Not the best picture, but I think it gets the bump across.

Total Weight Gain: 20 lbs. 

Maternity Clothes- Yes and No. I bought some Citizen maternity jeans and some leggings, but i still can wear my yoga pants (because they are low). I swear my normal sweaters and sweatshirts, but i have to wear pregnancy tanktops. 

Stretch Marks: Sadly yes, but it could be worse.

Sleep: Not bad, sleeping on my side makes my back hurt, no matter what side I lay on. So i usually wake up because my back hurts.

Best moment of Last Week: Eric poking the baby and the baby kicking him back. It was a funny little game they played. Oh, and going to church functions and seeing other women that are due in 3 or 4 months larger then me. None of them believe I am due in a month! It makes me super happy :)

Food Cravings?: Still just Milk

Labor Signs: Nope. I still haven't had any Braxton- Hicks either.

Belly Button: Very much an innie.

Looking Forward To: Not being pregnant? Can I say that this early? I have a baby shower next week, and then the Notre Dame Football game the week after. So I am super excited about that!

I think that covers most questions people have. The nursery is almost done- other then final decorations, but we decided not to do anything else until after the Baby Shower, that way we will know for sure what we still need.

In other news- Eric has finished his applications to Stanford and Harvard! He is working on University of Washington, and then will be done with this round of MBA applications. We now just have to wait till December to find out if and where he gets accepted. Fingers crossed!

So I have a confession. I have a great fear of craving food I dont like. Like Pickles. Everyone always jokes that you crave pickles, and it was a fear for me because I HATE pickles. I also dont crave Ice Cream. Like I said, I dont crave anything.

Well- that's what I thought until this morning. Eric and I usually go through 1 gallon of milk A WEEK. yep... its only Tuesday, we got this gallon of milk on Saturday. It is completely gone. I apparently have a new addiction to Milk. Guess I will be going to the grocery store today.

I haven't taken many pictures of my bump, and I wont apologize for it. I haven't wanted pictures because i didn't feel like i really had a bump to talk about until now. Until now, I haven't thought it was a bump to talk about it. Which I have been SUPER grateful for! There are women in my ward that are due after me, that look so much further along then me! So i am super grateful for my little bump. So even though having a long torso meant not being able to wear certain outfits or swimsuits, it has meant that I have a lot of room to hide the baby!

Baby Dolder is about 16 inches long, and weighs about 3.5 pounds. At least that is what the internet tells me.  When the nursery is compleletly finished I will take pictures. Right now, it is missing the final touches, like a lamp, pictures for the walls, our giraffe vinyl for the wall. So as soon as it is done I will post!

Saturday was the Elders Quorum activity. We went to one of our bishopric members house and had a party. Since we have a SUPER young ward, it was basically a ward party since everyone is in Elders Quorum. They are die hard BYU fans... can you tell?

They are known in their city as the house with the Y on it. What a project!

I made my favorite Chocolate Cheesecake for our contribution to the dinner. It was gone in less then 5 minutes. :) 

So every year they also burn a U. Since this dinner was the same day as the BYU v Utah game, they had it all ready.

And this is the U on fire. Sadly BYU lost. We went one of the guys Eric works with houses to watch the game, there were about 10 of us there. All BYU fans, so it was a sad day for everyone. The conclusion in the end, was the game couldn't be played on Sunday. The last play ended at 11:59 PM MST.  That then meant it was 1 AM our time. It was a super late night, but had a lot of fun!

 

After the wedding my sweet little sister threw me a baby shower. She did a Fabulous job as you can see from the pictures below. The theme was little man, so she found these fabulous little mustaches! THANK YOU HAYLIE!

This little baby is totally spoiled! I got home from my 3 week vacation :) and unpacked everything we got. When Eric left to go back to work so he could go on a trip, i packed 2 large boxes for him to take on the plane, since I already had checked luggage. Those 2 boxes were completely full! So I unpacked them yesterday and organized everything. I sure hope this baby stays in 3-6 for a long time, because that is basically the only size we got. And the clothes are so cute! So hopefully he gets to wear them. He also got a TON of shoes. All are really cute, but my favorite are the Red Toms Haylie got him, and the Uggs that Suzie and Melissa got him :) Eric and my brother Andrew dont think boys need Uggs, but just wait till they see him in these, they will feel different.

The next day we went to Pottery Barn Kids and ordered the entire Nursery. We got the crib and glider on Friday, but are still waiting for the mattress and bedding and such. So as soon as I get those items, I will post pictures.  Officially in my 3rd Trimester, and both Eric and I are getting super excited. Especially since the room is coming together!

Love ya!

I totally forgot to mention how smart my husband is! He is applying to MBA schools for next year so has been studying for his GMAT. He took it in July, and while were in Dallas he got his Official results.

For some background, the GMAT is out of a score of 800. The average that someone gets on the GMAT is 570. That being said, Eric got a 770! Which is in the 99th percentile. We stared at the score for a long time, since Eric was only hoping for a 700, to get into the University of Washington. But after finding out his score we started talking and he is also applying to Harvard and Stanford.  Both are the #1 MBA schools in the nation. I will keep you posted on where we will end up living next fall!

Eric counted how many airports he has been to in the last 10 days.... yes it was 10. Poor guy. After Going to Grandma Dolders Funeral in Utah, we flew back to Madison, WI and woke up Sunday to drive to Nauvoo to get my little brother and his friend Alex. They were staying with us for a few days, so I took them to Eric's work, which is always impressive and then we went to the water parks. Since I couldn't go on any of the rides, they left me by the wave pool. Eric left on Monday so he wasn't able to keep me company. Andrew and Alex left on Wednesday and Eric came back Thursday.

Friday we flew to DALLAS for my brother Donalds wedding!! We got in Friday night, just in time for Eric and I to join the bachelor/bachelor parties. Saturday was the wedding at 10am so we got up early and got all dressed up to head out. The ceremony was so sweet, and the cute old man sealing them kept crying. It was cute! Now Dallas is HOT. So luckily the temple had a HUGE waiting room, cause Donald and Emma took FOREVER to get ready. We took the typical wedding shots at the temple and then went to the Luncheon at BRIO. If you have the opportunity to go to Brio, take it. It was to die for! My parents have good taste in food :) After the luncheon we had time to kill, so we all went back to the hotel and crashed. The Reception was at a beautiful golf course and when we got there Donald and Emma were out on the course taking pictures. I cant wait to see their photos because I am more then positive they are going to be gorgeous!

At the Reception the best man and maid of Honor had to toast the bride and groom. My little brother Andrew was the Best Man. He was so nervous but did a great job!


Emma's mom had made the cake and the grooms cake. It was AMAZING!! During the Reception the groomsmen got a little crazy and decorated the get away car... it wasn't the get away car in the end once the bride found out what happened :)

Sunday we slept in... yay! And then headed over to Emmas house for Lunch and to open presents. Then we headed back to the hotel so we could pack and get ready to leave on Monday. Sunday was a ruff night for dinner. No one could decide what to have, and we kept getting lost. The entire freeway system in Dallas is under construction and Google Maps didn't have new routes due to exits being closed. Looking back it was really funny, but in the moment it was super frustrating.

Monday we headed to SEATTLE!! Seattle will be a different post, since we have a Baby Shower and an Open House.

Last Saturday Eric's Grandma passed away from cancer. She had been struggling with it for years, even though she never complained and you would never know that she was ill. We flew to Salt Lake on Tuesday to be with the family. We got there super late, I'm talking like 1 in the morning on Wednesday. So we were super tired Wednesday when we woke up. We haven't been back to Utah since we moved last April, and it was a bitter sweet trip. We loved being there and seeing our family, but hated the reason for it.

Thursday we had an open house, so Thursday morning we went to the mortuary to get Grandma ready. It was a sweet experience to be getting Grandma dressed in her temple dress. The room that we were just felt like Grandma and had the sweetest spirit. You could tell Grandma was there, and that she was so happy! Thursday night was the open house, and there were so many people there they had to open a larger room for us!

Friday was the Funeral and I had been asked to sing. I have never sung at a Funeral, let a lone the funeral of someone I loved! So i was super nervous I was going to cry the entire song. After many prayers I made it through the song with only a shaky voice. Not my best performance, but I think Grandma will understand.

We had to leave on Saturday because we had to drive to Nauvoo on Sunday to pick up my little brother. Grandpa was so cute when we left, he kept saying WE are so glad you came, come visit anytime WE will make room. I loved how the entire trip it was always about WE. Even though Grandma was gone, it was always our house, our car, let us know if WE can help out.

On the flight home I told Eric it doesn't feel like Grandma is gone, that she is still at the house, and as soon as we walk in, we will see her in the kitchen asking us if there is anything she can make us.  She was possibly one of the best grandmas ever, she was always making you food, never ever getting mad, standing up for her children and grandchildren like a mother bear, and loved everyone she met. I cant wait until I get to see her again.

My mom has decided that we are going to start a new family tradition, every year all the girls will get together and do something fun! This year we went to Scottsdale, AZ. It was very hot, but luckily it was a dry heat, unlike here in Madison, that is a HUMID heat and it sucks.

We all flew out on Wednesday to meet at the airport. My flight had to be the 2nd worst flight I have ever been on. (The first was when I had an emergency landing in Minnesota due the windshield on the plane cracked. It was 8 hours long!) This flight was only 4 hours, but due to turbulence the fasten seat belt light was on the entire time. Which meant- I couldn't go to the bathroom. For 2 hours I had to go SO bad, and the flight attendants were cruel, and just kept asking if we wanted water! Ahhh finally I was off the plane and with my Mom, Haylie and Emma, my future sister-in-law. 

Daily routine was laying by the pool- reading books, magazines and floating in the water. Then we would head to the Mall. On one of our shopping trips I got an entire new maternity wardrobe! I got a maternity swimsuit, (apparently my swimsuits werent cutting it), skirts, jeans, shirts, bras. I had been so against getting any pregnancy clothes, because I wasn't excited about the belly band- I already get hot, without adding another piece of fabric on my stomach. It is still hot, but not having a stomach ache by the end of the day because my pants were to tight is a great feeling.

I loved having Emma on the trip, because since Eric and I are no longer in Utah we dont get to see her and Donald very much, and I wanted to get to know her more. Donald and Emma get married on August 4th in Dallas and there will be no time to spend time with her then. Emma is one of the cutest people, and so easy to get along with! I am super excited to have apart of our family and I think Donald couldn't have picked a better wife!

I am super excited for next years trip! I dont know where we will go, but I am counting down already.