Sticks and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails...

...that's what little BOYS are made of!!  Logan and I couldn't be happier that baby #1 will be a little Logan!! AKA Elijah Logan Jorgensen :) When we went to my first appointment at 11 weeks, there were new signs around the doctor's office that said they are now offering an ultra sound at 15 weeks for gender check only so we (or I) jumped all over that!  We didn't tell anybody we were planning on finding out because we wanted to come home and surprise everyone.  I was so excited to find out that I couldn't sleep very well the night before.  We hadn't had an ultra sound yet so as the nurse was getting everything ready, Logan says: "What if there's two in there?!" I would have died.  There's definitely only ONE baby.  It was so cool to actually see the baby for the first time.  I can't really explain the feeling but all those mommies out there know exactly what I'm talking about.  She measured the heart beat first, which sounded great, and then froze the screen and said: "Okay, it's really obvious what you guys are having, can you tell??"  I had absolutely no clue and Logan guessed girl and she was like: "Nope, it's a little boy!"  There was something so neat about hearing her say that!  We were both so excited!  Because I'm only 15 weeks, she didn't do any of the medical/anatomy check yet but we were able to watch him flip around for a few minutes and she took a couple profile pictures for us :) It all still seems pretty surreal but we couldn't be happier!  After the appointment we went to the mall and bought little Eli his first present!

We have had so much fun the past few days calling Eli by his name rather than saying "baby" or "it" or switching off between "he" and "she" :) A lot of people are surprised to hear that we decided on a name so fast but I'm happy we did!  If we were having a girl I doubt we would have agreed already but Elijah Logan is a boy name we've both really liked for a while so it was a pretty easy decision!  I can't wait to meet our little man and hope Logan is ready to make the money I now plan on spending! :)

...Then Comes the Baby In the Baby Carriage...

As some of you may have noticed, I have failed to update our blog anytime recently.  This isn’t because there’s been nothing to post about—there’s actually been a lot going on!  My excuse for being so behind is that I’ve been trying to figure out how to best deal with this whole mommy-to-be-constantly-sick-and-tired self of mine!  All that aside, Logan and I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the anticipated arrival of Jorgensen Baby #1 in late January!  We feel incredibly blessed and grateful for the opportunity to become parents and wish the New Year could get here quicker!  As of today, I am 12 weeks and officially done with the first trimester—Yahoo!  Not only does this mean we’re 1/3 of the way there, I hope it also means some of the sickness will start to fade.  (Anyone out there with advice on how to help ease this fun pregnancy symptom, I’d love to hear it!)

Backtrack to 8 Weeks Ago:

Logan and I found out I was pregnant pretty early on—around 4 ½ weeks.  It was such a joy to take the pregnancy test together and see the double pink lines!  We enjoyed the realization that we were parents-to-be for a couple days with just the two of us before telling either of our families.  We knew they would be ecstatic at the news but decided to enjoy it alone for a short time first.  I was dying those two days waiting to tell them!  As expected, we visited our families separately and told them the exciting news and they were overjoyed!  This will be grandbaby #4 for Logan’s parents and #10 for mine so it will be fun to add to the cousins!

Around 6 weeks the fact that I’m pregnant really hit me because that’s when the nausea hit me as well—yuck!  Each time I’m feeling crappy I remind myself how fortunate I am to be pregnant and how excited I am for this opportunity and that usually helps me feel a little better :)

The major highlight definitely came last week at week 11 when I had my first appointment and Logan and I were able to hear our sweet baby’s heartbeat for the first time!  That was such a neat experience and major relief to hear that everything sounded fantastic.

Today, week 12, is another moment we’ve been looking forward to very much so we could tell everyone else! (We decided a while ago to wait until now to tell anyone other than family members.)  I am so excited to share this time with the many wonderful moms and moms-to-be that I am lucky enough to know.  Send any tips and tricks you might have my way because I’m sure I’ll need them!

As far as our preference/hunch goes as to whether it’s a boy or girl, we genuinely don’t care and don’t really have much of a guess either!  (We’d love to know what you think, though, so let us know over on the right!)  Obviously this is our first baby so we will both be extremely happy with whichever comes first and in the end would love to have at least one of each :)  Half of my family is adamant it’s a boy and the other half “know without a doubt” it’s a girl so it will be fun to see who’s right.

Although I love my job and am so grateful to be able to work full time, I couldn’t be more excited to fulfill one of my life-long dreams of becoming a stay-at-home mom.  It will be such a neat experience to raise and nurture our children and be a full-time wife to Logan who I know is going to be an incredible dad!  I can’t wait to see him with his first little baby and I know he can’t either!  Let the countdown begin!

Update on the rest of our lives:

Since I last posted about Memorial Day, several exciting things have happened that I would like to quickly document rather than write an individual post for each.

-At the beginning of June I was able to go with my parents and grandpa (unfortunately Logan had to stay home to go to school and work) to Minnesota for my nephew’s baptism.  My sweet Will had a fantastic day and I was lucky enough to share a quick talk on the Holy Ghost so it was a very special time.  We loved spending a week with them and can’t wait for them to visit us here in Utah in a couple days!

-While we were in Minnesota, my brother’s wife had their 4^th baby the day before we got home!  We were super bummed we missed the delivery but were able to see her the next day and she is adorable!  Welcome to the family, baby Amelia!

-June 30^th was a very exciting day for me and Logan!  We celebrated our 1 year anniversary that day!  We thought it would be fun to stay in the exact same room at the Grand America that we stayed in on our wedding night so we did that on Friday night and went to breakfast and did some shopping on Saturday.  It was so fun to talk about the last year and all the amazing memories we’ve already made!  I can’t believe it has been a year and can’t wait to see what year 2 brings to the table!

-The 4^th of July has always been one of my all-time favorite holidays.  It’s a little sad not having my brother Paul and his family here with us because his kids love the parade and it’s my brother’s birthday but we still had a ton of fun!  We went to the parade with my family in the morning, saw the new Spiderman movie with Logan’s family in the afternoon, had a BBQ for dinner with my family in the evening and then capped the night off with fireworks at Logan’s parent’s house.  (Thank goodness our parents live about 2 minutes from each other!)

As far as the rest of the summer goes, we don’t have too many major plans.  I can’t believe it’s already the middle of July!  My brother’s family gets here on Friday from Minnesota and will stay for about 2 weeks so I’m sure we’ll do lots of fun things with them while they’re here.  It will be a lot of fun to have all the cousins together again because it only happens about once a year now.  Logan and I are going camping with a group of friends in August so we can’t wait for that!  I can’t believe the summer is going so fast!  I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer and enjoying this HEAT!

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day is always one of my favorite holidays simply because it typically means warmer weather and the end of school!  The long weekend didn't disappoint this year and we were extra busy but had lots of fun.  Friday night Logan and I went to MIB3 and both really enjoyed it.  I think the 1st movie is still my favorite but I liked the third one a lot better than the second.  It had a sentimental/emotional ending I definitely wasn't expecting so check it out if you have the chance!


Saturday evening we planned on going to my favorite restaurant in all the world...

Logan had to work till 6 so I was anticipating/craving this food ALL day!  If you've never been, it's probably because the first one in Utah just opened in Lehi.  I've been a few times in MN and fell in love.  When I heard they built one here, I put it on our "do" list right away. When we got out there, they told us it would be a 2-4 hour wait due to the UFC fight, NBA playoff game, and Real game :|  I was super bummed!  We decided not to go home since we had driven out there and hoped we'd get in quicker.  Fortunately our little buzzer went off after only an hour!  Just as I'd expected, it was delicious.  Next time you're in Utah county, I'd make it a priority to check it out.


Sunday was a typical relaxing day.  I always love Monday holidays because it seems to make Sunday that much better.  Monday was one of those rare days that both Logan and I had the day off so we slept in a little bit and then did some shopping at a bunch of random stores.  Later that afternoon we went to Clash of the Titans with Logan's family.  I had never seen the first one but this one was pretty good.  After the movie, we went to the Bees game with my family.  The weather turned out to be pretty nice and it was a lot of fun hanging out with everybody.  Unfortunately they lost their 4th game in a row but we still had a great time.  


Life is now back to normal!  I'm still working for my dad and Logan is working full time and taking one class on the side.  We're excited for the warm weather and hopefully a couple vacations!  I'm taking off to Minnesota next week with some of my family to visit my brother and his wife and kids so I can't wait for that!  Hope y'all are enjoying your summer so far!

Making Memories in Mexico

When we learned a couple months ago that Logan needed to take summer classes we decided he needed to do something extra fun during his measly one week break.  We both really wanted to go on a cruise so we looked at several different options (Caribbean, Disney, Mexican Riviera, etc.) and decided on a Mexican Riviera out of LA since it was the cheapest one to get to.  I've actually been on this cruise once before a couple years go but it definitely didn't disappoint--especially because I was with Logan this time!


 One of my favorite things about cruises is dinner every night in the dining room.  I love getting to know the people at your table.  We definitely lucked out with some pretty awesome dinner guests! One couple was from San Francisco and the other from Salt Lake :)

First Formal Night

Dinner Gals!

Dinner Guys!

Our first port was Cabo which I love!  The first day we took a little "water taxi" as they call it around the area and got some fun pictures.  The majority of these pictures were taken from or near Lover's and Divorce Beach--yep, that's what they're really called!  Lover's Beach is where most people hang out and the Divorce Beach side is too dangerous to even swim by.  The waves are absolutely HUGE!  Logan told me he was going to swim in them when I was telling him about it and then he saw how big they really are...

This picture really doesn't do the waves justice at all but trust me, they were enormous!

Because of everything going on in Mazatlan cruise ships still don't stop there so we spent two days in Cabo.  On our second day we rented a jet ski and had a great time!  We went through the locals so they didn't give us any rules or restrictions at all so it was super fun.  I think Logan was a bit nervous when I was driving because he didn't have control so that made it even better :) (We didn't take our camera off the boat this day so sorry for the lack of pictures)

Our second stop, Puerto Vallarta, was mine and Logan's favorite!  We got off the ship and found a zip line through the locals and it was honestly one of the funnest (I know that's technically not a word) things I've ever done.  I did a zip line once before but we did it through the cruise line and it wasn't nearly as good as this one.  If you're in Puerto Vallarta, go on the Canopy River zip line!  Unfortunately they made everyone put their cameras inside lockers before we started because they wanted you to buy the ones they took, which we didn't.

Canopy River Headquarters

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

The last two days were spent at sea and unfortunately the weather got a little gloomy as we got closer to LA so we didn't do much outside. Thank goodness there's a lot to do on a cruise ship!  Other than the different ports, a few of our favorite things were the nightly Sushi Bar, the Comedy Club, the Couples Game (it was absolutely hilarious), and of course all the food you can possibly eat!  

We're so happy we took the break from school and work and look forward to our next adventure...whenever and wherever that is! 

One of My Greatest Blessings

I think I will continue the blog challenge at some point because I had a lot of fun with it but I'm going to take a break for now and post something about one of the sweetest angels in existence.  My oldest nephew, Will, turns 8 in a couple weeks and is getting baptized at the beginning of June.  His parents had baptism pictures taken of him and they are definitely one of the most adorable things I have ever seen!  It helps to know his stinkin' cute personality but the pictures speak for themselves :)  I had a hard time choosing but here are a few of my favorites:

Unfortunately Will's family lives in Minnesota due to my brother's job but that hasn't stopped me from visiting as often as possible!  I can't wait to share his special baptism experience with him in a few weeks and am so glad he's my little stud muffin!

~Blog Challenge Sabbatical~

I have loved this blog challenge business--much more than I thought I would for sure! What I love even more, however, is the thought of going on a week long cruise with Logan! No school, no work, no worries :) Catch y'all in 7!

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 6

5 Favorite TV Shows


Liz:
1. Jazz games!
2. House Hunters
3. My First Place
4. Property Virgins (Only if the host is Sandra!)
5. Property Brothers



I know all of those shows are on HGTV so it might not count but that's really the only thing I ever watch if I'm not watching a Jazz game!


Logan: 
1. Man vs Wild
2. Arthur (growing up, I hope!)
3. House Hunters
4. Planet Earth
5. Fear Factor


I'm pretty sure Logan's life would be complete if he ever got the chance to meet Bear Grylls.  He basically lives by everything that man says or does!


Day 7: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you