Pregnancy

I have loved being pregnant. I know that I am so lucky to have this experience and I have tried to enjoy every minute of it. It was really fun to also be pregnant when my sister Suzanne and sister in-law Mary were expecting. It think this picture was taken about 4 weeks ago, I was about 29 weeks along. The next day my sister welcomed her baby, and later that week Mary welcomed her baby. 

Here we are showing off our bellies. 

One of the fun things about being pregnant is that everyone is so nice to me, normally. 

I get so many smiles from strangers.. 

Working in the emergency room has been interesting. I take care of some characters on a daily basis. I wanted to share two of my favorite stories that have happened recently. 

I was taking care of a 19 year old girl and this is how the conversation went before any other interaction could take place...

girl: "Are you having twins or triplets?"

Me: "Just one thanks." I immediately walked out of the room so upset. She never asked me if I was even pregnant, just jumped to the conclusion that I was so large I must be having multiples. She never even asked when I was due. I was offended at first, and later thought of all these things I should have said to her.

The story now gives me a good laugh, oh this girl is in for a surprise if someday she is lucky enough to be pregnant.

And just last night I was taking care of a 20 year old who found out that she was 6 weeks along with a surprise baby. She kept staring at my belly. This is how the conversation went.

girl: "You are pregnant huh?"

Me: "I sure am!"

girl: "How far along are you?"

Me: "Almost 34 weeks"

girl: "This is gonna sound weird but, could you show me your belly?"

Me:   long pause. "Uh sure", don't worry I didn't show her my bare belly, but lifted up my scrub top.

girl: starts SOBBING! "Am I gonna get that huge?" sob, sob, sob

Me: "I sure hope so"

I realize I could be offended, but every time I think about it I just laugh thinking about her sobbing at the sight of my belly. 

I LOVE being pregnant, and am so excited to meet our baby girl in 6 weeks!

Our House is Dry

A lot has happened since our last update. 

  We will be kept nice and dry now that our house has a roof and shingles.

 

 

 

Doors, windows, and wrap will help too 

 

Our walls are now nice and insulated

 

 We even have some dry wall

 Family room looking at the front door

 View from the family room into the kitchen

 View from the kitchen into the family room

 Hallway to the bedrooms and bathroom

 Linen closet

 Master Bedroom

 Walk-in closet and Master bathroom

 Little girl's room

Guest bedroom

 

Our back patio is even done.

 

Next thing on the radar is trying to select our walls' paint color.

Preston family

I just love it that the Preston family is growing. We were all able to get together for dinner last night in Burley. It was fun to be together and crazy to think that the next time we will all be together we will have our little baby girl in our arms instead of in my abdomen! 9 more weeks :)

New job!

A few weeks ago Joe started him new Job at Echo Hawk law firm.as an attorney

It was so fun to go visit and see his office, and even see his name on the door. 

Seeing his name on the door reminded me of a trip to Knott's Berry farm last year and having his 

name on the door of a law firm was a dream.  I am so happy he achieved his goal!

Decisions, Decisions

Our home is coming along very nicely.  We figure that it will be done by the end of the summer.  It has been fun to drive by every day and take pictures to document the process.

This is the foundation after the dirt had been filled back in. 

 Basement floor after it was finished

 Basement getting framed

 Sarah welcoming everyone to our front door

 In the very back will be two bedrooms.  On the left will be the bathroom and on the right will be a laundry room that will then lead into the boiler room and some storage area.  

The most recent view of our zoo.  

We are feeling so overwhelmed with all of the decisions that need to be made.  We thought that it would be fun to build a new home and design it the way that we wanted.  What we did not realize is how overwhelming the whole process is.  There are some choices that are easy to make, but others are so difficult because either choice would be good.

Right now we are deciding on what stone exterior to have on the home.  Our home will have some stone and some stucco.  We think that we have narrowed it down between these two choices:

Any thoughts???

Disney World

I have always dreamed about going to Disney World! I am so happy that we were able to spend extra time in Florida after the wedding to go. We were spoiled and got to spend 5 days at the happiest place on earth. I was impressed with my 25 week pregnant self and how I was able to hold up. We were able to do open-close every day except for our last day (we had a plane to catch).  I was able to have a lot of fun even though I was not able to ride the thrill rides. I especially liked the animal kingdom, and Toy Story Mania at Hollywood studios.  Here are some pictures from our trip. The first day we went it poured buckets of rain. We all bought poncho's and kept running around like children. It was great. 

The safari at the animal kingdom was amazing!

Loved the petting zoo portion at animal kingdom

The best part of Epcot was all the floral features

Yes we waited in line for princesses. I told Joe he better get use to waiting for princesses with our little girl coming. 

"I'm gonna wreck it!"

This pictures captures it all.