31 Weeks

Here is me at 31 weeks. This was taken July 1st.

The Curtis & Co sign really applies here with me being pregnant and making us a real company of Curtis'!

How I've been feeling:

*Overall, not too bad.

*He is definitely fighting with me over who gets what space. To me, my ribs are mine and should be spared from children swinging on them.

*Reflux is back almost every night.

*Getting out of bed isn't a ninety degree angle thing anymore. It's now a swinging thing. I swing around until my feet are able to get to the floor and then I kind of roll onto them hoping my feet will hold me up.

*Dr appointment went well. I'm measuring right where I'm supposed to be even though everyone is surprised I'm 7 months along. 

Wednesday of my 31st week, my baby brother went on his mission. He entered the MTC where he will be training for 3 weeks to be a missionary in Reno Nevada for 2 years.

He has come a long way to get to this point. I looked at the time on the 27th and realized it was after the time he was dropped off, so I started crying. Just bawling about my little brother who used to bring fans to church, who played barbies with me, who stepped on my bird, who used my cake knife to cut his meat before I cut my wedding cake, is on a mission. He's pretty amazing.

Saturday, we went to the Bruneau Sand Dunes in Mountain Home, ID for my friend, Tami's, birthday party. (there are a lot of commas in there!!) We roasted hot dogs, pineapple, marshmallows, and starbursts. This is where we were when we ate dinner.

J went to fly the kite by the nearest dune and then we decided we wanted to hike the dune. I was the last one up. It was quite a workout. The next day, I was so sore from my calves all the way up to my shoulders.

In this picture, (c/o Eric) the photographer is at the bottom of the dune and we're flexing our strong muscles at the top. I'm the third from the left and J is the second from the left.

Here's a cool panoramic view (c/o Eric) of Tami walking the tip top and J and I flying a kite. Me kind of scowling...

30 Weeks and a trip to Utah

30 weeks was an interesting week. 

I spent the first half with Tyler, J's little brother. We hung out at home while J was at work and did things around the house. Tyler helped me set up the crib we got for free from a friend's brother. 

Here's 30 weeks. J and I agree that I look bigger than this picture depicts. Maybe next week will look bigger...

This is the box(es) that my mom sent me. She sent all of the rest of my shower gifts and my letters back to me. I thought the way that the boxes were taped together was hilarious, so I took a picture.

The second half of the week, J and I drove down to Utah to get a mattress for our guest room. We had a frame and headboard for a twin sized mattress, but no mattress. My uncle Karl owns a mattress business called Mattress Warehouse. So we wanted to get one from him since he would give us a fabulous deal.

On Thursday, we drove down and got to Provo where we stayed at my mom's younger brother, Todd's place. Friday morning, we got up and went swimming. It was wonderful. Best part? I got to lay on my tummy!!! ohhh it was heaven! I just laid on a pool floaty and I relaxed enough that I was able to lay down! I sure do miss laying on my tummy!! Then, we drove up to Sandy to buy the mattress from Karl. We chose a posturepedic one. It's wonderful. Mom won't have much to complain about when she stays here to help with Little Mr! :) After choosing the mattress, we went to the family history library where my Grandma works. She is serving a mission there and has been for almost 3 years, I think. She gave us a tour and we visited a little and she introduced us to her friends. Then, J and I went to check out the City Center mall thing. Very cool. Fancy stores, indoor and outdoor areas, overall a neat experience.

 A pretty view of the City Center and the temple in the distance.

After the mall, we had a get-together with my dad's side. It turned out to be only cousins. We had TONS of fun! We went swimming, ate yummy food, and played Curses. It was a good thing I went to the bathroom before and during because I would have peed my pants, I was laughing sooo hard! I mean, sobbing I was laughing so hard. It was that crazy!! We looked at the clock at 11:30 and realized it was probably time to let kids get to bed and leave. :)

Saturday, we enjoyed time together. I needed some things from the store and we wanted to check out IKEA. Guess what? we didn't buy anything. I think if we had more time, we would've convinced ourselves to buy something but we had only 45 minutes, so we just looked quickly through everything. It was a very cool store. Saturday afternoon, there was a get-together on my mom's side. There were aunts and uncles at this one. We swam, visited, barbecued, and visited some more. It was great.

Sunday, we reserved specifically for being with my grandma. She's my dad's mom. She's also my last living grandparent. She loves her job at the family history library and loves the purpose it gives her. She seems to be doing well and loving life. We met up with her to watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing their Sunday morning broadcast. J and I know three people in here.

My uncle Karl is the one the guy is turning around to talk to.

 J's dad's life-long friend, Grant, is the second from the left on the last row.

J's aunt Janet is the blonde in the center at the top.

The performance was beautiful. It was cool to watch from the 2nd row. I've never been to anything in the conference center before, so I really enjoyed that.

We went back to Grandma's house and ate lunch with her roommate. It was yummy spanish meat and cheese sandwiches. Then, Grandma needed computer help...yikes. My dad is the mac person. Not me! So she pulled out her ipad and said she needed help getting pictures on here, music, and the glitch she has with her solitaire makes her really angry... :)

So I figured I'd at least do what I could. I showed her how to update her apps and where to look for more. We bought music and it went straight to the ipad-I had no idea you could do that-. We took pictures my dad had emailed her and saved them to the ipad. yet again, I had no idea you could do that. She doesn't have a computer besides the ipad, so I was worried it wouldn't work. But I was able to figure it all out!! I felt like such a pro! I think my dad would be proud. :)

We went to Sacrament meeting with Grandma and then left to pick up our new mattress from Karl's. While J and I were changing to street clothes, they loaded the mattress and box spring into the truck and also a high chair! Woohoo! I'm so excited about it!!!

We drove home then and J's parents met us at our house to help us get things inside. I was really excited about setting it up, so they helped set it up too.

Here's the new bed in our office/guest room.

Here's the new setup in the baby's room! The alphabet wall will go over the crib and rocking chair, probably taking up the whole wall. It's gonna be awesome!!!

We got a great deal on a dresser on Craigslist. It's solid wood and a changing table at the same time! They gave us the changing pad, too. We picked it up on Sunday after promising to buy it on Thursday. The lady selling it had the same stature as me, so she threw in a bunch of maternity clothes. A lot worked pretty well! It's nice to have more variety.

The pretty crib. The mattress was really yucky lumpy, so we're going to get a good, new one. this was just a convenient place for the moses basket. :)

We moved the bookshelf over to this side by the rocking chair. I like it. Now for decorations, putting the clothes in the dresser, and putting the stuffed animals somewhere! Oh so fun!!!

Prince Ali

Last night, our ward's Relief Society had a talent night. The presidency dressed up as judges from popular shows and spoke like them and it was great. They gave us all awards for our shows, gave each of us hugs, praised our silly outfits...it was awesome.

When we heard about it, Jana asked me if I wanted to do a lip sync with a couple other girls. I said of course and we then got Kirsten and Kristen to join us. :)
Last week, we planned out what we were going to do and then last night we practiced it and performed it.

It was awesome.
You can see it here.

And laugh a lot.... We sure did!

Also, check out Jana's blog with pictures on her blog. :)

29 Weeks

Taken June 17

This week, I have begun a new stage. It's where Little Mr. has decided to make me feel uncomfortable... yay!! :)

On Sunday, I was uncomfortable quite frequently. Little Mr. has decided that he needs to sit as high as possible when I'm sitting down. So right at my ribs, it kind of hurts. When it happens, I either have to sit way forward on my seat and sit straight as a pole or stand up. For the last ten minutes of Relief Society, I stood at the back because Little Mr was making me feel uncomfortable.

It's going to be an interesting rest of the time! Otherwise, I'm feeling pretty good.

When I was a baby, I slept in a Moses Basket. My nickname with my big brother comes from how I would play when I was in the Moses basket.

My parents have given each child a Moses basket for their first child. 

When I was in Arkansas, I chose a Moses basket for my first baby!! 

Here it is! It got here on Tuesday. 

Cute, huh?

Tuesday, I got to see my dear friend Janet. She was in Nampa for work, so she came over to eat dinner with us and hang out. It was really nice! She gave us a quiet book and a baby memory book. I'm super excited about them. they're great!

On Thursday, I FINALLY finished a baby blanket I've been working on since Spring Break back in March. It's a blanket for J's coworker's baby. She was born in April. And I just finished it...yeah...

The colors of her nursery were orange, yellow, red, and turquoise. So I did a popcorn stitch with orange and yellow. Then, I did a turquoise border with some little flowers. I am thrilled with the finished product!

These roses are from my garden!!! Cool, huh?

I liked how the bubbles looked on the stems, so I took an awesome picture.

Thursday, an old roommate, Amy, came to visit. She was on her way home for a month, so she spent the night at our house. 

Our stake is doing a softball tournament. Our ward is undefeated! (of course, 3 of 4 is from forfeit of not showing or having too small a group)

So J has been playing with them.

Yes. 3 squared.

I wanted to get a picture before my nails grew out too much. My sister did my nails when I was in Arkansas and this is how they looked a week later. Pretty cool, huh? Dark, shiny purple and an accent nail for the ring finger. I have loved having my nails all pretty for so long! Usually, my nails chip off the next day, but with gellish, it stays for a really long time! I like it!

28 Weeks

This week, I spent most of it in Arkansas. The Tuesday I was 28 weeks, I went to MMae's baby shower and got to hold sweet Eden. I spent some good time with my family, did some crafts, and flew home. 

When I hugged my little brother goodbye, I was, of course, crying. He leaves for 2 years at the end of the month and I won't be able to see him. So I'm telling him how great he will be and how proud I am of him and when I let go, he has tears in his eyes, too. It was a very tender moment for me.

Taken June 10

Traveling is not very enjoyable. I don't mind sitting on the plane much, but I hate using airplane bathrooms, so that wasn't fun at all. I also had only a half hour in Memphis before I had to be at the next gate. I had to choose between dinner and a bathroom. I decided dinner meant more. When I was waiting for my food, I was really worried I would miss my flight. It was scary. But I made it and it all worked out well. I got home to Idaho at 11:30.

Friday, I did some cleaning and dishes while J went to half a day of work. He came home for lunch and we spent the afternoon together. It was very nice. A week away can definitely make you miss your hubby. We went to Olive Garden for dinner, looked at cribs, and went to the Discovery Museum. Lots of fun!

Saturday was another day at home. I loved it.

Sunday, I taught Gospel Principles class about eternal families. I am so thankful I will have my family for eternity! Including my sweet Little Mr!!

Monday, I had a Dr appointment and everything is great. I need more iron, so that's gonna be...fun...the heartbeat is good, he's kicking how he should.... it's awesome.