little fish

Today after church the kids were eating otter pops and Richard and I were hanging in the living room (which leads to the backyard). The door was open so the kids could eat outside. After Elliot was done I asked Richard if Elliot had gone outside and to see what he was doing. We have a little kiddie pool that still had a couple inches of water from yesterday and Richard looked out and said "yep, Elliot went outside. He is getting naked by the pool." He was down to a diaper and working on the last sock. It was pretty funny. Richard made him put swim shorts on which are somehow too big around (12-18mon size). They lasted about 5 minutes before falling completely off and Elliot continued to play in the nude. It was funny. He loves water so much! He kept laying down in the water and pretending to swim and then he'd switch to his back. He doesn't care if his face gets wet at all, which is awesome but also scary. He doesn't seem to have much fear which makes me glad we don't have a real pool. 

still in the oven

I just wanted to point out I am NOT in the hospital. And that is awesome. This time in my pregnancy last time around I may have been convinced I was dying in the hospital and had Elliot the next day. I have had some weird, uncomfortable pregnancy symptoms but we're pushing through. Probably about a month left, I keep having to remind myself that it's not that much longer and no matter how uncomfortable and gigantic I feel, we're glad the bun is still in the oven!

Talent show and film festival videos

our little Liberty was so brave and sang in the ward talent show! When daddy said he was doing it, she wanted to too, we didn't think she'd go through with it though. We both thought she'd chicken out when she got up there but she proved us wrong.




For the Bell Family reunion we had a little film festival, all the videos were awesome, hopefully the other videos are posted. Here is our submission featuring Libby and Elliot. I took some random footage of the kids and Penny and Richard did an amazing job of editing it all together. I was surprised at how they put it together so well.

28 week pregnancy update

We have hit the 3rd trimester of pregnancy now!  I am now 29 weeks but at 28 weeks we got a peek at Miss Eleanor. She looked quite comfy all stretched out in there. She is measuring at the right size and I am no longer partial previa so a c section isn't required! Yay. I had a bunch of tests done and I passed the diabetes, platelet count, and liver tests! Another yay! My blood pressure was also really good. The only not so great thing was my iron was low. They'll check it again next time and might put me on a supplement. I wish I liked leafy greens, like at all, so I could get my iron and increase veggies, but I find them generally repulsive, I can only stand small amounts of lettuce on sandwiches. Anyways, fingers crossed I keep passing my tests.

I am getting anxious to be done with this pregnancy though. I have had horrible heartburn lately and I am very uncomfortable all the time. I've made some cute things for the baby's room too which make me excited to decorate. Her room is being used as a temporary workspace though. I am a vendor at the Wonderland boutique June 6-7 so I have been working like crazy. Richard is gone a lot of nights and I don't like being down in the basement while the kids sleep. (not used to this big house I guess). I feel like I haven't done nearly enough for the boutique but I have worn myself out, plus trying to get ready for the Bell family reunion and generally have fun with my kids, iI think I may finish the last few I have cut out and call it good. One of my aprons will be on TV on Tuesday. I don't really know any details, but the boutique is getting a shout out and my Elsa dress up apron will be featured. Woohoo, almost famous!

Sorry no house pics yet! We're getting our couch delivered on Tuesday, so we have to wait for that and we just barely got the desktop to connect to the internet and that's where I like to do anything with pictures (i'm way too lazy to look for the USB camera cord, I'd rather just stick the card into the card reader). For now you can see random pics on Facebook/Instagram.

Also hopefully soon we'll have a video of Libby singing in the ward talent show. I'm so proud of her, she really did awesome! We didn't know she'd be so brave!