Shower at Work - Part 1

Yesterday, my wonderful co-workers had a baby shower for me!! Here are a few pictures and we should have some more either tomorrow or next week. I feel so much more ready for baby now that my co-workers have spoiled me with gifts. Stay tuned for more pics!! And, yes, more than 3 people showed up, we just took these pictures early :)

Katelyn is such a lucky girl to have all these presents

just waiting for her!

Even a place of her very own to sit in a few months!

7 months today!!

You know that country song "Goodbye Earl" from 2000 that is supposed to be a light-hearted song about two women getting rid of a man who deserves it? Well, I have that song on a CD and I found it this morning on my way to work, so I put it in to listen to it. I knew that pregnancy has been making me more emotional than usual, but this is the first time this song has made me cry. I started to cry when I heard the lyrics about Mary Ann taking the red eye to come to the aid of Wanda when she's in intensive care because of Earl. So then I started thinking more deeply about this song, and how it isn't funny at all because of its subject matter. So, is this "more emotional during pregnancy" sometimes a good thing or am I overreacting????

Visiting Sam, Suzan and little baby Samuel

More Proof of "Pregnancy Brain"

The two things I remember my husband saying to me this morning:
1. Honey, your shirt is on inside out. (I actually argued with him about it (playfully), but alas, he was correct).
2. Honey, why is the cooking oil in the fridge? (we made muffins this morning, I think he was just grateful that the milk wasn't in the pantry).

Also, Suzan had her baby yesterday!!! See her blog: http://flwilsonpatrol.blogspot.com/

Couldn't resist

Ok, (i giggle as i write this.. but it's 6am and i can't go back to sleep after my husband's alarm wakes us up at 4:30am)... anyway... i remembered that David helped me stuff the boppy, so i took this picture in honor of him, and to show you how the boppy can also be used besides just as a nursing/feeding pillow. hopefully david won't think i've insulted the man of steel by putting him in my "girly" pillow. if so, this post will self destruct in 2.6 hours.

Boppy

On Saturday, David was at the UCF game tailgating and Rosie and I were chilling at my house while Dinah was bird counting (you'll have to ask her about that, I'm not sure I could explain it well enough :)). I was missing my hubby, so I needed to find something to occupy my time, so I decided to get together with Dinah after she got home and get working on the "making the baby something" project. A while ago, I figured that something easy to make for the baby would be the "boppy" pillow that so many family and friends have recommended. It would be something that I would use (and look at) often and possibly with each child (considering the fabric we used, I think I'll just use it for the girls though). I fell in love with a fabric that my grandmother used for one of the blankets that she made me, so we found the same fabric and were delighted to use it. Here's a picture!! (please don't hesitate to use some ooohs and ahhhs, after all, when is the last time you remember me sewing ANYTHING???). If you can't see the fabric, it is little butterflies with the words "God Loves You" all over :)

Inspired Words from a CES Broadcast I watched this week

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: "The Lord loves each of us too much to merely let us go on being what we now are, for he knows what we have the possibility to become!" ("In Him All Things Hold Together," Brigham Young University 1990-­91 Devotional and Fireside Speeches [Provo: BYU, 1991], 107).

Should blondes be allowed to get pregnant?

Tonight I'm wondering if any pregnant blonde has ever been put on bed rest because they were hazardous to themselves. My wonderful husband made me pancakes this morning before Church and so this evening I was cleaning the griddle. I was trying to be thorough and make sure that I cleaned every inch of it. I saved the top of the griddle for last. As I was wiping it down, I noticed that it was cleaning rather easily, though it felt a little warm and began to steam a little. It took a minute for me to realize, but I soon discovered that upon cleaning the temperature knob, I had turned the griddle on!!! One of these days I will learn to unplug appliances before I clean them, but today was not that day! Oops! Perhaps there should be a new restriction on pregnant women called "Appliance Rest"... or is that just me?

Romance

Ladies, have you ever dreamed of coming home to a clean house, dinner on the table (including your favorite Cold Stone ice cream awaiting in the freezer), and sparkling apple juice just sizzling in the background?? Well, if you're married to David Pulver, dreams come true!! To top off the Filet Mignon, seasoned potatoes, asparagus and bread with dipping sauce... take a look at these beauties!! I love being married!! I can't wait til our one year anniversary next month. We are thinking of taking a weekend trip to St. Augustine since we've been wanting to go there for a while and stay at a romantic bed and breakfast. :)

Sleepless in Windermere

Some of you know I taught seminary this morning and will be until next Monday. Class is from 5:50am-6:40am. It was actually much better than I expected, the kids were awake and even participated :) I thought substituting for seminary this week would help me sleep better at night because I would be utterly exhausted from waking up at 4:30, but, alas, I sit here at the computer at 10:45pm wide awake. My little darling girl inside of me is playing tag with some of my organs, or at least that it what it feels like. She is awake as can be, so it makes it hard for me to settle down, eventhough I need to arise again in 6 short hours. I guess she is preparing me for real life when she arrives! Anyway, the kids were great this morning, but I think I will leave the seminary teaching up to the patriarch of this growing family. I consider myself a morning person....just as long as the "morning" doesn't start until 7 or so :)