31 weeks

This week baby girl you were showered with love! Your Aunt Kym threw us an amazing party and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was a 'Ready to "pop" theme!' We enjoyed a variety of popcorn including huckleberry cheesecake, butter, caramel, orange dreamsicle, kettle corn, and strawberry. You seem to love popcorn as much as your mommy does! We made sure to try them all. There was also a soda pop station that everyone could create unique drinks! Some recipes were provided or we could try some of our own with yummy flavored syrups. Of course we had to have cake also. It was a delicious chocolate cake with a cute baby girl carriage on it. Besides the wonderful food the decorations were all color coordinated in fun little dots! Your Grandma Stokes even made a beautiful diaper cake for you with all sorts of little toys on it. It's so pretty I think I will have a hard time taking that cake apart to use the diapers. For now the cake will sit in your nursery as decoration. Kym designed a fun little pop quiz to test who could remember from what movie the lines were taken. I have to say I did pretty well at it too! (Daddy took the test later to see how he did). We were so lucky to have family there to support us with your upcoming arrival. Your closet is starting to fill up with all sorts of outfits. Everything looks so small I have a hard time believing you will ever fit into these doll clothes, but I am excited to play dress up with you. We all love you so very much!

30 weeks

I finally felt you have the hiccups!!! This is literally the thing I have been wanting to experience with you. It was weird because I could tell you weren't just kicking or moving but it was like consistent little muscle twitches in my tummy. Now that I realize what they are I am sure you have had them before now I just didn't recognize it. I love how it feels and I can't wait for you to have more bouts of hiccups (although if you are like your dad they will upset you more)

Your Daddy is getting down to his last couple weeks of school and we are all so excited for graduation. Things are going to be pretty crazy around here for a while and I am hoping to keep up with everything! 

Have had some pregnancy cravings this week! I love dried banana chips. I can't get enough of them. Also I have found that I really like chocolate lucky charms. I try to only eat them for breakfast but sometimes I have to sneak a little handful here and there. You don't seem to mind too much either.

29 weeks

Another week has gone by so fast! Daddy has been working hard to finish up his last semester of school. We are so proud of him! You accompany me to work all the time and I am sure you are already sick of hearing my speech on the importance of brushing and flossing. I come after work usually exhausted trying to keep up with everything. With spring break everyone was telling me their trips and vacations they were going on and I was a little jealous. I have been really wanting to go somewhere I could swim! It's not nearly warm enough here and with how busy things are we couldn't very well go anywhere. Well your dad surprised us once again! Friday after finishing work and school he took us out for dinner and then with packed bags said we were going somewhere for the night. We drove thru town to a hotel in Pocatello. Your dad knows how to spoil us for sure. He made it so we were able to swim in a pool! We were even lucky enough to have the pool entirely ourselves for almost 2.5 hours.  It was so much fun I love swimming. I am hoping that you will it just as much. And it's certainly something we will have to teach you to do so you can go out on the boat in the summers. But 29 weeks and I was able to fit into my swimming suit I was pretty proud of that bump right out in front. Funnily your daddy is making sure to practice all his dad jokes now. Once I got into the water fairly deep he said with a big smile that I was officially a human submarine! I couldn't help but giggle. So at 29 weeks you already know what it's like to be in a submarine apparently! Love you baby girl, can't wait to have many more first adventures with you.

28 weeks

Hello Third Trimester! Week 28 started out with another dr check up. Mommy is steadily gaining weight and measuring right on track. Although, I have noticed my scrubs are all fitting more snug. It might be time to buy a couple maternity tops so I can keep working comfortably until you come. I took my glucose test where I had drink some very sugary water. It was not as bad as everyone said but it certainly got you moving lots. It felt like you were doing gymnastics in my tummy. When we were listening to your heartbeat the Dr laughed because there is a few little bubbles in between heartbeats which dr said is from you moving around.

This week was also general conference so we spent the weekend relaxing a little while listening to the music and talks. You really enjoyed the music part but you weren't too roudy during the conference either. What a smart girl you are! 

27 weeks

This week we celebrated Easter. I can't say how truly blessed I feel knowing that we can be an eternal family thanks to our Savior. I hope you know just how much we are looking forward to having you in our family. We will have lots of traditions to teach you and I look forward to the memories we will make in years to come, coloring eggs, shopping for Easter dresses, and so much more!

Since spring break fell in the same week I was able to work with your Grandma Stokes and sew a couple receiving blankets for you. Just know, that although I don't have the experience or the best of sewing talents I made them with love! They are so soft and cute that it will be fun to see you all wrapped up in them. 

You are growing bigger and stronger. I feel you move more all throughout the day and it brings a smile to my face. You are up to 2 whole pounds! And to imagine you were just the size of an apple seed when I found out about you! 

I think in part because of the holiday I have been craving Easter candy. So on Easter we got to enjoy some jellybeans and chocolate eggs! I think we both were a little excited about the sweet stuff. I have also started to experience for the first time ever, heartburn. Apparently it's very common but it's all new to me. Not my favorite feeling in the world but they say that might mean you have hair! I guess we shall see if the tales are true. 

26 weeks

The last couple weeks I feel like have flew by! We worked on your room and now you have a crib and dresser for you. It's weird for me to walk into that bedroom and see it all set up in there, but it's also kinda exciting. It was fun to see your dad put it all together, with a little help of course. We still need to get the walls painted and some color in there. I think I might even be able to talk your dad into a little glitter. (What girl doesn't need a little bling in her life?!) There is also a few clothes hanging up in your closet. They are so tiny and I love just looking at them. I can't wait to see you wearing each of them.