30 Weeks

I am now in my 30th week of pregnancy. It is crazy to think I am already this far. I realize I still have a ways to go, but it still seems so quick to me. Of course this Third trimester is already starting to wear on me though. I am very uncomfortable when I have to sit for a long period of time, in a movie, at church, plays, etc. I can’t stand in one spot for very long. I feel huge all the time, but yet when I walk past a mirror I’m still shocked by how big I look. I love feeling the baby kick. That has to be the best part. Sometimes my belly will just do waves or have a bulge sticking out the side. It’s hilarious to see. I was hoping my body would start to balance out all those raging hormones by now, but I still get emotional and I am always breaking out on my face. I often feel less than “pretty” because of this, which would adequately explain why I haven’t really pushed to get an updated belly picture posted yet. There are some other unfortunate pregnancy factors that aren’t very desirable at this point, but I don’t think I need to share those. Any of you women who have been pregnant all know them well I’m sure.


With all that aside I feel pretty fortunate that this pregnancy has been going relatively smooth for me. I feel lucky that I didn’t have the morning sickness factor much longer than 12 weeks. I also have somehow avoided stretch marks up to this point…I was expecting some hideous ones starting as early as my second trimester! I’m sure they are just in hiding, and will start showing up any day now. Especially since now I will only start growing bigger and faster. I also am grateful my legs, feet, ankles, and fingers have continued to remain their recognizable shape and size (my wedding ring still fits! woohoo!)

One thing I really need to be better at is exercising and stretching more to build up for the labor. I am terrible at this. I am also starting to get nervous about just having this baby. I am, of course, worried about how the delivery will go, and breastfeeding, but also being a mom. I’m so excited to meet this baby when he comes, but I’m so afraid at the same time. I try to distract myself with projects to keep me excited, but I have hit a wall with my project making. I just don’t want to do them anymore…is that crazy? I still need to work on his crib quilt I am making, and I have completely given up on decorating the room. The crib, curtains, and décor is in shambles on the floor right now. I am hoping this weekend I can revive my inspiration and get going on it again.

Anyways, I will stop with my depressing feelings. I really am very excited about having this little boy. Ian and I talk about him being with us all the time. I am so curious to know what he will look like and what kind of personality he will have. I imagine being his mom everywhere I go, and love looking at babies all the time because I like to think what it will be like when I have one. I’m glad he is due in Feb. I think this time of year is perfect for my last trimester. I love that it is now cold and I can layer with my prego belly. I also am excited this upcoming month is going to be full of Christmas parties, family, and gift giving! I love this time of year. The spirit is so strong during this time and I think it’s a great way for me to get out of my slump ;) It will also probably make the time go by pretty fast! Then, before I know it Christmas will be over, and the New Year will be here! After that, I will have only one month left. Wow. Hopefully I can be ready by then 

Well, that is all for now. I will wait to post again when I am in a bit better mood maybe? Ha ha. I will also work on getting that 30 week pic ;)

First Baby Shower!

Last weekend was my first baby shower for our soon to be baby boy hosted by Tiffanie Eldridge.

I think she did an AMAZING job! Don't you?

This was the crew minus 2. Lacee had to leave early...and Tiff took the picture :(

Doesn't my house look cute all dressed up for the shower? :)

This was Tiff's idea :) Isn't it so cute?!?! I loved it.

The diaper cake!

Debra and Kimi making playdough babies. lol.

just some of the playdough babies that were made! lol. Hilarious.

It turned out to be so much fun! I was so excited to see some of my friends again! Not to mention our baby got spoiled :) He now has a bunch of new outfits and a few other necessities! I can't wait to see our little guy in all his new stuff :) Thank you to Tiffanie for taking the time to plan and put together this shower! It was beautiful!

Grateful

I have been feeling sooo grateful the past few days for so many things! I thought I should take some time and express the wonderful things I have been blessed with lately and how happy I am to have them in my life!


I am grateful for our house that gives us a roof over our head and a place to call HOME. This may sound cliche, but I truly am grateful for this house we have and the neighborhood we are in. Our ward and neighbors are so kind and I can't believe we are so blessed to live here!

I am grateful for our families and friends that have been so supportive and kind to us, especially lately. I sometimes feel like I am out of touch with most of my friends or that I don't have very many friends because I don't always have as much time as I once did to spend time with the people I have befriended over the years. Just recently I have realized what great friends I have and how happy I am to have these people in my life. You may or may not know who you are, but I am VERY grateful for the friendship I have with each of you. Even if we don't know everything about eachother's life I find comfort and friendship in sharing stories, little moments, and just keeping in contact. It's great to know other people to share life's experiences with.

Of course I am especially grateful to be preparing for the child Ian and I will be bringing into this world. I feel so blessed to be able to have children and that we have been given this opportunity to raise a little one.  I can't believe we are only 3 months away from meeting him! and yet somedays I want to meet him right away :) I try to imagine what he is going to look like and what it will be like. I know you can't really see much on the ultrasounds but I try to look at his little profile and pick out features that I think he will have. It's crazy to think I'm going to have a SON! I just hope I can be a good mother to him.

I am so grateful for how giving people have been to us, now, and throughout our whole marriage. Ian's sister and brother in law have given us sooo much during our time together. They gave us their basement to live in when we were first married, when we bought our first mattress they gave us this, and now that we are having a baby they have offerred us their crib, changing table, and some hand-me-down baby supplies that are going to be great! My family has also helped us out so much while we were fixing up our house. My dad spent countless hours with us working on our trim, walls, kitchen, doors, building our downstairs vanity and railing! My grandpa installed our carpet. Him and my grandma gave us our beautiful upstairs bathroom vanity (see below). My other grandma helped us by giving us a new kitchen sink, countertop, and kitchen faucet!

It has been amazing the way everyone has been so willing to help us out.

I am especially grateful for my husband, Ian. He does so much for me. He is always so giving and considerate of others. I try so hard to be more like him in that way every day. He works hard at his job, and lately it has been 6 full days every week! Then every Sunday he plans a lesson with me to teach our Sunday School class of 16-17 year olds. It rarely leaves him time to do anything he really would like to do, especially with the house and projects to prepare for the baby!

I am grateful for the gospel and the knowledge it brings me in life.  The wonderful insight we have because of it, and the blessings that come with that knowledge. I love reading mine and Ian's blessings and being able to receive comfort and direction for our life together.

I am especially grateful for my job and the great lengths that everyone has gone to for me at work.  Everyone has been so accommodating while I have been pregnant. The inside sales team has been working for me at the counter and I have been working back at a desk again. The warehouse has taken all my shifts being on call until I have the baby, and my managers have been nothing but supportive towards me during this time. I am overwhelmed by the generosity there and am so happy to have such a great team to support me. There are so many more things I could say on this topic, but I will just end there. This job has been a true blessing in my life, and even on the bad days I am very very grateful for it.

There are so so so many more things I can say I am grateful for, but these are the most important to me right now.  I have been overwhelmed with this feeling the past week and am so happy to have this wonderful life to live even when it doesn't seem so "wonderful." It has been great to have so many people to share my time with even if it is just through blogging sometimes :) and I appreciate all that people have done for me in my life. You are a blessing even if you don't realize it.

Thank you.

My Husband

I love my husband.

He is my very best friend.

He is really good at:

fixing things

working on cars/jeeps/trucks and if he doesn't know it, he knows how to find it.

listening to me, even when I have nothing important to say

giving good advice

talking to people, especially strangers

remembering details about stories

making rice

kissing

showing his affection with love notes, texts, etc.

making me happy :)

knowing just what to say when I am sad

making me laugh

keeping up on the lawn/yard chores/taking out the garbage

teaching

driving (trailers, 4x4 jeeps off road, motocyles, etc)

coming up with nicknames! (I'm terrible at it)

putting things together

and just

being a good husband

and you know what else I think he is going to be great at? Being a dad. I'm so excited to see him be a dad to our little boy. He already is talking about all the things they are going to do and what he wants to teach him. Sometimes I think he gets more excited than me at doctor appointments and feeling the baby kick. He is just as excited to look at baby things and wants to get clothes and things for our little one. I just love love love him.

He has been gone since Friday morning and he just called me because he is on his way home. I cannot wait to see him! I missed him so much and he was only gone for 1 1/2 days.

The Weekend

Ian got off work Friday and was going to be leaving for the weekend to go Deer Hunting with his friend James. So I decided since I was already off I would drive to Logan when Ian went and spend the weekend with Jame's wife Tiffanie!

So Friday morning after stopping at McDonald's for a quick breakfast Ian and I set off for Logan! Woohoo! I <3 Logan :) It makes me happy when I get to go back. Although I don't think I would want to live there again...it is such a fun little town and brings back old memories everytime we go.

Tiff and I decided we were going to make Halloween sugar cookies to frost and decorate while the guys were gone. So first we made the dough, and then hit the park for a little play time with her two little kids.  Later we took a trip to Macey's (I LOVE MACEY'S!) and picked up groceries including fun stuff to decorate our cookies with! After all that it was time for dinner and what better way to spend it eating out while the husbands are away :) So off to Chili's we went!!!

There we induldged in their chips and salsa and of course the queso. Yum. Next up were the RIBS and boy did we enjoy them. (can anyone say extra napkins and more bbq sauce please?) 

And how can you leave Chili's without one of these?

You can't.

So yes, we did get it and yes we ate all of it.

Oh yeah.

Needless to say we were full and satisfied by the time we left. Our service was great and it made for such a fun night! Later after the kids went to sleep Tiffanie and I stayed up to cut out our cookie dough and baked the bat, spider, witch, pumpkin, and ghost shapes for decorating! Oh and then we stayed up even LATER talking and laughing in bed just like we were teenagers. Fun and totally worth it, but I'm pretty sure we both could have used naps the next day ;)

Saturday

Saturday morning Tiffanie made pancakes for breakfast, and yes I put peanut butter on them. She even made homemade syrup. MY FAVORITE. Later we went shopping at TJ Maxx & Ross. (two of the best stores ever) and I found something I have been wanting for the baby's room. Hopefully it works out like I am thinking...

We also found a little sidewalk sale with cute little handmade flower bows and clips that we had to check out for Tiff's little girl!

After all that we finally decided to frost our sugar cookies (the best part, but most time consuming) So we made our frosting, pulled out our food coloring, sprinkles, gel, and candy corns :) I think they turned out pretty good!

  What do you think? :) Thanks Tiff. It was a spectacular weekend.

PS. While in Logan I caught up with my friend Emily and went to lunch at one of the best places this little town has to offer.

 Le Nonne

Italian Restaurant

If you are EVER in Logan you should call and set up a reservation to eat here, because it is delicious and unlike any other italian food I've had. Thanks Em for our hour of fun, food, and catching up.

(the sun was really bright so we look a little squinty)

Oh and want to know the best part about meeting up with Emily? I got to see her belly :) She is 25 weeks pregnant and only 4 days ahead of me! Her baby is due Feb.1st and my babe is due Feb.5th. How cool is that?

Oh and we are both having baby boys :)

THE END

One Week

That is how long I have had off from work (actually it's technically longer than that, but close enough). I have been off since LAST Friday. I had so many plans for what I could and should do during this week off.

Here is what I was planning on doing while I was off...

Wake up early each day and work out
Clean the whole house & do laundry
Finish decorating for Halloween
Find fabric for baby's quilt & start sewing it
Bake Halloween Cookies
Go visiting teaching
Vacuum the whole house
Shop for baby's room
Decorate and put together the baby's room
Clean blinds to finally hang
Go to Costco
Go in for my eye check up and get more contacts
Get my ring cleaned and checked out
Visit some friends
Eat at home as much as possible to save money

This is what I DID do...
Slept in almost everyday and didn't work out (also went to bed late almost every night...)
Managed to do the dishes by day 3, didn't clean much of the house.
I did get 2 loads of laundry done...but only because I had nothing left to wear
I spent 3 days just looking for the fabric, got frustrated and never started sewing...
I shopped a LOT for the baby's room and found a lot of deals and perfect things for the room, but as for getting the room set up...it's still mostly a mess on the floor :)
I never did attempt to finish decorating for Halloween
I managed to call one girl for visiting teaching..I still have 2 more to call...
I definitely did NOT clean the blinds..I still have styrofoam covering my window instead :)
I did go to Costco but spent way more time than I should have...and spent way too much $
Instead of going to get my eyes checked and ring cleaned I spent more time browsing at baby stuff
I did spend LOTS of time with friends and ate out like everyday so saving money didn't really fall into that ;) but....

I did have lots of fun and felt like I got a lot accomplished anyways. It was great to see so many people I have not seen in a long time.

Friday & Saturday: I was with my Mom all day both days :)
Monday: I went to South Summit and saw all my old co-workers :) then spent more time with my mom and later had dinner with Katrina
Tuesday: had lunch with my friend Debra
Wednesday: Drove to Springville to be with my friend Lacee
Thursday: ate Dinner with Ashley

I also was off Friday & Saturday of THIS week, but that has a much better story that I will save for a seperate post ;)

Ultrasound and Baby's Room

Ultrasound Pics

Profile

Face

Ian and I went in for our ultrasound at 19 weeks. We had our appointment at 8AM which meant I had to start drinking my 24oz of water way too early! ha ha. (I should have planned that one better) We were so excited and nervous for our ultrasound. When it came time to find out the gender our sonographer had to spend most of the appointment just getting him to move so that we could see what he was! I almost thought we were going to leave without knowing:( but luckily she didn't give up!

22 weeks

23 weeks (and 2 days)

Ian set up our changing table a couple of weeks ago and I spent no time waiting to pull out the few baby items I had picked up over the past couple of years during our marriage for our "future baby." It was so exciting to see some of these things out now knowing we will have a little one to use them in a few months! The onesie and binkie set you see me holding is the one thing Ian and I purchased together just recently after we found out we were having a little boy :)

There is also one other addition to the baby's room so far....

The BIG PUFFY rocking recliner chair.

Doesn't it just look like it wants to suck you in?

Oh yes.