Oakland Temple

Today we had Stake Conference at the building right next to the Oakland Temple. It was beautiful, the weather was amazing and it was a perfect day to take some pictures. :) We went up to the terrace of the temple and could see all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. We love California! :)

 

0 days???

Oh my gosh! This morning, I saw something CRAZY!! 

The day I found out I was pregnant....waaaaay back in January...I made a countdown on the dashboard of my computer. I checked it all the time when I used the calendar or the calculator and slowly watched the numbers get smaller and smaller. BUT, I can honestly say that I never thought this day would come when it would say 0 days, 13 hours....meaning TOMORROW is her due date! Of course, that doesn't mean she will COME in 0 days, 13 hours haha...but how did this day arrive so quickly??

I honestly still feel great! I feel like a lot of girls at this stage feel upset that their baby hasn't come yet...but I don't. I am ready for her whenever she decides to come, but I know it will happen when it's supposed to happen. I am hoping for a healthy, chubby, rolly polly little baby girl. :) 

Get in my belly

I was looking through old videos on the webcam and saw this one from when I was about 20 weeks along. I remember thinking I looked "SO" pregnant and I would be shocked when people couldn't tell that I was half way through my pregnancy haha...let alone pregnant at all! NOW, I understand. :) 

Now, fast forward 20 weeks to my current 40 (in a day or two) week pregnant status. It's crazy to watch your body change so much over 9-10 months. It's also amazing that your body can do such a miraculous thing and create a baby! Sometimes it just baffles my mind thinking about how it all works. 

Hope you enjoyed those lovely videos haha. :)

GOooo Cougars!

I told Bryson I thought it would be funny if the baby decides to come during the BYU-Utah game on Saturday...her first act of defiance as if to say, "Guess who's in charge now?" haha. I know Bryson wouldn't hesitate for a moment to turn off the game and he wouldn't even think twice about it while we were in the hospital (or maybe just twice haha)...but it would be a great story. :)

Then, tonight I saw this commercial and it made me laugh. Ohhh college football season is officially here. :)

Love my honey hubby so much! :)

Tragedy and Up All Night

We had a little tragedy last night in our house. I had made my "old blog" (the one I had YESTERDAY) with an "old template" from blogger. I was looking around at some stuff on blogger... curiosity...and I pushed the WRONG button, didn't back up the old template and BAM it was erased. I searched forever trying to find out how to make it go back to the way it was...but noooo. SO, I had to re-invent myself. Haha. Mostly for now I am just experimenting with different elements and features on the blog, and it's a work in progress. BUT, at least it's not completely blank and barren like it was several hours ago. OH well. :) So, if you are wondering why the new facelift...it was not planned haha.

BUT there are some things I like better. I like that if you want to search for a post (or access the blog archive), just click on the SEARCH tab and you can search posts and labels. I also put all of my favorite links and blogs that I look at regularly in the FAVORITES tab so I have easy access them and it cleans up the main page. I also like the aqua and grey combo - a favorite of mine right now haha. It has been interesting learning little bits of HTML coding to fix and add things here and there. HTML is like a foreign language for sure! ALSO, my 30-day free trial of Photoshop expired last night as I was making the header, so Bryson is going to get me Photoshop soon so I can have that again! (Thank you Adobe!)

And on another note...this show looks so funny and it couldn't come at a more perfect time! Hopefully it's funny!!

Just thinking...

Just sitting here, thinking of this little bug. MY little bug. :)

These were taken at 20 weeks - almost 20 weeks ago! Crazy how time has gone by so quickly!

We were lucky to get such a great profile shot of our sweet baby girl! I've seen other ultrasound pictures that don't look nearly as clear. 

We loved watching her stretch. Sweet, sweet, sweet. :)

Now that it's down to the final countdown, I can't help but wonder so many things about her. What will she look like? How much will she weigh? What color hair and eyes will she have? Will she be lucky enough to inherit Bryson's long eyelashes? haha. Will she be stubborn like me? 

When will she come?

Here's a picture of Bryson as a baby:

And here's one of me: (check out those ears!! haha)

Who will she look like??

I know my life is about to change drastically - like never before. There are parts of me that are scared, parts that are already exhausted just thinking about it, parts of me that are so excited...but the biggest part is just in love. In love with a baby girl that will be completely new to this world. Somehow deeply in love with this tiny person who I've never met. In love with my little squishy little bug. 

Oh Sister

I will never get over how much this video makes me laugh! Nothing better than some horrible dance moves to funny music. :) Kaitlyn always makes fun of me for my "step-clap, step-clap" dance haha. 

Classic! I hope someday I can give my little girl a sister, too! :)

The Waiting Game

39 weeks

I can't believe I can say that the baby is due in a week give or take a couple days! Who knows when she will actually come, but it's getting SO close! 

So, at 39 weeks...I am feeling great! I know she could come at any time, so I am enjoying sleeping in and being spontaneous while I can. :) At my doctor's appointment on Thursday, I had gained more weight than I care to share BUT luckily, the number does fall in the lowest end of the recommended weight gain. Every girl knows you will gain weight during pregnancy, but it still isn't easy to see those numbers towards the end haha. They are numbers you have avoided your whole life and all of a sudden...BAM, there they are. :) I also have been incredibly lucky make it to 39 weeks without a single stretch mark. I check every morning, just knowing that they will probably show up the day she decides to come haha. Bryson and I have 2 names picked out and we're ready to see her cute little face and know that once we see her we can make our decision. :)

 Bryson and I went to our last class at the hospital the other night and the teacher asked us all to introduce ourselves and answer a few questions. One of the questions was "Is your house ready for the baby?" Everyone else at the class was 28 or 30 weeks along and they all said, "Nooo." They all kind of gasped a little when they heard I was 38 1/2 weeks along and laughed when I said "Yes, we are ready...hospital bags are packed and everything!" 

Tonight we went to a movie, realizing this could be one of the last movies we see as a "childless" couple. Crazy!

I finally made some "freezer meals." I have just been freezing half of what we are having for dinner each night, but at least that's a meal in the freezer. :) I think I've made 3 so far...with plans to make 2 more. We'll see. 

My mother-in-law will be here in 6 days! Can't wait! 

And now it's just waiting, waiting, waiting. 

And for your viewing pleasure: some awkward, "I'm bored" pictures. :) 

What do you do with too much free time??

The Story of A Bear

The other day I received a package in the mail. Under the brown paper packaging was a brown shoe box and inside the shoe box was a sweet note explaining the contents of the box. This box was from my aunt; my mom's identical twin sister. She explained that 10 years ago after my mom passed away, my  dad sent her some of my mom's clothes. My aunt then took my mom's favorite pajama bottoms and made them into this little stuffed bear. I remember my mom wearing these pajama pants and I am in LOVE with the fact that my baby girl can snuggle up with something that was belonged to my mom. I know she will cherish this as much as I do. She also had one of my mom's dresses made into a tiny, sweet jumper for the baby. It is SO cute and I just LOVE it! Thank you, thank you, thank you Auntie! 

Here are a few other details in the baby's room, which is finally done. Or at least as done as it's going to get before she arrives. :)

We already LOVE you so much baby girl! We can't wait to meet you!

38 weeks and counting

38 weeks pregnant and feeling great! I'm sure the baby will not be arriving any time soon because I really do feel great! Last night, Bryson and I took a walk. We only walked about a mile, but I could have kept going and going. We are ready whenever she decides to come...but we are enjoying being "just the two of us" until she does. :) I DO feel huuuuge, but when I tell people that I only have 2 weeks to go, they are always SHOCKED because they think I look smaller than 38 weeks. On our walk last night, we hit a new milestone and finally decided that we "probably" know what our baby's name will be haha. It's the closest we've gotten so far! We still aren't 100% set, but we're closer. :)

Here's a picture of me at 38 weeks...standing in front of our pathetic, dying flowers on our balcony haha. Bryson said, "You grow babies much better than you grow flowers." Hopefully that's true! Our poor flowers haha.