March so far

March has been full of family (the first 2 days), house showings, an awesome date, and getting mentally prepped for baby #2!

The week of my Grandpa's funeral we had 5 showings on our house! One Monday, one Tuesday, and then 3 that Saturday. Every week we seem to get more and more so we are definitely encouraged by that. I'm getting a little tired at this point in pregnancy (okay, so a LOT tired), so I'm looking forward to getting it sold so I don't have to keep everything so spotless all the time! I think our families probably think I'm the Grinch because it seemed like we always had showings when they were here and I kept picking up after everyone and hiding their belongings. :)

So that's been exciting around here. Then last weekend Jeremy and I went on a big date - an OVERNIGHT date. Whoa, I know. Jeremy's boss gave him a gift certificate to the "Hotel Monaco" in downtown Salt Lake for Christmas, along with a $50 American Express card to use anywhere. The hotel stay was good for anytime this year, but knowing we were having a baby soon and that I would be nursing for the next bajillion months (and that we're moving this summer), we decided we better try and use it soon! We'd hoped to use it earlier, but it just didn't work out, so we decided to use it last weekend.

My little sis was good enough to agree to come up and watch Eli and we are SO GRATEFUL to her for that! She brought her roommate and I think they had a good time. We provided the pizza and ice cream and then said see ya later! So we went off to Salt Lake and enjoyed a fantastic evening together. We checked in to our hotel and then walked to PF Changs for dinner (luckily the weather was awesome). We had a great waitress who helped us pair some complimentary dishes together and we could not stop gushing over how delicious and perfect our meal was. Neither of us had been to PF Changs in years, so it was fun. We ended the meal with the Great Wall of Chocolate. Oh my. Believe it or not, it was Jeremy who insisted we get it - but you know I wasn't complaining! We could only finish a few bites in the restaurant, but somehow managed to eat the rest of it later that night!

We both commented on how nice it was to not be stressed about making it back in time for the babysitter to get home, or just worrying about anything in general. It was amazing! So we tried - unsuccessfully - to sleep in the next morning and then we headed back to reality that morning. :)

Here's a picture of our posh room. It also had a little sitting area and entry thing.

And I had to take a picture of these ridiculously tall counter tops! Normally this would be a great thing for me, but with my giant stomach, it made it really hard to reach the sink! Haha. I'd never seen anything like it.

We got home and Eli was totally attached to Heidi and didn't even hardly acknowledge us - figures. But it seemed everyone had a good time and he was a good boy. We then had an hour to get ready for our 3 in a row showings (!) and then we just relaxed the rest of the day.

Jeremy took this picture of Eli. If the showings are on a weekend, Jeremy usually takes Eli for a drive or walk around the neighborhood. Eli loves to play in the car (out of his car seat), so Jeremy just parked somewhere and he had a good time pushing buttons and exploring the exciting world of the car! :)

So that's March so far! I am due in 11 days. It's crazy. I haven't gotten any of the gear out yet (swing, bouncer, cradle, car seat, etc.) because we're still showing the house, but that's easy enough to do when the time comes...right?