What's new you ask?

I decided to come up for air and make a quick post. The baby's room is almost finished! Well, I should say it is finished but we're awaiting carpet still (and have yet to order it) and make some finishing touches on the upper white walls. My mom, the ever-creative 'Stampin Up' gal found a super cute polka dot stamp set that you can put on walls with paint. So that'll be our last touch to make the room cute and add some color. Here's a pic we took a couple weeks ago (sorry the pics in this post aren't going to be the most recent because I'm tired and don't want to take any right now). What these pictures don't show is finished window frames and all the molding has been added as well. It looks so good. I have to give all the credit to my amazing husband as he's done the whole thing by himself. I just had to cook a little bit more than I'm used to.

The wall color is a chocolate brown, and the brown box you see in the corner of the picture is our baby's dresser...not out of the box. Right now its serving its purpose as being Mike's work table.

A partial window frame

Our crib! Just waiting to be put together.

It'll be so nice to see it all come together! I'll be sure and post photos as soon as its done.

As for the other part of our lives, my work is insanely busy this time of year. I know I rarely talk about my job, partially because its not one of my most favorite things in my life, and also because the only interesting parts is the wierd people I come across every day. But this weekend is opening weekend at the U, meaning 2,000 eager little freshman arrive to move into their dorms, and since I work in the management office it makes my job insane and I have to work late nights and on all day on Saturday which I hate. Its kinda funny to see some of the parents/students reactions to me being pregnant, I think their first thought is that 1. I'm a student like the rest of them, and 2. I must be this poor single pregnant girl trying to make her way through college and her job to feed her baby on the way. I wonder this because I can see their eyes usually dive straight to my ring finger when they notice I'm expecting. haha.

As for pregnancy, things are still going well and time seems to be going by way too fast. I've definately jumped into the more uncomfortable stages of pregnancy. Here's a few things that I've noticed within the last few weeks that haven't been so enjoyable:

1. Leg cramps. I've had leg cramps since I was about 5 months pregnant, but they seem to be getting a lot worse...to the point that I can't sleep very well anymore.

2. Speaking of sleep...my sleep is rarely undisturbed by either a leg cramp or getting up to use the bathroom. Oh and my shoulders hurt SO bad in the morning because of sleeping on my side. That might sound wierd, but I'm usually a stomach sleeper so the weight on my shoulders is not something I'm used to...especially as I pack on the pounds.

3. I never knew what it would feel like to literally not be able to breathe very well. Wow. Your stomach literally digs right into your lungs.

4. Bending over. I pretty much have little things left all over the house now of stuff that I've dropped and been too lazy to pick up, or isn't a necessity.

5. So tired. I swear I'm more tired now then I was in the 1st trimester. I can hardly keep my eyes open after work without a nap.

I realize I do have a lot to be grateful for as I still haven't had any swelling, strechmarks, or heartburn at all. And I love feeling my little guy move all the time. I swear he doesn't ever sleep. He moves all day and all night.

Here's a pic at 28 weeks:

And as for Mike. He's been trying to squeeze in as much outdoors time as he can before summer's over. He's out fishing tonight, and here's a pic of a hike he went on (at Lake Blanche up Big Cottonwood Canyon) a couple weekends ago. He's getting quite good at using our new camera.

Wedding

Last week we went to my cousin M'Kenzie's wedding. She married the son of the owner of Nuskin. It was probably the funnest wedding reception I've ever been to. Even Mike didn't say one "Can we go now?" to me the whole night. The whole thing was so cool I just had to post about it and show some pics.

The tent to sit and eat...their theme was "Carnival" (you'll see why in the pics to follow)

They served catered (yes catered) hot dogs, watermelon, veggies, and a plethora of lemonades.

A nice refreshing drink with their pics on the labels.

You can't have a carnival without a 50 foot FERRIS WHEEL!

Mike and Tyler on the ferris wheel.

And of course the booths with all the refreshments that carnivals provide. This one had popcorn and cotton candy.

My lovely sister Krista showing the display of cupcakes.

And last but not least, the candy shop. My favorite. You picked up a bag and tossed in as much candy as you wanted. And I also should probably add, these weren't your ordinary candy, neither were the cupcakes.

Mike, me (and my dad poking his head out) waiting in line to take pictures in the photo booth. Which was really fun and a cute idea. We took 6 pictures, and 3 of them you got to keep, the other 3 you added to their guest book and signed your name.

For those of you from SLC might recognize this guy. The old mayor: Rocky Anderson. Who doesn't need a visit from the mayor?

And who needs a table when you can put your presents in a Rolls Royce?

Me, Krista and Tyler, with the antique car display in the background.

The bride and groom dancing. I loved her dress.

Me and Mike dancing. Its a good thing the camera doesn't show motion. This way it looks like we actually know what we're doing.

This is what they drove away in: a Bentley.

While its true most people don't get to have carnivals for their wedding, it was still SO FUN to participate in. We had a ball.

Girls Camp

Overall girls camp was great. I only stayed up there 2 nights and Mike was a trooper and volunteered to be the priesthood leader for 1 night as well. We did all the typical girls camp activities. The girls stayed in cabins and leaders stayed in tents (which I preferred if you'd seen the cabins) and yes, I did have an air mattress so it was quite comfy. Our campsite pretty much had NO shade which was miserable during the day, but thanks to the other women/girls that were there they helped keep me cool in the dead hot of the day. This was the picture: one 12 year old fanned me off with a piece of cardboard, one leader got a big bucket of cold water to soak my legs in, another leader gave me her battery operated hand-held fan, and Mike was going back and forth filling up my water bottle. I really wasn't a whiner, but everyone was just so nice how could I argue with keeping cool? I wish to death I had gotten a picture of it...but I didn't really want to ask Mike to go grab the camera as well. It was so hot that afternoon I decided to leave early the next day (in the morning instead of the evening) to avoid the heat again.

Anyways, unfortunately I hardly got ANY pictures. But one of the days I was there they pulled out this super-size slip n slide that was really fun for everyone. Here's some pics of Mike. He was the only priesthood leader that went down (I know wierd huh?) and eveyone gave him a 10 out of 10 because of his daredevil moves of going down standing up.

Weeks in Review

I hate the fact that I always have tons I can post about, but no time to do it. I keep telling myself once I have this baby I'll have loads of free time, and Mike just laughs at me (which I'm sure all you mothers out there just did as well). So we'll see how that goes, but in the meantime you'll just have to bear with my sporadic and non-detailed posts. :)

After our trip to Seattle, I packed up and headed out for Youth Conference the following weekend. We had a great time, and my dad was kind enough to come down and drive his boat around for our whole group. The youth loved it as a lot of them had never been boating before. However, being out in the sun for 2 days straight does wear on you...and it showed after it was over. I don't think anyone walked away without a sunburn somewhere. Mine just so happened to be on my feet and I dealt with the pain for about 2 weeks afterwards. They swelled worse than I've ever seen my feet swell before, and it was definitely from the burn not from being pregnant. Even my nurse said sunburns in pregnant women are a lot worse because of your hormones. So thats pretty much the last time I go out in the sun without slapping sunscreen on every square inch of my body.

Me looking scary white in the hot sun.

I loved this picture of the bishop splashing water on all the kids.

Another good one of Brooke (one of my YW) falling into the water

For the 4th of July we went to Star Valley, WY to spend with Mike's family.

(firework)

Mike's also been busy working on the baby's room in our spare time. There's a ton to do as we are going to replace pretty much everything that was in it. All the molding, carpet, window-sills (which used to be tile), blinds and paint. We've been procrastinating and I'm starting to get in panic mode because I know how we work...slowly.

This is our before shot- it had nasty orange paneling around the room.

Mike putting on the second coat of mud

21 wks pregnant

23 wks

The baby's doing good and I feel like when I grow its always over night, and then I stay the same for awhile. So far I have loved being pregnant. To me its the most amazing experience that I will be forever grateful for and hope I get to experience a few more times. I've had such an easy pregnancy though I'm sure I'll get payback in the delivery room. Even still, we sure can't wait to meet our little guy.

Next up...Girls camp. I leave tomorrow. Oh yay.

Slideshow

Seattle

We made it back from our trip to Seattle, and because of returning to a load of responsibilities that piled up I haven't been able to update until now!

We had a fabulous time and pretty much got to see everything there is to see in Seattle. We did it all! I've posted some pictures of the highlights in this post, and then I added a slideshow to show our other dozens of photos.

First stop: Pikes Place Market! If you've been to Seattle you'll know that this is mostly just shopping for food and gifts and witnessing all the crazy musicians that play for money on the sidewalks. Here's a picture of Mike standing on the corner of Pike Place and me gazing at the delicious looking fruit:

Seattle has tons of art sculptures EVERYWHERE. They even have a park called "Olympic Sculpture Park" dedicated to the random artsiness that Seattle people seem to love. This is a picture of me standing next to one of the funnier sculptures:

We went to a place called Experience Music Project Museum, where you get to do hands-on stuff with music. Play drums, sing, guitar, play in your own "virtual" concert ect. It was pretty fun except for the fact that you had to wait in line for what seemed like forever to get a turn on any of the instruments. Here's Mike learning how to do a scratch table (is that what they're called?):

At the top of the Space Needle:

We took a ferry across the Puget Sound and drove over to the penninsula of Western WA. On this map where it says "Hurricane Ridge" is exactly where we drove to. It was a lot of driving in the car, but we stopped and walked around a lot. The area was gorgeous. We got to the tippy top part of Washington to the point where we could see Canada on the other side of the water.

Us on the ferry with Seattle in the background:

For all of you Twilight book reader fans...Do you recognize the name of this town? I was tempted to have us drive over to Forks but considering we were in the car for already an unbearable amount of time (as you might be able to tell from my crazy car-hair in the picture) the extra 50 miles wasn't worth just a picture.

At the Seattle Aquarium: My long-time Moses Lake friends Rachel and Jenny, and each of their 2 kids were kind enough to drive the 3 hours to meet me in Seattle and hang out with us for the day! We had a great time seeing them again, its been forever!

The last thing we did before we went and caught our plane was go to the Pacific Science Center. We had a good time goofing around. Here's Mike on something I don't know how to describe. He got on a bike and rode around in a circle without anything attached (although I think the wheels were a bit larger than normal wheels). He said it was pretty scary and wanted me to go. But I don't think the image of a pregnant woman falling into that net below him would be a good one. :)