Maternity Photo Shoot

I never got nice maternity photos when I was pregnant with Jayda and I seriously regretted it. This time I made my sister go with me to the park and I explained to her how my camera worked and gave her a basic idea of what I wanted. Thank god for Picasa editing, they turned out WONDERFUL!! And the great thing is that they were FREE!!! Jayda was amazingly happy considering we had just walked a mile and it was super super hot! It turned into more of a photo shoot for her and I but I did manage to get a few cute belly shots too!












I have to give a shout out to Susanna for giving me the wonderful maternity shirt, I love it! :) Thank you!!

I DID IT!!

And it feels so good! I finally got the nerve to chop off my hair, YAY!! I went in there not really knowing what I wanted and so it was a surprise for me! It's short, but not boy short, I am not such a fan of those! Some people can pull it off (like Nat and Anna, I love her hair, but most just look gross!) I love it though, it makes me feel so much lighter and COOLER!!! Definitely a plus for a 9 month preggo! I am pretty excited too because it will be very low maintanence in the hospital. All of my pictures after Jayda was born are awful because my hair looks like a big pile of dog turd! NOT THIS TIME :)

4th of July Camping Trip

For the 4th of July we roughnecked it.......all the way to middle of Cody, Wyoming smack dab in middle of town! (we were right next to DairyQueen, PREGNANT WOMAN HEAVEN!). My parents took their big camper and we had a great time. We went up the night of the 3rd so that we could watch the 4th of July parade early in the morning. We stayed up late to watch the fireworks and it was amazing! Jayda had such a great time, much more enthusiastic than last year! She was really upset when they ended, she did NOT want to go to bed! The next day we took a trip out to the Buffalo Bill Resevior and Damn, it was so neat. They had a visitors center with some info about the construction. Then that night we went to an Extreme Bullriding Rodeo, it was AMAZING! It's going to be shown on ESPN in September.

All in all, it was a great trip. I had a lot of contractions that were getting closer and closer but luckily no baby decided to show up! Although i was so close to the hospital that I could have walked there (and picked up an icecream cone along the way)

Jayda and Grandpa going to breakfast


Wild Cowgirl





At the Parade
Horse riding in the back of the truck


Jayda and Grandma in their matching shirts


Yes, that is a woman riding a long horn steer!!!


My dad and I in our matching shirts







At the Rodeo

38 Weeks

Well, two more weeks and this turkey is ready to come out of the oven! I can't believe that he could come any day now! And with all this heat, I am hoping he does!!!! :)

Last Thursday I had a dr appointment and I got to have another ultrasound. I am still measuring 3-4 weeks smaller so he sent me over to get one. They estimated him at weighing 6lbs 5oz give or take a few ounces. Everything looked great, his measurments were not abnormal and YES, he is still a boy............thank god!!!






My new brother, Ben, LOL!!

37 Weeks- Full Term!

I did it, we did it.......I am at full term! Here is an exerpt from one of my weekly pregnancy e-mails about little Dallyn's development.....

Congratulations! Your baby is full-term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away. He weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long.


I turned 37 weeks on the day of my sister's wedding (see previous post!) and so here is a picture of my belly right before her wedding in my bridesmaid dress!


I have been feeling pretty good lately, especially for being almost done. I am having some good contractions and am ready to get this show on the road whenever he is ready!

My Best Friends Wedding

And it happened to be my sister too :) On Friday, Hannah got married! I was an emotional wreck but we all had a great time! My sister, Leah, and Hannah's best friend Jen and I were the bridesmaids and Jayda and Jillian, my niece, were the flower girls. Here are some quick pictures I snapped with my camera, the nicer ones from the photographer are still being developed! We all had a great time and wish the best for my sister and new brother (whom Jayda thinks the world of! No one can compete with "Uncle Ben")

Getting our hair done!






Getting Ready
I can't put on my own shoes, LOL


Riding in the Carriage to the ceremony


Wedding Party


Jayda and her Uncle Joe at the reception

36 Weeks!!

Wow, I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone! I feel like just yesterday I had the cleanest toilet in the west because my head was ALWAYS in it! I can't believe that in a few short weeks our new baby will be here to poop and pee all over us!


For being so pregnant, I feel pretty good! I am having contractions most of the day, they range from about 8 minutes apart to about 20 minutes. I really hope i am dilated (even 2cm would be great, lol) because it would really stink for all this pain to be for nothing! I have been walking my butt off in lue of D Day. My sister's wedding is this Friday and that Saturday I will be 37 weeks so any time after that would be grand.






Other than SEVERE pelvic pressure, my only complaint is that I can't stop chewing ice. I have to have ice in my glass ALL day long and I chomp chomp chomp away! I have had my dr test my iron levels to make sure i wasn't suffering from Pica (a form of anemia where your symptoms are to eat weird things like clay, dirt or ice!). My favorite thing in the world is a full cup of crushed ice filled 1/4 way with County Time Lemonaid!!! YUM!!!!!!!!


I am hoping that Jayda has some idea of what is to come, but I don't think she does. She knows where baby brother is and LOVES to snuggle him and make sure his "window" (my shirt) is open so he can see Elmo when he is on! My grandma bought her a special baby doll with some clothes and baby acessories to give her while she is in meeting her brother for the first time. I am hoping that will go ok, her and I are going to go into town next week and pick out something for baby brother special from her. She is having such a great time with grandma and grandpa that I don't even think she will notice until we actually get back to san diego and all she has is good ol mom!



Jayda giving brother some love! (excuse the scariness, I didn't know my child was going to be so cute or else I would have brushed my hair, lol)