Well, we are 2 days past my due date. Not much seems to be happening. Yesterday a friend and I went down into the canyon and did some walking and some picture taking. She really likes photography and wanted to take some pictures of me in all my pregnant glory. We had a fun time, and I think the pictures are going to turn out great. Other than that we are just waiting not so patiently for our little man to arrive. At my Dr. app. on Tuesday they did a bunch of tests to make sure the baby was still doing good, and he was, we even got to see another ultrasound of him, and it was confirmed he's still a boy! So all in all things are going well. We will see what the weekend brings and see if Leslie will get a nephew for a birthday present or if we will have a baby born on the first day of Spring! If I don't have the baby by Tuesday, I go in for one last appointment and then they will set up a day to induce. Until then we keep on waiting. Its a good thing they are still letting me come to work. I think I would go crazy if I had to be at home with nothing to do.

The end is near right....

So we went to the doctor yesterday. I was pretty excited last week when the doctor told me to be ready at any time because I was that close. Well those hopes were dashed yesterday. The women's OB clinic in Twin has about 5 doctors who all work in it, you don't get to choose the doctor you go to, you see all of them. Well I am learning that some doctors tell you like it is, and others like to get your hopes up and think things are moving so quickly and be ready at any time. But my doctor yesterday is one of the best there and the one I am crossing my fingers is working when I actually do go into labor. He gave it to me straight like he has been the whole the time. I have started yet, but I still have a long way to go, and don't expect much this week or even next week. My due date is Tuesday, but he has been telling me at most of my visits when I do see him that he would be surprised if I delivered that soon. So with the lack of sleep I have been getting and the frustrations from the doctor last week. I wasn't very happy yesterday.

But on a good note, I finally figured out how to sleep through the night with out waking up stiff and sore and being wide awake from 4 am to 7 am when I normally get up. The last couple of days and nights have been really long! But I finally got a good nights sleep last night and plan on taking every advantage of that as I can for the next week or so.

I haven't been very good at taking pictures since I have been pregnant, not the belly photo type of girl, but since so many people are requesting to see some pictures here are the few that I have.

This is right around 4 or 4 and a half months. I woke up and bam, there was the baby bump. It really felt like it happened over night!

This one is gross. The date is wrong, I don't know why. My feet didn't start swelling until about 8 months, but when they swelled they SWELLED! I think they have been even bigger than this. Oh the joys we go through! I would have to say, the last month has been the hardest month for me. It was pretty easy going until then. I haven't worn real shoes since the end of January, couldn't get my feet in them even if I tried, but since I hate shoes, I don't really mind. I did get some funny looks when I was downtown doing snow removal for work a few weeks ago in just my flip flops and a sweatshirt!

We took these on Sunday after we got back from Payton's blessing in Dietrich. I went to see Zed on Friday and he moved the baby down into the top of the birth canal, he said he should stay there, that he should be able to get out but as you can see, he didn't stay put! I was carrying him much higher than even this, and he has still managed to get back up into my ribs since this picture has taken. I think he's making a stand, letting me know he's not ready to come yet. So the wait continues!

I couldn't leave dad out could I? He's getting pretty excited for the big day. As long as I can wait until after Friday to go into labor he will be fine. He has a physics test and calculus test that day. For those of you who don't know, Michael travels to ISU 3 days a week for school. So it would be better for Micah to wait for his dad to finish his classes for the week if he does decide to come early. We shall see. Until then I hope all is well with everyone! We will try to keep everyone as updated as possible when the big day finally does come!

Yankees Game 2007

We decided we needed a day off from work so a group of us went down to Kansas City. We spent the day at six flags enjoying all the rides and remembering what it was like to be kids again. With the ticket package we were able to upgrade to a day pass with tickets to the Royals/Yankees game for like 7 bucks, so we decided why not. None of us had been to a Pro Baseball game before. Now I know why. It was long! We are not huge baseball fans to begin with, but we endured the 9 innings anyway and had a fun time, but I must say it will probably be the last baseball game I attend. I would much rather play the game than watch it. Here are a few pictures from the game. Enjoy!
The Field
Posey has an obsession with collecting things he amazingly had enough Yankees hats for all of us to sport. Why he brought them all the way from Hawaii is still a mystery to us.

The boys Posey, Evan, Cade, and Mike
The girls Brooke, Me Michelle, and Jessie
Warming up....
I think this is A Rod who really knows. This was the game that he was supposed to break the world record for number of home runs. He didn't do it this game.

I thought the fountain was pretty cool. It was huge!

Hot dogs were fighting.

A Rod getting hit with the ball. Apparently the Royals didn't want him breaking the Home Run record on their turf.

A Rod batting again
This brought in a pretty big crowd.
The dug out
This is actually how far away we really were, no zooming on this one. The players looked like ants.

Baby Update

So I haven't posted much about the pregnancy since I just recently got serious about this blogging thing. I have two weeks left and just got back from an appointment. Things are starting to move and get going, the doctor said that I need to be prepared for anytime. Last week nothing was happening and he was surprised to see this much change this week. He guesses the baby is about 7.5 lbs now and will gain an ounce a day until he arrives. Lets hope we don't go over too long! So we will see. I won't get my hopes up too much. My pregnancy has been fairly easy. I never got morning sickness, but was extremely exhausted all the time for the first three months. Then the energy came back like a light switch was turned on. I developed the baby bump literally over night. Before I knew it I was 5 months along and we had the ultrasound-Boy- was the verdict and Mike and I couldn't have been happier. It's what we both wanted first. At about 7 months time started standing still. Why does the first 5 months go so fast and the last three so slow? I have had my ups and downs, don't get me wrong, it hasn't been smooth sailing the whole time, but thanks to our "family" muscle therapist he has helped me out quite a bit and helped prepare for the big day. Hopefully I will be able to make it to one last appointment with him before the big event. Until then I guess we continue to play the waiting game!

My first attempt at a slide show

Well, I think this slide show turned out pretty good, minus the pictures that I thought I had turned the right way and ended up sideways. I found out that once you add them to the slide, there is no rotating them there, so next time we will have to remember this. This is when we spent the summer in Omaha Nebraska. Michael went off to sell satellite systems and I worked at the apartment complex we lived in pulling weeds, and keeping the beds looking nice. All the while in awe at how lazy some people are, and how cheap people can be when it comes to landscaping. I also worked at Aeropostale in the mall, and transferred to the one here when we came back. We had a lot of fun in Nebraska and learned a lot. And no, we didn't make millions, felt more like we lost millions, but that's okay, we went where we felt we needed to be and met a lot of great people. Some of which you can see in the slide show. The Zoo we were told was one of the biggest ones in the U.S. It was a fun day. We spent the 4th of July there. Our favorite animals were the penguins and the gorillas.

Henry Doorly Zoo Summer 2007