Petersen Baby Shower

I know I am behind with my belly pictures, but maybe I'll remember to have Marc take some pictures when he gets off work tonight. Anyway, Saturday was my baby shower with the Petersen side. It was really great and I am so thankful for everyone who was able to come and support me and my little family. I love you all! Also sorry that these pictures are strangely out of order. I'm not really sure why that happened.

Taelyn and Brianna's head :)

Tausha and her sweet little boy. He is getting so big!

Opening gifts. Thanks to Bri for helping consolidate them while I opened them :)

You can't tell but I am still skyping with my mom and two other sisters during gifts. Just in case you wondered :)

The balloons were a big hit with the little kids :) It was fun to watch them playing and having fun

Thanks again to everyone who came! And a special thanks to Julie for taking pictures :) It was a great day!

Veterans Day YouTube

I don't usually expect daytime talk shows to make me think or cause me to get emotional, but today while watching The View they played a wonderful video for Veterans Day. It moved me to tears and reminded me how wonderful the media and videos can be. I encourage everyone to watch this video and then take the time to thank those they know that are veterans. I would like to thank both of my grandfathers, and my brother-in-law Jason. There are probably more people in my family who served but I'm pregnant and my brain can't think right now :) So I want everyone to know that I am grateful for their service!

Radio Christmas Music

Let me preface by saying that I love Christmas and Christmas music. Around the holidays, I listen to it and sing it non-stop. It is super wonderful and really gets me in the Christmas spirit. I live for this music, but I think it is WAY too early to be playing it. One of my favorite radio stations switched to Christmas music 2 DAYS after Halloween. Doesn't that seem wrong to anyone else? I am all for it beginning on the day after Thanksgiving. I think it is silly that the media decides when we should start celebrating holidays. I have decided to just ignore that station until I am ready for Christmas music instead of letting them decide it is time to listen. What do you think?

Week 29

This is a post with tons of pictures and catch up. First, here is my 29 week photo! It was taken at a baby shower that I shared with my cousin Emily. She is also having a girl and is due the beginning of December. The shower was so awesome and I thank everyone who helped get it together.

We carved pumpkins a while ago for Halloween

I put Christmas lights in my pumpkin. It looked really pretty but was very time consuming. Also, Marc's electric drill didn't have a long enough drill bit (I think that is the right word?) so after I drilled part way through, I had to get a plastic stick and poke the rest of the way through each hole. Whew! It took a while.

On Halloween we went to our ward's Trunk or Treat. We dressed up as Charlie Brown and Snoopy :)

The weened of the shower we went up to Logan and spent time with Shayle, James, their boys, and James's brother Jason and wife Casi. We had a little party for Porter's third birthday. Thomas was being silly and kept smiling at the camera. Every time I took a new picture he laughed and laughed.

Porter's gift from my parents.

Porter opening his gift from my grandparents. He was so excited for all of his Jake and the Neverland Pirates gifts. He truly loved them :)

Here he is with the telescope and bandana from my grandparents. He wore that thing all night and wanted to wear it all the next day too. Silly kid :)

Here are some shower pictures! Me and Shay and my Aunt Ronna

Me and my Great Aunt Carol and also my Grandma

Emily and Elizabeth

Ronna, Shayle, and my Aunt Jan

My cousin Stephanie and my Aunt Unhui

My Aunt Becky and by cousins Natalie and Sarah :)

And, just in case you were concerned that my mom wasn't there, here is proof she was! My mom and two other sisters participated via skype and it was fun for them to kinda be there too. They even smiled for the picture :) Haha

Apparently Thomas likes to skype with his grandma.

When I got home, I took Shayle's advice and layed everything out and took pictures so that I could easily see all of the awesome stuff my baby girl got :) She is one spoiled and loved baby!

Thanks to everyone who came and showed us how much you love us :) We really appreciate it and are so very thankful! Love you all

Baby Shower Skype

This past weekend I went up to Ogden to have a Baby Shower with my mom's side of the family. My parents used to live in Colorado but recently moved to Alabama when my dad's job was transferred there. So now my mom is too far away to come to my baby showers and I know that it is making her sad. But, we had a solution! When I was opening presents, my older sister started to skype with my mom and my two sisters that are living at home right now. Instead of her being far away and not being able to participate, she was able to be there and watch and see all of the gifts that I got. It was so great :) I am so grateful for technology because I know that my family will be able to see my baby grow up even though they are far away.

Revenge

I am so in love with this TV show. I watch it every Sunday night and think about it the rest of the week. I have been trying to figure out why I like this show so much. It has romance, but never the completely satisfying kind where the people who are in love end up together easily. It has a very intriguing plot line, and the main character it very interesting. I think that may be why I love this show so much. I could never do any of the things that Emily does, but I can almost live vicariously through her character and be more daring and heartless and vengeful. I think that everyone should watch this show, but if you haven't seen any of it yet begin with season 1. So good!