Tolman Family

I have officially been a stay-at-home "mom" for one week. And I love it! What a wonderful, busy week it's been: Thursday - Knitting group in the morning and Date Night. We decided on the very exciting date of BBQ take out and watching the vice presidential debate. Sadly, I got food poisoning from our dinner and was up all night. Friday - Ward play group in the morning (I have to get to know some moms now). Then I had an FRG meeting in the afternoon. I am now one of the heads of the Battalion Family Readiness Group. That means that I plan activities for the entire DLI. It's a big job that I am hugely underqualified for. I had a meeting with the battalion Commander (head hancho at DLI) to plan our first big activity. Then I had a very successful Cookie Lee show hosted by my good friend Jaime Zuniga. We had a great turnout and made about $500. Plus I got one new booking and two potential recruits! Click here to check out the catalog. After the show I drove...

Well, today was my last day working at the Monterey Public Library. Happy and sad. I am so ready to be done working. It has been harder and harder to move around and I'm exhausted by the end of the day. But I am really going to miss the people I worked with and the nice environment. I'm definitely glad that I worked there while we've been here in Monterey. See how bright and happy it is in that place? This is Katie, my nicest boss ever. I'll miss you!

Last week my wonderful friends at the library threw me a beautiful shower. I was amazed at how generous they were. We had a fancy dinner and a few tasteful games. I tell ya, being pregnant is fun! This is Joanne, our awesome hostess - she really knows how to throw a party! Here are a few of the guests. We had drinks and hors d'oeuvres on the patio before dinner. Even Hank was invited to the shower! He had a lot of fun - we tried not to make it too girly for him.

So, I've been promising another profile shot of my ever-growing belly. Yes, I know, I'm getting big. This is the new outfit I bought yesterday. It's sure a moral-booster to wear something that actually fits. Oh, yeah, and here's my new haircut.

Last weekend I went up to Utah for the last time before the baby's born. My mom threw me the cutest baby shower. I had a lot of my family and Hank's family there. I only have 6 weeks left - can you believe it?! While I was there I took Jessica up to the Cookie Lee showroom and signed her up as a consultant. Yay! She is going to be great at selling this jewelry (she already has more bookings than me!). It was so nice to see all of my family again...and have them see my huge belly for the first and last time. This is me surveying all my loot after the shower. (Sorry the pic is so dark)

On our way home from San Diego we stopped in Anaheim again and had lunch with Hank's cousins Lance and Jessica and their darling little girl, Teagan. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe. It was so fun to see them and have a chance to catch up. Hank decided that Jessica and I should become best friends, and I agree.

Our good friends, the Barnums are moving. They got stationed in Hawaii - good for them, sad for us. So, for Labor Day weekend we took one last trip with them to Disneyland. Mike and Chrissy have been so much fun to get to know. We wish them the best of luck. Most of all I think we'll miss sweet little Joshua We also drove down to San Diego and saw the Temple. It was beautiful. Check out the awesome picture we got of the angel Moroni. Hank and I drove around for a while and saw some of the places in Southern California where I grew up. It was a fun trip down memory lane.