Downsizing

So... I wanted to build a crib before our man-child was born. Due to financial and time constraints, the crib has been downgraded to a cradle (sad because the crib would have been pretty cool). So I started playing with a few ideas... and finally settled on the following design. Let me know what you think... yay? nay? I may not end up getting a chance to build this one either, but doing the SolidWorks model was fun anyway.

Good Ol' Rodeo!

So, now that Justin and I are back in the singles ward, we get to do lots of things for free that family wards don't normally do. :-)

Like, a couple weekends ago we got free tickets to go sit on bleachers in the rain. We had, luckily, bought some cowboy hats at D.I., so our heads stayed dry. Yay for Rodeos! It was a lot of fun, and despite the rain, we were able to enjoy ourselves. Mine was a plastic hat. Yup. I felt so cool.


The people riding bulls sure are crazy: who decides they want to do that? I wondered that especially for the two guys wearing flags and stuff who tried to distract the bulls and tried to get them to follow them. Who volunteers, "Yeah, I'll be the bull bait. I can do that!" Anyone familiar with "Here's your sign?" lol

Anyway, it was really impressive, especially when the Kawasaki or some other off-road motorcycle-riding (what are they called?) brothers showed us some of their skill. They jumped so high and even did flips and let go of their motorcycle before landing. So impressive! How that fits into a rodeo, I dunno.

Anyway, here is a picture of us sportin' our cowboy hats and makin' faces. :-)

Showering of Babies

I had my baby shower last Saturday, which was so much fun! I am so grateful to my good friends and old roommates who made it possible!

It was funny though, before I left, Justin told our nephew, James, that I was going to a baby shower, where they shower babies. James did not want to come to that. They went to Chuckie Cheese's instead. :-)

These are just a few pictures from the shower...why is it that sitting down makes me look so huge! I feel huge! Man! But, I am also 33 weeks pregnant. And it is now July. oh yeah. bring it.

Anyway, here are the pictures.

I got some great presents from all my friends! I was so impressed that they didn't all give me cute little outfits; I mean, I got some really practical things that we needed!
and the measuring of the belly...
I had a hard time finding the center of my belly...
The big string is how much off my friend (Katie) was. Good belly shot, eh?
Yay for friends and happy times!

Seven months and a big belly

Ok... so after weeks of anticipation... may I present to you... (echo sounds from a large auditorium)...

The New and Improved Amber!!!

Seriously though... this is this month's picture. She is 20 something weeks... I lost count. [Notice: I am 31 weeks. :-)] I have never figured out how to keep time in weeks instead of months... but she is about 7 months along. I think her belly button doubles as a turkey timer. As soon as it pops out, the baby is done... I'll keep you posted.


Oh, and just for fun, here is a picture of Amber making a "pushing" face...

Ok... that's all for now...

Big Girl, you are Beautiful!

Okay, so somehow I have managed to let another month slip away without posting on here. I blame it on school! Which, by the way, end on MONDAY. I will have my last class as an Undergrad over by noon on Monday, June 15th (which happens to be my birthday).

Anyway, I am in the middle of writing an 8 page paper, "preliminary version" as my teacher calls it, for which I have about an hour left to write. I'm 4 pages into it after 1 hour of writing, so I figured I could take a ten minute break.

The most recent game I have been playing is the "Big" game (Blog title is from a Mika song...love it!). I have been getting mostly very blunt comments about how big I am. Granted, it's mostly all belly/baby, because I've been very active through my water aerobics class. Well, I'll let you be the judge of that when I get around to posting a new picture. I'll do it this weekend!

Anyway, here is my current collection:

1)My Bishop keeps telling Justin that I am having twins and that we need to go get another ultra sound. No, Bishop, we've had two ultra sounds. It's just one baby.

2) Friend I ran into in the BYU Bookstore: "When are you due? Oh...is it just a big baby then?"

3) Girl in one of my classes: "When are you due? August? Are you SURE?"

The next three were at work:
4) "Amber, when are you due? Where is the baby going to go?"
5) "How much longer do you have? 2 months! But you're already so big!!"
6) "Girl, you look like you are about to pop! Is this baby going to explode?"

That's all so far. It's a growing list, though. I just tell people, well, I'm just short. He has no where else to go except out. Plus, I'm carring pretty high. It makes me laugh so much, though, because people lose all tact and discretion when asking a pregnant lady why she is so BIG!

Look forward to pictures!