Zach and I have started a little tradition.  At least until the baby comes.  M and M – Mexican and a movie.  Tuesday nights we go get Mexican [fulfills a current craving and Zach never minds] and go to a $5 Tuesday movie at the Cinemark.  It’s a win-win for both of us.  This week we went to Lonestar for some red snapper fish tacos.

We were also the only ones in the theater – which meant we could lounge out and had the best seats in the house!

Wednesday was my Henderson family shower at my sister-in-law Gina’s house.  My mother-in-law and sister-in-laws went all out!  They decorated the house from top to bottom in the most darling Halloween decor.  It was a “Welcome Little Ghoul” theme.  My only assignment was to wear a pumpkin shirt…

The food was delicious and baby girl got seriously hooked up with some amazing gifts!  Darling and beautiful clothes and awesome gadgets.  Babies come with a lot of gadgets, I have discovered.  Also, not pictured, were the amazing favors Aunt Wendy and her daughters made – Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory apple pie caramel apples.  They were darling!

The Hendersons have done so much for Zach and I.  We feel we can’t express our gratitude for the support that we have received.  I am so lucky to have married into such an incredible family…

Thursday was my neighborhood/ward shower thrown by my two neighbors and BFFs.  Lindsey hosted it at her house and her and Jenn went all out with the most darling theme and decor!  The colors matched baby girl’s nursery, they had a crepe bar for refreshments, and the favors were French macarons!

I get super emotional when I think about these two.  People ask me why I love living in North Salt Lake so much.  The location is great, yes, but the people are what have made this neighborhood so amazing.  Jenn and Lindsey have blessed my life so much already.  They answer my awkward mom-to-be questions, give great advice, and make me feel like I have two amazing people in my corner always.  I love them.

So many sweet women in my ward showed up, even some that used to be in the ward before they moved away and before our giant ward split.

I got some very useful and practical gifts [which I am so grateful for] because I seriously have no idea what I am doing!  Any advice – and an ice pack from Trishia – was so appreciated!

My sweet friends from up north also came, which meant so much!

I hope one day I can repay all these amazing women in my ward for all they have done for me!  I love living in Foxboro.

Friday Zach had a whole evening planned for us in Park City.  He surprised me by getting off work a little early, taking me to the outlets, and taking a ride up to the resort to see the changing leaves.

That night we dined at the Grill at the St. Regis – one of the best meals I have had in a long time.  If you have a chance to go, please get the fried mac n’ cheese.  You won’t regret it.  Zach got that along with a giant pork chop.  I got a hawaiian fish over spaghetti squash.  Even though we never order dessert, we ordered the salted caramel sundae [with popcorn] and ate the entire thing.

Saturday morning was my Fotheringham family shower at my Aunt Sharon’s house.  Sharon made this adorable diaper cake with the cutest headband and shoes on top!

Instead of a game, my family members decorated pages of an ABC book to be laminated and given to baby girl!  It was such a fun idea and I am sure she will love looking at all the hand-drawn pictures.  I got “D” and drew a picture of Zach for “DAD”.

The rest of Saturday was spent running errands.  I had some gift cards to spend and Zach braved Target and Walmart with me to get some last minute things on our baby list.  We dined at Setebello afterwards in Farmington and afterwards grabbed a bag of movie theater popcorn [Zach’s dessert].

34 weeks done and gone.  Two more weeks [because apparently you aren’t full term until 37 weeks nowadays] until I am full term and five weeks until my due date.  I really can’t complain about pregnancy at all.  My symptoms compared to others are nothing.  Other than the occasional tongue and lips numbness and bulging veins, things are great.  I’d rather have bulging veins than swelling, to be honest, so I can’t even count that as a bad symptom.  And I am sure Zach secretly loves when my tongue and lips go numb.  He gets a break from his chatterbox wife every now and then.  I have, however, decided to take a real break for “maternity leave”.  Although I work from home and have my own schedule, I’ve decided to do a couple weeks of radio silence.  AKA email silence.  I feel like baby girl and I will only benefit from it and it will give me some time to figure out what the hey I need to do to get this whole mom thing down.  I will have plenty of time later to catch up on emails and work projects.  Bringing a new baby home only happens once [or a few times, I guess] in your life.  I’m going to enjoy it!