"BACK TO WORK"

Pretty much from April to October/November is a busy time for Chad at work. He puts in alot of hours and works late nights on the weekends. I have to give him credit though because he does the best he can to make it home for dinner on those nights he works late...hogs and jogs :) So Daddy is always going "back to work" and I finally realized just how much when Justin started playing it. He puts his sunglasses on and says "Justin going back to work" and then runs off pushing his dump truck around the house.

OK so this isn't a picture of him going back to work but I thought it was cute. Not only does he want his sunglasses on but makes sure that Chad has his on too. ***He fell asleep in the car on one of our drive to Snowflake***

UPDATE

Thought I would give a quick update on the 2 things we have being "built"

(not in any specific order!)



#1. THE HOUSE

We go up about once a week to see how it is coming along. It is neat to see it in all of its different stages and to see how much work can be done in 1 weeks time. We think this next week they should have the inside walls up and all sheet rocked...Then its our turn to paint! I really hope all the colors I picked out look OK because I'm not sure that Chad will be willing to do it all again. He was good about not making too many comments during the whole paint picking process :)

#2 THE BABY

I know...not a super great picture but I have been meaning to take one for a while so I remembered today when Chad was heading out the door for work and I had already changed out of my Sunday clothes to comfy ones. We are down to 2 weeks and as soon as I take my Biology final on Friday and pick up my mom and sis in Phoenix next Monday...I am so ready! I am pretty sure that it the reason we are pregnant for 9 months. You will take anything that comes after just to be done being prego!

BABY SHOWER

Some ladies from our ward (church) put on a baby shower for me earlier today. We had it outside at a gals house who is a event planner/caterer. She had it set up so nice with center pieces and all. She even made this cute 2-tiered cake with pink frosting covered in sugar crystals. I wish I would have taken my camera pretty fancy. Anyway, I (baby) got a bunch of cute outfits and a whole lot of diapers...THANKS!

They made a great brunch with a ton of food so by the time people left we had forgotten to cut into the cake. So Teressa just gave me the whole top layer (there is a point to all of this...I'm getting there). I get home (a little later than planned...Chad still has to go to work!), unload the car, and go back into the bedroom to visit with Chad while he is getting ready. Justin is in the kitchen yelling....Daddy! Chad! Chad! (that's what he calls him now) Come here! So Chad goes into the kitchen and Justin is holding up his fingers which have a little frosting on them (OK so we knew Justin was on the counter w/ the cake) I hear Chad say "you got frosting on your........Oh!" so I come out and this is what we found.............



2 1/2 year old + very cute baby cake =

We had a good laugh. Especially at his for stuck right in the center of it all. Honestly, we wouldn't have eaten that much cake anyway. (Kathi don't tell Teressa my kid destroyed her cake!)

I just wanted to show this cute gift my friend, Kathi, made. It is all diapers and all the flowers are little head bands. SO CUTE! THANKS!

PROJECTS

The past few weeks I have been trying to get some "projects" done and have actually finished most. Since the kids (Justin and baby) will be sharing a room (as soon as I feel she won't wake him up at night) I thought I would try and coordinate their room a little with out making it too "baby" for Justin but still "baby" for baby...if that makes any sense.


Project #1 Dresser/Changing Table
So these are the colors...blue, pink and brown. Painting went good although I did find out that Chad is a much better painter then me... I guess it is in his genes:)

Project #2 Bedding
Basically quilt, bumper pad and bed skirt. I'll admit the bumper pad was a beast to sew...not sure I will do it again...at least not for another 3 years. Hopefully it will all come together better in the new house once I get the room painted and such.


Justins bedding was easy which is also Project #3 Sleeping in Big Boy Bed

Justin really likes sleeping in his Big Boy Bed. We just start the bed time routine a little earlier than normal and give him 2 chances to get out before we give the ultimatum of going back to the baby crib once for drink once for pee...which leads me to .....

Project #4 Potty Training
Surprisingly it is going pretty good. We still get a few accidents every once in a while...but I'm not frustrated yet which is a plus. So we will keep with it. He really likes to wear his undies once we can get them on.


We recently upped the (being honest) BRIBE from stickers to 2 skittles but I wanted to show his potty chart....notice how my little "Scussel" puts all the same cars together in groups:)

BLOG TAG

Blog Game!

SaTUrdAy SoCiAl TaG!!

*I got tagged by Tanya and well here are the RULES: (it's kind of a crazy blogging game)

*Post your answer to the Saturday Social question(s) in your blog. Be sure to put in a link to who tagged you.

*Visit other Saturday Social participants by visiting www.clubmomma.com/blog/ and sign in where it says Mr.Linky.

So this weeks Saturday Social question....Do You Exercise and Eat Healthy?

What a great question for me....Exercise....I normally take walks with Justin but not so many lately for the shear fact that I don't get very far and feel like I am about to pee my pants. I try to feed my family Healthy (not a lot of sugar, whole grain pastas, minimal food from a box) but my two goals after this baby are 1. less sweets for me and 2. STOP eating the extra food off Justins plate that he doesn't finish! These are new habits so as of now I blame them on being prego....I can do that right!?!?

I tag
1. Riki Lee
2. Kathi
3. Heidi

Mini-Vacation

Since Chad has been gone so much the past couple of months and has only been home a day or two in between trips Justin and I followed him on this last one to Tucson for a little get-a-way time. Tucson is only about 4 hours from us and a lot warmer (low 80's). Chad had training during the day so Justin and I found fun things to do around town and then we were able to spend the evening together as a family.

We went to the Zoo...........

And the Children's Museum where anything and everything is hands on...........

Big fire truck with actual lights he could turn on

He loved that he was "allowed" to play on the computer and push all the buttons

We spent a lot of time at the train stationAt the grocery store he put ALL the veggies in his cart then rang them up...even put them away when he was done.

It was a nice few days away and GREAT to be able to spend time with Chad. Justin loved going swimming at night and sleeping in a "big boy" bed.

32 WEEKS (beginning of month #8)

This was a week ago so now I am actually 33 weeks