Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Love me some Daniel (and hockey)

               Everybody hold onto their boot straps because there is indeed….ANOTHER BLOG POST. And you can thank baby Grimm for this one…the discomfort pregnancy has thrust upon me has kept me up past my bedtime once again. So let’s get this party started!

The first topic I would like to approach is, most likely, quite irrelevant to many lives. BUT…it’s my blog. THEREFORE I am allowed to talk about the NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS if I would like. And if this is not interesting to you at all I suggest you skip this next part. I won’t be offended. SO here we go.

ALRIGHT. Day one of the playoffs just ended and I am already enjoying myself immensely. I say this because my San Jose Sharks have yet to play…so fair warning: my attitude towards the playoffs might abruptly change...but we will talk about my boys in a second. Let’s first talk about the Dallas vs. Anaheim game. Now for those who know my sweet Daniel, you know he is a pretty big Dallas Stars fan. It has actually been the root of many a heated discussion in our household seeing as the Sharks and the Stars don’t really get along. But I will say this. I hate the Ducks way more than I could ever dislike the Stars. So this matchup is a treat for Daniel. I am rooting for the green and white on this one. Not only does Anaheim just get under my skin because they’re ANAHEIM (if you do not understand why that statement makes perfect sense…then you probably aren’t a hockey fan…) BUT they, and I firmly believe this and will stick by my statement until the day I die, have the worst. Fans. Ever. Ask anybody who isn’t a Ducks fan and they will back me up. I don’t know what it is about Southern California hockey fans but holy moly. They’re the worst. (I include LA Kings fans in this statement)

 In this first game of this series, the Ducks scored 4 goals and the Stars had a big ole goose egg when Daniel and I finally gave up watching and went to bed. And Daniel says something along the lines of “watch. They’re going to make an amazing comeback and I will be sound asleep when it happens.” AND THEN THEY DID. (I will be promoting Daniel to say such things about the Sharks taking it all. Updates to follow) The stars still lost…but only by one point! WHAT A COMEBACK. And Daniel missed it all. Poor guy. But here’s the thing that really gets me…the Ducks fans want a parade. They want to call themselves the cup winners. ITS GAME ONE OF THE FIRST SERIES. CALM THE HECK DOWN. I swear upon all things good and wonderful, the next comment I see on any social networking site about how the Ducks played against two teams, the stars and the refs, or about how they deserve the cup now and spare the stars the embarrassment…I think I might lose my mind. So if you are an Anaheim Ducks fan (and you call them the Anaheim MIGHTY Ducks...I promise you I will punch you in the throat) then you need to take it from me and just stop it. The whole NHL fan base hates you. End of rant…

I will briefly state that this year LA will not kick us out of the playoffs and I want Lord Stanley’s cup to finally have the sharks on it. But I am keeping my mouth shut until games start playing. (NBC Sports is airing them. Tune in Thursday night for some seriously good hockey. BEAT LA!) That Is all.
OK, now to the fun, married people things! This post I am dedicating to my wonderful husband. Because I am going to brag about him. He will probably be embarrassed but I don’t care. I love you Daniel. Don’t hate me for sharing these things… :)

First off. Best hubby ever award goes straight to Daniel. The other morning I wasn’t feeling too hot, like most mornings, and Daniel was asking me what I wanted to have for breakfast. We were simply lying in bed, talking, cuddling, enjoying each other’s company and a moment to simply just relax, and the image of waffles dances into my mind. Now if you’ve ever been pregnant, or around somebody who is pregnant, then you know that once you crave something YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. So, I asked sweet Daniel if he would make me waffles. He said he would, but I had to clear off a space for his work space in our then, messy kitchen. (Which Daniel later cleaned…he’s basically the best.) I then proceeded to whine about how I didn’t feel good and, like the saint that he truly is, he let me stay in bed as he made me waffles to devour and to put my craving to rest. I just really love him.

A FEW DAYS LATER…another craving has hit. And I just want a Pizza Factory breadstick. Daniel was in class when this craving began so I sent him a text to see if he would pick me one up on his way home. He said he would, because he is the best, and I waited patiently for the arrival of my delicious bread treat. I don’t know if you’ve ever had a PF breadstick…but they are MASSIVE. One will definitely suffice for a pregnant lady because I mean it when I say they are HUGE. So sweet Daniel comes home and is holding a pizza box that smells like it came straight out of God’s oven. I ask him why the box is so big for a breadstick and he says “I bought you 5…I didn’t know they were so big.” I think I almost peed my pants from laughing so hard.

I think I could talk for days about how wonderful my husband is. He is sweet, kind, caring, selfless, funny, smart, and wickedly handsome, among a number of other things. He sings very beautifully in the shower, can make a very convincing cow noise, he sometimes talks to our baby like a monkey in case we have to abandon him to apes (please refer to Tarzan), AND he talks in his sleep, which, I will have you know, is hilarious. I firmly believe that I hit the jackpot with Daniel John Grimm and I count him many a times on my blessings lists.


I apologize for the long post but I will admit. Two of my all-time favorite things are Hockey and my husband. So I don’t feel that bad :) Hope that I keep up the good work with my blog updates and have a wonderful life until we chat next time. Person reading this…I probably love you a lot. That is all. Until next time!

Isn't he the cutest person EVER?

Yeah. Cutest human. Holy cow what a babe.

I guarantee I will look at him like that for the rest of forever. Can you tell I love him?

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Life as of lately...

OK. I will be the very first to admit that if it was humanly possible to be fired from my own blog because of neglecting it, I could probably do it. I am the worst blogger in history and I will make an excuse saying that life has not been slow. Not once. But whose life ever is? I have no valid excuses other than my lazy ways. So profuse apologies from me to you. But, if it makes anything better or more tolerable or likely for forgiveness, I promise lots of fun and exciting things to be written about. So lets get started!

So as many of you know, Daniel and I have a cute little apartment on the North end of town and we absolutely love it. The only problem is I only love the apartment.  NOT the town. When I first moved to Cedar City, it was new and exciting and held so much potential for me…and now that I am married, working, and not in school it isn’t as glorious. I miss my family, I miss not living in the middle of nowhere… and thanks to some serious thought and prayer…we have made the decision to relocate our little family back to good ole Davis County! I could not be more excited. Being the youngest child in my family I like to think that it has given me a very special bond with both my mom and dad and I will be the first to admit that I need them now more than ever. And with the rock star of a husband that I have he has so graciously agreed to transfer schools and pick up and move. What a sweetheart, right? So my Davis county friends, we will be reunited in about a month! Woohoo!!

In other big news for the Grimms, which there seems to be a lot, we finally went on our honeymoon!! You heard me right, it took us a couple months to actually take the leap but when we did we landed in DISNEYLAND! It was absolutely what we needed and I don’t think I have ever had so much fun in my entire life :) I mean it when I say vacationing without an agenda is heaven on earth. Since it’s just me and Daniel it was so easy just to plan a trip so abruptly and just go! We went to the beach, Downtown Disney, went on California screamin’ probably 18 times in 3 days…we had an absolute BLAST. We also played every Mormon on vacations favorite game, you guessed it, spot the MoMos! We even stood in line behind people playing the same game and bonded over the pride you feel when you confirm they are indeed LDS. It’s kind of sad how rewarded you feel. We had a good time taking selfies with characters, riding star tours way too many times, eating some of the most delicious food known to MANKIND, and just enjoying being US. But, if you have the time and money to go, seriously go to Disneyland simply for Cars Land. Disney has really outdone themselves with that …its absolutely phenomenal!! Also, there is a little food place called the Bengal BBQ across from Indiana jones…trust me when I say it was some of the best food I’ve ever had!! So good. I look forward to going back…but it might be a while because of a little something coming to our family…

The arrival of the first Grimmlin!! The majority of you already know this because we publically announced it but we could not be more excited! This pregnancy is only 7 weeks in and I am already dying for the peanut to just get here NOW! November 24th is quite the distance away is you ask me. This pregnancy has been short yet very hard for me…I have been SO sick. Yesterday I was not feeling well and nothing seemed to be helping so my doctor had me come into the office to get some IV fluids, which was fine, but he also wanted to do an ultrasound to make sure everything was checking ok with the babe. For all of the moms out there, I know you will be able to relate to how I am feeling. Daniel and I got to hear our baby’s heartbeat and see the little one for the first time. I was so overwhelmed absolutely instantly with love for the raspberry sized human being in my tummy. I mean I have known I was pregnant for a while now but hearing that strong, fast little beat and seeing that there is indeed a little human inside there made everything so real for Daniel and I. I already can tell I am going to be one of those parents who brags about their baby constantly. I already think the peanut is the most perfect little thing in the world and I don’t even know the gender yet. I am finally getting a small glimpse into a mothers love and I am absolutely overwhelmed with emotion. This poor baby isn’t going to know what hit it when it comes to us. I will be a bit too much for him, I can already tell :)


So a lot has happened in the past 4 months and we honestly could not be happier with the direction our lives are going. I love Daniel more and more each and every day, and same goes for the peanut. I will try my best to keep everybody updated on baby news and life and adventures of the Grimm family. Thank you for being in my life. A lot of you have contributed to who I am today, and the kind of mom I am going to be to this baby. SO thank you, from all of us. Until next time!