What a crazy 8 days! First, Salt Lake City to mingle with the Pace family at a Celebration Dinner and see the newlyweds get married. Then, a 6 hour road trip to Boise for a reception to dance the night away and eat cake :)
It was a BEAUTIFUL affair, both the wedding and the reception! The bride looked gorgeous and she is sweet as can be! (my girls think she is a real princess!), the flowers were soooo pretty; all the bright colors looked really gorgeous together, and the reception was just the cutest! From all the super delicious and PRETTY food, to the twinkling lights and all the rustic decor- it was just all so perfect. It was relaxing and my kids had so much fun dancing with the bride and with all their extended family and cousins. And *BONUS* not a single person told me I was huge! NO ONE! On the way to SLC, I had soooo many comments said about my size (the worst was "You're as big as a house!) and everyone thought they were so funny to warn me not to go into labor on the plane..... Not funny. But no one said anything while I was in Utah and Idaho. It felt great to bare my belly and let everyone touch it and tell me I looked great. Seriously! Out in NH all I get is criticism and I think this pregnancy has been the hardest for me, emotionally, because the jabs happen from strangers every single day! It's terrible! I wish I could go back to the West to be pregnant. At least out there people didn't make me feel SO big and ugly! UGH. Ok, pity party is over.... I just really miss the West. I LOVE Boise more than anything. I love Utah too. It's probably the most beautiful state in the Winter with all those ginormous mountains and it felt so good to just see so much beauty AND be with my family all at once!
Here's a bunch of pictures! They aren't in order, but to do that would take more time than I have :) So enjoy!
My parents lowered the hottub temperature for me while I was there so that I could soak a couple of times and they have a BIG bathtub in the guest room for me so I could take a nice, hot bath. The girls loved being at Papa and Ninny's and seeing all of their extended family. It warms my heart immensely to see them with our family. I have missed it so much!!
The flight home, alone with the girls, was NOT fun. They weren't too bad, but it was tough. Every time they dropped something, I had to get out of my seat and literally get on my hands and knees in the aisle of the plane to reach under the seat to pick up whatever was dropped (which seemed to be every 30 seconds)..... And also, unfortunately, the tray table wouldn't go down because my belly was too big :( And then, all the coats and bags were so annoying to carry throughout the airport. It seemed like every time we sat down and got settled, they immediately needed something and we had to pick up and go somewhere else (bathrooms anyone?!). It was a long day (but it wasn't the worst day) and now it's over and I'm home!
I got home extremely late on Tuesday night (after lots of prayers were said that we wouldn't have delays because of the storm that hit NH! I'm so thankful for those blessings!) and have been go-go-go since then. Yesterday I had back contractions on and off all day and I was a little worried, and today I woke up and my belly felt LOW. Sure enough, Sullivan dropped yesterday! So that's what the contractions were all about. I am in the toughest part of pregnancy now. He is SO low. Today at my appointment, my doctor felt my cervix and said "WHOA. There is a REALLY low baby in there." That's what all my doctors' have said though... so I'm used to this. It hurts. And that's nothing new for me either, but I forgot how badly it hurt :( My doctor told me to sit as much as possible for the next 2 weeks so that I don't start labor early, but I was on bedrest with both of my girls and they never came early. So I am not too worried about it this time around. I don't know, at this point, if he will make it to the 18th (which makes me sad) but my doctor definitely sad he will make it to February as long as I take it easy. So that's what I can try to do. The problem is, Shawn is going to be gone for the next 9 days, with only 1 day home during that time, so we will see how much the girls' let me just sit....doesn't seem probable. They are pretty needy! Oh well. We will make it happen! I know Sully will wait until February. He's too sweet to be too disobedient ;)
Real quick: I got to see one of my dearest friends, Kait West, for 3 hours when I was in SLC. We couldn't hang out for much longer because I only had 36 hours in SLC and she had to go to work. But we made the most of our "Mommy Date" and took the girls to the huge SLC Library to play while we chatted. We are only 10 days apart in our due dates so we had so much fun swapping stories and emotions :) She was my first friend in Bend at age 15 and now it's so fun to be pregnant with her! She's having a little girl so we want her and Sully to get married ;-)
But the wedding is over and now I can start checking off my "to-do's"! I have so much to do before Sully comes but I haven't started any projects because I had this wedding I needed to get though. Now I have, so here we go!
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| Mama did good! She fulfilled my popcorn craving! HAHA! |
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| 33 weeks on the left, 35 weeks on the right. Showing Sully's "drop". |
So much fun having you there for the wedding and having you here for the reception and a couple extra days afterwards. We always love having you! I read every single blog post, but don't always comment, but....I LOVE every single one!
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