Being Pregnant

I have been pregnant for 9 months. Baby girl, please come out and play!
I feel great right now. My feet are looking and feeling normal, and my back does not feel like it'd be better if I broke it in half.
In all honesty, it hadn't been that bad for months! I was just, well, bigger, and trying to keep up with all the supplements, the ounces of water I am supposed to drink (but can never quite finish), and the big no-no rules. But lately it's been uncomfortable and painful-- so I take my good moments and relish them.
Thankfully I've had many good moments. Q and I have been spending a lot of time together. It's really been great, doing so much cooking, shopping, and working on baby projects together. We've also been going out a lot. Even if we just go out to Mass Street to walk around (trying to keep fit) and have some coffee and dessert (okay, maybe not that fit). Being out and about together is just... wonderful. We walk, we talk, we hold hands. We say stupid stuff and laugh like no one's ever thought of this or that pun. We discuss "serious" things, wondering what it'll be like to be parents, trying to figure out problems we don't yet have... lol. We enjoy the weather, the view, the fun and different people walking by us (it was zombies last time we were on Mass St, complete with makeup, calls for "brains," and that weird walk). We clean and disinfect (and yet I wonder if our place is clean enough every day!). We read and read to baby.
Being pregnant has been pretty awesome. I know in twenty years I will think back to these times in my life and wish I could go back. Yes, everything is up in the air. And yes, our finances could be better. But things are so simple and wonderful right now. We are in love, we are happy, we are learning, and experiencing, and growing.
Baby girl, I pray that you will be as lucky as your mom has been. At church during communion the other day, I was asking God to please take care of you, especially when I am no longer there to do it -when you are older and on your own and I have to let you live your life the way you choose. Today I ask Him to give you happiness like mine. I hope you will find someone like your Dad is to me, someone who loves you and takes care of you, and makes life seem like every single little thing in the world is full of beauty and wonder.

Baby Shower Invitation. Idea #3

okay no se porque sale tan enorme, pero esta es mi idea favorita. I think it's self explanatory. Basicamente es punching, cutting and gluing. Es mas trabajo, claro. Pero no estan hermosos?
Tambien hay un video de una sen~ora k les puso googley eyes y se ven bien chulos!!
Aki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUjrnwZ88vk&feature=related
(no lo veas todo pork todo lo k hace es ensen~ar los owls ya terminados)

Si kieres ver "how they put them together" Aki hay otro video k dice paso por paso como los hacen. Esta largo pero si necesitas instrucciones pues esta muuuy bien explicado:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sPaMSZjZ0&feature=related



Para este proyecto tienes k comprar el puncher especial. Cuesta cas 20 dolares. El asunto es k si tienes tiempo de esperarme a k llegue el mio, yo definitivamente voy a comprarlo. Si tienes tiempo de k lo compre, yo puedo hacer punch todas las partes y mandartelas por correo (pero se va a tardar como 3 semanas en llegar a partir de cuando me digas k si). Puedes hacer click en la siguiente foto para ir al website donde lo venden:

Baby Shower Invitation. Idea #2

La idea de esta tarjeta me llego cuando vi el cuadro de little owls (cuadro en el extremo superiosr izquierdo). De hecho son dos ideas.
La primera idea es seguir las instrucciones originales, k basicamente es punching owl shaped owls out of other cute invitations (if you, like me have lots of saved up cards and stuff) or craft paper with pretty patterns. Luego pegas los owls en hileras. Se ven bonitos. Haz click en la siguiente foto para ver las instrucciones:


Claro k este proyecto usa mariposas, pero pues compras un hole puncher con shape de owl y listo :)

Aki hay uno en $9:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=owl+punch&biw=1252&bih=561&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=7078029795928561852&sa=X&ei=ljTyTdzjHcK_gQe3zr3ACw&ved=0CEAQ8gIwAA



La segunda idea con el puncher, es comprar tarjetas en blanco (sin dibujos ni nada de eso) pero de color, y hacerles punch (en el frente de la tarjeta) para k kede solo el hoyo en forma de owl (como en la foto de arriba). Luego le puedes poner el owl adentro, pero de otro color o en papel con pattern bonito, justo en el lugar como para ke se vea cuando la tarjeta esta cerrada (me explico?). La mayoria de las tarjetas son "imprimibles" osea, puedes meterlas a la impresora e imprimirles la informacion ("Come celebrate with us" por ej. y la fecha y el lugar y todo eso) para k no tengas k escribir una por una.