34 weeks!

Baby Shower #2

Also thank you to Peggy, Kel and Karlie for putting it together! And to Caren for hosting!

I had a wonderful time! Couldn't ask for better family! Love you guys!

33 weeks!

Well here I am pushin 33 weeks! Being pregnant has been such constant and exciting change...! Always in a good way because it means I'm getting closer and closer! Here are the things that I have been experiencing lately and don't wanna forget:

• Nesting! Definately my favorite part so far! Dallens room is so adorable already! I"m so grateful we have a bedroom just for him! It has been a lot of fun. We have everything we need and the one thing left to do is prewash the crib bedding and put it together.....and oh yes! there will be lots of pics :) -Kirk and I have such high aspirations and goals as his parents...I can't wait to bring him into this world together.


• My colostrum came in! I'll be very vague about this but it's so exciting to me as a new mother! I never put any thought into this happening so early (30 wks when i noticed) and when it happened I was floored! Completely shocked and suprised! I noticed it March 19th (the day before Hawaii). Although Kirk is still somewhat grossed out by it, I can't help but look forward to motherhood that much more :) Perhaps I'm a little more happy about it than normal, but it feels good to know that my body know's what to do when my brain has absolutley no clue! I'm so amazed by our bodies and in awe at Heavenly Father's priesthood power...


• I am embarressingly out of shape! The weather here in St George has been beautiful-up until today! So I've set a goal to go swimming every day. There are so many benefits of swimming for pregnant women :) Anywho! We have a pretty small pool and my first attempt at swimming was a big, fat, failure!! hahaha I made it to one end and back and had to call it good! I was huffin and puffin like choo-choo train! My legs were cramping! And basically I was pooped. hahaha so I decided to float on my back like a huge whale....until I realized how embarressed I would feel if someone came to the pool and violated a poor-helpless-fat pregnant woman's privacy, as she's vulnerably bobbed in the water. It felt Soooo good, but I didn't want to put my husband through the humiliation of being married to the pool hippo.


• I have never experienced such emotional and physical exhaustion as I have lately!


• Dallen is getting huge! I love watching my tummy change! It's so obvious where he cozies up now! We can perfectly tell his shoulders apart from his back and cute bummy! And we can tell the difference between his hands and feet by just lookin at my tummy! I love it! It makes me smile when I look down and can see him curled up on one side of me...I can picture the exact position he's comfy in :) Makes me so happy!


• My belly button is flat


• I hit the big 1-5-0! that's almost a pound for every week I've been pregnant! No wonder my legs sometimes go tingly and numb!

It's exciting to think that if I'm anything like my mother, Dallen could be here in 4 weeks!!

Why little boys need parents...!

This was a cute email from my mom to get me ready for having a baby boy! I can't wait!

Fortuna Baby Shower

We didn't waste anytime getting back on the road after our 10 day Hawaii trip....we were home only 3 days before we headed north again. Just enough time to finish unpacking, do laundry, adjust to the time change, babysit for me/work for kirk, and repack. Holy Hannah.... being pregnant during this 2.5 weeks has been exactly this:

EXTREME EXHAUSTION!!!

Like I've never experienced in my life.

But always worth it!!

This was my first baby shower! Thanks to my cute autines on my moms side! I am so blessed by such awesome family. All my girl cousins, aunts and close family friends on my moms side were there. I loved just seeing them, it's been sooo long! so long! Thank you ladies! And also to my McAllister sisters, mom and niece for coming! I love you all!

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Sorry the pictures are SO blurry! And if my entries are at all boring, drawn out or grumpy let's just blame it on being tired :) AND have cavities filled this morning :(

HAWAII 2011!

What an amazing opportunity! Kirks mom took the family to Hawaii! I know I can say for kirk and I that it was an unforgettable trip, not to mention, the last one without kids... going out with a bang! Thank you Momma McAllister!

The Honolulu Zoo!

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The boys swinging from the tree like Tarzan!

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The Dole Plantation! We had some DELICIOUS pineapple icecream and fresh juice after a tour of the entire farm! It was pretty cool! We also did the worlds largest maze here! Behind us are pineapples growing off the bushes. We learned that it takes 16 months to grow 1 single pineapple. After a plant has produced 2 fruits, it is pretty much good for nothin. Can't believe it takes so long! I also learned that pineapple juice breaks down protein....with means it's a fabulous meat tenderizer!

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The beautiful Hawaii temple! Kirk, his mom and I were able to do a session here. We were selected as the Head Couple! This was by far one of my fav parts of the trip. The inside was just breathtaking, especially the artwork! I wish I could just tell you everything!!

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Dinner time at the Luau!

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This man was hilarious! He selected a few members of the audience to learn how to drum and one of the volunteers was a clueless, super funny Asain man. There was definately a communication barrier so there was a lot of way funny stuff happenin! I thought I was going to die from laughter! This was at the Polynesian Cultural Center. They had tons of dancers, drummers, fire dancers and way awesome traditions we got to be a part of! We saw an evening performance called "Ha: Breath of Life."

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Pearl Harbor! We could have spent multiple days here. It was SO interesting! Kirk and I got a lot more insight into the war by walking through the museums and actually seeing the harbor, subs, battleships, artifacts, missles, ect.

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A random night of walking the shops!

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We went to this jeweler who lets you pick out your oyster, crack it open and find the pearl! It was pretty awesome! We did it twice and kirk picked out a necklace to put the pearl on for me :) It was my take home present! I love my husband.

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Surfing! I took a millions pictures of this day, but apparently they were all on mom, kellie and karlies camera b/c i harldy have any! lol

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Relaxing in the hotel! We had breakfast outside every morning where they had live music and a hula dancer. It was really nice! Our hotel was in Waikiki, just across from the beach. We shared a room with Kellie and Blake :)

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Swimming with the dolphins! Once again, I know there's lots of pics out there somewhere, but I was really good at making sure everyone else had enough taken on their camera that I forgot about us! lol Here's the gang at the Sea Life Adventures park!

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A beautiful view!

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More Sea Life Adventures! We saw a dolfin show, a sea lion show

and lots of ocean life!

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Some flippin sweet tree we found on one our walks! Can you see kirk!? He's pretty well hidden!

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Our first day!

***This is a dude putting the finishing touches on our Tiki Man. He is carving our last name around the bottom. The perfect take home souvenier of our trip! Kirk had a fun time wrapping it up and taking it past airport security!

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This is only a start of the wonderful time we enjoyed with the McAllister side! We love you guys!