May

Well since its been a month I decided its time for an update. So this is just a bunch of random things on this post.

-23 WEEKS-

This is actually now about 2 weeks old but this is my latest bump pictures. I had another appointment today and instead of losing weight, I finally started gaining and apparently I'm making up for lost time because I gained 11 lbs. I almost croaked when I saw the scale. So hopefully thats not a regular thing, becuase I really don't want to gain that much weight every month from here on out. I've been feeling great except for back aches and I think I have a sciatic problem becuase the past few days my lower back has really been hurting and shooting down my leg. Little Buddy (sorry Konie, we call him Little Buddy, we just can't help it) is moving around a ton these days and Jon has got to feel him alot lately. Its almost as fun just to see Jon get so excited.

-BABY NAME-

Last time I said that the baby's name is Parker Scott Tolman. Thats still the name but my Dad thought I should explain where the name comes from. Parker is my moms maiden name. I have pretty much had it picked out for as long as I can remember. I was surprised that one of my cousins never took the name. Scott is Jon's dad's name. That explains that if anyone was curious.

-SPOKANE-

Last week we went and spent the week in Spokane at Jon's parents house one last time before we take off. We didn't really have much planned but to relax, which was great. Jon spent a lot of time working on everyones cars and sorting out his old Playmobile sets. Ya, Im serious, he spent hours sorting out the different sets and putting them all together and fixing broken peices. Whatever make the boy happy I guess. I made a baby rag quilt with Jon's Mom. Im pretty much so proud of myself becuase Im really not domestic like that. Its pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. I used a bunch of random material that Jon's mom had so its really bright and cheerful.

The back was going to be one color but we found out that we didn't have enough material so its two colors. Becuase I wasn't going to drive myself crazy trying to make it a pattern, its just random on the back too. I really like it though.

This picture is really just random. We were at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane and Christi told Jon to get in this helicopter. Good thing he's gunna fly airplanes becuase he sure doesn't fit in the helicopters. haha.

-TRIP ROUTE-

After all but 6 months, were leaving tomorrow to head to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery Alabama. We had a few issues today with them sending out an email saying that spouses could no longer come due to the air conditioning being broken in the accompanied housing, but we have hopefully got it sorted out. So Im still going with Jon and we'll just see if its really sorted out when we get there.

But we have 6 days to get there so we get to make a trip out of it. Here is our route that we have planned.

The first two days have the most driving and were stopping in Cheyenne, WY and Omaha, NE. Were planning on stopping at the original CABELLA'S. If you've ever driven through Nebraska, you know what I'm talking about. Its giant. Then were going to spend two night around Nauvoo, IL and see all the church sites. That should be fun. Im sure its really not enough time to see everything but its still better than nothing. Next were headed to St. Louis, MO to see the arch. Im not sure what else is there. The last city is Nashville, TN. Jon's not as excited about this one but I am. I wanted to go to the Grand Ole' Opry but there isn't a concert that night. Oh well, we'll still get to see the sights. Then we get to Alabama next Thursday.

It should be a fun little trip. And don't worry everyone I will make sure to get out alot and walk around and drink alot of water.

Hopefully its not another month before I write on here again. I should have lots of fun pictures of our trip to share.

Little Buddy

Well the official results are in and the majority of you who voted were WRONG!!

Its a BOY!!

When the ultrasound first started the Ultrasound Tech tried to see the gender but the little squirt was sitting with his legs crossed Indian style. So he moved on and looked at everything else and kept going back to try and see the gender. We were pretty much done and he said "well I really don't think your going to get to see anything". I pretty much freaked out and said "I am not getting off the table til you tell me what it is". He just laughed and said I was going to have to fight off all the other pregnant ladies who wanted to have thier ultrasound done today too. I didn't care, I wasn't leaving. I had been fearing that we wouldn't get to see what it was. So after ALOT of serious (and I mean serious, I was laughing it was so hard) shaking of my belly he finally opened up right at the end and there it was!! He's all BOY!!!

He is also obviously not a morning person because he had his hands crossed in front of his face the whole time too. So we weren't able to get a front shot of his face but got some good ones of his profile. Everything looked good and right on track. We also got to see his: brain, heart, kidney's, stomach, lips, and umbilical cord.

Jon likes this picture becuase it looks like he has big muscles and is almost flipping us off. ;) I'd cover my face and be mad too if someone was shaking me that hard.

But were really excited and I of course had to go out and buy some clothes finally. I even found the best little outfit with a JEEP Safari on it and plaid shorts so Jon couldn't possibly get upset about the clothes. :):)

And if you wondering,

His name is Parker Scott Tolman.

Whats in a Name?

This is a fun website to see how common your name is. I find it hard to believe that there are more Shannon's than Jon's in the world.

-Shannon Tolman-

-There are 329,282 people in the U.S. with the first name Shannon.
-Statistically the 190th most popular first name.
-81.4 percent of people with the first name Shannon are female.

-There are 5,299 people in the U.S. with the last name Tolman.
-Statistically the 6668th most popular last name.

-There are 6 people in the U.S. named Shannon Tolman.


-Jon Tolman-

-There are 177,659 people in the U.S. with the first name Jon.
-Statistically the 347th most popular first name.
-99.14 percent of people with the first name Jon are male.

-There are 5,299 people in the U.S. with the last name Tolman.
-Statistically the 6668th most popular last name.

-There are 3 people in the U.S. named Jon Tolman.

http://howmanyofme.com/search/

First Bump Picture

Here is the 17 week baby bump.

Im not sure that I look pregnant or

like I just had a little bit too much to eat lately.

You'd never know that I've actually lost about 20 lbs instead of gaining.

Little "PADDIE" is fluttering around quite a bit now.

At least we know its active little thing.

We find out the gender on April 30th.

We're sooo ready to know.

I just want to be able to buy a frilly little dress or

some clothes with trucks and dinosaurs on them.

Im going to put a poll on the side so everyone vote on what you think.

Jon and I both vote Boy, but girl is definately winning on just about everyone else we've asked.

Other than this we really don't have much else new going on.

Aren't you surprised that this post has nothing to do with the Jeep??

Lift update

For those of you who have not got the joke yet, that previous post is not our jeep. I'm a member of a Jeep Fourm and they had a thread about the worst jeep stuck pics, so I copied it and posted it on the blog. Ha ha funny funny. However I did do the final touch on the lift by buying new tires and rims. I had been watching ksl for a set that was afforadable as we didn't have money for brand new, however my dad needed new tires for his new truck and they were the same size of tire that was on the jeep so, i sold him my tires that I bought in October to put on his truck. I ended up then finding a great deal on rims and tires on ksl and the tires only had 3k miles on them. I also was able to get 5, so now I have a full size spare as well.

1st use of lifted Jeep

So, I put on the lift and look what happened to me.

Lifting the Jeep

So Shannon finally gave in and allowed me to lift my jeep. I've always wanted to do this ever since I bought the jeep almost 2 years ago. So when I graduated from USU this past December Shannon gave me a card that said she would allow me to lift my jeep. I know I probably could have done it before, but knowing that I have to live with her, I really didn't want to live with the consequences of having a mad wife. I think most men would agree with me on that point. I put a 2inch spacer lift, which increases my suspension. I also installed new shocks as the shocks that were on the jeep were the original shocks. It's a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited and when I purchased ths jeep it only had 42k miles on it. It now has 77k. Not bad for a 10 year old jeep. The original shocks were rusted out and made for a very stiff ride. Now after driving the jeep for the past 4 days with the new shocks, it rides so much smoother. It runs great and we love it. Were glad that there is plenty of room for a carseat and all of shannon and the baby's stuff. I've done my fair share of offroading and now with my 2 extra inches I will be able to do more. I've only ever been stuck twice but now I'm looking forward to trying those two spots again.

I have a few pics of the process. When I finished it was dark and I didn't have a good pic. So when I take a pic with good light we will update the pictures.