Our Lives... An Update

So things have been kind of crazy lately. I have a tendency to have a high stress level too so its a good thing I have Matt to calm me down. The company that I work for has been having some financial struggles. So because of this there have been some problems with our health insurance getting paid and our paychecks going through. So... me being me, I have a tendency to FREAK out! I was so worried that I wouldn't find a place to hire me because I'm so close to having the baby. We were so blessed because I found a great company to work for and because of my situation they are going to cover me with health insurance right away. WOW, what a relief! 

I can't believe that its getting so close to Cash being here too. We're so excited! Matt wants to be a good daddy so he's been doing his research and got online to buy some parenting books. Tonight when I got home he was cuddled up on the couch with his nose buried in one of them. SO CUTE!

"Honey... I did a bad thing..."

So it all starts out like this.... About a month ago Matt's dad was getting rid of this old rocking chair that used to be Matt's grandpa's. I saved it from the garbage deciding that it would be perfect to re-upholster and use in the baby's room for his rocker. I stripped it down with the help of my niece and father-in-law. We saved all the fabric so I would know how to cut the pieces of new fabric. Then I went and bought the cutest fabric to redo it with. Then this last Thursday I took a day off of work and spent the whole day getting it ready to go. I sanded down all the wood parts that would show and I painted them with three or four coats and antiqued them. I had it the garage set out to dry. Then I went to a church volleyball game.... (This is where it takes a turn for the worst) I called Matt to come walk me home and that's when he confessed his sins. He said "Honey, I did a really bonehead thing... but I think I can fix it!" Oh man! So he takes me by the hand and walks me out into the garage. I look down and see my chair crumpled in on itself. He looks at me again and says... "Don't worry because I think I can fix it..." (He had backed into it without even noticing until he couldn't get his truck all the way in the garage.) Then the saddest/funniest part was when he went to lift it into the back of his truck... It collapsed into splinters in his hands. So needless to say we spent the night in mourning and then Matt, being the sweetheart that he is, bought me a new rocking chair courtesy of RC Willey the next day. 

My ten favorites

Things I love:

1. The weather cooling down to offset my internal heater.

2. Having a constant buddy to go everywhere with me.

3. An absolutely great husband who loves me despite my craziness. 

4. A good deal/ discounts/ money off.

5. Pina Coladas 

6. Bagels

7. Getting good gas mileage. 

8. A short work day.

9. Family hang out time. 

10. Dippidee's heavenly pieces (cookies)

So I'm a bad blogger. I feel like I don't have anything to write about lately. But when I think about it I think I can come up with five over the past few weeks, so here we go:

1. I'm getting bigger and BIGger and BIGGER by the day. Some days I forget I'm carrying the baby in my tummy because I'm pretty sure my butt is growing faster than my tummy.

2. Little buddy loves to "shake his tail feather" right as I start to fall asleep at night. (I think he's  getting me ready for the "no sleep" thing. So cute though! I find myself talking to my tummy!

3. I'm ready to spray round-up all over my overgrown garden. I swear, its the mutant garden! The tomatoes are collapsing the cages, the squash are growing up the fence and into the neighbors yard, and the corn are 8 feet tall. I feel like I step into a different realm when I walk into my  backyard.

4. We got some awesome baby furniture that retails for $3,500 bucks and we only paid $500 for all of it (armoire, nightstand, crib, and chest of drawers). Yeah... It was pretty much better than Christmas!

5. Matt is sure he's a great white hunter lately and is convinced that he needs to bring home an elk to feed the family because we're sure to starve without the meat of his kill. So we've been spending every weekend up in Strawberry waiting for him to prove his manhood!

 

Britt and Jeff's Wedding Luncheon

Brittany and Jeff's wedding day was absolutely beautiful. It ended up being amazing. They're the cutest couple! I'm so excited for them.

The big belly contest

We went to dinner with some friends for Traci's Birthday. Malea and I are both prego and about a week apart. I don't have any pictures of my big belly yet so we figured we'd start. This picture is at 20 weeks. I'm so excited for little buddy to be here. Malea is having a girl so we've decided that they need to grow up and get married!

Breaking Dawn

I've been looking forward to the release of "Breaking Dawn" for about 3 months now. I've been so pumped to read it. So when it came out August 1st at midnight I was so there, and Matt was sweet enough to be "so there" with me :)  My brother and his girlfriend met us there too. Not for her but for him. Although, if you were to ask him he'd say he was there to support her (even though she hasn't read any of the books). It took me two days to finish it but Ty beat me... he had the book finished by 6:00pm the next night. Oh so good!