Oh what a trip

 So we went home to Utah for thanksgiving. We decided to leave Tuesday night after Jon was done with clinic and drive half way so we could have more time with family.

 Unfortunately the weather was not so good. Fortunately our friend from high school/dental school, Jimmy, was there to help Jon put on the chains. I really don't think I would have been much help.

 Luckily by the time we got on the road the weather was clear, but obviously it had been snowing a ton as you can tell by the build up on the side of the road.

 Oh and did I mention it was FREEZING! It was probably close to zero degrees and that is no exaggeration. Poor Jon on the ice road putting the chains on one side.....

 ...and Jimmy on the icey road putting chains on the other side. And yes, I sat in the car with the heater blasting watching them.....and snapping a few pics.

 We had to drive 40 mph through the whole Sierra Mountains. Wow...that took a long time. We finally stayed in Winnemucka for the night where it was -3 degrees. We ended up in the same motel as we did when we moved to San Francisco...."Winner's Motel" and let me tell you it's a reeeeaaal winner.  It was just as bad as we remembered it. Oh and of course someone had accidentally left the door open so it was also -3 degrees in our room! Don't worry I got us a five dollar discount for that.

 The next morning our big problem was that our windshield wiper fluid was frozen. Turns out they don't use a deicer in their fluid in San Francisco because of the pollution. At every gas stop the boys would pour hot water on the reservoir to melt it....but that thing was a solid ice block! Our next move was to buy some wiper fluid with deicer. When we got splatted by a passing truck one of us would reach out the window and pour some on the windshield. This turned out to be very cold, wet and messy, but it was better than not being able to see while driving.

 And then there was the Jimmy feet problem. He had cold toes. At one point I looked back and he had his fingers interlocked with his TOES. I believe the only time fingers and toes should be interlocked is right after a bath!

We finally made it to good old Provo safe and sound.

Still pregnant and sloppy

Baby bumper and skirt

 So this is the final product of the crib skirt and bumper that Jon and I made.

 I'm going to say that I'm pretty dang proud of myself for these bumpers. I just made up my own pattern and it was the first time I've done pipping. It actually turned out very nice. Obviously nothing perfect about them but I don't think our little girl will notice.  It will just bug me more than anything.

We are Dorks

I just realized how dorky Jon and I are after our Friday night date, which consisted of:

1. Going to a delicious Italian restaurant in West Portal (I think this was the only not dorky thing we did).

2. Going to Harry Potter on opening night surrounded by so many tweeners that the theater manager had to make a special in-person announcement that "texting during a movie is not allowed!"

3. Coming home at 9:30 pm and getting into bed (soooooo tired!)

4. Somehow getting into a wedgie war for half an hour until I started laughing like an old man, which turned into a coughing fit...

Anyway, wouldn't change that Friday night for anything.

Have I mentioned.....

Have I mentioned that I have the coolest husband ever? I've been very busy/stressed with getting baby and Christmas stuff ready. I had decided to sew a crib skirt and bumper because I couldn't find any that I liked. Finishing them has been on my to do list for a looooong time. The other Friday night, I was headed off to work and Jon told me not to worry he would sew the crib skirt for me so I'd have one less thing to worry about. I came home the next morning and he had finished it....and it's perfect! How rad is that! I'm so lucky to have such a great man/seamster in my life. I'll post some pictures of the final product once I'm done with the bumpers.

I forgot to mention the other cute thing he did. Jon had to go to a conference for his scholarship in Alabama last week. I woke up from my Sunday nap to the most delicious smell. He was cooking his Mom's white bean chilli! Oh man it was delicious. He made a huge pot of it, which I thought was kind of weird since obviously there are only two of us. Then he went on to explaine that he made extra so I would have a ready made meal I just needed to warm up while he was gone. How thoughtful is that! I think he got that from his Mom who makes his Dad meals and freezes them before she goes out of town, so he doesn't just eat pbj's and cereal...........which is probably what I would have done had Jon not made said chilli.

Haloweeeeeeeeeeeen

This is kind of a lame post, because we didn't take a lot of pictures, but......here we are. Can you guess what I was? For anyone who doesn't get it Bun in the oven and Jon is The Baker....he he he he he he. Jon made my oven costume and I sewed his GIGANTIC chef's hat. We wanted to dress as something a bit more subtle this year since last year when we walked into the party all the little kiddies started crying. Oh and I won funniest costume at our ward party!

If you don't remember here is what we were last year.