Thirty One Weeks

This coming Wednesday, I will have my LAST monthly appointment for Miss Chloe... Then I'm on the official crazy countdown. Whoa! I think I still look 1/2 asleep in the photo (which may be true) but I want to stay up on the weekly photos so you get them all, even the sleepy ones.

This past week has been so incredibly crazy that I'm going to try to include it all:

Monday we had a couple from our Bible study over for the evening. We'd never really done much outside of Bible study with them but I've gotta say, we've been missing out big time! We played a get-to-know-you game and only got about 1/8 way done because we ended up talking too much!!

That evening, I even got to introduce them to the infamous Ratliff "Red Hot Jello Salad". Luke was talking about my family's unique form of salad so I whipped them up a batch to take home. Thanks Burnams for the wonderful evening  :)

Tuesday we spent around the house doing projects. I even got a little crafting help from Luke:

Wednesday was spent registering at Target for Chloe. It was very interesting how different all the products were from registering at Babies R Us. I was mostly expecting to go and re-register for most of the same items but it was very different. Luke's favorite: Gyro bowl. Apparently, it's impossible to spill anything out of the bowl. So, the answer is YES, we registered for one so he could try it out.... oops, I meant so Chloe could use it :)

Here's my favorite part of Wednesday... Luke's phone went off at 7:22a.m because someone forgot to turn it on silent. I asked him what he planned to do to make up for it and he offered to take me to a movie. I thought that was a decent trade - until I found out he wanted to go see Wreck It Ralph!! He did let me go the the 3-D version (which I'd never done before) so I spent most of the movie amazed by the technology of the movie.

Thursday evening I was made an amazing batch of homemade runzas from Kaelee. I must add, I was very impressed with her culinary skills!! Worst part, I broke her salad tongs so now she knows what she is getting for Christmas  :(

Friday evening, Charlotte came over while our husbands were hard at work and we DIY'ed for the nursery. At the end of the evening, we were once again quite disappointed in our amount of accomplished work because we worked for over 2 hours but once again, we talked tooooo much to expect a huge amount of work.

We bought a new mattress for our sleeper so that guests could actually sleep comfortably at our house when they come to stay. Prior to having a nursery, we had a nice mattress in our guest bedroom but now we have reverted to a sleeper sofa. Sooooo, Luke was trying out our new mattress. I was informed it is SLEEP APPROVED.

New recipe for the week:

For dinner: Pizza Grilled Cheese. Luke rated them 9/10 stars. Here's the best part, I had to pick a few moldy spots off the bread before he noticed and he still liked them. He will find out when he reads this blog in the next couple weeks and I'll be in trouble but it's too funny not to share!!!!

Also, Banana Oatmeal Muffins are currently in the oven for breakfast tomorrow.

What a fun week it's been. I'm feeling my size a little more and more each day. Breathing is getting slightly more complicated, sleep is growing more challenging and singing is almost out of the question. I do try but I sound like I'm in the middle of a marathon! All the joys of knowing my baby girl is growing and healthy.

Thanks for reading.

-Crystal-