Childbirth Prep Class

OK, I know I've gone through a delivery already, but it was done kind of blindly and we thought it might be nice to feel a little more prepared this time around. Todd and I both thought the class was definitely worth it, but neither of us much enjoyed the movies they showed of actual births. GROSS! I honestly don't ever need to see another birth! Is it just us, or does anyone else agree? We know it may be different when I'm delivering our own child, but I really doubt I'd ever choose to watch. It's a miracle, that's for sure, but I'm fine being totally in the dark as to how that miracle looks coming out!

P.S. I'm 32 weeks now and my doc says I'm doing great—so great that he wanted me to give him a high-five when I was there this week :) I will post another belly picture soon!

Birthdays and Baby Bellies

Happy Birthday Todd! 

Monday, June 15, was Todd's birthday, and he is now 32! (I think we can all agree he still looks like a newly returned missionary though. What a BABY face!) We had tons of fun celebrating his birthday all weekend—sushi on Friday, BBQ with the fam on Sunday, and Coldstone on Monday. We love birthdays and look forward to MANY more!

So, I know this picture doesn't have ANYTHING to do with Todd's birthday, but I had to put something up and I've always thought this was soooo funny. This is on California Screamin' in California Adventure at Disneyland. Todd insisted he take some pictures while on the ride. I'm pretty sure my scream was real and Todd's was totally FAKE. Either way, I think he's a nut and he always makes me smile. I'm glad he's mine! :)

As for me, I'm now officially in my third trimester and am 28 weeks along now! Here is the latest picture of my BULGING baby belly. (Am I seriously going to get bigger? I'm HUGE!)

Projects!

OK! I've been working on projects for the baby's room over the last couple of months and finally have a few of them finished! They'll probably look better as a whole when you see the baby room completely finished, which will hopefully happen in the next month or so. For now, just consider them previews!

This is a lamp I made and I think it turned out pretty cute! I found the base at Ross for $5 as well as the white shade. I just added the beads, ribbon, and flower!


This is one of three shelves that we're hanging up. We just painted some unfinished shelves from Michael's that we bought for $5 a piece and then I mod podged scrapbook paper on the outside and inside panels. Polka dots inside and the cute pink and green stripes on the outside. I glued the same ribbon from the lamp around the top edge of the shelf too.


This is the baby train! I think it turned out really cute. It'll go on one of the finished shelves once we get them all hung up.


Finally, we found this cute vinyl saying a month or so ago and finally put it up. We thought it was super cute because obviously our little girl will be quite the princess!

So, that's it for now, but I'll have some more in the next little while. Everything seems really PINK! We like it though and think the room is going to be SUPER cute! My mom is making a quilt and skirt for the crib, and I may attempt to make some matching curtains for the window. (What you see with the vinyl saying was a cute valance I bought, but we decided to make one on our own that matches the crib quilt AND was cheaper!) We'll post pics of those when they're done! :)

Can't wait for PEACHES!

So this past week we've been working in the yard and trying to get it primed for summer 09. We've done a lot of work and still seem to have a long list to go before we're through. One of the things on our list is to finish pruning all of our fruit trees. For those that don't know, we have an apricot, cherry, plum, peach, and 2 pear trees. Our favorite is definitely the peach tree, followed closely by the pear trees. The fruit is SOOOO good! Anyway, since we love our peaches so much, that's the only tree we've pruned so far. We thought it was funny once it was finished because by the time it was done, there was more tree on the ground than actually left on the tree. So we took some pictures for everyone to see!. Now we're hoping we get some big juicy peaches later this summer. I say every year that I just want peaches and vanilla ice cream for dinner every night for a week. Last year we only had 3 peaches and the birds ended up eating 2 of them so that plan didn't really work out. But this year looks WAY more promising and TONS of little peaches are already growing! Hooray!

Baby Belly at 22 Weeks

Ooops! Has it really been a month since I've done a post! Sorry about that, I guess I've been busy with projects. Anyway, here is another picture—I'll try to keep posting them every few weeks. I'm actually 23 weeks now, but I was a week behind in putting this one up. Sorry!

And, something for you all to look forward too (maybe), pictures of all my projects! I've been making tons of things for the baby's room. I'll post again soon so you can see what I've done so far!

(P.S. Don't make fun of my face in this pic! I look totally weird!!! Next one will be WAY cuter!)

Happy Birthday Babies!

We can't believe it's been 2 years since our little ones came and went so quickly. We love and miss Brock and Mia every day, and wish with all our hearts that they could be here to celebrate their birthday with us. I find myself thinking about what they would look like now, and how sweet—and rascally—they would be. It's a blessing to know that we will be with them again one day, get to know them better, and love them more than we can even comprehend. We're so lucky to have made the choice to be married in the temple so that we would be given the opportunity to work towards being an eternal family. We love our babies, as we will always affectionately call them, and we can't wait to see them again.

Baby Belly at 18 weeks

A few people have been asking to see my bump, so here it is!

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

We went in for a checkup yesterday and the doc did an ultrasound. Todd asked him if he could tell us what we were having, so he told us! As you can see, it's a girl! Everything is looking great so far—the baby is measuring perfectly and has a strong little heartbeat. We go have the "big" ultrasound in just over 2 weeks at the hospital, so we're definitely excited (and a tiny bit scared) for that! Hopefully we get a "girl" confirmation there. :) 

You've all been wondering about a name, and we have a handful we're considering with two pretty strong frontrunners. BUT, I want to hear suggestions from you guys first, just for fun!

Thanks everyone for all of your support! We are SO happy and SO excited!