Jenn Salad: belly belly belly

It's May already! Time is flying and I hope it continues to do so...at least for another month. Then it can slow down for about a month, since that month will be my only summer. Yup winter semester came to a close and good ol byuh graciously gave us A WEEK off then decided that week was sufficient enough rest for us hard working students and then we started summer semester. Summer semester here is werid. They break it up into Summer A and Summer B. So each half of summer is about 6 weeks of classes with about a month break in between the two terms. This is my first time taking summer classes here and it is intense. They try to stuff a whole semesters worth of learning into 6 weeks which makes it kind of crazy for the students. Everything is fast paced and you have to make sure you stay on top of EVERYTHING....which is hard for a procrastinator like myself. We just finished the second week of summer semester and I feel like I've been in school non stop forever. Have I told you before how much I HATE school? Well yeah, I still hate school. Some things never change.

During my week break my mom got me a ticket to go to Utah. It was just what I needed. The day after I got there we all went to Vegas for my cousin's farewell. It was just for the weekend and a really short trip so we didn't really get to do anything fun or vegas-y, but we did get to go to my cousins farewell and it was really nice to just be with family. We are really proud of my cousin, Keti, for his choice to go on a mission. He is setting a great example for his brothers and his family. His talk was great and he sounded so mature and ready, which wasn't expected because to me he's still the little kid that I knew when he was in diapers lol. But he's going to Africa, Uganda to be exact, and I know he'll do great work out there.

Salakielu Brothers and their beautiful Mom!

With Meliss and Mele at Fremont Street. The one thing we did while in Vegas. They rode the zipline, and I watched and got hit on by drunk guys....I just looked at them and said "I'm Pregnant!" weirdos!

When we went back to Utah I got to finally change my last name! Yup, I'm officially Mrs. Tuineau! Now AJ can finally shut up about my last name, haha. I also got to spend soooo much time with my baby loves, Lusi and Ti. I just love my niece and nephew soooo much. Melissa and Teki has made some beautiful babies and I love the joy they bring with their presence. Babies are truly heavenly. I cannot believe how soon I will have my own!! Scary to think about sometimes. The other night I was lying in bed trying to sleep, AJ was of course snoring away. I started to think of going into labor and having my baby here, I visualized holding my baby right after giving birth and my heart started beating so fast and I kind of had a small panic attack because I just thought "I'm not ready!" LOL, then I started to feel grateful that I have at least a few more months to mentally prepare myself. I'll still probably freak out though.

Baby Ti. He's seriously the happiest baby ever. Only cries when he's hungry!

Happy Birthday to Lusi! She has now officially entered the terrible two's, but we love her anyways. I was happy to be there for her birthday and we taught her to say, "Lusi's Birthday!"

She accidentally smeared frosting on her face when she was trying to get it off her hands.

I love his squishy rolls. Melissa's milk is magic.

So easy to make him smile.

Lusi with Aj's nephews baby Lotu, and Muli.

These two, LOL so cute together. Future heart breakers!

Mommy and daughter, I die over how cute this picture is.

Lusi loves uncle Reed!

Anywhoots my lovely sisters (on both sides) were able to throw me a baby shower while I was out there. One day my sisters Melissa, Mele, and Laurie (not blood sister, but I love her like a sister!) threw me a baby shower. And the next day AJ's sister Melaia and family threw me another baby shower. You have no idea how grateful and loved I felt, yes I cried, love is overwhelming and when I feel so much of it, it overflows in the form of tears. I feel that me and AJ are so blessed to have family and friends who love us so much and we're so grateful for what they do for us. We literally had nothing until these baby showers. It is very hard being newly married and going to school with bills. I sometimes feel overwhelmed and wonder how we're going to be able to afford a baby, but I know with God and with family who love and support us we will be just fine. Faith, my friends, it's a wonderful thing to have.

I'm fired for not taking many pictures at the baby showers, but I have a couple Laurie and Melissa snapped.

candy and cocktail weenies.

Me and Laurie, my bff from high school. She's only due a week after me, but she makes me look like she's due months after me! She's a pregnant hottie too, she teaches zumba classes while pregnant and has more energy than her students! haha

You better believe we had a sleepover!

Aj's sister, Fusi, she's due about a week before me!

So I just reached my 7 month mark this past Friday. My doctor said, "I'm cruisin" and I really am, I feel blessed to be having such an easy pregnancy, no horror stories for me. No major complaints or pains. I've gained a total of 25 pounds so far, which FEELS and SOUNDS like a lot, but I'm not worried about it. No stretch marks yet, I slather coconut oil on my tummy everyday, sometimes up to 3 times a day. Here's some belly pics I had in my phone, I don't remember exactly how many weeks I was in each pic, but they are in order by date.