Random happenings

These pictures can't just hide out in their picture folder on the computer any longer.  I have to share because, well, these are my two favorite people and they are just too cute.

Can you guess what we talked about at our Family Home Evening a few weeks ago?

Alayna still prefers to call herself a prince, but  we'll pretend there is both a prince and a princess in this picture and the princess is NOT Dan.  :)

My exercising helper.  She LOVES to exercise with me.  But on this particular day she even asked for me to put in an exercise video after I had exercised, just so she could do it all by herself.

 These are "her" weights.  Perfect for a little three-year-old wanna be exerciser. 

See?  Too cute not to share.  Huh?

I have fallen off the face of the blogging earth

And with good reason to.

I am a bit (ok, somewhat) overwhelmed with my new responsibility of Primary president. 

Yep, somehow my bishopric was tricked into thinking that an eight month pregnant, shift-worker's wife was the perfect canidate for the job.

And let me tell you, I am actually really excited about it.....minus the fact that I might have to kiss some of my spare time (what's that?) goodbye. 

I have been in the primary presidency for the last 7ish months and have LOVED it! 

I am just thinking all those baby projects that are half started may never be finished.  My baby won't care if her quilt doesn't get done 'til she's one, right? 

And my husband won't care if the corner shelf, he so lovingly painted for me, doesn't get antiqued for the next month or two.  Right?  I mean, who needs the use of their recently organized garage anyway?  Especially when you live in Arizona.  :)

All kidding aside, I am thrilled to still be in the primary and I am super excited about the ladies I get to work with. 

AND, this pregnant lady is DETERMINED to still cross a few things off her to-do list...with the help of her ever-supportive husband, of course.

Goin' to church in style

Once I found the little bag for Alayna's "Crispers", I told her we could decorate it.  Just days before finding her little bag, I came across a tutorial to make a ruffle bag. 

And because every girl likes ruffles, we decided to make said ruffle bag.  Only, a miniature one in her case.

Layna picked the fabric.  And I did the creating.

Turned out pretty darn cute, huh?

In fact, I thought it turned out so cute, that I made a mom-size version for me. 

I have to admit, I like hers better, but alas, not all my church "stuff" would fit in her bag.  So I'm stickin' with mine.

It pays to be married to a handyman

There's nothing like having a baby that makes you want to check some things off your to do list.

In fact, having a baby even made me make a new to do list entitled, "Things to do before the baby comes".  (Really creative, huh.)

With this little one's due date slowly creeping up on us, we've started scheduling which of Dan's days off we will work on certain projects. 

First up.  Build shelves in the garage.  We thought we would start out by just doing one section of the wall to see how we really liked it.

Once I saw how nice they were and how much stuff would fit on them, I sweet talked my incredibly amazing and understanding husband to make more.

 And he did.

There is something about organization that just makes my heart sing.  I seriously am SO excited to have our garage somewhat organized.  There are a few little projects here and there that need to be done (such as reorganizing some of the totes and labeling them) but the BIG project is done, thanks to my handyman.

Not only did he build all these shelves and organize the garage, but he also made himself this awesome work bench.  I'd say he's pretty amazing. 

Thanks babe, for sacrificing some of your precious days off to check some items off my I mean our to do list!

A little too excited

I was thrilled to receive these in the mail today. 

I was even more excited that the company that sent them to me gave me two extra fabrics since the shipping wasn't as much as they said it would be.

 And I was quite possibly ecstatic that I love them even more in person than I did when viewing them online.

Let the projects begin!

29 Weeks

Only 11 more weeks to go!  Yikes.  It sounds a little scary when I put it that way.  (Maybe I'll just stick to saying 29 weeks.)

Here I am.  

As you can tell, baby is growing.  Although, I am somewhat proud to say that I actually measured a little (ok, a tiny) bit smaller than the 28 that I was supposed to, (I don't think that I have ever measured small) but nothing to be concerned about.

Baby girl continues to be doing great.  If I remember correctly, I think her heart rate was 138 at the last appointment (which seems to be typical for her).  She has quite a bit slower heart rate compared to Alayna and her temperament also seems to be more mellow (minus the fact that every doctor that has listened to her comments on how much of a mover she is, but let's disregard that for now).  Let's take her calm temperament as a sign that maybe she will be an easier baby than Alayna.  (Fingers crossed.)  As most of my family recalls, Alayna was NOT the easiest baby.  In fact, she was quite hard.  So, here's to hoping that this baby's calm temperament continues on.  (Although, I am comforted in the fact that I survived a HARD baby once.  I can do it again.)

I still feel really good.  In fact, when people ask me how I am doing, I kind of feel silly because I don't have much to report.  I always just say I am feelin' good.  I have the typical aches and pains here and there, but nothing to really complain about.  I am starting to notice I am a bit more uncomfortable at times, but who wouldn't with a belly my size. :) 

Layna felt the baby kick for the first time tonight and to be honest, I think it freaked her out a little.  But once we explained to her that was how the baby was saying hi to her, she was pretty excited.   We talked about how the baby is going to live with us at our house and we asked her if she was excited about that.  She enthusiastically said, "Yes!"  (Guess we'll see how she really does when the time comes.)

As for names, we are getting somewhat closer.  And by that I mean we have 3 possibilities, but we still are looking.  Rest assured, we are working as hard as we can to make sure this little girl's name isn't "baby" or "Grantalina" as my Dad calls her (considering his name is Grant after all).

Layna didn't want to be left out of the picture taking, so here we are.

Be on the lookout for upcoming crafting posts.  I am getting in the crafting mood. 

Craft #1.  Baby quilt.

Hello Pinterest

Where have you been all my life?

So, I have caught the pinterest bug. 

I have to admit that I somewhat purposefully waited to try it out.  Yeah, I am rebellious like that.  Sometimes when something is big, I like to hold off before I jump on the bandwagon.  (It took a long time for me to sign up for facebook...and even then I am not a big facebook-er.  Gasp.)

I will confess that it is quite genius.  Why couldn't I come up with an idea like Pinterest?

I have a disclaimer though.  While I really like that I have one place that I can stash my ideas, I haven't been completely sucked in.  Some people have claimed that they waste so much time on Pinterest, but really I haven't found that to be the case.  (I see how you could though.) 

*Thanks for all the comments,  ideas and encouragement for getting my recipes organized.  Rest assured, my recipes will get organized....one way or another. :)