Alpine Loop

This past weekend Mike took me on his all time favorite fall drive, the Alpine Loop through American Fork canyon. I thought it might be a little too early to see the fall leaves changing color, but we were pleasantly surprised. We went with our friends Katie and Curtis. The weather was perfect and we had a great time enjoying being outside.

Me looking 'slightly' pregnant. :)

Mike looking 'slightly' pregnant. :)

Nursery

We've finally completed the baby's room! It has been a HUGE project, and I'm still amazed that we actually finished it with time to spare...and I'm amazed that its actually the same room we started with. Here's a couple pictures to remind you of what it looked like back in May when we started:

This is when we just started to peel back the old paneling

Mudding, sanding and painting...

And the finished product: (going clockwise around the room)

A couple close-ups of the bedding:

I know this isn't the most interesting of posts, but we've had people asking us to post pictures so here you go!

Baby Shower

I had my baby shower recently and had a ball. My good friends Katie and Emily put it together and did an awesome job. I couldn't thank them enough, along with all the wonderful gifts I got from everybody that came! Here's a few pics...

Emily and Katie, don't know what I'd do without them!

My friend Katie is SO talented. Here's a preview of a few of the things she made for my shower:

The Invites

Baby Tips book

Take home gifts/favors

4 years

Happy Anniversary

1. What's his name? Jared Michael Gleue

2. How long have you been married? 4 years

3. How long did we date? 6 months dating, 2 1/2 month engagement

4. How old is he? 28

5. Who eats more? Mike usually does, but ever since I got pregnant its definately a toss up.

6. Who said I love you first? We were both too freaked out to say we were actually in love when we knew we were...so we kindof mutually "decided" that we loved each other one night!

7. Who is taller? Mike, by exactly 1 ft

8. Who sings better? Probably Mike, but neither of us are very good. I say Mike because he actually laughs at me sometimes when we sing in church cause I'm so bad.

9. Who is smarter? Mike definately. He's a brainy. I wouldn't have passed any of my college courses if it weren't for him probably.

10. Who's temper is worse? I don't think either of us have a temper. But I tend to have less patience.

11. Who pays the bills? Me. Mike probably wouldn't have any idea how much money we have in our account if it weren't for me. And- if Mike were to pay the bills they'd probably be late every month.

12. Who does the laundry? We kindof have a system going...Mike changes the loads (cause I hate going to the basement to do it) and then I fold it all when its done.

13. Who cooks dinner? Both. Or whoever has the time to do it after work.

14. Who drives when together? Usually Mike.

15. Who is more stubborn? Me. Mike is the most patient person I know.

16. Who is the first to admit when wrong? Mike-kinda goes back to that "who's more stubborn question" :)

17. Who wears the pants in the family? I have no idea. We both are pretty opinionated about some things, and then not so much with others. We make a pretty good team.

18. Who eats more sweets? Me. I always have to have something sweet after every meal to balance it out. Mike would eat a carrot over a candy bar any day. However, he does have his indulgences every now and then. Particularly with chocolate covered nuts or turtles.

19. Who mows the lawn? Mike

20. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Which way is "right"? I think my side is the right way.

21. Who kissed who first? Mike kissed me first. After watching a late movie in my apartment. I was half asleep and wasn't expecting it. It sure woke me up though.

22. Who asked who out first? Mike asked me out first. Our first date was snowshoeing.

23. Who proposed? Mike. He proposed at the Manti temple after watching the pageant in June 04. He staged a story that our friends we were with were going to get engaged that night and we were in charge of taking their pictures...but instead it was actually for me.

24. What is my favorite thing about him? I love it when he gets really excited, he cracks me up. I love watching him open a gift. I love whenever we buy a new "contraption" to put together he always immediately gets to it, cause he gets too anxious to let something to work on just sit there. I never get sick of being with him and I can't stand being apart. I love knowing he would do anything for me. He's my favorite person in the world, and aside from being in love, we are still best buds.

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.