Catch Up

It's been a while since I've written because things have been pretty busy. First, the weekend of October 17th was celebrate Melissa weekend, so of course it was great! On October 17th I had a fun baby shower (Thank you Megan, KrisAn, Mom, and Kelly for all your hard work!). We had great food, complete with two of my favorite treats, my mom's pumpkin bread and red velvet cup cakes! We played some pretty fun games, but my favorite was the diaper game. It's pretty gross, but still fun. There were 10 diapers passed around with different smashed, melted candy inside and we had to guess what it was. It's hilarious to watch people sticking their face into a dirty diaper. At least no on tasted it! My friend Megan took pictures of the shower, so you can see those on her blog here http://megananddan1.blogspot.com/2009/10/melissas-baby-shower.html

Anyway, later that night Adam and I celebrated my birthday, just the two of us. It was great to be able to go on a date again, especially since we haven't had time to in at least a month or two. We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and then out to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. And, in honor of my Autumn Project, we did have buy one get one free coupons, so that was super helpful! Then on Sunday Adam made me a birthday breakfast in bed and a great homemade dinner. We were actually able to relax and play games together, which was a nice change from the go, go, go we've been doing lately.

On Monday the 19th, my actual birthday, we went out to dinner with a few close friends to the Cheesecake Factory. Adam and I kind of have a love/hate relationship with the cheesecake factory. I love it, he hates it. I don't love their expensive prices, but almost every time I've gone there I've really enjoyed my food. Adam on the other hand, has never liked his food. I also love it because the portions are so big that Adam and I can share one meal and still come home with leftovers. Anyway, we got the avocado egg rolls for the first time (yummy), the Shepard's pie for dinner (that was pretty good, but not my favorite. Adam agreed), and of course, pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. The interesting thing is that I was actually underwhelmed with everything. Maybe it's because I'm cooking more, but I've noticed I don't enjoy going out to dinner as much. Ever since I started cooking dinner every night, I realized, I can cook a meal just as good if not better than what I get at a restaurant, and it's a whole lot cheaper when I do it! I can only imagine how my sister-in-law Dawn feels, since she's a real chef and probably can always cook a better meal than what she gets at a restaurant.

Anyway, since the "celebrate Melissa weekend" we've been busy preparing for our move. For those that don't know we're downsizing a bit (so we can afford for me to be a stay-at-home mom) and moving to South Jordan next weekend. Adam's been working hard every weekend and almost every night remodeling the place we're moving into (one of his parent's apartments) and I've been spending most days packing the house. I never realized how hard it is to pack while pregnant. The packing isn't the problem, it's moving the box after it's packed. Since I'm not supposed to lift much weight, it's really annoying to pack a box and then have to let it sit there until I can get someone else to move it for me, especially when compared to the weights I used to lift prior to pregnancy, it weighs practically nothing. A few times I broke the rules and moved boxes when I shouldn't have, but I paid for it later with pain and swelling. I'm just glad we're moving now before I get any further along and before the baby's born! With every week that goes by, it's getting harder and harder for me to bend down (due to my big belly) or to keep my arms above my head grabbing stuff (my hands and arms keep falling asleep), or just to have energy in general to constantly be moving. Plus, it'll be nice to get it over with before the holidays, especially since from that point it seems like it'll be a mad dash to my due date (which in my mind cannot come fast enough!).

So, now the house is 80% packed, the stuff we're getting rid of is 80% sold and gone, and the place we're moving into is 80% done. I just have to hope we can finish the other 20% in a week! And when it's all done, and we're moved and unpacked, I think I'm going to sleep for a week! I'm really looking forward to the day my energy comes back to me, though too many people laugh at me when I say that because theirs never really came back. So, if you have any spare energy, please, send it my way! I could really use it over the next couple of weeks!