27 Days...

I know it's not possible to know the exact day I will go into labor, but I need to have something to shoot for. So I have just 27 days until my due date. and hopefully 27 days or less until the baby comes. YEAH! I had a Dr appointment today and my doc says my weight gain and belly size are exactly where they should be, but I still seem to surprise people. I got a "You're still pregnant?" at work today.

Tag

I’ve been “tagged” by a few people, so I am finally getting it done.

How To Play This Game of Tag: List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 facts about yourself. Tag people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys
1. The shaved ice from the Snow Shack by the Orem pool. A delicious way to cool down on a hot day. I count down the days till opens every year.
2. Nate. I know that is kind of predictable, but what can I saw, we were made for each other.
3. Trey. Especially when I get to see him learn a new skill or word. It’s still amazes me that he has grown and changed so much in just 2 years.

3 Fears
1. From reading other peoples blogs, this seems to be a pretty common fear. I worry that something will happen to Nate or Trey. Especially when Nate is really late coming home from work in the morning and hasn’t called me.
2. The dark. I know, I’m a grown woman, but I’m still afraid something is going to get me if I walk down the hall with the lights off. Luckily at my house there is a switch at both ends of the hall.
3. The dentist! Just the thought of going to the dentist makes me sick. I don’t like people messing around with my teeth.

3 Goals (short-term)
1. Clean out the storage unit.
2. Finish all the books I bought this year. 3 down about 20 more to go
3. Pick a name for the baby before it’s born. 33 days left, give or take.

3 current obsessions/collections
1. Food storage. This one is kind of waning now that we actually have some.
2. Getting the house “ready” for the baby. I am definitely in the nesting phase right now and it’s driving Nate crazy. Probably cause I feel the need to get stuff “ready” that doesn’t really have anything to do with the baby, and I can’t do on my own. Like painting the garage for example. I need it to be painted.
3. Amish friendship bread. Someone gave me a start for it in May and I am still making it. Only I don’t like to pass out starts to other people, so I just double the batch and freeze them. We have about a dozen loafs in the deep freeze right now.

3 Facts
1. I like salads, hold the lettuce.
2. Pet peeve – people talking on their cell phones while using a public bathroom. Or any bathroom for that matter.
3. I taught graphic design at Provo College, but only for one semester. I would love to do it again.

Nate, Heather, Teri

Bath Time

Trey is basically Nate's shadow. He wants to go everywhere Dad goes, and he wants Dad to go everywhere with him. I think this will be a real blessing when the new baby finally comes. For now it's just really cute. Tonight when it was time for Trey's bath he wouldn't even come into the bathroom until Nate came too. Once in the tub he kept pulling Nate's hand to get him into the tub. Luckily Nate had just gotten back from testing out the jetski and was still in his swim shorts. I just had to take a picture.

Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July! Nate had to work in the morning, so Trey and I went with Dave, Emily, Codi and her girls up to Brighton for the 4th of July breakfast. We used to do this every year when I was younger, but this was the first time I had gone back up since I've been married. It was really fun! Plus a lot of family was there. Rob and Lisa came down, a bunch of aunts, uncles, and cousins and Grandpa Bud himself. Yeah!My favorite part was relaxing at the cabin after breakfast. Much easier to keep track of Trey indoors then out.
Trey's favorite part was digging in the dirt for ants. He loves bugs.
We didn't stay for the parade this time, maybe next year.

Later that night we got together with our neighbors for our other Independents Day tradition, Cul-de-Sac of Fire! Basically we just have a neighborhood BBQ and let off fireworks. Trey had a great time until the fireworks started. After that it was hard to tell. He wanted to see what was going on, and wouldn't go inside, but he also refused to be put down and held my hands over his ears the whole time. At one point he notice Nate lighting fireworks and got really upset until he stopped and held him. I'm not sure if he just wanted Dad, or didn't like him playing with fire, but he didn't seem to mind when I was lighting fireworks.

Baby Names?

People are constantly asking us what we are going to name the baby. Answer, we really don’t know. We do have a few names that we like, but it changes often. We are still open to looking at other names, so it may not be one of these in the end. Nate suggested I take a poll. I’m a little worried this may back fire on us, but here it goes.

Options:
Smith
Benson
Cache
Kingston
None of the above.

Let the voting begin.

Week in Review

So I am a little behind. We had a lot going on last week, but we managed to keep it pretty low key.

First off was Father's Day. Nate work Sat, Sun, & Mon so we didn't get to celebrate at home. But Trey and I did meet him and his partner and family at a park near the station for a little picnic on Saturday, so we will count that. I got him the Aerosmith edition of Guitar Hero, but it won't be released until next week. Sorry no pics.

Next up was Nate's birthday, we celebrated on Tueday. We got a sitter and went out for a nice dinner and a movie. Something we used to do all the time before kids, but now we only do on special occasions. We saw Iron Man. Loved it! I got him a special backpack for when he does triathlons. Again, I have no pics. However Nate's niece Jackie made him a birthday card and drew a picture on it of him blowing out his candles with a fire extinguisher, of course.Next was Trey's birthday on Thursday. I kind of feel bad, especially after the huge fuss I made for him last year, but we didn't actually do anything this year. We were at the grocery store on Wednesday and happened to walk past some Hotwheels. We grabbed a few on the way out the door and wrapped them up for him. Later that night we went to the rodeo in Pleasant Grove. We didn't actually take him for his birthday, but if he ever asks, we'll tell him we did. :) He didn't seem to care for any of the real rodeo action, but he loved to climb up and down the fence and look at the baby cows.

Luckily the next day Nate's sister and her kids came over to bring a birthday card to Nate and Trey. So I hurried and made cup cakes. If she hadn't come over Trey wouldn't have had a birthday cake at all. Thank you Nicole!


Trey's cousin Laura was born two days after Trey, so we sang to them both. Neither of them has really figured out what to do with candles yet. Maybe next year.

More Triathlon Pics

We founds some pictures of Nate during his Triathlon last week that were taken by the race officials. They are way better then any of the pictures i took, so I thought I would post them here.