32 Weeks and a Penguin Friend

I'm now 32 1/2 weeks pregnant, and it's going really well. I'm getting pretty uncomfortable, but everyone keeps telling me it's only going to get worse and worse. Awesome. But she's already completely worth it. Here's a picture of me at 32 weeks:


I had a doctor's appointment this morning and everything looks great. We just have to wait another two months and then we'll have our little girl here!


In anticipation of the coming baby and the dryer winter weather we've added a new friend to our house:

It's a penguin humidifier! We haven't gone so far as to name it, but it definitely does make our nights significantly more comfortable.

Lunch and Gingerbread Men

While our husbands were busy with their finals (poor boys!) I got together with some of my ward friends for lunch and gingerbread men decorating. Michelle and Emily made a delicious meal

(me, Eve and Alex, Christen and Henry, Abby, Gabbi, and Emily)

and then we decorated gingerbread men. Here's a picture of me with one of my creations:

The gingerbread men were delicious (because Emily is an amazing cook!), so much so that I ended up eating them before I even got home.

Our Life Lately

I've severely neglected updating our blog these past few weeks, because things have been pretty busy.

I'm still working for Oberg Research (which I still love!) plus I picked up another job tutoring two elementary students twice a week. Jake has been busy finishing up the semester and is currently in the middle of his finals. Unfortunately, right as the finals period was starting he came down with a really nasty cold. He had a fever which finally broke at 6:45 the morning of his first final, and he has been coughing and miserable ever since. He's a trooper though, so he's been pushing his way through it. I'm proud of him for sticking it out!

We have managed to have a little bit of fun in the past few weeks. Our apartment is decorated for Christmas and it looks great. Here is a picture of our tree:


On the wall next to the tree there is a string with pieces of paper pinned to it. This was my attempt at making Jake's two weeks of finals a little more bearable. I wrote him a note (a really cheesy rhyming note) and wrapped up enough little presents for each day of the finals period. Every day he gets a little encouraging note and gets to pick a present to open. I also got a bigger present that he'll get to open once he's finished with his last final next Thursday.

Also, Jake's birthday was last week. Since it fell in the middle of finals (awesome, right?) we couldn't do much for it, but I did make him a meal I knew he'd love:

Hot wings and celery. It wasn't quite Willy's Wings, but it still made him happy.

Holly and Bryan's Wedding

A few weeks ago, I went out to Utah for Holly and Bryan's wedding. It was fun to spend a few days with my family.

Holly and Bryan got married in the Draper, UT temple.


I ended up not sewing Holly's dress like I had planned (we reduced everyone's stress levels by having her buy it), but I did do her hair.

Before:
After (ok, not the best after shot, but I forgot to take a better one):


Jake wasn't able to come out with me. Sad! Law school finals started the next week, so we figured it would be best for him to stay and work instead of coming out. We missed him though!

Me with my siblings outside the temple:


Holly and her bridesmaids at the reception:


Congratulations, Holly and Bryan!