California, Here We Come!

Or rather, there we were. The trip to CA for Alison's wedding certainly was eventful! Here are a few highlights:

On doctor's orders, I had to get out of the car every 2 hours & walk for 15 minutes. That doesn't sound difficult until you actually try to find somewhere to walk while on the road! So I got to know the truck stops very well...and people were quite curious about the pregnant woman power-walking around the building 27 times! Here's Dave and I braving the elements on my first walk in Wells, NV (it was 34 degrees out!)

I also wore compression socks while in the car to keep from getting blood clots. Those babies are a bit tight! Here's me putting them on for the LAST time at the very end of the trip.

It all seemed worth it when we got to Vegas and saw a beautiful sight: In-N-Out Burger. Ah, the tastiness!

And if the pending nuptials weren't enough, I gave everyone something extra to get excited about: I caught a stomach virus & got horribly ill, and spent most of Saturday at the Torrance Memorial Medical Center! I was dehydrated & having contractions, so they had to keep me for awhile to run tests. Everything turned out just fine & I made it to the wedding (even stayed standing the whole time!), but I gave us all a little scare. Yuck!

It was a great trip, though - the wedding was beautiful and my sister was absolutely gorgeous (Austin wasn't bad looking, either!) Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Twin Falls Shower

The weekend before we left for CA, Baby's Auntie Heather threw me an amazing baby shower in Twin Falls. It was awesome - great food, fun games, and lots of familiar faces (and even a few ladies from the Jones side of the family that I'd never met before)! And once again, an overwhelming shower of generosity: the gift table was completely buried with adorable, useful baby things. I think it took me a few hours just to open & enjoy everything!

Many, many thanks to Heather for making it happen, and for so many ladies who came. I am so blessed!

32 Weeks

Now that we're back from the wedding, I'm having to play catch-up a bit to get all of our news & pictures on here. This is from June 3 at 32 weeks (almost 33)...

Alison is Getting Married!

Baby Jones' Auntie Alison is tying the knot! She's marrying Austin Henken on Sunday, June 10 on the beach in Redondo Beach, CA. It is going to be a gorgeous event, complete with a very pregnant woman as the Matron of Honor (yours truly).

Since I'm just about 34 weeks along, my dr. recommended that I not fly. So Dave, my Grandma, sister Heather and I will be embarking on Thursday for a Road Trip Extraordinaire through the Nevada desert, with pit stops in the sagebrush every two hours. Wish us luck! And keep Alison and Austin in your prayers as they begin their own exciting adventure.

30 Weeks

I'm a bit late in posting this, but to I had to get it on here to keep up with my picture diary of my ever-growing belly. Here I am on May 17 at 30 weeks...and counting!

What a Party!

I SO enjoyed my first baby shower! My coworkers threw an amazing party. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful NHS family!

We had a great time: everyone brought in baby pictures and we tried to determine who was who; we guessed how many Q-tips were in the baby bottles; they gave me some great parenting tips; and each person made a card for our baby for his upcoming birthdays. And check out this amazing spread and beautiful cake!

Quite a few family members came to celebrate with us: my parents and grandma, and Dave's mom and sister Jessica drove from Twin Falls, and Dave's sister Jennifer took the afternoon off work. It was great to have them there!











And oh, the presents! We had a wonderful time opening the gifts (everyone was so very generous!) and someone even convinced Dave to give one of the hooded towels a try.

It was such a wonderful party - thanks again to Mary and Anne for making it happen!

My First Baby Shower!

Today is my very first baby shower! I've only been to two in my entire life, and now (three time's a charm) I'll get to go to my very own. The fabulous ladies at my work are throwing it, and I can't wait! I was actually wide awake this morning at 6:00 a.m. just thinking about it. I'm SO EXCITED! :-)

Happy Mother's Day!

Though our little one hasn't been born yet, Dave & I decided to celebrate this year (he says carrying around a child 24 hours a day should count for something). So for my first Mother's Day, he gave me a wonderful gift: he set up the nursery!

I walked upstairs Friday night and found a card on the nursery door. He had spent most of that day cleaning out the room, refinishing the crib, and putting the bedding together. It looks so wonderful! Now all we have to do is put a few finishing touches on it (window/wall hangings, etc.) and we'll be all ready to welcome Baby!

I Passed!

Hallelujah, I passed my glucose screen!

I had my appointment last Friday, and my doctor just confirmed that I don't have gestational diabetes (nor do I have to take the horrible 3-hour long test). Baby Boy's heartbeat is still strong, and she took some measurements and said I'm right on the mark. God really has blessed me with an uneventful pregnancy thus far!

Granny Phyllis' Rocking Chair

We found a rocking chair for the nursery!

I saw it on craigslist.com today and was certain that it would be gone by the time I could show it to Dave tonight, but it wasn't. We just got home from picking it up from Ellen, a wonderful woman who used it in her daughter's nursery.

It's such a beautiful chair, and it has a wonderful history. This chair belonged to Granny Phyllis (Ellen's husband's grandmother) from Roscoe, Montana. And now it will live at our house and we will rock our little one(s) to sleep in it. We love it!