Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter weekend full of Church, Easter basket hunts, egg hunts and family dinner. My friend Lisa came down to visit over the Easter weekend and we had a good time shopping, hanging out, and of course eating out. :)

Still no sign of baby girl yet, but there is progress being made. I have been having more and more super painful contractions and every time I go for a check up I have dilated even more than the last week. Reid hopes that baby girl comes late as he has been busy painting the house and working on other housing projects. I on the other hand want this girl out, its starting to get really hot here in Arizona!

Baby Baby Baby

Well... I'm 37 weeks and 3 days. That marks the time at which Colton was born. I guess this little girl is comfy and wants to hang out for a while longer. :)  I don't mind though, I am trying to finish up my semester right now (only a couple weeks left) and also trying to get my house looking a little less nasty.

I went to the ob/gyn today for my weekly check up and she said I'm now dilated to a 1 1/2 centimeter. So that means that from Thursday till today (Tuesday) I have only gone from a 1centimeter dilation to a 1 1/2. I'm glad to hear there is some sort of progress with all the pain I have been experiencing. :)

Past weekend: We had a wonderful Easter lunch at the Bartlett home on Saturday. We all got to search for the money bunny eggs and had a great time!

Primary kicked me out on Sunday because I keep having crazy contractions. Its probably good not to be chasing around sunbeams all day. I'm so grateful they kicked me out!

Easter weekend: My friend Lisa from Houston (but now living in Utah) is coming to visit me! She will be here from Friday afternoon to Monday morning! I still need to run out to the store and get goodies for our little Easter egg hut. :)

Reid has been keeping busy. Our little car broke down on the high way on Saturday. Luckily we have towing insurance and it didn't cost us a thing. We got the car towed to our house were Reid then put in a new belt, alternator and battery. Its running again! The funny thing about Saturday's car breaking down is that we were out car shopping when it happened. We got a mini van (ugh). Reid loves it, weirdly enough. I on the other hand would rather drive the 91' Toyota Camry. Haha. Its a 2004 Ford Free-star in really good condition. Senior owned.

We set up the baby's room this weekend where Colton is napping temporarily right now as I carpet cleaned his bedroom yesterday and its still not quite dry. Its so crazy to think we will be parents of 2 little rug rats soon.

Haircuts: Reid and Colton were about 2 weeks past due on needing haircuts. Reid buzzed Colton's hair off and I cut and buzzed Reid's off. They are looking good with nice summer cuts!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend!

Colton teething on a french fry. (Prior to his haircut)

The car!

Our friends Rick & Settina from church came over this past weekend to help us do some routine maintenance on our car.... air filter, spark plugs, oil change ect.

I had to take these pictures cause Colton thought he was SOOO big helping the guys out. : )

Family

This past weekend was full of excitement. My (Meagan's) visiting teachers threw me a baby shower for our little baby girl that will be coming to the world relatively soon. I'm so grateful to have such wonderful visiting teachers, friends and family! It rained this weekend and got fairly chilly, it was SO NICE. It felt like a nice spring day in Kansas. Saturday night we had our friends Rick and Settina over for ice cream and games. Sunday we went to church and actually made it by the opening song (I know, I could hardly believe it myself!) I team taught/babysat the sunbeams, Colton was in nursery and Reid taught the 9&10 year old boys. Rick and Settina then came for lunch as we needed to borrow some tools from them and shared our lunch in return. We then went to their home for dinner. : )

Colton is teething right now and couldn't be more cranky. Its his last 4 for a while (the canines or corner teeth)!

Reid has a lot on his plate right now and is taking it as it comes. : )

Meagan is trying to get school done before the baby comes as the semester ends on her due date. Its all online so she is able to work ahead (even the tests).

Our 2 Indonesian students are going to a new host home on Saturday.

With work deadlines, baby due dates, school dead lines and teething toddlers we sure do have our hands full!

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice spring weather, it will get hot soon!

Where did the time go?

I'm 35 weeks and 4 days along in my pregnancy and can't hardly believe it! This pregnancy has flown by, I'm grateful that I haven't had to go into the hospital for any preterm labor like I did with Colton. With Colton I had a pretty intense pregnancy and delivery. So far with baby #2 it has been smooth sailing I hope and pray that my delivery with this one will be just as good as the pregnancy. :)

I got a wonderful txt message from a Houston, TX friend (who now lives in SLC, UT)... she is wanting to fly down and visit before the baby is due! I'm so excited and hope that it all works out so that she can come visit. I miss her dearly! I like to call her my famous basketball friend as she works for the NBA. (Houston Rockets and now the Utah Jazz). ;)


There was a death in our family last night, my trusty green bike that I got for my 10th or 11th birthday saw its last ride last night. I brought it with me from Kansas when I moved here about 3 years ago. Reid started riding it to work and back since I moved here and it finally died beyond repair. : (    RIP Green Bike!

Family Date Night

Tonight we went to the $3 theater in Tempe and saw the Disney movie, Tangled. It was ADORABLE and really FUNNY! Colton wasn't to happy to be there as it was a 7:15pm showing and his bedtime has been around 7:30pm. (Reid did his home teaching before the movie, so we were unable to go any earlier.) We then went and grabbed some ice cream snacks and cookies from McDonald's, ate them in the car and then headed home. Colton is now asleep, I just finished reading another chapter in this new book that I bought called "That's My Son" -Rick Johnson. And Reid is working on finishing up the taxes.

Ps. EVERYONE should read this book, its mostly about how to raise a boy but it has also opened my eyes to reasons why Reid, Massey and my Dad act the way they do...and how we as woman can better support them.

Well... Reid is asking for receipts... gotta go digging....

-Meagan Johnson-