The Past Few Weeks

A lot has happened in the past few weeks.  John had arthroscopic surgery on his knee to have his meniscus "cleaned up".  He tore it playing basketball and wanted to get it taken care of before he starts his intense training at Police Academy.  He has been doing physical therapy and is healing really well.  Since he had to have that done, he has been out work for a few weeks.  His work didn't want him to come back until the doc said he could do 100% of everything he was doing before the surgery; so we have had a lot of extra time to spend together, which is great because once we get to Nevada we probably won't see each other very much.

John after surgery... he was a little out of it, but I was very entertained ; )

I have had two baby showers.  Both were great and I am so grateful for everyone who came and helped us out. We have had so much support with our move and with baby coming, I feel so blessed for all of the great people that Heavenly Father has put in our lives.

My first shower was thrown by my Aunt Kambria and my Mum.  They did such a cute job!  Not knowing the sex of our baby made it a little harder for people to get gifts and stuff, but everyone was pretty excited that we haven't found out at the same time.  Mom and Kambria came up with a way cute theme for the shower too!  I loved it!!!  And getting a chance to see all of my family and friends was so much fun!

"What Will Our Baby Bee???"

 My Aunt Kambria made these cute bee cakes : )

This one is a bunch of cupcakes put together, my Mom had this made, so cute!!!!

 Bouquet of onsies, wash clothes, and bibs that my mum made for baby : )

 AMAZING diaper cake made by my Aunt Krystle!!!! She is sooooo good at these!

Opening presents!  Cute duckie outfit from Kristin and Kelly.

John and I checking out how tiny the newborn diapers are. . . crazy : )

 Mom and all the cute lil nieces and nephews

Me and my cute Mummy : )

My other shower was thrown by my two best buddies from High School, Dayna and Shannon!  It was soooo cute and so fun to see all of my friends!!!  Again, I can't believe how blessed we are.  I thank Heavenly Father every day for how much he blesses us!

Dayna and Shan are very crafty!!!!!

LOVED THIS!!!

Wishes for Baby and Advice for Mommy : )

Dayna put together a photo booth. . .

Everyone got to guess what our lil baby is going to be. . . EVERYONE guessed boy!!!  I didn't put them up to it either.  It'll be really funny when I have to show this post to my little girl. . . LOL!

So. . . along with all of that we have been packing, packing and packing and we are about done!!!!  Off to Nevada we go. . . only 3 days left!!!  We are so excited and can't wait to start our new adventure!!!!

This is a looooong post, I apologize. . .but I just wanted to post an updated bump pic : )

Baby Update

32 Weeks. . . and counting. . .

We are almost there : ) We had our 32 week visit at the doctors this week and everything is looking good.  Even tho I don't feel too huge, doctor says the baby is growing just fine.  I am kind of sad that we won't be delivering with the doctor that we've had the whole time, I love her (Dr. Ann Blackett) but I'm just very thankful that the baby is doing good and that I've had a good/healthy pregnancy so far.  As of right now, I don't know how big baby is but the doctor says that everything is looking like it's on time.  My Aunt and Mom are throwing a shower for me this week, and I'm pretty excited, mostly to see lot's of people and some old friends.  It will most likely be the last time I see a lot of them for a while, so it is going to be kind of a bittersweet day.

The pics below are the most recent that we have of the bump : )

32 Week Bump

Love this new shirt hee hee, I got the idea online and had it made : )

MOVING TO NEVADA : )

WELL, IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!  We are moving to Nevada at the end of the month.  John got a job as a Game Warden for the State of Nevada and will be patrolling Lake Mead.  We will be living in Boulder City, a cute little town about 20 minutes south of Las Vegas.  We took a trip down last weekend to find an apartment, and it was a SUCCESS!!!!  It is going to be a very crazy time for us to be moving, but we couldn't be more excited and happy about it!  I will be 36 weeks pregnant when we get down there and are getting settled.  John starts his Police Academy on April 30th, and our little babe is due May 2nd aaaahhhhh!!!!  Pretty crazy, but we are prepared to roll with the punches and we know that Heavenly Father is going to help us through anything that comes in our path!  Thanks to everyone who has supported us and prayed for us in the past few months.  John is so excited to be starting his dream job this year and I am so excited to be moving to a warmer climate : )  (it does get pretty dang hot down there, but don't worry, we've got a pool at our apartment, AC and we're 5 minutes away from Lake Mead and we will be playing down there A LOT)  And we both, of course, are VERY excited for our little addition to be getting here!  We can't wait to have him/her here with us!
Below are some pics of our new apartment, and yes, everyone is welcome to come visit us (please).  And uh did I mention, we're only 5 minutes away from a very fun lake and 20 minutes away from Vegas?! ; ) oh yeah, and we'll have a cute little baby to play with/babysit ; ) hee hee hee

ENTRANCE

BABY'S ROOM

LIVING ROOM

DINING AREA

KITCHEN

KITCHEN AGAIN

MASTER BEDROOM

MASTER BATHROOM

MASTER CLOSET/BATHROOM

PATIO

THE POOL . . . . AH YES : )

Photo A Day Challenge, Days 2 & 3

Day 2: Words

Letter from the State of Nevada. . . . .

Telling my Hubby he got the job as a Game Warden : ) PURE EXCITEMENT!!!!!

Day 3: Hands

Don't know who's hands these are. . . but I LOVE this picture : )

Photo A Day Challenge!

I saw this on my friend Whitney's blog and I love the idea, so I am going to try it!  Here go's : )

Day #1 for me. . . My view today

I've been able to spend the last 2 days with my Hubby!!!  It has been great! I love this view btw, he looks so happy and content (he's watching basketball hee hee) We celebrated Valentine's Day today because he will be working on the actual day and we won't be together.  I am so lucky, He is THE GREATEST!  He makes me laugh and he makes me want to better!!!  I love him sooooooo much!!!

Our Valentine's Dinner : )

And our Valentine's Kiss : )

baby, baBY, BABY ON THE BRAIN!!!!!!!!

UGH!!!!!  I know I can't be the only mother-to-be that has had this problem.  ALL I think about is my lil babe!!!!  I would have annoyed the crap out of everyone around me if I had actually spoken everything I had thought about my child. . . this is why I just have little conversations with myself inside my head ( yeah, it sounds kinda weird, but hey I'm saving a lot of people from being really annoyed)
What will "he" look like? ( we don't know what the sex of our baby is, but for some reason calling "it" a "he", or "him" sounds a lot better than "it", and it has just come naturally to say "he" or "him". . . but I still have no "motherly intuition" of what we're having )  What is his name going to be, for sure (I'm still trying to decide between a couple of names) Will he be huge, or just a little guy?  Is he going to be nice to me during delivery??? So many things running through my mind.  All I can do to stop thinking about all of that stuff is to look on the internet for baby nursery ideas, start registering for baby stuff, shopping on line for basically EVERYTHING baby, stalk all of my friends on Facebook who have children and say to myself "see the baby does eventually come out" : )  All in all, it helps, but then . . . . I have to go to bed sometime and my mind goes nuts right before I am going to sleep . . . oh gosh, it just never ends.

Any-who, here are some new pics, enjoy : )

Week 24 Belly : )

I guess my child is the size of an egg-plant now. . .

Love this for a girl. . .

And for a wee lil boy!!!

I love these painting pattern ideas : )

CAN NOT wait to get the nursery ready !!!