January 30

There is not a single ounce of me that feels remotely attractive these last couple of months.

But at least my toes look cute. Al kicked me out of the house yesterday so I could get my traditional pre-baby pedicure. It was total heaven. The girl massaged my feet and legs for a good 30 minutes. I was hoping it was send me into labor but I felt great and pampered afterward!

January 29

Stinking adorable story from today. We had to get some groceries at the store. Carter brought some of his birthday money to buy his own gum. When we got to the checkout and he was picking out his gum the girls asked if they could have a piece of what he bought. He thought about it for a minute and decided he would purchase a pack for each of the girls. SO CUTE. He ended up spending $5 on 5 packs of gum (3 for him, 1 for each of the girls). We didn't even bring it up with him, he did it all on his own. Such a great big brother and generous heart!

January 28

Today Carter's friend Caleb came over for a play date. They holed up in Carter's room for about 3 hours playing Harry Potter Legos. They built the Whomping Willow and Harry's vault at Gringott's to add to Carter's rapidly expanding HP collection. I love seeing their creativity come out and love that they have the same interests.

January 27

I can't believe I allowed my picture to be taken 10 days before my due date! However, I wanted to remember our fun date tonight going to see Wicked. Allen bought me the tickets months ago for my birthday and we've been so excited waiting! We love this show and it definitely did not disappoint tonight. We went with our friends the Larsens and had a great time. I was a bit uncomfortable through the show because my OB had stripped my membranes at my appt. earlier in the day. I popped about 4 Tylenol which made my discomfort tolerable! So glad Allen was willing to see this show again - I love it and it was fun to have one last hurrah before we have the baby!

January 26

Tomorrow night is the ward Pinewood Derby. Carter is SO excited to participate this year. He and Allen worked for hours on his car, which they decorated like and named "Darth Vader." Tonight they had to go to the church to check in and weigh his car! We can't believe we have started down the Scouting path already!

January 25

Carter's reading group has been working hard for the past couple months to put a play together based on the book "The BFG" by Roald Dahl. Today was finally the big performance day for the parents to come and watch. Carter was the giant Bonecrusher in the play and did a great job. He had quite a few of his own lines but the funniest was watching him from the side saying almost everyone else's lines right along with them. We hadn't realized that he had basically memorized the entire play! He especially loved putting together his costume where he got to tear up and paint some old clothes!

January 24

I couldn't resist these huge Disney Princess pages at Target the other day. Addie begs to color or paint one daily. Her favorite princess is still Ariel and she spent a ton of time painting this picture today!