Comprehensive Update Post Mostly for the Benefit of My Little Sister

So....I got to talk to my little sister on the phone on Sunday! For those who don't know-I have a little sister named Cassie and she is currently livin' it up in GERMANY!!! She took German in high school, lived in German housing while at BYU and now is doing a study abroad. It has been amazing to follow her travels through Facebook and her blog, but sometimes I forget that she is trying to follow my life (especially my pregnancy fun) while she is over there! I promised her that I would update my blog with all the stuff she should know, so please forgive me if this is boring to you. Just imagine you haven't all seen me in a couple months, you love me deeply because I'm the coolest older sister you've ever had and you don't have a clue as to what is currently going on:) Thanks.

Where to start.....

"So, let me 'esplain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."

I. I threw up yesterday. This is not really normal for me. I didn't throw up at all in my first trimester, but lately I will just have these random mornings that my stomach flips me the middle finger and I'm running for the bathroom. This morning it happened right after I was done with my last bite of cereal. Then it force-fed me a chocolate muffin cuz that was the only thing that I could grab to eat and still make it to work on time. Ha ha!

II. I bought an AWESOME dress this weekend at a yard sale. It is a hand-made dress from the 1930s-1940s. It has a nude colored lining with green lace and ribbon flowers all over it. I figure that if I can't get small enough to wear it after pregnancy, or if it is too short, I can always give it to Cassie or my friend Holly (she totally loves vintage clothing) because they are shorter (and skinnier!) than I am. Here it is:

I love the little diamond cut-out in the neckline!

I can just imagine wearing it with a pair of nylons and my white platform heels! Ya'll know how much I miss my heels but I don't think I've told you about missing my nylons. I wasn't a big-time nylon wearing girl, but I do find myself wishing I could throw a pair on every once in awhile.

III. We went to the Vernal Demolition Derby last week. I freaking LOVE demolition derbies! I think it was the reason I was born a redneck in the Basin :) Ryan didn't get any pics of the derby part, but they did have this pre-show of motorcycle trick riders:

At the Derby we were sitting behind this extremely social little 4 or 5 year old girl. She was chattin up everyone around them, playing with everyone's babies, cheering really loud for the cars and pretty much just having a good time. She was adorable. Towards the end of the night she turns around and just places her little tiny hand on my pregnant stomach!

She looks up at me while rubbing my tummy and asked, "Are you going to have a baby?"

I replied that I was.

She then looks between Ryan and me (while still rubbing my tummy!) and asks, "Are you two married?"

I said, "We sure are."

She gets this confused look and says, "Why don't you have a wedding ring?"

At this point her mom is a little mortified. She hasn't been able to get her little girl to stop touching my baby belly (I didn't mind. She was just so funny and cute!) and now her daughter is wondering about our marital status and lack of wedding rings.

I explained to her that sometimes when a lady gets pregnant, she swells up a bit and gets bigger all over. I told her that I was unable to wear my wedding ring because my fingers had gotten too big and it wouldn't fit anymore.

She gets this look of epiphany on her face and exclaims, "OH! So you get bigger all over so your belly doesn't look as big, right??!"

And then her mom passed out from embarrassment and Ryan and I just laughed our heads off!

IV.  At my 32 week appointment my baby was measuring at 33 weeks. This doesn't really mean anything, but it seems really cool. I also haven't gained hardly any weight in the last 6 weeks (1 pound to be exact). Dr. Syndergaard was a bit worried, but as long as I am eating enough and the baby is growing, he says he won't think on it too much.

V.  At week 28 we went in and got our 3-D ultrasound. The first thing Ryan said was, "What happened to his nose??"

I think you will agree that it looks a little funny. I went home and looked up pictures of myself and Ryan when we were babies and I found something. Ryan has the same nose!!! He looked like a little piggy until he was about 3 years old, and then it just straightened out. I'm not as worried now.

VI.   Roman (nephew) asked his mom the other day, "Mom....am I a man yet?"
Kinda inwardly chuckling she replied, "Do you think you are a man now?"
He thinks for a little bit and says, "Yeah...I think I am getting hair on my legs...."

Oh....and I wish I had a picture of a couple weeks ago when Ryan and Roman went on a bike ride! Roman insisted that they needed helmets so Roman put on Katie's pink motorcycle helmet, made Ryan wear his own motorcycle helmet and away they went! It was so funny to watch my big, strong hubby and our little, tiny nephew riding down the road on bicycles wearing motorcycle helmets!

VII.   We've gotten almost everything down from the attic and cleaned up in anticipation of the baby coming! My dad and Ryan were both skeptical about doing it so far away from my due date (they might have just not wanted to help....lazy blisters....) but my mom and I insisted, so it is done! I was the most pleased by the car seat. Once the fabric part went through the washer, it looks good as new! It is a really nice car seat and I am super grateful that my awesome older sister is letting me use all of her old stuff! Yay!

VIII.   Ryan put together the glider rocker that Mom bought me for my baby shower gift. I hauled it all the way up the stairs (I'm so tough!) and now our nursery room is one more step toward completion! About all that I have to do now is find a little table to put next to the glider, a lamp to put on the table, and decorations on the wall. Yay! I promise that when I get this done, I will post a picture! Until then, I will just put up a picture of the glider that I got:

IX.  I had my baby shower last Saturday! I thought it was a lot of fun and I'm so glad that we have such wonderful friends and family to support us! I don't have pictures yet (they are on my Mom's camera) but I will try to tell you a few of the gifts that stood out to me. We got everything from the basics (like diapers and baby wash) that you can never have too much of, to all the fun little things that you never think about (Aunt Betty gave/is giving me a certificate for a spa treatment over at her store)! I absolutely loved everything! Mom bought me a "Deedlie Blanket" that has satin on the binding. She thought the baby definitely needed this because Dad started the tradition of a "Deedlie Blaket" and they are very comfortable. As it turns out, 2 other friends had the same idea (they just didn't know those blankets are special!) and so now our little guy will have 3 "Deedlie Blankets!" I got 3 little bow ties for him to wear to church. These are seriously the cutest things I have ever seen!  They are kind of like this little cute thing here:

Hmmm....what else? I got 2 nursing covers that are ridiculously chic, a car seat cover, a car seat cocoon to keep him warm in the winter, a few adorable outfits and a plethora of other items! It was so much fun! We also played this game of guessing celebrities from their baby photos. I'll see if you can get one....


Any guesses? He is kind of older and he has an earring in his left ear....

You may have seen him play a rich dorky kind of guy in a movie titled 'Sabrina'......

Or he might need to put on his leather hat and bull whip for you to recognize him.....

Yep! It's Harrison Ford!

I loved this game!

Okay. This post has gone on quite far enough. I know there are other things that I probably should update so that the lil' sis doesn't feel left out, but I just can't remember them.

Cassie....give me some ideas. What would you like to know in the future?

To everyone else-thank you for enduring through this. At least you got to play a guessing game at the end! Love ya'll!