30 Weeks, Pictures, and Life

As you probably guessed I am officially 30 weeks pregnant!!! Which means I have about 2 months left till my due date!!! I'm doing really well. I'm retaining more water this pregnancy, and my legs have been cramping...and I'm gaining alot of weight :( But I'm enjoying this pregnancy alot! Alaura is really excited about her new baby sister. She hugs kisses and talks to my belly all the time!! Everyday she tells me "I can't wait for Sydney to come out so I can play with her." And, "I'm gonna be the best Big sister ever, huh?" I'll try and get Eric to take a picture of me tonight when he gets home.

I've been staying busy with taking pictures and I LOVE it!!! I've got a few lined up right after we get home. I'm going to take pics until I can't anymore. I'm probably going to stop the 2nd or 3rd week of January...a week or two before my due date. Here's a couple of pics from each of the two sittings I did this week. I'm going to post some on my other blog ASAP. Click here to see the rest.

She is such a cutie I loved taking her pictures!!!

What a blast this family was to work with!!! And talk about photogenic!!!

As for life...I have been really busy!!! My ward is having there Super Saturday activity this Thursday so we're calling it Thrilling Thursday! We have so many crafts going on. I'm the enrichment coordinator which means that along with the second councilor we plan everything. Well, I'm in charge of 4 different projects.

Glass block lights with the Nativity scene on them.

Christmas Themed Glass Blocks

Glass Block piggy Banks.

Initial Bow holders.

Eye spy bags.

Lets suffice it to say that everything that could go wrong, went wrong. I'm so ready for it to be over. Thank goodness I had Eric though. He's been doing so much running around and fighting with people to get the things they had committed to sell us for the projects. He also Drilled holes into like 50 or more glass blocks. I wouldn't have survived this month without him. And I had a few sisters in the ward who saved me when my sewing machine broke and I couldn't sew the Eye spy bags.

I just have to say that I love my ward. And more importantly I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!! He's amazing!!!

In other more exciting news...We're leaving for Utah Friday Morning!!! I'm sooo excited to see everyone! We're going to be leaving early December 1st. Eric has to be back to work on Tuesday. Then it's back to real life. I'm having a baby shower on Dec 13th, thrown by my good friend Amanda and my sister Camie! I'm excited for that. And I have to get Sydney's room emptied out so we can turn it into the nursery it's supposed to be... Well, that's my life right now. I'll probably update again after our trip.

PICTURES!!!

Hey everyone!! Just a quick reminder that Christmas is just around the corner and it's almost time to start sending out Christmas cards!!! We're working really hard to get people in here for Christmas pictures. For those of you in Utah, we'll be there from the 22nd through the 30th. If you are interested or know someone who is please let us know. We love doing this and between you and me, we have some hospital bills I'd like to try paying off before Sydney is born. If you would like a mini sitting (30 min with just family pics) we can do that for $30 and include a disk with all your pics and full rights to print them. Our current special is 1 hour for $50 this includes family, individual, just the kids, pretty much any pictures you want done. And of course a disk with all pictures... Just something to think about...

Quick question

So, I have a question for those of you out in blog country. A good friend of mine offered to through me a baby shower next month, and after some persuading I agreed to it. Don't get me wrong I would LOVE to have one, I just worry about what other people are going to think with this being girl #2.

Before you start thinking about what a horrible person i am I have to explain a few things...When we had Alaura we were dirt poor. In fact we could barley pay our bills let alone buy stuff for our new little girl. So we borrowed almost everything. We were fortunate enough to have my in laws help out with a stroller and car seat, and a friend gave us her crib, and my parents got us a glider...anything else we borrowed. Plus Alaura was born as the weather was warming up and Sydney is due during the dead of winter, so I'm trying to buy winter clothes for both girls. We've been very fortunate to have Eric's job, and normally I think we'd be ok to buy the things we absolutely need, but my trip to the hospital has really put us behind.

I'm not expecting a huge shower, or tons of stuff, I'd love the fellowship and support of my new ward and friends, and of course anything would help.

Now, here's my question...If you received an invitation to to my shower (or another person in a similar situation) would you be offended or upset?

I never asked for a shower, nor was I expecting one, but now that she's offered I'd like to do it. But I'm petrified of offending people. What do you think? And please remember that I'm a pregnant very emotional person right now.

For anyone interested, Eric started a blog recently. It's mainly about politics and stuff, but he'd love any ones input. His link is on the right side of my blog.