Baby update

I can't believe I'm 30 weeks now. 10 more weeks to go- ugg. Yes I am large and in charge and boy do I feel it! About a week and a half ago my body decided it had reached it maximum allowance for this baby- and I had a huge growth spurt. This baby has no where else to go but out! I'm scared to imagine what I am going to look like in 10 weeks, at the rate this baby is growing! I might just tip over!
Aso, my parents were here visiting this last weekend and thanks to my mother, I have finally finished the bedding! I honestly don't think I could have finished the ruffle without her- she showed me several tricks that made it so much easier! Thanks again mom! I ended up having extra fabric and decided to make a quilt as well.

Wings Over Whiteman

I'm pretty sure we are the last people to post about the air show we went to a few weeks ago, but here are some fun pictures. It was an incredibly hot day and incredibly windy, but we had fun!

Not sure what these are- but they were fun

B-52


B-25 from WWII

Apache

Aeroshell aerobatic team- these were my favorite- they did some awesome stuff

F-15, P-51 , A-10 fighter heritage flight

B-2 Spirit (they are stationed here at Whiteman)

B2 Chopper (made by Orange County Choppers)

And my incredibly painful sunburn that night. Totally didn't realize I was frying myself! And yes, I did wear sunscreen. Here I am laying in pain. (P.S. my arms look about the same). I have never had a sunburn like this! I don't burn like this! I didn't sleep at all that night because my legs were going to catch fire if anything touched them. I swear I had an allergic reaction to the sunscreen or the sun itself or maybe even being pregnant did it! Check out how splotchy the burn is too- totally did a better job than that putting on the sunscreen! After icing them/running cold water on them the entire next day and several layers of peeling skin over the next week or so... I'm back to normal with a serious farmer tan!

Almost done!

I just have to show you all my project so far (obviously it's not finished...). It took me forever to get started, but once I got going I didn't want to stop! I finished up my last bumper yesterday and couldn't wait to see what it would look like on the crib. I have two sheets so far, but I think I like the polka dot one best. What do you think?! I am so proud of myself! Now all I have left to do is the ruffle and my mom wants to help me with that when she is here in a few weeks.

26 weeks and plants!

Well I've reached 26 weeks and this is me today- right after church. I probably should have kept the skirt on, but I took it off the second I got home because lets face it... it was tight! I am officially out of the triple digits until my due date! woohoo! Only 97 more days to go...which is still FOREVER away, but hey, it 's only down hill from here right?!

I have to post this little creature because it is so random where we found it! The other day I was outside checking on my struggling rose bushes and found several quarter sized holes in the dirt. One of them looked like it had something in it! I immediately thought it was a snake (because we found one of those the other day too...). I had rand come over to see, and he got the shovel and dug it out. It was a little crawdad(sp?). I would guess we have more of these baby lobsters (Rand hates that I call them that) because we have seen several other holes throughout our lawn. How random is that??? Crazy, I had no idea they lived underground. I'm so glad it wasn't a snake!

This is our version of the "topsy turvy" tomato plant grower thingy! Rand has been watching those infomercials for months and one day decided that he could totally make that! I of course told him it was a good idea, but thought it would look extremely trashy to have buckets hanging from our deck, but it actually doesn't look that bad. We also decided to put strawberries on the top. What do you think?We started out with two buckets, but after replanting a tomato plant in one bucket three times only to have them all die, we decided to take it down. This was taken a little over a week ago...

and this is today... I forgot to take a picture of the tomatoes up close, but they are getting big! I can't wait until they are ready!

and of course one of Chloe aka the devil. (this picture is for Kimberly, I know you miss her!) She was just chillin in the grass so I thought I would take a picture. She spends much of her time outside these days. Hopefully one day she will get along with people and other cats!

and last, here is our flower bed. I get so excited to plant new flowers each year! Most of our annuals came back and are much bigger this year, but some didn't...I can't wait until all the plants get big in a few months. Also can I just say how uncomfortable it is to weed these days! Not being able to bend over and having heartburn doesn't not make for comfortable weeding.

23 weeks and fabric!

My tummy has done a lot of growing these past two weeks! This baby is getting bigger every day! As you can tell I am also carrying low. My Dr. said that my placenta is backwards and that typically means it will stay lower the entire pregnancy. Don't worry she said that it shouldn't cause any problems. I have a feeling that I will have some serious pelvis/back pain in the future!

Next... I have decided to make the crib bedding! Exciting I know. Bree promised me that it isn't hard, so it better not! My good friend Kimberly left me this summer to visit family while her husband is deployed, and since we hung out all the time... I need something to keep me busy! Anyway, one of my co-workers is really into quilting and said she would come with me shopping for fabric and show me some fun quilt shops. We spent an entire friday shopping in Kansas and saw some amazing fabric! It was so hard to decide. But in the end I decided to go with this...

If you have heard of Amy Butler or HeatherBailey... this is a combination of their fabrics. Their fabric is pretty much amazing- go check out their websites! So the big poppie flower fabric will be the bumper, the solid pink will be the trim/ties, the large stripes will be the skirt and the small stripes will be a sheet. There is another fabric by Amy Butler that has a green/yellow polka dot pattern and it goes really well with the poppies... I plan to get that one later because this ended up a LOT more pricey that I thought. But it is totally worth it right???!! What do you think? Be totally honest, I will not be offended if you are not as pumped about it as I am!

21 weeks

This picture isn't the best but...I am starting to show! Finally! It is really wierd to see my stomach get bigger- but in a good way! I feel so much bigger than I look. I am feeling this little one move all the time now. I can't wait until I actually "pop" out and really look pregnant so I can wear clothes that fit and look normal. This in between stage is hard! I will say that being an assistant has been really nice because scrubs are the best thing to wear! They are so comfortable!

It's a.....

Girl! I am sooo excited. I really wanted a girl, but I just figured it would be a boy. I was pretty shocked when we were told it was a girl. Rand is still having a hard time coping with it, but he will come around. He was positive it was boy and says he doesn't know anything about dress up and tea parties- so he is a little nervous.

My due date has changed as well from September 13th to September 19th. It is only a week, so I guess i can handle that! Sorry we don't have a good profile picture, she was really wiggly and made it really hard to get clear pictures!