The Cluff Family

Ok I have really been dragging behind on updating my blog... but I blame it on pregnancy. Sometimes a nap is more important than blogging ;). Tanner and I explored a new park in Provo one Sunday and decided to take pictures as well as document my pregnancy. I can't exactly remember how far along I am here but probably about 35 weeks. Tanner has been so sweet through these past 9 months that I couldn't ask for a better companion. He has surprised me with little sweets like the banana-chocolate one from my favorite cupcake place, the cocoa bean. He has rubbed my back or feet when I needed him to, he has even built forts in our living room to remind me of our dating period. That weekend he surprised me with the fort, we spent laying in it watching netflix and overloading on junk food. I am eating anything I want now since I am going to be back to the treadmill the minute I am allowed to work out again.

I have felt extremely blessed with the preparations for baby girl to arrive. I have had three baby showers (my sister's, my high school friends, and my Flash friends). Not to mention a mother who is already spoiling her first girl grandchild. My co-workers even showered me with gifts without a party even needed. I just barely finished buying last minute items and feel 95% ready for her to arrive.

I am nesting like crazy. We just barely moved out of our first apartment and are now living in the basement apartment of my sister's house. I love it here already and I'll have pictures to come. I love being able to walk upstairs and hang out with my sister anytime I want. There are just a few more finishing touches I need to do to make it feel like home like add curtains and hang pictures but everything is falling into place. Sometimes I wander into Chloe's room and sit in her rocking chair and just take it all in... pretty soon I will be holding my daughter in this room. Every day Tanner puts together a new item like her stroller or car seat and it all becomes real. I just hate the waiting game... I am officially 2 weeks away from my due date and I have an awful feeling that she isn't coming any time soon.

My 38 week appointment was today and I am still not dilated and I have felt zero cramping. I have gained 28 pounds and her heart beat is as strong as ever. The doctor told me a few tricks to help her come sooner... so I'm going to try a few out. I pray I won't have to spend Christmas in the hospital but rather at home with my baby girl in my arms. As far as how I feel... well I have back aches ALL the time and she really hurts my ribs sometimes. There is just not enough room in there for her and she needs to come out. I am hungry ALL the time and have gotten into the habit of eating ice cream, peanut butter.. you name it out of the container. I need to survive just a couple more weeks... maybe the next time I blog I will have a daughter!

I seriously do not know where the month of October has gone! I guess I have been super busy or just super tired from pregnancy that I have neglected my blog. Here are some pictures to show what Tanner and I have been up to in the month of October.

First of all, one of my closest roommates from college got married on October 22nd. Ashley was stunning and I was so glad I was able to share her special day with her. I have never seen her happier. I always love witnessing other sealings and feel so blessed that we are able to have temples on the earth today to be sealed to our eternal companions. It was fun catching up with other roommates and old friends. I was lucky to host one of my roommates, Heather, all weekend since she flew up here from Mesa, AZ. I am so happy that we have all stayed in touch and hopefully that will never change!






Tanner and I decided we wanted to pick out pumpkins from a real pumpkin patch and not just from the grocery store. Michelle, Michael, and Bradley came along and we had fun going through a corn maze, picking out our pumpkins and then later going on a haunted hayride. This definitely put us in the holiday spirit of Halloween and Fall time especially since we couldn't do the usual haunted house adventure since I'm pregnant.



Second, Tanner's family came up from Arizona to not only shower me with tons of gifts but to spend time with us as well as the Wellington family in Logan. Some highlights include: playing cranium and watching Tanner's cousin Justin act out a blow fish... getting to know sweet baby Halle better, driving to Idaho to see the snow and take pictures in the beautiful fall scenery, and driving to visit Martin Harris' grave all the while scaring Brigham of scary ghosts.

My sister Michelle threw me an amazing baby shower with my mom's help as well. Everything was so picture perfect and I feel extremely blessed with all the gifts I received. My mother in law had a shower for me in Arizona and then brought all the gifts up to Utah for me to open and boy oh boy... did I have A LOT to open! I think baby Chloe is set with clothes for a while as well as blankets :)

The food was amazing... Michelle decided on a "milk and cookies" theme which turned out so cute! We also had soup, salad, and rolls... yum!

We played "daddy knows best" game where Michelle had asked Tanner a list of questions regarding the baby like, "how many diapers do you think you will change in a day?"... and I had to guess what he said. I only got 4 out of 14 questions right! ha ha

There was also pictures of Tanner and I as babies hung on the windows and my mom and mother-in-law shared stories of both of us as babies so we could get an idea of what our baby will be like.

It was so fun to visit with family and friends and talk about babies! I am getting more and more excited for sweet baby Chloe to arrive! only 2 more months!!

We ended birthday week with celebrating Tanner's birthday. He turned 25 this year so I wanted to make it special. He always says how he hates birthdays and doesn't like the attention but I wanted to spoil my husband. I used some leftover cutouts from work and taped them all over our bathroom with reasons why I loved him. I included a care basket full of shampoo, body wash, face lotion etc. He was so surprised the minute he walked in the bathroom and really liked it! I bought some cinnamon rolls for breakfast and bought some balloons to make it look festive. What is a birthday without balloons? :) After he went to class he came home and opened his presents. I got him some clothes and he loved them all! phew... shopping for men can be so hard I think. Then we relaxed, watched conference, ate out at costa vida for lunch, and ended the night by going to see "Money Ball." I highly suggest this movie to anyone even if your not into baseball. :)

Mine and Tanner's birthday are only a week apart so we started a tradition of "birthday week". Well... we kind of celebrate it in a week but anyways we started off the celebration by heading down to St. George for a night. We checked into our motel, went to the mall and bought some see's chocolates, and ate dinner at Olive Garden. We ended off the night by seeing the Little Mermaid at the Tuacahn Theater. It was amazing! I loved the theater because it was outside in the canyon against the red rock scenery and the whole atmosphere was very enjoyable. The next morning we checked out and headed up to my parents house to continue the celebration. On Sunday we had a combined family party with homemade ice cream, pop cake, presents and pictionary. Tanner got me a Vera Bradley diaper bag which I love! :) I felt very spoiled and now I am excited to spoil my husband in a few days.

Tanner has started school once again which means that he is busy with full time work and school which means that I needed to come up with hobbies/things to do to fill my time. I decided to start early on my fall decorating and so I made a wreath that was practically free! The total cost was $3! Here is what I did: I got a wire hanger and bended it into a circle shape. I then cut strips of old scraps of autumn-looking fabric from my mom's sewing stash. I tied the strips all around the circle until it turned out like this! I went to Hobby lobby and found this cute sign for only $3 and wah la! It definitely looks better in person and I am so happy with it! p.s. Fall is my favorite season :)