Life in Davenport

This is just going to be a random post. Collin and I went to a hockey game in March with our neighbors Dawn and Bryan. We had a lot of fun at our first ever hockey game. And to be able to go with our awesome neighbors made it even better! They're moving in just a few weeks and we are super bummed and not excited at all! They are our best friends out here and we think of them as family so we are definitely going to miss them, but we don't think or talk about it!

I am now 26 weeks pregnant and it's feeling like this little boy is running out of room. I know I still have 3 months so he's not totally out of room yet, but I feel him stick different parts of his body out so he must be getting somewhat cramped in there! It's a lot of fun to feel him all the time! There's been a few times when I've been able to tell that what I'm feeling is his foot or leg or little hand. I told Collin I think last night that I am so excited to be able to kiss those little feet of his! He's definitely a growing boy! We had an appointment a week and a half ago and things were looking just as they should so we're happy about that! Everyone's been asking what I've been craving but before now I haven't really been able to tell them anything other than sugar. Well the past few weeks I've been wanting fresh pineapple like crazy! Thankfully the pineapples I've bought have been VERY good!!! My hips are feeling tons better! I'm so glad I get to go to the chiropractor every week to be adjusted! It definitely helps. I'm feeling great and when I look in the mirror I'm surprised to see my belly as big as it is, just because I feel great and nothing really hurts other than my feet when I stand for a long time. I know I'm not huge, but I just don't feel as big as I look.

I finished the baby quilt I've been working on! The back was a little hard to sew since it was the super soft fabric with the dots on, I don't remember what it's called. But it was stretchy so hard to work with, at least for me. But once I realized I just needed to use more pins it made things much easier! I'm super happy with how it turned out. I'm excited to now take it to UT to tie with my mom and sisters! I've always loved tying quilts with them and it's been awhile since I have done it, so it'll be fun to do it with them again!

Collin has finals all this week and he's doing amazingly well! His 2 tests on Friday he got 100 and 102 on!! He has 2 today and tomorrow and then 1 on Wed and Thurs. I am SO ready for him to be done! Everyone says this is the hardest trimester at Palmer. He is studying all the time, especially the last few weeks! I'm so proud of him and the success he's had! So far the 2 classes he knows his final grades in are A's and his other classes he has an A before taking the final so he may get another 4.0! He has worked extremely hard this trimester and totally deserves that 4.0.

Lastly, for weeks Collin's been so excited for my birthday and has been saying "it's almost your birthday" pretty much everyday. Well today is my birthday and I think he's more excited than I am. He already gave me my presents, which he did a GREAT job with! He got me a piano book with hymn arrangements, Iron-Man 2, and a Phoenix Suns license plate cover! I love hymn arrangements and I'm super excited to get to play these new ones! Iron-Man is my favorite super hero and somehow we have 1 and 3, but not 2. Collin said we might even get to have an Iron Man marathon when finals are done! And I used to have a Phoenix Suns license plate cover but it definitely got smashed in our wreck. Collin was nice enough to get me a new one and put it on our Corolla, even though he isn't a Suns fan.

Hockey game

Here's my no-makeup and hair not done self

26 Weeks and once again surprising myself at how big I am since I don't feel that big! But I LOVE seeing that belly and knowing there's a little baby in there!

Here's the quilt I finished! I LOVE it!

Ward 5K

At the end of May our ward had a 5K/1 mile fun run or walk. We showed up not knowing which one we were going to do but I was leaning towards the 1 mile and were obviously going to walk instead of run. We go on walks frequently, but I just was not sure about a 5K. Well we decided to do the 5K and if we (more like I) needed to turn around earlier and not finish it then we'd just do that. When it started and we saw the half mile mark we were saying to each other how short that was and that a 5K should be easy! It's probably what we normally do anyway. Even when we got to the halfway point for the 5K we were thinking it wasn't bad. There was a set of sister missionaries there with some cold water that was SO good! The last half was definitely a lot harder, especially the last 1/2 mile, but we finished it in a little over an hour! The path we went on was BEAUTIFUL! It's a paved bike path that runs through all of Davenport. We'd never been there before but decided we needed to go there again! This was our first 5K individually and as a family. It was a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful!!! It was overcast and pretty cool for the most part. It wasn't until the last about 15 min that the sun came out and started warming up. We had a good turnout from our ward! It was fun watching the kids run and try to win. Afterwards there was a small breakfast with muffins and fruit for everyone! We had a great time and it felt so good to know we could at least walk a 5K and was pretty close to what we do normally anyway.

Collin with his upside down race #

I think Collin said it was cotton on the sides of the path but it looked like snow!