Happy 26th Birthday!

Luckily this year my birthday was on Saturday so we started celebrating by going to breakfast at Kneaders with family. I drive past that place everyday and see their sign for "all you can eat french toast", which is one of my favorites, so of course I had to try it and it was delicious! I then went shopping with my mom for nursery decor and went to dinner with Jeff and ended the night watching fireworks in South Jordan. 

Finally I have a baby bump picture. This one was at 27 1/2 weeks. I still dont feel too big compared to other pregant ladies I know. I am measuring exactly where I should be and it seems like overnight I went from one lovely stretch mark to like 10! Boo!!! I keep telling myself that all the sickness, swelling, crazy appetite or lack of, and inability to reach my legs/feet is all worth knowing we will soon have a sweet little miracle girl in our arms. She has been kicking like crazy lately....I love coming home from work and putting my feet up and feeling her go to town. Her recent favorite spot to kick me is right under my right ribs.

My wonderful grandma painted this tree in the nursery and we love it. The nursery is slowly coming together and once it's finished I will take some better pictures.

 Cute little lady bugs.

 My grandpa P also made this quilt for the baby. It is so soft and I am thankful for the talent she has to make this for our baby.

 This wall is still in progress...I bought picture frames but still need to fill and hang them.

 I got 2 birthday cakes this year, an ice cream cake and chocolate mousse cake.

26 weeks along

I still have not taken any pictures of my baby bump....I keep waiting for a day when I have enough energy to look decent....guess that time will never come!

I am now 26 weeks/6 months along and finally am feeling somewhat normal besides the heartburn and discomfort from a growing belly. Our little girl is starting to become much more active and randomly kicks throughout the day and night. She especially loved the Chris Cagle concert we went to and wouldn't stop kicking during it. Jeff was finally able to feel her kick a few weeks ago which was exciting for him. He is so excited for this little girl to join our family that he has gone online and bought a few hurley brand onesies and matching sweat outfit that is to die for.

As far as the nursery goes, it is slowly coming along. We have purchased/refinished all the furniture and Grandma P has started her wall-art which I am so excited for. We have also bought a swing, car seat and stroller as well as a few odds and ends.

In other house news, we have just about completed the backyard project. The old owners had white pea-gravel in between the trees which looked terrible and so we have been taking it out by the truck loads and replacing it with compost which will eventually have bushes and flowers as well as some fruit trees. Pictures to come soon.

Memorial weekend and the start of summer fun

The pictures are a little out of order because I am still trying to figure out the new blogger. Anyway, we were excited to start off the summer going to Hatch over memorial weekend and enjoying one last vacation before our little girl arrives.

The first weekend in June we attended Eagle Mountain's Pony express days and were able to see Chris Cagle in concert and watch fireworks. I have always loved Chris Cagle and he put on a great show!

Jeff and I decided we love summer time for times like these: warm summer nights watching fireworks, rodeos, town days, and watching demolition derbys. We have our calanders ready for more fun days to come this summer.

 Above is pictures from Red Canyon and our annual trip to Ruby's Inn. This was Amanda's first year going to the family cabin.
I decided to take some pictures of the Hatch property so I could look back and remember what it was like growing up.

 The outhouse and leaning bunk-house which will soon be taken down :(

The gorgeous view of the back-side of Bryce Canyon and where we spend all day fishing and 4-wheeling.

This trip was fun even though I couldn't do much 4-wheeling due to being pregnant and uncomfortable and mom who just had her bunion sx couldn't do much walking, so we spent a lot of time just sitting and relaxing which was needed.