He bakes, he builds, what doesn't he do?

I've been bugging Jim to build me some shelves in the garage for a few years now. I guess he finally figured that having a baby and needing more room was finally a good enough reason to actually do it. So....I have some new shelves in my garage, and I love them! I am so grateful to him for doing it, but even more grateful that he is such a "handi-man" in so many ways.

BEFORE

DURING

FINISHED!

His Bread, My Belly, and Her Hat

So....Jim is quite the baker sometimes. He made bread today and took it to his home teaching families.

Thought you might like to see my BELLY!

Here's a little hat I made for Baby Girl. What do ya think?

Fat Feet

*** If you don't like feet, you should not read or look at this post. ***

Someone...who will remain nameless...wanted to see my fat feet. I don't know why, but since I find it all kind of comical, I will share.
First just let me say that it is not easy to take pictures of your own feet. You can't set them on the table and take pictures of them from various angles. Maybe if you weren't pregnant you could kind of do that, but a big belly kind of gets in the way of that.
Second, please don't look at my toenail paint job. I did it last night, and it is bad! Another draw back of being pregnant. By the time I got done, I was too worn out to go back and touch them up, so they don't look so hot.
Now let me say that this is a good "feet" day for me....they aren't too huge. However, this has become the norm. It used to be that when I got up in the morning they were back to normal and would remain that way for an hour of two. Now when I get up, they pretty much look like this and they just get bigger as the day goes on. If you look closely, you can see the imprints from my flip-flops. And if you look on the insides of my feet....you know, where that ankle bone thing should be poking out, there is blob of flub.
Please don't think I am complaining. Someone reminded me about a month ago that I have been waiting and praying a long time for this baby, so i shouldn't complain - so I'm not. I'm just expressing my feelings :)

So......Enjoy me feet - I certainly am :)

Our First Major Purchase is......

...a "travel system," or what most people would call a car seat & stroller. We finally decided it was time to get busy buying some stuff, so when we got a 15% off coupon in the mail from babies-r-us it was good motivation. I know, I know, you are probably thinking "brown and orange, how NOT girly" but these were the colors we could agree on. Let me just say right now that this is not going to be a "PINK" girl. Maybe it's better that way....last night I dreamed "she" came out as a "he" with really long fingernails :) What do you suppose that means?




We've also been buying diapers for a few months - here is our stash so far: