35 WEEKS and LOTS TO UPDATE!!!!!

I finally spent some time tonight and downloaded a bunch of pictures from our Canon camera, along with our small Olympus camera that i carry in my purse when i don't want to carry the large Canon camera. Therefore i feel like I have LOTS to update on.

Here's where we are at as far as updates...
1) Asa's haircut
2) 33 35 week progress
3) Carolyn's Wedding
4) State Fair
5) New Car
6) Anniversary Weekend

A few weeks ago we took Asa to get his 1st haircut. We felt that his hair was looking a little hockey hair/mullet like.

Before Picture: (Taken while we were waiting for his haircut appointment)

After:

He did a really good job getting the cut! He was a little questionable about the process at first, however after eating some graham crackers and mom and dad blowing some bubbles his curiosity left him and he stopped paying attention to the lady cutting his hair, and more attention to us trying to entertain him.

This picture was taken on Monday, August 30th when i thought i was only 33 (almost 34 weeks along). I look a little crazy eyed...i was really tired, and trying to look really awake which explains the crazy eyes :) We had our Dr appointment today August 31st, and the checkup was routine. We have a wedding we are supposed to attend in Granite Falls, MN, which is about 3 hours away where my grandma lives on the 25th of September. We asked doc if we would be able to travel that weekend to which he responded 'no problem!' When he measured me and i was measuring 36 cm, which i know i explained in a previous post, is normal because it is only 3 cm off. I brought up to him that i was measuring 33 cm two weeks ago when i was only 31 weeks. (2 cm off). I told Dr that i had mentioned two weeks ago to my nurse practitioner that i was concerned about measuring off, and also having my original due date set at Oct 4th (based on my last period) and Oct 8th based on the 1st ultrasound. He took a few minutes and looked at all of his notes and calculations, and told me he was setting a new official due date of October 7th! This is 1 week earlier then my old date. He also told us we couldn't go to the wedding :( Bittersweet, as we have the ALS walk for Adam's dad that same weekend, but had committed to going to the wedding first. This way we will not only be able to raise money for the walk, but also WALK. Well, not sure how much walking i will do at 39 weeks. I might just be sitting at the start and then finish line (which are the same place basically) cheering the group on! So, although the picture above says 33 weeks, i am actually 35.

August 21st we had my dear friend Carolyn's wedding. What a FUN day we had. Adams mom agreed to watch Asa for the wedding. Here we are when we dropped him off at her house.

We had such a fun time! Here is a picture of me with a bunch of girls that i went to Bethel with :)

4 of the girls in this picture are pregnant! One with TWINS!!! Of the 5 babies in tummies, 3 of them are baby girls!

This picture for some reason wouldn't rotate for me, but this is my girl Carolyn! MARRIED!!!! Ahhh!

Last Friday, August 27th, Adam and i went to the State Fair. For those of you who don't know, Adam and I had our first date at the state fair 6 years ago! We had so much fun and ate SO much. I blame the 4 lbs i gained the last two weeks on the food i ate at the fair. We were there for 6 hours, and i think i was sitting every 15 minutes, we even found a nice grassy patch by the grandstand where i was able to stretch out in the grass and lay. We let Asa run a bit and Adam chased him so i could rest. That's a lot of sitting. Almost every time that we sat, we had some kind of food in our hands. This means a lot of eating took place. Here is a list of what i remember eating: corn dog, turkey leg, quesadilla, cinnamon rolls x2 on separate occasions, cheese curds, m&m shake, snow cone, and i think that is all. Also, an amazing part of the trip is that even though we were there for 6 hours, i didn't pee the entire time! I know! I don't get it either because i must have drank 4 bottles minimum of water. By the end of the day Asa was beat, but was such a trooper the whole time we were there!

Asa saw 5 day old piglets!

YUMMY turkey leg!

During our anniversary weekend August 27th, we purchased a NEW CAR!!! We decided to go with an SUV, although it was a tough choice between the SUV and Minivan. By tough i mean, it was tough to convince Adam to choose the SUV. After test driving, research, phone calls, and lots of negotiating, we bought a Chevy Traverse. WE LOVE IT! We dropped it off yesterday for them to put in a sunroof, DVD player and tow package. Adam is going to pick it up tomorrow morning. The below picture is NOT a good picture because it was taken in the garage, but i will try to post better pictures soon.

Then Saturday, August 28th we celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary. (3 days after our anniversary). We went and stayed at the same hotel we stayed at when we were married and went to dinner at the Dancing Ganesha.

We had such a good time. We even ordered breakfast in bed and had a late checkout on Sunday! I was able to keep Adam in bed until about 12:30 pm! That NEVER happens when we have Asa. We got up at about 10 and walked across the street to Caribou, and then came back to the room and crawled back into bed. Dinner was awesome, and just having time alone with Adam was awesome. My parents took Asa for the night, and we LOVED how they sent us pictures of him throughout the night with updates. We missed the little monkey, but i guarantee he probably had more fun with them then he has most nights with us!  The next morning they dropped him off at our house and they had a present for us from Asa :) I know cute huh?

When he stayed with them they made a foot print and framed it for us!

And...they took his hand prints and made the card for the gift with them. We hung the card on his bedroom door.

I would have NEVER thought of this! How creative!! We LOVE IT!!!

So, that is a LOT of updating, but it needed to be done! We are SO blessed, and so thankful for all that has happened this summer! I think both Adam and i cannot wait for the weather to cool down a bit, and for the mosquitoes to GO AWAY! I feel like they have been just HORRIBLE this last week!

xxoo