World Traveler, Baby Prep, and the Big Move!

Stephen has been on a couple of school trips since I last posted. They went to New Delhi, India a couple of months ago and I JUST got to see these couple of pictures. He barely took any and didn't bother to even show those ones to me. That is how much he hated India. I still think it might be a cool place to go but I will have to find anther travel companion.

He just got home from Russia yesterday and he really loved it there. He was in St. Petersburg mostly and it looked dreamy. We will definitely be going back there together someday.

I have had three fun showers over the last couple of months. It is so fun to get together with family and friends and have everyone be excited about my baby with me. Everyone has been so generous and we have been so spoiled!

My mom and sisters threw me a family shower the weekend of Spencer's wedding so that everyone could be there (hectic timing)

Judy and Jessica threw me a family shower that was so adorable!

Lyla was a trooper (terror) at all of the showers.

I love this picture of the girls even though it's blurry (I apologize to Chris for all of the camera phone pictures in this post. I always feel like I have to apologize to Chris for that but I am just lucky if I make it out with a picture at all and it's even more remarkable if I am the one who took the picture. I am working on it. Also Chris is probably not even reading or looking at this.)

And last but not least, Robyn and I had a joint ward/neighborhood shower. It's been so fun to be pregnant with Robyn and I was so glad we could have this shower together with all of our neighborhood friends. (Wearing the same shirt was an accident to the first two showers but I realized it then and still wore the same one to number three).

Thank you to everyone who helped with or came to these fun showers!

A couple of weeks ago Stephen and I had a belated anniversary trip planned. We were too busy the week of our actual anniversary so we picked another weekend and Stephen claimed the planning responsibilities. He totally surprised me with a trip to Banff Canada! Unfortunately it wasn't until AFTER we landed in Calgary that they told us there was major flooding and we essentially couldn't even leave the airport. We had to fly all day to get back home. It was sad but we took advantage of the refunds and the time off Stephen already had taken and had a fun weekend in Salt Lake anyhow. We turned off our phones and put them away for the whole weekend, which was fabulous, except that we also forgot to bring our camera so we only have this one picture. It's a belly shot at La Caille where we ate Sunday brunch (I have ALWAYS wanted to go there with Stephen, it did NOT disappoint). I believe I was 31 weeks in this picture. 

And to round off a mega large post, Stephen and I are moving this week! Stephen got a job offer in June to work for Lowe's Home Improvement at their corporate headquarters, just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a stressful decision but we are going for it and we haven't looked back! We are really excited for this new adventure. We will be in a new place with a new job and a new baby.

I had to squeeze in this post before the move because I have a goal to stay as up to date on this blog as possible for all of our Utah friends and family, and things are going to start happening quick over this next month. Stay tuned!