The latest

Jeff and I cut up about 30 to 40 t-shirts each back when we were leaving SVU, and I finally got around to making Jeff's t-shirt quilt this past month. I looked up ideas online, and then I kind of winged it... luckily this picture does not show too many of the imperfections! I must say, I am pleased with the finished product. The hard part now will be finding the motivation to make my quilt-- it requires a lot of crawling around on the floor to arrange pieces, and my big belly gives me a big back ache when I do too much of that these days!

Jeff with his prize

Some pregnancy cliches have completely passed me by and seem quite ridiculous, like "pickles and ice cream." However, there is one that is becoming alarmingly more real every day: I CAN'T MOVE! I can't bend over without some difficulty and a little groan on the side. I can't sit in any position comfortably for very long, and at the end of the day, I always need a back rub!!! I won't even start with how uncomfy sleeping is! I'm scared I'll start waddling any day now! haha, Hurry up, baby!

Today is Little J's 33 week mark, so we took pictures... Thank goodness there are only 7 weeks left (I'm hoping he comes sooner)!!! We can't wait to hold our little guy! (and I can't wait to be mobile again)

Spring Break!

Last week, (April 3-11) was Kyle's and Mel's spring break (my brother and sister). I drove up to Seattle (4 1/2 hrs) and Em and Steve flew out from MO. We had a great week of family fun-- we were only missing Brad (serving in Portugal), Jesse (working tax season in MO), and Jeff (taking classes in Walla Walla). The Brown home hasn't had that many girls in it in a LONG time, and it was great! We went shopping, watched movies, did crafts, cooked yummy food, went to yummy restaurants, played games, and enjoyed Steve's little vocabulary. We didn't really take a very balanced variety of pictures--poor Em, the most dedicated photographer, was hit with the dreaded morning sickness half way through the week. There are still plenty, though!

Mom made us refreshing smoothies, and Steve loved them!

This is my new favorite picture of Steve

Kyle scored great Uncle points entertaining Steve during General Conference...

...and letting Steve play with his iPhone

Steve really stole the show-- he eventually was able to hit ping pong balls with the hockey stick instead of whacking his own ankles!

Aunt Mel and Aunt Shaina took Steve to the park one morning!

I tried helping Steve on this one, but my stomach was too big and we both couldn't fit behind the controllers, so Mel stepped in

Steve's puppy was never far from the action-- Em forgot it in MO and Steve's faithful aunt Cammie had to OVERNIGHT the beloved bedraggled pooch for him

weeee!

I couldn't really climb and slide with Steve, sadly, so I was photographer

Steve loves his Aunt Mel!

And of course, we had to do a craft... I finished Jeff's t-shirt quilt. It was quite bulky and hard to sew!

We camped out with our sewing machines in the kitchen

Mel worked on a quilt

I love my sisters!!!!