August and all that jazz

August turned out to be a whirl wind. Which is ironic, because I feel like I accomplished next to nothing except sitting on the couch and resting my feet. But if I really do some soul searching I realize that I did, in fact, get some stuff done.

I did my Week in the Life project that I had been planning since May and got the album all put together. Usually, I blog all about it as the days go by, but honestly there was no energy for that. I was just excited to have gotten it done at all. I wanted to do it one more time before another little person joined the family.

I got loads of scrap booking done. I was cranking those pages out. I think it was a combination of inspiration + knowing that I wouldn't have time in about a month to spend time in the craft room. It feels really good to have those stories told.

The main reason that August flew by was due to the fact that I lived my life in doctors offices. Let me explain. At my 30 week ultra sound, my OB found something that was concerning to him dealing with both me and the baby. I'm not going to go into specifics at the moment, but this led to specialist appointments and lots of following check ups. It turns out that I'm going to have to deliver up north so that the baby can be taken to Primary Children's for surgery and so they can keep a close eye on me during my delivery.

Yes, we are apprehensive and worried. But we have lots of reasons to be assured that everything will work out okay. It could be a million times worse. Unless this baby comes early -as in the next few days- I'll be delivering on Labor Day. I kid you not. :)

The support from family and friends has been amazing. Everyone has been so willing to keep Tyson busy and let me rest. Friends have spent so many special moments with me. We feel very blessed.

I promise to keep you posted here with tidbits and the arrival of our new little guy. We are so excited to meet him. I'm sure he'll be a feisty little fighter.

July in a flash: Week 4

It seemed fitting that since it's the last day of August, I finally post the last week in July. :)

So busy, busy, busy. It felt that we rushed from activity to activity. It was so much fun, but exhausting at the same time!

I took pictures for my cousin's wedding. Such a good lookin' couple.

The rest of the week was spent watching one sister get ready to move away for graduate school, and another sister move down to go to school here. I pretty followed them around and watched my mother clean like a crazy demon!

July in a flash: Part three

My Grandma

This picture was probably taken sometime in 2003 or 2004. We were having our weekly Sunday dinner at Grandma's and I took this of her. It captures her so well.

Sadly, at the beginning of the third week in July, my lovely Grandma passed away. We had been expecting it. She was diagnosed with cancer in February and gave it quite the battle. It has taken me a long time to blog about it as I am really missing her.

I didn't get to know her really well until I moved for college in 2001. We became little buddies. She was always up for a shopping trip out of town or going to some sort of function in town. I began going over every Sunday for dinner and to hang out. This has since continued, adding Dusty, and two more sisters into the mix. There were so many dinners and nights of fun conversation and game playing.

One thing I will really miss is watching her relationship with Tyson. They really bonded. Tyson loved going over because he knew Grandma would be watching him every second, and what child doesn't love constant attention? I will miss the days when we needed to get out of the house and would stop by randomly to see her. Tyson still asks if we can go up and see Grandma, even though we have talked about her dying a number of times. It is going to be hard to get used to, that's for sure.

Here's a scan of a scrapbook page taken when she popped over to see us one day.

Out and about in town.

Tyson loved to get wheeled around by Grandma. These last pictures were taken in the fall of last year as she was getting sicker and sicker and we didn't know why.

I will certainly miss my sweet, charismatic Grandmother who was such a part of my daily life. She was an example to me on many levels. Life is certainly a little different now.

Her funeral was special; such a celebration of her life, as we planned it to be held on her birthday. Her passing made July a very emotional month, but I know that she is in a better place now, seeing her husband and family, and living in a body that isn't in pain.

Love you Gram.