This is Halloween

One of my favorite things in the whole entire world is checking things off my list. You know, you make all those To Do lists and then you get to draw a little check next to them. OR you can just cross out the thing entirely. This depends on your mood for the day/activity you have to do.
I just love getting things done. I also love procrastinating certain things...obviously.

As we skyped my in-laws the other night my Father in Law mentioned something about having the baby early, like can't she come at 39 weeks? Of course I answered that no, she's full term at 37 weeks. SO he asked if I was ready for that. ha ha ha I seriously have not even thought of her coming that early...or early at all. I'm planning on her staying put until at least 40 weeks. Or 39...I have finals people.

We're excited for Halloween tomorrow. Sad that Tanner has a soccer game (that I will miss), but happy because we get to dress up and pass out Halloween candy in our house. And those children had better come. Candy is expensive!!!

This post is extremely lame.

We're going to Park City this weekend (yay groupon!). We had to celebrate the Cancun trip Tanner won this summer (that we won't go on because we're too practical), the Cruise he won (that will happen over my due date), our 1 year anniversary that we never REALLY celebrated, and a Babymoon. Too bad we're stressed about what will be due in school when we get home. Sigh. Vacations are never really vacations are they?
Have a happy, candy filled Halloween! :)

A list of gratitude-I'm skipping Halloween this year.

Just so you know...

1) I freaked out a little bit today when we set up our car seat, stroller and crib. But just a little bit.

2) I love my major and am so happy I made that switch...middle of my junior year. My classes are amazing.

3) I've been wanting to show Once Upon a Time to Tanner since this summer (when I watched it while he worked). We finally started watching it last night and now we may never stop

4) My husband is only taking 12 credits next semester. This is music to my ears. Yes, he may still be the TA for PAC and have an internship and be on the Executive Board for PRSSA and have a brand new baby...but this will be an improvement from this semester. 

5) I really like hypnobabies...go look it up if you're curious. It's really really awesome stuff. Our minds are so powerful. I am actually looking forward to my birthing time with excitement. I get so anxious to experience it all and I'm not even scared.

6) I started having contractions again. It was really fun. So we went to the midwife again. Here's what we concluded: I'm sick. I'm very sick. I have a UTI (first one-wahoo!), a nasty cold, and my uterus likes to contract when I get sick and cough and have bladder problems. So we went down to Good Earth and spent a fortune. I'm gulping down elderberry syrup, anti-cramp tincture (yuck), vitamin C, Echinacea (to boost the immune system), magnesium, Epsom salt baths (I like baths), CRANBERRY JUICE (this part is yummy), and Onguard (DoTerra Oils). I like natural medicine, I really do but there is one thing to be said in favor of other Western medicine-it doesn't taste bad. I would rather put something natural in my body any day though. 

7) We're really excited for the baby to come...I save my nesting for the weekends and it's awesome

8) I don't especially love GE's. Statistics is kicking my behind right now and I curse my test anxiety.

9) Speaking of tests, I just took a textiles exam and scored a 57%. I was really confused because I studied really well and KNOW I knew the material it covered. Thankfully we found out our teacher accidentally gave the testing center a wrong key. WHEW. That is good good news.

10) Life is lovely and boring and wonderful all at the same time. I love the mundane and the happy times I find day to day. I'm grateful for good education, a wonderful husband, the Gospel, and wonderful family members. I am also really happy I didn't have to sign up for classes for next semester.

What are some things you're grateful for?

Belly Pictures

Because I always wanted to see people's cute tummy's...

26 weeks

? 28 weeks?

29 weeks

30 weeks

I'll be 32 weeks on Tuesday! Crazy how fast it's flying by now. Only a few more weeks to get everything ready! :)

Teenagers, politics and a list

So I T.A. for a Multicultural Education class at BYU. I love it. The hours are whenever I want to work and I find the class so great. It was one of my favorite classes I've taken at BYU (at least one of my favorite secondary ed classes). The students did an online session today and one of the articles the professor had them look at really really made me go crazy. I thought I would share.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-m-roffman/teen-sexuality-sex-as-spo_b_620024.html?view=print


Sorry for all the crazy posts about cheating/teenage problems with sexuality posts. I just think these things are important to know about.

The debates are important too. You should watch them and then not post anything about them on Facebook. My friend's status this morning read: Let's all remember: the debate was last night. Don't continue is on facebook. You, in fact, are not running for office. Leave the dirty work to the politicians.

Hilarious. I love her.

You should also find out about the topics these men are talking about. And you should know who else you'll be voting for in a few weeks. It's not just about these two men. The President is just one part of government. Ever heard of the balance of powers? Yes, that means the House of Representatives and the Senate. You'll be voting for those people too...that's important.


On a less serious note
1) My mom, Tanner and I mostly painted the baby's room yesterday. We forgot a ladder so the top of the room is still blue.
2) I decorated the front porch with spider webs. I'm making a huge foam spider to put on my door instead of a wreath. It's kind of like...welcome to my lair.  Tanner insisted we bought orange lights to string around. I will put those up tonight.
3) My father-in-law is here and we're excited! Tanner and his dad are running the St. George Marathon (along with quite a few other friends) on Saturday. I think they are awesomely crazy.
4) I am going to post a few more pictures of my increasing waist line soon.
5) I bought a beautiful picture to put in the baby's room and it makes me want to cry every time I look at it. I'll obviously post pictures when the room is finished
6) This baby is coming in 2 1/2 months...
7) Obviously I'm having a really hard time focusing on school. All I want to do is nest. However, I am doing really awesome in my four classes. Yay for only 12 credits! Life is so much easier when you're not dancing. Yay!

Hope you have a really really awesome day.