growing and growing!

These are pictures of me at 30 1/2 weeks, 33 1/2 weeks, and then last weekend, at 35 weeks. Only 5 more weeks to go! Sometimes I wonder how I will be able to get any bigger. I swear overnight I grew some more- I tried on a pair of pants today that fit me fine on Saturday, and now today I couldn't even get them up!



Last weekend we went with the Barkers to watch the Vikings game- it was such an AWESOME game, at least until 1/2 way through the 4th quarter. It was still so great to be able to say we went to a playoff game, and of course to get to hang out with Drew & Meg before our babies are born!

30 days and counting

WOW-- I cannot believe this is the last month Bobby & I are ever going to have without a baby Mason. Time since June has just absolutely FLOWN by. I know I have been complaining about my back hurting, being tired, being sick, having heartburn, and peeing all the time, but I am starting to get a little sad that in a month I won't be pregnant anymore! It is going to be so strange to not feel rolling around, pushing and kicking inside me. I think Bobby is going to miss it too- we have started a new morning routine- every morning when the alarm goes off, Mason starts kicking me over and over again on my left side. I'm not talking like 1 or 2 or even 10 kicks. This morning he literally kicked 32 (THIRTY TWO!!!) times after I started counting.

Bobby & I have so much going on this month- hopefully that helps the time FLY by-- we have been going to the doctor every week and still have 3 baby classes to go to! Craziness!

feeling antsy

I feel so antsy today! I dont know if it is because I am excited to go to our doctor's appointment today (we start going every week now!) or if it is because I am overly tired and haven't realized it yet. Our whole family was up at 4:30 this morning. I woke up to go to the bathroom, and then Bobby did, and then neither of us could fall asleep. Jefferson even woke up too, and Mason was kicking and wiggling around like CRAZY! I keep thinking about all of the things we need to still buy (like a car seat!!!) I am going shopping today though so hopefully that helps my anxieties a little. I got a 10% off coupon for all my registry items @ Target -- I just can't decide if I use it now or wait!

so cute!

I came across this super cute car seat cover online and had to share it. It just makes me laugh I love it so much! Poor Mason-- he is going to have to wear/use so much random stuff that makes his mom laugh. He is going to hate me when he looks back on some of his baby pictures I think! It is $90, so I am not going to buy it, but I think I might just ask my very talented mom to see if she can make something similar to it.

Merry Chritmas!!!

It's Christmas Eve... it snowed here yesterday, kind of giving everything a "fresh coat" just for Christmas, Christmas lights are up, presents are all wrapped and under the trees, people are bundled up all snug in their beds....

....And here I am, at work! It was -20 when I went to start my car this morning, which was parked on the street because I couldn't get into my garage last night--when they cleaned the streets they left a 3 foot drift infront of my driveway.

On a happier note, today is not a busy day at work, I get off at 1:00 today, and I have a beautiful boquet of roses sitting on my desk that Bobby brought to me yesterday "just because." I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband! Thanks honey!!!!

I am so excited to spend the next two days with family! Tonight we are off to my auntie Gwen's home in Grand Forks, and then tomorrow we are spending with Bobby's parents in Gardner.

I also got a couple of pages done last night-- one is the scrapjack below, and here is my other one:

Danie, Jill, Sam... I miss you girls!!!

OK-- time to get to work!!!

scrapjack

Here is my take on *Virginia Jack*

another weekend

Another weekend has come and gone already, which is fine with me because that means it is one less weekend until Mason gets here! I had my Christmas party for work on Thursday this week, which was nice, but it made me jealous of people who have "real" Christmas parties- ones where spouses are invited and it takes place after work hours. Neither Bobby or me have jobs where we get real Christmas parties.. :(

This weekend Bobby & I went to the Sioux game Friday night, and then on Saturday we had my family over for Christmas dinner. My parents got us an old fashioned popcorn machine -- with the stand and the whole 9-yards, so of course after Bobby & my dad put it together we all had bags of popcorn. We also got a lot of baby things, which just made me that much more excited for February to get here.

Today we have just been relaxing and not doing too much. I got some scrapping done (some of these pages are from last week) and I started packing Mason's hospital bag and cleaned his room for the 100th time. I brought down some outfits for Bobby to help me pick out, and I was bummed to be reminded that I only needed to bring "2 at the most" which is what we were told at our birthing classes-- I had picked out 6 outfits to bring, and some extra onsies 'just incase.' {don't tell, but I think I will still bring them all, they are small, it's not like they take up a lot of room!!}