A weird dream

So lately I have been REALLY ready to have Brooklynn come so that I can hold her and love her. I am just so ready to meet her and kiss her and see what she looks like. I definitely do not want her to come before she is ready and know that she is ready right now, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to hold her and love her.

I think that my desire to hold my baby girl has manifested itself in my dreams because I had the weirdest dream last night!
I was at my doctor's appointment and while I was there the doctor took Brooklynn out and I got to hold her and kiss her and then she put her back in. I was so excited and happy to hold her and to be able to see her and it all seemed so completely normal and natural. As the doctor was putting her back in I thought, "Oh so it's her knees I've been feeling trying to push out of my side the last week!"

Anyone else have weird dreams during pregnancy or am I alone in the weird dream department?

Weekend Fun

I took Eric to the airport on Thursday morning so that he could go to California for his friend's wedding. He actually got to be in the wedding as Dar's Man of Merit (aka Maid of Honor). Go ahead and tease him, it's ok!
We decided that it was more economical for us if he went alone, plus I didn't think I could stay awake for the reception! (Come to find out I wouldn't have been able to! He called me last night as I was crawling into bed and the party was still alive and kicking!).
So, anyways...I have missed him the last few days and can't wait to pick him up tonight! But with Eric gone it was the perfect time to make use of my massage and pedicure gift certificate! Talk about nice and relaxing!! Best Birthday present ever!! I decided that I was going to make it a complete fun, girls day and so I went shopping with my mom and Nicole (and of course Bryson). I had so much fun shopping for Brooklynn! It's actually the first time that I have really gone out and shopped for her. We found some really cute things and I can't wait to put them on her!!

Speaking of Brooklynn....We had our 32 week appointment this week and things continue to look good. Brooklynn has definitely moved from her previous position. She used to sit pretty low and any movement I would feel would be super low (like below my belly, right under the waistband. Awkward, right?). But now she is more in my upper belly. Friday night I finally felt an actual body part pushing against me! I texted Eric and he asked me if it was a good thing and if we were excited about it. I told him that we were because it is a more real feeling than just the little inside pokes and flutters or feelings of gas! I was actually feeling her and it's awesome!!

Oh, so some other fun pregnancy things that have been happening:
We went to Red Robbin for my free birthday club burger and we got seated at one of their 2 person booths. Apparently those booths are smaller than their regular booths because I slid in and Brooklynn and I hit the edge of the table! I told Eric that I didn't fit and our waiter overheard and asked if we needed to move. And I think a table of guys overheard as well because I am pretty sure they were laughing at me!

A few weeks ago at work I was heading up to the front to talk to one of my co-workers and when I got to her desk she told me that she could see me coming. Then she said, "But the funny thing is that I saw your belly first!" Yes, I am 7 months pregnant and you can tell!

Birthday/Easter Fun

We went to Wapato this past weekend to spend Easter and Birthdays with the Comptons.
Eric and I started out the weekend with dinner at XXX Diner.

I'm pretty easy to please! All it takes to make me a happy girl (especially these days) is big ol' juicy hamburger!!

Eric's dinner! A 3/4 lb burger....

Taking the first bite....nope, he didn't finish it (but I did!)

Since we got the weekend started out right it was only up from there! We had a great weekend spending time with family and watching Conference.
On Saturday Eric's brother, Steve, and his family came over from the Tri-Cities to spend the afternoon.

Owen comparing foot size between 6 month old Evan and 3 month old Bryson. Bryson is our big boy and winner!

Addison coming in for a no-handed drink!

We had an early Easter egg hunt with Owen and Addison. Once Addison got the hang of it she had a great time!

Eric's brother, Jacob, and I have the same birthday, so we also had some birthday celebrations thrown into the weekend too!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

Eric says my face in the first picture is my "Mission Face." Apparently I made that face in a lot of my mission pics!

31 weeks! I can't believe our sweet baby girl will be here in 2 months!!

Botanical Fun

Last Sunday we met our friends, Dar and Steven, at the Botanical Garden in Bellevue.

It had been kind of a rainy yucky day, and I was really hoping that it would clear up enough so that we could walk around and actually enjoy it! Fortunately, the weather did cooperate! It is still a little too early for the whole garden to be in bloom, but it was still beautiful and it was so nice to be outside and enjoy the fresh air!!

Eric was "blending in" with his surroundings


Apparently we brought Peeping Tom with us!




I loved this flower! I have absolutely no idea what it is, but I thought it was beautiful.

Thanks Dar and Steven for going with us!!

29 weeks!! I know, we're at 30 weeks already, but I didn't get a chance to post earlier than this!

FINALLY!!

So, it only took close to a year and a half, but I finally printed a wedding picture to fill the empty frame above our fireplace! Seriously, am I a slacker or what?!?!?

Yay for no longer having an empty frame!

Early Celebrations

So my birthday is in two weeks (Holy Cow! I'm going to be 27!) but because of busy schedules we had to choose between celebrating with my parents 2 weeks early or 2 weeks after.
So I think for the first time in my life I celebrated my birthday before it was actually my birthday!My mom made a delicious dinner of chicken fried rice, sweet and sour pork and crab & cream cheese wantons. YUM!

Doesn't that look delicious?!?!?!

It was a pretty low-key evening. Just dinner and hanging out with the fam. What more could you ask for though?! A few weeks ago my mom asked me what I wanted for my birthday and without hesitation I said "A massage!" So my family got me a gift certificate for a pregnancy massage and a pedicure! I am so excited! Eric is going out of town for his friends wedding in 3 weeks and it sounds like the perfect time to pamper myself!! I can't wait!! And Eric let me go shopping as an early birthday present so I could get some new shirts! Yay!!

My birthday would not be complete without Death by Chocolate (which is just a chocolate trifle made with brownies and pudding!) I think that it has been my dessert of choice for like the last 10 years! Why change something that is perfect?!?

Yup! I am really excited and of course, I was not disapointed!!

It's been awhile.....

Life has been a little bit busy and I feel like a lot has been going on.
First and foremost.....Brooklynn!! She is continuing to grow, of course, and so is my belly!

(I received a polite request for more prego pictures from Stephanie and Ali and I will do my best to comply).










We had our 28 week appointment on Wednesday and she still has a strong healthy heartbeat, which is always nice to hear.
I am finally experiencing sore, swollen feet. The funny thing is that my left foot gets twice as big as my right foot! I was thinking that that was because I have poor circulation and I worried that it would somehow affect Brooklynn. But my doctor says it's no cause for concern, so I'm good!

What else has been happening?
We sold Eric's car....We decided that we really don't need two cars since we carpool to work and hardly ever have separate things to do at the same time, i.e. we pretty much spend all our time outside of work together! And we definitely don't need two car payments!! It is so nice to lose a $250 monthly payment!! Another reason we decided to sell the car is because of a very big decision that we've made: I will not be going back to work after Brooklynn comes!! I am so happy and excited that we are in a position to allow me to stay home. I just don't want to send my sweet baby girl to daycare and have half of my income go to it! I am really hoping that I can bring in the little extra income we might need with my Tastefully Simple business .
(so if anyone wants to support me and help us check out my website www.tastefullysimple.com/web/ccompton)
Another rather big decision has come from our decision to sell Eric's car. We know that with only having one car we may run into conflicts where we have different schedules/different places to be. (We've actually already had some small snags in our schedule, but worked them out rather well). Anyways....to fix this problem in the future we are buying a motorcycle for Eric! You may think I am crazy but I am totally ok with this decision! Since Eric has never really ridden a motorycle he is taking a motorcycle class, he got to ride yesterday and he had lots of fun!

In all my glory!