Utah, Christmas and 30 weeks!

 We got to spend Christmas in Utah with my family! It was amazing, and so needed.

Cooper was obsessed with the shower, not sure why haha but every time someone was in the bathroom, the shower door had to be open and he would just go in and lay down or lick up any water left in there. hes a freak.

Braden has a ridiculous beard that he wears, and I couldn't resist, I had to put it on Coop haha, it was pretty hilarious. 

We had planned my baby shower around our trip and had it on Dec. 19th and the church.  It was a lot of fun, but kinda crazy because mom and I did everything, luckily we had aunt Lonnie and grandma Debbie to help us out!

We played baby jeopardy, whats in your purse, and did wishes for baby Declan.

 Since we did it at 6, we decided we better feed everyone, so we had a crepe bar with hashbrowns and sausage, and then did a hot chocolate and apple cider bar for drinks! 

Jake even came and hung out the whole time! I think he was more excited than I was for the shower :)

The next night, mom, dad, Jake and I went up to Salt Lake.  We stayed at the Grand America, so we could feel like rich people ;) Had dinner at the Little America Steak House, and man was it yummy!  After dinner we went and saw the temple lights at the Salt Lake Temple.  When we were checking in to our room, we saw Aaron Eckhart!  We didn't have the guts to go talk to him, so we just stood in the corner and had a major fan girl moment. Not one ounce or shame at all!  After freezing to death we headed back to the hotel to warm up in the most amazing bath tub ever!! We then slept on a big cloud of softness and comfy! 

The next morning we got up and got ready, headed to Le Bon Vi, the bakery at the Grand America and got some delicious Macarons for the ride.  We went and had lunch at the Brick Oven and then went to the mall to kill some time.  Big mistake! there were sooo many people there, and it was pretty lame.  

After that we went to Fetal Fotos and got to see Declan!  And I may be a little biased, but I have one cute baby growing!  He has a head full of hair and big chubby cheeks!  but he was being a little butt and kept his face right up against the wall of my uterus so his face was hard to see sometimes and his little nose was all squished, but still adorable as ever! 

This is all edible!

The rest of the week, we just hung out at the house with the family.  Jake and mom made cookies and chex mix, and Jake tried to burn the house down. luckily mom was there to keep him in line haha. 

Cooper was crazy as ever, wasn't quite sure about the snow, and his poor little paws got raw and blistered from the cold, but he did have his sweet moments, helping mama do kick counts, and the little monster sure missed grandpa and snuggled up with him when ever he could!  And when he wasn't tormenting Jaxson and Sophee, he was a snuggle bug, or attacking every toy in the house!

Jake decided that he needed to up my mom and get a 100 oz mug from maverick, because a regular sized cup is obviously WAY to small haha.

I also am officially part of the Stipe/McCann family, I got my very own nutcracker from grammy and papa!

We also reached 30 weeks in our pregnancy!!! I can't believe that I am already 3/4 done being pregnant.  It has went by sooo fast I can't believe it.  I feel great, but also feel pretty huge.  Its harder to get comfortable, and breathing is extremely difficult.  Declan gets really active and likes to kick right into my ribs making it even harder to breath.  But I love being pregnant, it's such a crazy feeling, and still really surreal.  I can't wait to meet my baby boy, and get to know him and not just his movements.

On Christmas, mom and dad spoiled us, they got me a brand new sewing machine, and got Jake some house slippers, a huge memory card for his phone, and a diaper changing kit.  It was pretty hilarious, but hey, he's going to need all the help he can get! After opening presents, we went up to grandma Debbie and Grandpa Monte's to visit with them for a little bit,  luckily for us, the whole family showed up so we didn't to make a million stops!  After that, we hit gradma LuDean and grandpa Don for a minute, went home and ate a small lunch before heading back over to grandma and grandpa's to have Prime Rib with the Parish family for Christmas dinner.

Soph could hardly contain her excitement :)

Unfortunately we had to head home the next morning, because Jake had to check back in for work.

I wish we could have stayed longer, and neither of us can wait until Jake's contract is up and we can move back to Utah and be close to our family again.  Its even crazier to think that the next time we see my family, we will be parents!  We can't wait for this new chapter, and I'm even more excited that I get to go on this crazy journey with my best friend!