We finished them before she came!

I've been working on a table and chairs for Spencer over the last couple weeks.  It all started when we stopped at IKEA one night and he absolutely loved the kids tables and chairs there.  I figured that gave me an excuse to build something again, which is always something I look forward to.  I built two chairs and a table during my mad nesting rush, but my desire to pain them pretty much died the other day when I started having contractions and thought this little girl would be making her arrival soon.

 Well, she isn't here yet, so Bill was ever so nice to help me paint them this afternoon.  The second chair is not quite finished.  Spencer woke up from his nap before we could finish it, but we'll take care of it tonight after he goes to bed.  Also, Bill is going to use the green paint to paint a chessboard on the top of the table, which is going to be awesome.  And as hoped and expected, Spencer loves them, as is quite obvious from these pictures, minus the fact that I couldn't manage to get him smiling in an actual picture.

In other news, I have officially made it to all the important events this weekend, particularly my dad's birthday party, the funeral, and the baptism.  It is now okay for this little girl to come.  She has dropped since yesterday.  That's always a good sign.  Send good vibes my way that she'll come soon. We're ready to meet her!

Cute Spencer Moment

My niece Shae is 3 months old.  Spencer thinks she's pretty great when he notices her existence, though most of the time he kind of just ignores her.  Last night we were at my parent's house celebrating my dad's birthday.  We were getting ready to head out, so Shae was strapped into her carseat, but sitting on the floor.  Spencer got all interested in interacting with her.  He came over and started rocking her carseat.  When she started to cry a little bit, Bill gave him her pacifier and asked if he would give it to her.  Mind you, half the time these days he decides he wants to suck on it himself even though he hasn't wanted a pacifier since he was like six months old.  But he was so cute and put it in her mouth for her not once but twice after she'd pulled it out.  So cute!  We're just prepping him early for ours to show up.  Which, by the way, is hopefully any day.  She's being tricksy.  I had a bunch of contractions over the last couple of days and thought things were happening, but nothing yet.  Soon enough though, I'm sure.

This and That

I feel like I should blog because so many things have been happening and I'd like to record them. To be perfectly honest though, most of my life these days revolves around how close I am to having this baby and how much I'll be happy to have my back stop aching and my stomach not doing weird alien maneuvers outside of my control.  If the amount this little girl moves around is any indication of her personality, she is not going to be a low key child.  I thought Spencer moved a lot.  He was nothing compared to her.  And for those of you who know how busy he is all the time, I think I have cause to be worried. :)  Oh well. As hyper a child as I was, I can't expect anything less.  I'd still rather have her out than in.  And here's hoping that we will not have to wait the full three weeks left to meet her.

So August has been a fun month.  July was too, for that matter.  We got to go to a family reunion on Bill's side in Cedar City and stay at a cute little cabin.  Spencer loved the place, particularly sitting on the front steps throwing rocks.

We had lots of fun at the actual reunion too. Towards the end of the day, right as we were leaving, there was an epic rainstorm.  Apparently it even made the papers.  It was a little crazy driving through it on the freeway, but we made it just fine.

August for me has been about doing a lot of projects to satiate my nesting instinct and getting ready for Bill's graduation.  That's right, he walked in BYU's graduation last week!  He doesn't officially finish until December and we very well may stay to do his master's degree here, but our entire marriage he's been working on his bachelor's degree, so this is a big deal.  We had lots of family come and celebrate with us and we had a sweet bbq on Saturday at a park by our house to celebrate both his birthday and graduation.  It was so fun.  

And now Bill is rocking out with the Boy Scouts from our ward up in the high Uintahs for five days.  Lucky them.  I'm doing my best not to have this baby while he's gone, but would love to have her as soon as he gets back. :)  Here's hoping.  My dad was kind enough to mention how much bigger I am this pregnancy than last. Good thing it's true and that doesn't bother me at all. :)  I'm carrying this baby all in my stomach, nowhere else, so she's seriously sticking out people. I'm ready for her to come, that's for sure!  Like I said at the beginning of this long post, all I'm really thinking about is how soon I won't be pregnant anymore. lol.  Good times.

Oh, and for good measure, here's a couple of things Spencer's doing lately that make us laugh.  Or not. Blogger doesn't seem to want to upload them.  That will have to wait for another day.