Visiting Chris

Trish and Doug gave me a trip to see Chris and babysitters (them) for my birthday this year. So I cashed it in and headed up to see him Thursday-today.
The weather in Wyoming was awful while I was gone, so I felt fortunate that I made it to SLC and back without to much trouble.
He picked me up at the airport in Lewistown, and then had to get right back to class. So I hung out in the library reading my book.
I haven't been in a college library in years.

It was so sunny and warm, perfect weather! We walked around the campus a bit and then headed back to Colfax (where he lived for the semester) and walked around there.

The next day we drove up to Coeur d'Alene. The weather was so nice and the lake was beautiful!!

We explored a bit and ate at a Brazilian Steak house.

The next day we rented bikes and rode on a path next to the lake. It was so fun.

Back at home, in the cold and snow, the girls built a snowman.

And were treated to Ihop for breakfast!

Time Out

I flew down to Arizona this past weekend to have a weekend with my sister, Annie, and my mom. Sadly my dad ended up with a kidney stone and my mom couldn't make it.

Friday night and Saturday we went to Time Out For Women.

It was wonderful both days, great speakers and music.

There were 5500 women in attendance, the largest TOFW ever.

Friday night we stayed in a hotel, and Saturday we went to the temple after TOFW was over.
Sunday we hung out at Annie's house, went to church, on a walk and visited our cousin Tiffany and her family.
I was sad my mom couldn't make it, but glad to get to spend some time with Annie.

The Hat

We got the cutest little dress when Caitlin was little from G & G Will.  (I believe from somewhere in Scottsdale, Arizona).  Anyway, since Molly was born in the winter she is kind of off the season for being able to wear it.  But she wore it last week so she could at least wear it once before it gets to small.

Caitlin and Ashlee in the dress (we didn't take a pic of Molly in it)

We do, however, have pictures of all the girls wearing the hat.

Baby's room

The baby's room is all ready and waiting for her.  It has been more or less ready for a while now.

About a month or so ago I sanded and re-painted the crib because it needed it after going through Caitlin and Ashlee.  I also made the crib skirt, the quilt in the crib, a cover for the dresser and curtains.  My mom is bringing a shelf to set the cute little owls and a few other things we have on.

Everything is just lined up on the one wall right now because we will have visitors on and off for the next while, so we need to fit the air mattress in the room also.  Later on we will rearrange and spread things out a bit.  The room will also always be the baby's room/sewing room, so my sewing desk is in there also.

I Made a Purse

From this tutorial.  It was super easy.  I started it Friday and should have finished Friday, but didn't finish until today since I lack energy (see previous post).

 I have had the fabric and planned to make this purse for quite sometime but never made the time.  Now I decided I needed to downsize my purse since I will have a diaper bag, so I finally made it.
I figure it is small enough to fit in the diaper bag or small enough to easily transfer a few needed items to it when I am going somewhere and not taking the diaper bag.
Its kind of retro 70's, but I love it.
Here is the lining.  The colors match up perfect, but it is hard to tell in the picture.

I had enough material that I actually made 2 purses, not one.

The other purse will be going to Annie, because when you have a twin sister sometimes you need things that are same-same.

1 Week

Until our little bundle arrives!  Hooray!!!

We (I) started counting down at 10 days, which seems acceptable.  I feel pretty good over all, but my body has really slowed down this week.  I tire very quickly and have to rest a lot.

36 weeks

I am 36 weeks today!  Only about 3 weeks to go, depending on when my Dr. schedules the c-section.  We have almost everything ready for this baby now.  I just need to get out all the clothes and get them washed and put away.

Here I am in my 36 week glory this morning.

 Here's a slightly different, and less flattering angle.  However, I am sure this picture is a more accurate account of what I really look like at this point.

Hooray for pregnancy, but bigger hooray for seeing the end in sight!!!!  I do feel pretty good overall.  I have some minor discomforts, aches and pains but nothing to bad.  I did pry my wedding ring off this past week because I didn't want it to get stuck later on.  It was still loose where it was sitting, but I could barely get it over my knuckle so I guess I may have slight swelling.

30 weeks

I'm technically not 30 weeks until tomorrow, but close enough I think.

Overall I still feel pretty good. 

I do feel like I've gotten huge, and I still have 10 weeks to go! 

The doctor also told me I'm a little anemic and had me start on an iron supplement.  This might explain the extreme exhaustion that I feel some days, but then again it might just be from being pregnant.

Really, I can't complain.  My pregnancies aren't that bad.  While I have gained plenty of weight (which I am not going to disclose now, maybe after my pregnancy when I have lost it again), I don't have any swelling to speak of and I do feel good.



22 weeks

I have very few pictures of me pregnant with the girls so I decided to have a few more documented for this pregnancy.  It was very difficult to take a self picture, so this is my best attempt.

The results are in

I had my ultrasound yesterday, and here's what we found out:

We are super excited.  Girls are what we do best after all!  We decided that we have to be extra nice to Chris because he will be even more outnumbered now. 

The Main Event

Coming

March 26, 2012

Will Baby #3

We are super excited! The girls are too, but I think they will be more so once my belly actually gets a bit bigger.