Cast Away: the costume

I really like Halloween. Obviously for the candy, but I like dressing up, and I think it's gonna be all that much more fun when baby is here.

That being said, I rarely know what I'm going to be until the last second. This year I wanted to incorporate the baby bump somehow but all my ideas just seemed like they'd take a lot of effort and I have suddenly jumped into fall cleaning mode so I didn't know how I'd pull any of that off. 

Finally, after much debate, I chose the easiest thing I could throw together and we got ourselves a quick homemade halloween costume that took only about as long to make as it took the paint on my shirt to dry. 

So, Happy Halloween a couple of days late! Now if you'll excuse me, there are some candy bars calling my name over here....

This blog coming to you live from....still in my bed.

Yesterday we decided to have Christmas early and buy ourselves a new king size mattress with a super cushy mattress topper. Oh. my. gosh. It's hard to say if I'll ever leave this bed today. I feel like I'm sleeping on a marshmallow.
When we went to buy it yesterday it was cold out, and then the sun went down and it got windy and freezy right when we were tying the mattress to the roof of the car and securing the box springs in the back. (and by we I really mean Logan, because let's face it, me and this belly aren't the most helpful with these sort of tasks these days).

Anyway, because it was suddenly wicked cold and looked a bit like rain, we were in a hurry and tied the ropes through the windows...without thinking to open the doors....which led to a very funny discovery when it was time to get in the car and drive away, only to find the doors were tied shut. Oops. I swear we're usually more capable in every day life, but we had a pretty funny day yesterday.

Because we'd spent so much time tying all these ropes and I was so cold, I decided I could totally heft myself up through the window. Ha. ...ha ha. My leg pretty much had to go up to my shoulder which was quite a feat as my belly was in the way, but Logan boosted me from behind and I eventually toppled inside. I'm sure it was super amusing for any bystanders who happened to see.

Oh, the adventures.

Speaking of, a couple days ago we went to Maine.

We don't really know where we're going to end up once we leave Boston, and we thought we'd check out Maine to see if we liked it. We went to Portland and wandered around and ate dinner there, and it was really pretty. Plus, we had the chattiest waitress I've ever met in my life. She was super cool. OH! and, we were right by this dock with a bunch of boats and as we were walking down the street, one of them blew its horn a couple times and it was the loudest, craziest thing ever. I had no idea boats were that loud. It was echoing all around us. Anyway, we plan to go back and check out some lighthouses and other areas, but it was a fun trip. (albeit, kind of freezing... guess that time of year is upon us.)

We finished our hypnobirthing classes this week. We couldn't make any of the regular classes because of Logan's school schedule so the lady who taught set up a new class for us and one other couple every week. That was nice because it felt like we could ask whatever we wanted and make sure everything was covered. I'm feeling tons better about having this baby now. Thank goodness. 3 months from today is baby's due date! :)

6 months along!

Woo! I'm 6 months pregnant today! Can you believe it? Time is flying by!

 To celebrate, baby gave me some swift kicks to the belly button until my adorable innie suddenly became an outtie. Thanks baby...

I feel pretty ginormous already, it's hard to imagine what this belly is going to be like in a few months!

I'm a little behind again, but it happens.

A couple weeks ago Logan got asked to play at three different places for Harvard's back-to-school event, so we got to go stroll around their part of town.

It was pretty fun. I was looking for some good stereotypes but the only two I really saw were a couple guys with sweaters ties around their shoulders and when we stopped for lunch there were people playing chess at chess tables outside the cafe.

They gave us shirts that the alumni were wearing, so now I guess we get to pretend we're Harvard graduates too. Or...Havahd.

Other than that Logan has been going to school and I've been going overboard making hats for shmoopie. I just keep seeing cute ones and it has to be done, I can't help it! Pictures to come eventually, I'm sure.

We also started our hypnobirthing classes a few days ago. They're once a week for the next 3 weeks but so far so good. It really seems like a mind-over-matter (matter = birthing pain) sort of an approach which I could definitely stand to improve on. Birthing just seems scary right now.

We had another doctor's appointment where I got to hear little baby's heart beat and my doctor told me I'm exactly at the weight I should be and my tummy is exactly the size it should be and baby is doing awesome. Yay, go baby!

On that note, we've both had to go shopping because Logan lost a bunch of weight and I've gained some. When my doctor came in she saw my stomach and said "Hey! You popped!" Ha ha. I'm not sure exactly how I accomplished that, but it must be mostly fruit because that's all baby ever wants to eat.

Also, I keep having to laugh at myself because I get winded doing basically nothing. (We were walking around Boston the other day and stopped in the Sprint store so I could get a new battery for my phone and I had to pause between like, every 3 words as I was talking to the guy because I was all out of breath. Then I started laughing about it and that made it worse.) And forgetaboutit if I attempt the stairs up to my apartment. Let's just say it's a good thing we're only on the second floor. Apparently my body hasn't quite gotten used to lugging around a few extra pounds, or baby is just getting big enough that she's taking up some of my air supply. Probably a bit of both :)

Anyway, that's all for updates for now. Happy rocktober everyone! 

Yesterday I went in to Boston to play with Logan when he got out of class.

Pregnancy is such a strange thing for me. Even after being so sick and watching my stomach get bigger and buying all the adorable baby clothes, it hasn't all totally registered yet.

My whole life I've seen women walking along, bellies all round and full and I've thought, "aw, she's going to have a sweet little baby. How fun!"
On the way to the bus yesterday I caught a glimpse of my reflection in some glass doors and saw my round belly and thought, "oh my gosh! I'M that girl now! People are seeing me the same way I used to look at those pregnant women!" So weird.

I was riding the subway later in the day and a girl saw me and my belly and caught my attention to ask if I wanted her seat. I was only going one more stop so I politely declined but it made me grin that I'm showing enough that someone would offer.

Boston is beautiful right now. The leaves are already changing colors, the weather is cool but not cold yet, and there are always so many things to see and do.

We stumbled upon a farmer's market while walking around the city yesterday and got some fresh raspberries and ate them in the park. Well, mostly I ate them. Logan was a little slow reaching for them but he might have gotten a few before they were all gone. so yummy  :)

We're starting a hypnobirthing class next week that will last through October, which I've mostly heard awesome things about, so we'll see how it goes. It will be interesting to see if it makes this whole having a baby thing seem more real, or if we'll just float through it in a surreal haze like we've sort of done for the last 5 months  :)

Baby GIRL!

Phew! I actually have an excuse for getting a little behind on posting this time...we've been on vacation!

Logan had 2 weeks between semesters so we went out to visit our families and I had an awesome baby shower :) We found out the day before we left that we are having...wait for it....

a baby GIRL!!!

Which, I AM SO EXCITED for! ha ha. I was totally tricked, too. When the ultrasound lady told us, she was like, "looks like you're having a girl..." and I half sat up and said, "really?! Are you sure??" ha ha. Anyway, bring on the girly stuff! I can't wait.

Logan was adorable and when we got to the car in the parking lot of the hospital he handed me a package that said "It's a girl!" on it, with these cute cute outfits inside that he had secretly picked out and bought:

I was dying in cuteness already. We decided to do a gender reveal at the baby shower, which meant we couldn't tell anyone for the first week of our trip out to Idaho/Wyoming. That proved to be harder than I thought because his sisters and mom all happened to know people who had already found out what they were having and apparently it was strange we didn't know yet and we had to keep making up things about when we were going to find out and whatnot. It was funny but we almost slipped up a few times.

We went to Jackson Hole with Logan's family (and stopped for square ice cream on the way)

 and went to the Bar J Wranglers again, which baby loved. She started doing flips in my tummy from the start as soon as they started singing and playing their instruments.

We also went on a hike to some waterfalls, which we loved because we've been missing nature out in Boston, especially moving straight from St. George where we were out and about all the time.

baby bump!

We stayed in a place called Moose Creek while we were in Jackson, which we discovered right across our driveway, had Moose hanging out. :) 

It was a super fun trip, we had a great time. We headed down to Utah the day after we got back from Wyoming and finally got to have my party and tell everyone the big news.

me and my sisters partyin'

At the end of everything my sister brought in Logan and a gender reveal cake and we had our moms guess what we were having and then we cut into it to show the pink frosting.

I got some stills from my cousin Cassidy who filmed it.

The party was a blast. I didn't get any pictures of the cuteness because they're all on my mom's camera, but we played games, hung out, and opened presents. Baby got some cute presents, I'm so excited.

Toys, books; it's starting to look like a baby lives here! I haven't even found a place for everything yet.
My cousin Christina made this baby sling and this adorable car seat cover for baby:

Tanya, Cristina, me and Tiffany

My mom made these bibs that I've been asking for because Justin had them when he was little and I loved them. They are like little cowboy bibs. (Or cowgirl in this case.)

Baby also got lots of clothes and accessories which were all super cute. She's a lucky little girl and she's not even here yet :) A huge thank you to everyone!

Jen, me, Shanda, and Logan's mom Tammy

Cassidy, Debbie, me, Alyson, Jenna and Christina's baby girl :)

and lots of other people at the party who's photos I still need to upload on my computer...

and to my mom and sisters for planning the whole thing while I was across the country. Thank you!

Melinda, my mom, me, my Grandma and Rebecca

The day after the party we got to play with my nephews Nathan and Jack, which was a blast like usual. I didn't even think to take any pictures but Nathan and I spent the morning defeating Captain Hook and Mr. Smee while fighting off alligators and digging up buried treasure, and Logan and Jack spent the morning making each other laugh. Those kids are ridiculously fun.

 That night Jason came and he and Colie, Melinda and Rebecca, Logan and I all went up the canyon and had a bonfire. Logan brought his guitar and we requested whatever songs we could think of to sing along with while we roasted marshmallows. It was lots of fun.

Before they left, Colie gave baby this lace outfit that I'm dying over. Seriously, I can hardly handle it.

The next day when Rebecca got home from school we went to Orem and had lunch and met up with Melinda for baby clothes shopping! We bought out about 4 stores and baby is pretty much going to be super stylish. :) Ha ha. We really did get so many adorable things, though, I can hardly choose a favorite. I've put most of them away, but here are a few that were hanging up:

 I can hardly wait to cuddle my sweet little girl. That pink bear suit is probably the softest thing I've ever felt and she's going to be so snuggly this winter!

 On our way home from the last store we spied a shave ice shack and made a beeline for it. Turns out, they were HUGE and soft and yummy, so we all had some. :)

That marked off the last thing I'd had on my list that I wanted to do on our vacation. It was so fun, and good to see everyone after a year. Plus now I'm feeling way more ready for baby to get here than I was before. I can't believe she'll be here in a little over 4 months!