Eventful Weekend

This past weekend Evan and I took a tour of the hospital we plan to have the baby born in-that is if I don't try to upstage my sister who had her baby in the bathroom while trying to make it to the birth center. I was thinking of calling a cab to take me to the hospital, maybe my baby will get a cool birth story like baby Alice...Just kidding. The hospital it really small and very aesthetically pleasing from the outside. The rooms have big TVs in them that connects to the Internet, which I think was my favorite part. Then that night Evan and I went to a fashion show. A friend of mine at work models on the side so we went to support her. We got to dress up all fancy, which is always fun even if you are 31 weeks pregnant. Luckily my sister sent me this "sexy" pregnancy dress. I even won the grand price raffle, which included a salon style mini hair straightener, Aveda lip gloss, hairspray and hand relief lotion, a salon comb and brush, a necklace and earrings from one of the sponsors and a cup and straw from the host salon. I guess Evan's luck is rubbing off on me!

Sunday we participated in the primary program since we teach the CTR 6 class. It was fun to watch all the kids read their lines and sing the songs, even if one of the sunbeams screamed through all the songs so you couldn't hear the kids who were actually singing!

FIRSTS

The last couple of weeks have brought a lot of "firsts"
First time realizing why pregnant women touch their bellies so much…my baby is so strong and moves around quite a bit sometimes quite to my surprise-which then makes me laugh out loud (she also is very active during primary when we have singing time.)
First time raiding Evan’s closet for clothes
First time realizing why woman in their third trimester are so uncomfortable
First time there was some relief from the weather last Thursday there was a high of 78, but we are back to the high 90s this week
First time since living in AZ I thought to myself as I was driving to work at 6:40am "Does my heater work in this car?" (although I didn't even attempt to turn it on-it was just a thought)
First time a stranger asked me "when are you due?" I guess I’m not just “fat” I’m actually pregnant which leads me to...
The first time walking by the mirror and thinking "wow who is that pregnant lady in my bathroom?"
First time attending prenatal classes. Evan couldn't make it to the first one so I brought a girl friend which was a little weird, but the next week Evan came and the class was all very impressed with Evan's knowledge when we played a review trivia game.
First time noticing pregnancy stretch marks...I wish all stretch marks were foreign to me
First time sitting down on the shower floor to shave my legs
First time my baby was given a "hug" (a little kid at the Club reached up and awkwardly grabbed just my belly. When asked what he was doing he said, "just given' your baby a hug." Kinda weird, but still cute at the same time.)
First time my co workers acknowledged I was pregnant. (Apparently they all figured and were daring each other to ask me and taking bets on who would ask me first, yet all were too polite) I guess it just became so obvious that it was "ok" to talk about me being pregnant and asking questions or perhaps it was the kids asking me in front of my coworkers if I really had a baby in my stomach.
First time I had to address the “are you going to work after the baby?” question. I wasn't prepared to discuss that matter yet. Oh well it went fine (and no I will not be
returning to work after the baby is born)
First time I was informed by a five-year-old that it is "really hard to get a baby out, you have to push and push and push." His mother told him that.
First time entering the “30s” in terms of weeks pregnant, and somewhat starting a
countdown instead of a count up

My niece joined me for a girls afternoon while Evan was in Philadelphia taking a required $1,200 test and NO that is not included in tuition and NO there is not a closer testing site and YES he did have to pay for a rental car, hotel, and air fare
At the pumpkin patch with Evan's sister and her kids...30 weeks pregnant and Evan looking oh so sexy

Hello third trimester!

Well, hello third trimester. I had an appointment this week (the first one Evan wasn't able to make) and had my glucose test. The drink was not as bad as I had anticipated, tasted like Tampico. However I was unaware that the glucose test involved drawing blood, I just thought they wanted my urine!

Things are same old same old around here. Evan is preparing to take a couple tests this up coming week and continues to set up rotations for this year as well as a bunch of boring paperwork in attempts to get interviews for residency spots. I actually called a doctor's office to try and help Evan make some headway on a rotation (his coordinator is less than perfect-I'll leave it at that) I think I convinced her that I worked for the school because when she asked for my phone number she asked what extension I could be reached at...uh oops oh well he got the rotation and it's super close by!

BUMP update

While I was in Utah I got a call from the Boys and Girls Club asking if I was interested in a job. I said "sure" (not really I didn't say it like that). I thought it couldn't hurt to interview-then they offered me the job the next day. The picture on the left is what I looked like when I interviewed and the picture on the right is me in my awesome polo for work my second week. The kids have started to ask me if I'm pregnant, but the staff are still too polite to ask. So I haven't told my boss that I'm 6 months pregnant-mostly because I think it's pretty obvious, also I've read in pregnancy books you should tell your employer you are pregnant at 18-20 weeks pregnant...so um I missed that window of opportunity.

On Labor Day Evan and I hit up a couple Targets looking for a crib that was on sale (which was not displayed at either Target) AND to cash in some high value diaper and wipe coupons I had while Target was having a sale. Now we have a small stash started (also the same week Amazon had a great deal so I ordered some size 1 diapers from AmazonMom and they came the next day!) We did end up ordering the crib that was on sale, but did it online so that we could get 3 times the amount of points for our credit card. Evan loves his credit card points. The crib came this week and is sitting in a box waiting to be set up (but I think/hope it is a darker chocolate)!Speaking Speaking of credit card points Evan so graciously traded in our points for a Babies R Us gift card so a few weeks ago we brought this beauty home a few weeks ago without paying a dime

Evan has been really great throughout the pregnancy, not only has he sacrificed his Best Buy gift cards for Babies R Us gift cards, but he has been a lot more protective of me which I find endearing. The other night he says he is getting in the shower then grabs a frying pan from the kitchen. When I asked what he was doing he said that I had left the front door ajar so he was making sure no "bad guys" got in the house before he got in the shower and left me alone to fend for myself. When he was done checking for "bad guys" with his frying pan in hand he yelled "all clear" (phew no "bad guys"). There has been more incidences where he has shown how caring he is but the frying pan made me laugh out loud so I thought you'd enjoy that.

Here I am at 26 weeks pregnant in my favorite outfit! My little sister "hand-me-downed" these sweat shorts to me which I love, but hate that my little sister was too cool for them and that is how I acquired them. I love to come home from work and put on comfy clothes and put my feet up!

Heather's shower

While in Utah my friend Kristi threw my older sister a baby shower. It was one of the funniest showers I've been too, probably because there was such good company. Now all we have to do is wait for the baby to come!!!

After the reunion...

After Oregon we traveled with my sister and nephew to Utah. Evan did a rotation with my uncle at the hospital in Provo, Utah so we got to hang out with some Utah friends and do some Provo things that we miss. We went to good old J Dawgs and Costa Vida. We didn't get to see any BYU games, but the next best thing is the Cougar Kick Off. They have a sale where they sell old BYU uniforms and warm up gear and a fair/festival thing to follow. At the kick off you can collect free stuff like soccer schedule magnets, football player autographs, posters and more.

Evan and my brother waiting to hear Bronco Mendenhall's speech about the up coming football season. Me NOT wanting to wait in line to take a picture with Cosmo, so I snuck to the side of the line.

Last day

Swimming at a local High school...Check out my "little" brother in line at the diving board

Aww poor cousin all alone

Full moon! I found out one of my aunts is terrified of full moons!

Duh nun nun Duh nun nun DUH nun DUH nUn nun it's Family Feud!!