I've made it to the melons...

34 week comparison -cantelope

Illinois

We got back Monday from a fun trip to LaSalle/Peru this past Memorial weekend. Celebrated Ellen's (John's counsin) graduation with an open house on Sunday. It was so much fun seeing everyone and even getting a stop in at the Igloo. We won't be back until Christmas I suspect and by then we will have added two new Falettis to the mix - look out. Loved the food, watching washers, beverages and the Twisty Freeze....mmmmm.

34 weeks and counting....

I just had my 34 week doctor apt. yesterday and everything looks good. I had John take a new belly picture and I suspect the belly will be really changing in the next weeks. I'm not counting down yet, but I'm feeling much more discomfort so I have a feeling that things are getting ready to change. The question is....are we ready? ; )

Graduation

On May 16th I graduated with my Masters in Organizational Management from Concordia. It was a pretty great feeling to be done. Thankfully I had a great proof reader in John. He said he should have earned a masters too. Hmmm...maybe. It was nice having my family and John's mom and dad attend the graduation and then a lovely dinner after. I was also thankful that the gowns are a one size fits all.

Doc Appointment 32 week

The latest doctor's appointment went well and she thinks that the baby has turned so it is now in the right direction. Hopefully this continues to stay this way.

Strong heartbeat and even John got to be in on this action. I will now start the every two-week appointments.

Sioux Falls Shower

This past weekend I had my first shower which was wonderful. I not only got to see family and friends that I haven't seen in a long time, but they were all so generous in the gifts that they gave. We filled the car with all of the baby gifts and I had so much fun unpacking and seeing it all again. Thanks to all that came and made the Mother's Day weekend so special!

Nursery

We are slowly getting the nursery together...still working on the chair, but here are some pictures with the crib up and finally some things on the wall. Hoping it's gender neutral enough. : )

Belly Pics 31 Weeks

Had to take myself, but you get the picture....yes, I'm getting bigger.

Rocking Chair

Well, in an effort to save money, I decided that I would a take a glider rocker that was given to us from John's sister and re-paint and upholster it. It seemed simple enough - paint, sew, and done. The job, however, became much more of a project than that. Mom bought the supplies and John and I gave it our best.

We started with a deglosser then had to paint the chair within an hour of applying it. I opened the can of gloss paint and it looked blue. John said, "we got the wrong color" but my Sherwin expertise came through and I said that that was just the gloss and we had to mix it up....we mixed and mixed and mixed. There was a LOT of gloss.

Once we started the application we knew this was going to be a long process and half way through John suggested we put the chair in the fire and register for a new chair. At that point I couldn't think of a better solution. We finally threw in the towel and quit for the night.

I had a change of heart overnight and decided to give it a couple more coats of paint and you know, it started looking better. It still needs touching up, but I think it just might work. What do you think?

Congratulations Kim and Bryce!

We are so excited to meet little Reece Pederson.

Congratulations!