23rd Birthday

My 23rd birthday was pretty much killer! Scott and I both worked a half day, and then got ourselves to Tucano's as fast as possible! It was better than I remembered :) The meat, the ensalada caprese, the pineapple! SO good!

After a quick knife demo at Williams Sonoma, we went to my glass blowing class at this shop in Lehi. They blow glass and do stained glass pieces for seemingly every temple in the world. It was pretty cool. I felt like the apprentice to my favorite artist, Dale Chihuly.

He's showing me what I'm about to do.

And now here I am! Gloves, large tweezers and ready to stretch that glass!

Thanks so much Scott for arranging this cool opportunity and making it happen! You're AWESOME!

And then, my Birthday Fondue Extravaganza!

Plenty of food and plenty of friends!

I wish I'd gotten a picture with everyone!

I was so happy that so many friends made such an effort to be there! It was great to reconnect and catch up!

As far as presents go... stay tuned for my BIG present that is a Birthday/Christmas combo!

Hathaway Christmas

Since we'll be in Washington for the real Christmas, we celebrated Christmas Hathaway style the weekend after Thanksgiving! Decorations go up! And stockings are open! Santa was very good to us. Specialized Sees candy and Bath and Body Works soap!

A trip to Sundance was in order!

We saw some cool glass blowing and kept our eyes out for Robert Redford.

No luck.

And later, presents!

Scott really loved his gifts. Months ago, he mentioned these glasses that would make him feel like a king with every sip. So I logged it away, and had them wrapped under the tree for our pseudo Christmas. Well Saturday morning Scott ran to grab some things at the store, and he came back with 2 boxes of the exact glasses that were under the tree!

Luckily SueAnn liked them too, so the other set didn't go to waste! And no returns for me!

John got us each an awesome Colombia titanium waterproof shell! We were not expecting them at all and really love them! I don't think I've rocked my gangsta pose since college. Wow.

And we finally got around to eating dinner at 10:45! Well, we sort of had a mix up with the meat which delayed our eating time. Everybody had a good laugh and we ended up eating our traditional prime rib before the day was done.

Scott was very eager.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Getting Going...

Check it out:

I just finished this dress which I found on makeit-loveit.com. LOVE that website!

This dress was for my cute niece Autumn in Ohio! I can't wait to see pictures of her in it!!!

This was much easier to make than the dress I made for our cruise last summer. That was a nightmare.

Lesson learned: Don't follow a pattern, follow your heart (While employing good technique, of course) :)

The velcro back is maybe my favorite feature.

Scott's favorite thing to do lately is give the baby girl zerberts to get her riled up, and then try to feel her kick. Not much luck just yet.

BTW, I got two cavities. Not one in 22 years, and now two! I blame it on a combination of pregnancy and Utah water. Oh, and the grooves in my teeth. Anyway, I got them filled yesterday. I was terrified, but it was actually quite an easy experience. I still love the dentist. And I definitely still love sewing!

Stay tuned for birthday party pictures!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Our Thanksgiving meal was delicious! SueAnn and I woke up and just reveled in the idea that we weren't cooking anything. We brought a green salad, but other than that, Wendy and the fam made the meal. And it was delicious :)

SueAnn had a few fun songs and reader's theater type activities for us to do after the meal. Gotta love those- so funny!

Later, Tiffany was so sweet to give me a pedicure while I ate the most delicious peach pie. This pie is the best around!

My belly has really grown this week. This is only 5 days after the last photo I posted. Crazy, right? I hope it's not peach pie, and is really the baby... I'm really trying to be good!

Since we'll be with the Tanner fam for Christmas, we did Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and then Christmas on Saturday! We love Aebliskever- glad the Hathaway's love it too!

Maybe the biggest news of the weekend: Scott FINISHED the entertainment stand! He's been working really hard on this and I'm so thrilled with how it turned out! Our TV is eye level from the couch now, and the space is much more organized and stylish! Good job Scott!

We found ourselves at Sundance where the Californians were a little out of their element...

Scott deemed John well overdue for a haircut. John's hair has grown in thick and curly since cancer. So they went at it for a good hour and I think it turned out great and his mustache is much more "in control."

We were out of the house ~5:30 am and hit some good Black Friday sales. John got some tools he was excited about and we got a crib mattress! This is our 10am break for breakfast at Guru's in Provo. If you like biscuits and gravy, go for the Cowboy Benny- Scott's fav!

Thanks John and SueAnn for driving out- we had a great time with you!

Lighting Riverwoods

Riverwoods made a big deal about their lights this year. It was really fun to go see all the ice carvings, lights (of course) and eat a free cookie :) We even got to stop in and see 2 cousins who work at Riverwoods! So fun!

We were glad for an excuse to share a pizza at Malawis too!

But the best part was deifinitely hearing Jon Schmidt in concert! He even played Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer upside down, backwards and with his toes. I hope I get tickets to his Christmas concert in SLC for my birthday.. (hint hint!) Jon Schmidt is really awesome!

16 weeks

Well, I finally got around to taking some prego photos.  The bump looks smaller than it feels...  

BIG thanks to Scott for coming with me to find this field and take a few pics.  

!!!THE NEWS!!!

On Tuesday night, I had a very vivid dream. I will spare you the details, but the bottom line is that it was a BOY! With very red hair. He looked exactly like Scott, but in baby form. He even had enough hair to use Paul Mitchell shaping cream and do the side spike just like Scott :)

Then on Wednesday at work, I picked up a starburst from a co-workers desk. It was the fun size- the kind with 2 starbursts inside. Well when I got back to my desk and finished my current project, I treated myself to the starburst. And guess what? I opened it up and what did I find? 2 PINKS! I was sure it was an omen.

Which of these omens was right?

Trust the Starburst!

Sometimes they tell you it's a girl and then a month later it is suddenly a boy- so I asked the ultrasound tech how sure she was.... She said she was 99.99% sure it is a girl! The baby was moving around a bunch (Due to my OJ drinking fest that afternoon) and all 3 of us were very confident it's a girl!

Let's just say I am going to get REALLY good at sewing ruffles and working with lace :) I am pleased as punch!

That being said, my mom had some really sound advice she gave me over the phone before the appointment. She reminded me that this baby is not a doll for me to dress up and decorate, but a special gift from Heavenly Father who is being given to Scott and me to teach, inspire, encourage and love. I sure get excited about the fun projects in my future, but more than anything, I feel so blessed to be given such an incredible gift and responsibility. Wow.

The last fun tidbit from the ultrasound: When the ultrasound machine first went on my belly, our baby girl was moving her left arm up and down. Scott was so proud "The baby is waving at me!" Scott is very excited for her to come out and play :) He makes sure that I eat healthy and don't make my showers too hot- "we can't have her coming out as scrambled eggs!"

We don't know what to do about names... any ideas?