SO grateful!!!!

Since the weather has been so "nice" I have been more and more grateful!! No, not for the "nice" weather but that I don't have to be pregnant through the WHOLE summer!! Today when it got up to almost 80 degrees (that might be an exaggeration, I don't know) I seriously thought I was going to roast and die!! I am also grateful that it's going to cool down again for the weekend! If it could only stay cooler for another 5 weeks then I would be a very happy mama!! I'm sure many of you are glad that I don't control the weather!!

Lately

I feel like I put so many pictures of me on here and not many of Mike and always talk about Dallas...so before I get to me and Dallas..I want to talk about Mike!! I am so grateful for him! He is such an amazing husband, worker, friend, and man!! He has been so great to me since I've been pregnant (he always is great to me but he's really looking out for me!!). I get a leg and foot massage every night, he cooks dinner every night, and does everything he can to make sure I'm comfortable! He cleans the house, does the laundry...He even put up with my obsession of organizing and organized the crawl space for me while I told him where to put everything!! He is wonderful to me!! He is still going to BYU and is going to take classes through the summer. I don't know how he does it!! He is also training for a race (the Wasatch back) coming up in June. He constantly amazes me!! I love him so much and feel so blessed every day because I have him in my life!

Now onto me and Dallas!! He definitely is growing as you can see!! I am now 32.5 weeks. I feel like the end is in sight! I love feeling him move and can't imagine how he is fitting inside of me! I am still feeling pretty good!! It could be worse!!:) I can't wait to meet him but want him to stay in there as long as he needs to!!
Mike said the top picture makes me look smaller than I am so I decided to put this one too!! I'm getting so big!!!

These are a few pictures of the shower I had in Logan. Thanks so much Mom, Melissa and Jen for putting it together!! And also to everyone who came and for the wonderful gifts!! It was a lot of fun!! We had a chocolate fountain-yummy!!! We got this pic of Kelly and Jen at the table but really everyone had their moment of 30 min straight just dipping and eating- mine was more like an hour! It was all so good!!
I got some really GREAT gifts!! I can't wait to use them!! Thanks so much everyone!!!

Happy Easter!!!

We had a fun Easter this year!! On Saturday after we did some "spring" cleaning we went to lunch and I ran into the mall to get Mike's Easter present. I bought him a hat and had it sprayed with the protectant spray stuff. When I got in the car he asked what hat I got him! I was a little bummed but if you know me I can't keep anything secret so he would have gotten it that night anyways!!:)
We colored eggs Saturday evening and had fun doing that!! It's tradition in my family to make an egg for everyone with their name on it so we made one for Dallas too!!

Mike barely made it through coloring 8 eggs thanks to the game he was watching while doing it!
So, I couldn't wait till Sunday to find baskets so we did it Saturday!!!! Dallas got the egg and the stuffed fuzzy chick from his Great Grams and Gramps!! It is the softest chick ever!!! And his Grammy sent him a book!! He'll love them!! Thanks so much!!
Mike gets better and better each year at doing an Easter basket for me! He actually hid it this year too! He gave me money to buy a new book!!! So any suggestions would be great!!!
This is Mike with his hat that doesn't fit and the shaving cream I got him. He doesn't like to shave cause it makes it so sore. Dawn (one of my clients) told me about the shaving cream that Bath and Body sells that makes it so it doesn't hurt. So I got it for him and he loves it!! It works great!!! Thanks Dawn!! We had a great Sunday as well!! We had a great ham dinner and got to spend time with the Drapers! We hope you all had a great Easter!!

Baby Dallas' Room

I have taken a while to get these pics up but I wanted the crib to be done before I did!! We got the crib from Shelley (my boss) for free and it had a dark stain on it. So, Mike and I spent many many hours sanding it down and getting it ready to paint. I didn't want to use a paint brush because I didn't want to see the marks from it. We were going to pay an insane amount to get paint in aerosol cans and then I remembered my dad has a sprayer!!!!
We took the crib to Logan this past weekend and used my dad's spray gun!! It was so nice!!! Thanks for all your help dad!! You're amazing!! Mike had a good time painting it and it turned out so so great!! I love it!!
We could have bought a new one but it's the feeling of accomplishment and knowing we saved so much money that brings me satisfaction and more appreciation for it!!
Here is the finished product. And isn't my bedding SO cute!! I can't take any credit for it!! All I did was picked out the fabric!! My mom and dad paid for it-thanks!! And Melissa sewed it ALL!! The bumper pads, the bed skirt even the fitted sheet!! Yeah, she's amazing too!! She also sewed the quilt but I just realized there's not a picture of it. I will put on one later because it is gorgeous!! She quilted it by hand even! WOW!! I know!!
This is is little book shelf!! I refinished this WAY back in high school!! Who would have thought I'd use it for my child's room!! It is the perfect size though!!
And this is the glider. Since this picture I recovered the ottoman and it's attached! My mom and I made the curtains and the little pillow!! It was fun!! I'm not a seamstress though so it was nice to have help!! Celeste (my sister in law) redid the cushion covers. They turned out SO great!!! It's so nice to have talented family members who are so generous and willing to help us out!! Mike and I also spent a WHOLE saturday painting the room. I hated the green at first but now that there are things in the room it's growing on me!! It's so much fun!! We also got our stroller and car seat!! I'm feeling a little more prepared and ready for our little guy!

I lied...

Melissa came to my house on Sunday and insisted that we take some pictures. So I decided it was a good idea. Mike wasn't so happy about the idea but was a great sport. We took some pictures and then Melissa did her magic!! I thought they turned out so great that I decided to put a few of them on here. Thanks Melissa!! We had so much fun with you and your boys!

Update

I am just so ready to see my little Dallas! I already think he's the cutest thing ever and this might sound crazy but I can already tell a little of what his personality is like!! He's such a fun boy! I only have 99 days!! Double digits-yay!! And I have 13 weeks! I know it's going to go so fast but I am so excited!! I love being pregnant. I have had a great pregnancy so far and I can not complain!! I love feeling him move around and kick! It always puts a smile on my face! Mike has been so helpful and is going to be the BEST daddy!! We love Dallas so much already and are so excited for him to join our family!!! We are so blessed!

No more pictures!

Lately my feet, ankles and legs have been a little swollen at the end of the day. With a little massage from Mike and elevating them it goes away and I start a new day with skinny ankles again. But the other morning I woke up and was putting my makeup on and I realized...I no longer have cheek bones, just cheeks. I can feel that they are bigger when I smile even. I realize this is normal since I am pregnant. But it's hard to face. It is not going away like my ankles either. I am a little disgusted by this and so I am letting you know to not expect any more pictures the have me in it until a) I get over it or b) have our baby and am not chubby anymore. Sorry if this disappoints anyone, I just don't want the image of chubby Kristin in any of your heads.

24 Weeks

Here he is at 24 weeks!! He's growing fast and is still healthy! He is very active and loves to play when I'm trying to sleep!! I guess he's just preparing me for what's to come!! We are excited for him to come but still need time to prepare!!

Valentine's Day!

I love Valentine's Day! I love the colors and hearts and candy and everything about it!! I worked at the flower shop the day before and on Valentine's Day! I have so much fun getting my hands back into arranging even though it is freezing! It is hilarious to me to see all these men completely stressed out about what to get for their wives! I had a lot of fun but was happy to come home and get warm and see my husband on the day of love!! When I got home the house was clean (even according to my standards) laundry done and groceries bought for dinner!! I got off a little sooner than we thought so Mike and I went shopping for gifts for eachother! I bought Mike some cologne. And he bought me a bra that fits. The girl at VS was so funny cause she kept trying to sell us some lingerie and finally I told her that they don't make my size!! We got a good laugh!! When we got home Mike made me dinner!He found the recipes, went grocery shopping for everything and cooked!! He made tropical chicken, lemon rice (so good), rosemary bread and apple crisp for desert made from fresh apples! It was all SO SO good!!
I love good meals like that but am too lazy to make them! He did such a great job!! I couldn't ask for anything else!!! I love my husband so much!! He is amazing and is always amazes me!

Experimenting gone TOTALLY wrong!!

While I was as the hair show I saw this really attractive guy that had really blonde curly hair and it looked so good!! He looked almost identical to Mike! So I had this GREAT idea!! Lets bleach out Mike's hair!! So we went to it!!


Mike not sure if this is really a great idea like I told him it was! And he was upset that I was taking a picture of him like this!!

This is after 2 times of bleaching it out and toning it....ok, maybe it wasn't a great idea!


He had to go like this for a few days cause I was working. He had fun being a blonde while it lasted!! But he is happy to be back dark-it's still a little golden but give it two weeks!! We both had a good time with it though!!

California

I went to California last week with the school and forgot my camera:( I will hopefully get pictures from some of the girls so I can post them! I had so much fun!! We went to go to a hair show. We went to Disney Land and even though I was limited on the rides I could go on I still had TONS of fun!! I got tons of pictures with characters- Mickey, Minnie, Buzz, Tink and her friend, Goofy, Pluto- and we ate at the Carnation Cafe, who by the way has THE best soups!! I had so much fun just walking around and seeing everything you miss when you are running from ride to ride! I did my share of people watching too!! The hair show was amazing!! I got a LOT of looks!! I don't think they see many girls my age that are pregnant!! It was quite funny!! There were great vendors and so many fun things to watch!! I love the hair industry!!!! I met Kim Vo from Shear Genius, Nick Arrojo from What not to wear and a few others!! I learned so many new and fun things!! I can't wait to try them all out (hint hint-if you are brave!!!!) It was a great trip!! I haven't walked that much in a LONG time though and I was definately ready to come home!! ps. jet blue is an amazing air line!!