Where is Baby?!

We have the coolest neighbors! We actually haven't seen them since we went over to visit during Christmas, so they just found out that we are pregnant. They have a little boy, Michael, who just turned two and is quite curious.

Jalene, Michael's mom, began to explain to him that I had a baby in my belly. Michael looked very confused. Jalene continued to explain the baby and then turned to me and said, "This is the first time that I have had this conversation with him. He's never seen anyone pregnant before." Jalene put her hand to my belly and said that Michael could touch the baby.

Michael slowly put his hand to my belly and then pulled it away, still staring at my stomach. After staring for a few moments he reached his hand to the bottom of my shirt with the attempt to lift it up and look for the baby underneath. I stopped him just before he lifted my shirt and started to laugh. He thought the baby was under my shirt! Little kids think so literally!

Kids "do" the darnedest things...

The beginning...

I did it again. I planted a garden. Only, this year I wasn't sure that it was really going to happen.

Last year I planted the first weekend in May. This year the first weekend in May we were still worrying about frost. Weird weather. We live in Idaho.

I began planting last Wednesday, May 19th. As I was tilling up the ground, I hit something with my shovel. Pulling the dirt away, I realized my problem...I HAD PUT A HOLE IN MY SPRINKLER PIPE!!!! GGRRRRRRR!

I was just about to give up on my garden...BUT I COULDN'T GIVE UP!

I planted all around where my hole was and left space to be able to fix it. I planted the tomatoes, green beans, onions, zucchini, cucumber, and pumpkin...and of course my flowers! I had to wait for my corn.

When Stephen got home, I told him of my problem. He got right on top of things and figured out how to fix it and then fixed it within a couple of days! My hubby is amazing. Even though Stephen fixed my hole so quickly, it took me another week and a half to plant the corn, on May 29th.

Here are the pictures of the final product...oh wait! I forgot the cool thing that Stephen did to my garden. This year he surrounded it with weather treated railroad ties. They look great and they will actually keep out the grass this year.

Reminiscing

Last Saturday we fed the missionaries. The weather that day was miserable. It was cloudy and gloomy and rainy all day.

Stephen and I decided that we should feed the elders breakfast for dinner. We made Belgium waffles and had strawberries and bananas and apples...as an aside my new favorite is waffles topped with strawberries and buttermilk syrup, yum!...

Anyway, watching them in our house soaking wet from walking in the rain made a whole bunch of memories surface.

I served a mission in Houston, TX. I have never been in so much rain in my life. I'm not kidding. The term, "raining cats and dogs" definitely applied in Texas. I remember riding my bike or walking in the rain numerous times.

Stephen and Shane kept telling the Elders that it went by really fast. One Elder had been out three months and the other had been out nine months...In the beginning of the mission it did not feel like it was going fast. Especially in those moments when you were soaking wet and you still had another four hours to work until dinner or the end of the day.

As I sat back and watched the interaction between the missionaries and the guys, I felt myself get pulled back to my recollections of the mission. It was hard. VERY hard, but I am so glad that I did it. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE! My testimony of Jesus Christ grew leaps and bounds and I was so grateful to have the opportunity to serve.

Maybe someday my little girl will get that opportunity.

P.S.

Did anyone else notice that my little baby countdown is down to double digits?

Why my hubby loves me...

This year was the first Mother's Day that I am officially a Mom. I know, she isn't necessarily born yet, BUT I have definite proof that our lives have already changed because of her. So does my body.

I woke up on Sunday morning and got in the shower. Stephen got up a little later and started to make us breakfast. When I got out of the shower, I walked into the kitchen to say good morning to Stephen. On our island was a wrapped present. Stephen saw me, smiled, and said, "I remembered that you are now a mom too."

I sat at the island and opened my present. As I opened it, and peeked I couldn't tell what it was. After ripping more paper, I saw that it was a baby girl's dress. I started to get all teary eyed. I hate crying, but it just came!

Stephen said, "I figured that I had a lifetime to get mother's day presents for you, so this year I got you something for our little girl. It's baby's first dress!"

I love you Stephen!!!

Pieces

When Stephen and I came home from church on Sunday, Stephen was feeling a little blah.

Because of his "aches" I got this statement from him...

"Kami, I think part of that baby is in my belly. Maybe when she comes out it's like a kit we have to put together!"

Lub my Hub

On Friday we had our date night. We went to Chili's and pigged out. I love going out with my hubby. I have fun with him.

After dinner we walked over to Cabellas because Stephen had a "surprise to show me". At Cabellas. Yeah I couldn't figure it out either.

After walking around Cabellas for ten minutes, Stephen finally found what he was looking for...his bottles. Stephen sells some containers to a customer who sells to Cabellas. I love it when he sees his products in the store. He is so proud! I feel like a mom who gets to put her kid's "A" paper on the fridge! I love my hub!

The Cabellas part of the story isn't the best part, however.

I'd been walking around in very uncomfortable shoes for way to long. My feet were killing me. Because my hubby loves me he carried me from Cabellas to the car. He got a lot of crazy looks from the men at Cabellas, BUT he loves me!