Halloween! Hockey and week 24

Another weekend has come and gone.  They seem to fly by these days.  Having been out of the town the past three weekends in a row it was fantastic to be home!  We definitely stayed busy though.  The snow squalls of last week motivated me to get ready for winter.  Cut the grass one last time, put the patio furniture in the shed and started the never ending battle of raking leaves. 

Outside of yard work there was lots of hockey played this weekend.  Brendan and I played a drop-in on Saturday that was lots of fun.  Team Sole Tattoo moved to 2-0-1 in our league game tonight.  The drop-in maybe wasn't the best idea, I was worthless tonight.  Worthless or not, its good to be playing competitively again.  I had somehow forgotten how much I loved playing.

The Whites hosted a Halloween party at their place Saturday night, so we got dressed up and headed up.  Neither of us had planned on dressing up so our costumes were pretty last minute.  I found a mullet and put on my puma track suit.  Lexi found costume bits and went as Wonderwoman.  We played some darts, and had a few beverages (Lexi had Shirley Temples).  It was a great time.

We've reached 6 months!  Still completely amazed that there is a human being inside that will be here in 4 short months.  He is moving around a lot and getting stronger every day.  I was sitting on the couch with my hands on my stomach and my hand actually moved when he kicked!

Still feeling really great.  Unfortunately no great stories about cravings or hormonal rages.  Bending over is getting harder, sleeping is starting to be a little more uncomfortable and I've been getting a little bit of a delayed indigestion/heartburn thing but in general I'm still feeling pretty normal. 

After multiple online orders and returns I've finally acquired 2 pairs of maternity jeans that actually fit decent and are long enough.  Not a huge fan of the full spandex belly panel but I'll get used to it.  I had a Motherhood Maternity coupon so I went on a bit of a shopping spree at the outlets in Park City this weekend.  I got some basics that I hope will get me through February.  I've never been a leggings/skinny jeans kind of girl but desperate times call for desperate measures :)  I guess I've been really surprised to find how small of a selection is out there for maternity clothes.  Most stores don't have an in store selection and if they do it's extremely small.  Online is great but things don't fit the same so it gets expensive and annoying to ship things back.  Considering how many babies are born every day and how many women are pregnant at any given time I kind of thought there would be more affordable options.

Anywho...Mayhem's room is coming along nicely.  The curtains arrived and I finally got around to covering a lamp shade with some fabric I'd found and I'm loving how the yellow and grey are looking.  I used spray adhesive and a glue gun which were new adventures for me but the lamp turned out great.  Up next...a staple gun :)

Till next week!
Love,
Andy, Lexi and Mayhem
 

MN weekend and week 23

We had a very busy but very fun weekend!!  Andy was asked to be a groomsman in Jake Girtz's wedding.  Andy has known Jake since high school and we saw Jake and his now wife Christa often when we lived in MN.  Jake was also a groomsman at our wedding in Mexico.  We were so excited to be a part of their wedding!  Of course we had to take advantage of our weekend home so we tried to fit as much in and see as many people as possible. 

At the Girtz wedding reception.  23 weeks

I was also fortunate enough to have my first baby shower the morning of the wedding.  My sisters Greta and Gabrielle threw me a fabulous shower!  Thank you to everyone that could make it.  It was great to chat with everyone.  Mayhem is already very loved and VERY spoiled :)  I am loving the daily packages on the front step!

I'm a shower newbie so we just have candid photos.  This is the best bump picture I have for week 23...

Just a taste of our weekend schedule.  Landed at MSP at 9pm on Thursday.  Grandma and Grandpa were taking care of Owen and Avery so we had an early wakeup call and cuddles from them, drove down to St. Peter to have lunch with my parents.  Drove back up to Blaine for the rehearsal and dinner.  Another early morning on Saturday with my shower from 9-noon in St. Paul and then the wedding at 2pm in Blaine.  We stayed over after the reception and then met Greta, Nate and Gabrielle for lunch in Minneapolis on Sunday, stopped over at Tom and Emmy's in Savage for a visit and then back to Rosemount for an early dinner before a 7pm flight back to SLC.  Whew!  Like I said, very busy but very fun :)

Not too much new in the baby world.  Mayhem is moving a bunch and I'm getting bigger.  Definitely gaining some more weight a little quicker than the first 20 weeks.  I'm still in my regular pants with a little help from a jimmy rigged hair elastic.  I tried the belly band for awhile but wasn't a big fan and haven't found any maternity pants that I like or that fit.  A shopping trip is in the works for this weekend.  Got the yellow curtains for the baby room and they look great! (Pictures next week) Gabrielle got all crafty and made some artwork for Mayhem which will look so perfect.  You can kind of see it in the shower pic.  We've got a Halloween party on Saturday and I'm having some people over to decorate sugar cookies on Sunday so another busy weekend. 

Till next week!
Love,
Lexi and Andy

Weeks 21, 22 and Great American Beer Festival

It's been a busy couple weeks and I've been a slacker with the posts...sorry!  I've been doing some crafting for the little guy, painted his room not once, but twice, Andy went to Moab to mountain bike 2 weekends ago and we drove to Fort Collins this past weekend to visit friends and go to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

I now realize that I've been only making bibs for older babies and toddlers.  I found this cute pattern and went a little crazy while Andy was in Moab :) 



I cut up a bath towel for the back and velcro for the neck



I also got super motivated and painted the baby room while Andy was in Moab.  He's so lucky I like to paint :)  I was going for grey but didn't want it to be too dark since it's a very small room.  It turned out barely off white with a hint of pastel blue.  Not a bad color but definitely not the goal.  So I repainted Monday night since Andy is in St. George for work.  Apparently I can't just relax when he's gone.  The 2nd color looks much better.  It's a bit dark and depending on the light it can look a little blue or green but I love it.  Andy hasn't seen it yet so hopefully he likes it too. 

This past weekend we made the drive to CO to visit our friends Matt and Cassie.  Andy and I worked with Matt at Mayo and they moved to CO about a year before our move to UT.  We usually get together every 6 months and always have a great time!  I think we'd been talking about going to the Great American Beer Festival for about 3 years and we were able to get tickets this year.  I wasn't going to let this whole pregnancy thing stand in the way!  I got a cheaper non-drinking ticket and let everyone else have fun for me.  They had a great designated driver section with snacks and root beer which definitely helped.  Amazing how many breweries and beers there are throughout the country.  Definitely going to have to go back and enjoy next year!

Week 22 with Matt and Cassie at the Beer Fest!

Just a couple more days and we're flying back to MN for a wedding and my first baby shower!  So excited to see all our family and friends!  I feel like I've kind of exploded in the last couple days and don't know how much longer I can wear my normal pants with the belly band so I'm sure everyone will be happy to see that :)  Almost to 23 weeks so I suppose it was bound to happen soon. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Love,
Lexi