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My sister wanted me to take more pictures so that she could see how big my belly keeps growing. So, here's the side of my belly. This is 34.5 weeks.

Speaking of babies and my sister, she had their baby boy this morning at 4 am. Exciting! So, we'll hopefully get to go visit this weekend. I don't think they've named him yet. But, he was 8 lbs. 4 oz. and I don't know how long. Yay!

On a different note, I've decided that AZ is really hot! I still can't get myself to turn the AC on, but I might resort to that soon. We only have ceiling fans in the bedrooms, so not in the family room or front room where I have been spending most of my time. *sigh* And, cooking makes it worse so I need to think of some meals that are served cold. Ice cream anyone? mmm that sounds good.

I finally finished weeding the front yard, well at least until more weeds show up. I started working on the backyard yesterday, and it's a mess! So, I decided to go buy weed killer b/c the weeds are relentless.

Well, since I mostly updated everything yesterday, I don't have much else to say. Thanks for reading!

5.5 weeks!!

So, baby Evlyn will be here soon!! I'm much less nervous, which is nice. But, sometimes it seems like forever away. She is a little over 5 lbs now, and almost 20 inches, according to the average for her age. I really don't know for sure. But, I do know she's very active and keeps growing! Sometimes I wonder how my stomach can stretch any more.
Here's a front view of my belly at 34.5 weeks. I had a hard time taking a picture in the mirror of a side shot, so I'll get one some other time.

Her room is coming together, although I still have lots to do. Here's a window curtain we got.
It's a long story but we have HUGE windows, and so it gets REALLY hot!! It's been hard to find things to cover the windows, and I found some energy saving panels at Target. They had very bright colors, and this pink was the most mild of the colors. Well, in the day when the sun is shining through, the whole room turns hot pink. lol. Hopefully our baby likes pink!! They work really well, though, keeping the sun out. Here's a picture of the rod too, which I thought was really cute. I liked it the best, and it happened to be one of the cheapest! I love how that works out!

Today I decided to make a papaya pie. It sounds interesting, but I bought a papaya and don't like it plain. So, I decided to make something with it and looked up recipes. This one won my vote.

It does not look very appetizing, but it's good!! Of course, adding lots of sugar to any fruit makes it good. :P

I know I'm behind the times, but Jared and I finally watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one. Let me just say I was so disgusted and angry! There is one part in particular that was not in the book and should not have been in the movie! Or, if they wanted to put it in there, they should have rated it R. Those of you who have seen it probably know what I'm talking about. Okay sorry, I just wanted to rant a little. Needless to say I was not happy about that one bit!

Well, that's the update for today. Conference this weekend!

Surprise Baby Shower!

For mutual last night, the beehives and advisers threw me a surprise baby shower! It was so sweet and cute! They played a game, gave me some gifts, we ate junk food, and then we had a lesson on motherhood. I was so surprised and can't believe how kind they were to someone who just barely moved into the ward! Here's what they gave me.


This is a beautiful baby quilt that all the young women helped tie during a mutual one night that I was totally oblivious to. :P
Here's the pretty details on the front.

And, here's the adorable clothes that the two leaders, Angela and Ruth, gave me. They are sooo cute!!





I can't wait to dress our little girl up!!

Lindsay and Jeff Wedding

On Friday night, 2 of my really good friends growing up had their wedding reception. I've known Lindsay since elementary school, and Jeff since freshmen year. They both looked great and really happy! Here are some pictures.




For some reason I only got pictures of them dancing with their parents lol.This is them walking to the car to leave. Jeff's dad had a really nice BMW they got to take. This reminded me of our wedding. I can't believe it's been over 2 years!

And, here's us sitting and eating.

This one was a strange one b/c my sister was trying to get a picture of my belly, I think.


So, veering from the wedding, we finally got the curtain up!! Jared had to do it, b/c I was too short. But, I think it turned out rather pretty. We haven't put the pretty cords on the sides up yet though.


And here's a close-up of the pretty design that's on it. We watched Megamind this weekend, which was a super cute movie! We both really enjoyed it. It's funny that it seems we like little kids movies more than others now. :P

On Saturday, we got to chaperon a stake youth dance. It was fun, but also strange. It brought back a lot of memories from 5-8 years ago. It was funny to watch the kids though, and most of them just standing in their clicks not dancing. So, Jared and I danced a few songs and had fun! Although, it was sooo hot in that room, I didn't blame them for not dancing.

Evlyn is 4 pounds now, and moving like crazy! haha it's so funny to see my stomach moving. The funniest was in church on Sunday, b/c she started doing flips or something. The leader next to me saw and looked at me and my stomach with a look of terror. I couldn't stop laughing. She said, "There's something in there!" haha she knew I'm pregnant, but this statement was so funny! With all the hiccuping and flipping our baby girl is doing, I'm sure she's gonna be one active girl!

Well, that's about it for our news this weekend.

Stuff

This is just going to be a random post of random things. :P


This is a beautiful flower that my sweet Jared brought to me yesterday! Hopefully I won't kill it like I seem to be good at doing to beautiful plants. :P

YUM!!! I really really like clif and Luna bars, but they're so expensive. So, alas, I do not eat them. But, I was at Target yesterday and these were on clearance!! Yummm!! I'll have to have self control so they last, and so that Jared will get some before I eat them. Yumm!! I blame Lindsay Hardy for getting me hooked on them like 8 years ago at girl's camp. They're like candy bars, but healthy...er than candy bars. lol

Now for my yard project. We loved all the rain these past few weekends, and I was so excited to see some green in our front and backyard! However, what this picture doesn't show you is that this is all weeds!! There are TONS in the front and back yard! I debated pulling them b/c I think the green is pretty, but weeds are not so I decided to start pullin'. Well, It is really hot, first of all. And, I've been getting tired easily, so this project is taking longer than I had anticipated...


There are some of my weed piles that I haven't even cleaned up yet. :P Some day.

MMM! Now for cactus! I was grocery shopping the other day and came across some cactus on sale. Jared gave me a cactus leaf for fun when we were dating as part of a scavenger hunt, and I've always wondered how you eat them. Well, a lady who worked there was cutting them and cleaning them, and advertising. So, I asked how you cook it and you can boil it or saute it. So, I got some. This bag was a lot more full when I first got it. It's yummy, but it's a lot like Okra and has that gooey consistency when you cook it. I made a stir-fry with it with dinner one night, and it was interesting. The next day for lunch, I decided to try again and this time boil it first, put a little baking soda (I read that helps with the sticky stuff), drain it, and then saute it with frozen veggies, spinach, pickle juice, and tuna. Then I made a taco out of it with cheese and it was soo good! I know it sounds weird, but it was really yummy! I might have it again today for lunch.
And, here's another project that's long overdue. So we have these HUGE windows in our house, and they let a lot of heat in when the sun's up. This is our room, with just a comforter over it to try to keep the sun out. Well, I got this beautiful curtain set for only 15 dollars at a yard sale, which is a steal if you look around. Most curtains are at least 15 dollars for one panel, and for this window we would need 3 or four. That doesn't include the pretty pull string things or valence. Well, the set I bought did! Anyway, I bought this about 3 weeks ago, but we didn't have a curtain rod. I bought a cheap one from Walmart about 2 weeks ago, but was scared to try to put it up. I finally got the courage to this week, and opened it up, but it was too small and weak. Luckily they took it back b/c I hadn't done anything but open the package. Then I went to Target and bought the right size, b/c Walmart didn't have it. It's a much nicer curtain rod, and I was determined to put it up today, finally. Well, I don't know what I'm doing and I'm a little too short even when standing on a chair. So, I have to wait for Jared. I wanted to surprise him but what can ya do?

In case anybody doesn't know and wants to, we decided to name our baby girl Evlyn. :P Speaking of her, she's getting super strong! I love playing with her by just barely touching where there's a bump (b/c there's a bump wherever she is so I can tell), and she kicks or elbows or punches or something. haha it's fun! Sometimes it feels like she's scratching though or trying to break out, and that's not quite as fun. I can't wait to meet this hyper little girl!!