baby shower!

i work with some of the wonderfullest people ever! they threw me a super fun baby shower a week or so ago and i promised all of them i'd get some pictures posted as soon as i could for my mommy to see. they all agree that not getting to be with my mommy at all while im pregnant is not even cool, so they have done their best to take care of me in her absence! and i can tell you that both me and my mommy are super grateful for that. here's a peek at the fun we had!

hard at work trying to remember nursery rhymes!



if you wanna feel real good about yourself and your "pleasantly plumpness" you should play the measure mommy's tummy game!



my favorite of them all-guess the "candy" poopy diaper game! disgusting....as you can see by my reactions!



i am truly spoiled to work with such a fantastic group of people! look at all of our goodies!!



thanks to all of you girls for coming and for sharing this experience with me. you are all awesome possum and i love you all dearly!

happy valentine's day

happy valentine's day! even though jordan had said over and over again that we wouldn't be doing much this year, he, like always, went ahead and did too much.



she's not even here yet and she's won him over!



what you dont understand is the awesomeness of what this little black card entails.....60 full minutes of prenatal massage heavenly bliss. the absolute BEST thing to get when you're 37 weeks pregnant and miserable! once again, here's to you baby in your awesomeness!



and once again, last but not least for my mommy and green beans and anybody else who really wanted to see my belly.....we've made it to 37 weeks! hooray!!

the fun-ness has begun!

not what you're thinking...we dont have her here quite yet. we've just been getting everything ready for when she does though! jord has always said that we couldnt get "girly" bedding for the crib because we'd have to re-buy new stuff if/when we have a little boy. lucky for me and for her, he changed his mind when he found this (all by himself, i might add) on sale! he was quite pleased when he suprised me with the new bedding all ready to go in the crib. its super cute! i love it.





and just for my mommy and green beans!! here's my cute little belly! 36 weeks and patiently counting.......

one last get-a-way

this posting is a little late, but im trying to get all caught up! at the end of january we went to las vegas for a week to spend some time with jordan's parents.....decided it would probably be the last baby-free vacation of our lives!! we had such a good time, as always.



we went to build-a-bear workshop to make our little peanut her very own special baby teddy bear. jordan named her cuppie-cake!



they made us wash and dry and brush her just like everyone else has to!!



jordan found some new living room furniture at bass pro shop (i told him i didn't think so!!)



i think my favorite night was one of the last ones we were there when we went to the temple. its absolutely beautiful.

not-so-empathetic belly

so, apparently people get a little grumpy when you don't update your blog often enough! my deepest apologies......hope this will make a few people feel better! it's not alot for now, but i promise there's more to come soon!



last month we finished up our childbirth education classes! jordan was thrilled to go. with only 5 nights of class, the boys all had to fight over the "empathy belly" wearing opportunities. if you know my jordan, you know he didn't fight too hard. needless to say, he missed out on the opportunity to wear it for the entire night of any class, getting out of 2 1/2 hours of being "miserable and uncomfortable" as he put it. i, along with a few of his friends, informed him that probably wasnt the smartest thing to say to his 8 month pregnant miserable and uncomfortable wife! after rethinking it, he agreed and gave me a smirky smile! anyways, he didn't get out of it entirely. the last day he had to bare it for just a few minutes to get some pictures.......what you dont know but need to is that he just had to wear the belly, she didn't even add the extra 30 lbs of weights and the additional "bladder presure" pad to make it even remotely close to reality! here's to you baby in your awesomeness!

the cost of raising kids

one of my good friends, melody, posted this on her blog the other day and i really loved it so i thought i would re-post it and share! thanks melody! (we're both having little girls in march!!)

the government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. talk about price shock! that doesn't even touch college tuition. but $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down.

it translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* that's a mere $24.24 a day!
* just over a dollar an hour. still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be 'rich.' actually, it is just the opposite.

what do you get for your $160,140.00?
* naming rights. first, middle, and last!
* glimpses of God every day.
* giggles under the covers every night.
* more love than your heart can hold.
* butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* a hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* a partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.
* someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

for $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. you get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in santa claus.

you have an excuse to:
* keep reading the adventures of piglet and pooh,
* watch saturday morning cartoons,
* go to disney movies, and
* wish on stars.
* you get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for christmas, handprints set in clay for mother's day, and cards with backward letters for father's day.

for a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck.

you get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and
* coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

you get a front row seat in history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.

you get to be immortal. you get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. you get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match. in the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. you have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. that is quite a deal for the price! it's the best investment you'll make!