you know you're pregnant when...

You cry during a country song. :) The other day we were driving around and "You're Gonna Miss This" came on the radio and it made me cry. The chorus says:

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this.

You probably just cried a little bit too, didn't you? haha It just makes me so sad to realize my little Eleanor isn't a baby anymore. We just moved her into a big bed and now more than ever she seems so old to me! I just want to savor every minute with her. She is such a fun, sweet, smart, energetic, and sweet little girl. Here are some of the moments I've been savoring.

She LOVES bubbles and goes nuts for them.


The long-awaited freezie pop season has begun. Eleanor isn't as big of a fan as I am.

We went to a little place called Romp and Stomp for playgroup, she was a little nervous at first and every time she would "bump" something like her elbow or head or foot she would look at me like it was a trauma and say "uh-oh", I think she needs a brother to toughen her up a little bit.


And here she is in her big bed. I was getting anxious to get the baby's room put together so on Friday I decided it was as good a time as ever to move her crib out and start her in a big bed. The first two nights/naptimes were VERY physically and emotionally exhausting, but I think now she's got the hang of it.

I put these alphabet wall stickers up around her bed and sometimes at nap time I can hear her "saying" her ABC's. It really sounds more like "c, c, c, c, c, c..."

And did I mention she goes to Nursery now! Talk about savoring a moment. It's been so nice to actually sit through Sunday School and get something out of it. Here she is after church as you might have guessed from the messy hair and wrinkled dress.

Ok, this has kind of turned into a novel, but here's one more. It has been so rainy and cold here the last week or so, but today we had a BEAUTIFUL day, so we headed outside to use the much anticipated (mainly by me, Eleanor had no idea how much fun she was about to have) kiddie pool for the first time. Despite what it may look like in some of these pictures, she really did have a fun time. We were out there almost 2 hours, and if you know Eleanor, not many things keep her attention for this long. When it was time to go in, she was NOT a happy camper and she pointed at the door and said something that sounded like "outside" the whole rest of the day. Good to know we've found ourselves some summer entertainment, especially since the freezie pops weren't such a huge hit.

I LOVE this girl and every moment with her!

Don't Flip Flop

At church I'm second counselor in Young Women so I'm in charge of the Beehives (12-13 year olds). They really wanted to do a "summer craft" and one girl suggested decorating flip flops with fabric. Well, I've seen those and sometimes they just look kind of messy. But I came across these flip flops embellished with balloons, so that's what I decided we'd do.

The theme for the month is Divine Nature, so I had to think of a way to relate that with flip flops. :) So I came up with"Don't flip flop on who you are!" We talked about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" especially the line that says, "All human beings -male and female- are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny."

I loved looking on LDS.org for talks that pertained to our topic because most of them had to do with womanhood and motherhood and that's something I've really been thinking about. I am so thankful that I get to be a mother and that Heavenly Father is trusting me with his special spirit children. Here are some of the quotes I put on their handout...

"I would charge you to say again and again to yourselves...'I am a (son or daughter) of God’ and by so doing begin today to live closer to those ideals which will make your life happier and more fruitful because of an awakened realization of who you are.”
President Harold B. Lee

"To mothers, daughters, and women everywhere, let me stress the fact that because of your great potential and influence for good in the lives of all of us, Satan is determined to destroy you. You cannot compromise with him. You must have the courage, the strength, the desire, and the determination to live as the Lord would have you live – good clean lives. Girls, keep yourselves virtuous and worthy of a fine young man who has likewise kept himself clean, so that together you can go to the House of the Lord to be sealed in the holy bonds of matrimony for time and all eternity, and prepare a home where God will be pleased to send his spirit children."
N. Eldon Tanner

“Woman is God’s supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.

“Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth.”
President Gordon B. Hinckley

And Jessie, you inspired me with your doggie cake for Naomi's birthday and I embarked on making a "fancy" cake, too! :) Here's the end result. It was fun, and now I'm excited to try out other fun cakes when my kids have birthdays.


Here are my cute Beehives!

a whole week

About two weeks ago I decided I was sick of long hair. It was just making me too hot -- temperature wise anyways :) So I asked my friend from the ward if she'd be willing to cut it for me. So she came over on Tuesday and cut almost 3 inches off. Well, fast forward to the following Tuesday, I was brushing my hair before bed and Andrew asked, did you cut your hair?? And I was like, yeah, a WEEK ago! hahaha Andrew likes my hair long, so I just figured he wasn't commenting on my haircut because he didn't like it, but really he hadn't even noticed. But, to his credit, he was in the middle of finals, so I'm sure there were more important things on his mind than my hairdo :)