Pregnancy Amnesia

Being pregnant, I've been very lucky to not have many of the bad side-effects. I was only sick for about 5 weeks back at the beginning, which really was pretty bad but looking back now didn't last TOO long, and I have felt really great since. Other than a little heartburn and uncomfort, I don't have anything to complain about. I have tons of energy and feel mostly like my normal self, except I continually mis-judge how far out my belly is poking and bump into everything. But one thing I do feel has come since the pregnancy is being much more forgetful. Which is the card I'm using to explain why I am having a hard time keeping this blog updated :) Oh, and then when the baby comes and I can't use that excuse anymore, I feel I'll be totally justified in using the "I'm-a-new-mom-who-gets-no-sleep" card. Then who knows, I can probably play that one for a couple years until the pregnancy reason comes back again. I can see how others may totally take advantage of that. I'm just glad that Tyler hasn't had to put up with too much extra stress these last 6 months (can you believe I'm 28 weeks!). I'm counting my blessings that I've felt good and been able to work and take care of things like I want to.

The only reason I'm adding this is for those of you who have been wanting a "pregnant" picture! I have 3 months left, and he's about 2 lbs and 14 inches right now.

On top of all this baby talk, we've been keeping really busy. Tyler is now working with Scouting and the Deacon's Quorum, so he's busier on Wednesdays and Sundays which he is loving. I couldn't think of a more perfect guy for scouting!

Tyler has also had an on-going project this past week of trying to get my stubborn car running again. It just decided not to start, so we've (and by we I mean he's) been trying to figure that out, so that's taken up most of his spare time at home. Thank goodness for a husband that is patient and likes fixing things!!

Happy Birthday Tyler!

It was a big day at our house yesterday as we celebrated my sweetie's 26th birthday. We usually like to party the whole day, but with Tyler at work until 7 and me with ESL class until then too, we were limited in our fun choices (not to mention not much mula in the birthday budget :) We took advantage of the time we had though, and Tyler bbq'ed some DELICIOUS steaks for dinner and also made his famous mashed potatoes. We also had birthday pie and ice cream, watched Amazing Grace (loved it), and opened presents. As you can see, Tyler was very excited about his new socks! He felt very loved as he received many calls from friends and family too, and he even got to hear his birthday announced on the radio station in Florence when his mom called in the morning. Fun day!

Tyler-sized dinner (don't worry, he only could get through half of that steak)

Welcome friends and family! I finally did it - I took some pictures of our new place and am posting them. We are loving our new home and it's been way too fun to decorate and buy furniture for it. Now that the decorating budget is spent :), we wanted to share what everything looks like now and will look like for the next long while. I'm now really looking forward to moving on to the nursery and painting the yucky Jazz-blue walls to a much more relaxing yellow as well as getting our baby furniture in. We will for sure be showing before and afters of that room as well.

Tyler has been loving having our own place to fix up and work on. He is so good at EVERYTHING that has to do with home improvement, he continues to amaze me with how he can do it all. We didn't have any closet doors in our bedroom when we moved in, so he came up with the idea of "borrowing" the closet doors off the downstairs bedroom (which still has boxes that need unpacking) and putting them in ours. They unfortunately were too tall, so he just sawed off an inch and a half and created doors for our poor closet. I never would have thought of that. His latest project is painting the garage (inside of it). I just enjoy watching him put everything together and then following behind and cleaning up or decorating :)

We had another ultrasound on Friday, it was so great to see our little guy again and even better to hear that he looks healthy and strong. We got some great shots of his cute little feet and legs, but he had his hands covering his face the entire time so we couldn't take a look at him. One thing is for sure though, he has his daddy's head :) I'm sure I'll feel that on the way out. Hopefully along with the slightly large head comes the incredibly good looks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.