An Idaho Baby Shower

My Aunt Margie and Sue threw a baby shower for me in Idaho. It was such a sweet and fun party. They threw it in the back room at Polo's Cafe, Which is this cute yummy little Mexican place in Burley. Since I crave Mexican food constantly now that I am pregnant it was perfect. They did the cutest owl theme and it was just a wonderful day. I got to see family I haven't seen in quite a while, Got to combine my mom and dad's sides, and got to see a few cherished friends. Over all it was a really wonderful day and such a thoughtful thing for Margie and Sue to do. Also, Rhylee and I were spoiled rotten. Mostly Rhylee. LOL.

We got a bathtub and bath supplies, lots of adorable clothes. I so want to pull her out and play dress up for a few hours, and we got lots of cute books. So many wonderful, thoughtful and useful things. Thanks so much to everyone who came. It meant so much to have you all there.

A shot of Autumn, Sparky and I all putting our bellies together.

One of my mom's good friends Roxana and her daughter Martha
My great Aunt Clara and Barbara

Alicia and Alexandra

Teri and Malynn

Me opening a black and red onsie... so my stlye. Thanks Sue!

Cute little owl book bag with all kinds of books in it. Can't wait to read to Rhylee Hope she loves books as much as I always have.

Opening more presents

A group shot

Gifts and Owl decoration

Marg and Sue setting up

The cutest little Owl cake ever!

Autumn's Baby Shower

Mindy planned a baby shower for Autumn that we had at my house. I was frustrated and exhausted and didn't think it was gonna come together, but it did and it actually turned out pretty nice. I had workd really hard to get my stuff made for her gifts. We have had so much going on that I am surprised I was able to get it finished. I am excited but at the same time being pregnant is kind of frustrating. You have limited energy and cannot do nearly half as much as before. And we have so many things going on that we are trying to do and finish before school starts, and then I am basically useless Mon-Thurs becuase after a 10 hour mentally exhausting day I have nothing left when I get home. But, at any rate I did finally manage to get the stuff done for her party. I made her a diaper cake, and though it was my first attempt I think I did pretty darn good. I actually wanted to keep it. LOL.

Here is the diaper cake

Mindy laughing
The blanket I made for Autumn

The burp clothes I made for Autumn that match the blanket I made for her.

The diaper cake with the bath set I put together. I put nightime baby bath, lotion and powder together in tule and then added a binky that matched.

Mindy's Surprise Party

Well the last three weeks have been soooo busy! Working on so many projects, and events. I will get into the projects later, first the events. Alex and I conspired for a couple months to surprise Mindy for her birthday. It turned out very awesome. Alex kept her occupied all day and Autumn came over and helped me set up and cook. Alex wanted a Luau theme, and decided to do pulled pork sandwhiches and Pina Coladas. I made chocolate and Coconut cupcakes, since coconut is Mindy's favorite. Here is the night in pictures.

The cupcake centerpiece

Day lillies from our yard
Up close with the Chocolate cupcake

Up close of the coconut

The "message in a bottle" table. I cut pieces of paper and left pens out and had every guest write a message to the birthday girl and then put it in the "bottle" (or vase) so she had a surprise to look at later.

SURPRISE!

Snots.. or Autumn enjoying the party

Leebie and Malynn... I can never get a picture of both of them smiling.... LOL

Jeff, Casey and Lexa

Mindy with Candy and Erin

Mindy and the "amazons" these ladies are so tall

Blowing out her candles

The happy couple

I know my eyes are closed.....

Mother and daughter

A typical Jeff face... LOL

Well all in all it was a great night. Erin and Candy brought some stuff to do glitter toes and Mindy, Echo, Autumn and I all got our toes done. Autumn was trying to take my old polish off becuase I couldn't reach, you should have seen the two full prego girls huffing and puffing trying to get the polish off. It was pretty funny. More events to come...stay tuned....

Louee and the "bump"

Monday we had our targeted ultrasound. She went through and checked all the parts of the baby and if and how they were developing, like the chambers of the heart and organs and limbs. Everything looks great. Rhylee was so not a happy girl though, she was all over the place and getting mad. She is laying breach, so her head is up by my ribs and she puts her feet up by her head and her hands behind her knees, and she kicks my ribs. I was really sore after the ultrasound cause they push so hard getting into all the depth of the ultrasound, so I was hurting already and Rhylee was pissed the rest of the day and was kicking me like no other. She is so cute though, we got a couple good shots of her face. I can't wait to meet our little munchkin.

The lady doing the ultrasound asked Chris who do people tell you that you look like? and he just smiled and she said "Keifer Sutherland" He's like yep... she is like its uncanny. Then we we walked out she tell all the girls at the front desk and the nurses standing there and they are all checking him out and smiling and saying yea I see it, he was sooo red. It was funny. He gets that all the time.

So after the ultra sound we needed to take our 21 week pic. Well that was a story in itself. I will tell it, and show it with pictures:

okay so Louee loves jumping up and rubbing the belly. Chris is standing there and Louee jumps up and is snuggling the bump so sweetly for like 2 minutes, and I am asking Chris "did you get the pic? did you get it? Chris??? CHRIS?!!!!" yea he missed it he was texting, and tuning out the wife (as usual) He's like make him do it again. RIGHT. kids and cats don't do things twice, you have to get the picture the first time, by then Louee is in the floor with his ears laid back looking at both of us like "not on your life, I'm down and done, the moment has passed" So I was upset cause it would have been the cutest pic.
So then Chris is all flustered cause I am upset the cat won't come and he drops the camera.. so he bends down to pick it up just as it goes off.. Funny pic though....

So then Tuesday night Louee was feeling lovable again, it comes and goes with him. He is a Louee he does what Louee's do. Whatever that is. But it was sweet...

Another cute shot

This one was just funny, I'm surprised it didn't break Chris's back. Louee is a big boy, as you can see by the picture... I think his parents were dog and polar bear...

It's STILL a Girl!

So at our doctors appointment yesterday, he said well its still a girl. I am excited! Also I have a targeted ultrasound on Monday where they go through 4D and look ateverything, organs, ventricles, fingers and toes, to make sure everything is developing like it should. That will be kind of exciting.

Well I think we may finally get a crib, geez! it had been a ongoing saga trying to get a crib. Every one I have ordered has been cancelled becuase it was out of stock, and everyone I have liked has been out of stock. I finally got one the other day and it said it shipped. Grr. Margie is buying one for us and we have been trying to get one for like 2 and a half months. We have the matress, I was begining to think that was all she was gonna have to sleep on. LOL. Finally choose the paint color for the nursery. Now once we get the basement finished we can save and get the paint and bead bored for the nursery.

I can't wait to finish the laundry room. I went onto pintrest and pinned a whole bunch of laundry rooms for inspiration and ideas. We have the paint samples. We are doing a more sterile room with a pop of color. Chris promised since we couldn't and didn't want to pay hundreds extra for the colored washer and dryer that we could do at least one wall with a pop of color. We are going to do a color of turquoise. Then all of our applicances ( freezer, washer & dryer and eventually another little fridge) will be white as well as the cabinets and floor and 3 walls. I am going to measure and see if the cabinets we are trying to sell, the top part if one will fit above the W & D then I will paint one cabinet white and that will save us a lot of money not having to buy one shelf. There is this cute Martha Stewart bench that I want for in there as well, it has three cubbies for storage and a pad for a seat. Then I want to put shelving and a rail to hang clothes on above it. I am so excited for all the storage this room is going to create. help unclutter the rest of the house a bit. Especially our kitchen. In building bigger easier to access shelves in our laundry closet we can use the old pantry for all our smaller appliances, get some things off the counter, out of the basement, plus have more food storage. I am such a freak. Storage and organization are what I live for. I hate clutter it reminds me of my grandmother the hoarder. ick.

And for a random first while being pregnant, here is a humiliating story. So the other night I took a bath. Our tub is a huge jetted tub, its pretty deep and spacious. Well I couldn't get out. I couldn't get a grib on anything and was sliding all over. It's hard with a belly in the way. Chris was trying to pull me but I kept sliding. First we were laughing, then I was laughing until I cried, then I was just crying... then I peed. Pregnant bladders. at least I wasn't dressed this time. I actually peed my pants last week. I sneezed three times on the third sneeze... had to change my clothes. One thing I won't miss after I have the baby. At any rate after all the laughing crying and peeing, finally we put a towel down in the tub for me to get on for traction... glad chris was home, I could have been stuck for a while. Geez

Where I love being pregnant and the thought of bringing a little person into this world. I feel so lazy and unmotivated. So much to do, and I don't have the energy or ability in some cases. I am independant mostly, and I love refinishing furniture. I have Chris and am grateful for him, but I like doing things myself and he is having to do my spray projects. The baby dresser and shelf, the cabinets for the laundry room. I hate to be snapping orders over everything he does, but I like things a certain way, and its hard to not just do it myself. grr... it will be worth it though I have to keep telling myself. Oh man I can't wait to decorate. Pretty sure that was my calling in life. Well that is all my random ranting for the day.

Busy Weekend

Well we did our yardsale this last weekend. Whew that was exhausting. My mother-in-law came up and helped me out, and I don't think I could have done it without her. It was a pretty good sucess though. We still have a lot of stuff though so we probly will be having another one in about a month or so. Want to try and sell some more of it before we donate. Friday surprsingly was just busy, we made pretty good money that day. But Saturday, the day I though would be busy and have more people was sooo slow and we made some money but not even half as much as Friday. Next time I know to advertise in the Clipper which is Davis county's little paper.

I am so excited though, becuase we did make enough to finish the basement and probably do the shelves for the pantry. After our yardsale was wrapped up Saturday we went and looked at paint Samples for the Nursery and the Laundry room. We are still looking for the right tile though... can't find what we want. We will get there though. Tomorrow we have another Dr appt. This is when we get the 100% on whether were having a girl, finger crossed, I'm inlove with the thought of having a girl first. Well here are some pictures from the weekend.

Driveway pic of yardsale from Saturday morn

Our clothes hangers. LOL. Chris's mom is a cleaver one.
More hangers and sheleves

20 week baby bump pic. This is a horrible pic of me though... no makeup I had just got done cleaning too. oh well only look at the belly.

We have the sweetest neighbors. Kim and her son Kyler brought us these flowerrs from her yard. So pretty. Kyler is also gonna mow our lawn. He is 7 and saving up for a car when he gets old enough to drive. Seriously motivated that one is. Good for him though. Start young.

Folded laundry went grocery shopping, came home Louee is on clean laundry.. and then the nosey little shit that he is, you can see him snooping through the bag... rather lazily at that.

"Let me be myself"

Okay so I know I have been overkill on the "Me being Me" thing. But until you've ever allowed yourself to have your voice taken away, and allowed the real you to be snuffed out to please people, You'll never be thankful for the voice you have and the people who love you for it. I bring this up again because I was shuffling through my ipod, something I havent done in a long time. I haven't reloaded most of my music on here since the crash. A song that made me think and fell like you know what I agree "Let me be myself", came on. Had to share the lyrics. To me they ae so powerful and exactly what I was feeling for so long.

"Let Me Be Myself"

by: 3 Doors Down

I guess i just got lost

Bein' someone else

I tried to kill the pain

Nothin ever helped

I left myself behind

Somewhere along the way

Hopin to come back around

To find myself someday

Lately i'm so tired of waiting for you

To say that it's ok, but tell mePlease, would you one time

Just let me be myself

So i can shine with my own light

Let me be myself

Would you let me be myself

I'll never find my heartBehind someone else

I'll never see the light of day

Living in this cell

It's time to make my way

Into the world i knew

Take back all of these times That i gave in to you

Lately i'm so tired of waiting for you

To say that it's ok, but tell mePlease, would you one time

Let me be myself

So i can shine with my own lightAnd let me be myself

For a while, if you don't mind

Let me be myself

So i can shine with my own light

Let me be myself

That's all i've ever wanted from this world

Is to let me be me

Please would you one time

Let me be myself

So i can shine with my own light

Let me be myself

Please would you one time

Let me be myself

So i can shine with my own light

Let me be myself

For a while, if you don't mind

Let me be myself

So i can shine with my own light

Let me be myself

Would you one time... oooh

Let me be myselfLet me be me