Denver, Colorado

This is kind of late news, but 2 weeks ago Nathan and I moved to Denver Colorado. We love, love, love it here! At least i know i love it way more here than i ever did in Minnesota. It just feels so much more like home here than Minnesota ever did. I think the fact that I crave Del Taco and Chic Fil A and Panda quite often makes it a lot better out here too! They don't have any of those places to eat in Minnesota.. Not to mention they have a Claim Jumper here!! My all time favorite restaurant :) That means Nathan has to take me there for my birthday next week! :)
Nathan seems to be doing a lot better here so that makes the move 100% worth it! :) It was probably the longest drive ever to me! I swelled up like a balloon during the 12 hour drive but it was nice to do the long drive in one day. When it gets dark we like to watch movies on the lap top to make the drive go by a lot quicker. :)
There is one negative thing about the move, and it is only the fact that we got unfurnished apartments.. And let me tell you, it is sooo difficult to be getting up and down from the ground constantly because there is nowhere to sit. Luckily Nathan found us an ugly brown couch with orange stripes, but it is super comfortable :) It only cost us $20 off of craigslist.
So, overall this was an awesome move! And knowing that i am only 6 or 7 hours away from my family makes it a lot better :)

Pictures...

These are some of our pictures of our trip out to Minnesota. Nathan insisted that we take pictures at every state line that we came to. We go all the states but Iowa.. Iowa's state line was above the freeway so we didn't really get the chance to stop. I forgot about these pics, they have just been sitting around in the camera so we finally were able to put them on the computer last night. :)

Water Park of America

Last weekend we had the chance to go to the Water Park of America, which is suppose to be the biggest indoor water park in America. Nathan and Josh were pretty excited to do some surfing and boogie boarding. (This is the closest thing we have to a wave for the boys to surf on). It was a lot of fun and there was so much to do there. We didn't get to take too many pictures because the boys took up all the memory in the camera for their videos.
The indoor water park is awesome because it was all indoor. There was no worrying about putting on sunscreen or getting over heated. I would have loved to of gotten some sun, but i realized that it is so much nicer not having to worry about getting burned or getting too tired from the sun!
The first video is of Nathan surfing, and the second video is of Josh boogie boarding.

Kaycee's Bedding

I went on E bay today to start looking for some baby stuff for Kaycee (who is gonna be here before we know it) and found the perfect bedding! I love it! I actually had a dream about the zebra bedding with the pink in it, so I thought I would look it up. I got it for $71.00! Nathan is gonna love me for that :) I am super excited to see it and to use it. Now all we need is a crib for the baby and the bedding will be set!!

6 Months!

I am finally six months along! It feels like its been forever, but at the same time i can't believe that i am already 6 months along. Everyone has been asking about pictures, so here is finally one (i don't like pictures these days, my face and arms have gotten huge!). We are so excited for Kaycee to come and can't hardly wait! She is a very active baby. I feel her moving around the most at night and right when i get home from the gym in the mornings :) I love it!!

Her Name..

Nathan and I finally agreed on a name for our baby girl last night. We decided on Kaycee Laine Speaker. We thought it would be nice to keep my maiden name in the family and so instead of it being spelled Casey, we changed it to Kaycee (I think its much cuter) . Her middle name is also part of my family name. My dad and brother RJ's middle name is Lane, and my little sister Kaylee's middle name is Elaine so we just kind of did a mixture of both the names. (I wanted Elaine, but Nathan said it sounded too much like an old woman name.) But I like that it is just Laine now, its kind of different and its really growing on me.
I have to admit we had been thinking about the name Kaycee for a while, but i watched One Tree Hill last night and Payton (whose last name is Saywer) named her baby girl Sawyer, and so she pretty much helped us make our decision :)

Its A Girl!!

Nathan and I went to the doctor last Tuesday to find out what we were having, but the baby wouldn't show us anything :( So when we got to Utah this week, we went to a place in the mall called Fetal Photos and we got to find out that we are having a GIRL!!
Nathan was so sure we were gonna have a boy, so when he found out it was a girl, he was a little disappointed. When i found out it was a girl i was soooo excited!! Nathan is starting to picture having a cute little princess, so he is beginning to get a little excited. :)

Im not able to get the pictures up yet, but i will get them up ASAP! :)

Change of Plans...

So it looks like we wont be living in Texas this summer. We are moving to Minneapolis Minnesota on Thursday. Nathan decided to go with a new company called Elevate, which is a bundle service of telephones, internet, television, and home security. He is super excited, so I am excited too... :)
I am excited to live in a new place, but there doesn't seem like there is too many things to do Minnesota. I did find out that the Mall of America is there, so that will be fun to check out a few times. The only other good thing is that it wont be super hot and humid so it will be nice to be in a cooler climate during the last 4 months of my pregnancy! :)

Another Summer in Texas...

So it looks like were gonna spend another summer in Texas this year. This year we are going to be in Houston, and Nathan is selling with Northstar for another summer. There are definately some pros and cons to it, but i think more pros than cons..

Pros:
~ Nathan is going to start making money again :)

~ Nathan gets to be with all of his best buds for another summer

~My Grandma and Grandpa Casey live in Houston and i can't wait to visit them :)

~Galvastan is only 30 minutes away, which means we will be by a beach all summer!

~What-a-burger and their amazing biscuits and gravy

~ Amazing BBQ joints. (we haven't found any BBQ place out here that even compare)

Cons:

~The dreadful heat and humid!!!! (I dont think these boys know what their in for this summer! Its not even fun to gt in the pool in the summer time in Houston..)

~Being 9 months pregnant in the dreadful heat and humidity!

~Not having my best friends with me out there :( (which means no baby shower)

~The BIG HUGE bugs


I think this is gonna be a great summer... as long as im not outside too much :) Believe it or not, i am actually pretty excited for the summer, and i think Nathan is gonna do awesome this year! He is such a good hard worker and improves each year, and i dont see why this year would be any different. He is the BEST! I love him sooo much and he has been such a peach since i have been pregnant! (I've been pretty crazy and homonal) We leave on April 24th right after i have my ultrasound to see what i am going to have :)

Baby!!

I had a doctors appointment yesterday, and we finally got a picture of our baby :) We were only suppose to hear the heartbeat, but we weren't able to hear it :( The doctor said that we just weren't able to hear the heart beat because the placenta was too thick. We saw the heart beating and it was so awesome :) We are so excited, we find out if we are having a boy or girl on April 24th. Here is the picture or our sweet baby! :)

Rascal Flatts with Jessica Simpson Conert

This last weekend Nathan and I, and my best friend Mandi and Nathan's brother Steven all went to the Rascal Flatts concert with Jessica Simpson as the opening act at the Verizon Wireless ampitheater in Irvine.  It was way fun.  We bought just the lawn seats and it was terrible.  Nathan ended up seeing one of his friends and we ended up getting pretty decent seats..  It was so awesome.  This was our second Rascal Flatts concert, so we were really just super excited to see Jessica Simpson!! I was so excited.. I have wanted to see Jessica Simpson since I was in high school.  So fun!!

Disneyland!

This last weekend we had the chance to go to Disneyland with my aunt and uncle and cousins from Utah. (We love going to Disneyland, we go almost once a week.) It was so much fun.. Nathans family went too, it was Stevens birthday and he turned 23!! It was a ton of fun. It wasnt as crowded as we thought it would be (for a friday.) It was so much fun with all the kids, and it was so cute to see how excited they all were about everything, kids are so much fun at Disneyland!! Here are some pics of our fun day!