Cabin Fever

This weekend Liam and I caught a nasty case of cabin fever...we had spent all week eating and sleeping (and not sleeping)...cooped up in the casa...

Lucky for us we have a prince charming who came to the rescue! Husband Clint took us on a lovely drive up the canyon...

 It was far to windy for Liam and I to get out of the car (bummed)...but the dogs loved the long-overdue chance to run wild (hooray!)...I think we need to get a yard!

We feel so blessed to have little Nugget in our life!

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From dessert to bedrest…

If I had my way…every dessert would include mint and chocolate. Clinty, my man, prefers vanilla, caramel, cookies n' cream, cheesecake. So when I had the chance to make him a Valentines dessert I knew Oreo cheesecake was perfect. These mini cheesecakes were delish…but next time I will just do one big cake (the cake stuck to the cupcake paper). Here are a few more pics of the delicious specimen…

As for the rest of my life:

1. Pregnancy is coming along. I am very pregnant (36 weeks, but it feels like 40...I think) and very swollen (I have expanded like the blow fish on Finding Nemo). The midwife has ordered lots of swimming and feet elevation. I have also been drinking a spinach green smoothie a day and red raspberry leaf tea. Look at my healthy big bad self!

Note: feet elevation seems to be working, but my face is too fat to post pictures.

2. Good news! Bosco has only eaten 3 earplugs this week as opposed to 5 last week...but he did swallow an entire swiffer feather duster.

3. The Lewis family (my family) came into town and threw 2 baby showers. They were amazing! I will post pictures when I get them from Lacee

4. I went to the Chiropractor…they have pillows with a special whole cut out for my belly and I wanted to bring one home so I could lay on my stomach again. My body is looking pretty curvaceous and disproportionate these days. It is a comical experience when you put on a swimsuit, look at your breasts, and think to yourself: those are not where I left them.

5. My nursery is almost done! Thanks to my mom, dad, and Clint we are almost ready to bring baby home!

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this week i...

hello faithful followers! (aka my mom and great aunt)... I thought this would be an excellent time to introduce me by going through my week.

This week we went for a fabulous Sunday walk:

 

The unusually warm winter weather in Utah has been perfect for walking and Sundays but not so good for snowmobiling and snowboarding. If you remember... I am uber prego so a toasty winter is a-okay with me, but not so much for poor Clint and Rufus (what I just named his snowmobile). 

if you look close in the photo above you will notice that Bosco is having a particularly difficult time crossing the cattle guard. he usually accomplishes this task by hunching low to the ground and sprinting across while crying.

In looking at my iPhone photos i realized 2 things:

a) i take a lot of pictures of my dogs and...

b) Jada is always staring at Bosco like he is a moron.

Not a bad view for a walk!

This week husband Clint worked with Bosco on his tricks:

"Bosco, shake"

 "Now the other paw"

 jada's thoughts: idiot... they aren't even giving you a treat for doing tricks.

While Clint was practicing tricks (or torturing the dogs) he grabbed their paws and sang

"This little piggy goes to the market...this little piggy goes to the mall...and this little piggy goes pee, pee, pee all the way home"

I am so proud of him for practicing daddy talk!

Speaking of babies... I spent my week nesting... literally:

 for my baby shower we are doing a birdy theme and I had to make these beautiful newspaper nests as decorations. thank you April 2010 Country Living!

I also splurged at Wally World and bought a birthing ball (also know as a Golds Gym Yoga ball):

decided to frame my favorite towel ever: 

and... although my face looks pregnant... i thought i could share a 32.5 week update photo!

Yay for baby boy!!!

PS... clint and I fixed the toilet (thanks to Loyd at Home Depot for helping a pregnant sista out!)

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welcome

Okay folks... it's time to get serious about this blogging stuff.

for 4 years I drooled over fashion-savvy mom blogs and do-it-yourself design blogs (also powered by moms) and I figure now is a good time to add my fashion and design. Or just my crazy.

Here I am (not the dog):

 ...and here is Clint (also not the dog):

 ...this is baby:

 ...and here is boxers:

 (Bosco)

(Jada)

 after introducing our family I realized Clint and I need to stop using our dogs as accessories... maybe a blog will be a good hobby outside our dogs :)

Welp Welcome!

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