28 Weeks

I turned 28 weeks this past Saturday, which means I am officially in the 3rd Trimester! I can't believe how fast time is going by. We are getting so close to the end and will be able to hold our little girl soon! We are really excited! People have been so generous in giving us clothes and toys and many other things we will need for our baby. I am thinking she might not be able to wear all the clothes we have for her! :) Haha The nursery is getting closer and closer to getting done. It's been so fun working on it.

So apparently the baby is the size of an eggplant now. :) She is developing more fat and her lungs are mature enough that she would probably survive if she was born now. But hopefully not! I want her to stay in much longer.

She kicks all the time! I love it cause it lets me know she is still in there. Her kicks are definitely getting harder and harder though, which sometimes makes me buckle over. But I will take it! :) I have started to feel Braxton Hicks contractions which aren't always fun. And sleep is starting to get harder and harder. It takes a while to find a comfortable position and I usually need a snack at 4am.

My doctor appointments have been going well. I like getting to go more often. I still love hearing the heartbeat each time. I took the Glucose test yesterday, and I passed! Yay! No Gestational Diabetes for me!

Honestly I have no idea how much weight I have gained so far. I close my eyes when I get on the scale, and the nurses or my doctor has never said anything about it so I guess it's been fine. I am thinking it's around 20 pounds. But I am not thinking about it too much. I will just work hard to lose it after she is out!

We are still trying to decide which hospital we want to deliver at and who we want as our Pediatrician. We will figure that out soon. Chris is having surgery tomorrow. He is getting his tonsils taken out and his deviated septum fixed. I am sure it will go really well, but please keep him in your prayers! He is not excited for the pain it will bring or the time he has to take off work. But we know it will make things a lot better with his health and ability to sleep.

Vegas!

I am a little slow getting this post done since it has been 2 weeks since I was in Vegas. :) But I finally have some time to just sit and type with nowhere that I have to be today! Yay! I love days off. And with Chris at work I can watch all the cheesy ABC Family movies on Netflix that I want. Haha

April 28th I flew down to Las Vegas! It's so nice having Allegiant Airlines right here in Idaho Falls for so cheap. I arrived down there at about 730pm and Bethany, Ryder, and Hudson were at baggage claim waiting for me! They have gotten so big! Not Bethany. Ryder and Hudson. :) It had been over a year since I had seen them and it was so nice. I wish I would have taken more pictures though.

We visited for a bit when we got back to the house and the boys were in bed. The next day we went to the Beauty Supply store and got some hair products and then I cut and colored Beth's hair. That night for dinner we all went to Zupas! I miss that place so much! And luckily they had one open up down there in Vegas just a week before I got there. :) I wish we had one here in Idaho Falls. It's so yummy! After dinner we went and watched Ryder at T-Ball practice. It was the cutest thing ever! Those 3 year olds were so funny. And Ryder was really good!

Tuesday was another day full of fun. Beth and I went to Hobby Lobby and picked out a whole bunch of cute flowers and bows and material to make headbands for baby! We made lots of super cute headbands and flower clips and bows to dress up my little one. I can't wait to put them on her! When Doug got home from studying we all headed over to the Lee's for dinner! It is always so fun to see them and I love how even after all these years we are still so close and a part of each other's lives. They have helped us out so much through our life. We had yummy turkey burgers and watermelon and corn on the cob. My favorite things about summer! Here is Owey modeling one :)

On the way home we stopped at Rita's for a yummy treat. It was my first time there and it was SO YUMMY! Another place I wish we had up here :) Maybe I should open one up! I got the Swedish Fish Gelati. Yummy Yummy Yummy. I might have to go get a Sno Cone today cause I am craving it so bad right now. Definitely not the same though!

My last day down there we woke up and headed over to the mall. We did some window shopping and bought a few gifts for people at Bath and Body Works. And of course we had to make a stop at See's Candies to get a box of the best chocolates ever! It was hard to not eat them before I came back home, but I wanted to share with Chris. So I had to control myself :) After dinner we all made a trip to get some frozen yogurt and enjoy visiting together the rest of the night. The trip went by so fast!

It was so nice getting to visit my sister and Doug, and their cute kids. I had such a fun time playing with the boys and getting to know them more. Its hard living so far away but I can't wait for them to come up here in August when I have the baby! :) Thank you Doug and Beth for letting me come crash your house. I had a blast!

Baby Shower

Last weekend my mother in law threw me an awesome baby shower. She went all out, and everything looked so cute! The guests were family members and members from her ward since we lived with them for a year, and got to know the people in her ward pretty well.

The decorations were so adorable with lots and lots of PINK! :)

 

 

 She made lots of yummy food to snack on, which I totally did all night long. Pretty sure I drank half of what was in the punch bowl all by myself! :) We had deviled eggs, cowboy caviar with chips, meatballs, cream puffs, cheesecake bites, sliced baguettes with cucumbers, and of course the yummy punch!

 We played a game that was all about me where we got to see who knew me the best. And I will be honest, I didn't even know some of the answers to those questions! Thankfully the people there knew me better than myself and was able to help me out. Haha


Everyone who came was so generous in their gifts and baby girl Allen got totally spoiled! She received lots and lots of cute clothes and pj's, headbands, blankets, a baby monitor, bath sets, diapers, books, and Esther and Jared even got us a travel system! She is going to look pretty cute in all her new stuff.

 

 

 

 

I wish I would have taken more pictures of the night and the people that were there. I did get this one of me and cousin Melissa. :)

But thank you Esther for all your hard work and giving me such a fun night!