Getting ready

With just 2 months left until our little girl arrives, we have been doing a lot of prep work. Last weekend I went to Logan for the afternoon because my mom and sis-in-law were throwing me a baby shower with all of my aunts and cousins. The drive was horribly rainy, but the shower was great. It was fun to get together with the women in my extended family. It was especially fun to be able to celebrate the upcoming arrival our baby girl. Thanks to the generosity of my aunts, grandma, cousins, and sis-in-law, I received a lot of great gifts to help us get started with our baby.

In other preparation, we got the crib. I was so excited when it was delivered that I had to set it up right away. Brian and I spent an hour putting it together. I really like it. I think it will be a great crib for our children. Now I like to go in to the nursery and just look at it(pics to come, when finished). With a crib in there it has become more real. I am getting really excited. I hope these next 2 months go by quickly because I am very excited to welcome our baby into our home and family.

Bear Lake

Last weekend we went to Bear Lake for a family get together with my mom's family. We stayed at my uncle's cabin. It was a nice relaxing weekend. The weather was nice, just not warm enough to go out on the lake. Brian was able to go on a nice 4-wheeler trip. They went up to the site of an old plane crash. I stayed at the cabin with my mom and aunt, just visiting and relaxing. The worst part about the weekend was driving home in my car whose AC doesn't work anymore. It was the hottest time of day too. Needless to say, it was a very long, hot, and loud (due to the open windows) drive. I came home so exhausted that I went right to bed at about 7:30 and I slept through the night.

My Birthday weekend

This weekend has been nice also. It was my birthday weekend, so I pretty much got to decide what we did. On Friday, we went to Borders so I could spend my birthday gift card from my mother-in-law. I was able to get 2 books that I wanted. Then we stopped for ice cream on the way home. On Saturday we went to the temple in the morning, which was a nice way to start the day. Then we drove to Salt Lake for my birthday lunch. I have always wanted to eat at The Cheesecake Factory so we finally did. The menu is huge. It's literally a book. They couldn't decide what kind of food they wanted to serve, so they serve it all. The food was pretty good, but the cheesecake was delicious. Next time I am going just for dessert. I got White Chocolate Carmel Macadamia Nut cheesecake.

Then we went shopping at the mall next door to help us walk off all of the food that we ate. We went in to Carter's to look at baby clothes. They had 50% off of all of the clothes, so I couldn't resist getting some adorable onesies and a pajama sleepsack. In our shopping trip I was also able to use my birthday money to buy some nice makeup. Meanwhile, Brian was a trooper and let me go in all the makeup and baby stores that I wanted.

It was a great birthday weekend!

Me with my birthday presents! An awesome jelly belly candy dispenser from Brian, a fruit bowl

to match my other kitchen containers from my parents, and the books that I bought with my

gift card!