eight

last weekend brad and i celebrated eight years together... how time flies by! don't mind me in all my pregnant glory! it was brad's year to surprise me and he planned an amazing weekend. first i went to my class (way to kill every saturday this semester) then we went and dropped off reese with my parents. he took me to a new restaurant in salt lake called vinto. it was very trendy, kind of an organic italian place. then we went and checked into our room, at hotel montaco. i have always wanted to stay there! it was so chic, i really liked it, our room was cozy and had two tvs. we spent some time there and then headed off for another surprise. he took me to the desert star and we watched their new play hunk-cules. it was hilarious. we laughed a lot. at the end they do this thing where they ask about birthdays and anniversaries and all that stuff, so brad told them it was our 8th anniversary. well, they wanted us to get up and dance and i was like, i can't i am too big... (this place is crowded!) after the song was over the annoucer totally called me out on it! he went on for a few minutes and after that i kept getting so nervous that he would make me get up on stage... thank goodness he didn't, because i would have died! it was quite entertaining though. after the show we ran to the grocery store and bought some treats. we went back to our room and snacked and watched a movie. it was really nice to get away and just do something alone together.

tuesday was our actual anniversary so after work and shcool we decided to go to salt lake and eat at the macaroni grill. that tends to be our tradition and since we didn't go there on saturday we thought it would be nice. we brought reese with us. afterwards we took reese to temple square because he always asks if big buildings are temples, so we wanted him to see it. he was totally fascinated with all the water fountains and especially the reflection pool. he also petted some of the horses. when we got home and got reese to bed we read our ten things to one another. they have definitely evolved over the years. it used to be all lovey-dovey and now it has turned into more of a memory list. which is nice and sad at the same time. i love my anniversary more every year and i really love that we have made traditions that are special. brad is an amazing husband and father and i am grateful for him everyday.

32 weeks

well here i am in all my pregnant glory. 32 weeks. this pregnancy has gone by a lot faster and i like it that way. i just dropped off baby girls quilt to get quilted and then the nursery will be all but finished. just need to get a couple of things for the walls. then i think we are about done. we also scheduled me to be induced on November 11th (if she doesn't come before then).

boob man

so..... reese and i play this little game where i try and steal kisses from him and he in turn tries to lick my face. which i know sounds gross but he IS a little boy and boys are kind of gross...

anyway. he has been really into saying stuff when he is teasing like, "i'm gonna lick your pa-ants" and pretend to lick them...

anyway, onto the story. today we were in church and reese asked to sit on my lap in sacrament. he was facing me and we were kind of playing the stealing kisses game, and he was playing with my necklace. he tried to put it down my shirt and said,

"mama, i'm gonna lick your big boobs!" in a total teasing voice.

OH MY HELL...

i started to laugh so hard. i couldn't even stop and i had tears running down my face. brad was laughing too and so were the cute (childless) couple sitting behind us... and of course because i was laughing, reese kept saying it over and over! i had to get control in order for him to stop.... then i had to apologize to the people behind us, who in reply said, "we are sitting behind you every week from now on." good thing they thought it was hilarious too. i guess we know that reese will grow up to be a boob man....

reese also bore his testimony in sacrament for the first time. he begged me to take him up, so i did. his testimony went like this, "i'd like to bear my testimony. i am grateful for my family and for my grandma and grandpa. i am grateful for church, and nursery and my friends. and i say these things, in the name of jesus christ, amen." very cute.... i love my little boy.