40 weeks and counting. WHAT?!

How can this be??!!  I really didn't prepare myself to go beyond the due date of June 18th.  Here we are 3 days later, and it doesn't seem like baby knew about the due date...  or he is just being lazy and isn't ready for his big day!  Well, I AM!  If my little guy and my body don't start progressing, we'll have an induction next week.  Not my first choice, but I will do what is best for the baby.  Just want him healthy and in our arms soon!!  So, here is the 40 week belly.  Seems to be popping out and dropping a bit?  Maybe?  I am hoping so!!

39 weeks!

Isn't it amazing how many maternity shirts have horizontal lines!  Everyone knows you don't wear horizontal lines to help make you look thinner... 

Oh well.  No reason to fight the bump!  39 weeks!  I can't believe it.  Still doesn't seem real...  Not until he is here.  And no progress on the name yet...  Part of me wants to see him first to choose a name, but then it might just be harder!  Just like all hard decisions, it would be nice to already know the right decision to make...  Maybe it will come to me in a dream! 

Can't wait to meet this little guy.  What do you think he will look like?  Red hair?  Blond hair?  Blue eyes like mine, or green like Ryan's?  Ryan is convinced our little guy will be a red head, but I'm not so sure.  I'm leaning more toward a blond baby, but anything is possible right!?  Can't wait!!

April Showers

At the end of April my cute Mom decided we should do a family baby shower since baby sister Tiffany was coming for a visit with her darling new twin boys!  Most of the CA family hadn't seen the new babies yet so we made a party of it!  It was so fun and my mom and my cousin Melodie were all over it!  Delicious food!  Fun games!  Plenty of amazing gifts!  Plus my sweet family!! 

Grandma Mary with great grandson Nathan.
Grandpa Bill with great grandson Thomas.

Mommy Tiffany with son Thomas.

Uncle Ryan with baby Nathan

Grandma Winn with Haylee and Sydney.  Look at the cute decor in the background too because that is as good as we got!  Forgot to take photos.  BIG thanks to Jenn for taking photos so we can have some memories of the party!

Baby moving!  Cousin Brook is feeling the baby move while Tiff and I pose

Great Grandma with Haylee and Sydney

Great Grandpa and Sydney

Great Grandpa and Haylee

Tiffany and Grandma

Tiffany, Aunt Amy and cousin Jill

Enjoying the many, many generous gifts!

Aunt Susan, cousin Brook, and Grandma and Grandpa
looking at the baby pictures we used for the fun game! 

Cousin Melodie with baby Thomas.  I look fat, I mean pregnant... 
Should have seen me try to get out of that chair!!

A big thanks to everyone who game, and helped with the party!  It was so fun to see everyone and get so many needed items!  Thank you Mom for a great shower!  It was just perfect!!  Now, if this little guy will come we can use everything we got!! 

36 1/2 weeks belly

Here it is in all its glory...  The belly at 36 1/2 weeks.  Can't believe it is so close, but it still seems so far away!  Can't wait for our little guy to arrive!!!

34 weeks!

Here it is in all its glory!  The 34 week belly.  It is beginning to feel tighter and seems like baby boy is growing faster.  Some clothes that I could wear before, with my wee belly, don't work so good any more...  It is also really startling when I see my belly from the side!  No more waist!  (well, that has been gone for a long time now...)  6 weeks to go!  Hopefully not more than 7 :)

Fearsome Foursome

It has been many years, but we were able to do it again!  The Fearsome Foursome Reunion!  Thanks to Amy Isom Zinn, the four of us were able to get together at the end of March at the Zinn's house for a weekend of FUN!  We hoped for better weather, but it didn't matter, we still had a great time!  We even went bowling!  The only thing missing was our dress up box...  Looking forward to the next reunion!

31 weeks

9 weeks to go!  (Or less...)

I can't believe we have such little time left before our little guy arrives.  Seems like there is still so much to do and so much time, but I know it will come fast.  Still feeling pretty good and my doctor says I have been lucky to have no major complaints.  I do feel really lucky!  Feeling harder pushes and kickes these days which I enjoy!  We are so excited!  Can't wait to see him and finally give him an official name!  (Ryan is still calling him Fisher...)  Oh dear... 

27 weeks!

Yep...  getting bigger.  Pictures are fuzzy, but I am guessing I look the same fuzzy or not.  Still no names for the little guy...  hard decision.

Utah Olympic Park

Obviously I am super behind on the blogging but just found this photo and thought I'd share.  We spent a few days in Park City last summer for a Winn Family reunion.  It was a blast!  We did a lot of really fun things, mountain biking included of course!  We also spent some time at the Olympic Park.  Ryan and I decided to do the bob sled.  It was a blast!  It was short lived for what is cost, but we had such a great time! 

Almost 25 weeks!

What do you think?  Is my belly growing?  Doesn't seem like it to me, but then sometimes I look down and think - "where did that come from?!"  I am about 24 weeks and 4 days.  Thanks to my dear friend Joelynn who just had a adorable baby girl, I am able to borrow some of her maternity clothes.  Thank goodness!  It is so nice to have options!  Thanks Joelynn! 

I am beginning to feel aches and pains in my hips.  I don't usually feel it until I try to sleep and then my hips scream out when I have been on the same side for too long...  I then switch to the other side and try to sleep as long as I can before that hips screams out for a break.  I have about 3 1/2 months left to go so I am hoping with a little more exercise and yoga I can ease the pain I am starting to feel in my hips and back. 

Still no name.  Still not much progress in the baby room, but we have been lucky enough to have been given lots of things to use for our first little guy.  Crib, car seat and lots of clothes.  Thanks family for sharing with us!  We are off to Colorado this weekend to see the Reed clan.  Should be fun as long as we can stay warm!  Here's to a fun weekend!

115 days to go!!

Here it is...  the belly.  Only 115 days to go!  These photos are of my belly at 23 weeks and 4 days.  Can't believe I have a belly!!  Feeling the little guy kick a lot more.  Last night I actually got one that hurt!  Sometimes, if I am watching at the same time, I can see my belly more with the kick.  Ryan has felt a few, but it is hard for him to feel it through my skin.  Still can't believe it is our baby.  So excited for him to be here, but anxious about having a baby.  So far so good though!  Happy days!

The Middle

There you have it!  My middle at 22 weeks pregnant with Baby Boy.  Names suggestions are welcome since we can't decide on a name we both like... 

Party Time!

Here we are with our dear friends, the Johnson's, and their kids.  It was Jenny's actual birthday, but Bob and Ryan also had July birthday's.  I think we celebrated three consecutive weeks of birthdays!  Super fun!  Happy Birthday to everyone with a July birthday!  (Jenny, Joelynn, Mandy, Bob and best of all RYAN!)

We're Back!

Our new FENCE!

9 years ago I started working at a place I call Infomercial Land. 9 years later I was given an incridibly generous bonus for my time working in Infomercial Land. And... here it is!! A NEW FENCE! We LOVE it! I looks amazing! We are so pleased with it, and so grateful for employers, namely ED, who share their generocity with us poor folk... Thanks ED!!

Fence Before



Fence Before



New Fence going in!



New fence is in!!  Don't look at our dead grass.  That can be a later project.



Ahhh.... New fence...  cute boy...  (Ignore the mess)
Bon fire anyone?



Happy Relaxation Day!!

Well, so there probably isn't an official Happy Relaxation Day, but I designated the day after Thanksgiving as Happy Relaxation Day so we could buy this for ourselves...  It is so relaxing.  Already used it and REALLY, REALLY enjoying it!  Happy Relaxation Day to us! 
(What is pictured isn't ours but it looks pretty close to that, except it is an older model and it is forest green...  Still works good though!)

5 years and still kickin'!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to us!  5 years later and still kickin'!  Ryan planned a wonderful evening for our anniversary celebration.  The best was that he took the night off!  He arranged everything - what I was going to wear, where we ate dinner, what did did for dessert, and so much more!  The photo above is the view from the Orange Hill restaurant we ate at.  It was amazing and the food was also awesome!  It was the first of many visits I am sure.  We had an amazing night!  One we'll always remember!

Ryan, thanks for all you do for me.  Thanks for putting up with me and my quarks.  Thanks for loving me even when I make it difficult.  Thank you for planning an amazing evening and thank you for such thoughtful gifts!  You make me smile.  You make me laugh.  You make me feel loved.  I LOVE YOU!  You are so patient with me and push me to be better when we ride.  You push me to try harder to never quit.  You make my heart melt!  I think about you all day, and dream about you all night!  I long to spend time with you.  I look forward to meeting you for lunch.  I love it that you cry with me.  I love that you are sensitive.  I love that you can be silly with me.  I love that you enjoy making me happy.  I love spending all day in bed with you.  I love watching TV with you and watching you immerse yourself into the show.  I love to see how excited you get with your new toys.  I LOVE watching you play with babies and kids.  You are amazing with them.  I long for the day when we will have our own children.  You try so hard and I appreciate it and love it!  I want to make you just as happy as you make me!  I want to make you want to be better.  To try harder.  I want to be the friend you have been to me.  Thank you for making the last 5 years amazing!  I love you!  I need you!  Happy Anniversary my love! 

Halloween at Disneyland

Ryan and I went to Disneyland yesterday!  It was so much fun!!  Disneyland is awesome during the holidays.  They get all decked out for Halloween and then Christmas. 

My favorite is Christmas at Disneyland!  One of our first dates was to Disneyland.  We watched the "snow" fall on Main Street.  Ahh...  so sweet...  I can't wait to go again! 

Jack

Ryan and I were lucky enough to go to the Jack Johnson concert at the Verizon Amphitheatre a few weeks ago.  It was outdoors and really fun!  Neither he or I had seen Jack Johnson in concert before, and it was a lot of fun!  Super laid back and really enjoyable!!

It was a packed house but because it was all outside it didn't feel cramped at all!  I was really glad we went.  I think I love Jack even more than I did before we went! 

Also, Jack dedicated a few songs to his mother and friends/family at the concert.  He mentioned that many of them were there.  It was nice to see him be so personable with his family.  We didn't actually SEE them, but I think the show was more personal for all of us there because he shared some family stories with us.  It was really fun!  I'd go see Jack again for sure! 

Pictures stolen from Tiff's web site... who saw Jack a few days before we did.   Thanks Tiff!  We forgot our camera. 

P.S. The piano guy below was really awesome!  That guy just jammed the whole time.  I am pretty sure he doesn't play the same thing twice.  Amazing! 

Underwater in St. Lucia

Obviously we are a little behind.  We took a million photos on our St. Lucia trip and so it has been difficult to figure out which ones to put up.  So, I loaded ALL the photos we took with our underwater camera.  We scuba dived!  The resort offered a mini-certification and so we took it!  We did 2 dives and it was really cool!  We now need to finish the certification course we started 5 years ago...  Some day.  Anyway, here are the photos we took.  

I never thought I'd actually see a shell this large in the ocean!  It was really cool and beautiful!

The beach in front of our resort.  So nice... 

The resort had kayaks to take out so we did.  Fun times!  Our resort is behind Ryan.  So beautiful!

This was one of the pools at the resort.  Such beautiful views of the ocean!

One of the only pictures I took...  Not so good with underwater camera's I guess... 

Pool water is so much more clear, but being in the ocean and looking at all the cool stuff was much more exciting!  Can't wait to do it again!!