.::38 Weeks & Retaining Water::.

How far along? 38 Weeks

Total weight gain: 28 lbs.

Stretch marks? Yes

Sleep: ... 

Best moment this week: Being with family in Utah, doctors appointment

Miss Anything? The usual...sleep, sleeping on my belly, energy, sleep
Movement: Apparently she is suppose to start slowing down....she hasn't :) And I think she likes hitting my hip bone and throwing me off when I am walking!
Food cravings: Carbs & sugar....yayy!
Symptoms: Sore hips & shoulders from sleeping on my side all night and sometimes she sits on my sciatic nerve so I will have a dead leg. Oh and I am retaining water now...yayy!
Labor Signs: A few contractions here and there but nothing to think that I will have this child anytime soon.
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Meeting our baby girl in a couple weeks! Eek!! :-)

Sunday nap time with my kitty, Buddy, and Makenna

The Wall-olympics! I sat with tthis sweet girl to give her mama a break!

We celebrated 4 years of marriage on August 2nd! I had to work until 5:30 so we went to dinner after at Red Lobster and did the 'four course meal' since it seemed appropriate and then since there is nothing to do in Grand Junction but see a movie, go hiking, or play mini golf, we chose mini golf. I told Blake too bad we didn't go golfing cause then we could hit the ball and yell "four" haha, I thought it was clever! We are starting this year of marriage off with a lot of exciting things! :-)

A bowl of yummy ice cream! I had to work from 7-5:30 p.m. and then had a Stats final at 6 one night...I was so tired after and indulged on some of this yumminess!

Breakfast at One Man Band with some besties. I didn't eat all of this food, I just wanted to taste all of it :-)

We said goodbye to our besties the Quist's since they are moving to Virginia this weekend. We really stink at taking pics but I hurried and snapped this pic before our card game was over. We are so excited for them and the law school journey they are about to embark on. Love you guys! We'll see ya at Christmas!!

.::22 Weeks & Baby Essentials::.

How far along? 22 weeks 6 days
Maternity clothes? Nope
Stretch marks? Not yet
Sleep: Still a bad sleeper
Best moment this week: Hearing her heartbeat at my doctors appointment and Blake can sometimes feel her kick! :o)
Miss Anything? Sleep & only working 40 hours a week... :(
Movement? Her kicks are getting stronger! She loves to really kick when I am working out!
Food cravings: Chocolate milk...yumm!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet? Yes
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Our vacation in May to California, and for Blake's semester to be over!

We were able to go back to Utah over Easter weekend! I am so glad we did! We haven't had Easter with our families in 4 years so it was fun! I was able to go see my friends new baby and catch up with some friends at lunch and Blake loved playing tennis with family and eating at buffets haha. Baby K got our usual share of Easter baskets this year with clothes and a baby swing. She's already getting spoiled and she has 18 weeks left in the womb.

 This isn't one of her Easter gifts but something I ordered through a friend! Now Baby K will be ready to cheer on the Cougs with her daddy!! Blake loves it!!

I have started my baby registry and boy can it be overwhelming! I have no idea whats best for what and if something I get is just a total waste of money because it isn't essential. So I am calling out to all mothers who had there favorite baby item that they couldn't live without and that I shouldn't live without. Because I have no clue what I am doing! :) Also, I decided to stalk up on baby diapers...so I don't run out one day and be in a complete panic with a baby who just had a blow out. I am wondering how long everyone elses babies stayed in Newborn, Size 1 & 2 diapers...so that info. will help also! :))

.::And so it starts...::.

Basketball season is in full swing! And I am so excited!

This year should be really fun!

We got to spend the weekend down in St. George where the guys went 1-1.

They lost to Seattle Pacific who beat Div. 1 Arizona (ranked 16th) and who are ranked 20...something in Div. 2. That game was great and we were winning the whole time until the last couple minutes. I am sure the guys will see them again in tournament.

This is us with Copper. My brother gave him to his girlfriend for her birthday earlier that week.

He is so cute!

Both of our families got to come down and watch the games.

It was great to see them and spend some time together.

So excited for the rest of this week! Thanksgiving (yum), Mesa's Thanksgiving basketball tournament this weekend, and my birthday!

Hope everyone has a great holiday!

.:: Fall Festivites....Thus Far::.

We have been so busy between all our different responsibilities but at least we are having some fun when we have time!

 Fruita Fall Festival...

Not the best picture but it was the only one we took. 

My sisters came to visit over General Conference weekend. We had fun doing crafts, eating yummy food, watching/listing to conference, playing Just Dance, and going to Bananas.

 We went back to Utah one weekend & got to watch our nephew Barrett play football! Blake has been waiting for this moment since Barrett was like one. They are so much alike it's crazy. Anyways it was a lot of fun and it was the first of many football games to come...

 Workin' the 'stache!

 Preparing for Halloween...haha

 Chocolate & caramel covered pretzels with Heath bar...yumm!

 Pumpkin carving

Our pumpkins...mine is on the top right (ghost) & Blake's is in the middle (CMU)

Hope everyone has a fun Halloween!!

.::Cook Islands 2011::.

The best kept secret in the South Pacific!

Kia Orana!!

We had so much fun in the Cook Islands! That place is so beautiful!

We were there for two weeks and did so much and I

can't possibly blog it so I hurried and threw these pictures together

for everyone's entertainment!

Mind you we took about 1800 while there!

Enjoy!! =)

.::Carni Folk::.

I am not a big fan of carnivals. They are too crowded and it always smells terrible. However, I was in Utah for a few days to officially change my last name to Francom (Hooray La-Shana...it's only been 3 years!) My little brother and sister and cousin wanted to go to the Art City Days carnival and Keila and I were the chaperones for this event. We didn't plan on going on any rides but the kids talked us into it.

This is Keila and me just seconds before our cart flipped on the Zipper and my purse knocked us in the face multiple times.

Nice!

We only rode two rides and the was enough for us.

I guess the McDonalds before hand was a bad idea...

.::We Love::.

Eating s'mores....yummm!!

Mini golfing with friends...and then acting like pirates...arrrh!
And Angie wearing Blake's hoodie that is 5x too big for her 'cause she's tiny!

And finally, our cute nieces and nephews...

What an update right?

.::Family Time In Utah::.

We're very fortunate to live so much closer to family. Granted we still have to drive 3 1/2 hours to see them but it's a lot better then buying plane tickets. We wanted to just hang out with family this time we were home and we had so much fun.

We took pictures for Mother's Day and I think they turned out pretty cute. I know I am posting the pics a day early but my mom happened to find them early so that went right out the window. However, I think they turned out pretty cute.

All of the kids..

Me & my sisters <3

The boys..

On Saturday, our nephew Hank had a gymnastics thing so we went to support. It really was a bunch of kids showing how they can do cart wheels, jump on trampolines, and cute stuff like that. After we went out to eat with some people from both sides of the family.
After dinner we went over to Mark & Rachel's to play games and our 5 YEAR OLD neice, Charlotte, made us chocolate muffins all by herself...like everything by herself..pretty impressive if you ask me. Oh and they were delicious.

The baker doing her thang..on a foot stool of course.

Just before they went in the oven...

On Sunday we celebrated my dad's birthday with Cafe Rio pork burritos/tacos that my mama made...seriously the closest thing to actually Cafe Rio..and I made my dad a Laker's cake and cupcakes.

After we played some Bocce ball and then we left to Blakes parent's house where we celebrated our neice Hallie's birthday with cake and ice cream and played games.

.::Conference Weekend::.

I finally had a couple days off in a row for us to go back to Utah to visit family & friends.

We had such a good time and wish we could see the people we love the most more often!

On Friday we had lunch with Colton and Angie before an appointment I had in SLC.

That night we had dinner with some of our best friends and played games and caught up with life. Sadly, Blake and I sucked at the game and ended up having to get Frosty's and fries for everyone.

But they were oooh so good!!

Saturday we watched conference and watched this little guy for a couple hours!

My side of the family is not around babies very often so my family was stoked to have him at the house and the kids mauled him and wanted all his attention!

 Trying to get the dogs attention

 Playing with Hunter

 ...so cute!!

After babysitting duty we went to lunch with Kyle and his kids and my brother and then the guys went to the priesthood session while I went to visit another friend and see the house they were building.

I can't wait until we move into a house!!

Sunday morning we went to my uncle's in Orem to watch the morning session of conference and have breakfast/brunch. My grandparents are done serving their mission in SLC and they were heading back to the Cook Islands that afternoon.

It was fun to get together and see my aunts, uncles,and cousins and eat yummy food!

Later we had Sunday dinner at Blake's parents house with some of the fam!

It was fun to see everyone and catch up!

 Blake reading Are You My Mother? for the 3rd time!

We had to document this because out of all our nieces and nephews Lydia won't let us hold her or anything. And for some reason she gave in and wanted Blake to read to her.

 Dorine & Lydia

 Playing with Grandpa

Putting a huge scoop of ice cream in her mouth!

We love our family & friends and we were so happy to see them!

We're crossing our fingers that we'll make it back to Utah for Easter!