You only have to deal with this for six more weeks...

Don't I look happy. I'm more and more tired everyday. With more and more aches and pains then I had expected. The things we do for kids! Only six more weeks, thank goodness. Luckily we get to go home for Christmas for two weeks so maybe that will be a good distraction and make time go by a little faster!

Matt really wanted this picture to make the blog. On thursday while I was at work he built me a shoe wrack for my closet. He said he's been meaning to buy me one since we moved here cause I've always just had a huge pile of shoes, but he couldnt find the perfect one. So he built it and surprised me with an early Christmas present. He even placed all my shoes nicely in it. The top shelf goes back deeper into the side of the closet. He's really proud of it, and I like feeling organized too! Thanks Matt.

Week by week

Merry Christmas!

Matt, what a cute Doctor.

And of course...me at 33 weeks. I'm so anxious these days

I actually remember to take a belly picture each week.

Benifits of the third trimester

32 Weeks. Gotta love it!

Baby and Mustache

Me at 31 weeks. Only 9 more to go....

Matt. Isn't he cute? All the boys or I should say men in his family

had a mustache growing contest over Thanksgiving break.

Our Christmas Tree!

TA DA!!! Our first Christmas Tree. Matt made the star on top, he's pretty proud! Thanks to grandma Hales for the sweet Christmas tree decorations. Next year we'll have to buy some cheap ornaments so our baby doesn't destroy these nice ones. We do get to come home for Christmas and we cannot wait!

Thanksgiving in Cleveland

For Thanksgiving this year we weren't able to head home and be with our family :( BUT fortunately we have some good friends here that we got together with and had our own little dinner. Ben and Janelle Nutter hosted the little party and Jason and Marilyn Kiene joined us. The food was great! It was lots of fun. Thanks for the yummy turkey Janelle.

Proof we really do have friends out here. Haha.

Ten Weeks To GO!!!!

Me and the Baby at 30 weeks. Ya hoo! Pregnancy isn't as fun as it looks. Although

I think I looked bigger two weeks ago then I do now. I sure don't feel smaller.

Maybe Matt just caught me at a good angle.

Things we do when we're bored.

So my cool dad sent me a new webcam so we could have cyber dates with the fam. Come to find out it has some fun features that are quite entertaining!

Baby Project

We've been working on our baby room and we finally got it painted and cleaned! We don't really have much for the little guy yet, but we will eventually then it will be finished! Love the greeeeen.....

My working man! He didn't do the whole project,

he was just wearing the cool jumpsuit.

28 Weeks

So here I am at 28 weeks. They are just flyin' by!

more belly

Everyone wants to see my growing belly...so here's the latest. Me at 26 weeks.

Fall Folliage!

Matt and I went for a sunday walk at a nearby lake to see the fall leaves. Since it will probably be the last sunny, semi-warm day of the year....the sun doesn't shine much in Cleveland during the cold months.

Belly in da woods

Matt's friend Jon came to interview at Case and stayed with us. He had never been to any of the church sites and since Kirtland is so close we had to take him! It was a chilly day but we had a nice time.

The East

Here are some pictures of some of the fun things we've been

able to do over the last few months. We had a fun

summer camping in Ny and Canada. We've been lucky

enough to visit a lot of the church history sites too!

Kirtland! It's only like twenty minutes away, it's great!

Matt on his first day of school! haha how cute.

We've been able to go to a couple of Indians games too.
Neither of us are big baseball fans but the games are sure
fun togo to, we're trying to fit in with the locals.

We were able to catch the last night of the

Hill Chumorah Pageant. It was a lot of fun.

We hiked through this awesome gorge in upstate NY.

Palmyra, New York Temple.

This was at campsite in Ny in the finger lakes region.

The water was pretty cold, but it was a lot of fun!

This a highlight of our trip. Cave of the Winds, so much fun!

You can hike up practically underneath the falls, its so awesome!

Us at Niagara Falls, NY.