Ended 2013 with a {BANG} and looking forward to {2014}

January has creeped in after an eventful December to finish {2013}!

 

Hopefully I can remember everything for this post. Pregnancy brain is getting the best of me lately!! A cousin asked for our address to send a Christmas card and I walked into work the next week to find it sitting on my desk! Ugggghhh either I work too much or I just like getting personal mail at my work address. I really do have a home address! ha ha oh well

 

Before we headed home to Twin for Christmas, we were running around crazy between Christmas parties, delivering goodies to friends & neighbors, and getting all the wrapping done!

 

 

Looking spiffy on our way to church!

 

Although we did get smaller gifts for each other this year, it became apparent that we are officially "adults" beings that the majority of our gifts to each other included large purchase items that came a month before Christmas! We love our new entertainment center, new 50" TV, and microwave. Yeah so the microwave wasn't such an exciting purchase, but everything else was! We were joking on Thanksgiving how our microwave had lasted a long time how surprised we were that it hadn't gone out yet. Sure enough! The very next week it was caput! Glad it wasn't on Thanksgiving though!

 

 

 

In between all the hustle and bustle of the season, Jordan threw me for a loop the Saturday before we left! We woke up and he said he was going to go "Christmas shopping" for a while. He then came home with a bouquet of roses, Panda Express for lunch, a movie for a lazy day inside, and a footrub!! I was in shock! It was so sweet and so nice to take a relaxing day in between how busy we had been. Felt like a million bucks and spent the day cuddling and relaxing! Jordan deemed it as "Elise" day. Yeah he is kind of amazing!

 

 

The day before we left for Twin Falls, we had our anatomy ultrasound to get another peek at our baby girl! It was a pretty hilarious session. She was bouncing all over my stomach, doing flips, pushing off all corners of my stomach, and being quite the acrobat! I had kept telling Jordan about her being the little ninja in my stomach with her hard kicks and movement and he always just laughed until he saw it actually on the ultrasound screen and was shocked! The ultrasound tech was trying to take measurements in between all her movement and it was difficult. Her comment was "Well she is responsive that's for sure!' Oh boy! After all her movement, she curled up in a ball and put her hands by her face, and wouldn't move an inch no matter how hard we tried! I walked around, changed positions multiple times, and she still wouldn't roll over!  Because of that, the tech was unable to get adequate measurements of her heart chambers so we will have to go back in a month or so. Little stinker already and she isn't even here yet! I have a feeling that she is going to take after her overly active father ;)

 

We made the trip to Twin on Christmas Eve and had a great trip!! We went to the Christmas program with Jordan's mom and family, and then spent the rest of Christmas Eve over at my Grandma's house complete with tons of food and games :) We had a lot of fun!!

 

 

Christmas brought time with both families, wonderful gifts, great food, and good company! We started out doing presents with Jordan's family, came back to do presents with my family, ate with Grandpa and Grandma Dutry, and then back to Jordan's family to do dinner and presents with Aunt Lind and Aaron. Whew! It was quite the busy day, but we had a great Christmas!! (Jordan's family is camera shy when it comes to pictures on Christmas morning, so they are MIA in these pics!)

 

Justin got skiis, Scooter was just happy chilling on his bed, Eric got a new pot and pan set, Mom got a clock for above the fireplace, and dad got a classic car shirt :) Just a few of the many presents!

 We were spoiled with several baby gifts from my mom and dad! We have quite the collection now :) Jordan got me several things, including a new "blankie" that was chevron! LOVE it! Jordan really wanted a camcorder to capture all those baby "firsts" soon, so that is what he got from me :) Everyone in the family knows that I love Despicable Me, so I got several things from the movie including Jordan's mom got me Despicable Me 2 on Blu Ray!

Snapshots from brunch with the Dutry grandparents and opening presents :)

Scooter loved cuddling up next to Jordan on the floor while everyone else was chatting!

 

First belly pic :) Merry Christmas!!

 

 

Jordan thought he was all done with presents for the day, but later Christmas evening while watching the Laker's game at his family's house, he was able to feel our little girl kick on the outside of my belly for the first time! He was so excited to finally feel her strong kicks and kept asking with his hand where she was moving all night long. So fun!

 

We spent the rest of the week doing fun things with family, registering for baby stuff, shopping, and seeing friends :)

 

We went with my family to Jump time on of the nights, which is an indoor trampoline arena! I was the picture taker and respectfully watched from the sidelines, but the boys were quite the crack up! Between doing flips, playing trampoline basketball, and cutthroat dodge ball, they were wore out! Afterwards, everyone went out to Gerties for pizza even Grandpa and Grandma Rice!

I tried to get a few snapshots of the action, but those darn boys are just too fast!

 

 

 

Eric has been looking to buy a house in Twin Falls since April and has had no luck! He had bid on several short sales and they have always fell through or he wasn't the highest bidder. It has been quite the struggle for him and he has wanted to be in his own place for a long time! While we were down visiting, we took some time to go look at some properties with the family and see what we could find. We looked at a few that were OK but nothing too amazing and very small! We ended up finding a cute little house out in Kimberly (about 7 min from Twin Falls) and went to go check it out. It was in a quiet neighborhood, great location, and was quite the cute little house! It has several bedrooms, a basement, a fireplace, and has about 2100 square feet!! It will need some paint and a few minor repairs, but overall, it was a great property! It also has a stone fireplace, a fenced yard, and the furnace is nearly new! There is a Maverick around the corner and the grocery store is across the way. Perfect! After coming home, Eric decided to put in an offer on the house. They went back and forth a few times, and HE IS NOW A HOMEOWNER!!! Yay!! We are so happy for him!! They are in the process of doing the home inspection and will close the end of February so he can then move in and start making it his :) Here are a few snapshots

 

 

We made the long drive back to Lewiston which gets worse and worse the farther along I get. Multiple bathroom stops and being scrunched up in the car for 7 hours means for a not so happy Elise! Since being home, I have designed the baby room and can't wait to dive in!

 

 

Shortly after we left, my mom emailed me a pic of the Christmas dress she got for baby Martitz. Santa dress with striped leggings....How cute is this??!!!

 

 

We spent New Years with some friends in Lewiston just relaxing, playing games, and eating some food. Hellllooooo 2014!!!!

 

The next few weeks will be quite the blur I'm sure! We are flying to California for our last "official" vacation in 3 weeks and are sooo excited! In the meantime, Jordan will be on call in Spokane again......AND we have a 3D ultrasound at a clinic in Spokane to get some cute 3D/4D shots of our little missy :) I am sooooo exited! Can't wait! 23 weeks today and next week means I will be 6 months along! Crazy how fast time has flown by! That much closer to meeting our little girl. No progress on names however, but we will tackle that soon enough I'm sure :)

 

Well now that the hubs is back from freezing his butt off duck hunting, It's time to enjoy the rest of our Saturday together! Happy January!

Almost Christmas??! Whaaaaaaaat?!!

Whew December has flew in and we will be lucky if I can get everything done in time for Christmas! Seems like this year especially, the days have flown by and before you know it, its the week before Christmas! Sheesh where did the time go?! Let's back up a bit and catch up with all the latest adventures we have had ;)

 

The week before Thanksgiving, we traveled to the Tri Cities, WA for a fun getaway weekend. Jordan surprised me with the trip and booked a hotel and planned some fun stuff for us to do :) With all his work lately and traveling, date night had pretty much become obsolete! It was so much fun. We spent the weekend in a beautiful hotel and did some Christmas shopping together. We went to go see the new THOR movie too :)  Such a fun mini Trip! While we were there, we stopped in to a furniture store to look at entertainment centers. We had been looking for a long time, but never really found what we wanted at a decent price. Low and Behold we found an amazing entertainment center at a great deal so we made an unexpected large purchase while we were there also! Afterwards, Jordan commented that we would also need a much larger TV with the upgrade because it would make our TV look "puny" in that spot. Ha ha DARN! That gave us a reason to black Friday shop!

 

 

As you know, I had been super super sick from carrying our sweet bundle of joy and was miserable! It was all I could do to keep from gagging every single morning or from even the slightest odd smell. Luckily for me I started feeling better around week 15 and was SO SO SO excited! It was the best thing to have a little bit of energy back and feel better! I also was able to feel the baby move around 14 weeks which is very early for most people!

 

This was taken after a long night of no sleep and being so sick, but thankfully we have turned the corner and are loving the 2nd trimester!!

 

 

The anticipation was killing us to find out what we were having, so we opted for an early gender ultrasound. I drank lots of Dr. Pepper before the appointment in hopes the baby would be moving around to give us a peek :) I had a gut feeling that it was a girl, but Jordan and both our moms were for sure it was a boy. We got into the ultrasound and baby was moving a lot! We did however get a peek and found out we are having.......A BABY GIRL!!!!!! She was such a little stinker at us getting a look! She had her legs crossed, and wouldn't stop kicking while they were crossed. It was a funny sight. She was moving her mouth a ton and was fist pumping in the background. The tech did tell us that her legs are measuring quite long (no shock there)! Long legs just like daddy :)

 

Here is her cute little profile

 

and there is the golden shot at her lady parts!

 

Jordan was pretty funny when the tech said it was a girl. He stared off into space like he just saw his life flash before his eyes. I had to tap his leg and wave in front of his face asking if he was gonna be ok! Ha ha he soon warmed up to the idea of her being daddy's little girl. On the way out of the Dr.'s office he was like "you mean I have to get used to fluffy dresses, princesses, and PINK??!!!" Yes babe that's exactly what this means. Ha ha He is so funny!

 

One of my biggest cravings while being pregnant is SALAD! I love ranch on salad or veggies, but HATE the fact that you can't buy "dinner ranch" in the store like at the restaurant! So since Jordan works closely with all the major food distributors that ship his chemicals, he ordered me a whole gallon of commercial dinner ranch! Um ya he is a keeper for sure! He understands my crazy fettish with great tasting ranch, especially when things taste so different when pregnant! Yup I am one happy girl! Just had to get a pic :)

 

 

 

We have since collected some cute girl clothes and fun things preparing for our little peanut! She now kicks regularly and Jordan can't wait to be able to feel it on the outside of my belly. I am sporting a cute little basketball in front now. I am now 20 weeks along, HALFWAY there!! Yay! 4 more months and we get to meet our princess :) We are having quite the time agreeing on any names though. I like different names and Jordan likes generic names so it has been quite the feat! The only name we agree on so far is Savannah and that's a bit iffy so we will see what happens :) We have another Dr's apt on Monday and then another ultrasound to finish all the measuring the Monday before Christmas! Can't wait to have new cute pictures of our peanut now that she has DOUBLED in size since our gender ultrasound :)

 

 

We were so happy to have my family come to Lewiston and spend Thanksgiving with us! It was such a treat to have everyone together for the holidays and even Scooter made the 7 hour drive and did great! We had an awesome holiday, went to the movies, went out to eat, toured the lights in park, went to the LCSC boys basketball game, and even shopped on Black Friday! Scooter was right at home too. He found our fuzzy soft rug in the kitchen and parked himself on it next to the heat vent! Mom and I spent all of Thanksgiving in the kitchen and it was the best! We went to a few stores shopping for black Friday and then topped it off waiting in line for a 50" TV to fill our new entertainment center! All the boys got it hooked up in time to watch some "guy" movies while the girls shopped. My mom was thrilled to make her first "gender purchase" while she was here. Such a spoiled girl and she isn't even here yet!! We also got some good finds at Walmart including several Disney books for our baby girl. Jordan made sure to get the princess books too, can't forget those!! Such a fun time with family :) We loved having them here with us!

 

 

 

Just the next weekend after they left, we traveled to Twin Falls for Jordan's cousin's wedding! It was a Lord of the Rings themed wedding and Jordan was a groomsmen :) Everyone was dressed in a costume in the line and it was quite fun! Despite the super cold and blizzard weather, it was a beautiful wedding for Aaron and Kirsten!

 

 

In lieu of Christmas time, I did several mini sessions that were holiday themed! They were so much fun and it was great to keep doing sessions on the side. A bit hectic in between all our happenings, but they turned out great! Here is one of a sweet girl that I did newborn pics for as well and now she is 8 months old!

 

 

 

After it already being almost 2 weeks in December, we finally got our Christmas Decorations out and sent off our Christmas card :) Due to being so busy, we opted out of setting up a tree this year to only enjoy for 2 weeks, so we just put out our baby tree and called it good :)

 

 

  and here is our Christmas card and poem for this year!

 

Tis the season of holiday cheer, It’s once again Christmas time;

So many adventures to share in our annual holiday rhyme!

January brought great news, a BIG promotion for Elise;

She now manages the entire Lewiston dental office, along with a nice raise increase.

Jordan’s career with Ecolab is thriving and he is busier than ever;

Expanding his territory and going after new accounts, tackling all the demands has been quite the endeavor!

Lewiston is now considered “home” as it feels good to say we have officially settled in;

It’s been a transition being 7 hours from family, but we go back to visit as often as we can.

March brought an exciting trip to California, a whole week filled with family fun;

Disneyland, Universal Studios, the beach, and visiting old friends before it was all done!

After 6 years of Elise driving the good ole focus, we were due for a serious upgrade;

We bought a beautiful and spacious new maroon Maxima, it was quite the trade!

We celebrated our first anniversary in July, really where has the time gone?

4 years together and 1 married, It has been the best journey together to embark on!

Summer was a blur, thanks to so many trips galore;

We were gone nearly every weekend and couldn’t fit in anything more!

Glacier National Park was the trip of a lifetime, we camped and hiked with friends;

Our yearly trip to Bear Lake was epic, It’s our favorite place where the fun never ends!

Family came to visit us in Lewiston, Justin got to stay with us for a couple weeks too;

We had fun boating, rafting, and going to Silverwood just to name a few!

August for us brought the best news of all, We are expecting our first baby in May;

We are beyond thrilled and anxious to be parents, what a blessing on the way!

Jordan enjoys a good “spike” with volleyball league in full swing this fall;

Elise is still tackling photography on the side, even while sporting her 4-month-along little basketball!

We have so much to be grateful for, and so much to look forward to;

Our life has definitely been greatly blessed with all we have been able to do!

Merry Christmas near and far, we wish you the warmest holiday cheer;

Carry Christ’s love in your heart not only this season, but throughout the coming year!

QLove,

Jordan & Elise Martitz

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We are looking forward to going home to Twin Falls again for Christmas and love spending holidays with family :) We are headed to Spokane this weekend for Jordan's on call weekend. Hopefully we will get our Christmas shopping finished up!! Until then we are enjoying this time of year including the killer sunsets we still have! Busy Busy is the life.....

 

 

 

Merry Christmas to you and your family from our house to yours!

Hellllllo {NOVEMBER}

Another month down and time for an update!! November is right around the corner and we are enjoying the gorgeous fall weather :)

 

The beginning of October was busy busy for us! We headed to Spokane for Jordan's on call weekend and were slammed with calls! So much for a relaxing weekend :( We made up for it the following weekend though when we were able to go to Twin Falls to spend time with family! Jordan had his cousin's bachelor gamer party to attend, and I did tons of photography sessions too! We also went to see the movie "Captain Phillips" and I went to the corn maze with my family while Jordan was partying hard with his cousin :) Jordan also spoiled me with a fun trip to the salon to get beautified. Lucky girl!

 

We came into town SUPER SUPER late that weekend and the next morning, I woke up to this conversation with my dad. Kinda made my morning :)

 

Here is one of the sessions I did while we were there :) It was so fun to catch up with good clients and friends!

 

Some fun pics from the corn maze with my family! Can't beat some family fun and some Café Rio afterwards. SO fun!!

Eric and Justin

Me and Mom

 



Mom and Dad

 

We were also able to do some family pics while we were in Twin Falls! Barely! The weather was SOOOOO cold, but they were happening come heck or high water! Here are a few sneak peeks :) Look at the stud that I'm married to! Gah what a cutie :)

 

Scooter was even in a few photos and was pooped afterwards!! He was all cuddled up in his blanket that night. Love that little guy :)

 

Oh ya know just the super super long 7 hour car ride home!

 

Just a few recent random pics....

 

Just out for a Saturday stroll and Costco samples with my main squeeze :)

 This last weekend we went to lunch with some friends and their kids. Little Oakley is quite the flirt with Jordan usually, but she didn't last long before she was out. Little girls look good on him dontcha think?! ha ha

 

Like I said, we are LOVING the beautiful fall weather. It has been sunny and crisp the last few weeks so I figured it was safe to sneak in a car wash for the Kardashian! Fridays are always better with a sparkly car :)

 

 

And now for the pregnancy update.... NOT a fun one for the most part. I am now a little over 3 months pregnant and have entered my 2nd trimester!! I am hoping for a nicer 2nd trimester because the 1st wasn't pleasant! I have been really really sick and it has been hard to hold it together. I never imagine being sick for days on end where there was never a light at the end of the tunnel. It is all I can do to get ready in the morning without throwing up or gagging non stop in the shower. I had been taking Zofran, but it started giving me really bad headaches so I stopped taking in it in hopes of it going away soon! My sense of smell is on fire too... the slightest nasty smell triggers insane gagging. Fun huh?! Even just the sight or smell of food makes me sick and nauseous! Ah the joys of pregnancy :) On a lighter note, our next appointment is on November 25th and we will also we doing an ultrasound that day to find out the gender!!!! The next 4 weeks can't go fast enough!! Jordan is rooting for a boy and I am imagining pink things :) But no matter if it is a boy or a girl, we will be thrilled! We just want a healthy baby :) It has definitely been driving me nuts not knowing! I am now starting to sport a little basketball in the front and it is setting in a bit more. We have also started collecting a few things and will be buying the baby furniture set on Black Friday. Should be a blast! Not too many craving so far, but the biggest one has been chicken strips. YUM!! Jordan has continued to be a HUGE help in between being sick and having odd cravings. LOVE him :)

 

November brings some exciting fun too! My family will be making the long 7 hour drive to spend Thanksgiving with us and we are so excited! Even Scooter is making the trip. YES! Nothing like family and food for the holidays PLUS some exciting Black Friday shopping together :) Can't wait!

 

The next few months are sure to fly by between on call trips to Spokane, Thanksgiving here in Lewiston with company, A cousin's wedding in Twin Falls the first part in December, AND Christmas with the family. This is the life!! Come January we are headed for our last official "getaway" for a whole week before our family grows :) We are flying to California to see some friends, have some fun, and of course do a little.... BABY SHOPPING!!! Yes sooo excited :) Not so excited for the flying while super pregnant, but I am thrilled to spend some fun time with the hubs and get out of town for a while! Plane tickets are bought and we are headed!

 

OH and just for the heck of it, here is an insanely funny candid video captured this weekend. It's time you all see who I married...He is a laugh a minute!

 CLICK ON THE LINK!!!!! and turn up your sound :)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151969251500586&l=7220374146746563519

 

Lots of Love,

Jordan & Elise