Put crib together. Check.

We finally put together the crib last Thursday night. We spent a few hours working on it and we were quite sore after sitting on the floor that long! It looks great and I just had to iron the bedskirt and get the bedding in it after we put it together. Dan added a couple of things he thought the baby would like too.

Here is what I came home to peaking over the edge of the crib...A very realistic looking monkey (i.e. not "baby-cute" looking) and a football from daddy. I'm sure she'll love them :)

Amber finally announced on her blog that she is pregnant too! It is so much fun that Dan's sister is due a month after us (Dec 27th) and Amber is due 3 months after us (Feb 22nd). Melissa found out she is having a girl, so I'm hoping at Amber's ultrasound next week they have a girl too. Wouldn't it be fun to have a built in playmate no matter which side of the family we are visiting? Yesterday we had family dinner at my parents house and took a couple of belly pictures of me at 31 weeks and Amber at 18 weeks that Amber put on her blog.

Last weekend I went to Trout Lake Camp with 16 other women from church and had so much fun. I went to camp every year as a kid and loved it. Now they have more modern options so our cabin had a bathroom which was nice for me. We had a wonderful speaker, the music/worship was great, and the food was actually delicious! Our group went for a pontoon ride, I took a tour of a new part of the camp, and had a massage. We had a campfire the last night and had fun getting to know everyone better. I love getting to know other women from our church that I may not know otherwise and this weekend was a perfect opportunity to do that. I think God has a plan for the women at Cross of Glory and I'm excited to see what it is.

30 weeks!

Today I had a Dr. apt and everything looks great. I'm measuring on track for my due date anywhere between 11/24 and 11/29. He said if I go until 11/29 (one of the due dates they gave me) it might be an 8 lb baby so she must be gaining more weight now and not as tiny as they said before. I still don't know how they know, and he said its all just a guess when there aren't any upcoming ultrasounds. Either way, I'm guessing she'll be close to her original due date of 11/24 and 7 lbs 12 oz. but who knows :)

He also said that my bike riding experience on Sunday where I started getting a lot of contractions probably means I shouldn't do that as much. He is pretty laid back and just said if I start feeling Braxton-Hicks to stop - kind of what I thought. I can travel until the 2nd week of October, so only a few weeks left!

The crib finally arrived today! I will go pick it up tomorrow and then I'm sure we'll want to put it together right away. I've also been nesting at work cleaning files, etc. I'm sure Dan wishes I will start doing that at home too, but I've been waiting to get the crib so I can finally get everything setup.

This weekend I'm going to Trout Lake with some ladies from church for a fall retreat. It looks like great weather and I signed up for a 10 minute massage during free time that I am looking forward to. It will be great to get away and see what God has in store for us this weekend.

Here are my 30 week baby bump pictures!

Labor Day Weekend!

What a BEAUTIFUL weekend it was! It was perfect outside and we had so much fun at the lake! Dan and I went out on Friday night after the Vikings pre-season game and went kayaking on Saturday a.m. The water was like glass and we paddled effortlessly through the next two lakes. Tom and Becky and Adelyn came over that afternoon and we had fun on the boat for a few hours. Adelyn screamed as the wind blew in her face - she loved it! Allison and Jeremy came for dinner and then that night everyone had a little co-ed baby shower for us. We played the "traits" game, a matching baby game, and then we bobbed for pacifiers and decorated onesies. It was so much fun! The guys really got into the competition when bobbing for pacifiers, and were very creative on the onsies too! My favorites were Tom's: Made in Vegas, and Allison's: Party. My crib. 3a.m. BYOB (bring your own bottle). I had fun making mine - I smeared brown paint all over the bottom of my onesie and wrote Little Pooper over the top of it :)

Allison had been having her pre-term contractions again so they left in the middle of the night to go home.. but she was feeling better after resting on Sunday. Her baby is due 3 weeks after me so hopefully she can hang on a few more weeks and at least get to 30. Sunday Kevin came out to try out the boat and fish with Dan and Tom while Becky and I chatted during Adelyn's naps. We went tubing and I got banned from trying to ski :( Oh well, at least I got to go faster than normal on the tube! Dan was driving so he just made sure I didn't fly off.

Yesterday Dan and I went kayaking again in the morning and then relaxed on the boat. I couldn't believe we had such great weather all weekend. I wanted to package it up and six months from now trade it in for one of the cold snowy days!

I'll post pictures soon.... Thank you Belisles and Houles for the great baby shower! It was so much fun - we love you guys!