Lake Powell

We made one last trip to Lake Powell for the year and it was great!! I only wish we would have taken more pictures!
We came to this spot everyday to play and relax. It was like our own little getaway. The weather was perfect and we had a great time! You can see some of us in the water with our noodles, we were doing water aerobics!

Seth with a funny look on his face, like he couldn't decide if he should be mad or start laughing. So cute!

Yes, I water skied while 7 months pregnant. I was very careful though. As you can see by the picture, I wasn't going very fast or doing anything dangerous. I have to admit though, the extra baby weight made a big difference when I was trying to get up. Seth and Lanny playing “king of the mountain” on the island. It was sooo funny to watch! Seth was winning a good amount of the time, but eventually Lanny knocked him off, Lanny has a slight size advantage.

HypnoBirthing

We started our HypnoBirthing classes in August and just finished our last class. It was a very enlightening class and I'm glad Seth and I found it. Although, I'm not sure Seth appreciated watching all the birthing videos, they freak him out every time. Sometimes I tease him and say, "It’s a good thing my Mom will be there to help me when you pass out," but I know when Champ actually comes Seth will be a great birthing coach! There were eight couples in our class and everyone was having a boy! Talk about against the odds!

Above is a pic of Seth and I on the last day of class with our birthing ball. :)

For those of you who aren't quite sure what HypnoBirthing is or have heard funny things about it here's a little info (there are a few different methods, but we chose the Mongan Method): "HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method, is a unique method of relaxed, natural childbirth education, enhanced by hypnosis techniques, that allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing in a way that most mirrors nature. Emphasis is placed on both pregnancy and childbirth as well as on HypnoBirthing®. As a birthing method, HypnoBirthing® is as new as tomorrow and as old as ancient times."

Harry Potter

Okay, let’s start from the beginning. Sorry I haven't posted in such a LONG time. But, here are few quick updates starting with "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows." As most of you know I'm an embarrassingly huge fan of Harry Potter. So, like last time Mindy J, Trevor and I decided that we wanted to be one of the first people in the UC to get the book. But, we knew that since this was the last book in the series it would be a little harder to be in the front of the line at 12:00. So, since Mindy and I are both prego Trev did the manly thing and spent the night at Barnes and Noble for us (we luv you Trev). Unfortunately, other fans had the same idea and had been sleeping at B&N since Wednesday (where do these people work?)!! Nonetheless, we got wrist bands that put us in the very first group to get the prized book!! Later that night in a cloud of fog (B&N had fog machines going all night, really set the mood :) we got our books! While walking out some guy offered me $100 for my book and as I was about to take the deal and just buy a new book at Wal-Mart the punk chickened out!! It was a weak moment, I'll admit, but $100 sounded good. From there we drove home immediately so we could all start reading. I stayed up until about 3 that night reading, but then fell asleep (growing a baby really makes you tired :) I read as much as possible on Saturday while still running errands and finally finished the book early Sunday. For those who haven't read the book, I won't ruin it for you, but I must say, it was my favorite book of the series, by far!

I found my old Harry Potter glasses from the book six party and thought it would be funny to wear them for a little bit while reading the book. I tried to get a pic of Seth wearing them, but he said, "I'm not a potter, I can't wear them." Needless to say Seth started reading the book as soon as I put it down and finished pretty darn quick for not being a "potter."

Good Things Utah

I love my new neighborhood! Every month the ladies on my street do a “girls night out” and it's tons of fun. My first neighborhood outing was dessert and a movie. This last time we all went to Good Things Utah; we had to get up way early, but it was worth it.

I'm posting both pics from the occasion, but one makes me look 10X bigger than I really am! I may be over 6 months pregnant in the pic, but the pic is still very deceiving... I promise! :)

And because I don't think Mindy will leave me alone until I post a pic of my Champ belly, I will try and make my next post all about showing the true Champ belly.

CRAVINGS!!

For the past three weeks all I’ve wanted are donuts and watermelon!! Since my all-time favorite donuts are unavailable (Dunkin’ Donuts) I’ve been eating my fair share of Krispy Kream donuts and they are WONDERFUL!! My favorites are the original glazed, sprinkle and cream filled. I know it's sooo bad for me, but the watermelon balances it out right?! Poor Seth isn’t thrilled about the donut cravings because he is trying to lose the sympathy weight he’s put on. However, he has been all too happy to buy the watermelon as it's one of his favorites too!

Our Garden

I love having a garden! I’ve tried small gardens for the past few years, but nothing has amounted from them. We had our first garden in Palo Alto, it consisted of three potted tomato plants, which our neighbors some how thought were theirs and stole!!! I know who takes potted tomato plants! The second attempt was at the little blue house where everything died from lack of sun (the only open space for a garden was too shady I guess). And now we have two garden boxes that seem to be getting plenty of sun, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Warning: for some reason our pictures are coming out grainy, (it’s probably a user error, but I think its time for a new camera, especially before Champ comes) so hopefully you can figure out what each picture is.

First pick of the Season! I let it get a little big, but it was still great. We grilled it and had it with our hamburgers. It's a zucchini just in case you couldn't tell. :)

The tomato plants are doing well, but it will be a little bit before anything is ready to pick. There's nothing like home grown tomatoes, I love them!!

I can't wait to pick the squash! I think I'm going to harvest them small. I love baby veggies!

The rest of the garden is doing well; let’s hope I don't accidentally kill it. :)

Kylie Ray

I just found these pics today and had to post them! It's from the first time Kylie spent the night with us at the little blue house. It was a great little sleep over, except I didn't get any sleep, I was so worried I would squish her or wake her up (she likes to sleep right next to you so she can play with your hair, and I had very short hair at the time.) Seth, on the other hand slept the whole night. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of Abby’s first sleep over with us, but we had tons of fun with her too. Abby stayed with us for two weeks and by then end of the stay we felt like we had a good taste of what it was like to be parents. We love all our nieces and nephews, even the ones we don't get to see very often.