Randomness

Just thought I'd post some of my most recent pictures, as I am trying to keep the camera space clear before my little lady arrives...

The Belly- 38 weeks. This should be a nice self esteem boost for anyone having a chubby day... doesn't get much bigger than this.


I've been working on a few projects lately. One of the easiest ones was this car seat cover. I haven't added any embellishments yet, but it's still fun.



I made these cookies for a baby shower. My friend and neighbor across the street asked if she could pay me to make some cookies, so I did. I think this was my first paid cookie job, and sadly, not nearly my best work. You can only do so much when you're nine months pregnant, so I'm not losing sleep over it.

They're here!

Crystal has been in nursing school for the last year, so it has been a year since I've seen her and the kids in person (aside from a few hours of overlap in San Diego). Anyway, she finally finished school and came out our way for a visit. Yay! Davis was beyond thrilled to have his cousins at the house day and night for a few days... even though the lack of sleep that caused created some really special moods. I was thrilled to have them all here too. I put Crystal to work and had her make me a baby quilt. We didn't have a pattern, so she just winged it, and it is looking adorable so far. We did stop working to play for a little while and took the kids to the gym and the dinosaur museum. Friday night we had a fun girls night out for an early birthday celebration for Crystal. Hopefully they'll be coming around again before they head back home because we miss them way too much when they're gone!

Almost up to date!

This is my 4th post for the day, and I am really close to being up to date! Hooray! As always, the updates are pretty much just the things that I happen to remember to take pictures of, so Enjoy!

This is out of order, but the biggest thing that happened in the last few weeks was my new nephew being born. I got to be there for his birth, and it was amazing! Mary did such a great job, and everything went perfectly. They named him Calvin Emmett Mull.







This was almost a month ago- everyone wanted to get a belly shot of Mary and I before we had the babies. I was about 33 weeks, and she was about 38 weeks.





We got together with Bry's family for the 24th of July to do some fireworks and hang out. The kids all loved the sparklers.





Belly shot about 35 weeks


Davis loves being with his cousins. They were getting ready to watch the fireworks, and the boys were being very silly.





Tami came to visit for a few days... HOORAY!!! It was so much fun seeing her and hanging out for a little bit. Davis loves his aunt Tami too, and we can't wait until she comes back for another visit.





These last pictures are a bit random. We were at Bry's parents house and went down to check on the garden. The sky looked crazy and amazing, so we took a few pictures. My belly is about 36 weeks here.

Davis' SUPER 3rd Birthday!

I can't believe that my little boy is 3! It feels like he has officially turned into this little kid now... definitely not my baby anymore. He has turned into such a social kid. He loves playing with his friends and making new ones. He is super active and fun. He is incredibly athletic... seems to pick up on any sport very quickly. He is also so smart- he already knows all of his letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc, and he picked up most of that on his own. Pretty soon he'll be heading off to preschool, and I'm sure he's going to love it. I just can't believe how fast he is growing up! He is such a great kid, and I love him more every day.

Anyway, Davis has been really into superheroes for a while now, so when it was time to pick a birthday theme, it was a no-brainer. We went with a super hero theme. We decided to do the party at the gym where he takes gymnastics. The invitations called all his super buddies to join him for super hero training and an opportunity to put their skills to the test and fight a real villain. There were 4 challenges to complete before they could get their weapons. They had to fly like superman (jump into the pit), swing on a web like spiderman (the ropes), rocket into the air like iron man (jump high on the trampoline), and flip through the air like batman (swing on the bars). When they completed the challenges, they got their weapons- balloon swords and spider webs (silly string), which they used to defeat the evil villain (Davis' uncle Ty). All in all, the party was a huge success. The kids ran around like crazy little monkeys, and everyone loved the bad guy part. Finally, they went upstairs for cake, presents, and party favors. Davis had a blast!
The next day was Davis' actual birthday, so we had family dinner at Kim's house, and he got to open even more presents.

Family Camping Trip

We had a really fun family camping trip with my dad's side of the family in early July. I was a little concerned about sleeping in a tent at 33 weeks pregnant, but it was fine, and everyone had a lot of fun. The highlights were: my aunt Jill's amazingly delicious camp food, the paintball war (which of course I couldn't participate in), hanging out with family, and watching Davis and Kobe run around like the happiest little boy and dog that ever lived. We'll definitely have to do this again next year.

Catching up AGAIN

I am starting to think that this baby is coming soon, so I am going to try to get caught up before pictures of her take over the blog for the next few months. Here is my picture update for the end of June and early July. Enjoy!

Tarin came to town to see family, and Davis and I got to sneak in a visit/play date with Tarin and Cooper. So fun to see those lovely ladies!





Davis (and all of his cousins) absolutely adore their aunt Summer. These pictures are from her birthday dinner.



Some belly shots at approximately 31 weeks




A few pictures on the 4th of July (belly at approx. 32 weeks)