John updated my behind the scenes blogging-stuff…so it looks all new and shiny back here now. Wish you could see- but then again, this is where all the magic happens. So I think I’ll leave it a mystery. So….it’s been a few days! This weekend has been remarkably chill. I haven’t even made John help me with the insane cleaning I usually require each Friday or Saturday. Meaning…besides the bare essentials…we haven’t really done it. I guess it can wait for this week some time.
Friday evening we had Jonathan and his new girlfriend C over for “Spaghetti Dinner” and visiting. Jonathan is so funny- he made some quick noddles with sauce, threw some bread in the oven, and we all sat around the kitchen eating. It was only about an hour, but it was nice to get to meet her and talk to her a bit. I accidentally MIGHT have told C about how Jonathan can’t eat long spaghetti because he choked on it when he was a kid….a half-in/half-out, Mom required for a rescue mission puking it back on your plate kind of incident. It’s actually surprising to me that I can eat long spaghetti still. Hmmm. She just laughed, and I think he’ll forgive me.
After that it was too late to really do anything- so John and I just sat around and watched TV. Saturday we were up and running around. It was gorgeous weather, so we went and got some lunch and drove up the canyon to sit and eat it. After that we ended up running to motherhood maternity to see if there was anything I could fit myself into. Turns out I found some GREAT shorts for about $15 (sweeet) and then after a few more hours of running around (and some window shopping in various stores including REI) I also ended up with a couple of shirts as well, and a new skirt. I’m not huge, by any means, but when I tried to put on my last skirt that really works last night…well, let’s just say it used to be calf length and hit me at the waist, and now it sits under my bra and gets to my knees. Haha. I got things a little bit so hopefully they’ll last for awhile. Then…what did we do….watched a movie, hung out, went to bed.
This morning we woke up and went up to Layton for a family event. It was really nice- I ate like a p-, um pregnant woman… (about 20 strawberries, I think, props to Kim on finding such huge ripe strawberries!) and listened to John and an assortment of siblings and parents remember a trip to….well, I forget where to exactly…except that it included a “five” mile hike that turned out to be something around 15 miles….and an exciting swim for Kim when she got caught in the current of the Rio Grande and ended up swimming over to Mexico. And then back. Hahaha. Seriously- that’s hysterical. The highlight of the day, though, was when Jared and Emily showed up and Cadence yelled, “Erin!” and decided to sit by me while she got used to everyone in the room and take in her surroundings. I remember the days when it was me she was getting used to! This was a really nice event because it wasn’t about me or John or the wedding or anything- we just got to be part of the family. Maybe it was especially nice for me because I didn’t have to worry about wearing a pretty dress or being gracious and thanking everyone in sight…I could just enjoy family. I’m glad we went up and saw everyone.
I got a nice nap in on the ride home from Layton (oh, if only I could do that every day) (the nap, not the drive to Layton) and then came home and had some pancakes. Yes…more eating. Tomorrow is back to the grind, but not before we have our second ultrasound. We could very well know what the baby is tomorrow morning. I guess we’ll just have to see. I don’t want to get my hopes up…too much. But it would be nice to know. It would help us with names. We’ve got a few girl ideas…but NO boys ideas. Not really, anyway. Nothing we can agree on.
Well, I think I might be due for a snack. 
Peanut butter and toast anyone?
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