Whoa Baby!!!

OK, so I've definitely felt that I've had another growth spurt in the last month or so. All of a sudden I just feel ginormous :) Don't get me wrong, I love every minute of it! I had Kurt take another picture so I could compare.... Yep, this baby is GROWING!!!! This was taken Aug 23rd.

And this was taken just last month on July 17th. Wow, what a difference a month can make... I put on the same outfit for the picture since some shirts make you look more prego than others... this is definitely not the shirt that's popping out :) To think, I have 3 full months to go. I wonder what I'll look like then? Haha....

This is my friend Melissa. Her little boy is due just a couple weeks before our baby girl. It is so much fun being pregnant at the same time as a good friend. We can compare stories, Dr visits, what kind of ice cream we had for dessert, and all that fun stuff. Her and her husband were married 11 days after Kurt and I, so we thought it would be perfect if our babies were born 11 days apart as well. It could happen, our due dates are only about 15 days or so apart. We shall see :) Doesn't she look fantastic!!!

All in all, I've had a terrific pregnancy so far. But just as I was boasting about how great I felt and not getting morning sickness or any other ailments... I ended up catching a cold this week. And let me tell you, that's no fun at all when you're pregnant and can't take a whole lot to make it go away. Worst part was, my birthday was this past week (on the 27th) and I've been sick so couldn't really do much.

Kurt was awesome though. He surprised me in the morning with a birthday gift, a new camera. I didn't even ask for one. My other one has been on the fritz lately and irritating me, so he picked up on that. He made me a nice birthday dinner and we laid on the couch and watched a movie and went to bed early. I felt bad because I wasn't in the mood to go anywhere, but he still managed to make my day special. I just love that man!!!

I was hoping to be 100% better since we're leaving this afternoon for Colorado for the week. This cold just won't seem to go away though. Oh well, it'll give me a chance to relax anyway. I can't wait to get out of the heat for a little bit. It will also give me a chance to test out the new camera!!!! Yeay!

Staple Items in this Pregnant Wife's Kitchen!

I was doing pretty good last year not having junk food around the house, but now that I'm pregnant, it's a whole new ball game! This has been my favorite treat lately. Kurt was out of town last week helping his mom, which left me home alone every night with this....

DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! And I didn't have to share with anyone either. I was in heaven. Nothing like ending a long day w/ my feet propped up and a nice yummy bowl of ice cream and oreos. What more could I ask for? I did miss Kurt though. Even though he was only gone for a few days, it made me realize just how lucky I am to have him around every day. It also made me appreciate all the things he does around the house since I had to take care of everything while he was away. I guess I've been spoiled :)

My parents were out of town last week as well and left me with one of their puppies (my brother took the other). I had forgotten what it was like having a puppy around. She's 6 months old (Bailee is almost 6 years). This little puppy was cracking me up all week. She's a little stinker. If it wasn't tied down, she carried it all around the house and ended up taking everything out the dog door and into the backyard, including toys, kitchen rugs, dog beds, etc. She's too funny.

One day they decided to bring sticks into the house! We have a small fire pit in the backyard and have small logs piled up on the side of the house. Bailee has NEVER touched these logs. Apparently the puppy helped talk her into it because they were both running around the house chewing these up as if they were bones.

I was picking up after them all week.

Bailee ended up stealing everything from the puppy and tried to hide upstairs. That little puppy always wanted to play and ended up finding her wherever she tried to hide. Let's just say it was an interesting week.

I'm glad things are back to normal now!

EEEWWWW, WHAT'S HE DOING?????

Oh, it's just Kurt grouting the tile in the bathroom. What did you think it looked like? :)

I couldn't resist posting this. Although it's a nice light pretty color when it dries, the grout looks like he's playing in poo when he's doing it. And it was even worse when I came around the corner and saw this in the bathroom. I thought it was funny! Good thing it's only grout!!!!

Happy Birthday Tanner

I'm a little behind in this post. It's hard to believe that as of last week, this little boy is one year old. My nephew, Tanner, just celebrated his first birthday on July 25th. Where did the time go?

It seems like just the other day this little sweetheart came into the world. He was 8 weeks early and only weighed 3 pounds 10 ounces. He was such a fighter!

He spent the first 4 and a half weeks of his life in the NICU, but had lots of visitors to keep him company. It was so hard to stay away from that little guy for very long. I still can't get over how tiny he was.

A week after he was able to come home, Kurt and I got to babysit him. Kurt was a bit nervous since he was so tiny, but I have proof that he held him. (even though it's only because I put him in his lap and walked off). Kurt gets nervous around new babies. He has a "you break it you buy it policy" but says that it will be different when our baby is born.

Here is Tanner growing up. Almost crawling in this shot.

I am just so in love with those baby blues. He has the prettiest eyes!

For Tanners 1st birthday, he had a pool party at his house. Here he is in the pool w/ his big sister Sage. He just loves hanging out in the water. Who would blame him in this heat?

He even had a pinata for his party. He didn't really show much interest though. Maybe next year.

He did, however, know what to do w/ the birthday cake. Did any of it even make it in his mouth? :) MMMMM, Chocolate! I think all in all, he had a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday Little Tan Man!