There is a FIRST Time for Everything

Firsts Share
Here are a list of my firsts. Fill it out yourself and then tag three other people. I tag Brad Griffitts, Sandy Griffitts, and Meagan Zastrow.

Your First -
1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Taylor Giddens

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?
Yep, everyday!

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Never had one.

4. What was your FIRST job?
A hostess at Zyng Asian Grill.

5. What was your FIRST car?
Chevrolet Malibu

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
Brad

7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?
Brad

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
Mrs. Thompson

9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
Salt Lake City, UT

10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?
Alison Goldberg and of course we still talk! :D

11. Where was your FIRST sleep over?
Alison's house

12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
Brad!

13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?
My Brother, Joe.

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Cuddled with Brad.

15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?
An oldies radio station concert in 3rd grade where I had beer spilled on my head...haha.

16. FIRST tattoo?
none

17. First piercing?
Ears

18. First foreign country you've been to?
Belgium

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing at the "movies"?
I can't remember....we usually rented movies a lot instead of going out to the movies.

20. When was your FIRST detention?
I had lunch detention in 8th grade for not getting a paper signed on time.

21. What was the first state you lived in?
Oregon

22. Who was your FIRST roommate?
Jessica Sanders :D

23. If you had one wish. What would it be?
To be with my family forever!

24. What is something you would learn if you had the chance?
Surfing

25. First slow dance?
With my dad

26. Who was your first kiss?
Brad :D

27. Who was your first teenage Crush?
Taylor Giddens

28. First real scare of your life?
When my Dad died.

29. First job you thought you would be as a kid?
Teacher :D

Ryan, Welcome to the Family!

So, over the past few years as Tawni and Ryan have been dating and engaged, Ryan has received a lot of crap from us. After months and months and months of dating, Tawni and Ryan still were not engaged, even though we all knew it was going to happen, and so did they. He would come to visit, would be fed better than the rest of us kids, and I'm all but positive Mom and Dad tried to work out some secret combination with him one Christmas where I would have to stay in Provo and he would take my place back home. Ok, maybe that was an exaggeration, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true. I do know that they would take Jessie over me any day. That is voiced regularly. :) I digress. One evening when the family plus Ryan were all gathered together, a discussion evolved. In the middle of the discussion, something Ryan said, which cannot at this time be remembered, evoked a reaction out of one member of the group. That reaction was, "Ryan, you don't have a say! You aren't part of this family." Who said it and why doesn't really matter, but It was said. Truth be told, I um...'cough'...can't remember who it even was. That phrase was jokingly, and lovingly I might add, brought up from time to time over the course of Tawni and Ryan's courtship, but those days are coming to an end. Ryan, we love ya Buddy, and I can't wait until you have a full share in the sayings of what goes on in the family. You are already an integral part of this family and always will be. I look forward to having you as a brother-in-law. Tawni sure loves you, and you had better take good care of her, which I know you will. Congratulations to you both!

Aiden's Going to be a Soccer Player!

So Jessie is about 5 and a half months along now with little Aiden. We have been so blessed to have a little baby who loves to move around so much...well, I consider it a blessing. Jessie doesn't tend to see it in such a happy light at times when she is trying to fall asleep and can't because of the constant baby attacks on her spleen and baby aerobics on her bladder. I couldn't be more happy though to feel him move around. Jessie has been very nice and has been alerting me to when the baby is moving around. I always drop everything and rush over to put my hand on her ever-growing belly, just to feel one or two little kicks. She is the most beautiful soon-to-be mother!

Like I said, we are so blessed to have such a crazy little mover! Jessie has been able to feel little jabs and pokes for about three months now. Even I felt a little kick at 2 1/2 months. I had to wait for about five minutes and hold very still, which Jessie can attest to is all but impossible for me to do, but I felt my first little kick that early. Of course, when we mentioned it to the doctor I don't think he believed us. Since then the kicks have just gotten stronger and stronger, and every night, right at bed time, 11:45 on the dot, he starts doing his baby exercises. He hasn't missed a day in weeks! When we began telling people about our little Aiden's moving habits we kept getting surprised responses. Most people said that was really early for him to be moving, even at 4 or 5 months. Last week when we last went to the doctor the nurse was even surprised to hear that we could feel him now. "Some kids are just big movers," was her response. That made me curious to know if Aiden is some sort of moving anomaly or if others had had early movers, too. My mom mentioned that my brother, sisters and I all started moving really early, even as early as Jessie said she started feeling Aiden. I then saw one of my old mission buddies whose wife just had their first baby. He was surprised to hear that we were feeling the baby, too, especially since he said he and his wife didn't feel the baby move until about 6 1/2 months into the pregnancy. So, I've got to ask, when do most people start to feel the baby move around during pregnancy?

In any case, we are so happy to have such a mover for a baby. It makes things so exciting and real. He tends to move a lot when Jessie is hungry, or when Jessie eats spicy foods, and of course at 11:45 p.m.

Inspirational Thought

My sister-in-law, Cindy, posted this quote on her blog and I thought I would pass it along because I liked it so much and it made my day so much better when I read it! Thanks Cindy! The past few weeks have been really busy, especially with midterms this week and last week, and today I was facing another long day at school and work and this quote cheered me up :D

My belly is getting bigger and bigger and random people I meet on campus now comment on me being pregnant. It is fun, but kind of strange to be recognized so publicly. It is one of those things that can't help but be announced to the world! But of course, I always love talking with people about the excitement of having little Aiden soon so I don't mind that other people like to talk about it too! I can feel him moving around so much now during the day! He gets especially fidgety when I haven't eaten for a while. Next week is my next doctor's appointment and I might get to have another ultrasound so that will be exciting.

Besides baby stuff, school is going well for both Brad and I, it is just really busy. We are both excited there is only a month and a half left until the end of the semester. Chris Goodwin is coming out here to Utah next week and we are looking forward to hanging out with him and Tiffany! We might be going down to St.George for a short, little camping trip so that will be fun. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL lately so it will probably be really nice, especially down in St.George if we end up going. Since we don't get an official spring break at BYU we are trying to see if we can fit in our own spring break :D

I also cut my hair recently. I had been growing it out since Brad and I first met, but I wanted a change. I usually get in the mood for a short haircut once it starts getting warmer outside. I cut it up to my jawline and it turned out really well! I really liked Katie Holmes' recent haircuts, so that is the type of haircut I got. It has a lot of short, soft layers. So, it works perfect with my curly hair, so I can do it really quick in the morning. I will have to post some pictures of it soon!

That is all the news I have for now. We love ya'll and hope you have a great week! We can't wait to see some of you soon at Tawni's wedding!