A Day at the Idaho Falls Zoo!!!

One of my friends from the ward had a season pass 

from the zoo and she invited a few of us to get in for free. 

Of course Gabe and I took the opportunity. We are suckers 

for any zoo, even the smallest of zoos. I would almost say 

that we were more excited for the zoo than the kids were:)

Gabe is so excited to be a dad. He and this little boy Sabastian 

were the only boys on this outing, so they had fun walking through 

the zoo together. He is so cute with the kids!!!

Elizabeth, Me, Cori, Rebecca, and Ali

We had a really fun day together at the zoo. Sometimes if

 just feels good to get out of the house and do something different. 

Gabe is a real champ to want to hang out with a bunch of girls:)

Gabe and I in front of the Lions cage!

Me and a couple of my girlfriends riding the tiger...

Rebecca, me, and Cori

We Love the Tigers, even the toy ones:)

Snow lepard

Such a kid:) 

Gabe with Sabastian at the petting zoo. 

He's going to make such a cute dad!

This is a baby camel in the middle. I have never seen a baby 

one before, it was really fun to see.

This tortoise is 75 years old and weighs about 700 lbs. They usually

live to be about 150 years old. Their spine is connected directly to

shell making it more sensitive. So when the zoo keeper would rub 

her hand down the shell the tortoise would stand up. Then when 

she would stop he would lay back down. They were so big that they 

looked totally fake 

This was an albino ferret. It was kind of creepy actually 

because its eyes were completely red.

We had a really great day today. It was nice to spend a beautiful day outside with my husband and my friends. It was a good thing that this was such a small zoo, I just don't have the same energy level that I had 29 weeks ago, we made it through in an hour and a half. Record Time!!!

 

28 Weeks!!!!

Another couple weeks have gone by and I am getting bigger and bigger. I have hit my 20 pound mark. That was sure fun to hear. But I feel really great, and the baby is doing good. She is now about 2.5 pounds, and crown to rump is about 10 inches and total length is 15.75 inches. She is really starting to get big and I can feel her move more and more every week, and those movements are getting stronger. That is probably the best part of this pregnancy is feeling her move. 

Gabe is also very excited to become a dad and I think it becomes more real for him as he can really start to feel her move. He loves to talk to my stomach, and most of the time he is talking to her about me. It can be pretty funny. 

So here is my updated picture for those who would like to see the progress of my growing stomach!!!

Baby Quilt

For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on a quilt for our little baby girl. I am finally done with the front side...YEAH!!! It has its fair share of mistakes, which the perfectionist in me is not very happy about them, but I still like it and I am just proud of myself for sewing anything. Anyway, here it is!!!

Next week I will start quilting a pattern on the back, similar to the flowers and circles in the middle. Wish Me LUCK!!!

26 Weeks!!!!

Here is a picture of me at 22 weeks!

Right now I am over halfway done and next week starts the beginning of my 3rd trimester. I can't believe how fast the time is going. It is so fun because I am really starting to feel her to move more and kick harder, and I LOVE IT!!! I am just so excited for her to come. But like I said before, I am going to enjoy my time and my sleep while I have it, but we are both very excited for our little girl to come. So here is a picture of the size of my belly!!! 

Currently our little girl is about 9 1/4 in. long and she is about 2 lbs. We don't have a name for her yet because there are just too many to pick from. But we do have a lengthy list. 

I have been trying to stay busy this summer so I am making her a baby blanket and also a book of my pregnancy with her. In it I have pictures of her ultrasounds and of me at different stages. I also wrote how I was feeling physically throughout, as well as her stages of growth each month and sometimes each week. I think it will be fun because those are things that are hard to remember later on in life. I have plenty of things to get done before she comes in September.