LOVE

I'm in love...

My boys...

Daddy and Baby twinsies!
Bath time

Little lima bean!

Sweet Baby James

It's late and I can't get these in the right order, but oh well. Meet our little buddy, James! Right before we left for the induction- 41 weeks pregnant!

I have a little baby now!

We're still at the hospital until tomorrow morning and I don't have any pictures on my computer yet but I realized I could let it be known that my little buddy is here and is as beautiful and precious as ever! James Denver Wells was born last night, August 10th, at 8: 47 PM. He weighs 7lbs. 15 oz. and is 21 inches long (the exact size I predicted he would be like 2 months ago!). He is the sweetest and most precious human mankind has ever known. I plan to post pictures and maybe some videos tomorrow when we get home.

baby shower, beach days, baby buddy boy

My mom and sisters threw me a lovely baby shower a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun to see my friends, sisters, aunts, cousins and a bunch of the ladies from my family's ward that I haven't seen in a while. They gave us such adorable little outfits and blankets, and I feel like I got the perfect amount of everything that I'll need in the very beginning. That nesting instinct finally kicked in right after I had my shower! I didn't really care too much about making his bedroom all cute and it seemed more stressful than anything to get the storage room cleared out to become his room, but as soon as I got all these outfits and his bedding, I couldn't wait to get it all ready! Well after a few days of clearing things out and getting things washed, his room and his clothes are all pretty much ready. Now Matt and I go in there all the time and just sit and stare at the crib and all the teensy little socks and onesies and we just can't wait to see him!

Here are just a couple of pictures from the shower. Jessica (Pace Bowers) came down for the shower which I was so happy about! I have a picture of her from the shower but she thinks she looks AWFUL so I'll spare her and not post it. She so does NOT look awful though :)

Ivy and Violet came into town for a couple of days for the shower and one of the days we went to the beach. Violet is too cute!

And since summer time started, we've been getting visitors more often since we're so close to the beach. Baby Lainey a.k.a my mom's foster baby a.k.a. my second cousin a.k.a. my soon-to-be baby sister is one of our favorite visitors :) She's so freaking cute and lovable and she gives us a good baby fix when we're desperate. And of course, the baby belly shots. I'm about 37 1/2 weeks in these two pictures.

I hadn't ever taken a bare belly picture and thought it was about time. Sorry if this is more than you wanted to see :)And that's about it for now. We really want this baby boy to get out so we can hold him and kiss him and play with him! Through all my complaining about how uncomfortable I am and everything, I am really trying to enjoy these last few weeks, though. It's pretty nice going about my life so leisurely right now and I know that this last couple weeks of freedom is an ever fleeting luxury... but still, we can't wait!!! oh and Matt's good too :) Little Buddy and I just love him!

My Buddy...

So I went to the Doctor's yesterday for my 34 week appointment. The nurse weighed me and said I had lost a pound since my last visit, and the doctor said it looked like the baby was measuring a little small. She said it was pretty normal to be measuring a little small at this point (whatever that means), but to go ahead and schedule another ultrasound. She didn't act like it was a big deal so I wasn't too worried, and I was a little excited that we would get to have another ultrasound since our last one was in March. My ultrasound appointment was this morning, and Matt was able to come with me so that was good. I started to worry a little more and more before we went in, but, all is well! The doctor is still going to look at the pictures and measurements and call me to talk about it, but according to the sonographer, he's looking great! He weighs 5lbs. 12 oz!!! She said I'm carrying him well which is why I don't look so big. It was such a different experience seeing him this time because he's so much bigger than he was at the last ultrasound. We could only see one little part of him at a time. Oh and he has a little bit of hair! At one point she was focusing on his face and his eyes and mouth were closed, and then all of a sudden he opened his mouth all wide- it was so cute! She was focusing on his feet at one point while his was jabbing me in the ribs. She pointed to the screen and was like "so that's where he's kicking you". I was just thinking, "really.. that's where he's kicking me? I wasn't aware.." Anyway, it was really cute. Oh and "he's still a boy" said the sonographer. It was pretty obvious :) Well I don't have a scanner but as soon as I can get the pictures scanned I'll put some of them up. He's so cute and I can't stop smiling! I'm so happy he's big and healthy and I can't wait till he comes out. Just about 5 weeks to go!

Just for fun, here's a fuzzy picture I took of myself right at 34 weeks.

I'm starving!

Just about 2 and a half hours ago I was wiping clean a big plate that had been loaded with a pecan brownie covered in ice cream, whipped cream, and hot fudge, which came immediately after I demolished a giant steak dinner.. Yet, I feel like I could eat that entire meal all over again, right now! I'm just so freaking hungry. All the time. By the way, this was the fourth steak I've ever ordered from a restaurant, and the first one was only about 4 months ago. I've got a sneaking suspicion about who's behind all these meat cravings...

He's just so naughty :) Here we are at 31 weeks.

Graduation

Sunday the 24th was my graduation from San Diego State University. I graduated with a B.S. in Child and Family Development. I loved my major and I got to know some really great friends and teachers, but I'm not sad that it's over! My last semester was ridiculously hard and I'm so happy to take a break. I've got 10 weeks till Little Buddy comes and all I'm going to do between now and then is go on walks, read books (for fun!), take naps, watch movies, and slowly organize my apartment. It's a dream come true!

I can't believe I met Matt at the beginning of my second semester! He's been with me since my freshman year (and has financed my education since my sophomore year)!
Thanks mom and dad for pretty much completely paying for my school until Matt came along and took over :) It was such a load off of my shoulders to have my family always taking care of me!
It was so nice of my family to come sit through the most boring graduation ever. I didn't even invite anyone else because I didn't want people to feel obligated to come. So take it as a compliment that I didn't invite you :)

It's all over. I never have to go to school or write another dreadful paper again. I can hardly conceptualize that right now, but it still feels pretty good!

Surprise!

My 3 best gals from school surprised me today with a mini baby shower! We met at P.F. Changs for a "goodbye lunch" for one of the girls, Melissa, whose moving a few days after graduation.. 'Twas not so. They all got there before me and were sneaky, so when we got to our table it was all decorated and there were presents and flowers and an ice cream cake. They all just turned and said "Surprise!" It was so sweet and thoughtful and they gave me such cute little outfits and blankets for the baby.

Surprise!

Tiana, Melissa, and Amanda: such sweet women


The ice cream cake melted.. but was still so gooood.

Amanda, Melissa, and Tiana: the 3 best things about this last year of school and probably the only 3 reasons I'm sad to see it end!

And now an excerpt from "Hop on Pop"...

"Where is Brown? There is Brown! Mr. Brown is out of town.

Back Black. Brown came back. Brown came back with Mr. Black.

Snack Snack. Eat a snack. Eat a snack with Brown and Black."

-Dr. Seuss

One of Matt's favorite things to do lately is read to our little buddy. This evening's reading, with these and more deep thoughts by Dr. Seuss, proved to be especially entertaining for us all. If you haven't read Hop on Pop lately, you should check it out.