Catch-up

This is a catch up blog post about January and February before the baby came. I am catching up so that we will have a record with pictures and commentary to help us remember some of the fun events in our lives that happened during this time.

First, here is a picture to represent me being 7+ months pregnant - excited and happy, and still feeling good.

Quite a bump I had, wouldn't you say? Hard to believe I would get bigger!

January saw us deciding to get a new car, because our little "old faithful" 2000 toyota corolla was getting on in miles, and was doing pretty well, but needing more major repairs than we thought was worth it. So, we decided to invest in a slightly newer and more fuel efficient car. Here is a picture of me with our "little old faithful" before we traded it in for our new car:

This was momentous - because this car was our very first as a married couple, and it served us well taking us from Provo to Albuquerque, to Wyoming multiple times, and several places in Utah as well. Farewell old faithful!

January also saw Greg and I take a second honeymoon - we went up to Salt Lake to the Anniversary Inn for an overnight stay, and they have the most fun hotel rooms! They have different decor themes, and we chose a wild west suite. It was fun to get away and have some time for just us two before the baby came.

The bed was in a covered wagon - very fun :)

They even gave us breakfast! It was really good :)

In February, a dear friend threw a baby shower for me, themed around the ABC's and literacy - 

she decorated her living room in the most adorable way -  one of my favorite accents was the quote she wrote on her mirror, which said "great readers are born on the laps of their parents" - 

Also in February, Greg built a bookshelf! While we really liked our previous bookshelf, we thought it would be neat to have a bookshelf that was more easily packable/movable, and one that fit our books nicely. So, taking inspiration from Thomas Jefferson of Monticello/Declaration of Independence fame, Greg made shelves which stack and interlock on top of each other, and which fit our books snugly, and will just need a cardboard slat pinned/nailed on top of each "case" - thus we have boxes already built for our books when we move again!

We sure like being creative together - I love my clever husband!

Finally, here is a picture of us on Sunday, February 26th - 8+ months pregnant.

(I am glad you can't see my ankles/lower legs - for they were big too that day!)

That about sums up January and February :)