Preparations Underway

Only 9 weeks left! I can't believe it! I've been getting emails saying things like "Last Minute Baby Preparation Ideas" and it's kind of starting to scare me a little. I feel so unprepared.

Thankfully, the nursery is starting to come together. We have the crib, dresser, bedding, a few decorations and we finally ordered a glider.One of my favorite things in the nursery is this bucket with stuffed animals. The big white bear was mine when I was a baby and the smaller brown bear was Erik's. I am SO glad our parents kept these for us. They are great reminders of our childhood years.

My belly seems to be in the forefront of the baby preparations. Everytime I go back and look at the prior month's picture, I can't believe how much I've grown. Only 2 more belly pictures to go!

Khloe is even getting in on the action. She tested out our BabyBjiorn Babysitter and based on this picture, I think it will work perfectly. :) Adorable!

Total Randomness

I know this is strange, but I love the sound of lawnmowers. It makes me think of Spring, gorgeous sunny weather, birds chirping, and best of all...the smell of fresh cut grass. Ahhh!

This is a picture of Khloe's food bowl. She's as precise as her mother. :) A line straight down the middle. She decided to save the rest for later. So funny!

Here is an updated (as in last month) preggers pic for my out-of-town sisters. Only 10 weeks to go! YAY!

The Big 3-0

Last month, Erik turned 30 years old. It's funny 'cause 30 no longer seems "old". I could tell he wasn't going to enjoy his birthday too much this year so I wanted to make it extra special. He had been working so hard with the new business we bought and really deserved something cool. The problem was, what is cool?

(Erik at work with an ice cream cake...his favorite.)

I thought about it for weeks and weeks and finally came up with something I thought he would love. There were 3 parts to his present; the first being (drum roll please) a boys only golf trip to California to watch the U.S. Open. It happened to fall the weekend before I am scheduled to have this baby but I figured it'd be okay. He'd go and have fun and not stress about everything. Well, I didn't get the reaction I was hoping for. He didn't think it would be such a good idea and basically told me he wasn't going to go. "What if I went into labor?" he said. I told him, "well then you fly home". :) He was so concerned; I can tell he's going to be such a great Dad. (It's a good thing I didn't really buy the tickets.)

The second part of Erik's birthday gift were tickets to go see Mitt Romney speak at the Salt Palace Convention Center. It wasn't too exciting but was something different and it ending up being very interesting. It was a little change of pace for us that Saturday night.

The last part of Erik's gift was my favorite. Now that we own 3 businesses and are working 10-12 hour days, I knew Erik was going to have a hard time not being able to golf a lot this summer. So I bought what I thought was a solution; his very own putting green. It is gigantic and barely fits on our deck! The coolest part about it is that you can change the slope of the green a million different ways. Now when it's 8pm and too late to go golfing, but it's still light outside, he can go out onto the deck and practice his putting. Or when it's a Sunday afternoon and he's watching a tournament on TV, he can practice on the deck and watch through the window. He's only used it a couple of times because it's still so cold outside, but I think it's a pretty "cool" present.


So, I think my score was 2 for 3 in the end. :) Erik, I hope you enjoyed your birthday, will continue to enjoy your new putting green and for the last time, 30 is not old!