Coaching and Crafting

My weeks of coaching cheerleading at Copper Hills are winding down... I have 6 practices left, then nationals, and then it's over. It definitely couldn't end in a better way... Disneyland... but I'm becoming increasingly sad about it. These girls have taught me so much over the past two years. They have been so supportive and so thoughtful! I really do think that coaching is going to help me when it comes to being a Mom... as well as raising a daughter. There has been
sooooooooooooo much drama in my life the past two years (Spencer is very excited for this to end), so many late night/super early morning texts or phone calls, last minute changes, andcattiness, but I think that I will really miss it. I guess I'll have to start watching more MTV
reality shows or something so that the drama will still exist in my life. I cannot wait to see how
my girls do at nationals this year. They have had a super rough year, but continue to work so hard! They want... but of course, so does everyone else there. Do I think they deserve it? Of course I do! They really have overcome some of the hardest things to deal with as a team this year, and I am so surprised at how well they can pull themselves together and still be positive and find the good in everything. Am I a wee bit upset that I will have to be the official purse holder at Disneyland for the girls... yes... but at least I can ride Small World over and over

without problems. Don't judge the picture above... this was taken at our second comp where I was still in the stages of just looking fat... not looking pregnant.

I have had some really rough days lately. Pregnancy is really hard on me and my body. I still am

nauseous and exhausted, but when I feel well enough to get up and moving I try to do as many things as I can to prepare for our little one. My latest project, after discovering I had a ton of random fabrics hiding among my craft stuff, was to make fabric flowers and matching diaper covers.

It always bothered me when diapers would show... they are necessary, but they are ugly. So I found a super easy pattern and began sewing... now I am not an amazing seamstress, but I figured no one would be paying that close of attention to them, cause that might be weird. They are just so tiny!!!! I made a total of 16 diaper covers as well as 16 of each flower. I hope they fit her and look as good as they do in my visions. I also made two different types of flowers. One was made strictly with a glue gun and fabric,

while the other used a sewing machine.

This little girl has soooooooooooooooo many flowers and bows and headbands already!

Hopefully she has hair. Also I think that I'm excited because I have been known to wear a flower or two in my hair and now I can just share with little baby Ahlstrom! Benefits of being a parent... Anyway, for my next project, once we get up to Rexburg I am going to make her crib bedding. No way am I going to pay $300 for baby bedding, to me that is just not right. I would rather buy her lots of clothes that she will outgrow fairly quickly then bedding for that price.

Speaking of Rexburg... we are getting super excited! We got the apartment that we wanted and everything is just falling into place. We had a choice between a townhouse and a flat... both at incredible pricing, but we decided that we wanted to go with the flat. We just figured that since we will be there 3 years and it would just be easier with a baby to all be on one level... plus I just read an article on how the leading cause of injury and death among children is stairs.... anyway, we are super excited and can't wait to get up there and decorate and get started with the next phase of our lives... also to have a washer and dryer in our house, this is probably the most exciting thing for us about moving!