Could I get my blizzard with extra oreo, please?

Well, I guess it's so true: be careful what you wish for. We just finished up November all the while complaining about the lack of snow we have had thus far. Perhaps I were just being impatient as our Christmas décor seemed so lonely with out its fluffy white friend. None the less, I spent the morning shoveling everything. Today, December 5, is Emery's estimated arrival, so we have been anxiously waiting, and planning, for our visit to the hospital. We were a little worried though, because last night it was snowning pretty hard.


This is what the snow looked like outside our door just before going to bed last night.

Not to bad, although the stair look like they could pose a later problem.

So, off we went to bed, hoping to be rudely inturupted by wonderful contractions!

I guess only some wishes come true though. We did wake up very early, but still no infant. However, we did get some more snow!!

This is where our staircase used to be.

Look at this snow!! I wanted a picture of one of us standing by it, to show how deep it really was, but there was only one photographer at this hour.

It was about 9:00am when I went out to survey my job. It only took about 45 minutes. There was a snow drift behind our car that was above our rear bumper, and the passenger side of the car was buried in snow. I should have taken pictures but I didn't want to get the camera wet. It was still blowing snow around like crazy. Anyways, it was a fun adventure. Not quite as fun as the one we have ahead of us, but still blog worthy. TTFN. We hope to have some splendid news later.

Tradition...Tradition!!

Levi and I have decided to use some old family traditions, and also try to start our own. Since this Christmas is going to be a little more hectic than usual we have only come up with one tradition to start on our own. A snow globe collection! Since we don't have much spare money this year, we will get our first one next year. We can hardly wait! Oh the joys of being newly weds.
We adopted my parents tradition of buying a Christmas ornament every year for each of the kids. Since we only have one baby, a lone ornament hangs on the tree, almost making me want more kids for the sake of the tree. Poor little tree.

Spoiled Grateful

Our new couch! *sigh* After much trouble, the couch finally made it through our ever so tiny door and into our living room. This has been my "special spot" since i first sat in it at Ashley Furniture. It makes me feel so tiny and the comfort is superb. Levi and i feel so far away because his "ideal" spot is in the other corner by the Shay. I love Levi, but i also love my corner. Oh the dilemma....

Our living room is complete! We are realizing as we look around our house just how spoiled we are. We have never been so grateful to have the home we have,with the life we have, with the people we have.... AND with the couch we have! jk! But really.... We have never been happier. and yes....our Christmas tree only lights on one side. We usually just face the burnt out side to the back. Being newly weds, we are privileged enough to get that extra "artistic-ness" to our Christmas this year. (and probably next year too!)

Ready or Not

Its weird to think we only have 2 weeks left till Baby time. 2 weeks and 2 days to be exact! well that is if we stick to the due date) Levi asks me everyday if I'm in labour... I think he is getting a little anxious. For some reason in the back of my head i still think i have at least 2 more months or more! I'm still waiting for the effects of pregnancy to kick in because i still feel great and haven't really had any symptoms besides this pot belly i am sporting these days. No swelling, no sickness, and touching my toes is still feeling great! I'm such a boring pregnant little lady! I'm tempted to come up with stories when people ask me how I'm feeling to spice things up. Boring or not, Ready or not, Baby is coming and we are super excited!

Angus

When Mona and Darren went to Mexico we got to watch Angus. Yay! I love Angus! He was so fun to watch and I think I took more pictures with him than I had during our whole time being married. He found some pretty funny places to hide and i wish i could find some of the pictures i had taken, but they have magically disappeared. Darn! The pictures i did find still are pretty cute though. Every time i took a load of clothes from the dryer he would scurry on over and climb right in. He would sleep for hours and would not budge for anything! When i would go to fold the laundry i would find Angus's toys all hidden in there. I think he liked our clothes the best for sleeping because when i would come home from an outing i would have to go find him. He usually was curled up in my housecoat on the floor or in my hoodie.

Angus would always try to crawl into the fridge so we let him explore a couple of times. Once he licked the end of my cucumber that was the last of his fridge exploring. I had seen him lick himself just before...not cool.

Angus loved My exercise ball more than his little "Angus sized" ball. He would push it around the house. When i started seeing teeth marks in the ball that was the end of that fun.

A Sticky Situation

I've slowly been trying to cook my way through my unfamiliar cookbooks. Baking has not been my strong point in the past so i was not sure how my sticky buns would turn out. To my surprise, shock, and excitement...I CAN BAKE! I was so proud of myself I thought I deserved to have the middle one. (Everyone knows the middle bun is the best) They tasted Delicious.

I managed to make myself sick after i scraped all 3 pans of their sticky goodness. I've learned my lesson, Next time ill just eat the 1 pan.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year. Finding Costumes was easier than i thought for Josh and Shayla's Halloween party. I went as a Pregnant Skeleton and Levi went as a dead zombie. We had a ton of fun and ate an uncomfortable amount of food.....as usual.

Levi and Josh make a good team in rock band. I usually feel bad for not wanting to play but with Josh looking especially feminine i thought it would make up for my lack of participation.

This would be our scary Halloween faces. How terrifying!

Levi did an amazing job with painting out our baby. It was almost cute looking...almost.

Feeling poetic!

We are excited about something new,

Its leather,brown, and comfy too!

And now we are proud to loudly say...

WE GOT A NEW COUCH, AND IT'S ON ITS WAY!

Slowly plugging along!

Woohoo! Progress on the baby room, how exciting! The bedskirt is now complete to match the curtains, which is looking super adorable. Then i have pretty much completed the babies quilt. The ruffle around the edges was a nightmare to do and took forever, but as you can see it defiantly pays off. Our baby room has slowly turned into our favorite pride and joy...and it's not even finished yet!!

This would be my favorite before and after project. Unfortunatly we don't have a before picture. This dresser was on its way to the dump but my mom and I rescued it with lots of sanding, cleaning, and really thick paint! It really has turned into quite the perfect baby dresser and looks great in the room.

Kiss the Cook

I'm happy to announce i've figured out Levi's hidden tallent. He is the most amazing cook, and i hope to milk it for all its worth. I got a new crockpot from my cooking class and it works wonderfully. Levi made chicken and dumpling stew to break it in. It tasted great and the left overs tasted even better. Lucky lucky me.

Prenatal classes

Well this weekend was booked off for prenatal classes, what a treat! We dressed in our comfortable clothes and got our two pillows ready as instructed. Not really sure why they needed the pillows for teaching purposes, so i sat on them on the chairs for extra padding. During our prenatal classes we realized we were by far the youngest ones there which was apparent by not just our age. We got the giggles a couple of times and who would have thought old pregnant people were so serious! But who knows...maybe they are the normal ones and we are just two silly goons.

"Nesting"

We are realizing how great having a two bedroom place really is and are so glad that we have moved. The "nesting" process is going great...for the BOTH of us. Levi got to pick the colors of the walls for the baby room, and did a fantastic job with painting the room. The green is looking great with the bedding i am making with my mom. We still have quite a bit to do to get the baby room ready but i thought i would give you all a sneak peak. I made the brown poke-a-dot curtain and will be using the same fabric for the dust ruffle around the crib. Then the bumper pads are going to be dark brown big bows and a green ruffle. So throw in the baby quilt i am making to match the whole shabam and WA LA, Emery's room! exciting! exciting! exciting!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving, or any holiday for that matter, gets a little crazy at the Bissett household so Levi and I find ourselves hiding out in the basement. Our hiding spot has not proven itself to be very secretive because there is usually a bundle of little kids seeking us out. Levi didn't seem to mind because a good rock out on rock band is always fun with the older kids. And Since Mckaya and Hunter are quite a bit better than me,and i could avoid the embarrassment, i didn't mind playing with the abundance of toys with Benson and Tristan. Me and Benson just came to the conclusion " cool kids don't play video games".

A Shimmering star

I get the giggles every time i see these pictures so i couldn't help but put them in. Levi got chapped lips for once in his life the other day and i threw him a chap stick I'd never opened. Well to both of our surprises it was a sparkly pink lip gloss. I couldn't stop laughing and had to take a picture. Cute, don't you think.

"Aunt Hayley, Your FAT!"

I've realized lately that i can no longer hide my baby bump (which is probably a good thing since i am going to be 34 weeks in a few days) The sad part is that the way i came to this realization is when our nephew Benson Yelled across the room "AUNT HAYLEY YOUR FAT!" which was soon joined with a choir of the little voices, belonging to the rest of the kids, agreeing with him. Yes i guess you could say I'm "getting fat". I am actually quite surprised how comfortable i am. My 25 sit ups a day have now turned to 50, so besides the fact i can't really get myself out of the bathtub and i only have one pair of pants i fit into Ive never felt better.

The pictures consist of the last few months. Green pants- beginning of 7 months, Blue hoodie- beginning of 6 months, and finally a normal big pregnant black belly was taken at 32 weeks.

School

Well since I've started my maternity/sick leave I really have no reason why I should be such a terrible blogger. So much has been happening and it seems like we are leaving everyone out of the excitement, so here you go folks...round two to look for a blogging addiction!
Levi has been the busy boy getting into the swing of school. We were excited to find him a new school outfit and take his "first day of school pictures." (I think he looks rather charming). He likes school but i have to admit i have to stop myself from hiding his school books for attention. :)

A Little Nugget of Goodness

As long as me and Hayley have been together we have dreamed of having a dog. Now that we are married we thought it was a possibility, however, because of our small living space and busy lives it just wouldn't be fair to the puppy. So instead, we got ourselves a cat! It wasn't planned that way, but after a a quick visit to Petland, we ended up leaving with a cat. I have never been a fan of cats but she is exactly what we needed. She has quite the personality and even plays fetch with us! It's kinda like a dog I guess, right? Anyways, we are just loving her but have been having some trouble with a name. However, I am rather stubborn so once I decided on a name I liked I just kept calling her by it. And eventually, againnst much debate, even Hayely slipped up and called her nugget. Haha, so it's final. So here is the newest memebr of our little family, Nugget!

Baby love!

Well here it is, after much waiting, the baby bump decides to "pop". These pictures are from when i was at five months and had my ultra sound, Which is a month behind where i am now so expect more! Levi and i took the ultra sound day off to make it a date. I think Levi enjoys the ultrasounds more than me. I glance at Levi every few minutes just to see his jaw droping farther and farther. "THATS SO COOOOOOL!"






Oh ya, AND, we're having a girl!

Update

Ok, so we havent been the most dillegent in our bloging efforts, but what can I say? We've just been so busy getting settled in and starting our lives together. We finally have the internet hooked up in our new place so here is the beginning of, what I hope, is a constatnt update of our little family. We are loving our new place and ward. Everything just seemed to fall into place in the last few months as we looked for a home, prepared for school, and found a ward we felt at home in. It's hard notto feel at home in a ward where we have grandparents, aunts, cousins, friends, and old youth/EFY leaders. Cooking is one of our favorite things so we love having date nights where we cook and bake and watch movies in our new home. Cinnamon Pull aparts for our date night. This was our first sunday dinner we made together as a married coupl. We love cooking and we love to photograph it. Is that wierd of us? lol oh, well.

Hayley has tried baking so many things since we have moved in but they never seem to come out right. Thats ok though, just stick to cooking Hayley, and let me do the baking. =)

Another shot of our first sunday dinner. Sitting down for one of our awesome movie nights!

MMMMMMM!!! Popcorn, chocolate bars, fuzzy peaches, peanuts, grapes, Pepsi, and my favorite.....Kiss Cookies!!!

"What Happens in Vegas"

After a doctors appointment last wednesday Hayley recieved the great news that she can start her maternity leave on only two weeks! Needless to say we are both very happy about the time we will be able to spend together. Since starting my job at Wendy's we havent got to see much of eachother since Hayley works days and I work nights. But we cant complain, cause we are still seeing more of eachother than before we were married I suppose.

In just two weeks I am heading back to school! Surprisingly enough, I couldn't be happier. I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life and to have my wife with me to encouage me along the way. I will be attending the Lethbridge College taking a General Studies Major in Psychology and Sociology. Afterwards I hope to transfer to the UofL and get me combined degree in education.

Other than that not much is going on. We are just preparing for the fall and enjoying these last bits of summer while we can. Lots of visiting family, nieces and nephews, and even animals! But thats for another time)