I love fall

It is probably my most favorite season. On Saturday we went on a little hike, and the colors were so pretty. We also came across a waterfall which we had no idea was there. Unfortunately, it didn't put me into labor. Good news is that we finally get to meet our baby girl tomorrow!!!

Doesn't happen everyday....

So a week ago I thought I was going to have this baby. We did a session at the temple last Tuesday evening with Jarom's family, and I was having contractions through the whole thing. Well, they tapered off and went away much to my disappointment. Then Friday rolls around, and I am feeling grateful that I made it to that day so I could support Jarom's brother, Kendrick as he was sealed to his cute wife, Lisa. Little did I know how incredibly grateful I would be feeling later that day. We were sitting in a sealing room of the Salt Lake temple patiently waiting for the sealer to arrive when we heard the very familiar voice of President Monson in the hallway. Then to our surprise he walked into our room. Yes, that's right, he was there to seal these two lovebirds. What a great experience to sit in the temple and listen to this wonderful man share some stories and experiences with us. I'm certain I will never have that experience again in my lifetime!! For those of you who are wondering--Lisa's family has lived in President Monson's ward for years, and her father was/is? their home teacher.

I'm done

But apparently that is not getting through to my baby girl. I have been avoiding the blog for awhile because the only thing I can of to write about is how miserable I feel. I know the last couple weeks with Jacob were hard, but I am having a harder time this round. My poor husband probably wonders what happened to his easy going wife and Jacob wants to know why I can't wrestle with him, do somersaults, chase him down the street, etc, etc. I keep telling him I'll be back to normal soon. The first thing out of his mouth this morning was, "Did my baby sister come yet?" I wish little buddy!!!!!

Despite my misery, we have managed to paint pumpkins this week, play with friends at the park, and take a trip to the fire station with the preschool class. I even made a solar oven to put in my emergency storage.

Baby Update

Still hanging in there with about 5 1/2 weeks to go. Sometimes it seems forever away and other times it seems to be just around the corner. Jacob is so funny about it. He keeps talking to her and telling her she needs to stay in there and keep growing. Other times he'll tell me to put my hand on his belly to feel her kick. Then he proceeds to move his body around to make it seem real to him. I wonder if he thinks that's what I do when I tell him to put his hands on my belly to feel her kick???? Everyone keeps asking if we have a name picked out. The answer is no, but we do have several ideas. It's hard to pick just one since we didn't do use any of our names with Jacob. In fact, his wasn't even one we had every mentioned. However, if you ask Jacob he will tell you her names is Princess Maggie. And Mom, you will be relieved to know he has changed his mind and now wants to name her Evie. We kind of like that one. Then last night he came to me and said, "I want to name my sister Abby." I was surprised to say the least since I've always liked that name, and Jarom doesn't so much. I thought Jarom had put him up to it, but when I asked him he said they never talked about it. Jacob told me later that there's a little girl at the gym named Abby. Really does the kid miss anything???

Speaking of names, I picked him up from preschool one day last week and he pointed to a little boy and said, "That's husband. He's in my class." I laughed so hard!!! I was like, "Jacob I don't think his name is husband." I later figured out he was trying to say his name is Hudson.

Utah State Fair

We ventured to the State Fair on Monday night despite the weather. We saw more farm animals than I cared too. They STINK!!!! But Jacob was in heaven. He couldn't get enough of them. We enjoyed some free music from Peter Breinholt and Ryan Shupe. Jarom tried to explain to Jacob why Peter Brienholt is special to us since going to one of his concerts was our first date, but Jacob didn't care. He just wanted to dance!!!!! I think we got some pictures at the fair, but I will have to add them later.

5 years and counting....

Jarom and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on the 11th. I can't believe it's been 5 years. It's gone by so fast, and I'm grateful for every minute of it. We went out on the town Saturday night while Liz and Ben watched Jacob (THANK YOU a million times to them). We were able to enjoy a very nice, quiet dinner at The Roof. It was really priceless.

Discovery Gateway

We finally made a trip to the Children's Museum downtown, and now I'm wondering what took us so long. We went with some friends, and Jacob loved it. He was sad when it was time to go and keeps asking when we can go back. I tried to take pictures, but I couldn't get the camera to work.