Halloween parties and 36 week check up

On Saturday, our ward had a Halloween party! Jordan was in charge of coordinating all the food and drinks for the party, which I was kind of excited to help with. They had decided on making 11 homemade apple pies and serving apple cider and hot chocolate with them. Luckily we weren't in charge of the apple pies, all we had to do was the drinks. I was thinking... "how hard can making 5 gallons of cider and 5 gallons of hot chocolate be?"

It ended up turning out great, but the process was definitely a challenge. By the end of the day my kitchen had turned into one big sticky, chocolate-y mess! We borrowed 4 crock pots to cook all of the apple cider and I have never seen our kitchen so full!!

After we got all the drinks ready, it was time to change into our costumes and head to the party. I searched and searched for a good costume this year since I was so big and pregnant, I wanted to take advantage of the belly! I don't know if the timing will ever work out like this again so I wanted to use my belly for part of the costume if I could :]

It ended up turning out so fun! Jordan was happy because he got to dress up like a golfer. I made a little outfit to look like golf green for me with a hole cut in the middle for my belly to look like a golf ball sticking through :] We got lots of compliments on our creativity and had a great time at the party!!

And to change the subject completely.... I went to the doctor today for my 36.5 week check up! Unfortunately the doctor had an emergency C section and I just saw the nurse. I found out that the doctor doesn't start checking to see if I'm progressing until I'm 38 weeks!! I am hoping at my next appointment since I will be like 37 and a half weeks, I will be able to just beg him to check me :]

Today I worked on packing my hospital bag and getting everything ready. I hope I have everything I need! I feel like I am prepared... but I guess we will find out here in a few weeks when the little man gets here :] We also installed the car seat today and it made us even more excited! It's crazy to think that we are going to be parents for the rest of our lives!! I can't wait to meet this little guy :]

Just one of those feel good days

I seriously LOVE days like today. I slept in with the hubbs (well slept in later than I normally do) and we had a relaxing morning together. I was able to do a deep clean to get ready for the baby to come. I haven't gone around with our vacuum and done the edges of the rooms since we moved in.... so it was definitely time for a major clean up.

I am obsessed with organizing, so while I was vacuuming and trying to move things around I started to organize our storage closet as well. I was able to pile everything in and make it look so much better than before! I don't know what it is about having a clean and organized house, but it makes me so happy :]

Jordan and I got a gorgeous mirror for our wedding that we have never used :[ so today I decided to change that. We have been super lazy with the decorations in our bedroom so I finally found the  motivation to put a few things on the walls. It just takes so much effort drilling through the cinderblock... I guess that's what we get for living in an 80 year old complex where Jordan was born...

After a productive morning, Jordan surprised me and took me to Rumbi Island Grill :] It's like our new favorite restaurant and we get buy one get one free coupons all the time! He is seriously the sweetest husband in the world and he even took a nap with me when we got home from lunch :]

I tried a new recipe tonight (chicken cheese soup) and it turned out good! Except for the fact that we had oodles and oodles left over... I called up a friend to see if she could use some and I'm so happy I did! Apparently she had been having a really rough day (she just had her second baby about a month ago) and she didn't know what she was going to do for dinner. I was so happy that someone would take some of the soup I had made and would enjoy it :] I don't know why I don't do things like that more often... It just gives me the best feeling inside knowing that I made someone else's day :]

I watched my friends baby tonight while they were at dinner and it made me even more excited for our little guy to get here!! Only 4 more weeks until my due date :] :] I seriously cannot believe how fast the time has gone by! Hopefully I will have many more of these productive days before the little man gets here so I will be ready for him when he comes :]

Birthday celebrations, baby showers and more!

The past month of October has been crazy busy for us here in Utah!! And just a heads up, this is going to be a monster post, since I haven't updated all month long! We have been visiting with family, preparing for baby to get here, and enjoying the amazing fall weather. The first weekend in October was General Conference and also my baby shower that the Lamprecht's threw for me. It was so fun having so much family in town!

On Friday my mom and sisters drove down for the shower, and Jordan's whole family came into town for the shower, general conference, and for his grandpa's 80th Birthday celebration. The shower that the girls threw for me was amazing and it was so much fun to get together with so many friends and family members and catch up. It was at a little dessert cafe called "The Chocolate" and it was seriously so cute!!

After the shower, we went to dinner for Linda's Birthday at Brick Oven :] Yumm! And while we were there, Danny and Kiley announced that they were having a little BOY! We couldn't be more excited for them! It will be fun that our little guy will have cousins close in age on both sides :]

The next day, we had an amazing time listening to General Conference and celebrating Elmer Lamprecht's 80th Birthday. All of the grandchildren were able to make it to the Birthday celebration except for 1 who is on a mission, so it was a great turn out! We went out for lunch together and then we gathered back at the hotel for a little Q&A about Grandpa's life. It was so fun to hear all his great stories and what his life was like growing up and meeting Bette Rae. 

We had such an amazing weekend with both of our families. Also, this month we were able to go and pick out our pumpkins! I called a few places because I wanted to go to an actual pumpkin patch where they are still connected to the vine and  you get to pick your own pumpkin from the field. Apparently the girl I talked to on the phone didn't understand what I meant when I said pumpkin patch, so we ended up going to a greenhouse place... but we still had lots of fun finding our pumpkins for the year!

We are so excited to carve our pumpkins and celebrate Halloween! Our first year of marriage we were pretty lame when it came to holidays, so we are trying to do better this year :] 

There are only 5 weeks left until my due date! Its crazy to think our little guy could be here in 35 days!! Well I guess he could be here a lot sooner than that, but he should be here by then :] I think we have everything ready for him and we are prepared! I guess we will find out what we are missing when he gets here haha. I just can't wait to be a mommy :]