Its a Girl!

Yay! We couldn't be more excited cause we both wanted a girl really badly! I cannot wait to dress her! My family is already spoiling us and her! She's the first granddaughter on my side, and the third girl on Chaz's! She'll be very well taken care of. Oh yeah, we're naming her Lexus Lee Standage! Cute, huh? We think so!
Love,
Amber

Hide your children!

Ok, so I know I talk about my dog alot, but seriously this thing is nuts!! So today I decided to be nice and take little Scrat over to my mom's house to play with my family's pomeranian. Mostly I do it cause on days when Chaz and I work all day and then come home, she is bouncing off the walls and aggressive. So anyways I walk out to my car and tell her to "go potty scrat". What does she do?! Freakin hauls full speed ahead, while peeing herself i might add, to the neighbors (who i havent met) yard where 3 adults are standing, and 5 kids are playing. Im 4 months pregnant-so i just look fat, not pregnant hardly at all- trying to chase her and she has no clue what the word NO means!
She finds the one toddler in the group and immediatly thinks he's her size so he wants to play too! She jumps on him, scratching him and wagging her tail like she's having the time of her life! The poor scared little boy just froze! The adults were all, "oh how cute!" Then i finally catch up to her and the other kids start chasing her down my street!! So i yell over my shoulder "Im so sorry, she's the worst dog in the world!" Then continue chasing her! Finally the kids corner her in my garage and she leaps into my arms. I wanted to go introduce myself to my new neighbors and apologize. But instead i threw her in my car, jumped in and hid my face as i took off. Ha ha ha Im such a wuss. I hope that little boy doesn't have permanent damage from the attack, but i have a feeling he'll live. Scrat however may soon be up for adoption ;)
Love,
Amber

Christmas Presence

Merry Christmas! Yes, today is Christmas, the day of the savior's birth. Santa Clause visited us, and our families, and it was truly a day of presents and celebration. But to be honest, there was something missing. We had plenty of presents wrapped in pretty packages. There was food galore eveerywhere we went. But I felt empty, hollow, sad even. I really tried hard not to think of the empty bedroom in my parent's house where my favorite brother lived. But my friends, I failed. In the car at 7 a.m. on the way to Chaz's parents I sobbed and tears washed away all my make up. By the time we pulled up my eyes were red and puffy, my eyes black and streaks were down my cheeks. I said a prayer pleading that I could get through this day. I've said alot of those. So I stopped crying and we went inside. Either noone noticed my puffy red eyes, or they knew but were being polite and saw past it. The morning over there was delightful, everyone unwrapping their gifts, I nearly forgot my earlier breakdown.

Then we went to my parents. My parents and sisters were holding it together, but I brokedown 3 times. My dad then showed me last year's video with me and Wayne going at it, back and forth just joking around, it truly brightened my day. We always lit up around one another, it was a special bond we had. One that I am grateful for. Sasha and Matt Hardwick came over, Matt was Wayne's very best friend since birth. More tears were shed, I appreciated their support in coming over.

Last stop was my grandparents house. Lots of Wonderful cousins were there, and I loved seeing them. My grandparents handed out our gifts and we all unwrapped them. Then my mom got one, and the look on her face brought tears to my eyes. My grandma hand stitched a poem that my mom's sister wrote for Wayne's funeral program. As that was passed around more tears were shed.

The rest of the day we went by smoothly, we visited and laughed and played with our presents. Christmas had a whole new meaning this year, I truly enjoyed watching everyone open gifts, and soaked in seeing everyone. Christmas this year wasn't about the presents, it was about the presence of loved ones. Im thankful the savior was born today, and lived and died so that we can be together forever. Have a merry day after Christmas shopping day! I know I will!
Love,
Amber

Happy Anniversary to me!

Friday the 18th was our one year wedding anniversary!! We celebrated by going to Chaz's god friends Mike Dobbins' wedding in the temple that same day! It was so neat to be there exactly one year later! We headed straight to california where we stayed at the Radisson hotel near Disneyland! Chaz works for Wells Fargo and they hooked us up! I love Disneyland it IS the Happiest place on EARTH!! I loved every moment of being there at Christmas time! Since im still feeling car sick from the trip, thats all ill say. Here are some pics:

I need advice!!!!

K so here's my dilema! I am not nauseas anymore except when it comes to FOOD! But its so unfortunate because Ill eat takeout instead of cooking! The thought of cooking makes my stomach churn in the worse way! I have to hurry and eat before i smell any one food for too long. So im afraid im gonna turn into that guy who ate Mcdonalds every day for a month and gained like a billion pounds! Any tips?!?!

Its O.K.

its ok to:
*sleep 12 hours some nights, on top of the frequent naps.

*text your husband as he's getting off work to let him know there isn't a warm meal waiting for him at home.

*Eat Pete's fish and chips because if you don't have it that moment you will surely die.

*Cry at The end of Disney movies (I do it anyway).

*Take multiple hot baths a night

Yep, im not feeling very well and i've "let myself go". K not really, but it feels that way for now. Oh well im enjoying the ride and it'll be worth it! Oh yeah, Black Friday shopping was so much fun!!! I wanna do it every year!

New Moon anyone? I have a treat for you!

Back in May the hubby and I took a roadtrip to his old stomping grounds- Vancouver Canada. Its where he served his mission for the church. Well my awesome husband looked up the locations where New Moon was being wrapped up while we were there! What a nice guy! We did tons of other stuff too, but Ill share the New Moon pics with u!

This is where Twilight was filmed, but not New Moon. Such a cute school!!
Emmett's Jeep?



Yep, Bella's house!!!!!!!

Oh and I TOTALLY talked the security guard into letting me on the set!! Lucky!

Some random other house across from Bella's... he said they filmed there too, wonder what it is?

The forrest next to Bella's house (i think where Edward leaves her)

Just us;

No lie we just drove past this and I snapped the shot! The outside of the movie theatre

You best believe this is where they filmed the interior scenes for the movies!

Oh and you also better believe we watched a movie in it too! Biggest, oldest theatre in Vancouver!

So whose excited for New Moon?!!!!!

Little Scrat gets what she had coming to her! A bath!

ScRAt is almost 3 months old and had never had a bath! Ew! I agree. So today she was really being a terror, biting me and jumping up on the couch to get my string cheese so I decided i'd teach her a lesson and give her a bath. It was HILARIOUS! She didn't make a sound in the bath tub, she was so mad ha ha ha. But then afterward she was crazier than ever. Lesson learned.

P.s. I uploaded the pics backward, oh well

Love,

Amber

I'm Expecting... yes, A BABY!!!

I was quite astonished Wednesday Night when I took a test and it showed up positive! But it did, and I guess Im gonna be a mommy ready or not! I went hunting the very next morning with my dad because I couldn't break his heart and bail the night before my deer hunt. I do believe Im the best daughter in the world for that one. No i didn't get a deer, yes this was my third deer hunt and it for sure snowed! Cheers!
Love,
Amber

P.s. Chaz still doesn't really believe me that im pregnant, for reals. After more than a couple tests and Even though I cried, bawled yesterday when I said to him: "I wanna watch Hercules." He replied : "But we don't own Hercules." I was devastated as he spoke the words ha ha ha! what fun, 8 more months of that ahead of us!

A Friend In Need

My friend Alex aka "Alexa Mae" is going through a personal living nightmare. Her husband is in the hospital, and in desperate need of our prayers. If you don't know her or him, or their 2 beautiful children please include their family in your prayers anyways. It really does make a difference, I know that for a fact.
Lots of love,
Amber