Saturday's Hard Labor

I wish this was about me giving birth, lol.. but nope, it's a Tom post! Yesterday we spent the day at Kirty and Dan's, they are slowly adding on to their patio, and Tom jumped at the chance to play with cement, lol. I think afterwards his body was realizing he's not a teenager anymore, but it was great to see him out there working with his hands and getting dirty. :)

Dan and Kirty are amazing friends that help us out tons, so it was great to be able to help them out too. And their kids are hilarious. While digging up the ground they found some worms and Tom asked Quentin to come pick them up, and Quentin (just turned 4) said "i don't like to get bugs and worms on my hands" so his dad asked him what he DID like to get on his hands, and he said "Soap and Water" LOL, he is definitely Kirty's son! Tom and Dan now have plans to take him camping and de-brainwash him, lol.

Anyway, it was fun to spend the day with those crazies! Here's some proof for those of you who doubt my honey's participation in manual labor :)

Pieces of the puzzle coming together

well the nursery is coming along :) really all we need is the parts to put the crib together. I got this bookcase at ikea and i think it really supplied the last missing part. I'm so excited about how cute its all turning out. As soon as I get the crib put together i'll post a total nursery picture, but here's what i just did. :)

Las Vegas Baby Shower

After long delay, here's some pics of the baby shower Anna, Shana and Kathryn threw for me in Las Vegas!

Everyone was so nice and I can't believe how generous people are. The food was delicious and the decorations were great! My Grandma drove down from St. George so Lavinia would know somebody there, ;) and my friend Abby who recently moved to Henderson from SLC drove over. And of course so many of the cute women in Tom's family, and some amazing people in Kathryn's ward. I just want to say THANK YOU! to everyone again, for making this experience special and for caring so much! And Thanks to Anna, Shana and Kathryn for a great party!!

The Wait Goes On

Well I'm still prego, lol. But I've been having a lot of fun and continuing all the little things I've left to get ready, nothing super crucial, but nice to have done. A friend of mine told me I should try and plan something to look forward to, (that I couldn't do if the baby came), every couple of days so that if the baby doesn't come I still have XYZ to do :) So I'm trying to do that.

This weekend was a great example, I was in charge of teaching the RS lesson on Sunday and was really hoping to get out of it, lol. Well, obviously she didn't show and so I went ahead and taught, but I wasn't too upset, because I had a pregnancy massage set up for monday! The massage was amazing! i felt totally and utterly spoiled, and it was so nice to have 8 months of aches and kinks and soreness worked on by someone who knew what they were doing.. sigh.. so nice. My cute hubby totally spoils me!

Today IKEA opens just down the street from me, I was gonna wait out the craziness and go later but my cousin Collete is in town and her and her sister Janell are going so I'm gonna waddle along after them. It should be exciting to see, everyone's all thrilled that IKEA came.

Okay, here's a picture that doesn't really have anything to do with my post for the week, lol. But i just thought it was so cute. Here's tom working away while our 'first child' sleeps on his tummy. I can just tell by how sweet he is to fred, what a great dad he's gonna be.

Bring it on!

Well it's official! The baby is now 'Full Term' and legal to be delivered at the Birth Center! So let the games begin! Tonight Tom and I took a drive up Big Cottonwood Cayon. We've heard that one of the things that can bring on labor is high altitudes. Supposedly it thins your blood and hopefully your cervix. We ate dinner at this cool little place up the mountain. The food was yummy and the view was great! It was nice to get away from the house and spend some time together. Maybe tomorrow we'll take a long walk or eat some spicy food. My grandma swears that mopping the floor on your hands and knees will bring on labor, but i'm not that desperate yet, lol.

I've packed the diaper bag (i got that one in the picture I posted before), and am mostly done packing our bags for when it happens. it's hard to pack cuz a lot of the things i want to take i use every day. I think we have everything we need for the baby, it's so weird.. this is really gonna happen! Ah! :D