This weekend

Here are a few pictures from this weekend. We had a great weekend that flew by WAY too quickly as usual!! On Friday, Jesse surprised Brynn and I with tickets to a Grizzlies hockey game. I love when he plans little surprises for us, and Brynn really seems to enjoy going to big sporting events so we had a great time!!

On Saturday we went to some yard sales in the morning (of course), got a few things done around the house, and then went to my nephew Cameron's first birthday party! That was lots of fun, and Brynn loved eating cupcakes and ice-cream cake (as you can see from the picture). She also love emptying the cooler of water all over the floor in the Ventanna clubhouse (sorry again Mer)!

And yesterday we decided that it is time to get Brynn to sleep in the toddler bed again. She was sleeping in it for a couple weeks, and then she started waking up way too many times at night, and then got a really bad cough which made it worse so we put her back in the crib for a little while. But with a baby coming in less than 3 weeks, I would really like to get her out of the crib! She did pretty well last night, only getting out of bed one at 4 am. It took me about 30 min to get her back in bed, and then she slept until 8. And then it took 3 or 4 tries to get her to stay in her bed during nap time today. I am just hoping it is an easy transition and that she is sleeping well by the time her brother arrives!!

My little diva!

Here are a few pictures of Brynn from last weekend. She is getting a lot better at smiling for the camera, but she doesn't sit still for long so I need to get a little better at taking pictures a little faster!!!

Dinosaur Meseum

Brynn and I went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point for the first time last week and she had a great time!! I think her favorite part was playing on the computer since she is not allowed to play on the big computer at home :) She also loved playing in the sand and water!!! I am sure we will be going back lots because I decided to buy myself a season pass to Thanksgiving point! We went to Farm Country a few times last summer, and to the Children's Gardens and Brynn loved both of those so I figured it would be well worth the $55 for one whole year (especially considering the fact that it costs me $10 each time I go to the museum or gardens). So I know what we will be doing a lot of this summer!!

Quiet Book

This page is magnetic so you can put the armor on and move the peices all around.


All of these pieces have Velcro on them, and are numbered underneath and on the back so you can match them up, and there is also a little pocket to put them in.
This page is also magnetic so you can move the bees all over the place.
This page just has two pockets that you can put the money in.
And this arc is basically a big pocket that zips up that the animal finger puppets fit into.


So a little over a year ago, I had this brilliant idea to make a quiet book for Brynn to keep her entertained during church. Little did I know how much time and effort this "little" project would require!! I don't really know how to sew...so this was a learning experience for me! I would work on it for a while, and get so frustrated that I would literally put it away for a few months until I was ready to work on it again. I really wanted to have it done by Christmas, and that didn't happen, so then the goal became getting it done before baby #2 arrives. Well, tonight I finally finished all of the pages. I am so proud of myself!! Now, I just need to put it all together and I am hoping to do that this weekend. I just hope Brynn likes it, and that it lasts for a while because I will NEVER make one of these again!! It was WAY too much work, but I am definitely glad that I did it :)

My belly and Brynn :)

Here is a picture of my belly at 34 1/2 weeks. I am feeling so big right now!!! I am hoping I don't get too much bigger in the next few weeks. I guess time will tell :)
And here is a picture of Brynn at the park today. I can't believe how big she is getting!!! My little girl is growing up WAY too fast!!!

It's been a while...

Here is Brynn and I at the zoo a few weeks ago. It was snowy and kind of cold, but we still had lots of fun and she LOVED seeing all of the animals!!



Ok, so I know it has been way too long since I have updated the blog, but this past month has been full of sickness at our house and I felt like I had nothing to blog about!! I got a really bad cough, followed by a cold, sinus infection, and finally the stomach flu last Monday. I guess the most excitement we have had lately was spending a few hours in labor and delivery last Monday night! I got so dehydrated that I was having contractions, and had to go into the hospital and get hooked up to an IV so I could get rehydrated. But I am feeling much better now, and am hoping to stay healthy for the remainder of this pregnancy!

I can't believe we only have a few weeks left before this baby comes!! I am scheduled to be induced in 4 1/2 weeks which will be here before you know it (especially since I have a million things to do before he is born)! We are trying to get Brynn ready to have a baby in the house, but I don't think she will really understand all of it until he gets here. She has been sleeping terribly lately, so if I can just get her sleeping all night without waking up by the time he is born, I will be happy :)

We are all loving the warm weather here and are very anxious for spring! It is so nice to just be able to let Brynn run around outside. Well, that is really all that has been going on here, hopefully there will be more excitement soon!! I will also try to get an updated picture of my belly on here soon...it is getting pretty big!