Baby Shower and Little Weave's nursery dilemma

Last week ended up being quite an eventful week! My Grandma was here from Ohio, Amber and Kristen threw me an incredible baby shower and I officially ruined my poor little one's nursery! (For now anyway!) Cute Kristen and I! 20 and 32 weeks... both baby boys!!

My belly looks like a cone!


My wonderful Oma! We decided to have the shower a little early so she could be here for it. I'm so glad we did! She made the most delicious dips and treats and was so much fun to just hang around with! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful grandma. A girl really couldn't ask for a more amazing grandma to share such wonderful times with!

Bird's the Word!! What an amazing sis! She drove all the way down from Provo just for the night to be at my shower! I am so lucky to have such an awesome sister! I can't wait for her kiddies to join the fam someday!

The lovely Melo ladies! Katie, Aydia, and Elle Melo were so nice to come party with us! I am so lucky to have the Melo's in my ward and my little bro is super lucky to have Katie's parents as his mission presidents in Korea! What a small world it is!

Amber was so nice to let us all invade her house!

Love these girls!

Kay Lynn and Amber Harper. Kay Lynn and I work together at the bank. She is one of my very favorite people!

All in all, my shower was the best! Thank you so much to Amber and Kristen for working so hard to put everything together! I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends that are willing to do such a nice thing for me! And... thank you so much to everyone that came to support me and little Weave! I am amazed everyday at how kind and generous people are and am so thankful to have so many wonderful people to share this new experience with!

The Nursery Dilemma

So... a few weeks ago I decided it was time to paint the baby's room. Feeling confident in my color choice, I waltzed down to Kwall and had them match the fabric swatch that I had taken from the bedding. After a brief little discussion, Chris and I had decided to paint the room a dark blue color to match the blue in the bedding. Easy enough, right?? Wrong!! After getting the paint home and slapping a little on the wall, I quickly realized that the fabric I had was quite deceiving. Outside of the room, it looks really green, which is how the paint looked, however; in the room the fabric looks completely blue and really nasty against my first paint choice. So, back to Kwall I ran to try something new. Once again, easier said than done. After about five trips back to Kwall I realized that I had a lose, lose situation on my hands and way too many gallons of paint so the only thing left to do was to try a whole wall with what I had and hope that it looked better than the little blob! Much to my suprise and delight, I actually liked the paint on the one wall and after much debate, I gave Chris the go ahead to paint the entire room. Oh, what was I thinking?!?! One wall of okay turned into a whole room of not so good! The color is way too teal and doesn't match but, what's done is done, so little Weave is just going to have to love his teal room and if any of you ever come to my house and happen to peak into the nursery, just pretend that it's really blue!
Of course Tobie and Reggie had to help dad paint! They were right under foot all day!

My babe was such a sweetheart to paint for me! When I told him I hated the color, he was a little bummed, but I think we'll be able to work with it once it's done and all the other things are in the room. Hopefully anyway!

Woo Hoo!!

I finally have my crib, stroller, and car seat! I ordered my crib a while ago and was just able to pick it up this weekend. It was so fun to finally get it home and try it out with the bedding that my SUPER STAR mom made this past week. It looks awesome! I can't wait to paint and put everything else together in the room.

As for my stroller and car seat... I found a sweet deal on a car seat from a guy in Salt Lake and just happened to catch a 50% off sale at USA Baby when we went to pick up my crib so I grabbed the matching stroller for way less than it normally is! Chris gave me a budget for the baby stuff when I found out I was pregnant and is now trying to renegotiate the number because I've been able to find such good deals! Boys really don't get it, do they?! You can't go back on your word when it comes to baby budgets!

So... now that most of the big stuff is out of the way, I can relax! Only nine weeks to go!

Happy Birthday to the sexiest man alive!!

26 years ago today, Christopher Rhys Weaver was born and I have been lucky enough to be able to spend ten of those years with him! It's hard to believe that we are this old already, but there is no one else that I would rather grow old with! I know I'm probably a bit biased, but let's be honest, I really do have the best man in the world and I love him more than anything! So, today, on this beautiful November 11th, I just want to wish my sweet love the happiest birthday ever. My life is blessed every day because I get to spend it with him!

3 Years

* This is a little long and personal, but I've never taken the time to write down some of my feelings about this and feel like now is as good of a time as ever and seeing as how I don't keep a journal, I figured this was the next best thing.

This year, as I make my way through this last week of October, I can't help but feel extremely grateful for where I am today. Three years ago this week, Chris and my mom accompanied me to my very first Chemotherapy treatment. It's hard to believe that it has already been three years because I remember that day so vividly. I think we all do! That first day of chemo marked the beginning of a very long seven months but was also the start of one of the most amazing learning experiences I have had in my short 25 years of life. To have the opportunity to struggle side by side with your spouse, even for a short time is something that I feel every couple needs to experience. I know it may sound strange that I feel that way, but I can honestly say that I needed to go through those things with Chris. While we were dating and when we first got married I always knew that I loved him more than anything, but my love for him now is greater than I ever could have imagined. I know that Heavenly Father has answered my prayers in more ways than I can understand at this point in my life and I am so grateful to have the chance to look back and reflect on those things.

These pictures were taken by the amazing Nick and Signe Adams. They are truly a wonderful couple who have an incredible gift for catching the most beautiful moments in life. Nick and Signe have captured moments in my life that are most precious to me and have provided me with images that I will cherish forever. To me, this picture truly explains it all. When I look at it, I am flooded with all of the emotions that I have felt over the last three years. While I was having treatments, I, for some reason decided that I didn't want to see myself looking sickly, so I refused to look at myself in the mirror without my wig on and I definitely did not let anyone take random pictures of me! It was kind of weird, I know, but it's just what I did. When I saw these pictures for the first time, I was sweetly surprised by how they made me feel. These are the only pictures I have with my bald head and for some reason, I wasn't in shock at all at seeing myself this way. It almost seemed natural to me. I can remember crying, but only because I was amazed at how beautiful Nick and Signe had made me feel. I love these pictures and will be forever grateful for the opportunity to be captured this way.

So this year, in addition to being incredibly grateful for my health, I am most especially grateful to be trading my round bald head for a round bald belly! Heavenly Father has blessed us with the most precious miracle and I am so thankful to have been given the opportunity to be a mother to a sweet little son!

The first four years!

It's hard to believe that I have been the wife of the most wonderful man for four years already! Although Chris and I have been through more in the last four years than most couples our age, I can honestly say that the road we have traveled together has been amazing. I consider myself lucky every day to wake up next to my sweet love with the knowledge that he will stand by my side through the thickest and thinnest of life's challenges! I have been so greatly blessed and can truly say that my husband makes my world a wonderful place!

October 16, 2004

Happily Ever After!

1st Anniversary


2nd Anniversary

3rd Anniversary

4th Anniversary

October 16, 2008

25 Weeks and a whooping 19 pounds!!

25 Weeks

When I went to my Dr. appointment last week, I had a feeling that I had gained a bunch of weight, but I wasn't exactly planning on seven pounds in four weeks! Ahh!! What can ya do though?!? Little Weave just can't seem to get enough of Arby's Beef and Cheddars, peanut butter and bananas, macaroni and cheese, and Apple Jacks cereal!

Quilts and Bedding

I just wanted to post really quickly about a few random things. The first item of business is my need to brag about my mom. My mom is the best! I know every girl has the best mom in the whole world, but my mom definitely takes the cake! She has been my saving grace for most of my life and never fails to amaze me! One of the best parts about being pregnant has been sharing it with my mom. Before I even found out I was pregnant, I used to think up ways to tell her when I was because I just knew how excited she would be. And... when the time came, she did not disappoint! The moment she realized what was happening, was a brief moment in my life that I will never forget! I have had so much fun shopping and planning for this little guy and none of it would have been as fun with out my mom! This picture below is just one of the many blankets that she has made for her first grand baby. The picture really does not do it justice because it is absolutely adorable, but it's all I have. I can't wait to wrap little weave up in it when he's a little older and tell him just how much his grammy loves him!

Next item of business... bedding fabric. Once again, mom to the rescue with this one! I started looking at fabric for the crib bedding awhile back and was convinced that I wasn't going to find anything that I liked here in ol' STG, but it actually only took one trip to JoAnns with my mom and we had it all picked out! Again, the picture is a little off, but that's the gist of it. I hope it turns out cute! I would like to say that I will be doing the majority of the work for this project, but let's be honest, I can't sew a straight line to save my life! I will most likely be supervising while my poor mom slaves away! Maybe someday I'll get the hang of sewing!