LOOK AT THAT HAIR

So long in the back, we could put it in a ponytail.

Who do I look like?

GRANDMA TIME!

Grandma Wood came from Utah to help out. So far we are having alot of fun and grandma just loves her. She is teaching me the ropes of motherhood.

I think Brystal likes Grandma too.

GOING HOME

Her new outfit that she doesn't fit into.

I am so cute.

First car ride

WHERE IS BABY?

Where is Brystal?


Is she in her swing?

Is she in her carseat?

She's not in her stroller...

Is she sleeping in her crib?

Here she is!!! She is still floating around inside of me, making me miserable. I am now 40 weeks, and I am so anxious and tired of waiting. But as long as she is happy I guess that is what matters. She better have a pretty good excuse for what is taking her so long when she gets here though. If she doesn't come on her own by this week, we will be induced on Halloween. So keep checking, I'm sure it won't be long before she makes her big debut. We are both very excited to see her so we just want this to be done. My mom will fly down here as soon as she hears we are headed to the hospital, so we are excited to have her come down and help, and Nate is excited to have a couple weeks off of work, and I'm just excited to not be huge anymore, and to see our little baby.

SNEAK PEEK

Well I'm still here, and I'm still pregnant. I've got one more week till the big day so really it could be any moment now. I am getting more excited as each day goes by even though it doesn't seem real that it is so close. But I am also very scared at the same time. I just hope that I can be the mom I always wanted to be, and that I'll know what to do. I keep getting nervous about going into labor or my water breaking in public and all sorts of things. I should really stop scaring myself half to death.
I am pretty sure everything is ready. We've got the room ready and our bags are pretty much packed. It is hard to plan for something like this. You have no clue when or where it is going to happen but you know it is coming. It is like waiting for Christmas, but you don't know what day Christmas will be. And how can you prepare for something like childbirth knowing that you have to do it and you know that it is going to be the worst pain that you will ever experience in your life, but you don't know what it is going to be like? These are just a few of the questions I freak myself out with. But I just hope and pray that no matter what we will have a healthy baby.
So here is a sneak peak of little Brystal before she comes to the world. We got this ultra sound 2 weeks ago, they are in 3D so you can kinda see what she might look like. Just so you know. I like the bottom one the most. the top one makes her face look a little smashed, but I'm sure she'll be cute no matter what.

THE BABY ROOM

So I finally managed to get the baby room pretty much done, the only thing missing is a little window curtain which I'm still trying to find one that will work for this window. But I thought I'd give a little preview of what I have done so far. Now all we need is a baby to put in it!
Cute built in shelves
The crib.
The chair that Nathan picked out. He said as long as he was going to be sitting with the baby, it might as well be a comfortable chair, and it very much is.

CRUISE PICTURES?

Ok so this is kind of random, but the Wegener's FINALLY sent us some cruise pictures from our Cruise back in December. Sorry it's another slide show, but I thought I'd just throw a few of these up on the blog so that we could remember what an awsome vacation that was.

Arboretum

So we got a new camera, and I was having a hard time figuring it out, so we had a date night and went to the Arboretum and took pictures of all the flowers and scenery there and figured out our camera settings. We got some really beautiful pictures.

Sophie and the Turtle

Last weekend Nathan found a turtle in our back yard. Sophie didn't get along very well with the turtle, so we took it and let it go in the the creek.

New Toys?

No not new toys for us this time. Here is Nathan setting up our new swing. We are starting to get everything ready. We also got our stroller, and pack and play this day. I hope it is just as much fun to use these things when we have a baby in them, as it is to just look at them and set them up.

Lake Austin

A few weeks ago, we went to Austin to visit Karen and Eric and the kids. We spent the whole day at the lake. Here is a really terrible picture of us.

Sophie Learns To Swim.

She's thinking about it.....

This isn't so bad....

I don't think I like this....

Get me out of here!

A TRIBUTE TO SOPHIE

We learned a little trick with Sophie, that if we sing to her at just the right pitch, she'll sing with us. Sometimes I can't tell if she loves it or hates it, but who cares... it's funny.

As we all know Sophie has been with us since we got here. She has been such a great little dog, and we have grown to love her so much. She has been like our little child. Unfortunately, we are having a real child soon, and Sophie will now be demoted to "the dog". So here are some pictures of her so we can remember her as she was before the baby.

UPDATE

Ok, for all of you people who keep wanting to get a peek at my growing stomach, here you go. Now it's been awhile because we left our camera in Austin, and we just bought a new one last weekend. Our old one really was a piece of junk. So hopefully this one will work better and last longer. Here I am at 33 weeks. I can't believe how fast this has gone by. I have 7 more weeks left, and then I'll have a little baby. So weird. I am trying to get everything ready. I've been cleaning like crazy, and trying to get the baby room all put together, it is still a disaster but it's coming along. Nate fixed up an old dresser to put in there since nothing else fit, and I've been having some issues with it as it is old and doesn't open and close very well. I keep thinking that the baby will fall off when I'm changing her and have to open a drawer. That problem has been solved, thanks to me, who figured out how to grease up the drawers with a little soap. Yes it is not my idea of a baby changer, but it works. Anyways, I still feel pretty good. Starting to get uncomfortable. If anybody is willing to give out a free massage everyday please call me. Nathan usually falls asleep about 2 seconds into a rub. And speaking of sleep, both of us are not getting enough of it. Me for obvious reasons can't get comfortable for the life of me. Nate just got called to be an early morning seminary teacher. It is hard work for him to have to prepare a lesson every day and have to get up at 5 in the morning. But he is a great teacher (so far) and I like to go and sit in his class occasionally (when I can wake up that early). And we both know that in a little more than a month, sleep will be a thing of the past for the both of us. Sigh.