Cedar Breaks

Jared had Monday off for Pioneer Day so we decided to head up the mountain and go to Cedar Breaks. We grabbed lunch at Sonny Boys (YUMMY!!!) and had a picnic at the picnic area at the campground. Cooper was in shorts and it was a little cold (Crue was cold in short sleeves and pants). It was perfect for hiking though! After lunch we went and hiked the Alpine Pond trail. Jared carried Cooper on his shoulders most of the way and I carried Aly in a baby carrier. Crue got to walk. He did awesome. Jared and I were starting to breathe heavy and he was ready to walk the trail again! The wildflowers are still in bloom (the wildflower festival ended the day before) so I had fun taking pictures with my camera.

This is how we started out the hike - Cooper getting a ride and Crue walking with them.

 Then Cooper wanted to walk.

 I was happy to get all 3 looking at me. You can see a lot of the wildflowers in the background.

I LOVE this picture of the boys! It cracked me up when I noticed they all had the same foot in front. I have such cute boys. :)

 You can't forget the girls! Alyson looked at everything as we were walking to the water and then she fell asleep and slept most of the way back. She's a great camper and hiker - we took  her camping when she was 6 weeks and again at around 2 1/2 months and she's just over 3 months here.

I had to get a shot of the girls walking.

 Cooper hanging out on a rock for a minute while Jared fixed my sock (it had come halfway off my foot in my shoe and I couldn't get my shoes on or off with Aly in front of me).

 Waiting out some rain. I love his smile and his entire expression when he smiles big for me!

The boys walking on a trail along the pond (while I tried fixing my sock). It's so beautiful there.

 I love this picture! I like how some parts are in focus and others aren't. I was trying to take a picture of the bumble bee so I was a little sad when it didn't focus on the bee. It was hard bending over with a baby strapped to you while there's bees/bumble bees buzzing around you and you're scared of them. So I took one picture (the bee had also changed flowers right before I took it) and then got out of there.

 These pink flowers were beautiful! We only saw a few more so I was glad I got this one shot. My batteries were dying so I changed them when we stopped at the pond. These flowers were only on the Lower Trail and we came out on the Upper Trail.

 This picture shows most of the varieties of flowers (at least with color - we saw a bunch of white ones covering one area too).

 The meadow on the way back had a bunch of mini sunflowers. It was awesome. You can see some purple and a little bit of red flowers mixed in as well.

 And of course Cedar Breaks. This is from Chessman Ridge Overlook.

 Another shot. It was really pretty with the cloudy skies and rain.

 On the way home we stopped by the campground that we're having our annual ward campout at so I could have accurate info for a map to hand out. There are beautiful aspens and a big meadow to play in.

How to know when you've had fun. :) Cooper crashed right before we got home.

New dress/skirt!

I saw the cutest bandanna dress that has removable straps so it can become a skirt as your baby grows. I think my favorite part (and why I'm excited to make it) is that the bottom isn't a straight hem (along with the fact that you don't have to hem it). It looks like a cute, fun, twirly skirt/dress! And the pattern is FREE this week so hurry and check it out! Here's the link:
http://www.readjame.com/2011/07/bandana-dress-pdf-pattern-free-this.html

Food Storage

We have a cold food storage room under our front porch that is cement all around. I tried to use it for food storage but with no shelves or lights in there, it was kind of hard. So everything ended up getting put outside of that room in our basement. Here's a picture of how bad it was.

You can see the water piling out of the food storage room and all our food on the floor on the left (still in bags), along with the shelves we got (great deal on craigslist), coolers, and some of the camping stuff on the right. Not exactly the best way to build food storage, especially when you don't know what you have!

This is what our food storage room looked like to the left when you walked in (see that far right corner? Jared found 2 jars of mayo I had forgotten about that expired in January 2010!). My handy, amazing husband installed that light above (there was no light before).

This is what it looked like to the right - 3 bags of wheat (on a pallet to keep them off the floor) and a LOT of milk/soda/juice jugs full of water. (Jared installed that light too.)

This is what it looked like when we tossed all the water through the basement window onto our front "lawn".

This is after! So so so much better. I can actually see what we have and what we need now. I found 4 cans of Rotel (diced tomatoes and green chilies) that I had looked for before and couldn't find.

I know, we don't have much cereal. Good thing I'm going to the store later. Just kidding! I had gone to the store while they were having a sale, with a bunch of coupons (I also had a raincheck for some of the ones that had been on sale the week before but weren't on sale this time). Some of the cereal we had but the rest came from that trip. I got 33 boxes of cereal for $.67 to $1.17 each - mostly Kelloggs and a few Quaker.

This is much better for water storage. Ace Hardware had these on a closeout special for $29.99 each (they were used - they were filled with soy sauce before). We had two $5 off coupons for Ace so we went and each got one. Jared cleaned them out and we filled them with water. I was at the store earlier that day and found a siphon pump so I got that to get the water out when it comes time to use it. I also got some more buckets so all the wheat is now in buckets instead of the bags. It is so much nicer and I'm actually excited to get more food storage now! Watch out cannery here we come! (Just kidding:))

Quite the review

I was looking at the Home Depot ad online the other day and noticed a dual flushing toilet. We were curious as to what that was so I looked the product up online. I like to read reviews sometimes and even though we aren't planning on buying a toilet anytime soon, I started reading the ones for this particular toilet. I read the first review and was laughing so hard (with tears in my eyes) that I couldn't even read it out loud to Jared. He also laughed pretty good. So, for your entertainment, here's some potty humor. :)

Ever since I can remember I've had adversarial relationships with toilets (God gave me a large diameter colon, I think), so when we were planning a 1st floor remodel to make room for a powder room, a good toilet was at the top of the list. Good meant no clogging, quiet, no clogging, water-efficient, no clogging, nice styling, and most of all, no clogging. I settled on this GB dual-flush unit by studying the MAP test results, in-store flush ratings, and these product reviews.

Installation was easy and straightforward. Based on others' comments I allowed a little extra time to explore how the instructions and parts fit together, and encountered no problems. I used a thicker wax ring just to be sure. The seat and lid styling are nice, but as others have noted the lid is too flexible for sitting or standing. Otherwise everything was perfect.

Performance is fantastic. I installed it a month ago and have not had a single clog. Our other toilet (an older 3.5 GPFer in the main bath) would clog once a week or so and I could count on spending quality time with the plunger every time. No more - I'm free! I also measured actual water use with the water meter and it's spot on - 1.6 and 1.1 GPF - and the toilet is super-quiet.

This is amazing performance, and combined with a low price, it's just incredible and I'm totally happy. I'll be buying another one of these ASAP to replace our main bath toilet.

(Link here for the review page)

Blessing Dress

I got a couple of pictures from my brother of Alyson in her blessing dress so here they are. (Thank you Kyle!)

I made the flower for her hair too. I made this flower and then added one of the flowers that's along the front of her dress, to the middle of it. Other than the dress being too big around (she's skinny!) I was really happy with it. I'm glad I made it. Plus, she's pretty dang cute and makes the dress that much cuter having her in it. :)

Camping too far away (aka family reunion)

Last week we went to Parks, AZ (just west of Flagstaff) to go to a family reunion. It's my maternal grandma's siblings/spouses (only 3 are still alive - a brother and his wife and another brother's wife) and all their kids, and their kids, etc. It's kind of a long drive, especially with 2 little boys and a nursing baby, but it was well worth it. The boys had a BLAST - Crue didn't want to leave! We went to my the ranch my uncle's family owns (my mom's sister's husband). I remember going there when I was younger so I was really excited to go back, to take my boys there, and to see extended family. It took about 7 - 8 hours to get there (normally about 6 without having to stop). We were camping so we didn't have to pay for a hotel in addition to the fuel (a 98 suburban unfortunately doesn't get 25-30 mpg). Plus, we have a huge, awesome tent, and the boys (and me) love camping. My sister, Kelci, and her boyfriend, Tony, rode with us and my cousin's husband rode home with us. That's right, 7 people (8 on the way home) and all our gear, fit inside the suburban. There was nothing on the top. Jared's amazing. He had to play tetris to get everything in there but he did it!

On the way there, everyone was asleep at one point. So nice and quiet! I was really getting tired of all the whining from the very back seat. Just kidding Kelci! :)

When we first got there the boys went for a ride on my uncle's off-roading golf cart with Kelci and Tony, and my cousin Heidi (driving).

They also really liked the tire swing, especially when we first got there (it was close to where we set our tent up at). Kelci and Tony were the lucky ones that got to push them a lot on the swing.

There's a big cinder pit by the house where most of the kids played a lot of the time. My cousins recently built a zip line across the cinder pit that the kids all loved. Every once in a while when we would look for Crue, we would look up at the zip line first and there was a good chance we'd find him there. It was really nice not having to watch him constantly like we usually do when we're camping. Everyone was family so you could trust them and they would help watch everyone else's kids, and Crue was good to stay in the general vicinity of everyone and not wander off. We had to keep a little closer eye on Cooper because he doesn't understand about not wandering off, but he still did really good too.

Uncle Robert (his family's ranch), Jared, Uncle Jerry, and Terry, my mom's cousin, all hanging out and talking after moving some picnic tables. (House to the right, cinder pit to the left, and bunkhouse behind the truck.)

Crue playing in the cinder pit, above, Cooper playing in the cinder pit and climbing a little, below.

The first day we were there Cooper fell and his face hit a rock. Poor little bud. He was quite a trooper though. He only cried a little bit and then was fine the rest of the time.

Jared taking Crue (at the bottom, climbing by himself) and Cooper (hanging on to dad) to the top of the cinder pit for the zip line and carrying the kid chair for it.

Here's Crue on the zip line, followed by a video of him on it. (videos currently won't work - I'll try again later)

Here's Cooper on the zip line followed by a video of him on it. Jared was too scared to let Cooper go by himself the first time so that's why he's running with the rope. After we saw how slow it went for the kids, he let him go by himself the rest of the time. The last day someone figured out how to attach some string to the seat and to a bike so they didn't have to have someone run and pull the seat back every time, they could just use the bike pedals. (They had a regular swing seat for the older kids and adults.)

Here's a picture of the ranch from where you got on the zip line at. We had our tent down the hill behind the house (the house is on the left with the awnings out front).

My uncle, the same one with the golf cart, also brought 3 of his horses and one of his ranch neighbor's horses for us to ride (his in-law's ranch is in Williams, a little farther west of Parks). Jared had put Crue and Cooper on one and walked them around a little before I got there (with the camera). The boys loved the horses and they were able to go for another ride or two.

Crue went for a ride with Aubrey, my cousin's daughter (it's her grandpa's horses). He then took off to go play somewhere, probably in the cinder pit, so he didn't get to ride with us later.

Cooper went with a cousin but I can't remember her name. I had talked to her when we went riding later and had asked her name, but now I can't remember. I think she is Cathy's daughter, who is my mom's cousin. She does the jumping and other things on horses (can't remember what it's called) so riding horses in a circle in a meadow is a piece of cake for her. She was really cute.

You can't forget mom and dad's ride! Cooper was more than happy to go on the horse again, this time with dad. (That's Carol, my mom's cousin, leaning against the trailer.)

Mom and Alyson (yep, Aly went on her first horse ride!) went on another horse. The cute girl that took Cooper before let me step on her hand with one foot so I could reach the stirrup. Normally, I can mount a horse all by myself. I'm a big girl. :) But it's a little difficult with something attached to the front of you that you can't squish as you climb up.

Dad and Cooper coming back to the trailer (thanks to Marian, my mom's cousin, for taking pictures of us). Check out those cute boys of mine!

Mom and Aly coming back. She started getting grumpy partway through the ride.

This is my cousin's husband and little girl. He doesn't like riding horses much and she wanted to go by herself (I think she's 4 or 5) so he walked with her. She started freaking out at the beginning but then she was loving it. She was so cute and so excited. While we were out in the meadow she was saying she was riding the horse all by herself and you could hear the excitement in her voice. The cute girl (I'll just keep calling her that since I can't remember her name) was on the 4th horse.

On Friday after lunch we went to a lava tube cave. We left Alyson with my cousin Jeff (thanks Jeff!) and took the boys. It was hard work with those two but I think they had a fun time. Other than when I fell (didn't hurt me even a little bit) and pulled Crue down with me (he hit just below his knee on a rock that was sticking out and had a bump and bruise there later), and when I hit my head hard during a low ceiling part (it still hurts), we made it in and out just fine. We decided not to go clear to the end because it was hard trying to help two little boys and we needed to get back to feed Aly. I'm glad we went though. The boys had fun.

This is where you climb down in. This was probably the hardest part with the boys. Going out, Jared was able to hold Cooper the entire time and climb out. Kelci helped Crue on the way out (he didn't want mom anymore) and he was able to climb out mostly by himself with a little help.

Family picture in the cave. It was pretty cool (both the temperature and what you could see). My cousin's husband, Brad (Aubrey's dad - remember her from the horses?), helped with Crue at the beginning too.

Alyson sleeping in her carseat. She did great. Everyone loved her (can you blame them?). This is actually her second camping trip. She started sleeping through the night earlier that week after we moved her out of our room. I was worried she might wake up during the night while we were camping with being right next to me, we had her in her carseat on our side of the tent) but she slept through the night. She did better than her brothers who both woke up once during the first night!

All the kids got EXTREMELY dirty there. It must be a fine dirt because Jared found it on his legs where he had been wearing shorts. It's a red dirt that doesn't come out of light colored clothes very well. I tried taking a picture of Crue's face before bed the last night to show the dirt but I don't know how well you can see it. It was seriously COVERED with a layer of dirt!

The boys having fun playing together with Cooper's dinosaurs that he won at the silent auction, while I packed up everything in the tent.

They are such cute brothers, when they aren't fighting. Crue loves to help Cooper (it's the cutest thing when I see him holding Cooper's hand to go for a walk or when he helps him do something). He's a great big brother and they have lots of fun together.

My boys eating breakfast the last morning before we left. There was fresh orange juice that was so good. I think my favorite part of breakfast was the first morning. My aunt had made and sent a cinnamon apple syrup with my cousins and it was really, really good.

Jared put the boys in the trailer for the golf cart while we folded up the tent. It's a great way to keep them out of trouble and in our sight!

The golf cart was next to where the suburban was parked while we loaded up. The boys were more than happy to play on it for a little bit. So cute! I love these boys!

Here's a view of the golf cart. Pretty sweet ride!

The reunion was really fun. It was good to see a lot of relatives that I don't get to see much, and extended ones that I haven't seen in a really long time. One of my mom's cousins (Terry - in a picture near the beginning) has a son named Crew, which is where we got Crue's name from. He was actually on his mission in Chili so he wasn't there this time. The last family reunion that I was at was in 2003, before I even knew about Jared. It was really good to be at the ranch again where I have so many memories. It was fun to watch my boys and see all the fun they had there. Thank you so much to everyone for all the work they did for it. The drives there and back were not fun, but it was worth it to be at the ranch again and to be with all the family. Thanks especially to Kelci and Tony who helped a LOT with the boys, both on the drives and at the ranch.

**Camping too far away is what Crue called it. That's where the title of this post came from.

"And it came to pass...."

We read scriptures every night with Crue. We usually read part of a chapter and "help" him read some of the verses (helping consists of us reading a phrase and him repeating). We got him one of the triple combinations that are the soft covers like the missionaries give out. He was so excited. Tonight we sat down to read and he opened up to the Topical Guide and showed me where he was going to read. Then he proceeded to say "And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me". I guess that's been a phrase mentioned a time or two in the scriptures. :)

*The primary was having them mark charts and for each month they read at least 25 days they got a sticker which in turn gave them something for an ice cream party in July. One month was a banana. Two months was a scoop of ice cream. Three months was an additional scoop. It goes on including a couple of toppings and a cherry on top (I can't remember which months were which). Unfortunately, yesterday they re-did ward boundaries and a lot of our ward got taken out and put into two other wards so who knows if he'll get his party. Oh well. We may just have to suffer and have ice cream sundaes at home with him. :)

BIG project

I thought I'd show you why I've been slacking in the blogging world for several months (although I have no excuse for the last month).

I decided to be crazy and make Alyson's blessing dress once I found out we were having a girl. I've been getting into sewing lately and love it. (Jared now regrets getting me my sewing machine the first Christmas we were married and all I used to do was fix his work pants. Ok, not really.) I found a pattern I liked and got it when it was on sale for $1. I have definitely learned a lot, especially since this is the first time I've ever sewn anything from a store bought pattern (told you I was crazy). I'm really glad I did it though and it turned out good. I finished it the Tuesday before Jared blessed her. He blessed her on May 22 so that his brother could be there for it before leaving to Iraq.
Thanks to my mom who bought the material, my mother-in-law who helped a lot with how to make the dress, and Erin, Allison, and Ruth who helped me here in Cedar when I got stuck at a few points.

My brother took some pictures of her in her dress but unfortunately I haven't gotten them yet (hint, hint Kyle:)). Once I get those I'll post one.

Now onto more projects - making some pajamas for Crue, using a skirt I have but don't wear anymore (it has torn too many times in one spot - at the top of a side slit) to make a new skirt with a pattern I have, and a few other things. Along with cleaning our house that is in desperate need of some attention, weeding the flower bed and planting some plants/flowers a friend gave me, and who knows what else. Not to mention the usuals such as kids, laundry, cooking, dishes, etc. Anyone figure out how to add time to your day yet? :)

Pictures!

I'll give a quick version of the story and I put the pictures below. Saturday morning we decided to strip my membranes to see if that would help put me into labor. My doctor was leaving the next week so I probably would have been induced on Tuesday (today) before he left. I was at a 7 when I left his office. We went home and I helped Jared fix part of the flower bed retaining wall. Still no contractions. His parents came that afternoon and after we were done with the wall we went to dinner at Sonny Boys BBQ (seriously awesome food). I had only had maybe 3 contractions that weren't even painful from about 6 pm on, until dinner. We got our food and sat down to eat. I had gotten the boys' food dished up (we got a family deal so it wasn't on individual plates) and pulled my plate in front of me to get my food on it when I felt a warm, wet sensation. I looked at Jared and told him either I just peed my pants or my water broke. Luckily it wasn't all over but it was pretty obvious from the back what had happened. We decided we had better get to the hospital so we took my in-laws' car and left them there with the boys. We went home to make sure it was my water (it was) and got my stuff and headed to the hospital. Jared had texted my doctor to let him know and he told us to hurry over there and not dawdle. About half an hour after my water broke I had my iv in, with the antibiotics going (I was group strep b positive) and was starting to have a few contractions, but I could still talk through them. Three hours and ten minutes after my water broke, she was here. And it hurt like crazy. I didn't get an epidural and during the pain I couldn't figure out why but after she was born, I instantly remembered why I didn't want one. It was a different pain than Cooper which I wasn't expecting. After one serious pain I thought I had gotten her shoulders through and the doctor said that her head was out now and we just needed to get the shoulders out. SERIOUSLY?!?! That wasn't even the shoulders yet? Anyway, it went well and she was healthy so I was glad. The boys (all three, including daddy) are loving having her here. Our friends kept the boys for us that night and said Crue kept crying until 2:30 am for us. I felt so bad! We just kind of left the restaurant quick because Cooper came so fast and we didn't know what this one would be like, and didn't have time to tell them goodbye or anything. They came to the hospital twice the next day to visit (Sunday) and we got to go home that night so we saw them the next day. Jared and I were glad I went on my own this time. That and having her come early were both firsts for us! And she's so tiny, at least for our family. We took her to the doctor yesterday for her first checkup and she was down to 6 lbs. 14 oz. The boys had always gained, even when it was only a day or two after delivery so we weren't used to this. I was joking that this was the first time we've actually had one that looked like a newborn. The boys were both bigger (Crue was about 2 lbs bigger and Cooper was almost 1 pound bigger) so they didn't look much like newborns and they grew out of newborn clothes fast. She sure is cute though and the boys LOVE her.

Jared went and got the boys to put them to bed so he brought them to the hospital for a little bit before taking them home (the night we went home). Uncle "yo-yo" (that's how Crue says Royal) came and stayed at our house since my mom hadn't gotten there yet and Jared had to come get me and Alyson to bring us home.

Here she is on Monday, the day after we brought her home.

This is a good picture of all her hair. She has LOTS of dark hair. Pretty funny considering Jared, the boys and I were all born with blond hair, and not that much of it. And her skin might be a little darker than most of ours. We'll see once the red wears off a little more.

Cooper giving her loves. He LOVES to give her loves and kisses, as well as hold her all the time.

Jared's finger showing you how skinny she really is.

This is a pretty common sight around here. Jared holds her quite a bit when he's home. It's fun watching him be a dad and loving our little kids. :)

She's here!

Just wanted to let you know that Alyson came on Saturday April 16 at 10:55 pm. She was 7 lbs. 7 oz., 20.5 inches long with a head full of dark hair (we're wondering where that came from). We got home tonight and I am so glad. :) I will post more later (including pictures). Everyone is doing well. The boys love her. Mom and Dad are ready for naps. I wonder if there's much chance for them now with 3 kids? We'll find out soon!

Ready or not...

She might be coming! I had another doctor's appointment yesterday. Funny story. Last time he had joked (actually two weeks ago when he first checked me) and asked if I was going to be at a six the next time I came in. Last week I was about the same as the first time but this week, another story. He's worried about me not making it to the hospital in time. The last couple times he's had a hard time getting where he needs to, to check me. This time she was right there and he was shocked with how far dilated I was and how soft I was. As he put it, "you're a good 5 1/2 and I can easily stretch you to a 6". He doesn't think it'll take much to put me into labor. He asked if I wanted to get started, have him strip my membranes, or break my water, or, because he knows I want to go on my own, just wait. So now we have a bunch of stuff to decide. Part of the problem is that he's leaving in the middle of next week and will be gone all weekend. Since my body is pretty much ready to have her just fall out, if I wait there's a chance he won't be there to deliver. The good things about starting would be that I know she'd be born at the hospital and I'm positive for the Group B Strep so I could get antibiotics before delivering. But we've been hoping with all three that I'd go on my own (the boys wouldn't come - Crue was 2 weeks late, Cooper 10 days late) and this one might actually happen. So we'll see.
Part of his worry I think is how fast I went last time (to read about that go here). I was at a 4 or 5 when I went in to get started. I went from a 7 to water bursting and Cooper crowning in less than a minute. My entire labor was about 1 hour 20 minutes. So if I go faster this time, well, you do the math. :)
We'll probably try a few things this weekend since I have been having contractions and am quite ready to go. If she still doesn't we're considering having him start me Tuesday so he can be there for the delivery. If anyone has any tricks let me know! I know of one thing that'll get my contractions going. When we were talking to one of the assistants before we left she said to try that and then walk around after to keep them going. So we'll have to see if that works. We were going to borrow a four-wheeler this weekend but we might skip that now so that we aren't trying to race back to the truck to get to the hospital. Of course there is a field kind of across the street from us so we could always ride there and then ride the four-wheeler to the hospital. So we'll see. If anyone has any ideas please feel free to leave a comment, email, or call me. I'll probably be calling my neighbor this afternoon (just warning you Jessica!) because she said she knows a few tricks. So maybe my next post will be when she arrives. I decided that I really need to get my house cleaned and go grocery shopping first so my day might be filled with that today in case she comes this weekend. Wish us luck!

Waiting game

My brother wants me to update our blog (even though he lives with us). I'd post pictures and make this an interesting post but our hard drive is gone so I'm borrowing a computer and can't upload any pictures. Which stinks even more considering I got a new camera that I've had fun messing with and have some pictures to post from it. Oh well. That'll have to wait for another day. It's the Canon Powershot SX130 IS if you want to check out the camera. It's got lots of pretty cool features. I'm not into photography (I do like looking at everyone else's pictures though) but I wanted a newer camera. The one we had was from when Jared got home from his mission and it was a pretty nice one but it was a 3.2 mp camera. And it was slow when I'd try to take pictures of the boys. This one is a lot faster and I can adjust settings so I can take better pictures of the boys. I'm loving it.

Another thing we've been up to lately is finally starting on our front landscaping a little. We got some retaining wall blocks and are building up our flower bed so that it is level from the porch to the sidewalk. We'll fill it in with dirt and I'll fill it with flowers. I'm really excited. It looks really good. Some day I'll post pictures of it!

The last thing I was going to write about is the waiting game. As of two days ago I have two weeks left until my due date. Last week when I went to the doctor he said I was a 4 and 60%. He was asking if we were going to have a Conference baby. I might have wondered if we were except that I did the same thing with both boys. I was always at a 4 or 5 when I went into the hospital to be induced (after going past my due date) and usually at a 3 or 4 a month before I was due but could never seem to go into labor on my own. So we knew we'd be back for my appointment this last week and sure enough we were. He checked again and I was pretty much the same. I'm hoping the 3rd time's a charm and I'll be able to go on my own this time. But if I don't and have to be induced, at least I know what to expect and I'm not too worried about it. I was hoping to be scheduled on my due date if I didn't go by then (for several reasons but not because I'm done being pregnant - I'm ok with going over) but he said they'll be out of town so I can either go a couple days before or the week after. I don't want to get started early - still holding out that I can go on my own - so we'll probably schedule it for the week after and hope that I go on my own. Until then, we're just playing the waiting game and hoping I go on my own. We're going to borrow a four-wheeler next weekend and hope that helps. I didn't try that with Crue when I tried pretty much everything else and since I like riding four-wheelers I'm all for trying it. :)

That's about it for us. Sorry for the post with no pictures. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to get our computer working soon. I'm hoping before she comes so we can post pictures when she's born!