Christmas pictures

Here's HOPEFULLY the last pregnancy pictures for this baby! I'm 38 weeks along now, and I keep getting bigger. I have given up on trying to wear my own shirts, and have officially taken over Bear's selection. When I looked at this picture after Bear took it, I realized that I am literally HUGE! I know I'm getting big, but I don't really see myself like that until I look at a picture.

Here's our attempt at a family picture. My dog is a spaz, so it didn't really turn out as well as we had hoped. This was the best out of 5 or 6 tries, so we finally gave up.

We just decided to take a picture without the dog. It's probably the last picture of us until Tyler comes!

Merry Christmas everyone! In the next few weeks (hopefully days), we'll have a beautiful baby boy in our home to help up celebrate the Christmas holiday! Stay tuned for pictures and info on him when he arrives!

Finishing the nursery!

Finally, after mostly dismantling the crib, they finally got it in the bedroom. Then they had to bring all the pieces into the bedroom and put it back together.

I worked most of the day getting the rest of the room ready, so the crib was the last part. I really wanted Tyler to have a nursery, but it just isn't in the picture for our family right now. So, instead, he gets a corner of our bedroom. But I wanted to do the best I could to make it as "nursery" as possible. So here's the finished product! Well, almost finished. We're going to get some letters and spell Tyler's name on the wall, and of course, we have to add Tyler to the picture!! :) I'm so excited to have his room all ready for him to come home!

Moving the crib

Well, we finally attempted to get the crib moved into the bedroom. I thought that by taking it half apart, they'd be able to wedge it down the hallway. (We have this weird angular hallway/mixture of corners) So the boys took one side off and the matress springs.

Then they tried to fit it down the hallway.

Then it got stuck! Sooo... in the middle of the hallway, another side had to come off!

To be continued...

The final look

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And here's the finished product! Thank you everyone for all of your generosity! Richard and Jessica bought us the crib, Jamie gave us the crib mattress, my Grandma bought the crib sheet, and my Mom made the crib blanket! We chose not to have a "crib set", because I couldn't find a dinosaur one that wasn't freakishly creepy. :) Instead, we got the things we needed for the crib and pieced them together. I'm so excited! Now we just have to figure out how to get this into the bedroom... hmmm... that's an adventure for another day! :)

And that... is our latest adventures!!

Putting the crib together

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Last night, after Bear got home from work, we were able to put together Tyler's crib. We've been meaning to do it for quite awhile now, and just haven't. So last night, we pulled out the box and got started. Daisy wanted to help, and we tried to let her be involved, but it ended up being more of a circus trying to put together a crib around a curious dog. Haha!

The holidays are here!

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We're seeing the doctor every week now for my pregnancy. Tyler is still in the breech position, making a natural delivery almost impossible. At our 36 week appointment, the doctor told us she was going to go ahead and schedule a c-section for me. I was devestated. I really, really wanted to deliver naturally, and go through the whole "labor and delivery" process. I had a really hard day trying to come to terms with the change of plans. I kept reminding myself that it's the best option for Tyler. He's healthy and happy, just in the wrong position. It's best for him to be delivered by c-section, instead of risking his health to deliver normally.

It was a rough few days, but I have finally come to accept the c-section, and we're moving on with plans. I re-packed the hospital bag to take into account that we'll be staying at the hospital for a few more days. I'm trying to get our holiday thing together so I won't have to worry about it during those first weeks of recovery and new-mommy-ing.

Last night, I decided that Bear deserves at least one batch of homemade sugar cookies this holiday. So... off my 9 month pregnant self went to make cookies. Let me tell you... using a rolling pin is a whole new experience at 9 months pregnant! :) It was definately messy, but a few hours later, I had a double batch of sugar cookies made and cooling for when Bear got home from work.



This is what happens to your shirt when you're THAT pregnant and trying to make cookies. I had a huge flour spot on the front of my shirt. And this was AFTER I tried to dust it off! :)

We were also able to put our Christmas tree up last week. I know it's pretty early, but with the possibility that Tyler could come any day now, we wanted to be ready for Christmas. We even went and picked out a Christmas ornament this year. It's two snowmen holding a baby snowmen, and it says "Proud New Parents", with our names and the date.

To be continued...

Updates

I know I've been a little slack in updating this, so I'm gonna do a little catching up.

My two sister-in-laws threw me a baby shower on the Saturday before Halloween. One of the women from my ward helped, and we had a great turn-out. A bunch of people from my ward, and some friends from work came, and we had a great time! I am so grateful they put it together for me!

Halloween was an awesome event in the Perkins house! I made homemade pumpkin pies, and we got together with Bear's brothers and their families. We barbequed, carved pumpkins, and then the kids got to go trick-or-treating. When dinner was over, the Bear and his brothers took one of the jack-o-lanterns and cut the bottom off. They then proceeded to wear said pumpkin on their heads. But... it gets better. Out came the Sterno gel, and the pumpkin was covered, and then lit on fire!

This was after the fire went out, and Bear was sitting on his motorcycle. The neighborhood kids loved it! Everyone was stopping to take pictures as they were trick-or-treating.

This is me at 34 weeks, right before Halloween.

This is me at 35.5 weeks, on November 9th. It was really early in the morning, and we were waiting for Richard and Jessica to come pick us up so we could go to the temple.

That morning, we were able to go to the temple for Richard and Jessica. They were able to recieve their endowments, and then be sealed together. It was an awesome experience to be their escorts, and be there with them as they got to go through the temple for the first time. Being pregnant in the temple was so incredible. Tyler kicked and squirmed through the whole endowment session, and then calmed down just as the sealing was starting. I have no doubt that he knew where we were, and was excited about it.

More to come...