US-Week 7

I can't believe it is already the 2nd week of February! I can smell, feel and see that Spring is closer. I think it is funny that 37 degrees feels like a heat wave to all of us. I am excited for what Spring has in store for my little family.

BEN: This week we spent a lot of time together. Ben didn't end up going on visits, which usually happens on Wednesday. It was a nice night together as a family. Ben also took Friday off work and spent the day helping me get some things done like grocery shopping, laundry, entertaining the kids, etc. He helps me in so many ways (which is in almost everything I do at this point in my pregnancy)!

JESSICA: I had my 36 week doctor's appointment on Tuesday. My due date was set back a day (March 1st) so I would be 39 weeks ON THE DOT when I went to the hospital. I was close to tears, but in the long run I am sure it is for the better. This baby really should cook as long as possible-and really can any woman ever be completely prepared to bring home a new baby?? I am sure I will find something to do! One highlight of my week was a spontaneous Family Baby Shower my mother-in-law threw for me. She called it a "Downpour of Dinners". It was a blast!!! The idea behind the shower was to have everyone bring frozen meals instead of gifts. I thought the idea was awesome! She had a waffle bar there and a few games. My freezer is now full of cookie dough, casseroles, enchiladas, soup and so many more wonderful foods. This will help my family so much for the first month, I can't say how much I appreciated it!!!

EMILY: This past week was Emily's first time to celebrate Valentine's Day with other children. She was SO excited!! On Wednesday night we sat down for over an hour and made homemade Valentines.  I got the idea here, we made the owls for all 19 of her classmates. It was fun to see her bring home Valentines the next day. She even told me that a boy in her class said "I love you Emily" She said she ran and told her teacher. I laughed so hard! I know she secretly liked it!

CALEB: I love how this kids watches and learns so much from his sister. He is telling me all kinds of things that he has learned from Emily. This week in Sacrament Meeting he looked at the picture of Jesus calming the sea of Galilee and told me that in the picture Jesus was saying "Peace, Be still." Pretty good for a 3 year old. Last night we were all laying on our bed watching Chronicles of Narnia and Caleb started rubbing my legs (Ben rubs my legs a lot because of those darn pregnancy leg cramps) and Caleb leaned over to me and said "You like it when I rub your legs? I love your legs!" He is so sincere and sweet!

BABY BOY: This kid is still moving and grooving. Although on Thursday night he moved, squirmed, wiggled and kicked for almost a hour straight. So on Friday he went most of the day without hardly a kick-I think he wore himself out. I was really worried up until about 10 p.m. when it started all over again. I was so relieved. Pregnancy can be really scary at times! 

As for us the funnest thing we did was pop popcorn and play UnoFlash. We all love to play that game and it is easy for even Caleb to get the hang of it...sorta. I recommend it for all ages!

Here are some pictures from my Baby Shower-of course I forgot to take pictures, so a big thanks to my mother-in-law for taking these:

 

Here is one of those awkward pregnancy pictures...my belly is H.U.G.E.!!