baby countdown

The other day I decided to make a baby countdown chain. It was kind of fun! The heart on the door says "you todalally cool" I came out of a relief society meeting on Thursday and a little girl in our ward had heart attacked her mom's car and mine got this one on it! I thought it was sweet!

Knitting like crazy

I've had a bad cold lately and consequently I ended up staying home from work for a day and a half and then I had a 3 day weekend. All week this week I've been pretty lazy after getting home from work since I still don't feel that great. So Joe and I have been having a Star Gate fest and I have been knitting a bunch of bibs for lil' girl. Here they are!

New Home

Here are some pics of the house we're renting. I like it a lot other than we have a lot less space than we had before. We have automatic sprinklers, and garage door opener, and the best part....a dishwasher!! That is a big step up for us! It is so nice to be close to work and come home for lunch. We still have a lot to do to be officially "moved in" like hang pictures. I have not had the motivation to do it yet though.

Baby's first ornament

I got this ornament for baby this year for Christmas. I thought it was pretty awesome.

7 months

Here is a picture of me at 27 weeks. Baby is doing good and moving around a lot! I am starting to feel a little panicky about all of the things I need to do/get before she comes. Sometimes it feels like forever before she will be here and other times it feels like it is coming way too soon! We've been thinking about names, but are keeping that under wraps until she is born. I'm still trying to make a decision on cloth or disposable diapers. Most people say I'm crazy for even thinking about cloth, but I've been doing research and I really don't think it will be as bad as everyone says. Things have gotten a lot better in the cloth diapering world! Anyway it would save us a lot of money and that makes me feel good because money is stressful. Not much else is going on with us lately. We have kind of been bums not doing too much, but that's ok with me!

Life

The last little while has been quite the whirlwind for us. We moved into town last weekend and are still somewhat is boxes. The house we moved to is a lot smaller so we are trying to figure out how to cram in here. I am very thankful for this place to live however. We now have a dishwasher and the whole house is newly remodeled. I am a couple of blocks from work now and won't be spending as much on gas. Mostly, its a place that I think we can be comfortable having a new baby in.

Speaking of babies....I have another ultrasound tomorrow, but on the first one the doctor is 85% sure that we're having a girl! I'm so excited. She has been moving around a lot lately and it is fun to feel. I also think Joe is starting to get more excited, even though he was wrong and its not a boy. He thinks he might have to go out and buy a shotgun now though....


We were in a stake play this weekend. It was a liken play about the first Christmas. Joe and I were Mary and Joseph and we had some singing parts. I was pretty proud of myself for doing this play because I have been so nervous about singing in front of people for the longest time, I'm no Broadway star by any means, but I am trying to use the talents that I have been given. My parents , Aunt Deanna, and Katie were able to come to the show last night. I'm glad that they were able to come.

This next week we are on to continuing to put our house together, ward party with Joe playing guitar on Wednesday, cleaning the church on Thursday, and I have to speak in sacrament next Sunday.

Things have really been going well for us and we are so blessed, I just wanted to say how really thankful I am. I have been thinking about things a lot today because my cousin Lindsay's husband was killed in a work related accident today in Oklahoma. He was a really good guy and helped Lindsay through some really tough times. My heart and prayers go out to her, her family, and his tonight at this very difficult time. Sometimes the unthinkable happens and you can't understand it, but I do know that Heavenly Father is a merciful God and that somehow this will all work out. It still isn't easy. I love you Lindsay and Tyson. I hope you know how much we all love you.

Here's your pic Abby and Katie

The picture is bad - blurry face and terrible lighting, but this is all you're going to get. Here I am at 18 weeks. I have to say I really don't like taking pregnant pictures, but I suppose I should anyway.

I have certainly been feeling better and in 2 weeks we'll have an ultrasound. Hopefully baby cooperates and we can see if it's a boy or girl. Joe is still sure its a boy. I think he might be surprised. We'll see....