Little Baby Claire

Here she is at 28 1/2 weeks, weighing in almost at 3 pounds! ( 2 lbs. 15 oz) She has a little fist over one eye and I think that other thing is her other arm. She is very camera shy :) She is so cute! I love her!!!!

The Baby Shower!

October 12, 2011: exactly 3 months before my due date, my very good friend, Allison, threw me a wonderful baby shower. The theme was a flower garden, which I intend to continue with the baby's nook. She made all the decorations and little favors and succeeded in creating a very happy, exciting mood for the evening. It was well attended by the ladies in my ward, as well as our young women. But the guest of honor was definitely my mom, who flew all the way from Florida to be a part of the occasion ( hence the nice, professional pictures!).

The reasons why I loved my shower:

 The Cake!

 The food!

 The decorations!

The presents!

 The hilarious game!

( We had to smell melted chocolate bars in diapers and figure out what they were)

The beautiful hostess!

 The cute little girl inside my tummy!

And all the friends that joined in the celebration with me!

I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

                       I am so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes known as the Mormon church. The core and strength of my beliefs lies in the name of this church: The Church of Jesus Christ. I know that He is my Savior, my Redeemer, the Son of God. I know that because of Him, I can repent of the things I have done wrong and I can take every new day God gives me to improve myself and become a better person--the person that God wants me to be.
                       Jason and I were discussing some of his coworkers' ideas about what they want to accomplish in life and what drives them. Their need for success in the workforce and desire for material wealth and social prestige made me think about what drives me.
                       I know that I have a purpose in this life. I know that before I was born, I lived with my Father in Heaven as his spirit child and one day I can live with Him again. I know that this life was given to every human being to be tried and tested--to learn and to grow and to prepare themselves to live in the presence of the Father again ( Alma 34:32, Book of Mormon). Our loving Heavenly Father knew that we would make mistakes and fall very short of the high requirement to live in the presence of a perfect Being. That's why He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for, or take upon Himself our imperfections, sins, and afflictions (Alma 34:9-10,16). He paid the price for our shortcomings, enabling us to repent and to have hope that we can live, as families, with our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ after this life!

Less Than 100 Days to Go!!!!!

Oh. My. Gosh. I AM SOOOO BABY HUNGRY!!!! I want her to be here already! I want to hold her and feed her and change her poopy diapers and sing her to sleep! I want to wake up to her in the morning ( and multiple times during the night!). I want to dress her in cute little sleepers and onesies and dresses and girly bows! I want to kiss her toes and read her books. I want to dance around the house with her and cuddle her. I want to take lots of pictures and take her to visit all the people that are eagerly awaiting her arrival. This little girl has no idea how much she is already loved! I am so dang impatient! I want her here now!

And I still have 3 months to go! AHHHH!!! I need something to distract me....

I guess I always have the couch. That is still a work in progress and now I feel like we are racing against the clock. I would really like to get that done in the next few weeks because then that means that I get to set up the baby's room. I guess a better word for it is baby's corner since she won't actually have her own room. She will be sleeping in the dining room after she graduates to her crib. :)

I've never looked forward to bleak, cold, rainy January so much in my life!

A Gift from a Dear Friend

Yesterday I received a package in the mail from Cyndi and inside I found amazing treasures that she had made, just for me! Well, and for the baby too. I am so impressed that she made all of this stuff! She is such a domestic goddess!!

I love that girl so much and I am so grateful for her friendship that I have been lucky enough to have since we were in middle school!!

 Some beautiful headbands and a cover for breastfeeding....

Some burb cloths....

  





and yummy Cyndi Chocolate chip cookies!

Jason has already begged me for some of these.

I should note, today I received another package from another good friend. I didn't get a chance to take any pictures because my camera died. But she sent me some cute cute clothes, some headbands, a hat, little booties and a stuffed animal! I am so blessed to have such caring, wonderful friends in my life! It makes me so happy to know that I'm not the only one getting excited about our little girl coming in January!

The Fruit of My Labors

Well September just snuck up on us and, sadly enough, it was just beginning to feel like summer...

Don't get me wrong, it's still pretty warm, sunny and nice outside but it felt like that whole summer feel just didn't come until, oh, mid-August. Ya know, bright hot sunshine, the smell of sunscreen and water, popsicles, etc...

But come it did, and with it came the fruition of my tomato plants. I think, due to the lateness of the season and the extra rain this summer, they were slow to bring fruit. Even Jason commented on them the other evening when we were sitting outside. He said he's never seen a tomato plant bear so little fruit. Hey, back off buddy! This is the first time for me and at least they bore something! So here are some pictures of, literally, the fruit of my labors:

Before:

After:

 

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Another Summer Read

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

One word for this book. Lame. The plot was predictable, the main character unbelievable and overall it took a while for me to get through. About 2/3 in the book got slightly interesting, so that's why I gave it two stars. But overall I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. My biggest beef was probably the main character, Flavia. I found her obnoxious. Besides, I don't think I've read a book with so many random references and words I didn't know since middle school. What 11 year old is using 6 syllable words or breaking down chemical compounds as afterthoughts? Maybe I was just an extremely stupid 11 year old. She made so many obscure references to old English ( I'm assuming) movies,books and plays that I had a very hard time catching any meaning in her statements half the time. Way to not get me hooked, Alan Bradley.



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