35 Weeks

Ooops!! I let week 34 slip by without taking a belly shot. :-/

Oh well. 35 will have to do....and actually it's 35 and 1 day.

And, I'm too lazy to insert all those other pics for comparison purposes so you'll just have to check em' out by clicking here and here. :)

Midwife Visit

I saw my midwife, Gretchen, last Wednesday (the day before Thanksgiving). She checked my cervix and said it was very soft and that I was 60% effaced. Dilation was 1+ cm. Then she said she was concerned by this and that this baby might be coming right away. Rob said my face went very pale at that point and I think she saw that too because she suddenly became very reassuring and told me that she's sure everything is going to be great. I feel mostly calm now, trying to not be freaked out. :P She said she'd like to see me make it at least another 2 week.

We talked to her about our birth plan, I feel really excited and positive about the hospital's policies and the how supportive she is of our desires. Gretchen is going to be with us for pretty much the time I am laboring and delivering our little Sweet Pea so she's going to be doing all of the exams, as well as be our advocate with the hospital staff (some of the perks of having a midwife). On top of that Gretchen said that the hospital a really great staff that are open-minded and supportive of "prepared" births and that some of our wishes are basically standard procedure (ie. waiting until the cord has stopped pulsing to cut it). Because of the hospital and Gretchen, we feel that we can really simplify and pare down our birth plan.

These are some of the things we feel need to be on the birth plan:

Labor:
• Inform/ask our consent prior to ANY procedures/interventions, especially but not limited to episiotomy.
• Mobile baby monitoring when required ("T" monitor....what's it called? I forgot) :P

Delivery/Post Birth:
• Immediate skin-to-skin contact between myself and the baby- no weighing/measuring/washing/testing etc. until baby has a chance to nurse
• Rob to cut umbilical cord (after pulsing stops)
• Reserve the right to waive Hep B vac/Vit K/Eye goop/etc.
• Rob be with the baby at all times if the baby needs to be taken anywhere
• Rob to wash the baby

Who Needs Pockets!?!?

Due to all the little girls I know, and have yet to know, ;)
this little video just cracked me up!!!

Some Highlights of Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation!!

Although I always mean to blog/document the activities that we do, I rarely do. And I'll never catch up if I try to go back and recap even the ones that I was diligent enough to get document digitally, so....I've decided to condense the whole summer into one post and just touch on some highlights:

June:

We went to an amusement park called Boondocks. Ben, Molly and cousin Cambria spent several hours riding rides and playing video games. Thanks Grandma Paula for the fun Christmas Present!!

We had our annual Dalton Family Reunion at East Canyon. As always swimming was a main activity, they just can't get enough. :)

Ben, Molly, Grandma Paula and I went to the Gateway Mall. The kids enjoyed some time at the Children's Museum there and then we stopped and let them play in the water feature at the mall. Ben enjoyed it, and played in the water quite a bit more than Molly. :P

Ben and Molly got to dress up as pioneers and go to This Is The Place Heritage Park and experience a day in the life of a pioneer. (Their cousins Emily, Alex, Cambria and Aunt April were volunteers all summer. They invited them to come along one Friday).

July:

We had a Dalton Family Summer Party. One of the games was bobbing for apples, after which the kids got to put their face into a bowl of powdered sugar to hunt for m&m's...eeew...sounds like a germ pool to me. :)

We went to the Children's Museum at the Gateway Mall with cousins, Dalton and Lindy.

August:

August 10 was Corporate Olympics again, and Rob participated in the Rifle shooting event again. The kids always like to go watch, but this time I watched from a distance so little "Gunnar" wouldn't be bothered by the loud noise.

We spent many days at the beach this summer, but this particular day there were sink holes in the sand that the kids just spent hours in and got really nice and dirty...blech. :) My sister April and her kids were with us at the beach that day.

We toured the Kennecot Copper Mine which happens to be one of the only man-made structures you can see from outer space. Ben was particularly fascinated by this experience and has added a few careers to his list that he'd like to be when he grows up: a mining engineer and a driver of the mega huge dump trucks. My sister Julie and her kids: Dalton and Lindy went with us on this trip.

We went to the Ancient Life Museum at Thanksgiving Point. We went on 2$ Tuesday to save a few bucks and we brought Ben and Molly's cousins: Lindy and Dalton with us. I don't know if the money we saved was worth it...it was a madhouse!! But the kids said they had fun, so I guess that's the important thing. :P

September:

September 15 was our deadline from the HOA to have our yard finished, Ben and Molly spent several hours helping in this endeavor.

A Rockin' Rollin' Halloween

I just realized that I started this post over a year ago and never posted it!! :P

So here's our last Halloween: (I haven't downloaded this years yet....look for that in November 2010!) :)

So Rob was James Hetfield from Metallica and I was a Metallica groupie
Ben was "Logan" or "Wolverine" from X-Men

Molly was a bride

Me and all my sisters:
We went to a family Halloween party at my parents house.

This was the Karaoke portion of the party.
Sing James!!! (He thinks he's so bad!) ;)

32 Weeks (Yesterday) :)

She's breech right now... :-/
She loves to hang out (with her head) right under my right ribs...she's been there for weeks! :P
She gets the hiccups frequently. :D
She has really cute little chubby cheeks. :)