march 9th

officially due today. when a doctor tells you that you could VERY likely have your baby early, don't listen to him. he lies. being dilated to a 3 and then 4 during the final weeks of your pregnancy means nothing. nothing. all it does is tease you.

turns out it's a good thing she hasn't yet arrived. i can't breathe, my throat hurts, and my ear are plugged. i can't believe i'm saying this, but... "stay in a little longer baby. just a little longer."

little bastardos

the snow has melted... for now. and this is what we found underneath. the culprit, voles. they must die.

{countdown }

i can't believe i am finally to the point where i can start counting down the weeks and even days until baby girl arrives. 6 weeks. that's it. i remember when it was 30 weeks. that was a depressing thought. there are days i can't wait to have her here and other days i feel like there is so much to do and i'm just fine with her staying in a long as possible.

i decided i should post at least one belly picture. so here it is... the belly.

{nursery }

this is my new favorite room in the house. it's not finished... and that stresses me out... but i figure as long as we have a crib we're set, right? brandon worked hard painting and putting beadboard up. i love walking in and reminding myself that there really is a baby and she really is coming... soon. (apparently her soccer kicks aren't reminder enough.)

salt lake

our annual christmas trip to salt lake finally arrived. we started the day by attending the christmas carol at the hale center theater. such a good way to get into the christmas spirit. the ghost of marley was pretty terrifying so it was a good thing we didn't have any children with us. i'm sure one of them would have peed her pants.

back at the hotel we ate until our bellies were full then bundled up to see the lights at temple square.
we spent the rest of the night swimming. the pool at the hotel was not you're typical hotel pool. they had a water slide and water playground. everyone had a blast on the slide, doing tricks and flips. i decided to be on the safe side and just watched. sadly, my mom has all the pictures from the pool. :(

of course, no christmas is complete without our traditional pj's. we all got paul frank jammies... which i love.

happy, happy christmas!!!

chirstmas break has arrived!

school is out!!! school is out!!!! school is out!!!!!

well for two weeks at least. and brandon is done with finals! it's been a crazy-busy month. now it's time to play and really enjoy the christmas season! merry christmas!

trick-or-treat

halloween has come again! friday was a crazy day at school... as usual. but we had lots of fun and the students loved our costumes. that night my family celebrated my dad's birthday with our annual costume party.

{happy birthday papa}

we feasted on swamp monsters, fish egg swamp juice, and mummy dogs.

and of course, it's not halloween without pumpkin carving.

{happy halloween}

what a week

-out with the "old" patio.... in with the new
-practice wedding cake..... we decided to have a little fun with it.
-the real thing (my first and last)

-little wedding dj-ing...

-this was delivered friday morning...
-and now we have a yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-plus, 3 major school projects for brandon that were all due this week. to say the least, we had several late nights and feel like we need a vacation.

-and last, but certainly not least, we found out that we will be welcoming a baby girl.