Baby Bump Update

This little man is definitely growing. Matt and I don't notice the change so much each day, but looking back my belly definitely is getting larger!

Supposedly the size of a head of cauliflower, our baby boy is definitely active. We love sitting and watching my stomach move as baby shifts, punches, and kicks :)

Left = 23 weeks; Right = 27 weeks

Humorous Love

Normally I don't post about the awesome dates we get to go on each week, but this one made us laugh pretty good, so I thought I would share (hopefully it's not just an inside-joke kind of thing).

Once a month I get to do the honors of asking Matt on a hott date and planning the whole excursion. I asked him via text (I know, lame - phone calls are always better), and began planning the date. For some reason that day we were pretty busy around the house and with me working, so I just planned a simple out-to-eat dinner we could take to-go and then eat at a park (with some tea candles for when it got darker).

The work of the day took much longer than planned, however, and I found myself showering and getting ready for the date around 6:30 pm. All the while, I kept telling Matt I had a hott date with a handsome man and I couldn't tell him who it was. We played on the you're-going-on-a-date-with-someone-else?-I-am-so-offended thing the whole time we were getting ready for our "respective" date(s).

Then as time drew near for our date to start (sadly, much later than I had planned), I snuck out of the apartment and rang the doorbell so I could pick up my date. :) While pretending this was a first date, I brought up the menu and we called-in an order to be picked up.

As it was later than originally planned, we felt it might be a bit unsafe to picnic at an unknown park, so I took him back to "my" place for a candle-lit dinner (gasp! so scandelous! haha).

Not quite as fancy as this - but similar

The date was super simple, but so hilarious in the role plays before and during the date :) My husband is THE best and can make any date a blast :)

It's a Cabin Love

Another celebration worth mentioning - our One-Year Anniversary! :) We decided to spend the weekend in a cabin up in northern Arkansas (by Bull Shoals Lake/Mountain Home).

The beautiful flowers Matt made me :D

So handsome! Oh, and a turtle-friend too!

Matt loves skipping rocks!

We ended up finding out later (once we got there) that the area is not a tourist attraction by any means, but is instead almost entirely a quiet retirement area (haha - oops). We did have a quiet weekend together though :)

Outside the cabin

Matt's favorite = skipping large rocks that you can see sail under the water - pretty cool to watch actually.

Oh, and when we went into town, the humane society had an open house where they were showing a bunch of their dogs who needed homes. We totally fell in love with one named Monica - an 8-year-old mutt of sorts - who was quite well trained :) Too bad we couldn't take her :(

Temple Trip

We were lucky to have the opportunity to travel with the youth in the ward to the Memphis, TN temple on early Saturday morning! A small temple, but very beautiful - and I was grateful to have the chance to help out!

That says "Tennessee" by the way

A Birthday Party Worth Aging For

. . . If I do say so myself :)

The handsome man of the house had a birthday (shout "hooray!"). Since he's into game nights and such, my gift to him was a birthday party! I invited some friends from the ward over and we played a bunch of fun games - picture scavenger hunt, sucking skittles, double-sided coloring, and don't-say-it.

The sucking skittles game was the cutest with one couple's two daughters :)

Personally, I LOVED watching the double-sided coloring game :) Each partnership had two pictures to color and only one double-sided marker. Haha - so entertaining!