Baby Shower!

This past weekend Kelsey threw me a shower and she did an AWESOME job!  We had about 20 people come between work and Church.  We had lots of fun playing games, chatting and eating great food.  Thanks Kelsey for all of your hard work, everyone complemented on how great of a job you did.  Thanks also to everyone who came, Allie now has most everything she will need.

Also, one the way back from lunch Jackie and I took a detour and took a few snapshots of my prego-belly.  She did an awesome job even though my camera batteries died after about 5 pictures.  Thanks Jackie!

Now we are just waiting for little Allie to arrive, although Mike would prefer if she waited until his finals are done on Friday.  She is now getting to the point where I see/feel a foot protruding from my right side and up in the ribs, I think she need to come out soon.  Yea for Babies!

The Best Present for a Hubby's Birthday!

First off I would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best Guy in the world!  You are the best husband I could ask for!  

On that note, I got him the best thing for his birthday, the chance to change my flat tire on my way to Seminary this morning!  I left at my usual time (around 6:15) to go to Seminary this morning and noticed an odd sound as I was driving through the parking lot.  I got out to investigate and found that my back right tire was totally flat.  I found the closest parking spot and walked back to our apartment to find my freshly-showered Birthday Boy getting ready for the day.  "Guess what I got your for your Birthday?  A flat tire!"  I thought about changing it myself (I am quite capable), but then decided I would get in trouble if I tried by myself.  My job was to hold the flashlight while Mike changed out the tire to the spare.  

This whole process then made him late for the bus so I took him to school and ended up missing Seminary all together.  Thankfully, Pres. Davis was willing enough when I called him at 6:30 to look after my class for me.  

The good part of the story is that we had bought the road-care protection package on our tires and we got a brand-new tire for free!  Who knew those warrantees actually were useful!

Thanks again Mike for being such a good sport and changing the tire at 6:30 am!  I love you!

Great Minds Think Alike

For a good 6 months this picture has been the background on my computer.  I always said that I would marry a cowboy and this is about as close as I get!

Well, I randomly decided to change it to this picture as I was talking with a co-worker who is getting engaged and it made me all marriage-giddy.  Anyway, I was home the next day on Mike's computer and he had changed his background to the exact same picture.  Out of all the pictures we have, we both chose the exact same one and neither of us knew it.   I love it!  

Riverdance!

Last night Mike's Mom and I went to see Riverdance! It was such an awesome show and to top it off, we were on the very front row!  There was so much energy, amazing talent and great music.  Little Allie was dancing right along with them (goes along with my Mom's theory that somewhere in our heritage we have some Irish blood).  Being on the front row, we were able to take in their amazing footwork and appreciate how athletic they are.  I think it is amazing how they hold their upper bodies so straight and keep their mouths closed while performing such an amazing workout- their lungs have to be incredible!

It was an amazing experience and I would totally recommend anyone to go see them! 

This fiddle player was AMAZING!  He would look right out into the audience and have such fun facial expressions while playing this amazing song.  He even had the little sparkle in his eye that he just loved doing it.  

Baby Update!

Here we are at 34.5 weeks!  We had a check up on Tuesday and my belly was measuring in small (about 30 weeks).  We did an ultra-sound and she is just perfect!  She was measuring in at 4 lbs 11 oz and is right where she should be for 34 weeks.  No wonder I get heartburn so much, she must be standing straight up!  The Dr. was measuring her and then got down to the head and said, "Wow, she has a huge head!"  But, we Shaw children all had (and have) huge noggins so this was no surprise.  

Lately, she had been doing tricks like whenever I sit down, she also sits down on my bladder;  she is getting quite good at it now.  She also likes to kick her dad when he tries to listen to her heartbeat.  She is quite talented, that little one!

She also has a name now!  Through much collaboration, we have decided to name her.....

Allie Elizabeth Meldrum

*Subject to change :)