Fun with the Nephews

So Carrie and the boys are up for a visit and it's been super fun. Benson is getting way big and Banskie is turning in to quite the character. This picture mostly says it all. He had come and got me to show me the animals on the TV show. I asked him if he wanted to sit with uncle mike and he nodded yes. So he plopped his blankie down on mike, climbed up on the couch, and sat right down on mike's stomach. Then he proceeded to watch "planet earth" from his new seat. It was pretty funny.

Baby update, 13 weeks

Baby D is officially a SHRIMP! Well, at least the size of one. And almost an ounce at this point. I'm actually starting to show a little, but to most of the world I just look fat. I don't mind, though. And besides my best efforts to eat, I've only gained ONE pound since my last dr's appointment, which makes me still FOUR pounds in the negative. I still have a few weeks so hopefully I can make better progress. I won't have to go back to the crazy lady either, so that might be good. My dr seems pretty chill about stuff.

As far as development, Baby D has fingerprints now and his/her head is getting less freakishly huge because the body is catching up.

This is my last week in the first trimester and I'm pretty stoked about moving away from nausea-ville. And I think Kolt is glad too.

the spoils

After battling a HUGE migraine all day, I was able to cut up our melon from Greenriver! I talked Kolt into letting me get a seedless, but it seems that it is not as sweet as the seeded we had on saturday. Nevertheless! It's still pretty good and i'm going to bring some into work so the co-workers can give it a try. We also brought home a Canary Melon (no birds were harmed in the growing/slicing of this melon) but it wasn't as ripe as we thought. Good news, Kolts aunt threw in a second "back-up" melon, just in case. So we're letting that ripen up on the counter and hopefully it will pull through.

Melon Days is upon us

this is the Vetere Melon Stand. True Melon Farmers.

I'm pretty excited for this weekend. It's MELON DAYS!! So we'll be spending Saturday in GreenRiver UT eating as much melon as possible and trying not to get too sunburned. Hopefully we'll be able to bring some home with us to share with the deprived citizens of the north who only wish the GreenRiver melons sold at the stands here were half as good.

Ode to Spaghettio's

Spaghettios are my new favorite food. They seem to be the only thing the last few days that I can eat without a lot of effort. Carrie had her frozen burritos and I have my spaghettio's. I even ate them today at work at 9:30am. They were delicious.

Other than pasteurized pasta, I'd just like to say that I have less than 200 days left in my pregnancy. Which seems like a lot. But its better than before.

Happy Plant

My Grandma gave me this plant because she has an entire forest in her basement. And it's a very happy spider plant. It actually blooms and has been for some time now, like almost a month! It makes me proud when I can keep a plant alive, but it's just exciting when it's healthy enough to bloom!!

total awesomness

So we were talking about political parties at work today and one of my co-workers said he's going to vote for Joad Cressbeckler. So I looked him up. Maybe I won't vote for him but it was definitely worth looking up--
Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

In Honor of the Day

After reading my sis's blog, I felt like I should pay some tribute to this terrible day. We were there, not NYC but just across the river in Jersey. And I will never forget how it affected everyone. I am grateful for a country where this kind of thing only happens (hopefully) once in a lifetime. I was watching a documentary while I ate lunch (a pretty long process for me these days) and it brought it all back. I too, would like to thank our soldiers Ben and Brian for all that they do to keep us safe.

Baby update-- 11 weeks!!

Yes friends, that means I only have ONE MORE WEEK and I'm at 3 months! Second Trimester, here I come! But as far as the baby is concerned, this is whats happening this week:

Baby D is the size of a fig. Tooth buds are forming and some of the bones are hardening. Apparently Baby D is doing a water ballet but is too small for me to feel anything. Other than that, he/she will soon be able to open and close his/her fists.

So there you have it.

Super Cute Fabric

some of my favorite samples from the pack I bought

So I'm on a quest to decorate the nursery not in a cutesy-tutesy way but more in a sophisticated, kinda retro-modern fashion. Enter Amy Butler. She's an awesome designer with an equally awesome fabric line. I'm super stoked because your local Joanne's does NOT have anything even close to the amazingness of her fabric. I'm in love.

Baby update

So every week I get e-mails that update me on my baby's estimated progress. This week, 10 weeks, the baby is the size of a kumquat. He/she also has all the major organs but they are still underdeveloped. Baby D has joints now too, so the arms and legs bend and kick (but baby D is still too little for me to feel anything). And the brain is developing like crazy so the head is enormously huge. My freaky little alien fetus baby. awwww

Then there were three...

Sooooo pretty much my newest winget says it all....but we've accomplished one of our goals for the year. Baby Davies is due April 3rd, 2009 and we are SUPER excited!! We went and heard the heart beat (only one, thank heavens--we were worried about twins) and it was strong and the doctor was happy with the baby's progress. She did, however, say she expects me to gain 40-50 pounds and I about choked. I was expecting the 20-30 usual mark but I guess she says I have to make up the difference. It's not my fault that growing babies makes me puke like crazy. O well, two more weeks and I'll be in my second trimester and food will sound good again. I still don't plan to hit the 50 lbs because that's CrAzY but I can handle any amout less than that.

So there you have it, the cat's out of the bag. Laura's prego and there's nothing you can do about it. bwaa-haa-haa-haaaaa..... j/k that was my eeeevil laugh. :)

My anniversary present for Kolt

Yesterday, Kolt and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. (Celebrated may be an over-statement here, since we did absolutely nothing...) But I figured I'd at least get him something good to eat. After an hour of searching online, I figured Gandolfo's would be just as good as anything else to him. So that's what I did. And it was the coolest card ever--it came with a sandwich!!

My cute little nephew

All my nephews and my little niece are just SO DANG CUTE but Benson just started Joy School and I just love the picture of his first day. And his cute mommy made him an AWESOME owl backpack. LOVE IT!! (sorry if you already read this on carrie's blog--i just couldn't help myself)