And the wheels keep turning...

My To-Do List for the next 2 months is absolutely insane. I am definitely taking each day at a time because pregnancy is getting to me. I get a bit mental when I think that I still may have 8 more weeks of this (....BGB I wouldn't mind it being less...but not toooo less). Every morning I wake up with a new ache and pain. Not to mention the randomness of the Braxton-Hicks contractions that hit me hard and send me straight to bed. Ryan has really taking charge of my needs and I will be forever grateful for him! (like yesterday..."Babe, I could really go for a burrito right now..." and 2 minutes later, a hot, rolled up tortilla sat in front of me). He is such a champ.

News in the Briggs home. Ryan received a new calling today as Elders Quorum President. He has been serving as the 1st counselor in the EQ for a few months now, but our Bishopric was reorganizing, sending the old EQP into the new Bishopric. We received the call from the Stake last Sunday setting up an interview this past Tuesday. What amazes me about Ryan, and about how the Spirit works, he knew almost immediately after hearing about the reorganizing at Church that he would be the EQP. The call was not a surprise to him. But for his 7+ month prego wife....it was a surprise. So today we sustained him and I couldn't have been more proud. Except I remembered what the Stake President said that Tuesday night..."Now Brother Briggs, Elders Quorum President is like having a second Bishop in the ward." (*Great* I thought...). We have been sooooo blessed lately and I know that we will be continually blessed as Ryan serves in the ward. (Now if they could only release me as the Enrichment Leader...)

In less than a month, Ryan is taking the LSAT for law school.
Need I say more? The other night, when both of us were sweating profusely because we don't have AC and it's still scorching hot in Idaho, we were discussing our options if he didn't get the score we needed to get into school for Fall 2010. What would we do? Where would we go? SIMPLE: Move in with Mom and Dad....Briggs or Steele! Easy!! I guess the difficulty of growing up is never really knowing what comes next. It's exciting and scary all at the same time. I may be asking you ladies for reassurance in the coming months.

BUT, I am happy that school is starting next week and we'll finally get back into a routine. This is Ryan's last semester!! HOORAY! I'm taking 2 on-line classes....we'll see if I complete them!!

We are awaiting the arrival of these beauties!!! Thanks Mom and Dad Briggs!!!

Our Powers Combined

My two favorite things in one commercial.

Top Chef

and

Diet Coke.

Burritos....Briggs Style

We absolutely love chips and salsa. We could definitely eat it everyday. I'm guessing the avocado season is ending soon, so we made some homemade guac, too! Yum!

My cute taco/burrito/guac man.

The lay out.

Since I'll be 31 weeks soon....I thought I'd treat ya to a belly shot!

New Apartment

Ryan and I are officially into our new 2 bedroom apartment. We decided to stay in the same complex because our ward is so great. We looked at many different 2 bedroom apartments around Rexburg, and they were all dumpy. We love living at The Village. Besides a semi-anal manager, we have honestly loved every minute living in our place. Whoa, let me take that back. The second we walked into our new apartment, I looked at Ryan and said, "I am SO glad we are out of that apartment! Our neighbors sucked! We don't have to listen to their 150 stereo surround sound system!! And No more drum set! Or hearing the wife sneeze. Or hearing other things...." So there you have it. We loved our apartment, but could have definitely done without our very inconsiderate/annoying/loud/awkward neighbors.

BGB is doing very good. I've had such a great pregnancy. I am just over 30 weeks. Oh my goodness. The more I think about what we have to get done before her arrival, the more a F-R-E-A-K...just a bit. I mean seriously, in less than 10 weeks, we'll have a legit baby in our apartment. Last night, we were our taking a walk outside and ran into our neighbors. They have the sweetest 6 month old girl. She is the most relaxed baby! I got to hold her for a bit and she didn't even squirm or cry....until she looked around saw her Mom, Dad, and Sister standing in front of her and probably thought to herself..."Who is holding me....my Mom is right there..." and then she started crying. It was pretty cute. I got so excited after holding her that soon, we'll have a little baby to hold!

We are ordering our crib this week and then I'll definitely post some pictures once we get everything set up. No recent belly pics though. I'm not feeling that big, YET. I mean, I'm freaking huge compared to my original weight/size, but as for being 7 months prego....I'm looking pretty average. When I don't have to go outside, I'm usually found in my maternity yoga capri's and my old Large soccer camp shirts from like 1999. Oh well. When you get closer and closer to your due date, not even Maternity clothes fit or are comfortable.