for me to loose all my clientele and start from scratch again. This place is just down the road from my current salon, so my clients will be able to follow me when I leave. I haven't decided yet if I should stay at Life Spa a couple days a week so I dont loose any my clients or if I should just make the move and go to Mureeza completely. Anyways, I am really excited and can't wait to start. Wish me luck!

P.S - here is the website to Mureeza Salon and Spa in case anyone is interested in checking it out!
http://www.mureezasalon.com/index.php

My Birthday!

2009-02-16T16:27:00.001-08:00

This year, for my birthday, Scott took the day off so we could spend it together. It was very nice and definately relaxing which is what I wanted! He took me on a fun little picnic where he gave me my birthday present. Diamond Earrings! They are beautiful! Now I will have to make sure I do something really nice for his birthday since he does so well at planning mine. He turns 30 this year!

Us at Tempe Town Lake

Us again

Me and my new earrings!

Me blowing out my 2 candles at my parents house.

New Blog

2009-02-16T11:45:00.000-08:00

So this is my new blog! I was having some difficulty using my old one. Everytime I got on to view my blog it wouldn't let me and it always said I needed to enable my cookie and javascript functionality. I did all the things the website told me to in order to get it up and running but it was not work. So now here is my new blog! Hope you enjoy.

P.S I am posting the last blog I wrote on my old one to keep everyone updated. It is from my birthday so it's not that exciting. Sorry.