Haircut + Graduation

I had been thinking about getting my hair cut for a while, but did not have plans as to when I would actually take the plunge. On May 7th, I went to the salon with my mom. While she got her hair done and as a birthday present to me, I got a manicure, scalp massage, and lastly I had a pedicure lined up. Before I started my pedicure, I started talking to my mom and some of the hair dressers about if I should chop my hair off instead. I was really nervous. Last time I did a haircut that extreme was in high school and I had grown much more attached to my hair this time around. After about 20 minutes of debating what to do, I finally sat in the chair and told my stylist to "just do it." She braided my hair and chopped off the braid.

Seriously, the moment my short hair fell, I was in love. I have had no regrets and it has been so fun to have a short cut for summer. I also feel more "mommish" with a short hair cut.

The next day I graduated with my Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology with an emphasis in Coaching Wellness. It may seem embarrassing to admit that one of the main reasons I went to graduate school was so that I could graduate "with a hood." I thought it would be so cool and that I would feel so accomplished. I am very grateful to be done with school and for all of the relationships that I developed while at the University of Utah. I am also very grateful for my extremely supportive family that sat through nearly 2 hours of graduation ceremony with their little kids. We all went out to dinner after and it was fun to celebrate.

Angie and I were the only ones from the program who went to graduation.

The Coaching Wellness graduating class! This was right after our master's presentations.

Ultrasound and Gender Reveal Party

We were SO excited to find out that little baby Dastrup is a BOY! I knew I wanted to know the gender and back in April, before I ever had an ultrasound, my sister-in-law Amelia said she wanted to make us a gender reveal cake (she is the same one that made our beautiful wedding cake). To be honest, I wasn't dying to know if baby was a boy or girl until about the week before the ultrasound. I was so busy trying to finish school and felt that if I knew the gender, I would be even more distracted. Finally, at 19 weeks and 1 day, I got my first ultrasound and it was so much fun to see our little baby moving, kicking, and especially sucking his thumb! [side note: I don't know why my videos appear blurry and why they are so tiny. Oh well...I tried.]

Seeing the baby's feet was my favorite! Cutest little toes in the world ;) Our ultrasound tech printed tons of pictures for us and we were so grateful! Rex and I looked away while she found out the gender and then she put those printed pictures in an envelope. We had her text Amelia the gender so she could get started on the cake.

After the ultrasound it was just a waiting game until the next evening. We planned a fun dinner with the whole family at Amelia's for Saturday, April 18th. Amelia worked very hard and had a whole party for us! It was so fun to see everyone's guesses about if baby Dastrup was a boy or girl. Those who thought the baby was a girl wore a little tutu pin and those who thought baby was a boy pinned a little tie to their shirt. We had a delicious dinner and then we cut into our cake to find that the inside was BLUE!

We had a cute photo booth for everyone to take pictures with their gender guesses.

Baby BOY Dastrup coming in September!