4 days past due!

So this picture was taken of me on Easter Sunday, my actual due date. It's still weird for me to see pics of myself, I can't believe how big my belly is!
It's now 4 days past my due date, and I'm just waiting...I want to be done so bad!!! I'm so tired all the time and I just want her here! So hopefully she will be here sooner then later. If nothing happens over the next few days I go to the Dr. again on Monday to see if any progress has happened. But I'm crossing my fingers that there will be no need for that appointment! :)

Still not here....

Just a quick baby update...I am now two days past my due date! I went to the Dr. yesterday, he said I was just barely one cm dilated and my cervix was about 50% thinned. But, told me not to get excited because it's possible to stay that way for another few days to a week or more! I am soooo ready! He also told me that she is going to be a big baby, he is guessing around 8.5 to 9 lbs! I'm actually not freaking out about that too much, I don't know why but I kinda expected to have a big baby. So we'll see... I have a picture of my belly that we took on my due date, so I could document how big it is, but I don't have it loaded on my computer yet, I'll try to get it on here today sometime.
Hope all is well with everyone! After looking at all your blogs it looks like everyone had a great Easter!!

Two years ago today...

Happy Two Year Anniversary!!

I can't believe it's been two years since we got married!! It's crazy how fast time flies and how much can happen in two years! I love him more then ever and can't wait to see what new and exciting changes the next year will bring!
Happy two years to us!

P.S. Happy St. Patty's day!

Baby Shower!!

A couple of Saturdays ago, my mom and some of her friends threw me a baby shower! It was a lot of fun, with good food, and good friends!! I have a bunch of pictures from it, so I'll just go down the pictures and make comments on them to tell you a little about the shower. And for those of you who are my Kelly cousins and the wives of my Kelly cousins, yes this is at Grandpa Kelly's house. He has a lot more seating in his living room then my mom does, so she decided to have it over there...it worked out great and it was so nice of him to let us all take over his house for the morning!

This was the little sign in table. My moms friend made those sheets for everyone to sign and write a little note on, they fit perfectly in the scrap book she started for me. And then there were also some things pick-up for some of the games that we played.

It was a brunch, so we had some really yummy egg casseroles, fruit pizza and my Grandma Empey's homemade cinnamon rolls. It was all sooooo good!!

A couple of pictures of some of the people who were there.

The gift table.

Some pictures of me opening gifts. Sorry, I'm not really looking at the camera in any of them. And some of them are a little dark. (and I really should have taken my jacket off, it makes me look so wide in all the pics, oh well) :)

I'm telling you this little girl is going to be so well dressed!! I love baby girl clothes!!

All the gifts sitting on the floor in the baby's room. I can't believe how generous everyone was!! We were given some really nice gifts and almost everything we needed for the baby. We hardly have anything left for us to go buy! Thank you!!

My friend Carrie made this really cool diaper cake! Those are all diapers for us to use! Such a pretty way to give a gift of diapers! I don't want to take it apart!

I just had to take a picture of the crib set, I love it!! Isn't it so cute?! We are decorating the room in frogs and lady bugs, so far it's turning out really cute! I'm going to take pictures of it when it's all done.

I'm going to have to do a quilt/blanket show and tell blog, we've had so many hand made quilts/blankets given to us! I feel like they deserve a blog of their own, ha! And just another side note, I was soooo sick on the day of my shower! That was the only bummer, but thankfully there is no close-up pictures of me, I had big ol' circles under my eyes! I went home afterwards and crashed out for awhile!

24 years!!

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY BLAKE!!

Well, his birthday was actually yesterday, the 27th, but I didn't get a chance to do this post yesterday. So here it is a day late. We went out to eat, at you guessed it, Casa Loupe! Here are a few pictures from dinner. Sorry, the pictures are not so great, I am a horrible photographer!

Gotta love the "chewing" pictures. :)
He has that "just hurry up and take it" look.
They came and sang to him and brought him, his free birthday dessert.

So, here goes my list of 24 things about Blake!

1. He is very trustworthy.

2. He has waay too many "toys"

3. He can be very shy

4. But when you get to know him, he is actually very funny.

5. He is a very hard worker.

6. He loves to fish, but doesn't always have the best luck at it. :)

7. He is very smart.

8. He can be quite annoying when he wants to be.

9. He is my moms "Bwakie Wakie"

10.He'll always talk on the phone with me when Steven has to work late and I get spooked at home.

11.But then he'll tease me about it later.

12. He loves to tease!

13. He is going to be a great uncle.

14. He can sleep just about anywhere.

15. The boy has some major eyebrows!

16. He is always willing to help.
17. He has a strong testimony.

18. He is my dads sidekick

19. He is a night owl.

20. He is the only one of us that ended up with curly hair.

21. He loves going riding, even though he doesn't race much anymore.

22. He's always got some kind of project going with my dad.

23. He is a great brother.

24. We love him a lot!

Hope your day was great Blake!!

He's legal???

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY DEVAN!!

Today is Devan's 18th birthday, this post is dedicated to him in honor of his birthday. We celebrated it last Saturday with pizza and garlic twists from Round Table (his fav.) and deviled eggs. Yes, I know wierd combination, but he has been on a huge deviled egg kick lately! Below are a couple of pictures of the night. I know there is only three, but I managed to take not-so-great pictures of everyone, so to spare them embarrasment I'm not going to put them up. The first two pics are of Devan obviously. The last one is a cute one I got of Nana and Cassandra.

To continue on with my tradition of listing random facts/things about the birthday guy/girl here are 18 random things about Devan in honor of his 18th birthday!

1. He is very witty

2. He has good style.

3. He is fun to play bored games with.

4. He is very smart.

5. He plays the roll of pain-in-the-butt brother very well ;) Just ask Em.

6. He is a hard worker when he wants to be.

7. He always has a really good tan. (yes it's natural, thanks to their mom)

8. He makes me laugh.

9. He has a really good ear for music.

10. He always smells good.

11. He made me feel welcome in the family right from the start.

12. He has two great older brothers who are great examples for him.

13. When him and his brothers goof off together, it's always hilarious.

14. He thinks he is just oh so cool, we don't bother to tell him otherwise ;)

15. He is going to be something great someday.

16. We're always protected from our land scaping when he is around, lol.

17. He has seriously great hair!

18. We love him a lot!

Happy birthday Dev, hope you have a great day!

V-Day & weekend fun!

I know I'm a little late getting a post on here about Valentines and our weekend. But I honestly have been soooo busy, I really haven't had a chance to sit and type. And of course I forgot to take one single picture of all of the events over the past few days! Sometimes I wonder why I even bother carrying my camera around.
Anyway, it started of with Valentines day. My hubby gave me some beautiful flowers, a sweet card and some really pretty smelling candles. (I love having lit candles around the house) We then had our friends Jason and Rosalie over for some games for a while to kill time until our dinner reservations. After some games we went the the Hibacci(sp) Steak House, we met up with another couple Art & Shiree there. It was a really fun dinner! It is one of those places where they cook your dinner in front of you, our cook put on quite a show for us!! So we all had some really good food and Steven and I also ordered some sushi, they have a great sushi bar there. I haven't had sushi since I've been prego, it was sooooo good!!! So, dinner was great, with some great company, although a little more exspensive then we would normally spend, it was woth it to celebrate Valentines Day with each other and our friends. We gotta spoil ourselves sometiems right?
On Friday night our ward had a Mystery Dinner Party. It was really cool! Even though it was a church event, they had it at a beautiful big house about 15 min. south of Yuba City, pretty much in the middle of no where. We all were givin a person we had to be for the night. It was set during WWII time period, so everyone was dressed so cool, depending on who they were and where they were from. They sent out formal inviations a few weeks ago inviting us to join the Contessa such and such (can't remember the rest of her name?) to a Resistance gathering at her home. While we were there we learned that there was a spy among us who was against the Resistance. So we had to go around and talk to everyone to try to figure out who it was. We were given some clues to get us going. Oh, let me back up again, also a few weeks ago we were given the information on who we were to be for the night. There was quite a bit written about each person, so we could learn about who we were to be so we could act accordingly. I was Ursual Braun a german midwife, currently living in Frankfurt. My husband and I ran a clinic there. Steven was Tomas Farkas a Hungarian gunsmith currently residing in Germany. He was also quite wealthy. It was a fun night, everything was fancy and done so well!! The people who put this on put a lot of time into it!! I am so mad I didn't take on single picture!!
Lastly on Saturday night we celebrated Devan's (Steven's younger brother) 18th birthday! I did actually get pictures from dinner and stuff. But I'll put those up later when I do his birthday post. It was fun hanging out with the family as always! I'll get to more about this later though.
So, all in all it was a really fun weekend! I do have a new belly picture to put on here, but I'll have to do it later because I don't have it loaded on my computer yet. Sorry if this is really bad grammar, I don't have time to proof read it right now, I just want to get it posted!!

Long time no talk...

Wow, so I have been a really bad blogger! It's been over a month since I have posted anything! I figured I better get on here and give everyone a little update....

Mostly we have been getting ready for the baby. I am 32 weeks pregnant, only 8 more to go! I am so excited and so nervous at the same time! We are working on getting the baby room done, which seems to be going a lot slower then I'd like it to, but it will get there. Once we've made some progress I'll post some pictures. Oh, and for those of you who don't know we are having a girl, I don't think I ever posted anything after we had our ultrasound done. As far as names go, hopefully we'll agree on something at least by the time she is born! haha.

We're also trying to get the hall bathroom finished before the baby gets here. It has been completely gutted for quite some time now, but poor Steven works so much that he hardly has anytime to work on it. He is determined to get it done. He's made quite a bit of progress this past month and plans on working on it quite a bit this week. It's getting so close! I'll also post the pics of the entire progress once we get it finished. I'm so excited, it's going to look so nice!!

Really not much else exciting is going on. Just the normal day to day things. I hate that I don't have one single picture to put up with this post, especially since I got a new camera for Christmas. Boo on me for not using it more! We've got some other exciting changes coming up, but can't quite post about those yet, so stay tuned.

Hope all is well with everyone, and I'll try to be a better blogger. Oh, I'm also going to have Steven take a belly shot of me so I can show you all how huge my belly is!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Wednesday was my moms birthday! Anyone who knows my mom knows that she really doesn't like going anywhere during week nights so we ordered in Mexican food and had dinner at their house. My dad made her a cake, decorated it and everything!
Sorry about the picture, I guess I was a little close to her, or I should have had the flash off. But it's still a cute pic of her!

So now in honor of my moms 46th b-day, here are 46 things about her.
1. She is one of my best friends.
2. She loves to shop.
3. She is my favorite shopping partner.
4. Some of my favorite memories are of going shopping with her and my grandma.
3. She always laughs out loud when watching sitcoms(sp) on TV
4. She loves chocolate and other homemade baked goods more then anyone I know.
5. Well, her mom and her sisters may be tied with her in that area. maybe.
6. She bakes really well.
7. She loves going on trips in the motor home.
8. Especially to the Oregon Coast.
9. She is very gullible!
10. She is fun to tease.
11. She is addicted to reality TV
12. She loves to lay on her bed and watch TV
13. We talk on the phone at least once a day every day.
14. She talks to her mom on the phone at least once a day every day.
15. She loves to be with her family.
16. She is going to be an awesome grandma!
17. She loves to sing loudly in her car.
18. She starts listening to Christmas music in October.
19. She loves Christmas time.
20. She loves food!
21. She is very caring.
22. She always made my friends feel very welcome at our home.
23. Everyone loves my mom.
24. She spoils us kids. But we love it :)
25. Her and my dad are a perfect match for each other.
26. She loves her doggies.
27. Sometimes we think shes going a little crazy ;)
28. She loves the gospel.
29. She is becoming quite addicted to Guitar Hero
30. It's obvious to see how much she loves us.
31. Shes a great cook.
32. She loves to sit out in the backyard by the pond.
33. She is the only other person in the family who gets teased just as much as me.
34. I catch myself doing things just like her more and more.
35. I don't mind it at all, though I do hope I get a few of my dads qualities.
36. I hope I'm as good a mom as she is.
37. She has good style.
38. I don't know what shes going to do when my brothers move out of their house.
39. She loves to go on vacation with our family
40. She is an all around fun mom.
41. She is the biggest pack rat I know!
42. She says she is trying to be better about getting rid of things.
43. She is very dependable.
44. She is not a slow driver and does not like to get behind other slow drivers.
45. She is fun to laugh with.
46. She is the best mom ever!

Happy Birthday Dad!

I know I'm a little late getting to this post....Last Saturday was my dads birthday. We all went out to dinner at his favorite Chinese Buffet place that our family calls China Dinah....I don't even know what the actual name of the restaurant is?? It's one of my dads favs though. After dinner we went back to my parents house and played some Guitar Hero, my mom is becoming very addicted!! Here are a few pictures from the night.

She's gonna hate me for posting this! :)

So in honor of my dads 46th b-day, here are 46 random things about him...

1. He loves to play jokes/tricks on people

2. He has no fashion sense at all.

3. He loves to go fishing with my brothers and my grandpa and whoever else will go.

4. He can fix anything (at least that's what it seems like to me)

5. He is easy to talk to.

6. He is a big softy, though he likes to act like he's tough.

7. He has good taste in music.

8. He has a good judge of character.

9. He loves to be with his family.

10. He can't wait to be a grandpa.

11. He loves to work on "projects" with my brothers.

12. These "projects" usually involve a motor in some way.

13. He is a great motorcycle mechanic.

14. He loves to be at the races.

15. He loves taking trips in the motor home.

16. Especially to the Oregon Coast.

17. He loves seafood.

18. He has always been able to make me laugh when I'm mad or sad.

19. He loves to tease.

20. He loves to "hook us"

21. He is more of a romantic then my mom is.

22. My boyfriends were always scared of him...and I never understood why?

23. He always has a new toy of some kind.

24. He loves American Idol and Survivor

25. He is very smart.

26. He thinks he is hilarious.

27. He loves the gospel

28. He loves hanging out with my brothers.

29. He is good at playing sports.

30. But he won't admit that hes not as good as he used to be.

31. It's easy to tell how much he loves my mom.

32. It's easy to tell how much he loves his kids.

33. He hates losing at anything.

34. He gets extremely car sick if he's not the one driving.

35. I have never been in the same car as him where he is not the driver.

36. He is very even tempered.

37. He thinks he can dance...but I'm not so sure I agree. :)

38. He loves to sleep in.

39. He never judges other people.

40. He loves to play golf.

41. He is really loud when he talks on the phone.

42. He can still beat my brothers in arm wrestling.

43. He loves to eat snack foods.

44. He loves to take naps.

45. He gives really good advice.

46. He is the best dad ever!