March 20th means...

~It is my father-in-law's birthday! (Happy Birthday!) 

~It is Ryan's Grandma's Birthday! (Happy Birthday!)

~I have One Month until Baby Kyler's due date!  (But hopefully we'll be able to meet him before April 20th!) :)

Wrapped around her finger

My family and the Heuers (cousins who live next door to my parents) all have been taking TaeKwondo for the past year or so.  Their studio happens to be right down the street from our current apartment, so therefore, it is pretty easy for them to all stop by before or after Taekwondo to visit!  However, last week my mom had something else going on during Taekwondo and had to leave early, but the boys would stay the whole time and come over to our house after so we could drive them home. 

Kamryn LOVES these boys!

(and has them wrapped around her little finger to do every wish she desires!) :)

It was so funny to watch these 6 BIG boys all hovered and chasing after and playing with this little girl!  I'm so glad she has such good uncles and cousins!

35

35 (thirty-five) is the natural number following 34 and preceding 36.

35 is the highest number one can count to on one's fingers using base 6.

35 is a centered cube number, a pentagonal number and a pentatope number.

35 is the atomic number of Bromine.

35th State of the US is West Virginia.

35--in years of marriage is the coral wedding anniversary.

35--The minimum age (in years) of candidates for election to the position of 

President of the United States, President of Ireland and President of Poland

35 is the title of a book written by Casper Schipper

35th President of the United States was John F Kennedy

35 is how many days till this little guy is due!

Happy Flowers

Ryan surprised me last week while I was sick with some flowers to cheer me up.  He called them my "happy flowers"!  And although they aren't my favorite favorite kind---they have been bright and happy and have lived for over a week now all throughout my house (a vase of them in each room!)--- 

They have done their job well!  

Tell me you didn't smile when you saw them?!! :) 

Hope they brightened your day like they do mine!

Hawaiian Quilt

Last September I went up to my Grandma's house to stay with her for a week while my Dad and Papa went on a 10-day trip up to Canada.  While Kamryn and I were there, Grandma and I decided to make a quilt out of the hawaiian fabrics she had just "laying around".  After about 3 days of work, we had a gorgeous quilt top!

Then this past February I FINALLY got sick of it just sitting in my apartment unquilted.  So I took it over to a family friend and asked her to quilt it for me.  She was very willing and gave me a "family discount" on it too--so it was even better!  She called me this past Saturday and told me it was finished!  I was so excited!

Here it is all quilted!

I told her my favorite thing out of all the Hawaiian fabrics are the Hibiscus Flowers--so she found a pattern for me and quilted it into it!  It's just so darling, I love it! :)

The back I chose for the quilt is a soft fabric with surfing monkeys, hibiscus flowers, and "Aloha" all over it!  It isn't as elegant as the front ... but it is super cuddly and cute!  And very Hawaiian! (to me) :)

Saturday night I was so excited about it that I wanted to show someone.  I took it to my mom's house to show her and she offered to help me bind it right there!  I'm SOOOO glad I did!  (even though it took a lot longer than I thought it would and I was reminded again why sewing projects aren't always my thing!  I have no patience for it!) :) haha

So, Saturday night, I had a finished product!! :) 

Grandma's Favorite Square:

My Favorite Square:

I look at this quilt and I just can't help but smile! :)  It is so colorful, so bright, so Hawaiian, matches my room...just so me! :)  I have slept with it the past couple of nights and just can't get enough of it! :)  Thank you Grandma, for helping me put it together!  I'll love it always!  (I wish Grandma had internet so she could read and see this post...guess I'll have to just send up the pictures!) :)

New Hair

Last Friday I had a really rough morning... Kamryn had been sick all week, nothing to really blog about (lol), my hair was driving me crazy, and pregnancy was just getting the best of me! Ryan was really supportive and tried to help me feel better, but I decided that I needed to go do something with this mess!! :





After 4 hours at a hair school (cheaper that way and they could get me in THAT AFTERNOON), here's the end result!




I love the color (although it took FOREVER!!) but she cut my bangs too short...I'm not so sure about them. Plus, after cutting them too short, I think I scared her away a little bit and she didn't check to see that they weren't cut crooked! Oops!! I could've done that MYSELF! :) lol It's okay...I think I'm going to go down tomorrow to my friend's house and have her fix them up. You can't really tell it's crooked when they are curled and done.


Anyway, this "new do" is just what I needed to get me through the last few weeks of pregnancy! (Isn't it amazing what a little pampering does for your spirits?!!) :)

Family development!

Just a quick update...

Kamryn is feeling well! chipper! Independent. Brand new self practically!

Ryan has had a little bit of congestion and body aches, but he is okay. He can sleep at night.

I have had a rough 5 days or so! I threw my cousin a baby shower on Friday night (post on that to come soon, hopefully!) and then Saturday morning woke up feeling awful! Congestion in head and chest, awful hacking cough, and headaches. And now, after 5 days of coughing, I am so so so sore! My muscles all along the bottom of my ribcage are so sore! It's not fun to be pregnant and have a horrible cough that you're not sure when it will go away! :( However, Ryan took the day off for me today and I slept in till 1pm and then hopefully I will go to sleep for the night soon too! (It's only 7:30 but I'm pooped!) :) I'm hoping all this sleep will help me recover quickly! (Tylenol cold is my best friend right now!) :)

Kyler is growing and kicking more and more... especially with all this coughing! I can't imagine what it feels like to him! :)

Funny moment--I looked at my ticker for days till he arrives today and it says
"18 inches, 5lbs and gaining. Soon to be head down and making mom walk funny"

I laughed because I know from my Dr. appointment that his head has been down for over a week or so now...AND I feel like I've been walking funny for like a month now! :) So...does that mean I'm gonna be walking even funnier now?!?! :) (some informative ticker)! :) Maybe it is just trying to keep me lighthearted about the whole thing by making me laugh! :)

Thank you Baby Ticker! ;)