My sister and her cute little family are coming to visit in a few weeks. Yeah! They're coming to attend her brother-in-law's wedding and she's throwing a baby shower for me while she's here. She even gets to find out the gender of their baby that week. I'm so excited and I can't wait! I love you sis!
Steve celebrated his golden 26th birthday on the 26th of January. Which is what he enjoyed pointing out to everyone. :-) I think his favorite part about his birthday celebrations was the friends and family dinner we had for him at our house the Sunday before. He invited a lot of friends from Fresno that he recently ran into at his friend's wedding. We had a delicious spaghetti and meatballs dinner, all the "Fresno buddies" played games on the regular Nintendo system to bring back old memories, they even looked through some old pictures, and he got spoiled with presents even though he claimed he didn't want anything. He did request that his birthday candles be made out of peanut butter Twix's. Which sadly, we couldn't pull off so I made up for it by giving him four king size servings. Then on his actually birthday we took him to dinner at Maria Bonita's-his favorite Mexican restaurant-and went to the BYU vs San Diego home game. Which I know Steve loved as well. Especially since BYU won and Jimmer was amazing as usual. He bought the tickets to the game about a month before and he was a little hesitant to save a ticket for me to go with him because I'm not fun to watch games with. But in the end, I went and I'm hoping I was a good enough fan for his liking. :-) Besides, it's a little easier for me to pay attention when I'm actually at the event instead of sitting at home watching it on TV with a lot of other distractions around me. All in all, it was a great birthday for him! Thanks Steve for being such a hard worker in school, work, and around the house. We love you!
Well, we've had a lot happen with our house this winter. We started off with a mice infestation. I think we ended up killing about 15 before we finally stopped seeing or cleaning up after them. I just hope they don't ever come back because exterminators charge outrages prices. The list of things goes on... One Sunday I decided to put potato peelings down the disposal. Ya, I won't be doing that again. Steve was up all night trying to unclog the drain. Thanks Steve for fixing my mistake! Then one of our above ground pipes in our side yard decides to break again like it did last winter. It was shooting an Old Faithful a few feet into the air and created a 4 inch pool of water in our backyard. We thought we had fixed it already. But apparently not. So we went about 5 days with no water while Steve fixed it. On top of that, we came back from our trip to Disney World and our heater was broken. All three of us slept that night bundled up in our bed with socks and sweatshirts on because our house was 50 degrees cold. It took about a week or two and several visits from the heater technician to finally get it working again. The odd thing is, it wasn't working right after the technicians last visit but it just randomly decided to start working a few days later. Then Steve accidentally shatters the glass window to our fire place and gives up on trying fix it. On top of all that, we hear the many sounds of a construction site through all hours of the night. But I think I'm gradually starting to get immune to it. Oh, and we now have ants in the kitchen again. One morning I found a long line of ants on my counter leading from the sink to a wrapper from a Reese's that was left out. But ants aren't as bad as mice so I try not to complain too much. I just drown them without feeling guilty. :-) Having all these eventful events happen with our house has made us rewrite a list of what we want in our next house. It's kind of a long list too. :-)
Even though we've had these little mishaps, we've also been having fun doing some remodeling. We got a new bed spread and painted our bedroom, we painted the bathroom and tiled the bathroom floor, and now we're working on painting the baby's room. It's been fun to see what a little paint and touch ups can do to make the house look better. It's also fun to have a little change. I'll have to post some pictures. And our next big project will be remodeling the kitchen!
Well, I only have 5 1/2 more weeks to go and I still don't feel as big as I did with Cooper. But I definitely fill the stretching coming on! :-) And sleeping is a hassle. I'm not swollen like I was with Cooper either. I've been craving sugar so I've been eating lots of fruit and sweets. I've probably eaten more fruit in the last month than I have over a 6 month time period normally. I also crave meat (hamburgers, chicken nuggets, steak) and rootbeer! I'm starting to notice my 'waddle' more. She is still such a mover! I feel her all the time. Lately she's been pushing against me so I have to push back to make her stop. I feel her in my ribs and sometimes I'll feel her in my lower ribs and above my opposite hip at the same time. She got the hiccups for the first time the other day. Cooper likes to give my belly kisses every once in a while. We still need to finish her room. I'll be sure to post pictures when it's finished. We at least have another crib set up though-but no bedding. :-) The name we really like as of now is Aurora Jane. I'm really excited for our little princess to arrive! I just can't believe the time is almost here and I hope she waits as long as possible so I can get everything ready in time.
P.S. I'll be working up until I go into labor, I just hope it doesn't happen while I'm actually at work-that'd be embarrassing. :-)
