38 Weeks and GO TIME!

I am just posting one last picture before we have this baby. I had an appointment this morning and measured 41 cm. Dr. Fisher gave me 2 options.

Option 1 - I could have the baby today. He would give me a pill to start the conractions, then when they got bad enough I would go to the birthing center here in Blanding to have the baby, but you cannot have an epidural there.

Option 2 - I could have the baby tomorrow. I could go to the hospital in Monticello tomorrow morning at 7:30 and he would start me on pitosin, and I COULD have an epidural.

I elected option 2. I figured since I have already had 2 kids without an epidural I deserved to have one this time, no need to be too tough. I am also afraid that since I am measuring the same with this baby that I did with Ethan, that he will get stuck like Ethan, and I will have to have the horrible vacuum again. I don't want to go through that again without an epidural.

So tomorrow we should have a baby. Yippee!!

Thanks Ridge!

I decided to squeeze in a few more posts before I SQUEEZE out this baby.

I have a little patient, Ridge (whose mom now works at the office) that I love. He is always so cute and such a good boy. When he found out I was having a baby he drew this picture for me and brought it with him to his appointment. (You may have to click on it to enlarge so you can see better.)

I love it. I love how I am just huge in the picture (cause that's how I feel). Dr. Miller noticed that he was bigger than the rest too. I love to see kids perspective on things.

Then he knitted this hat for the baby. He entered in the fair too. I don't know if he won anything for it, but it sure is cute. And very sweet of him.


Thanks Ridge!!

Dinosaur Museum

The kids and I have been bored this week. I think it's the longest week of my life, since I am done working and we are just sitting around waiting to have this baby. I can't do very much in the way of playing with the kids, it about kills me to get up and down from the floor with them. So we decided to go to the Dinosaur Museum. I think Becky takes them pretty regularly but everytime we drive by it on the way to the grocery store they want to go.

Anyway, I haven't been in a long time so I consented to go. We walked around and around and saw all the dinosaurs about 10 times each. Then of course we had to stop in at the gift shop and pick a prize. It killed about an hour of our afternoon so I guess it was worth it.



Ethan was trying to lift Ally up to see some of the things in the cases. He told her "Mom can't lift you, I have to do it." I guess he's heard me say that a few times.

36 Weeks

Well it was a very disappointing and sad day. I don't know why but I guess I just had my heart set on having this baby early, I am so tired and worn out. So today at my doctor's appointment when he checked me and said I wasn't progressing or even doing anything and that he wouldn't do anything for 2 more weeks I was very sad. I know technically I am only 36 weeks but I measure so big I thought he might like to help me out. So it looks like we will be having the baby the first week in September, which is what I have been planning all along. I guess I just shouldn't get my hopes up like that again, I'm not the doctor, or the baby.

Backyard Swimming Pool

Since school started the public pool hasn't been open for us to go swimming anymore so Ethan begged Javan to fill up the pool in our backyard. Ethan and Ally have been having so much fun. When we first filled it up Javan hooked it directly to our water heater so the water was warm but they have still been swimming even now that the water is freezing. They are both getting pretty brave and will go under the water. Ethan thinks he is pretty cool with his goggles on, they are giving him quite a bit of confidence actually. A little of the swimming action.

Don't mind all the weeds in the yard, we've been busy with other things. And yes, that is a drinking fountain in the backyard, that's what happens when you husband is a plumber.

Ethan's First Day of School

Ethan started preschool again this year on Aug. 14. He was supposed to start on the 13th but due to funerals and babysitters he didn't get to go the first day. He was pretty bummed. So he was way excited on Thursday when he got to go. He kept telling Ally that he was going to school and she didn't have school, which of course made her sad. He says he loves school, and is excited to go every morning instead of fight me about it. He goes to 4-day pre-school this year to prepare him for kindergarden.

I can't see you!

Can you guess what the giant red thing is? That's right, my huge round belly. This is my view looking down. Ally is just the right height that she fits right underneath my belly and so this is what I see quite often. I just thought it was kind of funny.

Hot Tub Party

Grandpa and Grandma Young have a hot tub that they filled up for the kids to play in. They had a blast because it was warm (it wasn't full hot tub temp. more like bath water) and they could touch. Wouldn't it be great to be a kid again.


Here is Ethan under the water. This is a pretty big accomplishment for Ethan. He is not brave. So finally getting him to go under water on his own is huge. Way to go buddy!

Dentist Appointments

I brought Ethan and Ally over to the dentist office to have their check-ups last week. The is Ethan's 3 time and Ally's first. I'd just like to remind everyone that on Ethan's 1st appointment he wouldn't open his mouth and we didn't get anything accomplished. On the second appointment he threw up all over my mom, me and the floor. This time he did much better we got most of what we needed to done without hassle until it was time for flouride and x-rays. Then we had to wait for Javan so Ethan could sit on his lap for pictures. Such a stinker.


Ally on the other hand was a perfect angel. She didn't make a peep the whole time. She had a smile on her face and cooperated with everything I needed her to do. What a good girl.


Letting Dr. Miller count her teeth.

34 Weeks

Here is a picture of me at 34 weeks. I just put in on even though tomorrow is 35 weeks, I've been a little slow. At my Dr. appointment on this day I measured 38 weeks. Dr. Fisher said we'll just take it one week at at time. I don't really know what that means, but hopefully he is in my same mind frame about getting this baby out soon.

Pioneer Days/Camping at Medicine Lake

We went camping with Javan's family over Pioneer Day weekend and came into Monticello for the parade.

We camped clear at the top of the La Sal Mountains at a place called Medicine Lake. I didn't take many pictures, I guess I was just too fat and lazy to get up and get the camera when a photo opportunity presented itself. I'm quite sad about it now however.

Javan was a good sport about helping the kids gather candy, since I wasn't fast enough to beat all the other kids this year.


Ethan was soooo sick this weekend. Someone in our family throws up every camping trip, I'm not kidding either. He started having a fever the first night we were outso I looked in his throat the next day and his tonsils were the size of his head and cover in white death. It was so nasty. So after the parade I took him up to the hospital to get a shot of antibiotics and get him on the mend. He didn't like that shot at all, poor kid.



Ally loves parades, candy, popsicles, and just about everything. What a sweetie.
P.S., see those horses in the background, one of them peed about 5 gallons of pee right in front of us at the beginning of the parade, we even had to move some of our chairs so we didn't get horse pee on us. Then for the rest of the parade all the floats were throwing candy directly into the horse pee making it not okay to gather up. That was kind of hard for the kids to resist.


Here's Ethan hanging out on the 4-wheeler on one of our rides. He wasn't up for much adventure.


I love this picture of Javan and Ally. So cute. What else do I need to say?


Here is a beautiful overview of the city of Moab.


We found this old copper mine in the side of a mountain and of course Javan and Glade had to go explore it. Then they talked the rest of us into going in too. It was pretty cool, we don't know how long ago it was used but it's still in pretty good shape.


Natalee keeping control of the kids while we were loading up and getting ready to head home.

32 Weeks

Oh my goodness! Look at me. I feel huge, and in fact I am. I had an appointment this morning. When Dr. Fisher came in he asked if I was 30 weeks, I quickly reminded him that we changed the due date to match the ultrasound which makes me 32 weeks, thank you very much. So then he measured my belly and guess what, I measure 36 weeks. What the crap. Dr. Fisher was a little concerned and has ordered another ultrasound to see just how big this baby is. So we may be having a baby sooner than we thought. We'll have to see what the ultrasound says first.

I'm serious people, NAMES! Come on.

4-Wheelin'

One of the days that Amber and Steve were home we went on a four wheeler ride with them. We rode to some indian ruins called Lewis Lodge. It was about a mile hike from where you have to park the 4-wheelers, so I stayed with my mom, and Ally and Havyn while the rest of the group hiked to the ruin. I'll have to get some pictures from Steve of the ruin. It was a good time. It's getting harder for me to ride, with every bump I have a contraction (or at least my belly hardens in defense mode).

Group shot


Ally, Ethan, and Havyn having some snacks.

Ally and Havyn

My sister Amber and her family were home visiting for a couple of weeks before they moved to Hawaii (they left yesterday, so sad). Her little girl Havyn and Ally are the best of friends. They are so funny and cute together. They don't get to see each other very often though so I was fun that they could spend a couple weeks together.

They did get into some trouble together, I guess they were egging each other on. Here are a couple of pictures of when they got into Grandma's lotion. Ally loves to take baths, especially at Grandma's so maybe this was just a way for them to make us give them a bath. Little stinkers.




I don't know why I didn't take any pictures of Ethan and Cole (Amber's son). They were good little buddies too. I think they must have ridden the 4-wheeler's for at least 4 or 5 hours a day. They got really good at spinning donuts. We're sad they had to leave. We had a really fun time while they were here, but we're excited to go visit them in Hawaii.

Jericho Road

Jerico Road came to Blanding for our Youth Conference. We have a connection with one of the guys, Dave. My brother David married Tiffany, whose brother is Dave Kimball in Jericho Road. So anyway, my dad contacted them to come down and perform for youth conference. On Thursday night the did a fireside where each of the guys spoke and the sang songs in between, it was really good. The next night was the concert, the whole communtity was invited so we all went. It was good as well. It was kind of windy and rained for a minute but we still had a good time.

Here is Jericho Road in concert. I don't know why I waited until dark to take a picture of them, cause now you can't see them. I'm pretty smart these days.


Here we are eating ice cream with Jericho Road after the concert. This picture was kind of an inside joke with Javan and I, but I thought I would include it so you would all know that I hang out the famous people. Just kidding.

Lake Powell Slide Show

Lake Powell

I can't make that slide show work in this post, does anyone know how to add a slide show to a post. Help me.

Anyway:

On June 30 - July 5 my whole family went down to Lake Powell and spent the week on our houseboat. It was so fun. It has been several years since we all got to go together so it was fun to have everyone.

Since it was so hot and I am a giant pregnant woman we spent alot of time in the water to keep myself cool. Good thing the water was warm. Before we went Ally wasn't able to hold herself upright in the water with her life jacket on but by the end of the first day she had it down and was swimming everywhere, she wouldn't let us hold onto her the rest of the time. Ethan did great too, he even let me put his head under water 3 times in a row. Our week was filled with yummy food, swimming, watersports, hiking, lizard hunting, delicious food, sandcastle building, napping, playing games, water fights, good food, and good times all around.

It's one of my favorite places to be. There were so many pictures that I wanted to include that it would have taken an hour to look at them all, so I spared you all the pain and just included some in a slide show. (which is included above now) I hope you can tell how much fun we had.

Ethan going down the water slide. We used to do this all the time when I was little. I am so glad my kids can enjoy this now too.

Ally loved to float on her back in her life jacket, but she couldn't get back up. It was the funniest thing watching her kick and try her darndest. Such a big girl.

Ally thought it would be fun to jump in until she did it. She had jumped several times before I took this video but had the same reaction everytime.

Help!

Okay, I'm starting to stress out. We cannot come up with any baby names we love, or even like. We would love some suggestions. It's a boy by the way. Please help!!

Tag

I was bored while downloading stuff onto my Ipod so I decided to do this tag. Javan and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary so I thought it would be fun to look back.

How long have you been together? 8+ years

How long did you date? 1 year

How old is he? 31

Who eats more? Depends if I'm pregnant, nevermind, it's usually me all the time.

Who said I Love You First? Me

Who is taller? Um, Javan

Who sings better? I don't know, me

Who is smarter? I usually think I am but Javan is amazing at what he does and very smart.

Who does the laundry? me, Javan sometimes.

Who does the dishes? both, mostly me

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Is this facing the bed or laying in it? Laying in it I am on the left, but we have switched a few times.

Who pays the bills? me

Who mows the lawn? Javan, honestly I have never mowed a lawn in my life. I'd like to keep it that way.

Who cooks dinner? me

Who is more stubborn? We both are, depends on what we're defending.

Who kissed who first? He kissed me. He's so smooth.

Who asked who out? You just don't do that in Blanding, we hung out with groups at first.

Who proposed? My mom? No, Javan did.

Who is more sensitive? Definitely me.

Who has more siblings? Javan, for sure

Water Fun

I was feeling guilty that I was a mean and boring mom and never let my kids do anything fun. So I decided to be nice and let them invite some friends over to play outside in the water. It was pretty short lived because the water was so cold, but they had a good time, and I feel like a little bit nicer of a mom. Everyone wins.

Ethan and Garrett running through the wiggly hose, I guess Ethan was tring to get a drink.

Ethan, Isabel, and Garrett on a team run through.
Ally liked to pretend she was running through the sprinkler but she would just actually run by it. Hence, no water in the picture.

After about 5 seconds of running through the sprinkler they would all run to the trampoline and wrap up in their towels for about 5 seconds and then back to the sprinklers.

Then we got out the slip-n-slide. This is a nice action shot of Ethan and the only time he did this. He must have thought it was too cold, the rest of the time they just ran down the slide, unless they happened to fall and slide.

Ally finally getting a little water on her suit.

So cute, doesn't it just look like fun. Garrett, Ethan, Isabel, and Ally

Round 3 was putting the wiggly hose under the trampoline.

Some action shots.