A Carriage Ride

We decided to take a trip to a neighboring town and take a carriage ride to see some Christmas lights.  We luckily had the carriage all to ourselves.  They can hold up to four, but it would have been tight and just awkward facing another couple throughout the whole ride.

The cold, chilly air felt good to me, but poor Travis was freezing!  We enjoyed the ride through the quaint, little neighborhood and I think it helped us get into the Christmas spirit since we've mainly been preparing for the upcoming arrival of our baby.

Holiday Wreaths and Some Antique Door Knobs

I've been working on a lot of projects lately to try and get them done before the baby comes. Here are a few...

This pine cone wreath was a mammoth of a project. Here is the tutorial. If I knew how long it was going to take me (3-4 hours a day for 2 weeks) I would have thought twice about attempting it. Now that it's done though, and hanging up, I am glad I accomplished it. When my mom was in town we made a stop at Michael's and found a bin of mini pine cones for 80% off! Each bag was less than a dollar! We got a lot of bags because we weren't sure how many I would need. I didn't even come close to using them all, but a lot of them were unusable because they were malformed. Our place was such a mess while I was working on it. Pine cones were everywhere; all over the table and on the floor. I couldn't pick up the ones off the floor since most of them were under the table. Travis lovingly did once I was done. I think he was just so glad that I was finally finished that he would do anything to get the area cleaned up. Oh, and did I mention that they were scented? As I slaved over this wreath it felt like my nose hairs were being singed off from breathing in the scented fumes.

I saw another tutorial on how to make this ornament wreath. It is super easy and I think it looks really good. I found the ornaments at the Dollar Tree. They actually have a lot of cute Christmas decorations there if you've never checked them out. You can't beat paying a dollar for these ornaments.

I saw something like this in a store displaying things, but it wasn't for sale. I figured it would be easy to find some door knobs and a scrap piece of wood in my dad's wood shop to easily pull it together. I love going to antique shops and I found all the door knobs there. Some were expensive and others were really cheap so it cost a little more than I thought it would. I love it though and it was the easiest project I've done in a while. All I did was screw some holes in the board, counter sink the holes, find screws that fit the door knobs (they almost all needed different sizes/lengths) and paint the board! I love how it turned out!

BYU Vs. Fresno State

As soon as Travis found out BYU basketball was coming to Fresno to play Fresno State he knew he had to go.  Even if it meant dragging his, about to pop, pregnant wife.  We decided to be as prepared as we could be for the weekend in case the baby decided to come.  We had all the hopsitals from here down to my parents place on the GPS.  We forgot one important thing though-the car seat!  Luckily, the weekend was non-eventful in the labor department and we were able to enjoy our last trip sans baby!

Our good friends from law school, the Olsons, are living in the Fresno area and we were able to visit them before we headed over to the game. 

We got to meet their little boy, who is the cutest!  Too bad we didn't get a pic with him.  Next time.  We had lots of fun catching up with them and hopefully we'll get to see each other more often!

We met my family at the game.  My Dad and Mom were sporting Fresno State gear since it's my Dad's alma mater.  The game was good, but I had a hard time sitting there even though the seats were padded and comfortable.  It also didn't help that the arena was like a 100 degrees!  During half time we got up and walked around and got some ice cream which helped.  Luckily, basketball games aren't very long.  Oh ya, and BYU won!!  Go Cougs!

More Shower Fun & 36 Weeks

My sister lovingly decided to throw me a shower while I was in town for Thanksgiving. We played fun games, I received lots of good advice and I had a lot of fun being with family. If you can't see my sister very well in this picture, it's because my stomach is eclipsing her!



I've also reached 36 weeks!! Technically I'm 9 months even though I've got more to go (hopefully). He is head down and nice and low. The Dr. said I can have the baby at any time now. If he is going to come early, I'd like him to come in the next week or two, but if not, then I hope he hangs in there until after New Years!
Some things I'm going to miss about pregnancy just in case I don't make it to 40 weeks to report.
-Feeling him move.
-Tracking where he moves when he has the hiccups.
-Having him in my stomach where he is contained and behaving at all times.
-My clear skin.
-How fast my nails grow.
-Becoming instant friends with strangers who want to know the details about the baby.
-Feeling him karate chop and/or headbutt the inside of my left hip. Oh wait, I won't miss that!