Our Weekend

We had an enjoyable long weekend. At least it was for me, I'm pretty sure it was for Ryan also. Friday night we spent with Michael and Lori and ate dinner with them. Ben got REALLY upset/fussy while we were there so we had to leave early. We were both really tired and I had a horrible headache, so it was about time to go home anyway. Saturday we woke up later than normal, Ben slept a good long time, and we fed him and got ready and then went to the mall to use up some gift cards I got over the last few months. We also got my rings cleaned and my engagement ring buffed. It was looking a little rough. We got home and I made a salad just in time to go to a get together with some people from church. The Bishop had a lady in the ward set up groups of about three or four families in the ward to get together and have dinner and games and stuff. I don't know if they'll keep doing it or rotate at all, but it was nice to get to know new people. Especially people with older kids that you don't really talk to when you're younger. Plus we usually stick to the people we know there most of the time. So it was good for all of us in the group that were there to get to know each other. Sunday we went to church and it was a pretty cool three hours. My awesome hubby with much faith was ordained an Elder. I'm so proud of him and it was such a special blessing. Now we're on our way to getting our temple recommends for sealings all squared away. After church we came home and basically vegged out the whole day. I TOOK A HOUR AND 45 MINUTE NAP. ALONE. IN MY BED. It was MUCH needed. I can't really remember what we did after that. Oh, the bishop stopped by to get me my sealing recommend. Monday we went with our friends Ashley and Jacob to Chattanooga, TN to go to Ruby Falls and Rock City. They're right next to each other and you can buy tickets for both. Little Ben did REALLY well, he's such a good kid. He was a little fussy at first when we got in the cave and he was the only baby in there, so I was a little embarrassed because he was noisy. But he fell asleep in my arms and was quiet the rest of the time. He woke up on our way out and was completely intrigued with the cave and everything in it. Every time we walked by people we'd hear a series of "ahhhh! SO cute!" Ryan wanted to start counting how many times we heard it! In between the two sites we saw, we stopped and ate at Sticky Fingers (I almost wrote Stinky Fingers... that would NOT be an appetizing name for a restaurant! ha ha!) and it was SOOOOO good!!! We all pretty much stuffed ourselves. We made a slight (humorous) detour on the way home at some factory outlets... look, they had a Maurice's there and I've only seen them out West and they make jeans for me. At least it feels like they do. It was a GOOD day and we had a lot of fun.

Just call us the Brown's instead of the Smith's. (In the Ruby Falls cave)

I also got sad news yesterday about a coworker of mine who has been battling cancer for a long time. She passed this weekend, and although I'm sad I wont see her again in this life- I'm glad she's no longer suffering. I bring this up because she was seriously a TROOPER. She came to work in a wheel chair when she could no longer walk , she worked from home for as long as she could. Sometimes I feel guilty when I think of my "not feeling good" compared to what she went through, and yet she ALWAYS had a smile on her face and was insistent on doing as many things on her own, including work, that she could. I'll miss that Cathye.

Ben is starting to roll over... seriously. We put him on his play mat the other night on his back and all of a sudden when we looked again he was on his side! He did it again last night. And today when I went to go get him for lunch he was asleep at the mirror they lay them next to, on his side! Too cute. Hopefully he wasn't there for too long, but he WAS being paid attention to- don't worry. He loves to cover his little face when he's sleeping. Love that kid.

belly shots...

Okay, so I haven't been exactly "thrilled" with the way my stomach has looked during my pregnancy... but I thought I'd post a pic for you to see. It's REALLY starting to stick out, especially with in the past couple of weeks- I'll put the pictures side by side so you can see how much he's grown! It also feels like it just kind of happened over night too! People are really starting to figure it out now, and well- the way I walk or should I say WADDLE lately is another give away!

I kind of look mad in the second picture but I just wasn't ready.

We got our crib and changing table thanks to my brother! They were in 3 HUGE boxes all in jumbled up and mixed around. And Ryan the smart man he is put both the crib and changing table together with no directions and a million parts to put together. He figured it out... had to take it apart sometimes, but for not having ANYTHING to go by- he did it and with in an hour mind you! And it's so beautiful!

Now we just need to finish painting the dresser and we'll have a completed room!

Last night we went to a friends for dinner and on the way home I started having cramping and my tummy was tightening and my back was also cramping- not fun. It was for 20 or more minutes and so I had to call the doc to see if it was something to worry about. Yeah, this is another reason why I'm not a fan of that group of doctors... it took him an HOUR to call back! Luckily, it stopped by the time we got home and I got into bed. He just advised to take Tylenol and Benadryl (or Tylenol PM) and rest. He said if it wasn't better in the morning to keep resting. But that I needed to watch it again and if happened 8 times in one hour then I needed to call back or go in. So far, I'm okay... gonna try and make it into work today. I'm just having that guilt battle with in me- I feel bad for missing work (again) but then again I know I need to take care of my body and baby. I AM 34 weeks and getting along here in the latter part of my pregnancy and I expect things like this are going to keep happening. It's just a tough decision to make sometimes.