4.08.2010

Story

There once was a girl who had an ENTIRE week off for Spring Break (no lie)
And every morning she sent her cute husband off to work
She knew she couldn't waste the week away
So she did what any homemaker would do:
She spring cleaned her apartment (even washed the woodwork!)
She made a blanket with her mother
After going through all of the weekly ads, she drove around and bought groceries for all of the BEST prices!
Strawberries were on sale at Wal Mart for $.88 and she went CRAZY and called her mom and asked how to make strawberry jam
After hauling jars, strawberries, and sugar up the stairs to her apartment, she made 2 batches of delicious strawberry jam (and she's thinking she will make MORE tomorrow!)
And in the MIDDLE of this all, there was a knock at the door
The girl was confused because she wasn't expecting any visitors
She rushed to the door and to her surprise, she saw the UPS guy leaning a BIG box against her front door
"Tiffanie?" he asked handing her a board to sign
"Yes, that's me," she said taking the board with a questionable look on her face because she hadn't ordered anything?
The UPS guy said thank you and the girl dragged the big box that said Target on it, into her apartment
"We registered at Target for our baby!" she squealed picking up her phone to call her husband
She gave him a play by play, giggling the whole time, as she tore open the box
"It's a baby bath tub! And hooded towels and washcloths!" She screamed

The box had been sent by her AWESOME little sister!
And later that evening, as the girl reflected over her week, she realized she had turned into her mother - which is TOTALLY awesome because her mom rocks. :)

4.06.2010

Weekend fun

On Friday James and I drove south for the weekend. My parents and brother live in St. George so we had free room and board :) My sister and her family came as well and we spent the weekend binging on lots of yummy treats.

It was our first Easter as a married couple - and it was very exciting to wake up and look for our Easter baskets from each other.

The weather in St. George was beautiful - high 60's, lots of sun...we couldn't get enough of it. James and I rode bikes, took walks, and laid out in the sun during one of the afternoon sessions of conference. It was wonderful! It was quite depressing to drive home today and see snow falling from the sky!

My mom helped me make a receiving blanket for my baby boy. I know - it should have been simple but, I never had the JOYOUS opportunity of learning how to sew and even sewing a straight line around four edges is difficult.


We took a lot of pictures...and I can't help but laugh hysterically every time I look at a current picture of myself or see my reflection in the mirror. I am literally in shock when I see a "fat fatty" staring back at me. Being pregnant is hilarious!

3.20.2010

Shower

Today my friend Crystal threw me an AWESOME baby shower!!


These are some of my guests eating yummy food that Crystal prepared...

playing a game...

Everyone had to "estimate" how long a string needed to be to fit around my belly - Katie was dead on! She rocks :)

We had to use our sculpting talents to create a baby out of play-dough. Not bad huh?


And to please me, Crystal put rubber duckies in the blue punch


A few other decorations...

Thanks Crystal for a great shower and for everyone who came! It was wonderful :)

3.19.2010

3.15.2010

Time

Have any of you glanced over at that little timer counting down the days until our baby comes? Do any of you think it suddenly has gotten VERY slow? Possibly even STOPPED?

Oh how it would be to run...

jump...

skip...

climb a tree...

I would even take something as simple as bending over

Besides those actions that I regretfully ignored as a blessing...I think the timer seems slower because I'm just SO excited to see our baby and to be a Mom :)

3.02.2010

"I do not like them, Sam I am..."


We ate a delicious meal of green eggs and ham (bacon) tonight in honor of our favorite childhood author.
Here's to you, Dr. Seuss! Happy Birthday.

3.01.2010

Good times

Last weekend we stayed with some friends in their cabin - this was our room.
James and his friend went ice fishing and this is his fishin' outfit.
This past week at our child birth class we won 5 diapers for answering review questions (we TOTALLY rock!)
And then this weekend some of my all time favorite people came to stay with us. Yes, these two girls are them...I love them.

Our apartment is very small so my cousin and her husband slept on a blow up mattress in our living room. Megan slept on the couch :)
Oh and we all hopped into my cobalt and went on a mad dash to a Dairy Queen for delicious ice cream cake. Yes, we did eat it all!