at the temple.

you can't really see our faces, but i still love us.

long time no see

gosh, a whole week since blogging.

there's one for the record books.

what has been going on lately?

in words:

1. i've turned into what seems a widow.

terrible anatomy tests/finals=endlessly lonely wife.

i will be much happier when thanksgiving hits.

2. numb finger tips all the time.

3. getting all my last projects done around the house.

4. weekly doctor appointments.

5. cold days, oddly hot days, crazy windy days, crazy cold days.

we've had it all this week (except rain and snow).

6. very swollen feet all the time.

why wear shoes when you don't fit them?

in pictures (not just from last week):

maybe you'll see me blogging more the rest of the week...maybe you won't.
we'll all just have to wait and see!

(and yes that is an eye open in the 2nd sonogram picture you see.
we saw him  blinking during our appointment last week, way cool...)

a few things

1. we watched the movie Up! last night, talk about a bawling hot mess for the good first 15 minutes of the movie...geez...don't watch that when you're 9 months pregnant. other than that, such a good movie...

2. went to costco today. love place.

3. remember my very talented SIL who made me this beautiful quilt, has this awesome blog, and runs this wonderful etsy store? well if you have a minute would you go vote for her quilt on this site for me? scroll down til you see entry number 457 for amanda and click the star. the more the merrier :)

a baby shower!

my very sweet friend, katie, and next door neighbor was so kind and thoughtful enough to throw me a baby shower before baby boy came.

she herself is just 4 weeks behind me with her 2nd baby girl!

it's been so fun being pregnant together and experiencing all the same stuff.

so many very sweet girls came to the shower and it was so fun.

i'd only been in lincoln a little over 2 months but i truly felt like these were all my real friends who came,

and let me tell you, they are such a fun group of gals.

it was so fun to sit and chat with them all about babies and pregnancy and life.

i just love when we all get together.

a bunch of of the girls helped katie with the food: popcorn because i in fact was ready to pop :)

we had 5 different very yummy kinds that i kept eating and eating and eating.

it's like i was pregnant or something...

there were also three different kinds of the most delicious cake pops.

and little babies on everyone's laps.

and to top it all off, she did the most darling job with the balloon decorations everywhere.

i loved it!

thank you katie for the wonderful shower!
and susan for the pictures!
and everyone else for helping and coming!

november has arrived!

do you know what november means!

it (should) mean the birth of our baby boy!!

we are so overly excited.

at the beginning of this week,

our dental school friends had their twins eleven weeks early.

a. scary they're so early, luckily they are doing great

b. it made us super jealous and we really really wanted to have our baby here already!

clothing consists of casey's shirts and my favorite PJ pants if i'm home.

dresses if i'm going out and about.

occasional pant/cute shirt sightings have been rumored to appear every once and awhile.

fingers/hands are crazy numb at random times.

super annoying.

back pain=gone, hallelujah.

i never thought it'd go away.

red face/acne= cleared up lots.

another big hallelujah.

i was worried my face was going to be forever scarred from it,

but one day i looked in the mirror and it was back to what it was from the past years.

oh joy (that may sound vain, but it was really important to me!)

sure it comes and goes even still but at least i know there's hope.

maybe i will turn back to what i once was like before all these hormonal changes!!!!!

clothes are washed and folded in drawers.

baby's room is not anywhere near finished but there's definitely more organization in there than there was before.

we just are so excited for baby boy to make his entrance this month!

(and to be able to sleep on my tummy, pick things up from the floor, not breathe hard when trying to put on shoes/change sleeping positions, not have my heart race when i lay down, i could go on but won't...:)

here i was at 35 weeks 2 days.

tomorrow i will be 36 weeks which means officially 9 months, unbelievable!

i can totally do 4ish more weeks.

big thanks to casey, my wonderful assistant to assisting and making me laugh.

carving pumpkins 2012

pumpkin guts.
playing goalie with children.
imitating the pandora halloween station.
it was a grand pumpkin carving session this year.


see 2011, 2010, and 2009 here

happy halloween!

willy wonka time.

we had so much fun dressing up this year (even if it was only for like an hour...)
we mulled over ideas for our costumes for months this year.
seriously, like since we found out i'd be big and pregnant during halloween.
finally, about 2 1/2-3 weeks ago casey came up with the idea of me being violet beauregard who turns into a blueberry!
his brilliance came forth and we were so excited for our costumes! (casey especially)

oompa loompa:
bought green wig at walmart.
bought brown (women's small) long sleeve turtle neck at goodwill.
sewed white strips to it.
sewed together those white straps from fabric on hand.
bought orange eye shadow for face.
casey powdered on flour for his eyebrows (which was the funniest thing ever).
all other materials on hand.

blueberry:
blue graduation gown from goodwill with a few sewing fixups.
bought blue eye shadow for face (came in packet with orange stuff).
hot glued red velvet ribbon together for a belt (perfect tightness too because it made me feel like i was going to pop!)
belly courtesy of baby.
all other materials on hand.


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

pumpkin carving

apparently the memo "there will be 5 photos, do something silly" did not get across to everyone...