here's my first baby bump post! i've been really bad at remembering to take photos of the bump, but here's to the first one! i'm in that awkward stage where either i look pregnant or like i've eaten too many bagels lately... it's a mix of both i'd say haha 


How far along are you? 12 weeks! nearing the end of the 1st trimester

i seriously love this time of the year (minus the below zero weather we've been having). we only have a week left of this semester and then we're done for good! well, at least i am...  we're counting down the days until we will be driving to seattle to spend christmas with my family.

the day we got back from thanksgiving break, we busted out the christmas decor (which we really didn't have much...) so i ran to the local dollar tree and got a ton of decorations for only 9 bucks! bonus! the little nutcracker was part of that bunch :) we've been listening to christmas music non-stop and anytime we're home, the christmas tree lights go on. i wish this lasted for longer than a month ;)

for my senior project, i decided to start on creating a travel book series. it was very time consuming, but totally worth it in the end. i chose to use artifact uprising for printing (such a good choice!). i displayed my books at my Senior Showcase at school and had such wonderful feedback. i love having them sit on our coffee table so that anyone who comes to visit can look at our adventures of traveling.

i graduate from brigham young university-idaho in just a couple of weeks! i can't believe that my time in school is coming to an end. it's one chapter of my life i'll close and start into a new chapter of becoming a mother. it'll be very different, but i'm excited for all that awaits!

one thing i'm incredibly thankful for is my family. they are my best friends! since we were all together last weekend after thanksgiving, we decided to quickly take some family photos nearby. i can't wait to spend christmas with all of them soon! 

this year we decided to book our flights to Oklahoma to spend thanksgiving break with kevin's family. we enjoyed spending time together and eating a delicious thanksgiving meal. i can't believe how fast our time flew by while we were there! this was my first year having thanksgiving in oklahoma with the mehners. i just love how adorable all our nieces and nephews are -- they were so fun to be around! i can't wait until our little one will be able to play with all of them :) my sister-in-law is also pregnant and due 2 weeks after me.

we love and miss you guys!  

i just love this graphic so much that i couldn't resist creating a little announcement for our blog. the lovely Emily Kim is the illustrator of the graphic, isn't she so talented?! she's also a fellow photography friend so check out her photos here  and if you're interested in getting a personalized illustration of you and your family, contact her through her website. she also has an adorable personal blog where she shares all her cute doodles!