Belly Pics #7

We've been up to tons in the last couple weeks. Belly pictures first, update towards the end. 

{Father's Day-32 Weeks}

I bought these scrubs for Ty for his first unofficial Father's Day.  They're supposed to be for the hospital when our babe is born but as long as he wears them around the house, I'll be happy.They came in the mail a week early and  it was one of the hardest secrets to keep in the whole world. I love surprises. I love surprising Ty. So I think they were just as fun for me as they were for him. He's been wearing them all over the place for the last week so things are looking pretty good. 

{The back of his scrubs}

{33 Weeks - June 23}

As mentioned before, my heartburn is back. I got my Whooping Cough Vaccine at my last doctor's appointment. What they didn't tell me was that it was also a tetanus shot and that those hurt for days and days after the fact. But baby looks good and to say she is active is the biggest understatement in the world. I told the doctor I felt her feet by my left hip and her head up under my ribs on the right side. The doctor felt around my stomach and said I was feeling her feet but what I thought was her head was really her little bum. And her head is down by my pelvic bones, exactly where it should be which is good. 

My friend, Emily, from our Wymount ward is a photographer and offered to do some maternity photos for me. This is just a little teaser because I don't have the cd yet but I'm so excited to see the rest of them. 

Lastly, we (me, Brittany, and Penny) threw a bridal shower for our new sister in law to be. Ashley and Jon love hiking, rock climbing i.e. anything outdoorsy so the theme for the shower was "The Great Outdoors." For some reason, I only took pictures of the food and no people so this is it. Everything we did, we tried to keep it camping related. It turned out super cute. 

We have also decided to continue staying with Ty's parents until after the baby is born. We found a perfect apartment for us but afterwards we both felt weird about it. It comes down to the fact that we are hopeful that everything will go perfectly with our babe's labor and delivery but we're very aware there's a lot that can go wrong. We are lucky to be in a position where we can save money for a little while and decided that we'll just continue doing that until we know how our little babe is doing. It feels really good to have some kind of stability since we've been in this limbo place for the last couple months. 

Anyway, that's it for now. We'll just continue freaking out since our baby could get here basically anytime between the next 4 and 8 weeks. 

What We've Been Up To

So our summer is nuts and between the beginning of May and our baby's due date, there were only 3 free weekends. We've already passed one, another has since been booked which leaves June 22 if anyone wants to hang out that day. 

For Memorial Day weekend, we drove up to Boise for my cousin's wedding reception. My whole family met us there as well and we had a great time being with them. My sister's kids, Ashley and Ryan, have so much personality. One morning, we were at breakfast and Ashley looked at my plate and then says, "Your baby likes to eat." 

Ry baby is just barely one and he loves his mom but as long as you gave him food, he's your best friend. This is just a little ice cream facial hair. 

Also, I think my child is a secret weapon. Since I've been pregnant, I can calm down any child. Ryan was so whiny and tired and I just held him for a little while and he conked out. He doesn't look so much like a baby here. 

And surprisingly, we have no pictures of Ashley. She wanted to ride in our car so for the majority of the weekend, her car seat was in our car. She said the funniest things like, "Turn on the music Ty!" and "Emily.. (long pause)... I love you." She also had us convinced she knew all the words to "Trouble" by Taylor Swift and only afterwards we found out she had never heard the song. 

I sure wish those babies lived closer to me. 

Next, one of my very best friends is having a baby at the beginning of July and I made and tied this blanket for her. She's up in Washington so I wasn't able to attend her shower. She doesn't know the gender of her baby but she's having a cute forest theme for her nursery. She and I have been friends since the first day of second grade when we wore the exact same shirt to school. The extra special thing about this blanket is that the lace and the yellow ties are the exact same as the lace and yellow ties I put on a blanket for my little girl. These babes will be best friends whether they like it or not. 

Ty and I have been seeing a lot of these cute kids. Peyton and Jackson are our niece and nephew on his side. Jackson has recently added several recognizable words to his vocabulary but he's also very fluent in his own language. Sometimes he gets so mad, I'm sure he's using baby swear words at us. Peyton has been make-believing so much lately and it's hilarious. I was in the car with Britt and her kids and from the backseat we hear, "Ladies and Gentlemen! *clears throat* I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! Ladies and Gentlemen!" 

Lastly, this is a picture from Ty's cousin's wedding. This is not a good picture but it is the best one from the whole day. We spent tons of time with his sweet grandparents who just had the funniest things to say. And the weather was fantastic. They couldn't have asked for a better day. 

And now in the next few weeks, we've got Ty's brother's wedding as well as a shower for Ashley, his sweet wife to be. My parents will be in town for the 4th of July and another cousin wedding for us. Seriously, June 22 is your last chance to be our friends. 

Belly Pics #6

Somewhere between graduation and this moment, I really lost interest in the whole chalkboard biz. I always thought about it late at night or we were just so busy with different things. (Mainly weddings. Every single one of our cousins got married. Not really. It just felt like it.)  So here's a few more and you'll just have to fill in the rest in your mind. 

{May 19}

I started my third trimester which brought on an extra wave of panic along with a heavy dose of heartburn. Thanks crazy baby. 

{June 9}

I also started to wear Ty's clothes when we're at home. (At least it's not when I go out in public.. most of the time) I'm getting so uncomfortable and the only other option is to hang out in my unmentionables and I just don't think my in-laws would approve. 

My child is also getting wild. Extra wild. So wild in fact that at my last doctors appointment, the doctor was having a hard time finding her heartbeat because she was wiggling so much. He finally got it and said, "Well that's an active baby." Yes I know because I feel it ALL. THE. TIME. Her newest trick is to wedge a foot right above my hip and stretch her hands up close to my ribs. I imagine this is what it would feel like if you swallowed a squirrel whole. 

All complaining aside, we're getting so excited and nervous but mostly excited. This pregnancy has gone by so fast and the summer is just zooming by. I won't see my sister and her kids or my cute brother in law til October and my brother until next May. It's hard to believe that "we" will be a family of three by then. And we just can't wait to snuggle our cute girl.