Its a Boy! 18 weeks 4 days.

Like I told you before, even before we knew, we are having a baby boy! His name will be Logan Keith Hoffman, Keith after Rorys grandpa, and my step dad. We are over joyed, and I am so happy to have a baby boy! I would have been happy either way, as long as our baby was healthy. I never realized how blessed I am to have such a wonderful husband, a great family, and a beautiful baby boy. Life has brought me so much to be thankful for. Lately, baby Logan has been kicking a lot! He kicks hard enough to wake me in the mornings. Rory can feel it now a lot too! He loves his daddy! Every time Rory is near, Logan kicks and kicks and kicks. He also loves going to the movies, or so I think, because every time we are in one, he is having his own party in there. Its rather cute. I also can feel where he is laying at now, and some times even see. I can feel a very hard spot, and when I place my hand on it, he moves a little, and my tummy is bigger where he lays. He is so precious and I love him so much! My sister Stephany is also having a boy. I wasn't supposed to find out til I was about 23 weeks, but Steph, who is two weeks behind me, find out on the 22, and I was so jealous, my mom offered to pay for a Fetal Fotos, which I appreciated so much! It was an awesome thing to see! As I sit here and type, Logan is kicking his life away. We can not wait to meet the little bug. Love you all!

17 weeks and baby movements.

I almost felt like it was to early to feel baby move when I felt him at 16 weeks, but sure enough, every day after that the movements continued. I usually will feel him kicking at night when I am crawling in and Rory is cuddling close to me, when I am most relaxed, but this week I felt him move a few more times during the day. Two nights ago though, the night I turned 17 weeks, I had my hand on my tummy, and felt three little "pops". It felt like something flicking me from the out side in. It had me laughing, because it was four in the morning and I was up with one of my horrible migraines, and just feeling that made my night better. I woke up Rory and had him feel, but bubs stopped moving after that. Tonight though, while we lay in bed, I had Rory put his hand on my tummy because I could feel bubs dancing around in there. Sure enough, Rory felt him kick a few times. He loved it just as much as I did! I guess I probably shouldn't be calling the little one a him yet ( that just comes natural), but I know it is a boy, and we will have it confirmed January 2, or some where close to that. I know I felt movement at 15 weeks, but just brushed it off as gas of some sort. Now though, I am positive about what I felt. Rory and I went and checked out some baby supplies. We went to Ikea first, and seriously I didn't think I could leave. Rory and I LOVED it there> our first time. Than Target. We couldn't find anything we liked so we decided to check out online. We found the perfect crib on Target's website. It has a changer attatched, and it also transforms into a day bed, and a full size bed. I loved that. It has drawers underneath which will definetly come in handy. The price was perfect, $299.00. Unbelievable right? Right. I checked out and shipping it self cost $145.00 bucks! Well I decided to look up that crib on google.com, and sure enough it pulled the same exact one on Walmart.com, for $20.00 cheaper, and it has site to store shipping for free. That was exciting. Now all thats left to buy is the million other things! This is so exciting. I had a GREAT birthday! Went to Chillis for dinner, and Rory took me to Tepenyakis the day after. My mom gave us some money, which is what I asked for for baby supplies, and Rory and his sisters pitched in and bought me this awesome foot/hand spa that I have been talking about for weeks! I was so surprised! His parents also gave us money for baby supplies. All and all, it was wonderful. I am so thankful! Well, better get some sleep, or try to. Love you all!

16 weeks and 4 days

Thats right. Crazy huh? The little one is now the size of an avocado. How cute. Anyways, I have been feeling the little bean moving a lot this week. First it just felt like bubbles, or if the baby was doing summer saults, but tonight, I felt little "pops", which I assume would be kicking. It had me laughing over and over again. Rory loved it! So my birthday is just a couple of days away, which seems so strange to me. I will be 18 which is cool, I guess. It seems so funny that Rory and I planned on marrying this coming Spring, and I am so happy my mom agreed to letting us marry this August. Not sure what I will be doing for my birthday, probably just a dinner of some sort. Also, Rory and I are so close to being done with Christmas shopping, just my dad and brother left. I finished wrapping all of the presents tonight and now I feel like a pro at it. School is almost over for me, I am gradated in four weeks, this is so exciting for me because I accomplished something that meant a lot ot me. I will be graduated two quarters early. I plan on going to SLCC for beautician in the fall. Life has been very good lately. Rory and I are so excited for our new life that is coming soon. He is such an amazing husband and I am so thankful to have him. I love him so much and I am so in love with him and I know he feels the same for me. I know we will always be completely happy with eachother forever and ever and after and always in love with eachother for ever and ever and after and always together forever and ever and after. Love you all bye!

14 weeks, tiny little heartbeat.

So Rory and I went in on wednesday and finally had the chance to hear the babies heart beat. It was 162 and so beautiful. I finally feel like there is a baby inside of me. All of my worries seemed to fade away with every beat I heard. Rory and I have started looking at baby cribs and seats. It is so exciting to think that here in 6 months, we will have a family of three. In four weeks, we find out what we are having. With out confirmation, I know its a boy. I guess you could say my motherly instinct has kicked in lol. Thanksgiving was yesterday and it was a wonderful day! Rory and I started the day out at his families house and enjoyed a Thanksgiving lunch which was very good! Than went back to my families house and ate like the end of the world was here. I still feel full! It was a very yummy dinner! I just thought of so many things I am thankful for. I am incredibly thankful for my husband Rory, who continues to stand by and support me through everything I do. I love him and care for him so much, and it is an amazing feeling to feel his amount of love for me as well. I am so excited to start my family with him and spend eternity and after with him. I am very thankful for my family and parents. My parents do anything they can to help us out and make sure life is easy for all of us. I love them so much and have no idea what I would be with out them. I am thankful for my heavenly father and Jesus Christ and for all that he has sacrificed for us. I am thankful for these beautiful days I get to spend with my husband and family. I am thankful for my brave brother Austin and his couragiousness. I am thankful for my country and all that is has to offer. There is so many more. Life is such a precious gift that we should cherish and take each day for what it is worth. I am off now to hang out with Rory. I love you all!

9 weeks and 1 day, who knew!

So everything seems like it is going by so fast! Even with this gut wrenching sickness every morning, and moodyness up the butt, these weeks flew by! Did I tell you? Stephanie is expecting too! I am so happy! It is so exciting to be expecting so much love and happiness! Rory has been so supportive. Every morning when I run to the bathroom, he follows me with a pony tail. He stands by me and puts my hair up, what a brave man! Haha! He gives in to my cravings and spoils me. I just love him so! Because I am pregnant, it is going to be difficult to go on our honey moon to Australia, but we are thinking about going after the baby gets here. I am excited! Also! I have one more quarter and I am done with high school! I can move on with life! Haha! In Feb. Rory and I are planning on moving into an apartment with Tiffany and John. It is good to have friends that have so much in common with you! Tiffany and I get a long great! As well as John and Rory, we all do actually. It helps that they know how it is to be married and have a baby as well. They are much more mature than a couple of our other friends, and it is just easy to be around them and their very cute daughter! I am excited and I hope this will all work out! So when I was younger, during Halloween season, my dad would always take me to the haunted houses. It was always so much fun! Now, this Thursday, dad, Rory, me, and my nephews, Jace, Jaxon, and Tyson are going to a haunted house! I am excited! Well I better get going to and finishing up with my work! Love you all!

Being pregnant, and this new thing inside of me.

So, since finding out I was pregnant, I would tell Rory everyday, I am so surprised I have NO symptoms! I thought, "Hm, maybe this will be one of those perfect pregnancies!" Oh boy was I wrong! My so called morning sickness has hit, and it hit HARD! And who ever thought to call it morning sickness was probably a guy thinking this sickness was all in our head so once noon struck it would all go away, think twice buddy! Man, I feel like I can not go an hour with out eating, or guess what? That pukey feeling, where your mouth waters up, and you do that ugly run to the toilet, appears. So, my hero, Rory, bought me some Preggy Pop Drops, oh boy, LIFE SAVERS! Oh and have you ever heard of a girls boobs falling off? Because I swear mine are trying to! They hurt! And my sense of smell, I feel makes me related to blood hounds. Other than the down sides of pregnancy, this whole thing has brought Rory and I so much joy. We are so excited to meet our little peanut. Today, I am 7 weeks pregnant. Strange to say eh? It is such an amazing feeling to know that Rory and I have created a life. We are so excited for all the this life is going to offer us. I know Rory and I will make wonderful parents, and still have our strong relationship. I love Rory so much, and I love him even more for all of the support he is giving me right now. I know our life with be spent with eachother forever and ever and after. Love you all!

Big News!

Well Rory and I have some big news. Not only did we just celebrate our one month wedding anniversary, we also found out we are expecting number one. We are about four weeks along, which makes this special bundle, a honey moon baby! Although we were quite shocked, we are also very excited! We are ready to welcome a new Hoffman into our world and lives. Our families are extatic! We never expected this to happen so quickly, but it did, and we are ready for it. God has not blessed us once but twice! We were blessed to find eachother and fall in love more and more each day, but we were also blessed with a product of our love. This is a huge step into the real world, but we are ready for this. As we are excited, a lot of nervousness comes a long as well. Mostly about the baby and Shelby's health. We know though, that everything will be okay. Its funny, Shelby has NO symptoms, and the only way she and I really knew is that we just knew in our hearts. The feeling was there and it was strong and undenied! After her being a week late, I woke her up on saturday, September 26, at 7 in the morning. Even though she knew she was from the start, she told me " its going to be negative, don't get to excited!" I knew though, and so did she, so when she ran in and sat on the bed with tears and a smile, it was just confirmed! It turned positive before she could even get off the toilet! We are so excited! I knew, not only because of my feeling, but because she cried over a song! Than, I teased her saying your being a waa waa, and she was hysterical! Haha oh these emotions should be fun! Lots of changes are coming, but we are prepared for what life has in store for us. When we told Shelbys mom, Shelby was much to afraid, so I did it. In the middle of the Expo center with Shelbys mom's best friend there. I said Guess what! Shelbys pregnant! Her friend was excited, Shelbys mom, she was unprepared! But now she is excited. For Shelbys dad and my family, Shelby wrote a poem, and I had the idea of putting the poem on a picture of a bun in the oven, I will post the picture. My family is VERY excited! This will be the first Hoffman baby. Shelbys dad was shocked, but excited. We know this will bring a couple of ups and downs, but it will also bring us even more closer and we will just keep falling more and more in love! We love you guys!

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman

We're married! Finally and perfectly, we are married. It was the most perfect yet stressful day that turned out to be so wonderful and the best day of my life, but I really can not say the best day of my life with a full heart because every day with eachother is the best day of my life. This is the most perfect feeling. We are speechless about how happy we are. The day was beautiful. Everything was perfect. I was completely stressing out because every day for this whole month it said thunder and rain storms the day of our wedding. Our wedding was outside with no tents so it would not be good if it rained on us and our 100 guests. I stressed, cried, crossed my fingers, wished on every 11:11, and every shooting star and prayed. I guess it worked, because even though even on the day of the wedding it said high chance of rain, the weather could not have been better. Although it rained just 30 minutes before the wedding, it is good luck. Ha. During the wedding though, it was incredible. God really did answer our prayers. Rory kept telling me "please don't worry hun! It will so perfect" He was totally right, but it was far more than perfect. I am so glad to call him my husband. We waited so long for this, and it is so much better than I ever predicted it to be. We are so in love, and it just keeps growing stronger and stronger. Our life together is perfect. Although, every once in a while, we can argue and fight, it makes us stronger. At the end of the day, we are holding each other tight and loving and laughing. I know our eternity and after will be spent with eachother, and falling morea and more in love with eachother. Together forever and ever and after and always in love with eachother forever and ever and after and always happy with eachother forever and ever and after. We love eachother and our new families!

P.S. I had both of my dads walk me down the aisle, it was adorable and really touching.

My new nephew is here! Luke Allen

He is finally here! Baby Luke has finally arrived! He is a beautiful baby, and I am so proud of Austin and Karlee and love them all so much! Wedding is in 22 days! :D! Now lets hope everything gets situated soon, because if not, I will rip my beautiful hair out. Bye everyone.

27 days with a new life.

Reily on the Left on Easter.

Reece on the right, photography done by me.

Afton and Reece. Afton on the right.

Karlee and Austin. They are adorable!

May May, shes so beautiful!
Steph and D.j.

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David and I.
Rory and I.

27 days, and I will be married. Thats right, married. We planned on next August, and here we are, a whole year early, and getting married! My life is falling into where I always wanted it to be. Finally, its here. The feelings are over whelming, in a good way of coarse. So many new things will be coming out of this, and so many great things as well. He is so perfect for me, and I know our eternity will be spent with eachother. Many people will doubt us, many, many people, and the odds and statistics are against us, but we are the exception. These last three years have been incredible. Rory has made me a new person, and has made my life what I always pictured it would be, even better. Everything falls into place with him. Even during stressful times for me when I decide to be mean to Rory, he holds me, and I feel at peace, and all my worries sort of fly away. I just wish I could share the feeling. So August 25 is the big day, and I could not be happier. We just moved into our new home in Bluffdale, which is beautiful and huge! The wedding and reception will be placed in our new beautiful back yard. I am very excited about that. I am a very naturey girl, if thats even a word! I am glad it will be out doors to share the moment with everything I love to involve my self with. Plus, it will be awesome to always hold that memory everytime I step outside. Rory and I will be renting a room in the basement, or apartment I should say. I am so excited for what this new life has to offer for us! I know it will be unimaginably perfect. I love him so much.

Anyways, Karlee is now 5 days past due. The little guy still has not arrived, and I feel bad for her! Can you imagine? Well I cant! I am so excited for her and Austin! They are so happy together, and it will be great to see a new addition to the love and happiness. Those two are so cute together, and the new Guynn will just be adorable. I just wish we knew his name! Come on little guy, its time to come home! I love those three, and I am over joyed for them, and wish them the best!

SO I know how boring my blogs are, but they keep me occupied in the late hours of night that I can not sleep! So Enjoy! We love you guys and I can not wait for this new coming!

Holy Crap We finally are getting married!

So it is official! We are getting married a whole year before we though! August 25! My mom decided to sign for me, and we want it to be August 25. Everything is planning out perfectly. We recently got a new home, and the wedding and reception will be in our new and beautiful and large back yard! It is incredible the way life works. So unexptingly. We have already boughten our rings, and I am just awaitng to get mine. Rory just got his today. They are in the process of resizing mine. With all of the stress of our wedding, I know everything will plan out to be perfect! I am extremely excited for it all! I know people say that young couples do not make it, but we are the exception. I know Rory is meant for me, and my life is nothing with out him. Right now, we are deciding between Hawaii or Australia. I am dreading the flight. I HATE FLYING! The flight to both would be 12-18 hours. It stresses me and makes me cringe just thinking about it. Oh my gosh. But I know we will be okay! I know it! So we will be renting a room in the basement of our new house. It is a whole new house down there. Leeann and Marcus will be renting out the rest. I am just so happy as to how all of it is coming down. It will be perfect! We love you guys!

Poor Rory!

Poor Rory had his wisdom teeth removed friday. It took about fifteen minutes, not long at all, but he was so out of it when he woke up. It actually scared me a little. On the drive home, he kept getting sick, and than throwing up all over the car, no biggie though. So we arrive home, and he is just about back to his normal self, and he is playing his new Nintendo DSI, that I bought him for his birthday, he got it two weeks early so he wouldn't get bored when his teeth were removed. Than I had to go get his prescriptions, mind you, I was adviced not to leave Rory alone, and when I asked my sisters to get them for me, even after everything I do for them, they said no, my parents were in Wendover, the kids were with LeeAnn, so I helped Rory into the car, and drove to Smiths, after getting them, I could tell he was getting sick, I rolled down the window, and I was driving slowly, so I had the ignorant people riding my bum, and Rory puked out the window, onto the side of the car, and a lot of blood came out as well, after that, the car behind me, got off of my butt, and I hurried home. We took him to bed, and he was semi normal again. Than he wanted a Oreo Mcflurry, so we loaded him up again, at this point, I am getting very sick, do not ask why, so its about 1 in the morning, I am driving to Mcdonalds, we did this twice by the way, and than I ran inside Smiths. Than at about 2 in the morning we fell asleep. Rorys face was still numb, he couldn't stand it, he actually bit a chunk of skin off his tongue, and I loved it, because I HATE seeing Rory in pain. So today is Monday, and he is back to work. He seems to be doing a lot better.
Anyways though, Rory and I's friend Brandon announced his marriage in July on the 11. The girl he is marrying is a very nice girl, but Rory and I often wonder if she will stay devoted to him. He left for his mission in October, and while he was gone, she was having parties every week, he than returned early in Feb., but she is just very over friendly with other guys. She even took another guy to Prom! She claims its because they are best friends and wanted to make duct tape out fits, Okkkkay than! She sits on other guys laps, and flirts constantly. But, who knows, maybe she will be better after the wedding. I hope so, I know Brandon would be crushed if she wasn't.


Rorys birthday is coming up! It is on the 25, and on the 24 Transformers comes out. He has been dying for it, and so I think I will surprise him. I am going to buy the tickets to that, and than take him to Tepenyaki! Yay! Haha. He is 21. Crazy huh!

So I am still trying to figure this whole thing out, so I don't have any cool things on it. Sorry if it is such a bore to look at!

Well I am off to clean. Love ya guys. Love you ROry!

So much to think about, So much love we have.

Today has been an eventful day. We found out some good news, and now I am just awaiting the lecture. Lol. I am glad I do have supportive parents, and I am glad they do love me. I am also glad Rory is so stress free. I know if he wasn't, we both would have lost it already. Lol. Anyways, Rory and I have saved up about $2,000 dollars. We are planning on saving a lot more, and get a good down payment on a home when I turn eighteen. We are so anxcious to start our lives on our own. We plan to get married in August of '10, and I can not be more excited! Rory's mom is extremely excited as well. I am glad his family love and care about me so much. It is a great feeling. I really truly hope, that when we do marry, Austin can be here. It would be an amazing thing if he could. He is a true hero to me. We are also thinking about getting married in the spring time. I guess we will see! Anyways, I have gotten into photography. I do not know if I told you guys, but Rory bought me an amazing camera! It is great for the photos I take. I am so thankful for Rory, I wish he could see how much I love him, but that is nearly impossible. Just the other day, I took Afton out and got some pictures of her. She did so good, and looked just like a mini model! Haha. So I am out of school. I need around 2 1/2 credits to officially graduate. I am hoping I can earn those by the end of summer on EHS ( online high school ). It is hard, but I know I can do it. Rory is planning on attending SLCC, for HTML classes, or small engine repair, he is still deciding. I know though, what ever he decides to do, he will do it wonderfully! Well I am off! We love you guys a lot!

Oh I wanted to add, just a few weekends ago, Rory went out camping with his dad, so I decided to invite the girls over. We are total rock stars, you gotta watch this! Oh and we went and had a BBQ at Jules house, and I got a great video of Presley talking her heart out. So cute!

All new things for us.

It has been a while since we updated last, so here we are! It is beginning to get warmer outside. It has reached the 80's! Awesome right! Rory and I recently went and visited the grave yard off of Bachus. It was actually very sad and depressing. Many of the head tombs read "Unknown Male" or "Unknown Infant". They had no flowers, or grave decor, so we went and bought some Mum flowers and are going to put them on their graves, for Memorial Day. I notice, that each and every moment I gaze into Rory's eyes, I fall more and more in love with him. Its like he puts me into this trance, and there is no holding back. It is an amazing feeling. He can always make me happy. His new thing is to just hold me tight when I am in one of those moods. I may not show it at the time, but it honestly feels my heart with complete peace, even when my body is in total chaos mode. He is an amazing person, whether he believes it or not. My life has been so complete with you here. If only you knew. I wish to someday find a way to thank you for everything, but it almost seems impossible. A thank you is not enough. Your red hair is amazingly cute, your little freckles are so adorable, your smile is so peaceful, your laugh is so happy, and you are so perfect. I love you Rory, and I know you love me, and I know we will always be together forever and ever and after and always in love with eachother forever and ever and after :D.

So my good friend Jaleesa is now 29 weeks pregnant. She is having a baby girl, and naming her Adelle Joy Moore. I know this will be a good thing for Jaleesa and Kelly, and I know everything will work out for them. Karlee, my sister in law, and Austins wife is also pregnant. She is around 31 weeks. They are having a baby boy, and have yet to choose a name for him. Austin is getting deployed in January of '10, I know he will stay safe and always return home to us. He is so strong, and brave. He is a hero to me. I look up to him a lot. I know both of them will be great parents. I do wish we lived closer so I could visit them more often, but they know how much we all love and care for them.

Well we better get going to bed. We love you all!

Rory and Shelby together forever and ever and after and always in love with eachother forever and ever and after! :D Good night World.

Two hearts linked in one.

As most of you know, Rory has started college at the University of Pheonix. He is going for bussiness and computer basics. I can't say how proud of him I am. He always amazes me. He is also working full time at BD Medical, which he hates but is working hard still. I noticed that Rory can put his mind to something and acheive it. I look up to him so much. He has such a strong soul that can shine through at any moment. Being with Rory has really made me see that life is so much more than just living day by day. It is about loving, laughing, and sharing your days. He has made me a completely new and better person. I am very thankful God has blessed me with such an angel. So today, I woke up yet again with another migraine. They really hate me. It is something I have begun to get used to, but it is still hard to go through the days. I have had these for about a year now, and nothing seems to make them better. Neurologists have prescribed me pills up on pills, and nothing. I guess it is just one of those things that is a road block you have to figure out how to get around. Luckily I have an amazing fiance who can make me feel better just by seeing his beautiful smile. I don't know if you have heard, and if you have not heard, I am surprised, but Rory bought me a new camera. It was his valentines slash birthday slash christmas presant to me. It is a cannon sx10. I really enjoy photography, which he knows, and this camera is an amazing way to capture beauty. I was very happy he did such a thing, that he really did not have to do. I do not know a way to thank him enough for everything he has done for me. I have been finishing up my school work lately. I am doing the online schooling, and than the home and hospital to work through my migraines. I decided I really wanted to graduate early if I can and started the online schooling. I will admit, it is so tough to do it online. The work is incredibly hard and the teachers are not very helpful either. I have though been getting A's on all of my work. I have a 4.0 and have had it now four three years. I really am proud of my self for this. I decided I want to go to school to be a beautician. I really like to show people how beautiful they are and help it shine through on the out side. It makes me feel good about my self. I am often giving my friends make overs, lol, not that they need it, but they love me doing it! Rory got his new Alienware laptop, a wopping $3,000. He has always talked about getting one, and I told you, once he puts his mind to something, it is done! Lol, I am glad he bought it though. He needed it for school, and it has really paid off. I better get going, I would keep talking but I have already written about two novels here. I love you all very much! Love Shory!

Our first blog.

Shory here! We have just started our first blog today, and thought it would be a wonderful thing to keep our lifes updated to our family and friends! To start lets tell about eachother for a little bit. Shelby and Rory have been together for going on three years now on August 6. Have you heard how we met? If not, you are in for a kick! Here is our story. Shelby was hanging out with a friend named Josh at their work, and it was getting pretty slow. Shelby has this wild personality and a hobby of prank calling. Her and Josh decided to prank call some people. After pranking three or four random people, they decide to do people they know. Josh gave Shelby a number, and she had no clue who it was. She calls this number, who was actually Rorys number, and starts telling this random person how cute she thinks he is and how he made her knees shake everytime she saw him. Rory is wondering who he is talking to and decides to ask, and Shelby responds, Huloki! He says uhhh okay! After hours of talking and actually getting to know who they really were, they decided to hang out! Shelby brang her good friend Jaleesa along, just in case Rory was some freako. Shelby and Rory fell completely in love the moment their eyes met. They exchanged msn's, and talked later that night. Rory was straight to the point, and stated that he just wanted to be with me and we can get to know eachother on the way. We have been together ever since and will be together forever more. What a story to tell our grandkids right?! What we have is so special and strong and nothing can ever come between.

Well we have to run! We will keep in touch! We love you guys!

The picture at the top was one of the first pictures of us taken together, very long back!