32 weeks 2 days

Whew.. we're getting down to the wire people!

I know it was only about two weeks ago when I did my last update, but Baby Freddy Coconut (as he has been nicknamed this month) is getting so big that I thought it was time for another update.

How big is baby: about 3.75 pounds and about 16.7 inches long.

Sleep: I've moved to the couch...

Movement: Lots and all the time.

Food Cravings: Still loving the chewy, sour candy and PEPSI!

Labor Signs: Cramping and tight muscles but nothing major.

What I'm looking forward to: Being done! Lol.. but seriously its been a pretty good pregnancy.

Some days I don't want to leave the house because of the things people say... I'm hearing everything from "How much longer do you have left?" "You're HUGE!" and "You're tiny, all belly!" "You've gotta be ready to pop, right?" And the tummy touching! Goodness, please hands off.

But seriously, I'm excited and anxious to bring another little life into our family. With only eight more weeks (six if we keep the current trend up) left in this pregnancy, I've put together a Baby Bucket List, of all the things I need to get done in the next few weeks before I kick the baby bucket, so to speak.

1. Have Ashley color my regrowth
2. Get a pedicure
3. Deep clean bathrooms and kitchen
4. Dust.. or beg Heather to do it for me
5. Snuggle Luke as much as possible
6. Date night in with Dustin -- Pizza and ice cream please
7. Wash and organize baby clothes
8. Get bottles, binkies, diapers... etc organized
9. Finish my orders from work
10. Make crib bedding
11. Finish decorating Allie/Baby Boy room
12. Find a good book series
13. Sleep
14. Have a girls night
15. Get a new baby monitor

Eh... I have a lot more than that to do.. I'm going to stop listing it.

County Fair

We kicked off the 2012 Clark County Fair by chaperoning Allie's kindergarten class. It was a lot of fun! We walked around the booths, ate, watched the Pig Races, watch the livestock show, ate, petted the small animals, got faces painted, milked a fake cow and ate!



That afternoon, we met up with Dad after he got home from work, and went on rides with our Nelson cousin's.









Whew! ... after a much needed Pepsi break, we kept on trucking at the carnival!
We rode and rode and rode and stayed up waaaaay past bed time!!



The next day we went over for a bit, but the rain and wind sent us home until the rodeo.




Uncle Mark and Luke's faces say it all -- We love the fair!!!
'Til next year!

Mark's Birthday Party x2

Since Mark's birthday is always right smack dab in the middle of the fair and Easter, it seems like every other day we have a party for him!

This year Mark wanted a construction cake with trucks and backhoes. So thanks to Pinterest this is what I came up with! It looked like a big fat mess with Oreo crumbs everywhere, but construction sites are usually messy, so it was all good. Plus it was yummy!

We had an Easter/Birthday party at Grandpa Jack and Grandma Gaye's house and he got some fun stuff. He loooooved the handcuff's that Aunt Jill gave him!

A few days later, on Mark's actual birthday, we had another party at our house with the Hardy's.

Where he got so more fun stuff!

I love this kid so much!

Happy birthday, my Big Cowboy!

A Week's Worth of Easter Fun

We kicked off Easter, last Monday, with our ward egg hunt at the park.
It was windy but we had fun!

Then a few days later we went to another Easter egg hunt! The annual Park's and Rec hunt in Moapa. Allie got her face painted.

My cute Easter kiddos with their baskets!

Then over the weekend, we got together with all the cousins to paint eggs and to have another Easter egg hunt!!

Easter Sunday
Allie's dress came with a mini-size for a doll. So she and Rosalina could match!

My everything!!

Happy Easter!

30 Weeks

How far along: 30 weeks!

How big is baby: just about 15.7 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage).

Total Weight Gain: a lot..

Maternity Clothes: Oh yeah.

Sleep: Insomnia has hit. Also heart burn has returned with a vengeance... so not sleeping super great.

Movement: Kicks and hiccups. You can actually see him moving if you look closely at my stomach.

Food Cravings: Sour gummies and Diet Pepsi.

Labor Signs: None still. Thank goodness not even a Braxton Hicks!

Belly Button In or Out: In but not totally squished in just yet.

What I miss: Laying on my stomach! {insert winy voice here}

What I'm looking forward to: My next check up tomorrow and to hear the baby's heart beat again!

4 years of Mark!!

Today my Big Cowboy Mark turns four!!
I love him so much and I'm so glad he's a part of our family.
Here's a glimpse of the last four years with Mark.

Newborn

1 Year Old


2 Years Old


3 Years Old


and my big 4 year old!!!

Love you Cowboy! Happy birthday!

Hello April!

Is it just me or did April just blow in from out of nowhere?!

I love Spring though, so I'm not complaining! I'm loving the weather, I'm loving Spring Break, I'm loving that the fair is just around the corner, I'm loving pregnancy (lol.. NOT) and I'm just loving life.

I've also been loving scrapbooking. I'm trying to get a little more caught up before the baby comes in TEN WEEKS(!!!!). I just got our 2009 book back from the printer and I've been been working hard to get all my 2010 pages done.

Here are some from 2010.

Whew and that's not half of them. Maybe we should take less pictures.... ;)