Where to start?

Ok, so it has been too long. Sorry Amy! I am not even going to try and include the last 2 months worth of happenings.

The biggest news is that Mark and I are heading to the hospital first thing on Monday morning. I mean first thing... like 3-5 am. They are going to induce me so we can be sure that Mark will be there. I am getting really excited. Yesterday was my last day at work. A little sad but not too bad. My team at work had a little goodbye party for me and gave me this basket full of stuff. One girl even crocheted me a blanket that is so beautiful it is unbelievable. A complete shock. Today on my first and one of my last days of freedom I am finishing getting the house ready. Mom is coming in on Wednesday. I am so excited I can't contain myself. Today I vacuumed and set up her bed and everything. She is going to stay with me for a full week, such a relief! For the hospital I have been wanting a robe to go over the hospital gowns when I have to get up but they have been way to expensive. So I went to JCPennys and found one that was no clearance for only $10. You better believe I grabbed that baby off of the rack as soon as I saw the price tag. The thing I love about shopping there is that if it is on clearance if you like the price tag on the rack you will love the price at the register. It is always cheaper once it rings up. I wonder why they do that. I won't complain.

Mark is on his way home this afternoon. I am so excited to see him. We have a lot to do this weekend to finish getting ready. I haven't been sleeping very well at all this week. I don't know if it is because he is gone or if I am just too excited about the baby. Probably both, but I wake up at least 3 times in the night and I am up for at least a half hour everyday. Quite irritating, oh well, preview of coming attractions....

Ok here is room for input: What was the one must have for the hospital that you had or wished you had? Comfort or necessity, either one.

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well, we got the computer back thanks to hours of work by brandon. love you bro! But, you may be wondering about the post title... that is what happens when i tried to type "computer trouble". So we still have some problems...but thank goodness for the on screen keyboard! just don't count on long posts!

Another weekend in the Mountains

This weekend we went up for a birthday celebration, last one of the year. While we were up there I wanted to take our family pictures. Mark wanted to include the dog...so we did. But I need to know which one you like the best. So here are a few to choose from.

Halloween Night

Another post that should have been done long, long ago....

So Sister Barnett, my last Young Women's President came to the baby shower thinking that I had already had the baby. She is an x-ray tech at the hospital in Greeley. She gave me a onesie with a skeleton on it for a Halloween costume. I didn't have anything to wear for Halloween to work so I wore a black shirt and safety-pinned the onesie to my belly. I thought it was pretty clever. You can't tell anything through the picture but the skeleton...but it glows in the dark too. Here Sister Barnett thought that she screwed up buying the baby a costume, but it turned out pretty good. Then there is Mark. He spent Halloween upstairs in his recliner with the t.v. and a blanket over the window hiding from the trick-or-treaters.

Baby Excitement

This is a post that should have been done a like a week and a half ago....but nonetheless...

I was doing some serious cleaning and was really tired before I went to work. While at work it seemed that every grumpy person that has at&t service was being routed straight to my line. I stopped to get a Hot and Ready pizza because I really wasn't in the mood to make anything for lunch, and dropped it in the driveway. It was still salvagable so we ate it anyway, because I didn't want to make anything for lunch. Really, I didn't want to make anything for lunch. Get the point? It was just one of those days. So I called in to work and used some of my much needed vacation time to stay home. Apparantly I was really grumpy because Mark told me that I should go back to work... a little jokingly but mostly serious. So I went upstairs and rested for a little while and then came back down mostly happy. 9:00 at night there is a very serious knock on the door. Mark goes to answer it and, surprise! It's our stroller/carseat combo! I was shocked and crying, Mark was excited. It was too cute. I was just content looking at it, but Mark wanted to put it together just like he did our pack and play the week earlier. I can tell he is starting to get more excited as the pregnancy goes on. I guess it is just becoming more real. He is starting to ask me on a regular basis now if I can feel him kicking. Really cute. After the stroller and carseat were assembled he wanted to rearrange the bedroom to make room for the crib and recliner. So that is just what we did the next morning. Bring on the baby!

Baby Shower

We went up to Greeley this weekend for a fun packed trip. On the way up I made Mark stop at multiple ARC's along the way. He enjoyed this shopping because he got to wait in the car for me to run in and buy what I needed. I spent less than $30 and found a really good pair of jeans and 5 tops! WooHoo! We made it up to Justin and Sarah's had dinner and hung out with Mom and Dad a while. The next day we had my baby shower at Mandy's house and it was so fun to see everybody. After the shower we went to Denver to celebrate Mike's birthday at Cici's Pizza and MadCap. MadCap was really fun. It was an improv comedy theatre. I had never been to one before and really enjoyed it. By this time I was so exhausted that I couldn't even walk through Walmart to get Dog food. I slept all the way home and until 10:00 the next morning. Big day!

Mountains...cont.

I forgot to add one thing about the mountains. When we were on our way up I was leaning back in my chair when I heard a thump, thump, thump go underneath the car. I asked Mark what it was and his only response was, "You don't want to know." My thoughts went to a bunny because it would be sad. I finally got him to admit what it was...a skunk. We went 5 minutes without any scent when mark said, "I think we got away with it!" Literally within seconds the stench got so bad. Granted I do have a pretty good nose now, but ugh. We tried taking the car to a car wash the next day with no improvement. the smell came and went on the way home. But for anybody that gets their undercarriage sprayed by a skunk it takes over 2 weeks for the smell to go away. Air fresheners don't work because the skunk smell trumps. No solution but time....nice.