Finally....

Ok, so I have FINALLY taken pictures of my ABC's of Baby's 1st mini scrapbook! The following is my personal book I did for Aubri....

Now, I am wanting to sell these books! (if anyone is interested) I charge $120.00 per book (book included) $100.00 (pages only). This breaks down to just under $4.00/page and $20.00 for the book. If you or someone you know would like a book I would be more than happy to make a personalized book. Any of the pages can easily be changed, like for example the 'Mexico' page can be a Movie, Mom, etc page, or the 'Disney' page can be a Doctor, Day, Delight, etc page. OR I can easily change out colors of pages, for example the 'Pet' page does not have to be brown, nor does it have to be dog themed. Books will be totally pesonalized! These books are 8x8 and have enough room for 1 or 2 pictures each, depending on how you place your actual pictures on the page. It takes me about 2-3 weeks to complete a book.

Anywho, enough selling....I'm going to IKEA to get Aubri a bookcase!! YAY

P.S. I redid the blog below so the two pictures are next to eachother, it's easier to see the drop...

BELLY!!...

My Belly Has Dropped!

The picture above is at 34 weeks and the picture below is at 36 weeks, to really tell you gotta look at the bottom of my belly area, its crazy!! AND it's only 2 weeks between the two pics!! I can really feel this down in my pelvis today, I cant close my legs and I have to really really waddle when I walk, it's insane!

We went to the doctor yesterday, he said that everything looked good and that the baby's head is in a good position. Pray that she won't decide to change positions, we really can't afford a c-section! :) We are getting really really excited! We now will be seeing the doctor every week until she is born. Her room is coming along quite well, we bought some closet organizers at IKEA so I got a lot put away, all we need now is a bookcase and a bassenette/playpin.

I can't believe it's really soo soon, I never would have imagined that I would be married and have a baby at the age of 22, well actually 21 if you want to be techincal...anyway it all is quite surreal sometimes.

Well I gotta get back to work!

Camping...

Can I just say, I LOVE TO CAMP!! It's like camping is a part of me, of who I am and I love it!!

This last weekend Chandler, Mom, and I went down to Arches. Origionally it was supposed to be Sarah and her family, and Val and her family, and anyone else who wanted to go, however things come up, we understand. (we did miss you terribly though)...It was fun just the 3 of us, I wasn't quite sure how Chandler would like it, he seemed quite hesitant when I told him that it would only be the 3 of us. But all in all we had a really good time! We played pounce with mom about a dozen times, (that is her ultimate favorite card game, eventhough she NEVER wins)! We went shopping in Moab, I found the CUTEST tea pot for Aurbi's room, it has a ladybug on it and matching cups with saucers, I love it!! We didn't go hiking because I'm so large I can hardly walk let alone hike, we were lazy, and we read books...speaking of, Chandler and I were watching Dateline a while ago and it was on this professer who has pancreatic cancer and was given only 6 months to live, so he gave this lecture in his class on life, and how to live it day by day with optimisim. Anywho, we were shopping on Friday for camping stuff and Chandler found this guy's book! It's called the last lecture. Chandler has not been able to put it down, I have never seen him so into a book! He loves all the insights and thoughts this man has to offer. So I suggest you read it.....
Back to camping, all in all it was a nice relaxed weekend, just what we all needed!

Last night when we got home I took a shower, I WAS STINKY!! Adam, this is the only time I'll admit to it...but it's true, we all were gross. The entire weekend it was soo windy in Moab, so needless to say we had sand everywhere!! In my hair, in my eyes, my finger and toe nails, my ears!! It was bad. Anywho, after finally getting clean, I was putting lotion on my feet, well I was in for a shock! Not only were my toenails extremely long, my feet were about 4 sizes bigger! At first this didn't phase me much, but the more I thought about it the more distressed I became. I finished putting the lotion on my feet, then I laid back on my bed and all the sudden the tears came ROLLING down my face! Poor Chandler thought I was in pain, and I was sobbing so hard that I could barely tell him why I was acutally crying! All I spat out was, "My Feet Are Giant!!" and kept sobbing. I could tell he wanted to laugh, but seeing how distraught I was he made the right choice and told me everything was all right, he propped up my feet and made me lie down, then he rubbed my feet to help the swelling, I was very impressed and then he read me my relaxation story from our lamaz class. What a wonderful husband I have! I know he is going to tease me about this later, but I really appreciate how nice he was.

Which brings me to Lamaz! I love our lamaz class!! It is so helpful and informative! I am excited to have my baby au natural. At first I was scared and nervous, but now I feel empowered and am actually looking forward to it. I am excited that I'll be able to walk around while in labor to help ease the pain and not be bed ridden during and shortly thereafter, I'm excited knowing that I really can do it, and that my husband will be there to help me through it all. Mostly I'm excited to have our baby here!! Chandler wants to play with her, I want to dress her up!

Well I better get back to work!!

Baby Shower....

I would just like to take a minute to say thank you to all of you who were able to attend my baby shower! We received so much stuff for our baby and I appreciate everything everyone got us! We needed every bit of what we got and cant say thank you enough.

I had so much fun at my baby shower, so many people came who I didn't think were going to make it! Aunt Val's house looked as marvelous as ever and I think every one had a good time. The only things we have left to get for the baby are, a playpen/bassinet, a breast pump, and a couple binkies....I think that is it, I really don't have any clue what we need till she actually gets here. :)

Now I just need to get set up in my house so I can start working there properly. I am getting to the point where I want this baby out of my body. I have a tiny torso, and for some reason Aubri has been sitting very high. I cant sit down with out having something crowding my rib cage. My nights have been sleepless this past week, its like as soon as I fall asleep I have to some how get my giant body out of my comfy bed (which is impossible) to pee AGAIN! "Its a vicious cycle". I have swollen feet at the end of each day and now I have a hard time getting my wedding ring on my finger and eventually have to take it off during the day because I no longer have circulation in my finger. I seem to be cranky more and more, and no one understands that I honestly cannot help it! I don't like to be cranky and I would choose not to be if I had the choice! Oh and then the funny thing is, at my last appointment my doctor told me that it would be a good idea to try and not gain more than 10lbs between now and when the baby is born, he said that I was at normal weight gain for pregnancy with a good 26lbs gained. well, what he does not know is that I have not gained only 26lbs, I, Natalie Cook, have gained a whooping 46lbs. I did not see my doctor until I was already 12 weeks pregnant. From the time I was not prego until I was 12 weeks I had already gained 20lbs. How sad.....I feel giant. Oh and need I say STRETCH MARKS SUCK!

As for the good things about being pregnant....People are nice to me, I get to eat ice cream all the time, I have a connection with my baby that poor Chandler will not be able to develop with her until she is here, and I get to sleep in and go to work at 11am instead of 9am. Well, enough about pregnancy...here is a picture for your enjoyment. (If you do not enjoy this picture, well then do not look at it!)

So, I also wanted to talk about how wonderful conference was this year! There was a ton on family! I have been so worried lately that I will not be so great at raising my child and I don't remember her name but a lady gave a talk on Saturday and she said "as long as you raise your children with values consistent with the gospel everything will turn out fine" that touched me because I have been soooo worried, and that eased my mind. I also liked the 2nd to last talk in the last session. That speaker talked to husbands to respect their wives, to love them, to help them out, to set time apart for he and his wife alone once in a while, and to interact with his children when he comes home from work. He spoke to wives to support their husbands, to nurture children, and to be an example in the home. And then he spoke to children to respect their parents, to clean up toys, and to say thank you for things their mothers and fathers do for them.

The talk that was hard to hear was the talk on abuse, those who were abused, those who are currently abused, and those who are the abuser. The thing I really appreciated from that particular talk was one simple and small phrase the speaker said. He said it is important to forgive, however if you cannot forgive your offender just yet, put that step aside for now, it's okay, come back to it later." How freeing that was. I still have no clue how to forgive my attacker. I don't want to forgive that man, and even after 2 1/2 years I don't know how to forgive. Maybe one day I'll be able to, just not now and its nice to know that is ok.

Anywho, I love you all!! I'm going home :)