30 weeks and 6 days

Happy New Year! I hope that 2014 will be a better year than 2013. 

Chris took my picture today next to the flowers he brought home for me for our 3 year courthouse wedding anniversary on December 30th.  My little shadow Virginia is standing next to me with bright ghostly eyes!  

We have been pretty busy with just having gotten home from Christmas in Tucson and having our flight home messed up once again.  I really do have the wort luck flying ever!  Also - a few days ago I stubbed my toe on the bathroom door and it's totally purple and is likely broken... Which I feel bad because I had given Katie such a hard time in October when she said she broke her toe and no one believed her until the next day when it turned purple.

Christmas in Tucson was a nice change. Wonderful weather and it was great to catch up with friends and family.  

Thrilling to see my mom and grandma's reaction to feeling Bennett kick inside me. I really do love feelin him move! 

Here are some phone pics I ended up taking! Enjoy! Sorry there aren't more!

UofA basketball game

Christmas movie night with Sierra, Erik, and Cody

Sierra made these paws to sell and donate the proceeds to a cat shelter in Tucson. We bought one and so did my mom.

One of Kim and Brian's pups - Scout

Riding horses with my dad

Olive and my dad having a cuddle moment

GG making stuffing

Duncan looking like Kilroy

Sierra wrote down the instructions for reindeer food for my mom. She made quite a feist on Christmas Eve!

Erik's Christmas present!

Chris made me my orinament this year with help of Sierra

Cody made me a special stocking... Instead of "my 1st a Christmas" he wrote my 29th Christmas :)

Christmas dinner at GG's

Dad spending pictures to Katie

Emma tasting her frosting while her easy bake oven creation was baking!

Dad taking more pictures!  My mom looks amused

Meanwhile, my Chris was in the other room playing a board game (Lego type game) with Marissa, Ben, and Jacob.

Group photo by the orange tree

Went to see the Vaughans!  Bob and Kora

Aunt Margy, Biscut, Bob and Kora

Grace made me a rainbow loom bracelet 

Sierra made us a pot holder

Cody making another bracelet for me

Erik watching the production

Grandma Shirley and the kids working on my pot holder

Hike (walk) to the dam at Sabino Canyon

29 weeks 5 days

We are in Arizona for Christmas. It has been really nice to be home but I think I caught a cold while traveling and I have been out of commission for the past few days. Finally feeling better but not all the way back to normal. We have had a great time so far spending lots of quality time. Makes me realize how much I miss having family around. 

Here is my weekly photo in my parents backyard. I wanted a cactus to be in the background and my mom felt more comfortable without me climbing up the waterfall.

28 weeks 4 days

This is a few days late but the pictures match the title of this entry.

Chris had his work Christmas party so I tried to get all dolled up... But I feel like every pictured turned out like a big black blob!

And my coats fit funny now too... 

Here is the one photo I got of Chris and I from that night... Reminds me how I really need a new point and shoot camera!

Love Auto correct!!!

I love my sister! It pays to be Oregon! 😄

Door Decorating Contest

My department at work is really getting into the Christmas spirit this year.  All sorts of contests.  One of them is to have your recruitment team (usually consisting of 2 Recruiters and an Assistant) decorate your door.  Since my team is just myself and Rachel we ended up waiting until the last minute.  

Trying to keep with the healthcare theme... This is what we came up with!  

A Christmas tree!

I would have to say that it is harder to blow up surgical gloves than one would think!  I think we did pretty good and it's 3D!

Also, I was telling Katie about it and she was surprised I had my own office so here is a picture of my closet.. OFFICE!  

I even have a window!  Movin on up from the cubical life!

27 weeks 6 days

Last Friday I had to go get blood drawn after completing my glocosetest.  We had a doctors appointment on Monday afternoon and we found out everything is going good!

I don't have gestational diabetes! Yet!

Besides that they tried to measure the baby and had some issues because of the way he is laying.  I imagine him laying in my belly like he is lounging in a hammock. The doctor said that if she has a hard time measuring him next time that we would get another ultrasound.

I almost forgot to take this week's picture so I ended up getting my friend from work Amanda to take it in front of the Christmas tree at work.

Merry almost Christmas!

Last weekend Chris and I met my friend Vickie and her boys at Yorktown Beach to watch the Yorktown Boat Parade.  The decorate all the boats with Christmas lights.  I didn't end up taking many pictures but here are the ones I did get!

26 weeks 5 days

Yesterday we got 2 huge things in the mail... 

Our crib (thanks to Grandpa John and  Grandma Shirley for their generosity!)

And

Our stroller and car seat

Exciting!  For some reason having these things come really is making it real. Katie asked if didn't my growing belly make me feel the same way?... Yes- but it didn't just suddenly appear on my doorstep! :)

Chris put the crib together while I was at work today. I wa so excited to put all the bedding on to see what it will look like!  

Here is a preview!

Love the diaper stacker I got from etsy hanging on the side!

Elephant mobile

New pregnancy symptoms:

Hip/Groin pain (my pelvis is preparing early I suppose!) 

Dark Veins (thanks to all the excess blood thanks to baby Bennett)

It's crazy how much your body changes when a baby grows inside!