I've been showered....twice!!

I have been so blessed by so many people who love me. How did I get to be so lucky? Traci Sheen, the professional event planner, threw me a spectacular baby shower in my backyard and she even convinced the sun to make a surprise appearance just for the shower! She went all out decking it out with hand crafted decorations, table runners, food, and everything in between. It was definitely a hit and I felt so blessed to have a friend go to so much trouble, but to also have so many other friends show up to support me. Thanks to everyone who helped out, who came and made it a success and thank you thank you for all of the thoughtful gifts! Can you believe how lucky I am - my mom even flew out from California just for the shower!




Then just two weeks later, my boss' wife and a friend of mine on his team threw me another shower at work! They invited the entire office, which was slightly intimidating, but it turned out great and we had so much fun! They decorated the conference room so cute with hanging onesies from a clothes line, fun little baby decorations, and awesome food. Nobody can forget to mention the AMAZING cupcakes that Emily had special ordered from Dippidee Bakery in American Fork and she even broke her no sugar all year goal to try a cupcake or two. They were de-lish! Thanks for all the love and support - I have the best friends!

31 Weeks and flying by!!

Is it just me, or has this whole pregnancy thing sort of flown by? This picture was taken at 31 weeks, but I am now almost 32 weeks and that means I only have 8 WEEKS LEFT before the baby comes...and that's counting on him coming on my due date!! Yikes! Lately I have been getting a lot of comments from people that I look too small to be 7 months pregnant, I guess that's a good thing, right? Well either way our little guy is kicking and moving like crazy, so I'm not worried that he's healthy in there. :) My doctor said most babies sleep for 18 hours a day during pregnancy, but I can testify that baby Scott is awake at least every 10 minutes moving around and is probably going to run circles around me when he comes out.

Coming together

Since I listen to past general conference talks when I paint, I thought this weekend would be a perfect opportunity to get a lot done on my painting as well as make the most out of listening to conference. 16 hours later here are the results. I think it's coming along nicely, what about you?

Happy Easter

This Easter to our surprise we woke up to 3 inches of snow. Kinda like a mean April fools joke if you ask me. Rather than pout, we decided to make a family of snowmen. I hope your Easter was as enjoyable as ours.

We looked outside to see how well our snowmen were holding up at around 3 pm THE SAME DAY and this is what we saw! Spring is definitely here, even if it is sometimes pushed aside by the snow for a few hours.

Lucky

How did I get to be so lucky? My husband is incredible and I am reminded of what a blessing he is in my life EVERYDAY!!!







Two weeks ago I got to cheer him on in Oklahoma City, OK for the Mountain West Conference Championships for swimming and it was incredible! I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Not only was it so fun, but David did AMAZING! He swam season best times in every event, which was expected, but he ALSO swam LIFETIME BESTS in every event - not bad for taking two years off (four total if you include his mission) and still coming back after only a year and rocking the house! He sure went out with a bang and couldn't have asked for a better finish!

25 Weeks and counting...

And it just keeps growing! After a 2 month lull I am back on track and our little boy is growing like crazy (or at least my belly seems to be:) ) So I am almost 6 months pregnant and finally not fitting into my pants/skirts unzipped anymore, I tried to force it at church today, but probably shouldn't have. Yikes. I'm still not HUGE, which I am SO GRATEFUL for, and I am finding I have more energy and a greater desire to do things. I enjoy cooking and baking again and have been trying to take some of the load off David, who has patiently prepared 98% of our breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the past 6 months at least. He still cooks most of our meals since he gets home earlier than I do, but I have been trying to help out when I can. I imagine this energy won't last very long, so I'm trying to make use of it but either way...I FEEL GREAT!!

Portrait Update Part II

I've been busy at work trying to finish my brother-in-law's family portrait and I'm getting pretty addicted to painting again. David would probably say that I'm pretty boring right now because all I ever want to do every Saturday is paint. :) Hopefully I can finish it this month and stop spending my Saturdays in solitude and spend a little more time with Dave. Spring is coming and it will be hard to stay indoors with such tempting weather outside! I hope I can make it, wish me luck!

New Hair Cut

Brittany cut my hair the other day. It had been a while since my last trim, and since then my hair had become surprisingly lighter due to all the chlorine in the BYU pool. Here's a before and after shot.

Nesting?

I keep hearing all this talk about "nesting" and how pregnant women nest, but the truth is - I've always been a planner and I've always enjoyed getting things done early. So call it nesting, or call it me being me, but I got a little nervous when I started hearing of pregnant women all around me going into labor several WEEKS early. Hence, we moved the art room into the basement and set up both the crib and the changing table just so I could cross one more thing off the big 'to-do before baby list'. We also found the glider on sale for only $99 (marked down from $250!) and it is big and cushiony and reclines just like a recliner! I have 3 1/2 months left and I feel like we are pretty on track with getting everything ready in time, but what if I only had 1 1/2 months left....then I would not feel so prepared. Little by little we are becoming more prepared...

It's official...I'm outnumbered

We had our third and final ultrasound and within the first three minutes the sonographer said, "Now do you guys want to know what the sex is because you are FOR SURE having a boy!" Don't know what the other lady missed, but in the last picture you can see it plain as day. Hooray for little boys, we are so excited.

Names anyone???

Guess what's coming to town and WE'RE GOING!!!

Belly Update

This was taken at 21 weeks and I am now 22 weeks and counting, but you get the idea. Interestingly enough, I don't feel like my belly has grown very much in the last two months and that surprised me since I grew a ton from 13-15 weeks. I guess it's good that I didn't keep growing at that rate or I would be HUGE by now!!! :) If I stay like this with a little belly for the next couple of months I'll be perfectly happy, because being this big is uncomfortable enough as it is. You know, sleeping, sitting for too long, bending over to put on my shoes...the easy things.

One week left of Blondie

It may be hard to believe, but no, we did not dye David's hair. Since he joined the swim team again, he thought it would be fun to stop wearing a swim cap and let his hair grow out a little to see how blonde he could get it and I think he's done a pretty good job! It seriously feels like a feather on the tips because it is so dead from all the chlorine, but he leaves tons of conditioner in it after every swim to help with the damage control. After this week his season will be over and his blonde locks will follow...

This week we're heading to Oklahoma for the MWC Championships where David will race against the top breaststrokers from the U of U, Air Force, Wyoming, UNLV, New Mexico, TCU, SDSU, CSU and BYU. Good luck David!!! You've done an amazing job jumping back into shape for this season and I know you'll do great. Go BYU!

Life is beautiful

David took this photo in the mountains by our house last week and I think it is simply breathtaking. Enjoy.

My husband is such a stud. Period.

Last week David swam in his last home swim meet of his BYU career and it was so cool! They recognized the seniors and let's just say that David was the only one with flowers given to him. I'm such a mom. haha. He did a great job in his two races and in both races he got season best times! Now he's off to Oklahoma City for the Mountain West Conference Championships and is planning to beat his personal best times!! Good luck dave, you rock!

An oldie but goodie...

In November my best friend from high school got married and I just found these photos - all un-blogged! Sorry alyssa, I was bad at blogging at the time, but I had a blast at the wedding and thought you were gorgeous!

She had an awesome wedding and reception with the coolest personal touches that only Alyssa could have designed. One of my personal favorites was a photo booth with awesome props like a mustache on a stick and empty picture frames and a typewriter to write messages for the bride and groom. I even borrowed the photo booth idea for our recent church activity! Let's not forget the cake - great job mel mel. My big sister made the cake and did such a great job! It was fun to see so many great friends and spend time with such great people. Good times.

Boy?????

So we had another ultrasound and our sonographer said that she now thinks we could be having a boy, but she couldn't confirm either way...so frustrating!! We've decided that she was incompetent and wanted a second opinion, so we will be having a final ultrasound scan soon at another place and possibly even tomorrow. Hopefully this one goes much better then the last. Wish us luck!!

Place bets here...boy or girl?? David thinks it's a boy, I go back and forth, what do you think?

"Tweet Hearts"...such a cute one!

Look at this adorable outfit that Charity bought for Lucy, I can't wait to have her wear it! We are getting so excited to have a baby and love all the fun things people have bought for her. Clothes for little girls are SO MUCH FUN!