26 weeks, and a little bit of gratitude

For those of you who don't already know, I started working at Macy's in the Executive offices on the Administrative support team. This means many things. One is that I don't have to stand on my feet 7 hours a day, and worry about passing out on the concrete floor. (YAY!) Second, I get to work 1-2 hours before the store opens (most days so far) which recently has meant as early as 6:30, and later this month will mean 5:30 (I'm not a huge morning person!) Anyway, the third thing is that I now have to work early Sunday mornings-and our ward meets at 9am, meaning we haven't been able to attend our ward for the last 4 weeks. So today, I am grateful for the organization of the LDS church. It's a great comfort for me to be able to drop in on ANY ward (we've been to singles wards, and assorted family wards) and know the hymns to sing, be familiar with the prayers said, and hear the same messages I would hear in our home ward. I know that throughout the world of religion, this is a pretty rare characteristic, and I felt like sharing my attitude of gratitude. :) As for a pregnancy update, I'm excited to almost be done with my second trimester. Things have gone really well for the past several weeks. Baby Girl (or "Squirt" as Brandon likes to call her) loves to kick and punch and elbow and bounce and roll and somersault and flip and...and...squirm. Lol she's started moving quite a bit in the last week or so, which helps remind me she is slowly running out of room! I have an appointment on the 15th, and if I can convince Brandon, I might have an ultrasound done at his clinic for my birthday :) Well, thats all I can muster for now! More will come later, I promise! It's more fun to talk about when I know that I have anywhere from 10-15 weeks left! I Can't believe it! :D :D :D

There! I made a different face! ;P

FreNemy

24 weeks!

Thanksgiving 2010

This year, Brandon and I had the opportunity (thanks to work schedules) to have Thanksgiving at home, with just the two of us. I was actually excited and looked forward to making everything, as this was our first Thanksgiving alone. We made all the normal dishes, including a pan of candied yams just for me :) Everything turned out pretty great, considering our experience. We watched Ocean's 12 & 13, played Life, took a lovely nap, and just lounged and hung out. We are grateful for the invitations we received to have dinner elsewhere, but we were looking forward to it just being us, and we had an awesome day. We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! 

The Spread:

My Plate :)

Lucy hoping for a bite

The Guests:

The Cook and her assistant :)

Mowgli taking a nap under the table before dinner

52 Loaves

In my search for something good to read,  I came across this one at the library in the new books section. I judged it by it's cover. :) Me and the bread lover that I am snatched it up. Overall I liked the book- I will agree with Jacques Pepin with his review of "irreverent". I found myself rolling my eyes more than once at this man clearly knee deep in mid-life crisis. Luckily there was enough talk of bread, and interesting facts to keep me reading. It also involved enough French and even a trip to France to strike my fancy. Anyway-just thought I would share, it's a quick read and it's definitely a breath of fresh air. Something between a novel and a memoir (even though it's categorized as a memoir) I enjoyed reading it, and it even inspired me to make some homemade bread!

22 Weeks

I think little one had a growth spurt this week! We have our "big" ultrasound on Wednesday, and we are excited-and hope to be able to determine a gender this time! Wish us luck!

20 weeks! "Halfway"

We'll see how true that statement holds!

18 Weeks

Here, but only because it was requested! :)

(ignore the date stamp, my camera is dumb)

Visit

This past week I had the chance to go home for a visit. The last month or so has been super stressful for me, and it was the perfect opportunity for me to relax and let go of a lot of anxiety that had been building up. Brandon and I drove to LaGrande, Oregon (halfway)  and met my mom and sister last Sunday. I spent the week lounging, sleeping, eating at my favorite mexican restaurant- Casa Mexicana (thanks for taking me twice mom!) and spent lots of good time with the fam. Tuesday night I got to visit my in-laws, had dinner and a good visit! Thursday we had a girls day and went to the tri-cities, met up with Clare and the boys and did some shopping. I got spoiled and came home with lots of goodies. :) Friday Brit and I went to the pumpkin patch in town, it was so much fun! Lucy had fun wandering through the rows and rows of pumpkins-and so did Brit and I. She wanted to bring home the lovely 37lb-er pictured below, but settled for a perfect 13lb instead. I found twin baby pumpkins for Brandon and I and had fun picking them out. Saturday we lounged some more, Levi, Clare the boys and Mikey came over for a visit, I took a nap, crafted a little bit and called it a night. Sunday we went to church and then drove to LaGrande again to meet Brandon. I'm glad to be home, but I had a good time visit and being lazy! Thanks again Mom! 

17 weeks!

I think I'm finally starting to pop! (ignore the dumb look on my face...) :D